Bongino Weekend Report - Week of 09/21/26

29:13Folks, I gotta tell you, sorry, it's not like some pregnant pause at all. I absolutely love, love, love that soundbite from President Trump at the UN. You're going to wait me out? You're going to wait me out for the election? Good luck. More coming up on this after the break.

29:42Why are some people out there upset with this midterm election? People on our side. For the purposes of this segment, I'm not talking about liberal media folks, commies, Democrats, socialists of America, the build large mansions, rioters. They just, they hate freedom and liberty. Forget them for a second. I'm talking about, understandably, why are some people who are registered kind of four by four Republican voters, you know, that's kind of electoral language for people who voted in the last four primaries and elections. In other words, you're diehards. Why are some of them saying, hey, listen, we're going into the midterms and, you know, I think I may stay home.

30:20I don't think I'm going to vote Democrat, but I think I'm going to stay home. Why would they feel that way? well a little bit later in the show i'm going to play an audio clip from you that i think sums it up beautifully it was actually from cnbc it's ken lango but i think he kind of nails it but the angle i want to take here is folks i the worst thing you can do if you are a political candidate candidate or activist and i'm not saying that a lot of candidates on the republican side are doing this, some are, and some activists, some, a limited pool of them, but some of them are, are doing this whole thing where they're almost trying to shut people up on it.

31:00Like, stop, don't do that. It's a really bad idea. Because there are pockets of the economy where people are getting roughed up a little bit. Some of them are getting roughed up a lot. Yes, the poverty rate's the lowest it's been. That's just a fact. You can look it up. The jobless rates the lowest it's ever been. It's a good thing. We want people with jobs. Yes. You know, the Atlanta feds predicting an insane five and a half percent GDP growth the next quarter. Yes. The stock market and the NASDAQ are at the all time highs, but if that's not affecting you and your household, then you have every right to voice your opinion.

31:35And we shouldn't say, ah, be quiet. No, but to those folks out there, I want to say first and most importantly, I get you I hear you I'm not trying to be your psychotherapist this isn't the Sigmund Freud hour, Carl Jung I'm not doing that yes I was a psychology major, the joke back in the day was great because if you didn't get a job you could explain to your parents why no one's laughing now, these psychology majors are making a ton of money because of neural networks and AI but I do, I do get you I understand but allow me to ask you a question here elections are binary choices primaries are generally not primaries there can be 10 20 i mean i ran in a primary and we'll get to that later i ran in primaries in maryland florida there were six to ten people on the ballot general elections yeah you always get a you know a communist on the ballot a green party member but they're generally republicans versus democrats Generally speaking, general elections are typically binary.

32:40So I need to ask you a question. Are you comfortable with the alternative if the Republican Party loses? It's a serious question. I'm not trying to manipulate anybody or anything like that. Because you'll see during today's show, as I discuss this, that for all the disagreements you may have with President Trump and the MAGA agenda, that. I don't think anybody's going to dispute. He at least tells you what he's going to do. At least, you know what you're disagreeing with. There are diehard Republicans who are working class Americans who've knocked on the doors. They don't need a lecture from anyone.

33:18They just don't like the Iran where they're uncomfortable where we are. That's it. Listen, good for you for having an opinion on it. I get it. I totally hear you. I'm only asking you, at least you can have an opinion because Donald Trump's been fairly candid. I'll play some clips from the UN later in the show today where Donald Trump is like, Hey, don't toy with me. I'm not going to let you don't mess around with us. I'm not going to let you build a nuclear weapon and threaten us. I'm not going to do that. At least you have something. If you don't like to voice an opinion against the Democrats just lie about everything.

33:49The Democrats talk tough and he ran, Oh, we're going to get them to the day. Well, this other stuff. And then screwed up the whole thing. The Democrats entirely screwed up the Middle East. I'm not telling you Republicans nailed it either. But the entire Middle East is always a mess because of Democrat appeasement. Folks, there are no perfect choices in politics. None. You know, in economics, they have this concept I bring up often called Pareto maximization. You can look it up if you want the economic details. Pareto maximization is the idea that a good public policy will help at least one person without hurting anyone.

34:26You're probably thinking, like I did when I first heard of this concept, Well, that's easy. That's got thousands of policies. No, they're not. They were not. It is actually extremely hard to do anything in a country of 330 million people where at least one person benefits and no one gets hurt. It's almost impossible. There are no perfect choices. There are very few Pareto optimized choices. The only question in this upcoming election I have for you is, are you comfortable with the alternative? because I'm not going back to the Biden-Obama era or what was potentially the Kamala Harris era. I'm not doing it.

35:06I'm not doing it. And I strongly, passionately encourage you to not allow it to happen to you either. Jim, cue up a cut one here. Folks, this is who they are. Remember, Danny Green, they are who you think they are. When I say they, I mean the Democrats. They are who you think they are because they tell you who they are all the time. Are you comfortable with this? I'm not downplaying your problems. If you're a farmer in Iowa and there's some issues with your input prices on fertilizer, I, I completely understand your extremely valid concerns. I am in no way downplaying that, but I'm just asking you a question here.

35:51Are you comfortable with this? Here was Kamala Harris. This is not from the campaign for president. This is like, I think yesterday with that dreadful Abdul El-Sayed joker running in Michigan, this guy who hangs around with Hassan Piker, October 7th rapes don't change my mind guy. Here she is. And I got to say, it's not funny, but I, you know, me with Kamala, like I can't, it's like talking about masks. I go off on a tangent because I can't believe people still think this thing works. Kamala, Kamala is genuinely one of the dumbest people in politics i know people who know her she's just really not bright there are some people who pretend to be not bright cory booker chuck schumer they're actually smart they just pretend to be stupid for votes kamala is actually dumb like she just says so here she is yesterday campaigning for abdul al-sayed folks do you want dei back no the i like everybody's been america's largely happy now that we're getting rid of political correctness we're ripping out wokeness and DEI, you know, root and branch, not Kamala.

36:57She is openly campaigning in Michigan to bring this stuff back, to bring diversity, equity and inclusion, which is actually non-diversity, non-equity and exclusion. Because if you happen to be a non-favored category, Asian young men trying to get into college, a male white trying to get a promotion at your job, you actually get excluded. You want that back? because here she is telling you, telling you, we're going to bring it back. Check this out. Here's another fact. The attack on DEI is an attack on maternal care. An attack on DEI to recognize diversity, equity and inclusion is an attack by definition on maternal care, including the need to protect black women in connection with their pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum care.

37:56What?

38:00Folks, I don't even know what that is. I like how she said it twice. I know. You stole my thunder. Yes. If you say it the second time, it's even more powerful. No, I mean, I know what maternal care is, and I know what DEI is supposed to be. I don't even understand what she's trying to say. And then Jim's right. She says it twice. Like the dumb thing I said the first time, if I say it's slower the second time, it'll make more sense. We really need to bring diversity, equity, inclusion back because by definition, it means maternal care. It doesn't mean it. That's like the Abram Kendi thing. And can you define racism?

38:40You know, the critical race theory, it's like a racist, the racist thing. what do you mean by definition by definition DEI has nothing to do with maternal care what are you even talking about I love how she throws these little you know phrases and words out there because she thinks it makes her sound smart by definition diversity equity and inclusion means uh grimace the purple thing for me what are you they're not connected what are you even talking about what is maternal care have to do outside of your insane liberal communist worldview have to do at all with diversity, equity, and inclusion.

39:15And no less by definition. And saying it twice does not make it true. It just makes you sound dumber the slower second time. Folks, they want this stuff back. How do I know that? Because she just said it. And Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan is sitting there like, yeah, man, that sounds great. I'm a medical doctor who never actually practiced on patients. 100 % by definition. By definition. I'm just asking you a question. I get your frustrations. I understand. I think the president and the Republican Party has an incredible portfolio of things to run on. The jobless rate low, the poverty rate low, the manufacturing numbers back, the GDP numbers, the border close, crime rates low, murder rate low, the deregulatory, de-red taping of America.

40:03I think it's great. I'm not telling you it's everything to everyone, but you want, think about that record compared to this. And the bus goes round and round, and it's in the cloud and ai is two letters oh thank you let me say it twice ai is two letters if i say it's slow it sounds more impactful there isn't a single human being on planet earth maybe outside of pete budajez who says less by saying more than kamala harris they are who we thought they were but thank you danny i mean they man we haven't used that one that's one of my faves man playoffs up there were playoffs in our football list of sounders those are my favorite playoff playoff this you know what can we get i don't care would you be sued if we did a jim mora voice say kamala kamala kamala i don't know it's maybe worth it maybe worth it you want this back playoffs don't talk about playoffs you kidding me Talk about Kamala?

41:02Kamala? Talking about Kamala? This is your choice, man. She's out there campaigning with this guy. Here's one that's even worse. Folks, we're on in a lot of stations in Texas, everywhere from Midland to Dallas. We love you, Texas. Jim's in Texas. Jim's a hook 'em horns guy. I love me some Texas. I'm a Florida resident. It ain't no pandering, man. We did a book signing in Texas. Remember that, Jim? Something like 2 ,000 people showed up. They damn near shut the mall down. They couldn't even get into the stores. People were complaining. It was the greatest thing ever. So we love Texas. Texas loves us.

41:39We love our stations out there. How is this guy, Talafrico, how is this guy even close, even in the worst polls? How is this guy even close to Paxton in Texas? I don't understand. Folks, they are who you think they are because they tell you. Do you really want a guy in office? This is your choice. even if you hate ken paxton your choice is a guy who can't even call a woman a woman a person with a uterus yeah that's called a woman dude i don't have a uterus jim do you have a uterus i do not do you know any men who in fact have uteri not no you don't you you you don't know that nobody does because it's never happened my success rate is 100 your success rate is zero Talafrico, however, chooses to refer to women in the most degrading way possible as people with a uterus.

42:31As if the uterus, it's not your brain. It's not anything else. It's just the uterus that defines you. Listen to this idiot. If this guy wins, folks, it's all over. Check this out. Every one of our neighbors with a uterus became the property of the state. One of our neighbors with a uterus to be able to control their own body. Ironically, the people who are denying choice to everyone with a uterus in our state. We had a vote where the majority ripped those rights away from every single one of my neighbors with a uterus in the state of Texas. Jim, you know, I know, you know, I love your dark web stuff.

43:04I'm sorry, but remember Children of the Corn, that horror movie from the 80s? You got to do People of the Uterus. You just have, this is a People of the Uterus. What the hell are people? And what was that kid's name in Children of the Corn, Ezekiel or something? Hello, Ezekiel. And he comes in. That movie scared the hell out of me when I was a kid. I don't know how old I was like 13 when it came out. This people of the uterus. No, they're called women. They have a name, bro. It's only worked throughout the history of homo sapiens. Okay. They're not people of the uterus. Folks, you got a choice, man, coming up.

43:41There are no perfect choices, but I can tell you the most imperfect choice of all Malachi. Thank you, producer Mike. Damn. How did you know that? Your choices are Malachi and people of the uterus or sane people who are going to cut your taxes and allow your business to grow and just get out of your damn life. We'll be right back.

44:06Trump, total alpha move, total, total alpha move. This guy doesn't have like any kind of beta gene in his whole body. President Trump, man, I'm telling you, this guy. Not only is there a flyover yesterday when Xi Jinping, of course, you know, is running the Chinese Communist Party and running the country into the ground, because that's what communism does every time. Visits the United States, shows up at Joint Base Andrews. They do a flyover. It's so loud. Even President Trump looks up and looks surprised by it. And Xi Jinping's like, that was kind of an alpha move. That was a total flex right there.

44:39It's like when President Trump, if you ever watch this, folks, when he goes in for the handshake, he does the alpha dog handshake where he comes up and over the top to let you know like he's the dominant wolf in the wolf pack. He does this all the time. I'm going to hit that right in the beginning of the show because he did and he's going to do this today. And it's just a fantastic idea with Xi Jinping. I'll get to that in a second. And, you know, I hate unnecessary teases, but we're going to cover a lot today. Is there an October surprise coming? I think there is. I'm going to give you three possible scenarios.

45:17So stay tuned for the show today. I'm going to lay them all out. What is an October surprise? You know what it is. It's right before the November elections. Every year, some, you know, liberal media or crazy Democrat hoax comes out. Russia, Russia, the Russia hoax, all this other crap. It happens all the time. I think it could involve tariffs, regime collapse in Iran, or major AI breakthrough, good or bad. I'll give you both sides of that. Also, I want to talk about some polling. The polling does not look great for the Democrats either. Anyone telling you this election is a fait accompli, done, over, stay home, is lying to you.

45:50Not voting is a choice. And it is a bad one. Folks, there is a really, really significant penalty on your lives if these Democrats get back in charge. just is not the same party it was. I'll get to that in a second too. I'll show you. They're not even, even insane lefties on their own side are getting crushed because they're not left enough. Like Schumer, Chuck Schumer. You're not going to find a bigger sellout on the Democrat side to socialism and collectivism than this guy. And they're like, well, he's just not lefty enough. Not voting is a choice and it's a bad one. I want to play this first though.

46:29So President Trump, you know, there's some people and I get this. Let me just say again, I get in advance that there was some negative kind of spillover to some even Republican politicians who were, you know, leaking to Politico and elsewhere. They were, of course, anonymous. They were saying, do you see some of this, Jim? They're like, I can't believe he's greeting President Xi, you know, JBA, Joint Base Andrews. You know what? I get it. I understand. And however, folks, that's how President Trump is. I saw them cover this on Fox and Friends this morning, and I thought it was pretty fair. That's who President Trump is.

47:07If you're coming to this country and we're going to talk about significant world issues, like, I don't know, like a nuclear annihilation or World War III, like it's probably a good idea, you know, to make the guy at least feel welcome. I have no major beef with it, but I get it. I'm not going to like dispute, you know, people who get upset about this stuff. That's how he always handles his business, okay? he feels like they've taken care of him in the united states on their visits you know shown whatever the pomp and circumstance like he's gonna you know he's gonna make him feel welcome here maybe it gives him negotiating leverage maybe not or the deal who knows but this is an alpha dog move he's apparently taken home taken g over to see our founding documents now is this gonna change g is he gonna come back and be like you know what we're gonna be a republic now probably not but it's a nice flex regardless to remind them what free markets and liberty really look like and where it came from bold men who took leadership in one of the toughest times in early american history check this out president xi and madam pong arrive at an important moment for america the 250th anniversary of our founding tomorrow we will visit the national archives to see some of the greatest treasures of that proud history, including the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

48:25We will also see artifacts testifying to the long and cherished relationship of really something that's so incredible and cultural exchanges between China and the United States, just as our ancestors reached across the ocean centuries ago to trade, to learn, and to build a better world. Our two countries do really the same thing, and we're very proud of it, and the relationship. Jim, there's a point. You know, Jim and I do a pre-show meeting. We chat about stuff. There's a point. You missed this. I did, too. Well, not now, because I'm obviously talking about it, but I missed it before the show.

49:04There's a larger point here with AI, because I know you have an AI clip you wanted to chat about, too, which I thought was funny, but there's a tie-in here you and I did not see coming at all. This is a genius move by President Trump. Because if you are a subject of the dreaded Chinese Communist Party in China, and you're using AI and say, tell me about Xi Jinping's trip to the United States. And the AI says, oh, they went to the National Archives to discuss these documents. And you've been subjected to the great firewall of China on the internet forever. You're like, what are these documents they speak of?

49:42I have never heard of said documents. Oh, there's this document called the Declaration of Independence or something like that. And the Constitution, you know, we the people, all the inalienable rights. Maybe they get to read it for the first time. So weird, right? They've never heard of that. This is a genius move. Candidly, I don't know why Xi even agreed to it. If I'm Xi, I'm like, I ain't doing that. I don't want my people knowing what a prosperous constitutional republic with freedom and liberty looks like, because that ain't me, bro. That ain't me. And he's like, yeah, I'm bringing a wife, too.

50:18Can I make a point of order? Of course. You always get a point of order. You always talk about snapshots and soundbite. Can you imagine that snapshot of Xi and Trump looking at the Constitution? And again, in China, you've been subjected to the great Internet firewall. all you're not even allowed to look up the american revolution or tiananman square any of that and you're like what are these pieces of parchment what is this what is this thing called the constitution what is this thing called inalienable rights i've never heard of this idea i was told our rights come from government they do not they do not small our rights come from government those are fake rights big our rights come from god capital g god i bring that up in terms of ai because there's a doom and gloom AI scenario and a utopia scenario.

51:12I don't buy either one. I think like everything else, there are going to be transformational benefits to artificial intelligence just like they were for electricity, nuclear power, human flight. There will be for quantum computing. Yes, there's always a danger with these things too. But I told you earlier that the doom and gloom people are saying China is beating us in AI. Ladies and gentlemen, I don't believe it. Because of what we just discussed, Trump's alpha move at the archives with the declaration and other founding documents. There is no way the Chinese Communist Party can allow an AI system to give you an accurate telling of what happened today.

51:48Because if it goes into what these historical documents are, there are going to be people over there in China who are going to ask the obvious question, which is, why not here? They don't want that. Chinese AI is always going to be a byproduct of faulty inputs because they've got a sensor what goes into it. Crap inputs, crap outputs. I mean, I'll just tell you, I'll make it even simpler. You tell an AI system, lie about the America's founding, lie about Tiananmen Square, lie about the quadratic equation in math. I used to love the quadratic equation. It was like math one for us in Molloy High School where I went, right?

52:27I was a math guy. I like math. If you lie about the inputs, you're going to get the wrong output. It doesn't matter. Like you screwed up the formula. I say that because you've got a group of people in AI, in the AI space who want to use this for stupid stuff too. Jim pulled this, this cut. This is just, I mean, laughably stupid that AI is being used for things like this. I had not heard this story, but artificial intelligence is now being used by the LGBTQIA2 plus spirit, BIOPOC. These are all real things, by the way. Identity politics crowd, because I guess pictures are taking aren't racially diverse enough.

53:15So they're changing people's race in the picture. This is going to be liberal AI if it's allowed to persist. and Chinese Communist Party, CCP AI, producing crap outputs by faulty inputs. Check this out. The department in charge of food and housing at Stanford University has confirmed it used AI to dramatically change a student's race, gender, and weight in marketing materials. The picture, which has since been deleted, showed three students standing in what seems to be the Stanford dining hall. According to the school's newspaper, a student in the photo says that he remembers someone taking his picture, but says the pic was altered to change him into a black woman.

53:58In a statement to Cron Forbes, the university wrote it has reviewed the matter and confirmed that AI was used to alter the image in violation of university policy, and that it is working to provide additional training for all staff and to ensure the proper review of all materials. Dude, I totally missed that. I totally missed the part where changed him into a black woman. I thought it was changed her into a black woman. He even, they even, well, what? He was a Hispanic guy that they changed into a black woman. Folks, okay, we're laughing. Jim and I think this story is hilariously stupid, of course.

54:35But there's a bigger point here. It's serious stuff. Fun time over, serious time starts. We'll go back to fun time in a minute. However, folks, people are policy. Okay, Dan, what do you mean? We have an election coming up, folks. We have an election coming up. And I get it. I am not downplaying the effects of gas prices in your life, the effects of pernicious inflation in your life. I'm not downplaying the fact that although the streets are much safer under President Trump, they're not completely safe. There's, you know, Chicago residents who would beg to differ. There are liberal city residents who still have crime problems.

55:10I get it. I get it. I am not and will never be the show telling you, oh, shut up and vote. No, no, do not do any vote, but never shut up ever, ever. That's not our job to shut up. Our voice is to speak out as citizens. I'm just asking you respectfully with the greatest of respect to keep in perspective that although the laundry list of President Trump's accomplishments is long and distinguished, there are things he's done nobody's managed to do. Lowest murder rate, lowest crime rate, border shutdown, manufacturing. You'll hear about the data later in the show. We've got actual numbers, reinvestment, building things in the United States, poverty rate lowest, jobless rate lowest.

55:48Those are very real things you have to contrast and keep in perspective that you have a choice. And if you don't vote for the Republican Party and this agenda going forward, another agenda is going to take over. And it's not the agenda you think. If you think you're voting for a group of moderates, folks, I'm sorry, you're just inaccurate. The Democrat Party has been hijacked by lunatics. Here, receipts incoming. I'm going to play this clip for you. Chuck Schumer is a tried and true progressive liberal. He has been since he's been a congressman from Brooklyn and New York. I've known this guy forever.

56:19He used to like try to jump in our motor crates motorcades when I was a young secret service agent working with the Clinton detail. The guy's a joker. He is a tried and true, true blue liberal folks. He's not enough of a communist and socialist apparently for the Democrat party. So you think you're voting for like far left Chuck Schumer. You're not. You're actually voting for people to the left of Chuck Schumer, Chuck Schumer, who don't even like Chuck Schumer. That's how crazy this party is. Here you go. Hear it for yourself. This is CNN, by the way, so you can't accuse me of bias here. This is CNN covering the far left lurch of the Democrat Party.

56:54Check this out. Well, take a look at Chuck Schumer's numbers. I mean, hello. OK. Schumer's net favorability with Democrats back in 2018. Right. It was plus 28 points. But of course, Democrats did not win back the United States Senate during the 2018 cycle. In 2018, in 2020, when they did, it was plus 53 points. Look at where it is now. A Marquette University Law School poll out earlier this month. It's minus five points. Johnny B on the side shaking his head. These are no bueno, no good numbers. And this is among Democrats. Democrats hate Chuck Schumer. They don't like Chuck Schumer. And this is why you're seeing a lot of Democratic Senate candidates on the trail when being asked about whether or not they want Chuck Schumer to be the next leader in the United States Senate for Democrats.

57:36They'll either try and push off the question or say, no, this is a decline, Johnny B, of what? Fifty eight points. Fifty eight point difference from where we were back the last time that Democrats were trying to take back the United States Senate during the 2020 cycle. Friends, please. And I do. I consider you friends. You've given me so much in my life. This show is thanks to you. I can only listen once. The radio show, the AM show, the PM show, the podcast is thanks to you. This is fair warning here. If Chuck Schumer is now considered like a sellout moderate, can you imagine who's considered now the diehard, true blue liberal progressive?

58:15I'll answer it for you. It's even worse than Bernie Sanders. It's only a matter of time before they come out and say Bernie Sanders isn't left enough to. You have a choice in this election. Please, please choose wisely. I'm not exaggerating. The country is in your hands. We've got to get through this election. 2032 and on, the redistricting is going to help us and the presidential and the House. We've got to get through these next couple election cycles. And there are really, really bright futures, a bright future ahead for all of us. I promise that's not hyperbole. That's not me exaggerating.

58:46I covered it last week. Stay tuned for more. We'll be right back. Bungino.