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00:00:43.580 I had dinner with the President of the United States

00:00:47.000 at his palatial estate, Mar-a-Lago, on Saturday night.

00:00:52.260 The dinner is, of course, off the record.

00:00:55.140 But he appeared arrested, confident, somewhat somber, but very talkative on a day in which

00:01:04.380 he totally, dramatically reshaped global power.

00:01:09.300 Donald Trump delivered one of the most forceful demonstrations of focused American strength

00:01:15.200 in modern history.

00:01:16.340 So within two weeks, you have two major anti-American strongmen who have fallen from the world stage.

00:01:23.980 First, Venezuelan dictator and narco-terrorist and trafficker Nicolas Maduro was captured.

00:01:31.920 And Iran's long-standing supreme leader, Ayatollah al-Khamenei, not to be confused with the Ayatollah

00:01:40.160 Khomeini, who had that nation when they took 54, I believe it was, Americans, 0.97

00:01:47.420 into become hostages until Ronald Reagan essentially freed them.

00:01:53.440 This guy is with us no more.

00:01:56.680 Iran itself confirmed the supreme leader's death and declared national mourning.

00:02:02.640 For decades, of course, Iran openly called the United States the Great Satan,

00:02:07.520 funded terrorism across the Middle East, and pursued nuclear weapons.

00:02:11.660 President Trump called their operation a matter of justice and said it offered the Iranian people

00:02:19.420 their best chance in generations to reclaim their history.

00:02:22.920 I think their brutal murder of their own citizens, which they were brazen about, mass executions,

00:02:29.300 the brutality of their regime helped hasten its end, and their record of killing Americans,

00:02:36.380 carrying Americans all the way back to the attack on the Marine barracks in Beirut,

00:02:43.280 the World Trade Center, and elsewhere.

00:02:46.320 So, but it is also not inconsistent with Trump's, the fact that he was elected as an anti-war president.

00:02:55.500 Trump is still at heart, I think, a non-interventionist.

00:02:59.320 And what we've seen in Venezuela, what we saw the first time in Iran,

00:03:05.020 what we now see again in Iran is measured, limited, lethal, effective use of America's strength 0.86

00:03:12.340 without troops on the ground, without massive increases in defense spending,

00:03:18.380 without hundreds of thousands of U.S. casualties, essentially endless foreign war.

00:03:26.980 Yes, it may temporarily excite Senator Lindsey Graham, who, let's face it,

00:03:33.440 never saw a war he didn't like.

00:03:35.180 Mr. Shoot first and ask questions later, but the president is not in the neocon camp of endless foreign war

00:03:43.500 that finances the major defense contractors, because war is extraordinarily profitable.

00:03:50.080 But you see the focus use of American power.

00:03:52.960 This puts Trump in the tradition of Dwight Eisenhower, who believed in peace through strength,

00:03:58.900 a policy followed by Ronald Reagan.

00:04:02.980 I had Rod Martin, Rod D. Martin of the Rod Martin Report.

00:04:07.120 Find him at rodmartin.org on my program this weekend.

00:04:10.580 And he spoke about the many parallels between the Gipper, Ronald Reagan, and President Donald Trump.

00:04:17.540 And this is Trump, I think, projecting peace through strength.

00:04:22.420 Now you have Russia and China, long backers of any anti-U.S. and Western regimes,

00:04:29.020 who can really do a little more than protest, show exactly who is now the top dog on the global stage.

00:04:35.640 Trump destroyed China when he took control of Venezuelan oil output,

00:04:41.860 80 percent of which was going to the communist Chinese.

00:04:45.260 The rest of it was going to Cuba.

00:04:47.640 And now he has deprived both of those regimes.

00:04:50.540 Some experts think that China's overall access to cheaply priced oil,

00:04:57.500 because they were paying a little for it, now they can get oil, but the price will drive them wild. 0.98

00:05:03.620 So when people say it's about oil, yes, Trump has usefully used our control of oil

00:05:10.500 to both thwart the brutal regime in Cuba and also to deal a blow to the Chinese.

00:05:18.220 Moscow condemned the strike, but they offered no real protection to their allies in Iran

00:05:24.600 as they're bogged down in their own conflict, of course, with Ukraine.

00:05:28.220 Trump and Mastation clearly picked an opportune time to strike. 0.76

00:05:31.220 The thing about Trump is, of course, that he'll always negotiate.

00:05:34.560 He has sent good faith negotiators.

00:05:37.120 Before long, his negotiators figured out that they were just being played for time,

00:05:41.860 that those they negotiated with had no intention of coming to any reasonable agreement.

00:05:46.220 Trump's demands were clear.

00:05:47.940 They had to abandon any thought of nuclear-powered weaponry.

00:05:53.260 They had to be able to restrict any nuclear development to clearly domestic purposes,

00:05:58.780 like creating electricity.

00:06:00.740 Most of the country doesn't have running toilets, never mind electricity.

00:06:05.840 We lose sight of that fact.

00:06:07.380 The White House says the campaign ahead of schedule for Trump is going to something,

00:06:15.920 well, let me say, the White House says the campaign ahead of schedule,

00:06:19.300 targeting leadership networks rather than launching other endless nation-building warfare.

00:06:23.880 Yes, this is from their statement.

00:06:25.700 Regimes that threaten America, I think, understand, however, 1.00

00:06:28.320 that there are consequences, and those consequences with Donald Trump is real.

00:06:32.380 General Michael Flynn was on my program this weekend.

00:06:37.300 And Flynn not only was the, of course, Donald Trump's national security advisor,

00:06:42.880 like me, framed in the Russian collusion hoax where he did nothing wrong,

00:06:47.500 but he was also the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency,

00:06:50.960 also served as the head of Central Command J-12.

00:06:54.120 He was the head of intelligence of Afghanistan

00:06:56.600 and the head of intelligence for all special operations in the Middle East

00:07:00.820 during both the wars of Iraq and Afghanistan.

00:07:03.220 He was deeply involved in planning and the operations for multiple Iran constituencies

00:07:09.360 was with me on Sunday and commented about the decisiveness of Donald Trump,

00:07:17.520 the decisiveness at which he makes decisions,

00:07:21.380 as he did in these three instances,

00:07:24.000 yet we don't find ourselves bogged down in yet another expensive foreign war.

00:07:29.000 What's interesting, also, David Schoen pointed this out,

00:07:31.740 is the way Trump uses not only his military power in a rebuilt military under Pete Hegseth,

00:07:37.840 but also his economic power against the Chinese.

00:07:43.940 As we play catch-up ball going after rare earth minerals,

00:07:47.960 he's strangling the communist Chinese over their lack of oil.

00:07:52.860 So it is nothing short of brilliant,

00:07:56.900 a point that, again, Rod Martin made on Sunday's show.

00:08:01.400 I think that the broader doctrine of peace through strength,

00:08:04.740 not apologies like it was during Obama and Biden,

00:08:07.580 is being proven right here.

00:08:08.760 The Trump foreign policy, it really is a game changer.

00:08:12.080 He's not a neocon, he's not an interventionist,

00:08:15.960 but he will use the moral authority and limited and measured American power if necessary.

00:08:25.980 So, for example, in Iran, where, let's be very clear,

00:08:30.400 we may have taken out Khomeini,

00:08:32.760 although I saw that they found his ring,

00:08:34.660 which would be a grisly thing to own,

00:08:37.400 and 40 others, they don't tell us if those are high commanders of the regime.

00:08:42.700 We're not sure, from what I've read, we know who those 40 people are,

00:08:46.640 but how disabled is the regime?

00:08:49.200 How are they wounded?

00:08:50.760 They continue to fire rockets at their Arab neighbors,

00:08:55.360 and they continue the use of drones.

00:08:57.460 So this war is not over.

00:09:00.240 On the other hand, the people will turn against them.

00:09:03.680 There is no food.

00:09:05.260 The quality of life has come to the point

00:09:07.880 where people are driven to protest openly against a government

00:09:12.180 that is famous for its brutal put-down

00:09:15.300 of any peaceful protest or free speech event.

00:09:22.200 This is a country where they literally have had

00:09:24.440 mass public executions of political critics of the regime.

00:09:29.280 As I said months ago, I was scheduled by a former U.S. senator

00:09:34.500 who's actually going to join us tomorrow,

00:09:36.920 Senator Bob Torricelli,

00:09:38.260 former member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,

00:09:41.040 a deep experience in the Middle East,

00:09:43.640 very, knows all of the key pro-democratic forces in Iran,

00:09:49.220 going to join us to talk about that extraordinary event.

00:09:53.520 But Trump has demonstrated that he can get between the raindrops

00:10:00.860 of the neocons left in the Republican Party,

00:10:03.300 and there's still many,

00:10:04.220 those who refuse to do away with the filibuster.

00:10:07.420 Today, the Save America Act,

00:10:09.020 which the president has correctly called the Save Act,

00:10:13.140 which the president has correctly called the Save America Act,

00:10:16.360 to paraphrase Trump himself on social media,

00:10:19.920 has 50 votes in the U.S. Senate,

00:10:21.640 and therefore should proceed to a vote.

00:10:24.100 But because of the filibuster rules,

00:10:26.600 even though it's at 50 votes,

00:10:27.880 it cannot be voted on unless Leader Thune breaks the filibuster,

00:10:32.060 in which case it would come to the floor,

00:10:34.620 and J.D. Vance would cast the tie-breaking vote,

00:10:38.100 and you would require to limit U.S. federal elections

00:10:43.020 only to those who were qualified U.S. citizens,

00:10:46.180 and to show ID when voting in federal elections

00:10:50.720 in order to do so.

00:10:52.140 I don't understand why the Democrats find that so objectionable.

00:10:56.720 It's not racist.

00:10:57.540 It's entirely reasonable and illogical.

00:11:02.740 My guess is at this point

00:11:04.260 that perhaps the president regrets

00:11:06.500 not supporting Rick Scott of Florida,

00:11:09.500 who has been a true leader,

00:11:12.360 certainly in this hemisphere particularly,

00:11:14.220 against the narco-terrorists and the Marxists 1.00

00:11:17.300 over John Thune for the job.

00:11:21.180 Of course, Thune, you know,

00:11:23.120 is right out of central casting,

00:11:25.140 as the president would say.

00:11:26.280 He looks like a senator.

00:11:28.080 But Thune is, you know,

00:11:30.140 he was in favor of dumping Trump as the nominee

00:11:33.140 when the famous Billy Bush grabbed them

00:11:36.700 by the controversy went on.

00:11:40.820 There was a 48-hour period

00:11:42.820 in which Reince Priebus,

00:11:45.520 the Republican national chairman,

00:11:47.480 vice presidential nominee Mike Pence,

00:11:49.980 and he plotted depriving Trump of the nomination,

00:11:55.980 having the Republican national committee dump him

00:11:58.440 and select a successor,

00:12:00.620 that successor designed to be Mike Pence.

00:12:03.040 Pence avoided Trump's direct phone call

00:12:05.380 for more than 24 hours during the controversy.

00:12:09.520 Of course, the effort failed

00:12:10.700 when the American people cared less about that

00:12:13.220 than the prospect of Hillary Clinton

00:12:14.840 getting into the presidency,

00:12:17.840 and he essentially bounced back as a candidate.

00:12:24.080 The other thing that Flynn said on Sunday's show

00:12:26.580 that I really agreed with

00:12:27.960 is his deep concern

00:12:30.360 about the number of potential terror cells,

00:12:35.080 Islamic terror cells in this country,

00:12:37.640 in a country in which I think,

00:12:40.040 according to military experts

00:12:41.400 and others who are experts in this area

00:12:43.580 that I respect,

00:12:44.920 we may have as many as 36 million illegal immigrants

00:12:49.220 in the country.

00:12:50.360 We know that some,

00:12:51.780 I believe it is 213 or maybe 312 of them

00:12:55.500 are known terrorists.

00:12:56.700 I would venture that it's obviously far more.

00:12:59.260 We've all seen these events,

00:13:01.940 the events of Austin, Texas,

00:13:03.960 smell very bad.

00:13:06.340 A former senior FBI counter terror official

00:13:09.220 is actually warning Americans

00:13:10.560 not to let their guard down

00:13:12.440 after the U.S. and Israeli strikes

00:13:14.640 crippled Iran's leadership. 0.97

00:13:16.360 Chris Schwecker,

00:13:18.200 who previously served as an assistant director

00:13:20.180 of the FBI,

00:13:21.500 says Iran and its terror proxies 0.98

00:13:23.360 may be activating cells in the days to come.

00:13:26.140 This is exactly what General Flynn

00:13:27.380 was saying on Sunday.

00:13:30.660 Following the military coup

00:13:32.720 known as Operation Epic Fury,

00:13:35.220 I'm about to post my online story on that.

00:13:38.840 It is an amazing use of,

00:13:40.960 and a wise use of American power.

00:13:44.560 These Hezbollah-linked networks 0.92

00:13:46.140 are already clearly inside the new states

00:13:48.380 and could be used for more terror attacks

00:13:50.780 against Americans. 0.75

00:13:51.580 I agree with General Flynn on this point.

00:13:54.140 It is a very huge concern.

00:13:56.580 And we will be covering that right here

00:13:59.020 in the Stone Zone.

00:14:00.840 But once again,

00:14:02.020 Donald Trump looking fit and trim,

00:14:04.560 actually looking confident and jovial

00:14:07.160 and looking healthy

00:14:08.820 for those who would like to think otherwise.

00:14:10.900 And I wish I could end up very funny.

00:14:13.600 But of course,

00:14:14.620 the conversations are off the record.

00:14:17.320 You've been listening to the Stone Zone.

00:14:18.620 I'm Roger Stone,

00:14:19.740 and we'll be right back.

00:14:21.580 Rural Americans deserve access

00:14:24.680 to the best our nation has to offer,

00:14:27.240 especially when it comes to health care.

00:14:29.140 Across every state and every community,

00:14:31.220 America's rural hospitals

00:14:32.600 are the first line of defense

00:14:34.420 protecting our families,

00:14:35.920 neighbors, and loved ones.

00:14:37.140 No matter where you live,

00:14:38.260 hospital care doesn't clock out.

00:14:39.940 They're there 24 hours a day,

00:14:41.500 seven days a week,

00:14:42.440 365 days a year.

00:14:44.560 Each year,

00:14:45.200 America's over 5,000 hospitals

00:14:47.460 care for millions of patients

00:14:48.960 providing 24-7 emergency care.

00:14:51.420 Delivering babies,

00:14:52.680 cancer treatments,

00:14:53.520 and other life-saving care

00:14:54.980 that patients rely on.

00:14:56.460 Behind every one of those patients

00:14:57.880 are doctors,

00:14:58.900 nurses,

00:14:59.480 and caregivers

00:15:00.080 working tirelessly

00:15:01.300 to keep people healthy and safe.

00:15:03.420 Hospitals are our community's lifelines.

00:15:05.900 They employ our neighbors

00:15:07.240 and keep our families health.

00:15:09.200 But now,

00:15:09.820 some in Congress

00:15:10.520 are threatening access to care.

00:15:12.260 Tell Congress,

00:15:13.300 protect patient care

00:15:14.720 to keep America strong.

00:15:16.460 Don't cut rural health care.

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00:15:28.080 You know,

00:15:28.440 I have to say,

00:15:29.440 in all my years

00:15:30.560 in American politics,

00:15:31.800 I've never seen

00:15:32.540 a political misstep

00:15:33.920 than that by

00:15:34.840 Governor Gavin Newsom,

00:15:36.560 who appears before

00:15:38.320 a group of African Americans

00:15:39.740 and says,

00:15:40.540 I can identify with you

00:15:41.920 because I have very low test scores.

00:15:44.320 I'm dumb

00:15:44.820 and I can't really read,

00:15:46.680 which is an outrageously

00:15:48.120 racist, 0.77

00:15:49.280 pandering thing to say.

00:15:51.820 But even worse than that,

00:15:53.320 of course,

00:15:54.140 is his disastrous record

00:15:56.680 in California.

00:15:58.080 California,

00:15:58.840 which has a horrific

00:16:00.500 homeless problem,

00:16:01.840 has horrific crime rates,

00:16:03.700 has horrific tax rates

00:16:05.840 where the cities

00:16:07.540 have become outdoor sewers.

00:16:09.680 for those who are

00:16:12.340 drug addicted

00:16:13.060 and the homeless.

00:16:15.640 And the environmental

00:16:17.020 regulation doesn't allow

00:16:18.780 the state

00:16:19.340 to survive.

00:16:21.400 The taxes

00:16:21.900 are off the charts.

00:16:23.700 So,

00:16:24.060 I guess he would run

00:16:25.080 for president

00:16:25.980 like Mike Dukakis.

00:16:28.040 He'll do for America

00:16:29.040 what he did for California.

00:16:30.600 That would be the end

00:16:31.540 of his candidacy.

00:16:32.560 And, of course,

00:16:32.900 there are millions of dollars

00:16:33.840 disappearing.

00:16:35.300 What are my old

00:16:37.240 friends out there?

00:16:39.680 told me

00:16:41.540 that millions

00:16:43.160 would disappear

00:16:44.280 from homeless programs

00:16:46.020 and other programs

00:16:47.140 and millions

00:16:48.060 and millions

00:16:49.100 of dollars

00:16:50.340 are missing.

00:16:51.940 So,

00:16:52.400 I think AOC

00:16:53.380 is now

00:16:54.060 moving very

00:16:55.480 quickly,

00:16:56.840 ramping up

00:16:57.740 the pressure

00:16:58.320 on her

00:16:58.940 to jump into

00:16:59.640 the contest.

00:17:00.740 She sees her

00:17:01.700 and many others

00:17:02.420 on the left

00:17:02.880 see her

00:17:03.340 as the rightful

00:17:04.780 successor

00:17:05.640 to Bernie Sanders.

00:17:06.860 she's speaking

00:17:09.160 to media outlets.

00:17:10.640 She could,

00:17:11.400 according to

00:17:12.120 credible sources,

00:17:13.840 land among

00:17:14.840 the top five

00:17:15.700 Democrat tenders, 0.77

00:17:16.880 she could raise

00:17:17.520 $100 million

00:17:18.360 online

00:17:19.500 almost immediately

00:17:21.020 without any

00:17:22.220 of the

00:17:22.680 traditional

00:17:23.440 fundraising

00:17:24.160 events.

00:17:25.280 it's back

00:17:26.120 that she

00:17:26.500 has demonstrated

00:17:28.140 her

00:17:28.660 incoherence

00:17:30.440 in her

00:17:30.900 speech

00:17:31.880 in Munich.

00:17:32.440 It was literally

00:17:33.200 incoherent

00:17:34.640 and

00:17:35.820 in her

00:17:36.860 but she makes 0.98

00:17:37.660 one hell of a

00:17:38.480 martini

00:17:38.920 from what I've heard.

00:17:40.300 Anyway,

00:17:40.660 supporters

00:17:41.220 want her campaign 1.00

00:17:42.920 to center

00:17:43.860 on sweeping

00:17:44.520 federal programs

00:17:45.920 like government

00:17:46.640 rent,

00:17:47.000 health care,

00:17:47.800 the support

00:17:48.680 of Palestinians,

00:17:49.420 which is going

00:17:50.120 to be a hot

00:17:50.560 button

00:17:50.940 in their

00:17:51.840 primaries

00:17:52.540 and some

00:17:53.340 candidates

00:17:53.860 will benefit

00:17:54.580 from it,

00:17:55.080 most likely

00:17:55.760 her.

00:17:56.760 Some on the

00:17:57.540 left say

00:17:58.040 she's positioned

00:17:58.700 herself for a

00:17:59.540 win-win,

00:18:00.640 meaning she

00:18:01.460 could run

00:18:01.860 for president,

00:18:02.720 build that

00:18:03.160 machinery,

00:18:04.320 but then

00:18:05.260 pivot to

00:18:05.940 challenge

00:18:06.520 Chuck Schumer

00:18:07.760 for the

00:18:08.460 leadership.

00:18:09.520 I think that

00:18:10.300 I hear that

00:18:10.900 option is very,

00:18:11.980 very much

00:18:12.420 on the table.

00:18:13.640 It's viewed

00:18:14.260 in the Democratic

00:18:14.880 Party as

00:18:15.780 too accommodationist

00:18:17.500 of the old

00:18:18.160 ways,

00:18:19.020 too much

00:18:19.600 beholden

00:18:20.980 to big

00:18:21.420 business

00:18:22.060 interests

00:18:22.520 and his

00:18:22.960 are limited.

00:18:24.560 AOC takes

00:18:25.860 him out

00:18:26.240 in a primary.

00:18:27.320 You're listening

00:18:27.660 to The Stone

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00:18:28.980 We'll be right

00:18:29.580 more with

00:18:30.120 Inside Scoop.

00:18:35.020 The Stone

00:18:36.140 Zone.

00:18:37.040 Entertaining

00:18:37.680 and informative

00:18:38.820 on the Red

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00:18:42.120 We were

00:18:42.520 talking about

00:18:43.460 AOC.

00:18:44.880 I just

00:18:45.320 pointed out

00:18:45.760 that the

00:18:46.100 New York

00:18:46.380 Congressman

00:18:46.780 closed

00:18:47.320 2025

00:18:48.240 over $13

00:18:49.120 million

00:18:49.420 sitting in

00:18:50.700 her campaign 1.00

00:18:51.400 coffers

00:18:51.920 after investing

00:18:52.640 very heavily

00:18:53.500 in low-dollar,

00:18:55.520 multiple-donor,

00:18:57.020 social-media-driven

00:18:58.040 grassroots fundraising.

00:19:00.440 But she's also

00:19:01.180 backing left-wing

00:19:02.080 candidates herself

00:19:03.020 in upcoming

00:19:03.660 midterm races.

00:19:05.220 Remember,

00:19:06.000 her husband

00:19:06.940 is, of course,

00:19:07.900 a political

00:19:08.440 consultant.

00:19:09.760 She's involved

00:19:10.680 in contests

00:19:11.720 in Michigan,

00:19:12.440 hoping that a

00:19:13.300 stronger socialist

00:19:14.740 wing emerges

00:19:15.680 nationwide.

00:19:16.720 Her growing

00:19:17.360 national profile

00:19:18.380 includes the

00:19:19.100 fact that she

00:19:19.840 has had many,

00:19:20.980 many joint

00:19:21.540 appearances with

00:19:22.480 that old socialist

00:19:23.900 Bernie Sanders.

00:19:25.640 You know,

00:19:25.920 it's funny,

00:19:26.620 Bernie,

00:19:27.180 who I really

00:19:27.740 think is a

00:19:28.640 blowhard and 0.91

00:19:29.680 a loudmouth,

00:19:30.780 and now I think

00:19:31.780 he's a hypocrite

00:19:32.760 because he used

00:19:33.840 to attack the

00:19:34.440 millionaires and

00:19:35.260 the billionaires.

00:19:36.100 Now he only

00:19:36.580 attacks the

00:19:37.080 billionaires,

00:19:37.720 but that's

00:19:38.060 because Bernie

00:19:39.080 and his wife,

00:19:39.940 I think quite

00:19:40.360 legally,

00:19:41.400 but I'm not

00:19:42.000 sure ethically,

00:19:43.200 took enormous

00:19:44.640 media placement

00:19:45.660 fees from

00:19:47.140 Bernie's

00:19:47.600 extremely well

00:19:48.680 grassroots funded

00:19:50.140 two presidential

00:19:51.460 campaigns,

00:19:52.340 and they became

00:19:53.540 a millionaire.

00:19:54.320 So Bernie is

00:19:55.040 driving a top

00:19:56.200 of the line

00:19:56.620 Mercedes.

00:19:57.360 He has three

00:19:58.540 homes,

00:19:59.280 including one

00:20:01.080 in Washington,

00:20:01.980 one in Vermont,

00:20:02.800 and one,

00:20:03.700 I believe,

00:20:04.560 in a ski resort.

00:20:06.300 But so it's

00:20:07.880 kind of,

00:20:08.440 it's socialism

00:20:09.280 for thee,

00:20:11.060 but not

00:20:12.360 for me.

00:20:13.900 But my sources

00:20:15.180 tell me the

00:20:15.920 AOC is,

00:20:17.300 respect,

00:20:17.940 has expressed

00:20:18.560 some hesitation

00:20:19.420 about running

00:20:19.980 president,

00:20:20.700 but others

00:20:21.500 suggesting she,

00:20:22.660 because her age,

00:20:24.440 time may not

00:20:25.100 be right,

00:20:25.740 but Sanders

00:20:26.520 himself keeps

00:20:27.740 praising her.

00:20:28.620 I noticed that

00:20:29.300 he stopped short

00:20:30.140 of a formal

00:20:31.220 endorsement,

00:20:32.040 but you don't

00:20:32.580 do joint events

00:20:33.360 if you're not

00:20:33.800 trying to pass

00:20:34.640 the baton.

00:20:36.260 That's what I

00:20:36.960 say as someone

00:20:37.580 who's been in

00:20:38.500 this business

00:20:39.180 a long time.

00:20:41.440 Republicans

00:20:42.000 who take her 0.96

00:20:42.940 candidacy laughable

00:20:45.900 should not take

00:20:46.980 her lightly,

00:20:47.860 because the far

00:20:48.400 left social swing

00:20:49.260 of the party,

00:20:49.880 it can be

00:20:50.380 extraordinarily

00:20:50.860 formidable

00:20:51.560 when that power

00:20:53.200 is harnessed.

00:20:53.900 We saw that

00:20:54.520 the rise of

00:20:56.080 Zoran Mamdami,

00:20:57.760 who is dabbling

00:20:58.920 in foreign affairs

00:20:59.840 when he should

00:21:00.240 be trying to

00:21:00.700 figure out how

00:21:01.140 to collect

00:21:01.720 the garbage

00:21:02.480 and clean

00:21:03.100 snow off

00:21:04.240 the streets.

00:21:04.920 The only

00:21:05.880 sure way

00:21:06.420 to thwart

00:21:07.040 these leftists

00:21:07.820 I think

00:21:08.320 is doubling

00:21:08.860 down on

00:21:09.380 the president's

00:21:10.900 agenda,

00:21:11.540 and that

00:21:11.780 starts by

00:21:12.320 putting as

00:21:12.740 many America

00:21:13.360 first candidates

00:21:14.100 on the ballot

00:21:14.740 during the

00:21:15.140 midterms as

00:21:16.100 possible.

00:21:17.020 These upcoming

00:21:17.780 2026 Republican

00:21:19.020 primaries are

00:21:20.320 going to be

00:21:21.000 extraordinarily

00:21:21.860 important,

00:21:24.100 which is why

00:21:24.860 one of the

00:21:25.520 things involved

00:21:26.060 in is a

00:21:26.640 Flynn PAC,

00:21:27.120 General Flynn's

00:21:27.800 PAC,

00:21:28.060 to try to

00:21:28.620 support men

00:21:30.180 and women

00:21:30.720 who have

00:21:31.760 a good

00:21:32.020 chance to

00:21:32.600 win in

00:21:33.120 intra-party

00:21:34.600 contests.

00:21:35.520 Joe Biden,

00:21:36.240 shockingly,

00:21:37.200 back in the

00:21:38.100 news,

00:21:38.480 I've read

00:21:38.900 multiple

00:21:39.420 credible reports

00:21:40.700 that his

00:21:41.300 friends are

00:21:41.720 worried that

00:21:42.280 his cancer

00:21:42.880 has spread

00:21:43.700 to his

00:21:44.180 bones.

00:21:45.240 People I

00:21:46.080 know who

00:21:46.400 have seen

00:21:46.720 him tell

00:21:47.020 me he

00:21:47.260 looks

00:21:47.420 particularly

00:21:48.440 frail.

00:21:49.760 The former

00:21:50.140 president resurfaced

00:21:51.260 this past

00:21:51.780 Friday in

00:21:52.900 South Carolina

00:21:53.640 at a

00:21:54.000 Democrat Party

00:21:54.720 event.

00:21:55.200 He kind

00:21:55.740 of mumbled

00:21:56.360 the speech,

00:21:57.420 but much

00:21:58.820 of it was

00:21:59.300 un-understandable.

00:22:00.660 It seemed

00:22:01.120 like half-baked

00:22:02.120 campaign rhetoric.

00:22:03.400 Speaking in

00:22:04.140 Columbia,

00:22:05.020 Biden actually

00:22:05.780 accused Donald

00:22:06.400 Trump of

00:22:06.860 trying to

00:22:07.760 steal an

00:22:08.460 election ahead

00:22:09.640 of the

00:22:09.940 2026

00:22:10.980 midterms,

00:22:12.400 which is,

00:22:13.000 of course,

00:22:13.320 laughable,

00:22:14.480 months before

00:22:15.340 a single vote

00:22:16.000 has even been

00:22:16.720 cast.

00:22:17.980 His claim

00:22:18.660 centers on

00:22:19.300 Republican-backed

00:22:20.360 election

00:22:20.740 integrity

00:22:21.100 proposals.

00:22:21.860 You see,

00:22:22.180 Biden is

00:22:22.680 opposed to

00:22:23.340 the SAVE Act.

00:22:24.460 He calls it

00:22:25.080 a barrier to

00:22:26.100 voters.

00:22:26.800 The Democrats

00:22:27.220 insist that

00:22:27.880 this is

00:22:28.420 somehow

00:22:28.820 voter-suppressive

00:22:30.300 or unfair

00:22:31.320 or racist

00:22:32.880 when there's

00:22:33.600 no evidence

00:22:34.820 to prove

00:22:36.580 that.

00:22:36.840 In fact,

00:22:37.140 the polling

00:22:37.480 shows a

00:22:38.260 very different

00:22:38.760 story.

00:22:39.360 Poll after

00:22:40.000 poll consistently

00:22:40.920 shows an

00:22:41.920 overwhelming

00:22:42.400 public support

00:22:43.500 for voter

00:22:44.520 ID.

00:22:45.420 Roughly

00:22:45.700 four in

00:22:46.180 five Americans,

00:22:47.120 including

00:22:47.360 majorities of

00:22:48.160 Democrats and

00:22:49.000 minority voters

00:22:50.620 say so,

00:22:51.580 and these

00:22:51.860 are in

00:22:52.260 CNN's

00:22:53.740 polls.

00:22:54.560 It's in

00:22:54.840 their own

00:22:55.760 polling.

00:22:56.940 So even

00:22:57.500 the folks

00:22:58.120 at CNN,

00:22:58.980 and look,

00:22:59.380 I don't

00:22:59.560 get my

00:22:59.880 news from

00:23:00.280 CNN,

00:23:01.140 the same

00:23:01.520 reason I

00:23:01.920 don't drink

00:23:02.360 out of

00:23:02.680 the toilet,

00:23:03.360 but in

00:23:04.720 other words,

00:23:05.500 according to

00:23:06.220 CNN,

00:23:06.900 Biden's

00:23:07.280 own party

00:23:07.800 backs

00:23:08.240 President

00:23:09.000 Trump's

00:23:09.760 alleged

00:23:10.580 election

00:23:11.820 theft.

00:23:12.540 That's in

00:23:13.080 their polling.

00:23:14.220 The former

00:23:14.400 president also

00:23:15.120 defended in

00:23:16.080 his mumbled

00:23:16.980 remarks his

00:23:17.640 immigration

00:23:18.080 record,

00:23:18.660 claiming

00:23:19.020 crossings

00:23:20.880 were lower

00:23:21.420 than when he

00:23:22.280 left office

00:23:22.960 when he

00:23:24.100 entered,

00:23:24.640 which is

00:23:24.960 laughably

00:23:25.700 false.

00:23:26.200 It was

00:23:26.400 on his

00:23:26.860 watch that

00:23:27.440 some 36

00:23:28.780 million illegals

00:23:30.640 entered the

00:23:31.080 country.

00:23:31.880 People,

00:23:32.620 I don't know

00:23:33.480 that people

00:23:33.980 need to be

00:23:34.340 reminded,

00:23:34.860 but the

00:23:35.340 Biden-Mod House

00:23:35.940 insisted

00:23:36.400 repeatedly that

00:23:37.740 they needed

00:23:38.260 new legislation,

00:23:39.580 new authority,

00:23:40.740 to seal our

00:23:41.420 southern border.

00:23:42.320 And Trump and

00:23:43.300 the Republicans

00:23:43.780 argued from the

00:23:44.560 beginning that the

00:23:45.060 laws necessary

00:23:45.860 were already on

00:23:46.640 the books.

00:23:47.420 They simply

00:23:48.000 needed to be

00:23:49.640 forced.

00:23:50.180 And then,

00:23:50.540 of course,

00:23:50.840 Senator

00:23:51.400 Lankford,

00:23:52.240 a rhino

00:23:53.160 from Oklahoma,

00:23:54.280 came along

00:23:54.880 with their

00:23:55.360 fix a bit.

00:23:56.820 If you read

00:23:57.340 the small

00:23:58.060 print,

00:23:59.040 grandfathered

00:24:00.020 two million

00:24:00.720 illegals a 1.00

00:24:01.740 year with

00:24:02.640 a wave

00:24:03.340 of a baton,

00:24:05.460 and the

00:24:07.240 president wisely

00:24:08.240 said no.

00:24:11.340 So to try

00:24:12.460 to make

00:24:13.080 these claims

00:24:13.860 is really

00:24:16.560 evicted

00:24:17.480 the fact

00:24:17.960 that we're

00:24:18.420 really talking

00:24:19.300 in this case

00:24:19.800 about,

00:24:20.680 let's just

00:24:21.120 say,

00:24:21.500 a jello-brained

00:24:23.260 imbecile. 0.79

00:24:24.640 I mean,

00:24:25.220 this guy

00:24:26.520 was a

00:24:26.980 diaper-wearing

00:24:28.280 vegetable

00:24:31.180 in and out

00:24:32.560 of lucidity.

00:24:33.440 I think

00:24:33.680 it may

00:24:34.020 times,

00:24:34.820 according to

00:24:35.360 many Democrats

00:24:36.100 I know,

00:24:36.680 and written

00:24:36.960 reports that

00:24:37.620 are deeply

00:24:38.360 medicated.

00:24:39.280 It's not

00:24:39.600 clear who's

00:24:40.740 operating the

00:24:41.560 autopan,

00:24:42.580 who's making

00:24:43.240 the decision

00:24:44.040 to pardon

00:24:45.500 murderers

00:24:46.620 and drug

00:24:47.320 dealers

00:24:47.740 and rapists

00:24:48.800 and child

00:24:49.860 pornographers

00:24:50.660 and violent

00:24:53.500 criminals.

00:24:54.320 Who's making

00:24:55.220 those decisions?

00:24:57.440 We to this

00:24:58.580 day don't

00:24:59.380 know.

00:25:00.240 It's also

00:25:00.840 clear to me

00:25:01.600 that despite

00:25:02.400 the fact that

00:25:03.120 it's abundantly

00:25:04.120 clear based on

00:25:04.900 the House

00:25:05.400 Oversight

00:25:06.840 Committee's

00:25:07.620 excellent work

00:25:08.760 that Joe

00:25:09.840 Biden and

00:25:10.780 his family

00:25:11.280 enterprises,

00:25:12.160 including his

00:25:12.740 son and

00:25:13.720 his brother,

00:25:14.280 once Joe

00:25:16.040 realized

00:25:16.680 particularly

00:25:17.140 that Hillary 1.00

00:25:17.620 was going

00:25:18.420 to be the

00:25:19.320 nominee,

00:25:20.120 started taking

00:25:20.680 multi-million

00:25:21.860 dollar payments

00:25:22.600 from Russian

00:25:23.620 interests,

00:25:24.400 Chinese

00:25:24.800 interests,

00:25:26.120 Ukrainian

00:25:26.620 interests,

00:25:28.140 Romanian

00:25:28.680 interests,

00:25:30.460 Russian

00:25:31.120 interests,

00:25:32.540 all of which

00:25:33.580 they appear

00:25:34.560 that they will

00:25:35.360 do with impunity.

00:25:36.540 There'll be no,

00:25:37.240 this is at a

00:25:37.840 time when Joe's

00:25:38.700 actions would

00:25:39.660 not be protected

00:25:40.780 by the Constitution

00:25:41.560 because he was

00:25:42.200 during the time

00:25:43.180 he was vice

00:25:44.100 president.

00:25:45.440 But from what

00:25:46.420 they tell me,

00:25:47.640 I think the

00:25:48.220 Grim Reaper

00:25:48.740 may sadly

00:25:50.380 get to

00:25:50.960 Joe Biden.

00:25:53.280 This idea,

00:25:54.320 I think it was

00:25:54.740 Lindsey Graham

00:25:55.540 who once said,

00:25:57.020 you've got to

00:25:57.360 say one thing

00:25:58.060 for Joe Biden,

00:25:59.560 you're sure he

00:25:59.940 is a nice guy.

00:26:01.420 Nobody I know

00:26:02.460 who knows Joe

00:26:03.200 Biden,

00:26:04.000 including Democrats

00:26:04.960 who served in

00:26:05.540 the U.S.

00:26:05.980 Senate with him

00:26:06.480 but who are

00:26:06.800 friends of mine,

00:26:07.800 would describe him

00:26:08.500 as a nice guy.

00:26:09.700 They would all

00:26:10.340 describe him as

00:26:11.380 somewhat of a

00:26:12.180 sanctimonious,

00:26:15.140 well,

00:26:15.500 it's a family show,

00:26:16.460 but a guy who

00:26:18.040 would do nothing

00:26:19.080 for you as a

00:26:19.940 fellow senator

00:26:20.600 unless there was

00:26:22.200 a fundraiser

00:26:23.060 or some quid pro quo

00:26:24.340 to his benefit.

00:26:25.600 He always kind of

00:26:26.060 saw himself

00:26:26.600 as a Kennedy.

00:26:29.480 He had been

00:26:30.820 elected to the

00:26:31.540 U.S.

00:26:31.920 Senate in 1972

00:26:34.000 despite the fact

00:26:34.920 that Nixon

00:26:35.320 was carrying

00:26:36.420 Delaware by a

00:26:37.280 landslide.

00:26:37.940 He was at

00:26:38.380 29 years old,

00:26:39.920 the surprise

00:26:41.020 winner over

00:26:41.640 veteran Senator

00:26:42.440 Caleb Boggs,

00:26:43.980 one of the most

00:26:44.580 respected members

00:26:45.460 of the U.S.

00:26:46.140 Senate.

00:26:47.000 Boggs had grown

00:26:47.740 old and Biden

00:26:49.240 had outworked him

00:26:50.520 and then,

00:26:51.960 of course,

00:26:52.220 Biden's wife

00:26:52.880 was tragically

00:26:53.680 killed and

00:26:54.980 some of his

00:26:55.820 children,

00:26:56.280 as I recall,

00:26:57.320 tragically killed

00:26:58.680 in a car accident

00:26:59.900 very briefly

00:27:00.740 after his

00:27:03.240 election.

00:27:04.800 He would then,

00:27:05.980 for the rest

00:27:06.460 of his career,

00:27:07.360 blame the

00:27:08.220 driver of a

00:27:09.000 tractor-trailer

00:27:09.680 for being

00:27:10.380 drunk on the

00:27:12.140 job,

00:27:12.540 which the

00:27:13.600 investigation

00:27:14.740 never proved.

00:27:16.560 This was just

00:27:17.060 an accident.

00:27:17.960 It was not

00:27:18.420 caused by any

00:27:19.200 impairment,

00:27:19.680 but he destroyed

00:27:20.840 that poor guy's

00:27:22.280 life.

00:27:23.760 And the Bidens

00:27:24.620 are very well

00:27:25.120 known in Delaware

00:27:26.080 for not paying

00:27:27.480 their bills,

00:27:28.040 not paying

00:27:28.840 grocers or

00:27:30.400 hairdressers

00:27:31.720 or landscapers

00:27:33.180 or fence

00:27:34.220 builders or

00:27:35.560 dentists or

00:27:37.460 doctors.

00:27:39.400 They kind of

00:27:40.680 thought that

00:27:41.080 they were Bidens 0.98

00:27:42.740 and they were

00:27:43.260 just extraordinarily

00:27:44.180 entitled.

00:27:46.280 And now you

00:27:47.120 see the left

00:27:47.800 screaming that 0.82

00:27:49.360 Trump is

00:27:51.800 covering up

00:27:52.700 for pedophiles,

00:27:53.600 Trump rapes 0.93

00:27:54.400 children,

00:27:54.780 all of which

00:27:55.200 is ludicrous

00:27:56.340 since he's the

00:27:56.880 guy who

00:27:57.400 turned Epstein

00:27:58.580 in.

00:27:59.940 But they

00:28:00.900 ignore the

00:28:01.620 creepy behavior

00:28:02.360 of Joe Biden,

00:28:03.640 a lot of it

00:28:04.060 in public,

00:28:04.660 but much of

00:28:05.460 it detailed

00:28:06.320 in such detail

00:28:08.240 in his

00:28:08.640 daughter's

00:28:09.360 diary that

00:28:10.660 the FBI

00:28:11.360 conducts an

00:28:12.400 illegal raid

00:28:13.140 on James

00:28:13.660 O'Keefe to

00:28:14.300 try to get

00:28:15.380 a diary,

00:28:16.580 which O'Keefe

00:28:16.980 has no intention

00:28:17.780 of even

00:28:18.320 publishing,

00:28:19.400 but has

00:28:19.960 acquired quite

00:28:20.960 legally.

00:28:21.860 This is

00:28:22.600 almost as

00:28:23.640 chilling as

00:28:25.120 the news

00:28:25.720 this week.

00:28:26.300 that the

00:28:27.560 Biden

00:28:27.980 administration,

00:28:29.180 FBI,

00:28:30.620 actually spied

00:28:31.800 on,

00:28:32.180 surveilled a

00:28:32.880 telephone

00:28:33.360 conversation

00:28:34.040 between

00:28:34.500 President Donald

00:28:35.640 Trump's

00:28:36.040 then co-campaign

00:28:38.360 chairman,

00:28:38.880 but really the

00:28:39.360 de facto head

00:28:40.040 of his campaign,

00:28:41.180 Susie Wiles,

00:28:42.120 now the first

00:28:42.960 woman chief

00:28:44.760 of staff to

00:28:45.440 the president

00:28:45.960 president and

00:28:47.580 a long-time

00:28:48.460 friend of

00:28:49.440 mine,

00:28:51.240 but he

00:28:52.180 also was

00:28:54.860 very,

00:28:56.960 they also

00:28:57.660 spied on a

00:28:58.500 phone conversation,

00:28:59.480 this was a

00:28:59.900 conversation from

00:29:00.840 Wiles and her 1.00

00:29:01.420 attorney,

00:29:01.940 which they

00:29:02.280 eavesdropped

00:29:04.480 on.

00:29:05.700 The FBI

00:29:06.620 source said

00:29:07.360 that this was

00:29:07.900 done with

00:29:08.560 the attorney's

00:29:09.600 acquiescence and

00:29:10.780 approval.

00:29:11.160 The attorney

00:29:12.060 has said

00:29:12.500 through

00:29:12.680 spokesman

00:29:13.280 that that

00:29:14.300 is false,

00:29:16.080 that that

00:29:16.340 would be

00:29:16.580 unethical,

00:29:17.120 that he

00:29:17.320 never agreed

00:29:17.760 to anything

00:29:19.320 of the kind.

00:29:20.120 This is

00:29:20.480 very chilling.

00:29:22.520 They also

00:29:22.920 evidently

00:29:23.440 surveilled

00:29:24.120 communications

00:29:27.460 from

00:29:27.980 Kash

00:29:28.440 Patel,

00:29:29.400 who was a

00:29:30.440 private citizen

00:29:31.180 in that

00:29:32.480 same period.

00:29:33.740 This interests

00:29:34.520 me because

00:29:34.920 in that period

00:29:36.020 the FBI

00:29:37.220 approached my

00:29:37.980 attorney to

00:29:38.660 tell me,

00:29:39.260 this was

00:29:39.580 reported at

00:29:40.120 the time,

00:29:40.700 that my

00:29:42.220 email had

00:29:43.260 been penetrated,

00:29:45.180 had been

00:29:45.560 compromised.

00:29:47.680 And it

00:29:48.440 was particularly

00:29:48.980 my communications

00:29:49.900 with Susie

00:29:50.480 Wiles and I

00:29:51.920 guess others

00:29:52.420 in the Trump

00:29:53.040 orbit, which

00:29:53.580 are extraordinarily

00:29:54.840 limited because

00:29:55.800 it's not my

00:29:56.320 choice of

00:29:56.860 communication,

00:29:58.560 but that had

00:29:59.520 all been

00:30:00.420 compromised.

00:30:02.300 And I was

00:30:03.080 told it was

00:30:03.500 done by the

00:30:04.360 Iranian

00:30:04.920 Republican

00:30:06.020 Guard,

00:30:07.180 specifically,

00:30:08.420 by the

00:30:09.280 helpful FBI

00:30:10.160 agents.

00:30:10.700 I wondered

00:30:11.080 at the time

00:30:11.740 whether it

00:30:12.820 was Iran or

00:30:13.620 whether it

00:30:14.040 was a rogue

00:30:14.640 element under

00:30:15.460 Joe Biden

00:30:16.080 in our own

00:30:16.920 FBI who

00:30:17.800 had gotten

00:30:18.920 in this

00:30:19.340 case, I

00:30:20.400 don't think

00:30:20.720 they learned

00:30:21.080 anything of

00:30:21.640 great import,

00:30:23.820 but they

00:30:24.140 ultimately,

00:30:25.660 out of my

00:30:26.100 three working

00:30:27.840 email accounts

00:30:28.720 at the time,

00:30:29.960 the FBI

00:30:31.220 told us that

00:30:31.840 they had

00:30:32.300 penetrated

00:30:33.280 two of

00:30:33.880 them.

00:30:34.480 They

00:30:34.640 specifically

00:30:35.060 said that

00:30:35.520 they were

00:30:35.880 done for

00:30:36.400 the purpose

00:30:36.880 of sending

00:30:37.520 outbound

00:30:38.380 emails with

00:30:39.620 phishing links

00:30:40.720 in them to

00:30:41.680 people of

00:30:42.680 importance in

00:30:43.820 the hope that

00:30:44.260 they would

00:30:44.520 open on it

00:30:45.220 and they

00:30:45.600 could then

00:30:46.060 get access

00:30:46.620 to their

00:30:47.780 computers.

00:30:48.460 I saw

00:31:00.180 today how

00:31:01.240 independent

00:31:01.960 journalist Nick

00:31:02.700 Shirley, the

00:31:03.360 guy who

00:31:03.760 gained national

00:31:05.100 attention after

00:31:05.900 blowing the

00:31:06.480 lid off the

00:31:07.040 extensive

00:31:07.560 Somali fraud

00:31:09.260 scandal in

00:31:10.120 Minneapolis,

00:31:10.860 says he has

00:31:11.540 now found what

00:31:12.320 he believes is a

00:31:13.440 voter registration

00:31:14.480 loophole while

00:31:15.280 visiting the

00:31:16.280 San Diego

00:31:16.780 County Elections

00:31:18.080 Office.

00:31:18.480 This is not

00:31:18.940 surprising to

00:31:19.780 me.

00:31:20.080 I think voter

00:31:20.560 fraud is very

00:31:21.260 widespread in

00:31:22.700 California.

00:31:24.280 This is a

00:31:25.080 state, of course,

00:31:25.700 where governors can

00:31:26.900 be removed.

00:31:27.760 Gray Davis was

00:31:28.600 famously removed

00:31:29.760 in a referendum

00:31:30.560 creating a new

00:31:31.320 election, which

00:31:31.920 was won by

00:31:32.960 Arnold Schwarzenegger.

00:31:34.700 But when I saw

00:31:37.100 that a referendum

00:31:38.560 got on the

00:31:39.220 ballot to

00:31:39.800 remove Gavin

00:31:41.040 Newsom and

00:31:41.980 that it failed

00:31:42.660 in every single

00:31:43.800 county in

00:31:44.520 California,

00:31:45.320 including some

00:31:46.040 counties so

00:31:46.960 right-wing that

00:31:48.120 they have

00:31:48.420 overwhelmingly

00:31:49.020 passed resolutions

00:31:51.240 to secede from

00:31:52.800 the state of

00:31:53.920 California, I

00:31:55.340 knew something

00:31:55.980 was afoot.

00:31:57.320 In this case,

00:31:58.700 Nick Shirley

00:31:59.160 said that on

00:32:01.500 his podcast

00:32:02.320 that voters in

00:32:03.140 San Diego don't

00:32:04.140 necessarily need a

00:32:05.240 photo ID to

00:32:06.080 register, they

00:32:06.680 only need a

00:32:08.020 signed affidavit

00:32:09.240 affirming that

00:32:10.500 they're telling

00:32:11.160 the truth.

00:32:12.060 So when he

00:32:13.740 asked whether

00:32:14.260 someone could

00:32:14.860 falsely sign

00:32:15.520 another person's

00:32:16.340 name and vote,

00:32:17.900 the Board of

00:32:18.900 Elections

00:32:19.200 deployed knowledge

00:32:20.000 that would

00:32:20.380 require lying,

00:32:21.440 but said that

00:32:21.960 people just

00:32:22.640 didn't believe

00:32:23.040 that people

00:32:23.420 would abuse

00:32:24.120 the system.

00:32:25.080 Shirley himself

00:32:26.100 points out that

00:32:26.920 this assumption

00:32:27.620 exposes the

00:32:29.140 very weaknesses,

00:32:30.100 a system built

00:32:30.840 on trust rather

00:32:31.800 than actual

00:32:32.640 hard verification.

00:32:34.600 This is the

00:32:35.120 argument for

00:32:35.880 the Save

00:32:36.640 America Act.

00:32:38.740 You know,

00:32:39.160 whether it is

00:32:39.840 a birth certificate,

00:32:41.140 whether it is

00:32:42.080 a passport,

00:32:43.080 or whether it

00:32:43.580 is some,

00:32:44.700 some driver

00:32:46.320 licenses, I

00:32:47.060 think, quite

00:32:47.400 manipulable.

00:32:48.400 So I'm not

00:32:48.880 sure that's the

00:32:49.600 idea that I

00:32:51.580 would prefer.

00:32:52.500 But certainly

00:32:52.840 those signed

00:32:53.920 up for real

00:32:54.620 ID, a program

00:32:56.620 that I'm not

00:32:57.180 all that fond

00:32:58.000 of, but one

00:32:59.380 that ultimately

00:32:59.900 will be required

00:33:00.800 before one can

00:33:01.460 get on a plane

00:33:02.260 or check

00:33:03.140 into a hotel

00:33:04.300 or do anything.

00:33:05.460 So I'd

00:33:06.320 rather like the

00:33:06.860 idea of a

00:33:07.320 government having

00:33:07.920 a central

00:33:08.440 database on

00:33:10.140 every American.

00:33:11.700 I understand

00:33:12.580 the arguments

00:33:13.260 that it helps

00:33:13.960 cut down on

00:33:14.560 welfare fraud,

00:33:15.660 it helps cut

00:33:16.500 down on

00:33:17.260 illegal voting,

00:33:19.420 but I think

00:33:20.860 it is too

00:33:21.820 ripe for abuse,

00:33:23.660 and I have

00:33:24.600 opposed the

00:33:25.380 advocacy of it.

00:33:26.360 but some

00:33:27.400 form of

00:33:28.360 ID,

00:33:29.020 California,

00:33:30.520 the idea

00:33:31.640 that California,

00:33:33.300 even with its

00:33:33.980 weakened Republican

00:33:35.460 party,

00:33:37.160 there's no way

00:33:38.680 that Gavin

00:33:39.780 Newsom won

00:33:41.640 that recall.

00:33:42.700 But Newsom,

00:33:43.300 I'm arguing here,

00:33:43.880 has made the

00:33:44.360 largest single

00:33:45.020 mistake I've

00:33:45.700 seen in politics

00:33:46.600 as I say

00:33:47.120 earlier.

00:33:47.740 I mean,

00:33:47.940 just the

00:33:48.820 pandering,

00:33:49.860 saying to a

00:33:50.800 minority audience,

00:33:51.880 I'm stupid,

00:33:52.960 makes an

00:33:53.640 assumption that

00:33:54.860 they're stupid, 0.91

00:33:55.960 they have low

00:33:56.740 scores,

00:33:57.180 they can't

00:33:57.680 read,

00:33:58.000 which is

00:33:58.280 insulting and

00:33:59.100 untrue.

00:34:00.620 Will it end

00:34:01.420 his candidacy?

00:34:02.380 I mean,

00:34:02.860 he's a Getty,

00:34:04.520 he has unlimited

00:34:06.660 access to

00:34:07.800 resources,

00:34:09.100 and he has

00:34:10.160 great hair,

00:34:11.280 and he has

00:34:11.840 a glib

00:34:12.920 manner.

00:34:14.180 I think lately

00:34:14.740 he's been coming

00:34:15.320 across as way

00:34:16.540 too hot,

00:34:17.320 and I think

00:34:17.780 hitting Trump

00:34:18.740 too personally

00:34:19.860 and too hard,

00:34:20.860 but that's

00:34:21.580 just kind of

00:34:22.800 just an old

00:34:23.660 pros look

00:34:25.460 at it,

00:34:25.840 kind of an

00:34:26.180 old war

00:34:26.720 horses look

00:34:27.520 at it,

00:34:27.960 but I think

00:34:29.340 he will be

00:34:30.220 formidable.

00:34:31.120 He needs

00:34:31.540 Kamala not

00:34:32.380 to run,

00:34:33.300 because they,

00:34:34.340 in terms of

00:34:34.940 resources,

00:34:35.960 funds,

00:34:36.500 and people,

00:34:37.260 they very much

00:34:37.980 pull from the

00:34:38.600 exact same

00:34:39.220 base of

00:34:40.280 California.

00:34:41.720 Kamala this

00:34:42.480 week announced

00:34:43.120 that she might

00:34:43.700 run, meaning

00:34:44.180 she made no

00:34:44.740 announcement at

00:34:45.480 all.

00:34:46.220 That's always

00:34:46.860 been clear.

00:34:47.460 I do think

00:34:47.800 she dodged a 0.91

00:34:48.500 bullet by not

00:34:49.820 running for

00:34:50.280 governor of

00:34:50.720 California.

00:34:51.300 She could have

00:34:51.660 easily won that

00:34:52.400 primary,

00:34:52.860 she could

00:34:53.500 easily have

00:34:54.040 been elected

00:34:54.620 governor of

00:34:55.960 the Golden

00:34:56.820 State.

00:34:57.460 She wisely

00:34:58.020 sidestepped that.

00:34:59.040 It was a

00:34:59.660 mistake when

00:35:00.160 Nixon did it

00:35:00.720 in 1962.

00:35:01.960 It would have

00:35:02.300 been a mistake

00:35:02.860 for her now.

00:35:04.220 Because of the

00:35:05.080 hundreds of

00:35:05.640 millions of

00:35:06.100 dollars spent

00:35:06.660 on her

00:35:07.040 campaign,

00:35:08.080 her poll

00:35:08.420 numbers among

00:35:09.220 the radical

00:35:09.820 left Democrats

00:35:10.600 are still

00:35:11.000 very, very

00:35:11.820 strong.

00:35:12.680 I guess they

00:35:13.180 liked all that

00:35:13.800 giggling and

00:35:15.060 her making

00:35:16.320 those word

00:35:17.240 sallies that

00:35:18.120 she pumped 0.65

00:35:20.000 up, and the

00:35:20.500 fact that she

00:35:21.020 looked like she

00:35:21.680 was bombed

00:35:22.920 half of the

00:35:23.920 time.

00:35:24.900 But she

00:35:25.380 would be

00:35:25.780 formidable.

00:35:27.100 AORC cannot 1.00

00:35:28.100 be underestimated.

00:35:29.740 J.B.

00:35:30.240 Pritzker hanging

00:35:31.340 in there at the

00:35:32.060 polls around

00:35:32.820 1, 2, 3%,

00:35:34.740 far less than

00:35:37.140 he weighs.

00:35:38.880 This is a

00:35:39.680 party with

00:35:40.940 no bench

00:35:42.400 whatsoever,

00:35:43.660 whatever, and

00:35:45.140 they know it.

00:35:47.680 Meanwhile, the

00:35:48.220 Republican Party

00:35:48.940 has an

00:35:49.420 extraordinary

00:35:49.800 bench.

00:35:50.220 You've got

00:35:50.440 J.D.

00:35:50.840 Vintz, you've

00:35:51.300 got the

00:35:52.460 superstar

00:35:53.040 Marco Rubio,

00:35:54.280 you have

00:35:54.660 the director

00:35:55.540 of national

00:35:56.080 intelligence,

00:35:57.000 Tosi Gabbard,

00:35:59.100 even CIA

00:36:01.160 director, John

00:36:02.320 Radcliffe,

00:36:02.860 looks like he

00:36:03.340 came from

00:36:04.100 central casting.

00:36:05.880 He was a

00:36:06.920 Texas congressman.

00:36:07.940 He could be a

00:36:08.620 future president.

00:36:09.320 This is a

00:36:09.960 team of

00:36:11.200 all-stars.

00:36:13.240 And that's

00:36:13.700 the central

00:36:14.500 difference, I

00:36:15.040 think, between

00:36:16.100 Trump in the

00:36:16.640 first term and

00:36:17.260 Trump in the

00:36:18.420 second term.

00:36:19.600 Those years in

00:36:20.340 the wilderness,

00:36:21.100 he got a real

00:36:21.780 understanding of

00:36:23.060 the deep state

00:36:23.780 and the lengths

00:36:25.120 that they were

00:36:25.620 willing to go to

00:36:26.460 try to destroy

00:36:27.160 him.

00:36:27.940 And what we

00:36:28.640 got was a

00:36:29.300 battle-hardened

00:36:30.800 leader.

00:36:31.980 So thanks for

00:36:32.560 joining us today

00:36:33.380 in the Stone

00:36:34.020 Zone.

00:36:34.400 Until we meet

00:36:35.140 again, God

00:36:35.880 bless you and

00:36:36.840 Godspeed.

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00:37:12.380 never have to

00:37:13.260 wonder.

00:37:13.760 What the heck

00:37:14.500 is going on

00:37:15.280 here?

00:37:16.080 Rural Americans

00:37:16.820 deserve access to

00:37:18.020 the best our

00:37:19.040 nation has to

00:37:19.860 offer, especially

00:37:20.780 when it comes to

00:37:21.540 health care.

00:37:22.200 Across every

00:37:22.800 state and every

00:37:23.560 community, America's

00:37:24.800 rural hospitals are

00:37:25.980 the first line of

00:37:27.020 defense protecting

00:37:27.980 our families,

00:37:28.960 neighbors, and

00:37:29.520 loved ones.

00:37:30.240 No matter where

00:37:30.780 you live, hospital

00:37:31.580 care doesn't

00:37:32.240 clock out.

00:37:32.980 They're there 24

00:37:33.720 hours a day, seven

00:37:34.800 days a week, 365

00:37:36.560 days a year.

00:37:37.500 Each year, America's

00:37:38.880 over 5,000

00:37:39.960 hospitals care for

00:37:41.040 millions of

00:37:41.640 patients providing

00:37:42.480 24-7 emergency

00:37:44.000 care, delivering

00:37:44.940 babies, cancer

00:37:46.000 treatments, and

00:37:46.740 other life-saving

00:37:47.660 care that patients

00:37:48.740 rely on.

00:37:49.520 Behind every one of

00:37:50.380 those patients are

00:37:51.140 doctors, nurses, and

00:37:52.700 caregivers working

00:37:53.700 tirelessly to keep

00:37:54.880 people healthy and

00:37:55.940 safe.

00:37:56.480 Hospitals are our

00:37:57.540 community's lifelines.

00:37:58.960 They employ our

00:37:59.860 neighbors and keep

00:38:00.880 our families health.

00:38:02.280 But now, some in

00:38:03.300 Congress are

00:38:03.800 threatening access to

00:38:04.900 care.

00:38:05.120 Tell Congress,

00:38:06.340 protect patient care

00:38:07.780 to keep America

00:38:08.900 strong.

00:38:09.680 Don't cut rural

00:38:11.000 health care.

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