In a federal courtroom in Washington, D.C., 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen pleaded not guilty to charges tied to the April 25th shooting incident at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, which I saw as an attempted assassination of President Donald Trump and many of his top cabinet officials.
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00:00:48.860Well, in a federal courtroom in Washington, D.C., 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen
00:00:54.340pleaded not guilty to charges tied to the April 25th shooting incident
00:00:58.940at the White House Correspondents Association dinner,
00:01:02.220which I saw as an attempted assassination of President Donald Trump
00:01:05.920and many of his top cabinet officials.
00:01:08.700The dinner was packed with roughly 2,600 elites,
00:01:12.720but it also included President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump,0.94
00:01:16.720Vice President J.D. Vance, countless administrative officials,
00:01:20.080including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and, of course, the many people calling themselves journalists.
00:01:27.540Prosecutors say that Allen rushed past security armed with a 12-gauge shotgun, a .38 pistol,
00:01:34.380and multiple knives before firing towards law enforcement.
00:01:38.380Secret Service agent was hit in his bulletproof vest by buckshot, was treated, and was released.
00:01:44.120No attendees were killed or injured thanks to the fast response of the Secret Service and the police.
00:01:50.080Allen, a Californian native with degrees from Caltech and Cal State in Dominguez Hills, has no prior criminal record, but investigators say he had expressed anti-Trump views, had donated to Kamala Harris's presidential campaign, had attended protests, and sent a disturbing manifesto-style email shortly before the attack.
00:02:12.700Why are they continuing to say that they can't establish a motive?
00:02:16.400The evidence clearly points to politically motivated violence, not some random act.
00:02:21.280Allen now faces charges including attempted assassination of the president,
00:02:25.920assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon, and a firearms violation.
00:02:30.360If convicted on the lead count, he could spend the rest of his life in prison.
00:04:52.040warning that anyone who thinks socialism is the answer is, in his words, a moron.0.99
00:04:57.200Well, the senator called it like it is.0.99
00:04:59.280Fetterman then turned his fire on the media, condemning the 24-hour news cycle that turns opinions into supposed facts.
00:05:06.820He said that the opinions are not news.
00:05:09.460Recent polling shows the Democrats in Pennsylvania are turning on Fetterman for telling it like it is.
00:05:14.960President Trump has offered Fetterman to jump ship over to the Republican Party.
00:05:18.640Today, I believe he would handily win a Republican primary for the U.S. Senate.
00:05:22.440That seems to me like a stretch, but even if Fetterman were to leave the Democrat Party,
00:05:26.620or if a Democrat Party were to leave him by dumping him in a primary,
00:05:30.500he, of course, would have the option of going independent, which would almost surely elect a Republican.
00:05:35.500That would hurt the far-left Democrats immeasurably,
00:05:37.840and perhaps inspire others to jump off that sinking ship as well.
00:05:42.060Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is making a case that should resonate
00:05:46.860with both America First conservatives and strong supporters of Israel.
00:05:51.160The leader of the Jewish state is saying it is time to completely phase out U.S. financial aid to the Jewish state.
00:05:58.440In a new interview with CBS News, Netanyahu says he wants Israel to draw down to zero the financial component of American military support, which currently totals $3.8 billion a year.
00:06:11.720His proposed timeline is to begin now and complete the process over the upcoming decade.
00:06:16.980That is the right message at the right time.
00:06:19.280America's drowning in debt, taxpayers are stretched thin, and voters are increasingly
00:06:24.180skeptical of foreign aid, even to our closest democratic allies. A serious America first policy
00:06:30.220says allies should be strong, sovereign, but also capable of defending themselves without becoming
00:06:36.020dependent or overly reliant on the U.S. taxpayer. Uncle Sam is tired of being a sucker. And from a0.93
00:06:42.820pro-Israel perspective, Netanyahu is right as well. Israel is a modern military and technological0.71
00:06:48.620powerhouse. It has world-class intelligence, it has cyber capabilities, its own missile defense,
00:06:55.200and an economy built on innovation. A stronger, more independent Israel would be harder for0.96
00:07:00.620critics in Washington to manipulate and less vulnerable to political hostage-taking from
00:07:06.040future anti-Israel majorities in Congress. It could also be argued that the financial support
00:07:11.680from the U.S. is an encroachment on Israelis' national sovereignty. Of course, the United
00:07:16.160States and Israel should remain close, strategic partners. Intelligence sharing, weapons coordination,
00:07:22.180missile defense research, and coordination against Iran are all still of the utmost importance.0.66
00:07:28.760But we can do all of this without sending billions in foreign aid. Not Newhouse argument is correct.0.98
00:07:34.660Israel should stand on its own two feet. America should protect its own taxpayers,0.72
00:07:38.740and both nations should cooperate from a position of strength. That is America first,
00:07:47.660Meanwhile, with Americans furious over Zoran gas prices, Energy Secretary Chris Wright says the Trump administration is open to all ideas to bring relief at the pump, including temporarily suspending the federal gas tax.
00:08:01.340Secretary Wright told the press this past weekend that the administration supports measures at lower costs for working families.
00:08:08.900He pointed to releases from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, coordination with other nations, and revised EPA rules to help refiners produce more gasoline.
00:08:19.700President Trump said he supports taking off the gas tax for a quote-unquote period of time, then phasing it back in once prices fall again.
00:08:28.360The federal gas tax is now at 18.4 cents per gallon, with 24 percent cents per gallon for diesel.
00:08:35.440This would provide temporary relief to help Americans while the situation with Iran is wrapped up and things stabilize.
00:08:42.460The bigger burden in many states, however, comes from state fuel taxes, especially in Democrat-run states.
00:08:49.240So, for example, California leads the nation with 70.9 cents per gallon, although Governor Gavin Newsom refuses to let any refinery operate in the Golden State.
00:09:02.420Then when it comes to taxes, it's followed by Illinois and Washington. Michigan's tax is also among the highest, yet Governor Gretchen Whitmer has endorsed federal tax relief while refusing to cut her own state tax.
00:09:16.200Some Republican-led states have moved faster. Indiana Governor Mike Braun extended tax fuel relief, cutting nearly 60 cents per gallon. Georgia and Utah have taken steps to reduce the burden. The lesson is clear.
00:09:33.100Washington can help, but states must act too.
00:09:35.420American families need cheaper energy,
00:09:38.280and Democrats must be put on the defensive if they're unwilling to provide that relief.
00:09:43.380Democrats can suspend their state gas taxes and slash prices for gas for Americans instantly.
00:09:49.820If they refuse to do so, they deserve the blame for these price hikes.
00:09:54.300Utah may be the next battleground state in the nationwide fight over redistricting
00:10:23.080Utah is currently represented by Republicans in all four congressional districts,
00:10:26.920but the court's decision could create one Democrat favorable seat centered around Salt Lake City.
00:10:33.300The case stemmed from a 2018 ballot initiative creating an independent redistricting commission for congressional districts.
00:10:40.840Utah lawmakers later passed a 2020 law making that commission advisory,
00:10:45.920but the courts have said the legislature lacked the authority to do that.0.84
00:10:49.520Hagan later recused herself after leaked text messages alleged she had an affair with the attorney, David Raymond,
00:10:55.580who represented plaintiffs in the redistricting case.
00:10:59.740Hagan would eventually resign her position0.99
00:11:01.680after widespread public outrage over her apparent betrayal.
00:11:05.420In her resignation letter to Governor Spencer Cox,
00:11:08.840Hagan cited scrutiny of her private life and the toll on her family.
00:11:13.100Her departures put additional scrutiny on the Supreme Court to revisit this issue.
00:11:17.060There's no reason why Democrats should be gifted a seat1.00
00:11:19.520because a fraudulent, independent redistricting commission just wants to give them one.
00:11:24.580As the lawmakers of Indiana found out, there are major electoral consequences when Republicans neglect to use their power at their disposal to push back against Democrats.
00:11:34.520Those Indiana Republicans who resisted a redistricting plan supported by President Trump were wiped out in the Republican primaries only days ago.
00:11:43.040So it's time for Utah to redraw their maps, for Utah Republicans to do whatever is in their power to deny Democrats a congressional seat and for the public to accept no excuses as to why this cannot be done.
00:11:55.940Seeing some of the most interesting videos I've ever seen in politics,
00:11:59.100the Los Angeles mayoral race is actually drawing national attention.
00:12:02.540A man named Spencer Pratt, who's a reality TV star, best known from MTV's The Hills,
00:12:08.840actually gains visibility and some traction after viral campaign videos
00:12:13.120and a closely watched debate with Mayor Karen Bass,
00:12:16.160a self-avowed follower of Fidel Castro, and council member Nathmaya Rahman.
00:12:23.120Pratt has framed his campaign around public safety, homelessness, taxes, and frustration with City Hall.
00:12:29.340But his online presence has helped turn a candidacy once thought to be a fringe into a major threat to the political establishment.
00:12:36.340Why? Because Pratt is both interesting and he's entertaining, much like Donald Trump.
00:12:41.220Recent reporting shows that Vats remains the frontrunner, but Pratt has moved into second place in some polling, with Rahman also competing for a runoff spot.
00:12:50.620The May 6th debate appears to have been a turning point.
00:12:53.160NBC Los Angeles reported that that event brought the three candidates onto the same stage.
00:12:59.280An NBC4 online viewer poll showed a large majority of voters saying that Pratt won that debate.
00:13:06.000If you haven't seen these videos, by all means, go online, go to X and check them out.
00:13:13.100Bass has since withdrawn from a televised May 13th mayoral forum hosted by the plague of women voters.1.00
00:13:18.840Probably that's the League of Women Voters and the Pat Brown Institute, with her campaign saying she would be in the capital city of Sacramento seeking funds for housing, homelessness and major event planning.0.99
00:13:30.840Evidently, there are no TV studios in Sacramento.0.95
00:13:33.920Of course, those are pathetic excuses.0.98
00:13:35.860She is so scared of getting humiliated by Pratt.0.96
00:13:38.460His campaign is also benefiting from this viral AI generated ads, outside attention and support from outside figures, including Jeannie Buss and Joe Rogan.
00:13:48.320It's clear that Pratt has his finger on the pulse of the new media, and this is a wonder to behold.
00:13:53.640Check it out. I'm Roger Stone. You're listening to Stone Zone.
00:13:56.640Don't go away, because we'll be right back.
00:14:02.840The Stone Zone, entertaining and informative on the Red Apple Podcast Network.
00:14:09.860And you're diving head first back into the Stone Zone.
00:14:13.280Well, the Department of Justice says hundreds of children were located and more than 350 alleged child sex offenders were arrested in April through Operation Iron Pursuit and nationwide crackdown targeting child sexual exploitation.
00:14:29.080According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of New York, the operation ran from April 1st through April 30th and involved all 56 FBI field offices, along with U.S. Attorney's offices across the country.
00:14:42.680Officials say more than 200 children were located during this effort.
00:14:45.940Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche delivered a direct warning to predators, saying the DOJ is coming for them and the sexual exploitation exploitation of minors has no place in American society.
00:14:58.340FBI Director Cash Patel has said the Bureau is working to restore public trust and move law enforcement resources closer to the communities they serve,
00:15:06.140including shifting more than 1,000 FBI agents and intelligence analysts out of Washington into the field.
00:15:13.620Isn't it refreshing to have a Department of Justice and an FBI that is more concerned with cracking down on the exploitation and abuse of children
00:15:21.800than pursuing parents who are concerned about the curricular being forced on their children in the public schools?
00:15:29.200Following Operation Iron Pursuit and related efforts, authorities also reported seizures of drugs and firearms.
00:15:35.800The announcement follows other law enforcement actions, including ICE's report that hundreds of illegal alien child sex offenders were arrested in Houston during President Trump's first year back in office.
00:15:47.460So the message from the Trump administration is abundantly clear.
00:15:51.740Law enforcement resources are now focused on protecting children and families, removing violent predators from the streets, and backing the agents who do the dangerous work.
00:16:00.400Democrats preferred to have federal agents hunting down January 6th protesters, setting up fake frame jobs over Russian collusion that never really existed, spying on and arresting those outside abortion clinics who were guilty of praying and monitoring parents who went to school board meetings because they were concerned about the curriculum being forced on their children.
00:16:23.420That's the difference between this administration and Joe Biden's days.
00:16:26.420And it's why I think Donald Trump's critics who say the 2026 election will be a disaster have another thing coming.
00:16:34.040Meanwhile, the president himself is taking new action to support American families, announcing a organization called Moms.gov.
00:16:40.660It's a new one stop resort for expected mothers and parents facing difficulty or unexpected pregnancies.
00:16:48.740The Secretary of Health and Human Service, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,
00:16:53.580warns that America is facing a serious fertility crisis.
00:16:57.640Kennedy said that male teenagers today have roughly half the sperm count men had in 1970,
00:17:03.320calling the trend an existential crisis for the country.
00:17:06.240The Trump administration says moms.gov will connect mothers and fathers
00:17:10.480with pregnancy centers, nutrition guidance, and other resources
00:17:14.340designed to protect mothers, children, and the health of the American family.
00:17:19.340President Trump also announced a new Department of Labor proposal to create a fertility benefit
00:17:24.040option for employers. The rule would allow businesses to offer fertility benefits outside
00:17:28.700of normal health insurance plans with the goal of making treatments such as in vitro more
00:17:34.140affordable for couples trying to have children. Remember when Democrats tried to say that Donald
00:17:38.540Trump would outlaw in vitro pregnancies? Yeah, another lie. President Trump says the effort is
00:17:43.820about helping families grow and giving parents more support at one of the most important moments
00:17:48.380in time. This is why he will go down in history as one of the greatest presidents of all time.
00:17:53.460I'm Roger Stone. You're listening to The Stone Zone. Don't go away because we'll be right back.
00:18:01.420The Stone Zone. Entertaining and informative on the Red Apple Podcast Network.
00:18:08.420And you're now re-entering The Stone Zone. Well, it looks like Europe is getting ready
00:18:13.500to throw in the towel on the entire Ukrainian project. The European Union is reportedly
00:18:18.560preparing for possible future talks with Russia and their leader, Vladimir Putin, as they're
00:18:24.120forced to admit that their policy of subsidizing Ukraine to keep heinous war going has utterly
00:18:29.860failed. According to the Financial Times, European leaders are beginning to acknowledge
00:18:34.660the reality that at some point they're going to have to speak directly with Moscow about security
00:18:39.360on the continent. Speaking about the war effort after Russia's Victory Day events, Putin said,
00:18:45.080I think that that matter is coming to an end. But he made it clear he would only meet with
00:18:49.520Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after peace terms had already been settled,
00:18:55.100describing such a meeting as the final point, not the negotiation itself. European Council
00:19:00.920President Antonio Costa said that the EU would speak with Russia only at the right moment,
00:19:06.920meaning they're still stalling because they don't want to admit failure.
00:19:10.100Plus, they want to continue to get the multi-billion dollar subsidies that this war has brought to NATO nations.
00:19:16.280An EU official put it bluntly off the record, saying that Europe will eventually need to talk to Russia
00:19:23.980President Trump has considered pressing NATO allies to take responsibility for their own defense,
00:19:29.340calling the alliance a paper tiger and moving to withdraw 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany.
00:19:35.860It's ironic because when I first urged President Donald Trump to run, he was just Donald Trump then, the New York developer, back in 1988, we made a fateful trip to New Hampshire where he spoke to the Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Chamber of Commerce.
00:19:51.920And in that speech, he called out the fact that our NATO allies have not been paying their fair share.
00:19:58.600Talk about continuity. In his first term, Donald Trump forced our NATO allies to cough up $650 million in past dues that they owed for their NATO protection.
00:20:12.240Now, in response to the latest moves, European governments are accelerating discussions about deeper military coordination independent of Washington.
00:20:21.980Additionally, Trump backed a three-day ceasefire in Ukraine, which appeared to hold through the weekend, creating a possible opening for a larger deal.
00:20:30.760President Trump is forcing Europe now to face reality.
00:20:34.440It's shown amidst the Iranian conflict that the NATO partnership is strictly a one-way street.
00:20:40.640Many of our NATO allies would not allow us to use the airspace over their countries.
00:20:44.720In some cases, our bases built in their countries were not allowed to be used by the United States in their assault on Iran.
00:20:52.940The U.S. gives everything and gets nothing.
00:20:57.400President Trump will not forget how Europe did not have our backs when it mattered most.
00:21:02.040Now the U.S. is not going to have NATO's back as they elongate the Ukraine-Russian conflict.
00:21:07.940They can only delay the inevitable, in my opinion, for just so long.1.00
00:21:11.880Meanwhile, New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, also known as AOC, is fueling speculations about her national ambitions.0.94
00:21:22.460Widely rumored to be a 2028 Democrat presidential candidate, AOC told the Chicago audience that her goal was bigger than just winning the presidency.
00:21:31.440Asked by Democratic strategist David Axelrod, who was the man who created Barack Obama, about a possible 2028 White House run, AOC said her ambition was not simply a title or a seat.
00:21:45.820Instead, she says her ambition is to change this country, referring to her aims to implement single-payer health care, a so-called living wage, workers' rights, and women's rights as lasting goals.
00:21:58.400AOC said that presidents, senators, and House members come and go, but major policy changes can last forever.
00:22:05.100With this rhetoric, I think AOC essentially is peacocking, but he's also exposing herself.
00:22:10.360Her unabashed advocacy for socialism would be laughable if its specter were not so very real.
00:22:17.740Government-run health care, sweeping wage mandates, expanded federal power are not campaign slogans.0.88
00:22:24.340their long-term efforts to remake the American economy and society. Their effort to spy on us,
00:22:30.240to know everything about us, and to maintain that in massive federal databases. It's all part of
00:22:36.060Big Brother's plan. And the reason why the Democrats are allowing infinity migrants to1.00
00:22:42.260flood into the country from the third world is because they're deadly serious about imposing
00:22:46.620their bills upon all of us, and they make no bones about ripping the Constitution to shreds in order1.00
00:22:53.840In other words, they intend to make all of these illegals1.00
00:22:56.780who've entered the country U.S. citizens0.97
00:22:59.180so we have a permanent majority that cannot be defeated in an election.
00:23:04.120AOC's comments come as Democrats search for their next national standard-bearer
00:23:08.640with names like Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, Pete Buttigieg,
00:23:13.980Gretchen Wittner, Josh Shapiro, and others being discussed for 2028.
00:23:19.940Pardon me if I can't stop laughing.0.98
00:23:21.580Even if AOC does not run for president, she and her far-left cohorts will be heavily influencing the agenda of whoever is their candidate, driving their candidate away from the center and to the far left.0.79
00:23:33.940Democrats are held hostage to the fanatical socialists in their midst.
00:23:39.920The party of John F. Kennedy, Harry Truman, even Franklin Roosevelt, that party is long gone.
00:23:46.540The word moderate Democrat is an oxymoron.
00:23:49.700That is why they must be defeated, and at the end, voting Republican as tough as it may be for some to stomach in certain cases, will be a matter of national survival.
00:24:00.660Meanwhile, Hillsdale College has honored the late Turning Point USA founder, my good friend Charlie Kirk, and his wife Erica Kirk.
00:24:08.660Saturday, awarding both of them honorary degrees in public service during a commencement at the Beerman Center in Hillsdale.
00:24:16.120Hillsdale College President Larry P. Arnn had announced the honor last September at Charlie Kirk's memorial service,
00:24:22.860recognizing the Kirk's commitment to faith, freedom, education, and the future of the American Republic.
00:24:30.180Erica Kirk delivered the commencement address, offering graduates a message rooted in courage, family, duty, and love of country.
00:24:38.780She shared a personal story from the couple's honeymoon,
00:24:41.640recalling Charlie's determination to finish online Hillsdale lectures from Dr. Arn,
00:24:47.300even while he was away on honeymoon with his new bride.
00:24:51.200Her message to graduates was direct and countercultural.
00:24:54.860She urged them to marry young, build strong friendships,
00:24:57.660and refuse to conform to a world that often mocks traditional values.
00:25:02.920Speaking to men, she called on them to provide, to lead,
00:25:06.060and to anchor their families with strength.
00:25:08.800Speaking to women, she praised the high calling of nurturing,
00:25:12.440building, and shaping lives with wisdom and endurance.
00:25:16.680Erica Kirk warned graduates the world will challenge
00:25:19.420and distort what they know to be true,
00:25:21.780but she reminded them that their duty is not to imitate the culture.
00:25:25.020She said, if you want to make a difference in the world,
00:25:27.880it is very hard to do when you just look like you tried,
00:25:31.800like, pardon me, let me do this again.
00:25:34.360if you want to make a difference in the world, it's very hard to do that when you look just like
00:25:39.020you. Outside the ceremony, left-wing protesters objected to her appearance, attacking Turning
00:25:44.480Point USA and its conservative and traditional mission. That's unsurprising. They would kill
00:25:50.540her too if they had the chance, in my opinion. Erica Kirk, despite all the online trolls and1.00
00:25:55.940the haters, means a steadfast example of grace and courage under fire and how we should all
00:26:01.940handle tragedy by doubling down in our faith in Jesus Christ the Lord. Well, we've just found a
00:26:07.960new study that adds urgency to making America healthy again. There are now warnings that
00:26:13.640ultra-processed foods can be linked to a higher risk of dementia and other serious health problems.
00:26:20.260Researchers at Monash University in Australia found that a 10% daily increase in ultra-processed
00:26:27.260food consumption was associated with a higher risk of dementia, lower attention span, and more
00:26:33.360than 30 negative health outcomes. Lead author Dr. Barbara Cardoso said that 10% increase could be
00:26:40.780as little as 150 grams a day, roughly equivalent of adding a standard bag of chips to your daily
00:26:47.080diet. Other ultra-processed foods are industrial products made with refined ingredients, additives,
00:27:27.880The new dietary guidelines for Americans emphasize a return to whole, nutrient-dense foods,
00:27:34.200including protein, dairy, vegetables, fruits, healthy fats, and whole grains.
00:27:40.040The previous food pyramid was a scam made up by the corporate food industry
00:27:45.100to maximize their profits while making the public both fatter and sicker as a result.
00:27:50.800The U.S. cannot subsidize this processed food any longer.
00:27:54.700Americans must go back to eating real food, healthy food, and Alzheimer's, cancer, health
00:28:00.120disease, diabetes, and virtually every other condition that plagues Americans at record
00:28:04.500rates will go naturally down as a result of a change in diet.
00:28:10.020As a Connecticut native, I must say I am particularly embarrassed by the two U.S. senators from Connecticut.
00:28:16.360See, I was born in the Norwalk Hospital. I grew up in New Canaan.
00:28:19.480The very first campaign I ever managed was for the state Senate in the 26th District for a man named John Lupton.
00:28:26.160We beat the Republican establishment, went on to win the seat.
00:28:29.600Now, from the fabricated Russian collusion narrative to the two phony impeachments
00:28:33.780to his relentless defense of Obama's catastrophic 2015 Iran nuclear deal,
00:28:39.720Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy has been a consistent opponent of America's interests.
00:28:44.840He's one of the Senate's most vocal proponents for counting millions of illegal immigrants into the census.
00:28:49.900It is a deceitful and unconstitutional scheme that steals congressional seats and electoral votes from real American citizens.0.87
00:28:58.600Connecticut Senator Murphy actively works to grant political power to millions
00:29:02.280who illegally crossed our southern border by counting them in the census.
00:29:06.360This scheme effectively hands extra congressional seats and electoral college votes
00:29:11.300to blue states like California and New York, bypassing law-abiding citizens in red states.
00:29:17.320Far from protecting American sovereignty, Murphy celebrates it as some kind of brilliant political power ground.1.00
00:29:23.560Senator Chris Murphy proves that feminism is nothing more than a selective political prop.1.00
00:29:29.980While Iran literally stones women to death, hangs girls for wearing improper clothing, and treats them as property,
00:29:37.000Murphy has refused to get tough on the Ayatollahs.
00:29:39.380Instead, he viciously attacked President Trump's strikes against the regime,0.67
00:29:43.760branding them as illegal, and has pushed war power's resolutions to try to limit America's response to the Iranian threats.
00:29:50.960In April of 2026, Mark Murphy once again sparked outrage by replying awesome to reports that dozens of Iranian vessels had bypassed a U.S. naval blockade in straight war moves.
00:30:04.200He later claimed it was sarcasm and doubled down on calling Trump's handling of the conflict a disaster.
00:30:10.460His rhetoric has been so soft on Tehran, it's embarrassing for somebody who's supposed to be a U.S. senator.
00:30:17.000Then in late 2019, as the first Trump impeachment intensified,
00:30:21.260Murphy rushed to Ukraine to spotlight Trump's Ukraine policy.
00:30:24.620At the same time, he showed very little interest in securing America's own borders
00:30:28.660or probing scandals that could implicate his own party.
00:30:32.700A longtime supporter of Ukraine, Murphy has made multiple trips to Kiev,
00:30:36.620including the one with Senator John McCain in 2013 and 2014,
00:30:40.120and has pushed relentlessly for massive U.S. aid to packages.
00:30:44.320If you've ever seen the cities of Connecticut, if you've ever seen Hartford or Bridgeport, then you know that we should be putting America first, and that's where our money should be going, not into Kiev.
00:30:55.240In 2020, when Hunter Biden's laptop story broke, filled with overwhelming evidence of lucrative foreign business dealings and bribery involving Biden's son and in FBI possession since December, Murphy and his Democrat colleagues quickly dismissed it all as Russian disinformation.
00:31:13.680This blatant hypocrisy revealed a clear pattern of weaponizing foreign narratives against Trump
00:31:18.860while shielding the Biden family from any real oversight or accountability.
00:31:24.340Elected in 2012 to represent my home state of Connecticut,
00:31:27.920Senator Chris Murphy is a foreign policy first establishment Democrat
00:31:31.440who's devoted more than a decade to one obsession, Trump.
00:31:35.680Since emerging as a serious political force, he's focused on sabotaging,0.56
00:31:40.240smearing, and destroying Donald Trump by any means necessary.
00:31:44.440Instead of helping American families struggle under Biden-era inflation and record high living costs,
00:31:50.200this slick establishment Democrat diligently works to viciously attack a president
00:31:55.180determined to enforce the law and drain the swamp.
00:31:59.080Senator Chris Murphy has been deliberate about undermining Americans' immigration laws,
00:32:04.000as a leading champion of the U.S. Citizen Act in multiple amnesty-style reform bills,
00:32:10.760he aggressively pushes pathways to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants
00:32:15.400while smearing strong border enforcement as cruel and inhumane.
00:32:20.440The only guy who's more embarrassing than Senator Chris Murphy is Senator Richard Blumenthal.
00:32:25.720Yes, Da Nang Dick, the guy who lied about his military service in Vietnam,
00:33:22.220Well, congressional redistricting, which was supposed to be a master plan of the Democrats, has boomeranged badly on their debilitated party.
00:33:30.360The Virginia Supreme Court delivered a brutal slap across the face of far left extremists this past Friday, striking down their redistricting referendum that aimed to hijack Virginia's congressional map with one of the most egregious gerrymanders and thefts in American political history.
00:33:47.300What was previously a fair and competitive six Democrats, five Republicans split, would have been warped into an unbelievably unfair 10-to-1 Democrat string hold.
00:33:58.000The court ruled that the Democrat lawmakers shredded constitutional procedures in ramming through the amendment, declaring that the flawed process incurably taints the entire referendum and nullified it completely.
00:34:11.100Virginia's existing borders, boundaries stay locked in for 2026.
00:34:15.700This fiasco was cheered on by Governor Abigail Spanberger and her Democrat allies.
00:34:21.220Spanberger, who's a former CIA operative, ran as a moderate but has emerged as a true radical.
00:34:28.120By the way, her favorable rating has hit an all-time low.
00:34:30.840She has the lowest favorable rating of any governor in Virginia history at this moment.
00:34:36.380Despite Spineberger flat out lying to votes during her campaign, swearing she had no intention whatsoever of touching the state's congressional lines,
00:34:44.680she immediately moved to support this outrageous referendum, and her top Senate ally was not only on investigation, but has now been arrested.
00:34:54.920The ballot language was a masterpiece of sophistry, deceptively asking voters to temporarily adopt new districts to restore fairness, when it was in actuality a naked power grab.
00:35:06.720Even with the campaign deception, the referendum barely passed by just a two-point margin in April.
00:35:12.740That's interesting because Republicans mounted virtually no effort here.
00:35:16.900They spent no money because they believed correctly that it would ultimately be determined to be unconstitutional.
00:35:22.920unconstitutional. So the fact that it was this close is a bad sign for Democrats as they approach
00:35:28.800the 2026 elections. Now the state Supreme Court has declared that the nefarious scheme is
00:35:34.380unconstitutional. President Trump hailed the ruling as a huge win for the Republican Party
00:35:38.840in America that cannot be understated. Democrats tried to rig the system,
00:35:44.620violated the Constitution to do it, and now Virginia's highest court has called them to
00:35:48.740count. They get cocky, they overreached, and it's blowing up in their faces. After this ruling,
00:35:54.740it's clear the Democrats are losing this redistricting war fight, and they're losing it
00:35:58.880badly. And that does not bode well for their chances heading into the midterms. Republicans,
00:36:04.320on the other hand, are dominating this fight nationwide. Through aggressive map drawing in
00:36:08.500red states, the Republicans stand to actually gain a net majority in Texas and Florida. Texas
00:36:15.980alone could deliver five additional Republican seats under its new map signed by Governor Greg
00:36:20.880Abbott. Florida's freshly approved map is poised to add three or four more Republican seats. Missouri
00:36:27.260will add one. North Carolina, I think, will add another one, with potential games yet to be seen
00:36:32.840in Ohio, Tennessee, and elsewhere, pushing the Republican edge to roughly eight or more net
00:36:37.960seats following the completed redraws. See, one of the problems with the Democrats is they have
00:36:42.840already gerrymandered the places where they are strong, Illinois, New York, California. President
00:36:48.720Trump was wise to understand that Republicans had a structural advantage in this mid-decade
00:36:54.180redistricting cycle, with maps in key states tilting towards the Republican Party, while
00:36:59.000Democrat counter-efforts, like the one that just flopped in Virginia, are collapsing under legal
00:37:03.900scrutiny. This puts House Republicans in a much stronger defensive position for 2026, raising
00:37:09.820their floor even in a potentially challenging midterm environment and making Democrats flip
00:37:16.020harder. This victory would never materialize without the fearless visionary leadership of
00:37:21.660Donald Trump with the cojones to upend the longstanding political traditions. President0.92
00:37:27.100Trump refused to play by the weak-kneed rules that have hamstrung Republicans for decades.
00:37:32.560He showed the way forward. Fight hard, fight smart, and never apologize for winning. And through sheer
00:37:38.620force of personality and will, President Trump was able to drag most Republicans into battle
00:37:43.360they would never even have considered getting into otherwise. I'm Roger Stone. You've been
00:37:48.460listening to The Stone Zone. We're watching this congressional resisting fight very closely,
00:37:52.840but with the Supreme Court decision last week saying that race cannot be considered as a factor,
00:37:58.180I say that Republicans end up with a net 19 seats in the South alone.
00:38:03.320Until tomorrow, I'm The Stone Zone. God bless you and God bless you.
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