Glue It To Them (Ep. 2583)

27 Aug 2026 · 1 h 32 min · 29 chapters

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In short

Dan Bongino argues Republicans must “glue” opponents’ own words and policies to them, reject “free stuff” messaging (“seven-minute abs” analogy), and focus on voting rather than “red/blue wave” predictions. He claims the Trump administration is producing results and that “nothing is happening” critics are lying, while Democrats allegedly hide policy details and use euphemisms.

Guest backgrounds

Vince Cole and A. Slater are mentioned as upcoming guests, but no guest bios or guest-specific remarks appear in the transcript excerpt.

Key claims

Republicans should not compete by offering free benefits; Democrats allegedly conceal what they’ll do (“first contact” test). Bongino cites a viral Rod D. Martin list of Trump accomplishments and says violent crime fell, investment increased, and multiple actions were taken on border, courts, sports eligibility, and China/NATO. He also claims ongoing fraud arrests (Massachusetts) contradict “nothing is happening.” He argues election strategy is “snapshots and soundbites,” using opponents’ quotes in ads.

Notable examples

Rod D. Martin “top 25 achievements” tweet (e.g., “real border,” “18 trillion” investment commitments, ending injunction abuse, “men out of women’s sports,” NATO defense spending +250%). Massachusetts indictments: State Rep. Francisco Paulino and Lawrence mayor Brian DePina for pandemic loan/unemployment fraud and money laundering. Bongino’s “glue it to them” examples include Debbie Dingell and Jared Polis dodging questions about candidates tied to controversial statements, plus campaign ads targeting candidates like “Talafrico” and “El Cyan” (Green New Deal).

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Chapters

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The Reality of the Republican Party

0:45 to 4:26

A discussion on the values of the Republican Party and the importance of hard work over free handouts.

“and I brought up the fact that if we are gonna be Republicans and stand for something, then we have to be clear what we stand for, even if it's difficult to have to explain to people.”

The Seven-Minute Abs Analogy

4:26 to 5:40

An analogy comparing Republican messaging to the absurdity of infomercial promises, emphasizing the need for honest communication.

“has gone crazy and i need you to see it before uh before the midterms hey i never realized how much my mattress was affecting my sleep until i finally made a change years ago i switched to Helix, H-E-L-I-X.”

Acknowledging Show Growth

6:28 to 7:21

Bongino reflects on the show's success and audience engagement while addressing criticism.

“I just want and I can't hit one on forever.”

The Trump Administration's Achievements

7:21 to 11:03

Discussion about the accomplishments of the Trump administration and the importance of highlighting them in the upcoming elections.

“And I guess the person, it wasn't, it was said in like a critical way, which is okay.”

Challenges to Political Narratives

11:03 to 13:50

Bongino discusses challenges faced by the Trump administration and how to counteract negative narratives from the media.

“Number one, he made the border a real border again.”

Ending Political Corruption

13:50 to 14:00

A discussion on political corruption and Bongino's perspective on recent cases and their implications.

“You realize the Trump administration is the first one to successfully prosecute Antifa?”

Political Corruption and Accountability

14:00 to 28:00

Learn about recent political corruption cases and the importance of accountability.

“That's why it's just really rewarding to watch this mass exodus on X from the doomer grifter crowd.”

Introduction to RFK's Political Targeting

28:00 to 29:42

The hosts discuss RFK's rising political threats within his own party.

“Hey, I've had that moment before when the check engine light pops.”

Election Strategies and Democratic Tactics

29:55 to 32:07

Discussion on election strategies and the Democrats' plans for the midterms.

“There are two things involved in winning an election.”

Accountability in Politics

32:07 to 36:22

The hosts emphasize the need for accountability from Democratic candidates.

“the policies to them when they say things like and campaign with people who say things like october 7th rapes don't really matter to me we deserve 9-11 we want government-run health care for all.”
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Language Games in Political Discourse

36:22 to 40:25

An exploration of euphemisms used in political language and their implications.

“They want to hide it from you so it doesn't see first contact with the real world.”

Political Ads and Messaging

40:25 to 42:00

Analysis of a political ad and its effectiveness in Texas politics.

“It's like you're running in Alaska and going, you know what?”

Political Landscape in Texas

42:00 to 44:40

Discussion on the surprising political dynamics in Texas and the effectiveness of political ads.

“No need to sit and cry over, you know, your whiteness or your masculinity.”

Understanding the Green New Deal

44:40 to 46:40

Exploration of the implications of the Green New Deal for Michigan auto workers and the political landscape.

“The Green New Deal posits that if we're serious about taking on climate change, we need to rethink our economy around building green infrastructure.”

Challenges in Law Enforcement

46:40 to 49:50

Insight into the challenges faced by the FBI and law enforcement under the Trump administration.

“Not because I think it's boring or anything.”

Citizenship and Immigration Values

49:50 to 55:30

A discussion on the values of citizenship, immigration, and the expectations for new citizens.

“I said, listen, the cops there are great.”

Pride in Citizenship and Parents' Rights

56:00 to 1:02:01

Dan discusses the importance of being proud of citizenship and knowing parents' rights for their children in school.

“That should be an achievement, becoming a British citizen as it is in America.”

Pride in Citizenship and Parents' Rights

1:02:50 to 1:03:03

Dan discusses the importance of being proud of citizenship and knowing parents' rights for their children in school.

Discussion on Political Statements and Policies

1:03:29 to 1:10:00

Dan and Vince analyze controversial political statements and discuss the implications of policies on society.

“We've had a good time being on your radio show and just going back and forth.”

The Challenge of Out-Democrat-ing Democrats

1:10:00 to 1:11:39

Discussion on the futility of competing with Democrats on free handouts.

“We can't do that because I brought up on Jesse's show last night, the socialists are the seven minute abs guys from something about Mary.”

Restoring the Rule of Law

1:11:40 to 1:12:59

Emphasis on the importance of accountability and the rule of law in politics.

“I mean, this is like this is I talk about this all the time.”

Trump's Achievements and Republican Messaging

1:13:00 to 1:14:19

Analysis of Trump's accomplishments and the need for Republicans to communicate effectively.

“And we should be the people who stand up for order, for law, and for the restoration of American greatness.”

Voter Sentiment and Election Integrity

1:14:20 to 1:16:39

Exploration of voter expectations and the importance of election integrity.

“I mean, he was squeezed into it a lot, but still results are results.”

Election Laws and Mail-in Voting

1:16:40 to 1:18:29

Discussion on the implications of mail-in voting and recent election law changes.

“And so this is what President Trump has been going to Dallas talking about.”

The Cost of 'Free' Services

1:18:30 to 1:24:00

The challenge of explaining the real costs associated with government-provided services.

“Colonese, but think Coglionese, like a cog in a wheel.”

The Messaging Issue in Healthcare

1:24:00 to 1:26:27

Discussing the challenges Republicans face in communicating healthcare costs to the public.

“You can't make, oh, that's just a Republican.”

The Flaws of the Affordable Care Act

1:26:27 to 1:27:23

Examining how the Affordable Care Act failed to reduce healthcare costs and its impact on patients.

“Did the Affordable Care Act make health care more affordable?”

Issues with Government Healthcare

1:27:23 to 1:28:49

Exploring how government inefficiencies affect healthcare delivery and costs.

“He's fighting to bring the cost of drugs down.”

The Future of Healthcare and Cash Practices

1:28:49 to 1:29:59

Discussing the rise of cash-based medical practices and its implications for healthcare.

“I said, man, you must lose a lot of patience.”
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Transcript

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0:02All America, all the time. Sit down, buckle up, and get ready for The Dan Bongino Show. So some of you have seen the movie Something About Mary. Have you seen it in the chat? You know, it was one of the most famous comedies of all time. Cameron Diaz, Ben Stiller. It was one of those rare movies. I hate comedies. I don't watch comedies in the movies. I don't even like comedy shows. was people like, oh, this guy's hilarious. Watch this guy's comedy show and I'll sit there and I'll like look at Paul and be like, was that supposed to be funny? Like, I don't really get it, right? Something about Mary's, one of those rare movies.

0:37I went to the movies and actually laughed. It had some really good lines in it. Everyone knows that scene too. But I was on, the reason I bring that up is I was on Jesse Watters' show last night and I brought up the fact that if we are gonna be Republicans and stand for something, then we have to be clear what we stand for, even if it's difficult to have to explain to people. No, we are, this is hard to say to people. It is because it's not necessarily appealing to people who think free stuff is possible. We are not the party of free stuff. We're the party of hard work, ingenuity, you know, pulling yourself up and earning your place in the world.

1:15Like you may say, well, of course that's popular. No, it's not. There are some people who don't want that. They just want free stuff. We're not that party. So I bring up something about Mary because on the air last night, And I thought of this whole seven minute abs thing when they're driving in the car. Remember that video, seven minute abs? Seven minute abs is a stupid like infomercial video thing where, oh, look at me. I got a washboard. It only take me seven minutes a day. Whatever, man. You want washboard abs? You're going to have to work your butt off. Diet, exercise, cardio, strength training, seven minute abs, whatever.

1:47The guy in the car is like, well, why not six minute abs? That's the whole thing. Like if you want to be a Republican, you're going to have to tell people difficult things. You can't take the easy path and go, the Democrats are giving you free stuff in seven minutes. We can do it in six because the Democrats are going to come back and go, what about five minute abs? We are not never run on six minute abs from seven minute abs. We are never going to be the party that gives away free stuff. We're going to have to tell people difficult things. And the fact that some people out there will tell you, well, we can't do that.

2:19we can't win if we don't offer free stuff too that treats you in my listening audience and elsewhere that treats you like idiots that you're just too stupid to understand that stuff isn't free and i don't buy that i will never buy that and if you're looking for a show that's going to say that hey man we need to out democrat democrats and just offer more free stuff then seriously it's no problem like this show is not for you it's not the reason this show for 10 years has remained popular, it's been on radio and TV and elsewhere, is because we don't do that. We don't do that. And we're not going to do that.

2:55Do the homework. Make these issues bleed for people. And I don't mean bleed like I said last night, like in a physically violent way. That's a Democrat thing, a liberal thing. I can keep it there. We don't need any of that crap. I mean, like, you need to make these issues feel for people and it's hard work. Oh, you want government-run health care? You know they're going to cancel your health care plan, right? Wow, that hurts. That's going to bleed for me. You want to tax the wealthy and tax the rich. What happens when they leave your state tax base collapses and you've got no money for your public schools, for your fire department, your police department?

3:25You didn't really think of that, did you? You love Democrats and socialism. You know, they want to get rid of school choice, right? You just got your kid into a good school financed by your own tax dollars where you finally got your kid in a good school. You know, they're going to rip them out of there, right? You got to make this stuff bleed, man. It's hard work. We're not going to out Democrat the Democrat. Forget it. Also, folks, I am thoroughly enjoying the continued crash out by the pillars out there as every day now they get exposed as more things are happening. They promised you would never happen and people are bailing by the thousands.

3:59I watch this stuff. I see not all of it, but a good amount of it on X to watch all these people on X be like, hey, man, you know, you guys just lied to us. You told us all this stuff about this person this wasn't happening now it's all to watch it is just glorious so thank you all for believing in the truth and stay in true north with us we appreciate it all right loaded show for you today a couple of big uh thank yous and a viral post on x about the trump administration that really has gone crazy and i need you to see it before uh before the midterms hey i never realized how much my mattress was affecting my sleep until i finally made a change years ago i switched to Helix, H-E-L-I-X.

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5:40Go to helixsleep.com slash Dan for 27 % off sitewide, H-E-L-I-X. That's helixsleep.com slash Dan for 27 % off sitewide, helixsleep.com slash Dan. Thank you, Helix Sleep. We appreciate it. Fellas, let's go. So again, folks, don't buy into seven-minute abs, you know, Republicans out there who want to become Democrat-like. You're never going to out-Democrat a Democrat. you do six minute abs they'll do five minute abs you do five minute abs they'll do four minute abs don't do it don't fall for it audience archivist juni i think i did a show on this years ago called like seven minute abs because this was just on my mind last night and jesse's show and you know listen when you're sitting there in the studio bang bang bang going like sometimes this stuff just pops in my head last night was one of those hits i get off the air like a hundred people text me dude that was awesome i don't even know where that came from thank you jesse for letting me rock and roll though.

6:30I appreciate it. I just want and I can't hit one on forever. Big thank you to Barrett Media, by the way. Great outlet. We love reading their content over there. Barrett Media covering Garrett Seawright does a great job there. Dan Bongino adding new morning radio show Westwood One, 5 a.m. to 6 a.m. again, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. with me and Sean. So we're taking over the Ray Run like seven hours between Vince, Sean and I now. We really appreciate it. Thank you to the program directors who are picking up the show. We'll get you a station finder. We're just adding them by the minute. So it really doesn't make any sense to put it out right now.

7:02But we will get that to you. So thank you so much. Why? Again, because this show brings receipts. That's why it's growing despite all the nonsense AstroTurf stuff on X. Obviously, receipts matter. People wouldn't be picking up the show if it wasn't a popular show and it wouldn't be expanding if it didn't need to expand because more people demand it. So thanks so much. folks getting back to something i've said over the last few days and i might please forgive me i will say this um because bringing receipts sometimes means being self-critical as well the show has been doing great thanks to you we're expanding but one i did get it uh it was and i don't know if it's email or i i read an ex post the other day and someone said hey dan sometimes on your show, you will repeat something a lot.

7:52And I guess the person, it wasn't, it was said in like a critical way, which is okay. I like to hear this stuff. But folks, that's not, that's a feature. That's not a glitch. You know, when you're marketing or trying to sell someone a product, in this case, I'm trying to get across to you this product of conservatism as a better path forward. It requires, you know, marketing will tell you seven to 20 times before an idea sets in. The Democrats are really good at this. So I told you about this kind of critical post for a reason that that is the feature of the show. That may not be for everyone and that's OK.

8:29But the reason socialism sticks, despite its documented record of failure, torture, imprisonment, starvation, it's never worked anywhere, is because Democrats repeat it over and over and over again through kids in kindergarten through 12th grade, in universities, the entertainment community, Hollywood, sports. They hear it over and over. The way to combat that message is, again, to do the hard work. And sometimes you've got to hammer a message home. That is not a bug. It is a feature of this show. And it's not for everyone. That's okay. This show is not for everyone. This is a republic. You can watch whatever you want.

9:06I'm glad you're here. I'm honored to hear it. I love you all. But one of the messages I've been repeating over the last few days is if a policy is effective and really good, whatever it may be, school choice, tax hikes, which I don't think, then you shouldn't have to hide it from people. Does your policy survive first contact with actual people when you tell people what it is? Why are the Democrats always hiding stuff? The Republicans and the MAGA administration right now, the Trump administration, don't do that at all. I'm going to talk to Vince Cole and A. Slater as my guest. You all love Vince.

9:41But this idea that the Trump administration, nothing happened. You're just not, you're either being, you're either deliberately lying, which in that case I can't help you. That's just evil and you're on your own. You're just lying to people for some kind of perverse reason. Maybe you've been paid to. Maybe you're just too stupid not to lie. I don't know. But there are other people out there who claim like, I don't know what the Trump administration did. And I'm like, did you look it up? I say that because we don't hide our results. Donald Trump and his record should be on the ballot in the midterms.

10:16Here's the post I was talking about. And, you know, we're going through pre-production in the show today. and Guy's back today. And Guy's like, what do you want me to do with this tweet? It's so long. And I said, Guy, I don't know, just like scroll through it. This is a viral post by Rod Martin that's gone just crazy. And it's a list of Donald Trump accomplishments. And Guy said, which ones do you want to highlight? I said, I'm going to scroll to the top for a second. He's at Rod D. Martin. Trump's top 25 achievements. The list every conservative should know and use. We have an election coming up.

10:50Like, this is the stuff that happened. You want to win an election, keep this up a second. Tell people what you did, here it is, and tell people what the other side is going to do, which is really bad. Steal your healthcare, steal your firearms. Here's a couple of them. Just scroll down. I don't, just stop randomly right here. Number one, he made the border a real border again. Yeah, he reversed mass migration. Scroll down a little more to stop anywhere. All right, right there. He secured 18 trillion and announced investment commitments to the United States. He made reshoring and reindustrialization real, not a slogan.

11:23Guy, Justin, scramble the wheel again like it's one of those game shows and then stop randomly. Oh, look, here we go. He broke the deep state's power to defy the elected branches. He ended the nationwide injunction abuse going on by the courts. He got men out of women's sports and restored biological reality. Just one more. Let's throw one. Just stop anywhere. He drove China out of the Caribbean. being. He forced NATO to stop freeloading and increase defense spending by 250%. It goes on and on. Just go to his tweet, at Rod D. Martin. Everybody's been spreading this around on X, because I guarantee you, you're going to read this.

11:58And even someone like me, who was in the Trump administration, in the Trump administration, again, being candid with you, I'm not here to pretend I'm above it all. Even I'd forgotten about some of this stuff. Whereas the Democrats don't want their policy to survive first contact so they hide it from you. The Trump administration is openly saying, yes, run on our record. Here's our record. Here it is. There's a ton of other stuff in there too. Manufacturing is back. Inflation is not perfect, but it's gotten better from the Biden administration. Crime was absolutely crushed. Violent crimes had historic lows.

12:39It's everywhere, man. we're not nobody's running from this stuff does your policy survive first contact with voters the answer in the rod martin tweet based on the virality of it how nuclear one on x is yeah people like this stuff here's a post by cash patel friend of mine obviously uh i can't claim to be completely objective on this but you know we heard from the liberal media and the doomers you know patel and the fbi crushed violent crime but they took away justin you remember this one They took assets away from counterterrorism and Chinese Communist Party espionage. We did? That's news to me because we upped those assets.

13:20Now we find out that they announced a major disruption of a global botnet and hacking platform used by the Chinese Communist Party. Whatever, man. I guess nothing's happening. Everything these people told you, the doomers, the grifters, the bums, the liberal media, and the communist goons about nothing happening is just a lie. Why? Yeah, we crushed violent crime. And yeah, we crushed the Chinese Communist Party espionage efforts. And yes, we've crushed a bunch of terror networks. Do you see what happened yesterday with the State Department and Antifa? You realize the Trump administration is the first one to successfully prosecute Antifa?

13:55You probably missed that too if you're on the doom and gloom side. Nothing is happening. That's why it's just really rewarding to watch this mass exodus on X from the doomer grifter crowd. Like, hey, you have no idea how many emails we get. We should have listened to you, man, when you told us this stuff was going down. Let me show you what I mean here. Here's another thing. I love hearing from them that, you know, nothing's happening on the deep state public. Okay, we'll have to see about that, I guess. When the four years are up and all of these things, which take some time, I wish they didn't sometimes, but they do.

14:30It's the right way to do it. When that body of work is done, we're going to compare your predictions versus the results. It's not going to end well. You're going to look like a moron. And even more people are going to realize what a grifter and fraud you are. But however, I hear this all the time. What are we doing about political corruption? Well, there have been a ton of cases. From Gavin Newsom's office to Kathy Hochul. To a whole boatload of cases we worked. BLM to SPLC. Not so much public corruption in that case. But you get the point. Against some of these people using their politics for illicit gains.

15:04Here's another addition to the nothing is happening file. Here's a couple of arrests that came out of the Massachusetts area for massive, massive fraud. Hat tip, Nick Shirley, Cam Higby and others who exposed a lot of this stuff. Again, people told you nothing's going to happen. These fraudsters never get locked up. We're up to like 200 something arrests just at the federal level alone. And now we see this happen. Yes, you can add this to the nothing is happening file. Check this out. This morning we arrested Massachusetts State Representative Francisco Paulino, who represents the 16th Essex District, which includes the cities of Lawrence and Methuen, for pandemic unemployment insurance fraud, pandemic loan fraud, and money laundering.

15:47He is charged in an 11-count indictment that was unsealed today. A grand jury in Boston also returned an 11-count indictment charging the sitting mayor of Lawrence, Brian DePina, with pandemic loan fraud and money laundering. As many of you know, Mayor DePina was arrested last week on a criminal complaint. He is alleged to have stolen approximately$1.5 million in public taxpayer money, Money he used to fund his mayoral campaign, pay his personal tax liabilities, and pay off personal loans. Hat tip Nick Sorter for that video there Getting that up there Again folks I know people are telling you And there's like a movement NPC movement on X to be brainless That the Trump administration is not doing anything And then the stuff Then they just move on to the next doom and gloom complaint Just to get you to not vote and demoralize you Don't let it happen Don't let it happen Nothing is happening I hear this all the time Folks we are winning We are winning.

16:52I want you to make no mistake about this. And yes, I will show you big time receipts coming up right now. If the liberal media, if their liberal allies, if the commies and the socialists, the Islamo fanatics in conjunction with their doom or grifter pillars, if they were winning, if they were winning, it would reflect in a poll. A poll is a measure of public opinion, correct? So a receipt would be if the doom and gloom crowd and the Trump administration is not doing anything, there's nothing to vote for, a crowd was winning, then it would reflect on intra-party approval for President Trump. Correct?

17:27Is anything I'm saying? Anyone in the chat dispute this? If Republicans, if there was a real genuine movement within the party telling you how awful things are, nothing's happening, if it actually had any grip, they would have won some primaries. They won none of them. They got smoked. And Donald Trump's approval rating within the Republican Party is at historic highs. So I don't understand, like at some point, are you ever going to produce a receipt to try to grab back the audience you're losing with the constant dooming? Because people aren't stupid. People are not stupid. When CNN is forced to admit this again in a poll, you can pretty much take it to the bank because they're not pro-Trump.

18:07I think that's fairly obvious. There is no constituency for crapping on the administration's accomplishments over the last year and a half. There's none. It just doesn't exist. Receipts incoming. Check this out. You know, sometimes we have these polls and, you know, they're favorable polls or approval polls and they're in the moment. But I just love this one. OK, the president Republicans most admire is Donald Trump. This is a historic comparison. A majority of Republicans say 53 percent say he is the Republican president they most admire. Ronald Reagan, who traditionally has won that much. Donald Trump nearly triples up on this.

18:45Reagan at just 18 percent. And then Abraham Lincoln, who, by most historic accounts, is the greatest president of all time. But Republicans say that the president that they most admire by what is this, this is six, seven times as many Donald John Trump at 53 percent, easily crushing Abe Lincoln at 8 percent. And the Elon poll showed that he was the greatest president as well.

19:10again at some point aren't you obligated to produce some evidence that your hypothesis is in fact an accurate metric for the real world justin's like dan stop with like evidence and science and data and facts like no if you just keep saying it trump sucks rfk sucks jd sucks Rubio sucks. Heg says sucks. Like at some point, are you going to produce evidence that that's actually a thing? My face. Just laugh at these people. It's become a clown show. It's become a clown show. It's like the people on X who post every day. Dan Bongino is irrelevant. Doesn't matter. Then why are you posting about me every day?

19:57Girl, don't go away mad. As Motley Crue said, just go away. It's okay. Thank you. Every day I see It's hilarious to watch Just make fun of these people You may say well Alright Donald Trump's really popular Good results Viral tweet 25 huge accomplishments Is probably more than that But it's reflecting in the congressional Generic ballot Where Republicans are just getting killed People prefer Democrats Because this whole flock of Republicans Thinks Donald Trump sucks despite no evidence that's actually true. Okay, we just pulled this poll tracker. 2024 on X. An active vote poll. Generic congressional ballot.

20:42Oh my gosh, there's only like, what, a three-point difference? Democrats 51%, Republican 40%. I thought it was a massive, massive shift. I thought the Democrats were up by like 50 points. We were getting killed. We were getting crushed. This is probably roughly within the margin of error. Folks, I don't know what's going to happen. I don't get into red wave, blue wave predictions. Tried that once, bad idea, stupid There's an election coming up You need to go out and vote, that's it I'm just telling you, like people telling you We're going to get crushed We're going to lose 600 seats There aren't 600 seats Doesn't matter, we're going to lose them anyway That these people are probably lying to you Remember my 10-10-10 rule It is up to you to go out and vote But not by yourself that's not going to win an election I'm sorry there are very few elections decided by one vote many decided by ten it's happened it's happened but it's rare can we agree but your vote matters but your voice matters even more email ten people ten friends of yours put it on one email you don't have to send ten separate emails hey guys you getting ready to vote here's whatever I'm living in Martin County Florida here's how to vote Martin County make ten social media posts and call ten of your friends or just meet up with any voting you know how to vote you registered oh i don't want to get into that stuff i don't want to lose freight you want to lose your country because folks this is our job the democrats do this all the time you do the 10 10 and 10 this we have right now it's only 10 22 in the if you're watching live we have 40 000 people watching right now 20 minutes in despite the Clancy thing being on TV.

22:27That's it. We filled an entire football stadium full of people. If all of you just went out and did the 10, 10 and 10, will not only will we not lose, we could win and hold the House and the Senate. In the end, votes matter. And don't tell me it's not possible. Remember the midterms, the Joe Biden midterms. Do you guys remember this? I I know you guys do. I warned everybody. There was all this talk. Folks in the chat who remembers this for our P1s. I warned you over and over. Stop the red wave talk. Remember, like, Joe Biden sucks. There's going to be a massive red wave. I said, don't do it. Don't do it.

23:06Because if there is a red wave, people who are on the margin about voting are going to say, like, hey, man, I don't need to vote. We're going to win in a landslide. It's a huge mistake. the Democrats are doing the same thing now they're out there there's going to be a blue wave folks there's not going to be a blue wave if you show up the Democrats showed up and the midterms were not horrendous for Biden they weren't great but they weren't horrendous there's a way to win elections vote and I know listen this isn't me don't take this as in any way condescending again of course I know but there are some people on the fence who think your vote doesn't matter.

23:47Your vote one does matter. And it matters even more if you can grab 10 people to go with you. Drive them to the polls. Do whatever you need to do. Folks, I show you my phone, but I don't want to disclose who it is. I'd be more than happy to show you my 30 or 40 texts copied and pasted to 30 or 40 friends about my ballot selections down here in Florida from Martin County Commission all the way up to agriculture, the AG, governor's race, Senate. I did my, I promise, I'm like, I'm not speaking with forked tongue. I do it too. Do you do? You need an elect for the general? I'm happy to send it to you.

24:28I've got some real thoughts on the general too. So yes, Justin, you can get it first here. Oh, look at this. I didn't, it's not even part of the show. Well, it's part of the show, but it wasn't my part of the show. What's the date on that? July 21st, 2024, right before the midterms. This is an actual Dan Bongino tweet. This is why I hate red wave or landslide chatter. It's presumptive and stupid. A thousand different things could change from now until election day. Assuming we're down by 10 or more and commit to voting like it and bring 10 or more people with you to the polls. This thing isn't even close to being over.

25:04Love me, hate me, whatever. I'm always consistent. I'm not going to BS you. I bring receipts. I've been saying the same thing forever. Yeah, please. Oh, the presidential. Yeah, sorry. Yeah, July 21st, 2024, obviously. As the kids say, my bad. Oh, the Nelson months. It's the presidential. It doesn't matter. Just vote. Forget red wave, blue wave, any of that crap. It's just so important. The Donald Trump legacy, just a year and a half in, is, I mean, there are going to be books written on all the stuff. stuff that changed i you know i'm gonna tell you something then i gotta take a i'm like way over there's like a format to the show i've totally disregarded it so oh yeah i know today's probably pretty good for i i don't want this to be taken the wrong way so let me just preface this in advance and whatever you say they probably shouldn't say but this is necessary trump's first year was such a shock to the system that things happened so fast.

26:13The border was closed almost overnight. He swore in and the next day everything changed. Crime rates dropped so precipitously. His commitment to getting investment back and reshored onto the United States soil for high-tech manufacturing and jobs happened so fast that honestly, I think, and this is the painful part to say, I think the administration were victims of their own success. I do. I think people are so used to slow roll politics and milquetoast statements and white papers that so much stuff happens so fast that now, like every day, they expect a new earthquake. The thing about shutting the border, ladies and gents, is when it's shut, it's shut.

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27:05Like you can't, yes, you have to maintain the border being closed. I get that. But you can't go from zero to negative people. Like once zero people are admitted, that's it. That's the lower bound. I think they were victims of their own success. And I mean that as a huge compliment. Because the stuff that happened just happened so fast. People have been talking about shutting the board of Republicans and Democrats, actually old blue dogs, for decades and none of it happened. I got more coming up in a minute, including, folks, I told you that administration officials, not just me, I was the first one out.

27:47They swung at me and missed bad. I mean, talk about a whiff. but as administration officials come out you're going to see more and more of them become targets of the left the doomers because they can't have donald trump's legacy be success because then they'd have to run against it i'm going to show you a clip about what i mean where now rfk is a target too he's not even out he's still in the administration in the cabinet

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29:51Use code Bungino for 20 % off. Thanks for supporting our sponsors. We really appreciate it. Good company. So thanks, CarShield. Okay, here's what I mean. There are two things involved in winning an election. Snapshots and soundbites, you get that. But two tactical things you have to do. explain what you did. The Donald Trump administration, President Trump's team has a litany of things they did. You can read it in the Rod Martin tweet. But you also have to explain and warn what the other side is going to do. And what the other side is going to do, the Democrats and the socialists, is really bad.

30:24They're going to steal your health care. They're going to destroy your school system. They're going to destroy the local economy. You're seeing it now up in New York. They are also going to engage in, if we lose this midterm, in a two-year cycle of weaponized government, ridiculous hearings, impeachments. I told you I'm always right about this stuff. I was the first one out. They swung and missed. Now you're going to see they're going to start to focus on others trying to take them down too because they're afraid of taking Trump on directly. So they're going to do it by trying to pick all the feathers off the goose before they kill the goose, okay?

30:59Here's what I mean. Here's an interview I just saw. Now they want to impeach RFK. hey, I told you, they're going to try to go after every single person. Always bring receipts. Check this out. This is one of the reasons Democrats winning across the country in November is so urgent. If we take the House and we take the Senate, we can impeach and remove RFK Jr. And if we don't, he's going to have two more years of unfettered access to America's public health infrastructure. And that will be disastrous. I warned you. I've warned you. I've said it over and over. all you've got to do is play their own words.

31:34They're actually advertising the fact that they're running on affordability. We're going to get the country back. We're going to do all these things. They never tell you what these things are, but when they slip up on TV and actually do admit it, we want to steal your healthcare. We want to weaponize the government for two years and engage in a bunch of useless hearings. When they tell you, you should listen to them. and when they do slip up and tell you what they're going to do we are not going to let you run away from it folks the title of today's show is glue it to them glue it get your crazy glue out and glue the policies to them when they say things like and campaign with people who say things like october 7th rapes don't really matter to me we deserve 9-11 we want government-run health care for all.

32:27Do not let them run from it. Don't. You may say, well, that's not fair. Not every Democrat running is saying this. Okay, then get them on the record and ask them, this person said this running under your Democrat umbrella, correct? You're not running as an independent, Debbie Dingell and others. You're running as a Democrat. This person's running on your team, team democrat he has said or she has said crazy things and i want to know since you're running under the same team can i expect you to run on those same ideas tell us which ideas are unacceptable in your party they won't do it receipts incoming they're panicked they are trying to hide do not let them hide glue it to them here's michigan representative debbie dingle Debbie Dingell total buffoon here's Debbie Dingell she's in Michigan why am I bringing that up anybody know because the US Senate nominee in Michigan Abdul El-Sayed is the one campaigning with the guy who thinks we deserve 9-11 she's in Michigan I would think it's going to be the same voters voting for her that would vote for El-Sayed it's kind of like obligatory that you issue some kind of statement about did we deserve 9-11 No, no.

33:49Here's Debbie Dingell's response. Automatically run duck high. No, no, no. We're not going to let you do it. Glue this stuff to them. Check this out. It said in a statement that, quote, nobody speaks for this campaign besides me and my campaign spokespeople, unquote. And he accused politicians and pundits of trying to make this race about a Twitch streamer. Are you satisfied with how El Sayed has handled this uproar? Look, I'm going to say this to you I'm tired of people trying to drag me into it I strongly disagree With many of the things that Hassan Piper said From Israel to quite frankly If you're a woman who has fought Against sexual violence and domestic violence Her whole life What he has said about rape, etc Is simply inexcusable So when are you going to speak out about El Sayed?

34:40He's campaigning with him You hear in the beginning the unrighteous indignation. I'm getting tired of it. Well, you're getting tired of it. We're all tired of it. Notice the chyron, Debbie Dingell, D, Michigan. You're trying to appeal to some of the same voters. Maybe it's time to stand up and do the right thing and not the easy thing. I got the Axios thing, but pull up Jared Polis next. Here's another guy. Democrat, Colorado, claims to be like a moderate, right? Here's Jared Polis, asked the same question. Ladies and gentlemen, do not let them, oh, we have a big tent. Oh, really? Oh, really? We have a big tent.

35:29Just let's shoo on other foot for a moment. Again, you get a guy running who wins a Republican Party nomination for freaking dog catcher. Forget about U.S. Senate. And goes on the record and says, I want to bring back concentration camps I think it's a good idea You'll be like, wait, what? No, no, you're not running under our banner We don't want you Okay Notice how when Polis has asked this question Yo, we got a big tent Okay, well, who's in the tent? You know what? We had a party once for my wife There was a little bit of a tent I didn't let Jason Voorhees and serial killers in there Because I don't want those people in the tent The question isn't do you have a big tent.

36:13The question is who is allowed in your tent and why? Are there any ideas that are unacceptable? Do not let them run away from this stuff. Glue it to them. They want to hide it from you so it doesn't see first contact with the real world. No, not doing it. Check this out. What do you think should be done about Hassan Piker from the Democratic establishment's point of view? Well, look, I mean, both parties are big tents, but also the media is a big tent. And, you know, I've always been of the mind myself where I go on shows and take on people I disagree with. I mean, look at the network I'm on right now.

36:45I'm never I'm never afraid to go with any of your hosts on this show or anywhere else. So, I mean, as long as you maintain true to your principles, you know, I think it's fine to go on anywhere, talk to anybody. Bro, you're the governor of Colorado. You have an obligation to say who's allowed in your tent and who's not. it's your freaking team glue this stuff to them do not let him off the hook yeah yeah great great big tent fantastic who's allowed in the tent and who isn't and why haven't you made that clear folks it's because of what I said in the beginning of the show the Democrats insist on hiding stuff from you because they know if you see it you'll change your mind just like if you see what an abortion looks like you'll change your mind that's why they go nuts when people show up this is what an abortion like that's why democrats and liberals who support abortion go freaking crazy because if you see it you'll change your mind that's why they hide it from you they play word games they use euphemisms they never tell you what they're really doing i I just told you in the beginning of the show with the Rod Martin post.

38:05Here's what Trump did. There it is. You go read it yourself. This is great stuff. No one's hiding it. We have a file, the nothing is happening file, which is a humorous attempt to make these idiots that say nothing is happening look like fools by showing you what's actually happening. We're doing the opposite. it. The Democrats, all they do is play word games and dance like dancing, Justin, not producer. That's all they do. Axios had a whole piece about this this morning. How Andy Beshear, who's another fake phony fraud, by the way, Democrat governor of Kentucky. Again, he pretends to be like, you know, I'm under his blue dog.

38:49He is not. He's a liberal like everyone else. Stop falling for this act, please. Kentucky Democrat Governor Beshear has been the most vocal. Now, now, all of a sudden, he's such a phony. Has been most vocal about Democrats' need to, quote, talk like normal human beings. Beshear told Michigan Democrats in April, the parties repelled red and swing state voters with terms like justice involved population. Yeah, yeah, they're called criminals. Food insecure. What do you mean? Like hungry people? Substance use disorder instead of addiction? I'll throw some more in there. Undocumented. No, no. Illegal.

39:30The reason you don't have documents when you need documents is because you're here illegally. The unhoused. What is the unhoused? You mean homeless people?

39:42Gender affirmation. Yes, there's gender affirmation. It's called a penis. That means you're a dude. That's gender affirmation. If you have the opposite equipment, you're a woman. That's gender affirmation. Abortion, reproductive care. No, you're not reproducing. It's anti-reproductive care. An abortion is killing a baby. That's anti-reproduction. Why? Why do they play euphemisms, words games? They do it because they want to hide from you what they're really doing. Medicare for all, meaning free market health care for no one. folks there is no escaping these ideas glue them to the democrats and do not let them escape and here's the catch when they slip up and tell you who they really are believe them but take it run with it and use their own words against them there is nothing nothing more damning than taking a politician or someone running for office's own words and slapping them in ad and saying almost nothing else because there's no refuting oh a third party said that you could no it's the first party you this is a phenomenal ad i've got two of them they're quick you know talafrico running for u.s senate in texas i have never seen a candidate less suited for a state's politics than james talarrico running in texas i've never seen a guy so less suited for a state It's like running in Florida and telling people you hate beaches and the sun.

41:19It's like you're running in Alaska and going, you know what? I hate the snow. Nobody come here. It's too cold. What are you doing, bro? This Talafrico guy is a straight up lunatic. That's why this ad, this minute long is so good. Because all it is is Talafrico telling you why he earned the nickname Talafrico. This guy's running in Texas. Glue this stuff to them. Check it out.

42:13have met out front. No need to sit and cry over, you know, your whiteness or your masculinity. They're going to call me a radical leftist. Something that you love that's not family or friends. I love, and I'm just saying this because it's on my mind, the trans children. The Democrats have a weird, a weird candidate. Low T. Tallarico. Too weak for Texas. Hat tip, Lone Star, Liberty pack. He just nailed it. Crushed it. Whoever does your social or marketing or ads, take a bow. Take a hat tip. Take a bow. Beautiful. You don't have to say anything. Just wrap it up. Just let them talk. Folks, if you're in Texas, anyone in Texas in the chat?

43:00Stupid question. We got a huge... Folks, announce yourselves in the chat. Are people falling for this? Listen, I know you have pockets of very liberal areas. You know, they have like Keep Austin weird. I get it. I spent a lot of time in Texas. A huge amount of time in Texas. We have a huge footprint in Texas. I get it. I love Texas. Texas.

43:25Udana, that one. The cactus, probably more Arizona. Who's falling for this? Glue this stuff to me. Is anybody? Folks, please give me some insight because I see these polls, some of these other polls, and I'm like, this can't be true. There's no way this guy's even over 45

43:46If that guy wins the U.S. Senate race in Texas, I'll be stunned.

43:53That looks more like New Mexico or Arizona. You got like a boot in there. Like, all right, we'll give you that for Texas. Texas is probably the boot capital. All right, we get it. Now you're just like, now they're just rubbing it in. Here's another one. I'm trying to show you these political ads because so many people are putting such great work. Listen, these ads matter. Spencer Pratt nearly pulled off the upset of the political millennia in Los Angeles mayor's race. It wasn't for all the nonsense that happened at the end. By running great social and ads and third parties doing it for him as well.

44:25Here's a minute on El Cyan. Running in Michigan. Running in Michigan with a bunch of union workers that love their employer-provided healthcare plan and others trying to tell him he's going to steal their healthcare. Just listen to his own words. Glue it to him. When you play their own words, it's impossible to say, oh, you're lying. You're lying. It's you. Check this out.

45:09The Green New Deal posits that if we're serious about taking on climate change, we need to rethink our economy around building green infrastructure. A Green New Deal that helps us address climate change is I think is critical. And I want you to think about what the Green New Deal is. It is an interlocking system of solutions to an interlocking system of problems. Making Detroit the engine of the Green New Deal to me recognizes that as Detroit goes, America goes. Do you understand this guy with his green news scam nonsense is going to put you auto workers out there in Michigan? There are a lot of you out of business.

45:45I'm just trying to show you what he said so he can't hide from it later. This is what they do. Rugs sweeping it. No, no, there's none of that. Folks, there are two components to any election. Tell people what you did And tell people what your opponents are going to do We've got to get better at this A lot of people are really good at it Liberty Pack that we saw Lone Star Liberty Pack, amazing That's what Talafrico believes in 75 genders or whatever There's two, it's not hard El Sayan's a big Green New Deal guy Really? You want to build gas-powered engines In Detroit and Michigan? That's your guy?

46:28The guy wants to steal your healthcare plan too? That's your guy? Tell them what they're going to do. But I want to throw this in there too because I want to give you a little, I try not to make the show again too much about me and my time in the Trump administration. Not because I think it's boring or anything. I just think there's a lot going on. And I just, you know, when it's relevant, it's relevant. Many of you probably saw this clip. The Philadelphia lunatic, Larry Krasner, DA down there, talking about like blowing up the White House. But I'm going to play this for a different reason. You probably heard hundreds of pieces of commentary on it between radio and Fox and Newsmax and elsewhere yesterday.

47:07But I want to bring up a point here. Folks, that year in the administration was really, really life-changing in so many positive ways. It was the honor of a lifetime. But Donald Trump's accomplishments listed in the beginning of the show in that Rod Martin viral tweet those are just 25 there are more i think are even more profound given the fact that donald trump it reminds me of that i think it's game of thrones the giphy where the guy's pulling out the sword and all the horror i didn't watch game of thrones but i see it on x all the time and all the horses and uh the soldiers are coming at him donald trump was like one guy against the media hollywood the the entertainment community, academia, some swampy Republicans, all of the Democrats, the commies, the Islamo fanatics, foreign governments hated him because they wanted to screw over the United States.

48:02Like it was Donald Trump against the world. I bring that up because his accomplishments and having lived to it are so much more profound when you saw from the inside how much resistance there was to almost everything he did. You know how many people we had unload at the FBI who just we found really bad things and we realized over time like these people were not doing their job and were acting unethically there was so much institutional resistance everywhere I bring it up in terms of this video this Larry Krasner video because imagine being in the FBI focused like a laser on five or six headline issues but one of them being the epidemic of violent crime in blue cities and having to work with this guy as a partner.

48:48Here's Larry Krasner talking about blowing up the White House ballroom. Like, this is just insanity. The fact that the Trump administration got anything done having to deal with these idiots is unbelievable. And even more so when you listen to this. Check this out. I'm going to have a paperweight sitting on my desk. You know what that paperweight is going to be? It's going to be a piece of the ballroom after we all blow it up. That's what it's going to be. In an official, official ceremony, just so we're clear. In an official ceremony, we're going to blow it up and we're going to get the taxpayers their money back by selling all the pieces as paperweights, and I will have one on my desk.

49:30Petulant in the chat. Unacceptable. I demand Bongino and his lady watch Game of Thrones. I like that. I get what you did there. Lady, throw that in Game of Thrones. I've seen a couple episodes. That's it. Maybe I'll get to it someday. I'm watching a couple of different shows now. So I don't have a ton of time, but maybe one day I'll get there. It's probably, what, eight seasons or something, so I have a lot of time. Folks, I told my guys in the Philadelphia field office, the New York field office, and elsewhere in the FBI, I said, listen, the cops there are great. Don't worry about the cops. They'll be there for you.

50:02But the bureaucrats, the mayor, the DAs, and a lot of some ADAs who are just liberals talking about blowing up the White House and crazy stuff. You don't work for them. I told them this, if not once, a thousand times. It's probably on some video somewhere. We do these civets calls, these secure video calls. You don't work for them. If they don't want to help, we have a bunch of federal laws we can use, UFAP warrants and elsewhere. Well, we're just going to go and grant people. You don't work for them. And most of them were really good about it, but we had a few supervisors in the office. this will be AORs, areas of responsibility, who'll be like, you know, the guy was saying that, you know, we shouldn't, I don't care what he said.

50:44You don't work for him. You work for the attorney general, the FBI, who reports to the president. This is it. We're cleaning up violent crime. Either get on the team or get the hell out of management. Oh, you found it. Yeah, this is the giffy. It's from Game of Thrones, right? Like, I'm not crazy. This is it. That's Donald Trump. Like against the entire establishment in the media academia, the sports world, Hollywood, media, but I said that twice. Swampy Republicans. And he's still got stuff done. When I was there, Todd Blanche, who's now the attorney general, was the DAG, the deputy attorney general.

51:24And he effectively supervises the FBI. He's the guy you report to direct. If he needs an answer, he then goes to the AG. But typically you deal with the DAG. So I dealt with now Attorney General Blanche more than anyone. A.G. Blanche brought this up the other day about these crazy lunatics and all these people. We're doing our job with the Trump administration. If not, we're just going to do it with or without you. We're getting it done. Donald Trump's cleaning up the streets even if you don't want to clean up your own. Here was Todd Blanche on this yesterday. Listen to this. Check this out. The ballroom is being built, and it's disgusting that a district attorney in Philadelphia, who, by the way, has a city with its own problems, is so focused on what the president is doing at the White House.

52:08And so that's something we're continuing to litigate. The ballroom is being built. It's not stopped. And the Supreme Court issued the stay, which allows us to continue to do the work. And this isn't just about a safe, secure place for the president and his family and world. Folks, I promise you, A.G. Blanche gets it. He doesn't, I don't want to say he doesn't care with Krasn. Of course he cares. Obviously he's talking about, but he doesn't care in that it's going to alter his behavior. We have an office in Philly and we're going to clean up your streets even if you don't want to. If you're more focused on blowing up the White House rather than the crack dealer on your corner, that's okay.

52:46You do what you want to do, but we're cleaning it up no matter what. that's why he really i get i get frankly pissed off at all the hits on the president oh you know some of the stuff he does but what's he doing for politics you think he's going to win philadelphia he's cleaning up dc you think he's doing that for politics dc is probably the only place where you can lose as a republican 125 of the votes he's doing it because it's the right thing to do not the easy thing. The easy thing is to say, yeah, you know what? Let the city just rot then. No, we're not letting the city rot. No, we're not.

53:22We all blow it up. Yeah, we know. You have. And folks, don't buy into, again, any of these crazy ideas the left is trying to hide. I saw this yesterday, Constantine Kiss, and I like his content. He brought this up about immigration. The whole euphemisms game we play with immigration. Oh, undocumented, all this stuff. And then we We treat immigrants to the country like with kid gloves, like the American citizens who've been here forever busting their ass and paying the taxes or second class citizens in their own country. No, I'm sorry. I'm not telling you like every human being isn't a child of God, but we it's our country.

53:58It's our club. It's our team. We financed it. We drafted the players. We did all the work. We did the scouting. We produced this stuff. Your father's grandfathers and you built this place. The carpenters, the electricians, the plumbers, the HVAC guys. We did this, the architects, the pilots, we all did this, the military men and women, the law enforcement folks. We're not second class citizens in our own country. If you are going to come here because you want to be part of our team, then you better align with our values. It's not our job to align with yours. And you shouldn't make any apologies for it.

54:32There's about a minute of Constantine Kiston saying this exact same thing. You want to come here and be part of our team? Then there's a set of team rules. And if you don't like it, then just don't come here. We're not second class citizens in our own country. Sorry, not sorry. Check this out. Immigrants in particular, and I say this as an immigrant, we should adjust our expectations and our behavior to the culture and laws of this society instead of demanding that our heritage and our cultural traditions become the traditions of this society. I don't believe that that's what this country is for.

55:06The British people have been very welcoming to people from all over the world. But my view is that was always an understanding that the people who come become citizens of this country in the fullest meaning of that term, that means that they contribute to the society. You know, my view, and I've been saying this to people in the political realm for a very long time, and it's only recently become acceptable for them to say, is I don't understand why people who are not citizens of this country get access to the benefit system, get access to welfare, get access to social housing. These are not things that should be happening.

55:43If you want to come here from another country, get a good job, pay your taxes, that's wonderful. And if you eventually want to become a British citizen and acquire the rights and responsibilities that that brings, there's a process for that. And I think, as I am at the end of that process, you should be incredibly proud of having done that. That should be an achievement, becoming a British citizen as it is in America. It should become an achievement that you're proud of, that you're buying into something. Yeah, folks, do not be shamed into speaking proudly about the values of citizenship and you being one.

56:21You are not second class citizens on your own baseball team. It's your baseball team. It's really great that people around the world recognize the greatness of the United States and want to come here. But we don't have to admit every single person. We don't have to admit anyone if we don't want to. It's our club. It's our team. And there's nothing wrong with that. I'm glad the argument is starting, the Overton window on this is starting to move into reality. Where people are like, you know what, I'm proud. I'm proud. Sometimes I have some stuff and in radio, somebody ask Vince, like Vince has been in radio a lot.

57:05They've got these things in radio. I don't know what they call them, talkers or like, they're these little things. When I used to do radio at WCBM, they would print this thing up in the morning and it would be like 20 or 30 things that people are discussing on social media, what else, talkers or whatever. So I don't know what to call them. So I just called this today like the PS file, like postscript on the show, because I don't know where to fit these things, but I think they're really important. Folks, your kids, many of them are going back to school, right? I think it was in Northeast. There's still a little bit of summer going on, September 7th.

57:38But your kids are going back to school, right? Do you know your rights for your kids? I bring this up because there's an article in the Wall Street Journal, whether you subscribe or not, that you need to read by Ian Pryor. It's called Parents Know Your Rights as School Begins. And I got to tell you, there were things I did not think about because the schools, you know, my kids go to don't do a lot of this craziness. However, what if you go to, your kid goes back to school and you find out like there's a teacher in your school trying to transition your child. Like, what are your rights? Do you know about FERPA?

58:13Do you know about PPRA? Do you know about your right to opt out of classes on like LGBTQ2A spirit stuff? Do you know about your access to your kids' records? Folks, this Wall Street Journal article lays out specifically what to do. And it refers you, by the way, to America First Legal. You've probably heard of them. That they have guidebooks for all this. Listen to me. Know your rights before. Because I hope this doesn't happen to any of you in the audience. But sadly, it may. Your kid, your young daughter may come home from school and go, Daddy, some boy just walked in the men's room. and I was told if I say something, I'm going to be suspended.

58:56You better know your rights in advance. You have rights there. Title IX, you have rights. I cover the whole article, but it's expansive. And again, America First Legal has some options in there. You go to their website, it says they have some guides. Know your rights. Your kids are back in school. And let me tell you something. You're going to get bullied around by these administrators the second, the second you say, actually, sir, Title IX specifically prohibits that, and we're contacting our attorney. I guarantee you everything changes. Know your rights. You see why I put it in the PS file? Because I don't know where to stick it.

59:37So I just threw it at the end of the show. Didn't know where to stick it. Sometimes it's show. Here's another one. I saw this in the Washington Post this morning. Folks, this again, so, well, this actually had a place in the show. I probably should have stuck it right in the beginning of the show. I told you the reason I repeat things so many times is because the Democrats excel on this. It's how they get people to believe stupid stuff like socialism works. the Washington Post this is a really disturbing story Wyoming probably the reddest if not one of the reddest states in the entire country one of the reddest conservative areas in the entire world that they know the Washington Post Wyoming Republicans just proved the rhino narrative wrong a freedom caucus wipeout in the reddest state in America shows who GOP voters want running things the premise of the case is this that UT party conservative MAGA types are all wrong.

1:00:30They want old swampy Republicans. They're exaggerating a bit in a piece. They bring up Kansas and all this other stuff. I'm just telling you, even amongst Republicans, the reason the socialist message can be appealing sometimes is because they repeat it. They lie. They lie often. They lie confidently. And they isolate people from the truth. That's why on this show, we do the opposite. And that's why the show has done so well. Because people know they're going to get the truth. And we're going to hammer it. Alright, we got Vince calling Ace coming up. You're not going to want to miss this interview we cover a whole bunch of topics everybody loves vince we also are doing our 1776 contest official rules app on gino.com slash 1776 once a week we give away one thousand seven hundred seventy six dollars to one of our live viewers in the chat check out the rules the comment of the day today is jay has she chew dan your storage facility for all the receipts must be ginormous.

1:01:28It is. I actually forget about some of the receipts we produced. So much so, Justin's got to bring up my tweets from 2024. I don't even remember sending that, but it's the same thing I'm telling you now. We have receipts. That's what separates us from everyone else. That's why these other people just can't stop talking about it. They can't stop talking about it. Like, it's boiling bunny stuff. All right. We're going to take a quick break. Sponsor it, and we'll get to Vince. Don't miss that interview. Delete me. Hey, have you ever thought I should really be doing something to protect myself from stalkers scammers and hackers, but you're not sure what, I'm going to tell you.

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1:03:03Welcoming to the show, our good buddy Vince Colonace has one of the most popular radio shows in the country from 12 noon to 3 p.m. Eastern radio stations everywhere. He is also the king of morning podcasting. 8 a.m. Eastern time every day at rumble dot com slash Vince. If you want to watch live, of course, you can always watch On Demand as well. Vince has been crushing it in the morning. Vince, welcome back to the show. You know we love having you here. So thanks for your time today.

1:03:27Dan Bongino:Thank you, Dan. Love doing it, man. Yeah, me too. We've had a good time being on your radio show and just going back and forth. It's really working out well for me. You know, the radio, we've kind of like taken over. I think we're on from now 5 a.m. to 6 every night between you, me, Sean. So that's great news. But I was scrolling through your ex feed because I noticed sometimes when I do when I do hits on other folks shows, they're like, well, what are you hot about? So I was scrolling through your feed and I saw a couple of really interesting things. Yeah, I want to go to the I was going to talk about this second, but I want to go to this because I missed this one.

1:03:59Totally. The lunatic governor of New Jersey who claimed to be a moderate Democrat, who's now turned into like a full blown commie, Mikey Sherrill. She said something outrageous. And I got to tell you, I'm a little embarrassed. I missed this. I don't know how I missed this gem. And by gem, I don't mean that like a diamond. I mean like a flaming turd in a diaper. She had said that it is a quote, easier to get an AR-15 than to get an abortion. Now, this how I missed this, I don't know. This may go down as one of the single dumbest politician quotes I've ever seen. It should. That's the whole idea.

1:04:33If you're going to kill a human being, it should probably be a little bit more difficult than to try to protect yourself with a firearm against getting killed by another human being.

1:04:42Dan Bongino:This is the perfect Democrat statement because everything about it is incoherent. Now, first of all, like, unfortunately, it's probably untrue. It's actually harder to get an AR-15 than it is to kill a child in America. And it shouldn't be that way. You've got a Second Amendment right to defend yourself and your family. And it should be very easy, actually, for a law-abiding citizen to obtain an AR-15. But having said that, listen to what she's lamenting, Dan. She's lamenting that it is harder to kill children than it is to defend your family. It's really upsetting how difficult it is to kill babies and how easy it is to arm yourself and defend yourself.

1:05:19Dan Bongino:And by the way, an AR-15 in particular, I mean, you worked at the FBI. I mean, you want to drill down on the data on this subject? AR-15s are not used in the commission of crimes all over the place. AR-15s are owned by lots of law-abiding citizens. It's the most popular rifle in America. People use it for all sorts of reasons, hunting, sport, and yes, home protection, and protecting against that Second Amendment concern of tyranny. No question whatsoever about it. People on AR-15s, if she was really serious about it, she'd go after the handgun problem that exists in places like Newark, New Jersey that she's not talking about at all.

1:05:54Dan Bongino:And so she's, everything, it's a kind of a perfect Democrat statement because it's both incoherent, it's a lie, it's in the service of more child sacrifice and of robbing you of your liberty. So she's nailing it if it comes to just being a Democrat in good standing. Yeah, I saw that on your X feed. Give Vince Colonnese a follow on X. Excuse me. Still. I had covid a couple of weeks ago and I'm still like in the remnants of it. You know, this is it's like the 47th time I've had this damn thing. It's freaking ridiculous. That's why I'm always like an ordinary show. And I refuse to use a cough button.

1:06:30I know you're a radio pro, but I'm like, screw it. The show is going to sound exactly how I sound.

1:06:35Dan Bongino:Wait, why weren't you wearing a mask for the last few weeks? I'm wondering about your broadcast now. It's so effective. See, Justin, he did it. He made the, Vince, you've known me long enough to never bring up masks on the show because now we're going to have to, I can't. Justin's like, I can't believe. Yeah, I know. I know. He used to say the beast and that would, but that's off too, because we've now forfeited that fight. However, I will never forfeit the fight on masks. I always have to mess with people who still wear masks. I'm like, you understand, right? This is the condom that got every person pregnant.

1:07:06Like it's the one thing where every single person who wore the freaking thing, everyone got COVID. It is the worst prophylactic of all time. It's not even the condom that you're guaranteed to get pregnant with this condom. That's right.

1:07:20Dan Bongino:You may as well have strapped a spaghetti strainer to your face and walked around. Spaghetti strainer dipped in COVID and you have a better chance of not getting COVID. That is a great analogy. The spaghetti strainer over your face dipped in like bathed in every variety of COVID. You stand the better chance of not getting COVID with COVID dipped spaghetti strainer than these stupid surgical masks. It's unbelievable. Like I think back to getting banned from YouTube for just telling people, hey man, this surgical mask is not going to help you. And the reason I said it, Vince, Justin's like here we go man here we go and we're not cutting this at all we're keeping this we call this I have a name for this this is a dangent we go right way off in another direction I love that because it happens all the time but I you know I was really like I was really serious about this when it happened um because there were older people out there who fell for this who were immunocompromised and who really thought this thing was going to save them and I'm like hey hey, brother, sister, I'm telling you, man, you're taking a big chance.

1:08:25This thing ain't gonna do squats. That's what kind of bothered me about the whole thing. It kind of speaks to the psychosis we're in now where the current thing mentality, where like something just takes off on X and gullible people just believe it. I mean, the best example of it is this DSA, this fascination with socialism. When guys like you and me are like, you could just look up how many people died because of socialism and countries and economies that collapse, you know, you can just check it out, you know?

1:08:54Dan Bongino:Yes, it robs you of your agency. It diminishes you. It gives all your power away to the government and then corrupt people use it to hurt you. That's the story over and over and over again. And it's sold as this like ridiculous, like, you know, pie in the sky. Everybody's going to have, you know,$10 trillion. Your life is going to be great. And it's not like it's the vote for Pedro campaign, candidly, from Napoleon Dynamite, where he stands up there and he goes, vote for me. And all of your wildest dreams will come true. And then and like people you see that and like it's a comedy for a reason.

1:09:24Dan Bongino:You watch that. You're like, that's ridiculous. Of course, like it's on its face ridiculous. And yet you actually have people these days who are running using the vote for Pedro message as if they're serious political candidates. When we, of course, know that that leads to death and destruction. It's not good. The Democrats are like Uncle Rico. Like, you know, I can throw this football over that mountain. Like they tell you things that are so they are. They tell you things so absurd on their face. you know i was on jesse water show last night i was like doing that show because he just kind of lets me roll and i look up and i'm like i can't believe we've been talking for like 10 minutes because tv hits you know they're short like two to five minutes but we were going on very good sign that's a very good sign for your ratings that's what that's about they watch the ratings down to the minute yeah go ahead yeah they do they have them in little bar graphs and stuff and i looked up it was like 8 19 i'm like man this is going on and i was really enjoying it But I brought up this example that this is a problem in a small but not insignificant wing in the Republican Party that now wants to kind of out Democrat Democrat on the free stuff thing.

1:10:27We can't do that because I brought up on Jesse's show last night, the socialists are the seven minute abs guys from something about Mary. Like seven minute abs was this for those. I don't know. This may be a boomer moment, whatever. I'll take it on this one, even though I hate that thing. But seven minute abs was like this stupid video. Joey promised, look, you get a washboard abs, seven minutes. It's obviously stupid. Like, you know, you want washboard abs, you got to work out every day, get your cardio in, eat right. You're not going to change your life in seven minutes, okay? It was a stupid promise.

1:10:55So the joke in the movie is the guy's like, well, what about six-minute abs? And Ben Stiller's like confused, like, wow, if you can do it in seven, why not? That's the old school establishment wing of the Republican Party, some of them that are trying to out-Democrat the Democrats. You're never going to out-Democrat the Democrats. Because if you say six minute abs, they're going to come back with what? Five minute abs. Like it just doesn't work. You have to do the hard work of explaining to people, you know, why excessive capital gains tax doesn't work. You don't have to make a big treatise out of it or a white paper, stick it on a Wheaties box.

1:11:26But we have to, you know, we have to do the hard work and the hard work isn't easy.

1:11:31Dan Bongino:No, it's not easy at all. And look, the underbidding each other with false promises is definitely the way you destroy the country. You can't you can't do that. But getting to the actual practical needs of American citizens and being really clear about the deliberation it'll take to achieve those things, that is important. I mean, this is like this is I talk about this all the time. You know, this and you're very familiar with this. But the concern about how long it takes to bring accountability to people who have violated the nation's laws or violated their oath of office to hurt American citizens in order to do it the right way, not the way the left does it, not when they conjure up fake special counsels that are unconstitutional, not when they conjure up violations of law that never occurred, not when they arrest Donald Trump for no reason and put him in mugshots, not when they surround people like Roger Stone with a SWAT team outside of his house in Florida.

1:12:17Dan Bongino:It's not like that. In the real world, if you really want to stand up for the rule of law, it does take deliberation. And so as you're watching as this process plays out, including Anthony Fauci's top lieutenant being prosecuted and pleading guilty for all of his covid corruption, this is a process that needs to be restored. We shouldn't have two parties that are competing with with each other for how much they can destroy the rule of law. Instead, we should have, I mean, at its best, political parties that both stand up for it, but at least one, at least one political party that's standing up for the restoration of the rule of law.

1:12:50Dan Bongino:Because without order, that is how you destroy a country. And I often use it to refer to AOC herself, but I think AOC is broadly agents of chaos. They're agents of chaos. And we should be the people who stand up for order, for law, and for the restoration of American greatness. Yeah, it's not a complicated message, Vince. You know, I've been growing exhausted by, I've seen these leaks in left-wing media outlets, you know, unnamed Republican tells whatever BS ago. You know, we have no message to run on. Well, in the beginning of today's show, I put up a now viral, it's gone crazy, Rod Martin tweet that's so long.

1:13:32And Guy, I was doing the pre-production meeting and Guy's like, how do you want to handle this during the show? because, you know, it's not going to fit on a piece of paper or the prompter. And he's like, I think you should make that the point. Like, it's a list of Trump's accomplishments that's so long. I hate the word literally, but I literally cannot fit it on the screen. Like, there is a message to run on borders closed, crime being crushed, manufacturing is back. The message is there. They're just naive and they're only they're pretending to be naive about it. And I think it's because they quietly harbor a lot of resentment because this administration did things, Vince, that they've talked about forever.

1:14:11Well, let's just be honest, man. They just didn't do these establishments. We're going to shut the border down. They didn't. I love Ronald Reagan's presidency. I did. But listen, Simpson was only Reagan's record was not fantastic on the border. I mean, he was squeezed into it a lot, but still results are results. I think they're just P.O.ed that Donald Trump in a year and a half did things that they just weren't able to do.

1:14:34Dan Bongino:Well, I just you know, it's amazing to me because when I do think about it, like we're going into a midterm where the core question is, has President Trump succeeded? And by the way, President Trump wants that to be the question. You know, there's oftentimes you get Democrats. The opposing party tries to make a midterm, a referendum on the president of the United States as a means to gain power. But President Trump is all in on that subject. He's like, make it a referendum on me. Because he's looking around. In fact, I just saw on Truth Social this week, he just posted something, I think, from Matt Van Swal.

1:15:04Dan Bongino:I've had Matt Van Swal on my program before. He's great. And Matt gave a rundown of all the ways in which Republicans as a party have not met the needs of voters. And President Trump shared it. President Trump took a screen grab of it and shared it. And what he was saying in sharing it is, hey, look, I'm doing a lot, but I need more backup. I need people who are actually going to help support this and get this over the finish line on a whole bunch of issues. Like why are we still trying to kick these guys in the ass to get them to give us election integrity? It's so freaking ridiculous. And I'm telling you right now, if the Republicans lose the midterms, it won't be because of Donald Trump.

1:15:40Dan Bongino:That guy's been moving heaven and earth to bring successes to the public. It's going to be because of the failures of Republicans in both the House and especially the Senate. That's why losses will appear if they do. Now, on this point about Trump's successes, first of all, I'm asking voters, just remember why you gave him the popular vote in 2024. You made the napkin math. You did the napkin math. You looked at Biden. You looked at Trump, and you're like, damn, I prefer Trump. And then you brought him back. And what did you bring him back to do? You brought him back to secure the border. You brought him back for mass deportations.

1:16:11Dan Bongino:You brought him back for accountability. You brought him back to being law and order. And he's done each of those things. The border is more secure than it's been in any of our lifetimes. Illegal aliens are being deported at rates that we've never seen. Net migration is down, meaning people are leaving the country. American jobs for native-born Americans are going up. The murder rate is down to record lows. You're very cognizant of this particular topic. And you're watching as people are now in a position to succeed that they haven't been in the past. And so this is what President Trump has been going to Dallas talking about.

1:16:44Dan Bongino:Every Republican should be on the same page. You should remember the big, beautiful bill, which is now the big, beautiful law. That's like practically an afterthought these days. But no tax on tips, no tax on Social Security, no tax on overtime. These are massive victories for working people who needed a break from the government's involvement in their life. And they got it. And so can the president go in with a list of successes? Yes. And I can barely scratch the surface on what they are. And I hate the pessimism. I really think that it is of immense value to walk forward each day with a positive vision for what you're capable of and to appreciate the blessings that you have.

1:17:25Dan Bongino:And we've got a lot of blessings. We do. We're talking to Vince Colon Ace. Check out his podcast. It is one of the most popular in the country. 8 a.m. Eastern time. You can join live. You can watch on demand anytime. Rumble.com slash Vince. Common spelling there. I say that, Vince, because I do book signings sometimes. and a guy be like, Hey, my name is Dan. And I would always say, well, how do you spell that? And they look at me puzzled. Like I didn't know how Dan is spelled. And the only reason I would I'd be at a book signing and someone would say, you know, my name is Joe, J O O E E E apostrophe till day.

1:18:01And I'd be like, I already signed it. So I ask everything. So V I N C E rumble.com.

1:18:06Dan Bongino:No, it's so funny. It's so funny you say that though. Cause look, when I, when I launched the podcast and the radio show last year. And everybody was involved with like, what do we call the podcast? What do we call the radio show? And I had been calling my old radio show the Vince Colonese show. I just call it the same thing. And Westwood, when I started the radio show, they're like, I think we're going to call it the Vince show. And I'm like, why? What's the problem? And like, nobody wanted to tell me, nobody can spell your last name. That's the problem. Nobody's going to be able to find you.

1:18:34Coglionese is the way. Colonese, but think Coglionese, like a cog in a wheel. Yeah, I get it. You know, my show used to be the Renegade Republican when I first started. I don't even know who thought of that, but whatever. And I'm at this doctor's office one day. Who the hell knows? A sore throat or something. And the doctor is a listener to the show. And this is why I love rumble.com slash Vince. I love the simplicity of it. But he said, you know, I hate the name of your show. It's stupid. And I was like, wow, OK. He goes, listen, if you're going to brand anything, brand yourself. He's like, you're the brand, correct?

1:19:05Not some Renegade. Who's the Renegade Republican? That's just not a thing. And I changed it all because that guy was the greatest thing I ever did. And yeah, the last name's hard. I mean, but imagine having a name like Bongino. People always screw that up. They put a J in there. Bongino, they say it wrong. So I've been used to it. You know, I got used to it. I want to ask you about this because I saw this on your Twitter timeline as well. I'm all over this issue too. You know, sometimes you can measure the intentions of your political opponents by the degree on the margin of how upset they are about an issue.

1:19:39That the Democrats have lost their mind over President Trump's executive order trying to get some election integrity over these mail-in ballots speaks volumes. Listen, the Democrats themselves at the New York Times back in 2012 have already acknowledged that mail-in balloting has double the rejection rate and double the rates of fraud. It's not hard to figure out why. If Vince is the election official and I have to give you a ballot, I have to do it in person. If I drop it off of a mailbox, it doesn't have to be me. Anybody could ballot harvest it and drop it off, okay? So the fact that President Trump is just saying if we're stuck with this, mass mail and balloting, which he doesn't agree with, but if we're stuck with it, we should at least do our best to make sure that Vince's vote is Vincent's vote and Dan's vote is Dan's vote.

1:20:25And the Democrats are losing their minds, Schumer and everyone else. It just speaks volumes to the fact that they just want to cheat. Just be obvious about it. You know, just be open and honest about it.

1:20:33Dan Bongino:Yeah. And this, of course, what President Trump is doing is to the benefit of every voter, not just Republican voters. It's designed to protect the will of Democrat voters across the country. And Democrats are opposed to it, meaning Democrats at the top, they're opposed to it. And it's not just, you know, you mentioned the 2012 report, was it Adam Liptak, I think, who wrote that New York Times piece? Liptak, yeah. Yeah. Who's like, he's like, yeah, there's a big problem with mail-in ballots. And of course, this was at a time where Democrats were trying to concern troll about Republicans stealing elections with mail-in ballots.

1:21:01Dan Bongino:That was the underlying tension there. If you go back to the early 2000s, you know, of course you got the Carter Baker commission to Democrat Jimmy Carter says that mail-in ballots are the single biggest vector for fraud in elections. You guys got to pull that. Limit the use of mail-in ballots. Sorry, Vince. You guys got to pull the Carter Baker commission. Jimmy Carter's line. He's right about how mail-in ballots and we got to get the Jimmy Carter. No, not a Republican by any stretch. I'm sorry. Go ahead. But I want to I want to use that. That's a great that's a great point. Yeah. And so, look, this is this is a problem.

1:21:35Dan Bongino:And for those who continue to say, oh, mail in ballots are wonderful and it all goes great. Let me just give you another example of this. Back in Georgia, remember when they were proposing election integrity laws, which they passed, by the way, thank God, which did improve the quality of Georgia's elections? Not perfect, but better now. They made an important change. They said, hey, no more signature on the ballot in order to prove it's you. You need to write your state ID number on the ballot when you submit it. That's what they did. So they fixed Georgia's election laws. Now, the Democrats warned, they warned that this was going to disenfranchise black voters.

1:22:11Dan Bongino:And by the way, on screen, of course, we just got the, was it the Carter Baker Commission? For those listening on audio, yeah, you can read it there yourself. The Carter Baker Report warned, you guys are fast, absentee ballots. This is a quote, folks, quote, meaning they said it, not me and Vince. absentee ballots remain the largest source of potential voter fraud. I mean, it's just read it yourself. Jimmy Carter said it. And of course, they don't talk about it. But, you know, but in Georgia, they made it so you put your state ID number on the ballot now when you submit it to prove it's you. It's a great system.

1:22:42Dan Bongino:Now, Joe Biden called it Jim Crow 2.0. He said it's always going to hurt black voters. And of course, it didn't do that. You know what happened to the black vote? It went up. Black turnout went up after these changes and fewer black votes were thrown out by idiot election workers staring at ballots going, your signature doesn't match, and they would throw it out. So in other words, like these systems are not disenfranchising people. Don't fall for the left's garbage about like racism or any of that other stuff. It's about protecting the voting franchise. And so the reason the left is freaking out right now, it gives, as you point out, it gives away the game.

1:23:14Dan Bongino:It's because they either know because they're actively involved in it or they just know it instinctively. They are the beneficiaries of massive amounts of fraud in the United States. President Trump is putting an end to that by saying, no, no, no. The American vote is for the American citizen. I'm going to protect it. I don't care which party you vote for. You are going to be protected. And Democrats are freaking out because they don't want to play by the game that involves actually convincing voters that they have a better argument. Yeah, we're going to keep can you guys keep that with the Liptack article and the Evergreen voter fraud file?

1:23:45Because, you know, that you're always great for this kind of content. I actually forgot about that Carter-Baker commission. That's such a damning statement because there's no, it was a bipartisan, in other words, Democrats and Republicans signed off on this, that this absentee ballot thing is the largest potential source of fraud. You can't make, oh, that's just a Republican. No, no, Carter was a Jimmy Carter, not a, you know, obviously not a Republican. Vince, one thing I wanted to get your take on too is, you know, I brought up in the beginning of our interview here, the messaging issue with the Republicans.

1:24:18And it's not easy to tell people stuff isn't free. It's just not. I mean, I saw a couple people on X saying, you know, how are we going to fight the DSA's offers of free health care and all this stuff? And I get it. I get it that it's complicated to explain to people that a doctor's time costs money, a hospital's time costs money. Hospitals have to employ everyone from janitors to electricians to doctors to CEOs. That costs money. People aren't working for free. I can prove it in the eye. Do you work for free? No, you don't. I mean, unless you're volunteering for a charity, which is a small sliver of the population that does that or has the capacity to do it, you have to feed your kids.

1:24:54But one of the things we can do is we can provide a warning. And it's not always the sexiest way to campaign, but I always tell people, you got to tell people what you did. And Donald Trump has that. But you also have to tell people what the other opponent in the race, the Democrats and the socialists are going to do. And one area where we have such a soft spot, where I just don't see enough Republicans taking advantage of it, is healthcare. There is zero chance, if they told the truth, about Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All bill, how it makes illegal or, quote, unlawful from the bill, same thing, private healthcare, healthcare you and I earn, we may not be 100 % happy with, but we certainly don't want to be calling a government bureaucrat, and we don't want it canceled.

1:25:33We're used to our doctor. And now, again, it's not maybe gray, Maybe there's some hurdles we don't like sometimes. When you tell union workers who busted their ass and traded salary increases in many cases for really good health care plans because they're worried about their families. When you tell them, hey, man, I'm just reading the text of the bill from these socialists. That plan is gone. It's illegal. You're going on government health care. And by the way, you're not getting those salary increases you forfeited back. This is such a soft spot. I get viscerally upset. I want to vomit when I don't hear Republicans bring it up.

1:26:06Dan Bongino:Well, yeah. I mean, look, the cost of living is very important. It's super important. And Republicans are morons if they don't take it seriously. You definitely should. Right. And one of the ways you attack this is, of course, to talk about, as you point out, the insanity of the left's offer, which is to make your life completely unaffordable. And we don't have to use hypotheticals to explain this. How about this? Did the Affordable Care Act make health care more affordable? Thank you. Thank you. Yes. And the answer to that is absolutely not. It actually made it completely expensive. Deductibles have skyrocketed.

1:26:41Dan Bongino:Premiums have skyrocketed. People were thrown off their health care plans. They can't see the doctor they used to see. And nothing about life became cheaper as a result of the so-called Affordable Care Act. It was the same exact government trick that was played with the Inflation Reduction Act, which didn't reduce inflation. It drove it up and it had nothing to do with inflation. So how many times are you going to fall for the same sucker game where they promise you that, you know, we're going to give you everything you've ever wanted act, and then they're going to take away everything you've ever had.

1:27:10Dan Bongino:So how about no? How about no more of that crap? We're done with it. And when it comes to like reducing health care costs, there's a couple of ways to approach this. Now, President Trump has already gone at it. I mean, prescription drug prices are down at levels that we haven't seen since March of 1963. I swear to you because July of last month was the biggest drop in prescription drug prices since March of 1963, which is a big victory for President Trump, who's been fighting for favored nation pricing to make sure that drug companies aren't using the United States as a way to subsidize discount sales of drugs overseas.

1:27:46Dan Bongino:He's fighting to bring the cost of drugs down. The other piece of this, which I think you're probably familiar with, Dan, is that these doctors in America, Do you know how much of their time is filled with government paperwork? Oh, it's obscene. They have to fill out reimbursement paperwork, government paperwork, all the codes and everything. In other words, all of their time is spent trying to communicate with an inefficient government. And less of their time is used actually seeing patients. This is a supply and demand question. You want to decrease the cost of health care? Make it so that doctors can see patients again instead of spending all their time talking to Uncle Sam.

1:28:23Dan Bongino:The whole thing is so crazy. And yet the left wants to make it worse. And again, we've seen it. You don't have to do the hypothetical. We see what it looks like every time they do it. And it always gets worse. Doctors in the chat, please chime in here because I have a number of doctor friends and doctors in my family. And one of them, one friend of mine, who shall remain nameless, does not take insurance at all. It's a cash and carry business. And by the way, he's one of the most popular doctors in the South Florida area. He refuses. I said, man, you must lose a lot of patience. He says, I don't care.

1:28:57I can't afford to hire five, 10 more people and spend all their time going through volumes of government approval. He's like, forget it. He's like, it's not worth it for me. I just want to enjoy my life and I'm not doing this. He just takes nothing. And he's like, I don't really care. You want to deal with it with your insurance company? You need my services, great. You pay in cash or pay with credit card, whatever. You deal with the insurance company later, but I want nothing to do with it. You're going to see more of that going forward. And then the joke's on the middle class because Vince, as you and I know, once the government takes your health care, wealthy people are just going to get concierge medicine.

1:29:29They're not going to go and wait in a line, but they're not going to do it. You're going to be the ones who are going to get screwed by this. So we talked to – that was Vince Colonese, folks. Check him out. Don't miss his podcast, 8 a.m. Eastern time live. Join the chat. It's always a lot of fun. If you can't make it and you want to watch on demand, that's cool too. Go to rumble.com slash Vince. Also check him out on radio stations. I mean, actually across the country. We're in every region. He is on 12 noon to 3 p.m. Eastern time, live on radio, one of the most popular shows in the country. Vince, always great to talk to you.

1:30:00I'll see you next week on your show. Thanks for your time. Thank you, Dan. Can't wait. You got it, folks. Vince Colonese. The whole Bongino Report, Bongino Inc. family of incredible content is just going up. Of course, that drives the pillars absolutely crazy. I'm sorry. Get a wipey on that. There's nothing I can do for you. You're going to have to find some help. Maybe you need some medication. There's not much I can do to help you. Sean's show, the new show, Sean Farish, is at 1 p.m. Eastern, rumble.com slash Sean. He had, I think, a record number of streamers yesterday for him. He was crushing it.

1:30:35Haley at noon, rumble.com slash Haley, and then Vince at 8 a.m. And you can listen to us all on the radio show. I really appreciate the support on radio. I told you we're moving to mornings and afternoons now, taking over. and then to watch us on Rumble Live, I'm at 10 a.m. every single day. Rumble.com slash Bongino. It's free. If you want to watch on the web, just click that follow button. If you would, you'll get a notification when you go live and download the free Rumble app on your TV, your iPad, your smartphone. We really, really appreciate it. Thanks so much for your support. I will see you back here tomorrow, Friday, right?

1:31:08One time I did that, Rob. I get to, sometimes they blend in. Friday, 10 a.m. I'll see you tomorrow. I'm Vince.

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