In short
The episode argues that Mexico’s CJNG cartel leader El Mencho was killed in a major U.S.-coordinated operation, and uses that to claim strong state force is the only way to defeat cartels and crime. It then pivots to U.S. immigration/deportation, attacks Gavin Newsom as racist and politically “Machiavellian,” and criticizes California’s taxes/regulation and Bernie Sanders’ healthcare/tax rhetoric. It also discusses a Supreme Court ruling limiting Trump’s tariff authority and claims the administration will keep tariffs via legal mechanisms.
Guest backgrounds
No guests are interviewed in the provided transcript. The host references prior guests and public figures (e.g., Glenn Beck, Michael Knowles, Jeffrey Tucker, Michael Malice, Stephen A. Smith, Kevin O’Leary, Sam Altman, Edward Snowden, AOC, Jim Clyburn, Scott Bessent).
Key claims
CJNG is a fentanyl supplier; El Mencho’s death is a major blow. “Force of the state” (citing Bukele in El Salvador) beats gangs. Immigration has “clean cut” deportation solutions. Newsom is portrayed as racist and evasive on issues like voting ID, crime, homelessness, and affordability. California’s exodus is blamed on Democratic mismanagement; Sanders is accused of hypocrisy and anti-American motives. Trump tariffs are defended as legally and politically necessary.
Notable examples
El Mencho (CJNG) killed in Jalisco; Puerto Vallarta shelter-in-place; El Salvador’s Bukele crackdown and “world’s most technologically advanced jail”; Newsom CNN remarks about kids deciding a presidential run; O’Leary blaming taxes-for-success; Sanders blaming billionaires for healthcare; Supreme Court 6-3 on tariffs; Trump using Trade Act Section 122 (temporary tariffs up to 15%, cited as 10% now).
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VODave Rubin's Weekend Reflections
0:46 to 2:13
Dave shares his thoughts on the recent shows and the significance of historical presidents.
“We are live streaming on Rumble on Locals on YouTube.”
Upcoming Topics Overview
2:14 to 2:54
A preview of the topics Dave will cover in today's episode.
“I'm feeling very refreshed and very excited.”
The Mexican Cartel Situation
2:55 to 6:30
Discussion about the recent military operation against a major Mexican drug lord.
“We're gonna show you some video as I read this from Fox News.”
The Impact of Cartel Violence
6:31 to 9:08
Exploration of the societal implications of cartel violence and the need for effective governance.
“people in charge who are going to get rid of the bad guys.”
Contrasting Governance: El Salvador
9:09 to 12:15
Comparison of the current situation in Mexico with the progress made in El Salvador under Bukele.
“These criminals have already graduated from the university of crime when it comes to killing.”
Immigration Discussion with Michael Malice
12:16 to 14:00
Dave discusses immigration issues based on a conversation between Joe Rogan and Michael Malice.
“Most people, you may not agree with Trump doing it or not, but like that would be one clean version, just close the border.”
Gavin Newsom's Political Maneuvering
14:00 to 19:39
Discussion on Gavin Newsom's potential presidential run and political strategies.
“about the sovereignty of America and American citizens.”
Critique of Gavin Newsom's Policies
19:42 to 28:01
A critical analysis of Gavin Newsom's policies, public statements, and their implications.
“That was an extremely smooth segue into the ad right there.”
Analyzing Gavin Newsom's Management in California
28:01 to 32:07
The discussion covers the failures of California's leadership under Gavin Newsom and the exodus of residents.
“Wonderful from Shark Tank, he's just had it with this guy.”
The Rural vs. Urban Divide and Competence
32:16 to 39:41
A deep dive into the societal differences between urban and rural areas, focusing on competence and independence.
“You know, we always think of things in terms of Democrat versus Republican, conservative versus liberal, blue versus red and all that.”
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Bernie Sanders and the Blame Game
39:42 to 42:02
Critique of Bernie Sanders' views on wealth and healthcare, and his impact on American society.
“Asking Bernie why America dominates in global tech.”
The Impact of Unfettered Free Trade
42:02 to 43:38
Discusses the implications of free trade policies on American workers and manufacturing.
“we need to not worry about manufacturing in America, because what we should establish is a policy of unfettered free trade.”
Supreme Court Ruling on Tariffs
43:39 to 44:44
Explores a recent Supreme Court decision regarding the legality of Trump's tariffs and its implications.
“There were three dissenting opinions on that, but it was Alito, Thomas, and Kavanaugh.”
Trump's Economic Agenda and Tariff Strategies
44:44 to 46:41
Analyzes Trump's potential actions following the Supreme Court ruling on tariffs and his approach to trade.
“So I'm not going to pretend I'm a constitutional lawyer here.”
Evaluating Trump's Performance Before Midterms
46:41 to 48:20
Questions Trump's ability to enact his agenda in the lead-up to the midterm elections.
“Okay, so there's a couple of things here.”
AOC's Foreign Policy Remarks
48:20 to 51:17
Critiques AOC's statements on foreign policy and her qualifications for office.
“AOC, who was a bartender somewhere in the Bronx, she has never worked a real, not a real job, a bartender actually is a real and honorable job.”
Absurdities in New York City's Government Response
51:17 to 53:50
Comments on the New York mayor's handling of a snowstorm and the absurdity surrounding city services.
“But I'm fairly certain that that made as much sense as anything AOC just said.”
Comparing Governance: Florida vs. New York
53:50 to 56:00
Contrasts the governance and fiscal policies of Florida and New York.
“Not only does he want you to shovel the snow in New York, Mr.”
Florida vs. New York: A Tale of Two States
56:00 to 59:24
Explore the contrasting governance and economic situations in Florida and New York.
“Well, shit, maybe you wanted to think of that before.”
Rogan and Malice on NYC's Budget
59:24 to 1:00:28
Discussion on the absurdity of New York City's budget compared to Florida's.
“Michael Malice, discussing how New York City's budget is just completely insane, and now it's run by a commie jihadi.”
The Case Against Sanctuary Cities
1:00:28 to 1:02:36
Examining the implications and problems of sanctuary cities and immigration policies.
“Well, that would be pretty damn clean cut.”
The Islamist Threat in NYC
1:02:36 to 1:05:30
Analyzing the ideological challenges facing New York City and its mayor's statements.
“However, here is Mamdami this weekend at the Al-Kohay Islamic Center, and then his imam speaks after.”
Reparations and Community Accountability
1:05:30 to 1:08:08
A discussion on demands for reparations and community issues in Minneapolis.
“I know that you're a Christian and I guess my kind of concerns is like Islamophobia.”
Debating Immigration Policies
1:08:08 to 1:10:01
A heated debate on immigration, law enforcement, and the fate of undocumented individuals.
“We need also justice for those who lost their lives, defending the community.”
Critique of Political Rhetoric
1:10:01 to 1:12:06
Discussing the implications of political rhetoric and immigration policy.
“More importantly than that, I haven't seen an Afro like that since Larry Elder in 1978.”
Western Civilization and Free Speech
1:12:06 to 1:14:25
Exploring the value of Western civilization and the defense of free speech.
“Hakeem Jeffries went on Fox, and he's just more of this ICE craziness.”
Pride in American Identity
1:14:25 to 1:18:16
Celebrating American achievements and national pride during the Olympics.
“Kids, first of all, everything bad that white people did, people of color did it too.”
Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:00Previously on The Rubin Report. It was a Reagan phrase. You have put these people in chains. A lot of these guys were hated. I mean, they would say, oh, you know, this guy's got syphilis and this guy's got gonorrhea. Your bow tie will spin. Is that true? Ah! Have a great weekend. We're back at the grind on Monday.
0:42Well, it is Monday and we are back on the grind. It is Monday, February 23rd, 2026. I'm Dave Rubin. This is the Rubin Report. We are live streaming on Rumble on Locals on YouTube. Share, subscribe, tap that notification bell. And ladles and jelly spoons, if you did not know it, over at daverubin.com slash read. We put up news stories every day. We just launched this a couple days ago. These come right from the Rubin Report staff. These are the stories that I think are most important if you want just a little bit more written by our guys, our team. You don't need anything else. What are you, going over to the New York Slimes?
1:20You're going to the Wall Street poop factory or whatever it is? Go over to daverubin.com slash read and check out some stuff. Guys, first off, I hope you really enjoyed the President's Day, President's Week worth of shows that we put up there. I really enjoyed it. Obviously, it was nice to have a couple days off on the personal side, but just to escape the madness a little bit and get into some of the history. And really, as I brought up with several of the guests, Glenn Beck and Michael Knowles and Jeffrey Tucker, who you just saw there and others, just to talk about how these were just, these presidents were just men of their time, in many cases, doing the best they can do.
1:57And we can look at everybody through the lens of 2026 with our modern eyes and we can judge them every which way. But we should know that they, for the most part, were trying the best they could. And maybe we need more people like them, particularly the founders. Let's leave that there. I'm feeling very refreshed and very excited. I said to my guys this morning, before we even did the rundown, I feel like this week is gonna be bananas. That's just a vibe that Dave Rubin has right now. I just feel like there's a lot in the ether right now, and I think some crazy things are gonna happen. We shall see.
2:31Today, we're covering, obviously, this cartel situation in Mexico, which is nuts. Gavin Newsom, who just went full-on racist, like not reverse racist or anything else, just old-fashioned racist. Over the weekend, we got some Bernie AOC stuff, a little bit on ice, and oh, there's a jihadist running in New York and also a big snowstorm, so good luck with all of that. Let's dive in. We will start with Mexico. We're gonna show you some video as I read this from Fox News. I mean, this is crazy stuff. Major Mexican drug lord Nemicio Osegura, known as El Mencho, was killed in a military operation Sunday morning, the country's defense department announced, marking one of Mexico's most significant blows to organized crime amid pressure from President Donald Trump to intensify the crackdown on drug cartels.
3:17The announcement came as government officials warned of clashes in Jalisco state and widespread criminal activity across the country, prompting the U.S. Embassy in Mexico to issue shelter-in-place advisories for multiple states. On Sunday, Mexican troops reportedly conducted operations in Topalpa, Jalisco, targeting Nemesio Ruben Osegura Cervantes, a former police officer who became the elusive leader of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación, a major supplier of fentanyl to the United States known as El Mencho. Segura Cervantes carried a$15 million U.S. bounty and rose up to power following the arrest of Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, the former head of the Sinaloa cartel.
3:59Over the past 15 years, CJNG has grown from a local criminal group into a global trafficking organization operating out of its stronghold in Jalisco. The Mexican Defense Department said the operation was conducted as part of a bilateral coordination and cooperation with the U.S., whose authorities provided complementary intelligence that contributed to Aseguro Cervantes' capture. Tourists in the Mexican seaside city of Puerto Vallarta were told not to leave their resort Sunday as a government official warned of clashes in the area following a federal operation. At least 21 highways remained blocked, with authorities reporting that five have already been reopened.
4:35Photos showed numerous roadblocks and burning vehicles with dark smoke rising into the sky across the country. Tactics officials say cartels often use to slow or block military operations. Photos and videos shared with Fox News Digital show thick, dark smoke rising over the skyline of the tourist city of Puerto Vallarta on Mexico's Pacific coast in Jalisco. So there's so many issues here. Now, first off, I will preface this, unlike most of the people who do this for a living, by saying I'm not a complete expert in the cartel situation in Mexico. However, this is something that Donald Trump has been talking about for years, that we know, obviously, that drugs are coming through our southern border.
5:15That's partly why he wanted a wall years ago. It wasn't just to stop people from coming in, right? It was also to stop drugs. And also that Mexico is largely held together in a sort of like duct tape kind of way where there obviously is a government, but there's cartels that run certain areas. And that's just kind of known and it's the way it is. Now, if they are sending drugs across our border as tight as we've made our border, than it is in the United States' interest to do something about it. We'll obviously find out more about what level of coordination there was between the Trump administration and the Mexicans.
5:51I will say this, I know that area actually quite well. Usually when we go off the grid, we go to the Jalisco area, not too far out of Puerto Vallarta. That's the airport we fly into. And in some of the videos that we were showing you there as I was reading that, they were from the Guadalajara airport, which I've been to several times because our distillery for Copal is in Jalisco. It's right outside of the town of Tequila. There's an actual town of Tequila. We're in contact with our guys over at the distillery right now. But this is a serious, serious situation. I mean, first off, you've got tourists from literally all over the world that are in danger right now.
6:29But it really does go to show you how precious and tenuous democracy is if you don't have people in charge who are going to get rid of the bad guys. Can you have a functioning society if you're going to have cartels and gang leaders who kind of run it at the same time? And you might go, well, Dave, maybe you're exaggerating what the threat of these cartels is. Well, check this. Is there audio behind these? Yeah, there's some audio behind this. Look at this. This is the special forces of Jalisco New Generacion cartel. So this CJNG, this is the cartel. This is not what we're about to show you is not the Mexican military.
7:09This is the cartels who are now blowing things up. This is wild.
7:24To reiterate, those guys who are in full military garb look like half Hamas soldiers, half right out of Halo. How was that? How was that for a reference? That was pretty good. call of duty. I can do what the kids are. I know what the kids are up to. That's what the military of Mexico is fighting. Okay. So now I want to connect this to something sort of worldwide because one of the places I was there a couple of weeks ago where things are generally working is El Salvador. And that's largely because of their president Bukele who basically came in and I was in El Salvador about 15 years ago or so, and it was run by cartels.
8:05It was a true third world gang run nation, which was not safe to be anywhere. And for the people, the Americans and people from other countries that were staying there, you basically had to have armed guards with you. You had to live in highly, highly protected little, basically little cities within the city with massive walls and barbed wire everywhere and told you can't go out and everything else. Well, then I went a couple of weeks ago and he's completely turned the country around because he's not messing around and saying gangs and cartels. You cannot operate outside of the government. You cannot.
8:35That's not how we are going to do it. So here is Bukele talking about how he fixed things in his country. Back in El Salvador, people used to tell me, President, the solution to violence is to invest in education and opportunities. And I said, you're absolutely right. If a country invests in education and opportunities, those kids won't become criminals, or at least the vast majority of them won't. But that's something you should have told the government 20 years ago, because these criminals aren't for years old, so you can just send them to kindergarten. These criminals have already graduated from the university of crime when it comes to killing.
9:16They've already raped. They've already killed. They've already cut off heads. They've even cut off grandma's hands. So, President, the only way to solve a problem of insecurity that already exists is with force, with the force of the state. If a state can't defeat crime, it's because the state is complicit. Right. That is right. You know, we show you all of those videos. It was the Seattle mayor was the one that I put at the top of it, where he was asked about crime in his city. And he was like, well, I don't want to put people in jail. I want to know, did they have a good meal that day? And what was their childhood like and everything else?
9:54And that is what my friend Gad Saad calls suicidal empathy. You will empathize with people in such a way that it will put your, literally your life and your family's life in danger. And what Bukele went in and said is, well, this isn't just about education because these aren't four-year-olds anymore, right? At some point, if you've beheaded enough grandmothers and cut off enough of their hands and everything else, maybe you have to go to jail. And that, by the way, is why they have like, basically the world's most technologically advanced jail in El Salvador, which I was just informed we were invited to, we might go to.
10:29You wanna go to the world's most advanced technological jail? You guys want? Connor's not so sure. Phoenix is down, that makes you wonder. We might go in July, so we'll see about that. But the point is that you cannot have separate states within your state. In some sense, we'll connect this in a little bit to the sanctuary city stuff, but it's like you either have a government that sets the rules of who is here in your country and that if you are breaking laws, you cannot be here, or you don't really have a country, which is exactly what Donald Trump was saying in 2015 around the border. Now I want to jump, we'll connect this to the illegal immigration situation in our country.
11:08My friend, Michael Malice, who's been on this show many times, he was on the Joe Rogan podcast a couple days ago, and they got into it about the illegals. And well, I should note that Malice is wearing some WWE style makeup. I don't know who he was dressed as here, but put that aside for a second and just listen to the conversation. Are you comfortable with them just remaining here? I don't think most people are. No. It is a problem that doesn't have like a clear cut solution that would make both sides happy. That's for damn sure. Well, I don't, I think one side is against it entirely. And many Republicans don't think it's worth, you know, kind of overturning our whole society, get these 10 million people out.
11:49Okay. So that's an interesting little take right there. I know it was a short bite. First off, again, I don't know what, can we, can someone text Malice and ask him what the makeup was all about? But it's interesting because Rogan says it doesn't have a clean cut solution. This is a little bit of suicidal empathy, I would say as well. So does immigration, and deportation have a clean cut solution? Well, it does, right? It does. One thing you could do is close the border. That would be one part of it. We've done that, okay? So that's pretty clean cut. Most people, you may not agree with Trump doing it or not, but like that would be one clean version, just close the border.
12:26But then the other portion, of course, is what do you do with 20 some odd million people that likely came in under Biden, the 10 to 15 million people who were illegal before that. So now you're probably somewhere around 30 million people. What do you do? So clean cut. What would be clean cut? Well, clean cut would be that you could get a president who would come in and say, hey, if you're here illegally, now is your chance to leave. And I'm not going to go into the cities for a while until they have a chance to encourage these people to leave. That is exactly what Donald Trump did. Remember, he did not send in ICE on January 20th of last year.
12:59He said to the states, get rid of these people. They literally put up an app to help people get out. And he said, if you leave voluntarily, then perhaps you will be able to get back in. We can't have all these people living in the shadows. That's pretty clean cut. Another clean cut way of doing it is when push comes to shove, sending troops into the streets to get those people out. Just imagine if you and your family took a trip to Bali or to Germany or to India. It literally doesn't matter. Pick your country and you guys just decided to stay. If they caught you, they would kick you out and that would be clean cut.
13:42So Rogan there, I get, emotionally, I get what he's saying. It's not clean cut because nobody wants to see people be hurt and the screaming and all of those things, but it is. And that's kind of what Malice says right there. There's one party right now that simply does not care about the sovereignty of America and American citizens. It does not, the Democrat Party. And then there's a Republican Party that wants sovereignty, that cares about the women who are being raped and murdered, like Lake and Riley. The Democrats refuse to say her name. This is still going on in the United States today. And they're trying to do something about it.
14:20So there is a clean cut answer. It may not just be the most comfortable answer. Anyway, we will see where Trump gets with all of this, But if he does not win this fight over the next couple of months, meaning the deportation fight, then in 2028, we will have a Democrat president. Because if he doesn't win this thing now, he likely, the Republicans likely lose the midterms, as I've been talking about. Trump ends up lame duck and or impeached. And who do we get in 28? Well, it's probably the devil incarnate himself, lizard person Gavin Newsom. So we've got a couple videos of him right now. First off, he's just making the rounds, making the rounds.
14:59And here he is on CNN with Dana Bash talking about his kids will influence his decision as to whether he runs for president. Question. What are the metrics that will determine whether you run for president?
15:14Gavin Newsom:There's five of them. Dutch, Brooklyn, Hunter. You get the drift. I'm going to help you name the rest of your kids. No, you don't. But the biggest one is Jennifer. Exactly. A few months ago when there was some headline that suggested that I had made some decision, and he goes, Dad, are you running a president? I said, no, we'll do the decision as a family. He goes, you can't. I said, why? He goes, I'm too young. You need to spend more time with us. I mean, how do you deal with that one? I screenshot it. I still have my phone. I'd show you. How do you deal with that one? Exactly. I'm asking you.
15:50We even talk about your hair.
15:51Gavin Newsom:Yeah. And about your lifelong struggle with hair gel. And so, but I guess what I'm getting at here is that, you know, you are also a politician thinking about your future. You're trying to redefine and fill out or maybe even get the narrative set in a different way than it is now. I wish it was that intentional. I wish it was that Machiavellian of sorts. I wish I was that political about it. Guys, find yourself someone who will look at you the way Dana Bash looks at Gavin Newsom with the smile blinking and oh my God, like a Disney princess with the special eyebrows and everything. There's so many lies and distortions in that.
16:34First off, he says he's not Machiavellian. He's not Machiavellian. Can we put up the definition of Machiavellian? And you tell me if this is Gavin Newsom or not. I mean, his face should be next to the effing definition. Machiavellian, cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous, especially in politics. I've never seen anyone even remotely close to being as Machiavellian as he is. Everything about him is unscrupulous and cunning and planned and coordinated. I do want to quickly fact check CNN over there because she said that people talk about his hair gel. I have never said a word about his hair gel. It is a firm belief of mine that they take fetuses of babies, grind them up, and then he uses that as hair gel.
17:19So I just want to be totally, totally clear on that. But it is also interesting that he said that his kids will basically decide whether he's going to run for president or not, because you may remember this.
17:33Gavin Newsom:Last night, trying to put my son to bed. He's like, no, dad, I just, what time? What time's Charlie going to be here? What time? And I'm like, dude, you're in school tomorrow. He's 13. He's like, no, no, this morning, wakes up at 6 o 'clock. Then he's like, I'm coming. That's your son, obviously a fan of Charlie Kirk. What was the conversation like between you and your son after Charlie Kirk was assassinated? He called me. I don't know how he got a phone, but he called me from school that day, really alarmed. And all his friends were around the phone that wanted me to somehow express or understand what was going on.
18:05Gavin Newsom:He wanted to know if he was dead. He wasn't a fan of him as much as he was familiar with him. Oh. Can you put up the definition of Machiavellian again, Connor? Can we revert to that? Machiavellian, cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous, especially in politics. Do you see what he just did right there when he sat with Charlie Kirk? Oh my God, my son's so excited. He doesn't even want to go to school because he wants to meet you. That's how much he loves you. And then when he gets the tiniest bit of pushback, he doesn't really know who Charlie Kirk is. He is evil. He is a demon. He has no testicles.
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19:56You could say he's a lizard person. You could say he has no testicles. You could say that he banged his best friend who was his chief of staff wife when he was mayor of San Francisco. All these things are true. You could say he was locking down people and not letting them go to restaurants in California during COVID while he was eating at French Laundry, basically the most expensive restaurant in the entire country, sitting with lobbyists indoors. You could say all of those things. And another thing you could say about him is that he is racist. Not reversed racist, just old-fashioned racist. This is wild.
20:27This is wild. He spoke to a black crowd in Georgia over the weekend, and here he is explaining that he's dumb, so he's like one of them.
20:37Gavin Newsom:I'm not trying to impress you. I'm just trying to impress upon you. I'm like you. I'm no better than you. I'm a 960 SAT guy. And I'm not trying to offend anyone. You've never seen me read a speech because I cannot read a speech. Maybe the wrong business to be in. walking home got home early my mom was always working so you know I'm cooking literally lived on Stouffer's lasagna macaroni and cheese I got finished you know two pots of macaroni and cheese and got bored you put up the definition of Machiavellian again for just a second could you do that for me Connor you're gonna I don't want to hurt your finger Machiavellian cunning scheming and unscrupulous, especially in politics, Gavin Newsom seems to think that black people are dumb.
21:37So he sits on a stage and tries to impress. I'm like you. I got a, what was it? A 940, 960 on my SAT. I got a 1200 on my SAT back in 1994, old SAT when it was still hard, 1200. 100. I'm clearly smarter than Gavin Newsom. Not that that says much, but to sit there, first off, I don't know who the guy he's sitting across from is, but I would love to know what that guy got on an SAT because probably got more than that because you have to be kind of dumb to get a 940 on your SAT. That's a pretty low score back then. I don't know what the scoring is like now. I know that changed all sorts of things, but the guy should have been like, you know, what are you talking about?
22:14So you're dumb. So you're like me. What does that mean? I'm dumb. And I'm like you. And And then of course what he does is he also, he thinks that black people are dumb. So how would you pander to them? How would you be unscrupulous and cunning? Well, you would pander to them. So you'd say, I'm dumb like you. That's one thing you could do. And then the other thing you could do is say, I'm poor like you because you're black and you must be poor. And then he pretends that he grew up while his mom was grinding, she's out there grinding, he's making stoffers all day long. This is quite, I think we've shown you this once before.
22:45This is from the San Francisco Chronicle back in 1991. There is poor, look at him, poor Stouffer's lasagna eating Gavin Newsom, wearing a tie with his slicked back hair. And his, don't they look poor, those guys? Oh my God, and they had to eat all that Stouffer's and they probably had to have Hot Pockets. Oh, he was just so poor, even though his family was related to the Pelosi's and the Geddy's and everything else. His dad was Geddy's accountant or lawyer or something. It's just completely, completely insane. Here he is, Gavin, we're going to continue with him, telling Jim Clyburn, South Carolina Representative Jim Clyburn, that he can't comply with the SAVE Act.
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23:29The SAVE Act, which of course is just trying to get people to be able to prove who they are so that they can vote. He cannot comply with it because he doesn't know where his birth certificate is.
23:38Gavin Newsom:And of course, we're not talking about the other aspects of the SAVE Act that go well beyond ID. and it goes to the, I mean, which is also part of Jim Crow, the history, and that is when it comes to registration, you gotta find your birth certificate. If you know where yours is, I have no clue where mine is. Or you have to passport, and two thirds, African Americans don't even have passports. Okay. First off, I'm gonna guess he knows where his birth certificate is. It's from the lizard planet. They issue it to everybody. You get it with a hot rock that you sit on when you're born, okay? That's number one.
24:13Number two, again, sitting across from a black guy, two thirds of you people don't have passports. I'm to believe the two thirds, maybe that is true. Can we get numbers on that? Two thirds of black people not have passports. Two thirds of black people haven't been to Canada. Can't get up to Canada. Can't get, well, they don't wanna go down to Mexico right now. But even if any of that was true, this is the new thing that they're saying. A woman who gets married and she changes her name, she won't be able, let's pretend any of that was true. Black people don't have passports. We know they can't get to a Kinko's, which apparently now is an office match.
24:45It is true. I'm being told it is true that two thirds of black people don't have passports. Well, that doesn't mean they don't have driver's license. But let's say all of that was true. That doesn't mean you shouldn't have to show ID to vote. What you would then do is use government money, which is what you people love. You would just take money from some people to create a fund, to create some sort of system where people would have identification that they could then vote unless your whole gig was that you wanted fraudulence in the voting system. So you can see whether women will get married and change their name, they won't be able to vote.
25:21Black people can't go to Canada, they can't vote. It's like, okay, how about we fix that instead of having an election system that is leakier than the Titanic when Leo was in the water. My friend Stephen A had a more calm version of what I just said. Still waiting, Gavin Newsom. I don't want to make you uncomfortable. I don't want to go back and forth with you, interrogating you like I'm some prosecutor or whatever. I simply want you to answer for your state about the homelessness that Obama just alluded to, which he labeled an embarrassment. About the crime. About defunding police. About being a sanctuary city and state.
26:02About billions in debt. All right. So there you have Stephen A. Smith, who's going to be in here on Wednesday, I think, who is still kind of a Democrat. Right. He's in that Bill Maher-ish phase. Definitely not a Republican. Did not vote for Trump. But he's calling out all the bullshit with Gab. Right. It's it's endless with this guy. Everything he touches turns to crap except his bank account. And then you have Dana Bash. Oh, my God. Look at you. I can name all five of your kids. Do we have anything else from Dana? She loves him. She loves him. I do want to, while we're on the economy, ask about affordability.
26:41Because, yes, people are struggling all across the country. California has the highest cost of living in the nation. The state's prices are 11 % higher than the national average. We were actually out to dinner here in Nashville last night. We met a couple from California. They moved out of California because they couldn't afford the rent or even to buy a home and also start a family.
27:00Gavin Newsom:Yeah, we've had hundreds of thousands of people move in California. The last two, three years, we've seen population growth. As you know, we've moved from sixth to the fourth largest economy in the world. And we dominate now in every key industry from AI, quantum, robotics. We dominate in ag. We dominate forestry. People are struggling to afford things like your mom was. And that's why we did$11 insulin. First of its kind in the ninth. God, what a shapeshifter. That's what he is. He's a shapeshifter more than anything else. Never addresses the issue. We know, we know people are fleeing, but we're dominant in everything.
27:34No, you're not. Actually, Miami now and the free state of Florida is dominant in virtually everything that you just said right there. And the amount of billionaires who are fleeing and taking their, I know you hate those billionaires unless they're funding your campaigns, but they are taking all of their resources and their employees and the tax dollars that you need to fund your nonsensical programs. They're taking it to Florida. Kevin O 'Leary, Mr. Wonderful from Shark Tank, he's just had it with this guy. What's your analysis? It may be popular. The problem with it is you're already seeing the outcome.
28:11When you basically start taxing people for success, it's un-American. And they, as the Constitution provides competition of states, they move to places like where I am, Miami. Here's why this narrative doesn't really make sense for Californians. Why wouldn't they ask? Let's say I have a company and revenues are going down and my expenses are going up. I'd go to the CEO and say, why is my business falling apart like this? Why is it that everything's upside down? My revenues are going down in this case because people are leaving the state and all my expenses are going up because you can't manage the place.
28:48You're a terrible manager. Why don't I just fire you and hire somebody else? And I do that all the time. They never talk about why expenses are going up, why they should cut government. Their services aren't any better than where I'm getting here in Miami. And we control these things. We have better managers. So get the whacking stick out and do the right thing and hire somebody else. This has nothing to do with politics. This is just bad management. That is so right. Every word of that is absolutely spot on perfect. Democrats want you to always think it's an income issue. They don't have enough money for the government to do all the things that they want.
29:27What he's saying right there is it has nothing to do with that. You people are inefficient and incompetent at everything. It's a spending issue. There is no dollar amount. There is literally no dollar amount that you could give Gavin Newsom, that you could give the one-party state of California, that would fix its issues. You want your issues fixed in California? You would get rid of all of the Democrats. You would give the people back their money. You would scale back government. You would get rid of regulation. You would lower taxes. You would inspire people to innovate and do more instead of purging all of the creators out.
30:00Let's not forget, when Elon took his companies out and left personally, Gavin gave a press conference applauding it. Well, those are dollars you don't have anymore, and we'll get to some other people that are leaving right now. Also, he completely, Gavin in the previous clip completely lied. He said about hundreds of thousand people have come back to Cali. That might be true, but when you look at the actual numbers and we just checked it and you can check it for yourself. Since 2020, 1.8 million people have left California. We covered this two weeks ago. You know how many have come to Florida?
30:321.9. So if you forget every little bit of granular politics and tax this and free that and everything else. Just look, where do people leave and where do they go to? And that might have a little something to do with success. But this guy, it is just crazy. No matter how much he lies, no matter how much he says one thing to one person and the complete reverse the next day, the media is still blowing him. Dana, at the end of the interview, ah, that was good, that was good, let's do it again. and that is what they are relentlessly going to do until 2028. And the only reason they're gonna do it with this guy is because the rest of them are the actual jackals and Islamists, right?
31:15He's the fakest fraud of all of them, but they can sell him as not a full-on jihadist, which is where the rest of the party is going. Let's talk about Vanessa AI. Sam Altman just announced that ChatGPT can now reference all your past conversations, every thought, question, idea you've ever shared. And with a former NSA director now on their board, Edward Snowden called it a willful, calculated betrayal of the rights of every person on Earth. We've seen this before. Alexa listens. Meta tracks everything you do. Why assume AI will be any different? And now OpenAI might even start asking for government IDs to use ChatGPT.
31:53That's where Venice.ai comes in. It gives you the power of AI without giving up your privacy. It's open source, private, and runs right in your browser. No spying, no censorship, no data collection. Your chats stay encrypted and stored only on your device. Go to venice.ai slash Dave and use code Dave for 20 % off a pro plan. That's venice.ai slash Dave. Code Dave. Real AI, real privacy. You know, we always think of things in terms of Democrat versus Republican, conservative versus liberal, blue versus red and all that. But I think really what's happening here, I've said a couple of times, I think it's sort of we're going into a rural versus urban fight where in the urban areas, meaning the cities, it's just gonna be highly controlled, highly taxed, completely inefficient, and you're gonna have to outsource much of your life to the government.
32:39And in rural areas, you will have more control over your life, you will be able to grow some food, you will be able to protect yourself. I think that's one version of it. But another version of it is just competent versus incompetent. And we're seeing a lot of this right now. There's just, I think about this in your own life. Like, I can give you many examples of this in my own life. Like, I know people right now, and I'm surrounded by a lot of them, fortunately, who are competent, who can do things, who want to accomplish things, who wake up and have a goal and are going somewhere, right? Aiming at that star that Jordan Peterson is always talking about.
33:08And then there's another set of people. I don't have many of them in my life, but there's probably way more of them than there are of the first part of this, which is people that are kind of drifting along. And they're not really aiming at anything. And they've been broken by algorithms and video game and processed food and porn and all of these things. And they are going to become more dependent on the state. It's fairly obvious. They won't know how to fix anything. They won't know how to grow anything for themselves. They won't know how to protect themselves. And that's what the Democrat Party is preying upon right now.
33:40If you are broken and incapable of doing anything, we will save you. But by save, what they really wanna do is enslave you. So now let's jump to Bernie Sanders, a man who has a special place in hell because he, for the last 40 years in American politics, if he's never accomplished anything in real world accomplishment in his life. But the one thing he has accomplished is that he made a generation or two of young people think that greed, the desire for what someone else has earned, that somehow that is honor. And it's horrific and it's disgusting. And he's a socialist and a communist. But here he is going on a tirade because the billionaires, the people who actually do build industries and put seed money into companies and help people accomplish their dreams and all of those things.
34:27Well, they're getting out of Cali and he now is blaming them on the for why people can't get health care. So the issue comes down to whether or not we ask the wealthiest people in this country, many of them living right here in California, to start paying their fair share of taxes so that three million people in this state can get health care. And I think the answer is pretty obvious. Yes. That's what we've got to do. We've already seen Larry Page, Peter Thiel, David Sachs, Larry Ellison start to move out of this state. Oh, isn't that something? No, here's what the argument is. The argument is it is outrageous.
35:08What they are saying to the people of California is it doesn't matter to us. We're billionaires, and we're getting richer and richer. And if children die because they can't get to a doctor, tough luck. We have the power, California, and we are going to punish you. Are you a doctor, Bernie? What are you doing for those kids? Just saying everyone should have healthcare doesn't magically make it be. Yes, they wanna kill those kids. Those are the people who build hospitals, who donate money to things, who build industries so that people can have jobs and then get healthcare and everything else. And also this stupid, stupid line that has become so ubiquitous in society, the 1 % don't pay their fair share.
35:51We just checked it again. the 1 % in America, the 1%, they pay 46%. So you tell me, Bernie, you tell me what is the fair share of the 1%. Should they pay 80 %? Would that be fair? Because they'd still be awfully rich. And by the way, let's not forget, Bernie, for years and years, decades, actually, you railed against the millionaire class. Then you became a millionaire, and now you rail against the billionaire class. And of course, and he just like that fake, like, Oh, look, Oh, I feel so bad for them. Those guys that are leaving, they are leaving because of people like you, they've created things again, Bernie, you've never created anything.
36:34And if I'm not mistaken in his 40 year Senate career, there's only one major, not even major piece of legislation. There's only one real piece of legislation on that he's ever accomplished, which I think has something to do with moving a post office in Vermont. I kid you not. Phoenix took this over the weekend because they're all coming here. Literally, Phoenix took this as he was driving by in Miami Beach. You know what that is? That is Sergey Brin's yacht because Sergey Brin, the founder of Google, has just moved here over the last couple weeks, right? Why are they coming here? Are they coming here because they're evil and they want children to die?
37:05You think that's it? They're just sitting around having dinner like, how many kids can we kill? Let's move to Florida. Or is it because they want to be able to produce? Now, you might look at that and go, boy, those billionaires have too much. That's an awful lot of stuff. I don't have a yacht like that. I'd like that. But then aim at something. Aim at something and go learn something. Learn how to code so that you could work at one of his companies. And then maybe you do something really cool and he would take note of you. And then you could move your way up. Like, go try something. Instead of just offshoring it all to people like Bernie Sanders who've done nothing, but Bernie's pissed.
37:42Bernie is really pissed because what he's realized, because Bernie fundamentally hates America. I really believe that. He fundamentally hates freedom. He fundamentally hates that you are able within the American system of federalism to move around and figure out where things will be better for you and your family. So you know what he's going to do? He's going to introduce a national wealth tax so that they won't have anywhere to run. When Mamdani was running for mayor in New York City, you may recall, everybody, all the rich guys are going to leave. It didn't happen. Now, whether they do or not, I don't know.
38:13Who knows? But the idea that they are saying that it's OK for children to die, people not get the health care they need, and they're going to punish the people of California. That is outrageous. And by the way, that is why I will be introducing a national wealth tax. Where are they going to run that? Maybe they'll run to Saudi Arabia. I suspect that's where they'll go. But, you know, you got to at some point, you got to stand up to these guys. That's the Newsom argument, that we should do it nationally, but if we do it just here, it's going to hurt California's revenue. I'm going to introduce the legislation and it ain't going to pass right away.
38:45And if California can do it, this will be a message, by the way, not only to America, it'll be a message to the world. He is a grotesque creature. That he sits there, he thinks he's the good guy. I'll pass a law to stop them from moving around. That's what I'll do. They won't be able to move, so I have to leave the country. And I'm the good guy because I'm chasing producers out of the country. I'm good. Look at me. I'm good. We just checked. He has three houses. He actually, well, now he only has two. Apparently, he just sold for 500 grand. He just sold the DC house. But he did have three houses.
39:21Again, millionaire that has three houses. So they had 12 bedrooms. He doesn't offer any of those bedrooms to poor, sick children, as far as I've known. You can Google Bernie Sanders. has he offered any of his bedrooms and the 12 bedrooms that he has to pour sick to him. But I'm the good guy because I'm going to chase them to Saudi Arabia because I want more of their shit. That's what I want. I want more of it. I've got to have it. Here is a video of a Stanford student. His name is Sid Gundapanani. I hope I got that right. Asking Bernie why America dominates in global tech. And well, here's Bernie doing Bernie.
39:57Despite similar levels of education and development, Europe has produced almost none of the world's largest frontier tech firms while the United States dominates global tech innovation. I want to ask what institutional or economic features do you think explain this difference? In short, I'm asking you to explain not why we have inequality, but why we've had so much growth over the last two decades.
40:20because we are very smart people who've been incentivized who have worked very hard but you know what in most european countries all people have health care is a human right and they come to america to get the emergency surgeries they need you see how he he simply cannot say anything positive about America without choking something out in the very next sentence. That student there is quite bright. It's an interesting thing to say, because he's basically saying to Bernie, let's not talk about inequality for a second. Let's talk about why America is successful. And then Bernie goes completely, it's only one sentence, but he has to get through it real quick.
41:02It's because we've incentivized people to be successful. How did we do that? Oh, because we have lower taxes than they have in most of Europe. We've generally had less regulation. We've incentivized through creating a system that allows people to make some money. And if you can work and care and go and go and go and go, you got a freaking chance in this country. So he takes a question. Why is it that America creates so much unbelievable tech innovation? And his answer is that Europe has universal healthcare. Everything this man, I mean, it's like Gavin. I mean, Gavin is just slimy and grotesque and testicle-less.
41:40And this man is just, it's the same version, just as an old grumpy cartoon character. That's all it is. By the way, Bernie, Bernie who doesn't like Donald Trump very much, basically used to have all of the same policies that Donald Trump has right now. Here's Bernie in 2008 on tariffs. Further up, what they have said is that we need to not worry about manufacturing in America, because what we should establish is a policy of unfettered free trade. We don't need tariffs. What we need is to allow corporate America the freedom, the freedom to throw American workers out on the street. People are making 15, 20, 25 bucks an hour, health care pensions, throw them out on the street, because somehow, Madam President, we are going to create wealth in America and good paying jobs in America as we shut down plants, we move to China, corporations there pay workers 20, 30 cents an hour and we bring the product back into this country.
42:45That is literally Donald Trump now. We're closing factories. It's a problem. We can't compete. It's a problem. Meaning they tariff the hell out of us on our stuff so we can't sell stuff to those countries and then we can't build stuff here because nobody wants to buy it. It's too expensive actually to build here because we treat our people okay. What happened to that guy, ironically? And this is the craziest part of what MAGA and Donald Trump is. People wanna pin Donald Trump as this right-wing maniac and far right and America, and it's like, man, this guy is a Democrat of 20 years ago when you people weren't all totally effing bananas.
43:27I'm really trying hard not to drop my mouth. bomb on this Monday. When you people all weren't completely insane. Donald Trump was you 20 years ago and now you hate him for it. It is wild. But interestingly, as we're talking about tariffs, on Friday, there was a rather curious Supreme Court decision that basically came out 6-3 saying that Donald Trump's tariffs are not legal, meaning in essence that the executive branch cannot levy taxes, that that should be left to the legislative branch. There were three dissenting opinions on that, but it was Alito, Thomas, and Kavanaugh. Trump, however, is disappointed, and he's going to try to figure out ways to continue with this policy.
44:07Take a look. Supreme Court's ruling on tariffs is deeply disappointing, and I'm ashamed of certain members of the court, absolutely ashamed for not having the courage to do what's right for our country. Foreign countries that have been ripping us off for years are ecstatic. They're so happy. And they're dancing in the streets, but they won't be dancing for long, that I can assure you. Okay, so we will get a constitutional scholar on over the next little bit to discuss the legality of all this. So I'm not going to pretend I'm a constitutional lawyer here. And there are, or I can give you the bumper sticker version, which I can philosophically make some arguments, is the federal government, should the executive branch, the president, who really is just supposed to sign things into law, can he, in essence, create these economic roadblocks where it should be left to the legislative branch?
45:06I can see what the issue would be there. My gut feeling, which is not a legal term, but my gut feeling on this is that Trump is right, which is why the conservative justices on the court, the three main conservative justices on the court went with him. And it also, Also, I would say there's a real politic version of this, which is just that the Congress is completely gridlocked and unable to do anything. So we vote for the president of the United States to set the agenda. And if the president cannot set the agenda economically, security wise, et cetera, et cetera, then nothing will ever change or get better, which is perhaps what certain people want.
45:41But anyway, the administration does seem like they are gonna fight this. Here's Scott Besson on what they're gonna do right now. I've listened to you speak so far today and the president that you will immediately institute these tariffs, continue these tariffs through different mechanisms. You can, through I believe it's Section 122, immediately extend these tariffs for five months. And in the meantime, then launch investigations to extend these tariffs further under other sections of these trade acts. Exactly. And the durability of the Section 232s, Section 301s, which are already in effect, and the Commerce and USTR will launch additional investigations into additional deficiencies.
46:23Those will take 30, 60, 90 days. But within three days, the president can put on the Section 122 10 percent global tariffs. So at Treasury, for the full year 2026, we foresee no decrease in revenue. Okay, so there's a couple of things here. We're going to try to, Conor's going to jump back for a sec, because I want to read one specific thing to you that Besant was referencing there. But in essence, what he was saying is we have certain levers that we can pull right now to maintain the tariff situation. By the way, my feelings on the tariff situation are exactly the same that they've been in the year since this all started, which is that we have to see where these trade deals lay out.
47:04And in most cases, countries are now working with us with more parity, let's say. Do we have the text there? So this is section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. And the key part of it under the how it works part is, president may act when large trade deficits threaten US economic stability. President composed temporary tariff of up to 15 percent. Measures generally limited to 150 days. So in essence, that's what Trump is doing right now. Do we have major trade deficits with certain nations that are becoming a problem for our economy? The answer is obviously yes. Do we have a law, I just read it to you, that allows the president to then put on tariffs?
47:48Well, the answer is yes. Again, you may not like tariffs. You may not like what he's doing here. The answer Yes, and it actually lets him do it up to 15%. He's only doing 10 % right now. But what this all basically comes down to is will Donald Trump in the remaining nine months before the midterms be able to get things done? Will he be able to deal with the border and deportations? Will he be able to deal with foreign policy? Will he be able to deal with domestic policy and economics and everything else? Or will he be just attacked at every level? That really is the question. And speaking of foreign policy, this one is a doozy.
48:24AOC, who was a bartender somewhere in the Bronx, she has never worked a real, not a real job, a bartender actually is a real and honorable job. And I've done it myself actually over the years. She has never, let's put it this way, being a bartender in and of itself is not qualification to no foreign policy. How about that? I think I cleaned that up fairly well. Thank you. Here she is at the Munich conference explaining foreign policy in America, particularly as it pertains to the U.S. and Taiwan. And you may want to really just hone in on what she's saying here because it's tough. It's tough. And to all of you and Congress, I'll start with you.
49:03Would and should the U.S. actually commit U.S. troops to defend Taiwan if China were to move? You know, I think that this is such a, you know, I think that this is a. Today, Junior. This is, of course, a very longstanding policy of the United States. And I think what we are hoping for is that we want to make sure that we never get to that point. This is a longstanding policy and we want to make sure we never get to that point. This, that, what? She does not know anything about China or Taiwan, but she doesn't know anything about anything. That's the thing. What you have to understand is she is a progressive ideologue who has no qualifications to be a congressperson or a senator, which is what she wants to be, and ultimately president of the United States.
50:06She is an ideologue who can only repeat talking points. And at this point, whoever's pulling the strings with her didn't give her enough information as it pertains to China and Taiwan. Now, I'm not totally sure if this is right, but I heard on the internet that this is the person that AOC is getting all of her foreign policy information from. I personally believe that US Americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don't have maps. And I believe that our education, like such as in South Africa and the Iraq, everywhere like such as and I believe that they should our education over here and the US should help the US or should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future thank you very much I've seen that so many times it never failed and there's Mario Lopez and you thank you very much well that was ladies and gentlemen that was where the hell is Zach Morris when you need him, you know?
51:18But I'm fairly certain that that made as much sense as anything AOC just said. Anyway, she got major blowback on that because people were like, she's just an idiot. And when she is off script, Gavin Newsom claims he can't read a script. This woman just can't do anything without a script. But when she's off script, she doesn't know what she's saying. So she did one of her little Instagram selfie videos and she's a little hoarse because she's been talking so much, but it's not her that's the problem. It's you. If you think that I don't understand foreign policy because out of hours of discourse about international affairs, I pause to think about one of the most sensitive geopolitical issues that currently exist on earth.
52:01I'm afraid the issue is not my understanding, but rather the problem is perhaps you've gotten adjusted to a president that never thinks before he speaks. You know, I can't get up out of the chair right now because I'm attached because of this thing. But I would have liked to have just got... I can talk in a gravelly voice, too. And once again, she says nothing. She doesn't explain the policy. If you think because she paused. She paused. That was the problem. It was the pause, not the this, that longest standing U.S. policy. She does. But it's your fault. It's your fault that that dim-witted bimbo doesn't know what she's doing.
52:44You and you should think about it. There's other people who should think about what they're doing. They live in New York City. And currently in New York City, there is a guy who is half communist, half jihadist, who is the mayor of New York City. Shouldn't be, but is. What are you going to do? The other thing happening in New York City right now is they are in the midst of what they're calling like a once in a hundred year, massive, massive snowstorm right now. and Zorhan Mamdami, also known as Moron Zamboni, and they could use a couple of Zambonis to clean the streets right now, he needs you to shovel the streets.
53:17So AOC, it's your fault. She doesn't know what she's talking about. Zorhan needs you to shovel the streets. And we're utilizing 33 DSNY vans and two DSNY buses to transport shovelers where they're needed faster. And for those who want to do more to help your neighbors and earn some extra cash, you too can become an emergency snow shoveler. Just show up at your local sanitation garage between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. tomorrow with your paperwork, which is accessible online at nyc.gov slash snow, and you can get started right away. He didn't just say what I think he said there, did he? Did he just, he just said what he did?
53:55Not only does he want you to shovel the snow in New York, Mr. Everything's Free, don't worry about everything we got all taken care of, he also wants you to show up with two forms of ID so you can register to be a snow shoveler. You don't have to have any ID to vote. You don't have to have any ID to get city services or get SNAP benefits or anything else. But if you want to shovel shit, you better show him two pictures, man. The absurdity of all of it, it's incomprehensible unless he is designing it all to break brains, which is what I think he is doing. And people of New York City, he's only been mayor for barely two months, right?
54:38It's like two and a half months, basically. They have had it. I thought this was quite good. The mayor, with the greatest respect, in every campaign speech, in every debate where you engage, we opened our ears to listen. Now today, accept the words echoing from us now. Do your job as mayor. and leave our taxes out. We're having only two options. You're saying if we don't tax the rich, then I gotta increase property taxes. We are not a pawn in South East Queens. We are not part of your negotiating tactics. Here's on Mondani, you are out your goddamn mind. It's a good day. It's a good day. You know, they get it.
55:18Those guys get it. Now, they were listening with open ears and maybe they should have been listening a little bit more to other people outside of Mondani, but this should not surprise anyone. This is what communism is. And as many people have pointed out, maybe Mamdami had to become mayor so that they can destroy the greatest city in the world so that people will realize it and not replicate it elsewhere. But leave our taxes alone. What did you think the communist was going to do? That's what the first guy said. Leave our taxes alone. Did you honestly think the free stuff was going to be free?
55:47That's a condemnation of the education system, right? That someone could say something so braggadociously dishonest and that you would believe it. That's one thing. And the second guy, well, we don't want our property taxes raised. You chased all the millionaires out. Well, shit, maybe you wanted to think of that before. Now, of course, as I said earlier, the beauty of America is you can move and we're seeing it. And that's why Bernie wants the national wealth tax because they want to chase. I want to chase you down. I'm the good guy. And I'm going to make sure you have to move to Saudi Arabia.
56:17But it's not like this everywhere. Thank God. One place it's not. Yeah, you guessed it. It's Florida. Here's Ron DeSantis on the difference right now between Florida, the free state of Florida, and New York. The stand up for the taxpayer first and foremost, and that's what we do in Florida. So here's some facts. The state of Florida now has almost 4 million more residents than New York state does. Yet New York's budget is over twice as large as the state of Florida's. New York City, with 8 million people, has a larger budget than the entire state of Florida. And yet our infrastructure is better, our roads are better, our services are better.
56:54And so these are choices. They don't respect the taxpayers in these places. And people have rebelled. Now, it's not just taxes. You have homeless problem. You obviously have had crime problem in some of these areas. We have no state income tax in Florida, which we're going to keep. We have a sales tax, but the necessities of life are actually exempt. If you want to send your kid to college at one of our state universities, Our in-state tuition is the lowest in the country, about$6 ,300, the same as the day I took office, the tuition hasn't budged. What's the line I'm gonna say right now for you loyal Rubin Report viewers?
57:33Decline is a choice. We have chosen that we will not decline and New York chose the decline. It is not a coincidence that Florida is number one in economic growth. It is not a coincidence that we are number one in tourism. It's not a coincidence that the Florida legislature, I think on Friday, voted now to pass the law to get rid of homeowners tax, property tax. They're going to keep a certain portion of it. So you will pay a little bit for education, but then remove the rest of it. I think about 30 % of property tax will remain, but they're going to get rid of about 70%. It's going to go to referendum, by the way, and 60 % of Floridians will have to vote to say, I want to pay less in taxes.
58:12And guess what? We're going to pass it here in Florida. It will, mark my words, it will pass here. And somehow the government will still function and we will still have clean roads and we will still have better infrastructure and we will still have better public education and all of these things. And how do we do it? It's because we don't use the government as a giant sucking mechanism that just suck money off from people. We use it in a slim trim way to help people live the life that they want to live. So New York, Florida has 4 million more people than New York and half the budget. Think about that.
58:48My brother, God bless him. Great guy. Lives in New York still. We'll see how long that lasts with the family. It's tough when you have kids and everything. They don't live in the city proper, but they live in New York. And every time he comes down to Florida, he looks around and sees how clean it is. And he says, well, who pays for the roads? Because once you're in those systems, once you're in those systems, you start thinking it has to be this way. Oh, you see something that's broken and you're like, oh, I guess the government doesn't have enough money. And that's not the problem in the first place.
59:14You can get a toilet for cheaper than$5 ,000. You can, American Standard over at Home Depot. I'm pretty sure you can get one for about 150 bucks. Let's jump back to Rogan and my very colorful friend, Michael Malice, discussing how New York City's budget is just completely insane, and now it's run by a commie jihadi. The New York proposal is 127 billion, so it is more. Holy, 10 % more. So New York City, their budget is more than the entire state of California with Florida, Florida, excuse me, state of Florida with three million more people or three times the people proposal, but for this year it's this it would be this about the same because if it's 11 million that's 116 That's sure the same, but it's got the point is it says it's up 11 billion from the current year It's a still proposal though.
1:00:02He hasn't passed it. Well, he's not. Yeah, he's psychopath Well, you see the amount for migrants is crazy. There should be zero dollars for illegal immigrants zero. I don't think you can have zero because if they're going to be there, they're going to be, you have to feed them. You have to take, you have to do something with them. Ah, well done, Michael Malice. So now if you think about the first clip we started from Rogan, where he said, there's no easy answers here. It's not clean cut. Well, Rogan just then said there should be zero dollars. Well, that would be pretty damn clean cut. And then Alice points out, well, okay, but then you can't let them in in the first place.
1:00:37You can't have a sanctuary city in the first place. So sanctuary cities, by any rational explanation, should be completely banned, and it is a violation of the Supremacy Clause. So that number one is right there. But this is where Rogan, get to the end of the road. Okay, you get it. You think Zorhan's a psychopath. You think sanctuary cities are wrong. You think the spending is out of control. Then it is clean cut what you have to do. These people cannot be put into public office. We need to close our borders. We need to kick them all out and everything else. It's only because of the half measure people that suddenly realize everything goes to shit and they go, oh man, what are we gonna do?
1:01:14But then it's too late as Malice points out. Well, now you've brought them in, you're gonna give them nothing. Okay, they're gonna start raping and pillaging and murdering, which actually is coming to New York City after the snowstorm. What else is happening in New York? Well, it's not just that. He's a communist. He is also an Islamist. He is, I am sorry. He is an Islamist. He swore his oath on the Quran, which is at odds with American values, period. Okay, so what's happening lately in Times Square? It's becoming like a weekly event at this point. It's events like this. You tell me if this is, does this feel very American-y to you?
1:01:45With us, all the haram and the evils that are in this place get eradicated. So we are indeed a threat. It's as simple as that. So remember this right now. When I travel to Palestine, I am remembering every single one of you in our dua. with them, all the evils will be eradicated. Well, what do you think they think of you Christians? Get about you pesky Jews. How about you gays? How about you nominal Muslims? How about you atheists? They're going to eradicate you. They are saying that and they're purposely doing it. This is exactly what Europe went through 10 years ago. And we're replicating it on our streets right now.
1:02:26You think that guy should be in America? Now you might say, but Dave, that has nothing to do with Zorham, that's just a local Islamist in the middle of Times Square having a good time. However, here is Mamdami this weekend at the Al-Kohay Islamic Center, and then his imam speaks after. You tell me if I'm being a bit obtuse here. You know, last Ramadan, I was with many of you here at the procession on the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Ali, a.s. It is a privilege to be here with you once again. I stand before you as the first Muslim mayor in our city's history. And this year as the first Jummah that I have attended in that new position.
1:03:20What did I read there at the end? The killing of the infidels by your sword, Allah. that's what the imam was singing after he said those nice things in English. The killing. Do you think there's a problem here? Am I nuts? Am I nuts? I'm just nuts. I'm very emotional. I'm just nuts. No problem. Enjoy it, New York, with the snow and the murdering and the infidels and the jihad. It doesn't have to be this way, people. You know, I love these videos. I really love these videos. Every time I see them, I just think it's so, because a picture is worth a thousand words, it just so perfectly illustrates what's going on here.
1:03:58I saw this over the weekend. This is Amsterdam, Holland in 1976 versus Amsterdam, Holland in 2026. And this is where New York City's gone.
1:04:43So what happened Amsterdam? What happened Holland? You were busy making your little wooden shoes. You were making your wooden shoes. You were smoking your weed at the cafes in the red light district. And you decided to let in people who are now spreading your society right in front of you. And you don't know what to do, right? Like I have an incredible sympathy. I have incredible sympathy for the people who live in the UK who don't know what to do. And for the people that live in France and Belgium and Holland and don't know what to do. And now it's starting in Italy and Spain is really going down that road.
1:05:12The average person doesn't want to give it away, but they don't know what to do. What would you do? What would we do? Here we are in the United States. We're not there yet. We're not fully there yet. We're on our way. What will we do? What will I do? I actually don't know what the answer is. But if you're trying to hack away at Donald Trump's Achilles heel right now while he's the only one who might do something about it, you're probably on the wrong side. My late great friend, Charlie Kirk, who would go to college campuses and talk to young people about literally anything they wanted to talk about was once confronted by a Muslim student asking about some of this type of stuff.
1:05:47I know that you're a Christian and I guess my kind of concerns is like Islamophobia. Are you Muslim? Yes, I am. What is the best model for a Muslim country in your view? I guess like... Do you enjoy not having to cover yourself in public? Uh, yeah I guess. So that you don't like Islam very much then? Because majority of Islamic countries would require you to have full garb in public. That's not fair to say that. You literally could not dress like this in the streets of Riyadh as a woman. This is way too provocative, way too much skin. You as a woman, you don't have freedom of speech, you can't run for public office, you can't own property.
1:06:20Islam is against Western values, it's incompatible with Western values. And we in the West actually think you should have the rights that you have right now to speak and to be able to show, you know, the skin you show here and, you know, be able to have a happy life. Isn't that crazy? Far right, conservative maniac Charlie Kirk is defending a woman's right to show skin. But the Islamists are on their way and it's not just the violence that they're going to incur. What was the line? Can you show the screenshot again that the imam said? What was the line? It sounded pretty. and the killing of the infidels by your sword.
1:06:54It's not just that. It's that they will put the women in beekeeper costumes and a girl like that who is enjoying all of the freedoms of the Western world and dressing as she wishes and up there exercising her right to free speech, she will try to usher in the very things that will put her in shackles and quite literally in a human beekeeper costume. So let's connect this to Minnesota because Minnesota is ground zero for the lunacy right now because that's where Donald Trump decided to send into ICE to deal with, I think we checked the numbers, what was it, 400 ,000 people in Minneapolis and about 90 ,000 illegals.
1:07:31Like it's just an absolutely insane ratio. Obviously a lot of what's going on there has had to do with the Somali community. Now that Trump has pulled back ICE a little bit from little Somalia, Minneapolis, here's a Somali woman demanding reparations over what happened. The relief program fits into our criteria of small business owners, not those who make 200 ,000 and above. We don't make that much a month. We have been suffering since the crisis of ISIS. We also demand an immediate help to evictions so families are not pushed to homelessness during the crisis. Our community deserves accountability.
1:08:13Our community deserves safety. We need also justice for those who lost their lives, defending the community. Your community deserves a good orthodontist, lady. That's about it. The other shit, sorry, this is America. You don't like it? Leave. And I literally mean that. Leave if it's so rough for you. What do you want? You want reparations? You want reparations? What are you talking about? Leave if it sucks here. Take Ilhan and take Tim Walls. He'd be very happy living in Somalia, I'm sure. Take them with you. But of course, it's not just Minneapolis. These things are happening all over the place.
1:08:53And sometimes representatives of red states that are sane, like Tennessee, have crazy people in their blue cities. One of them is this guy, Justin Pearson. We've shown you him before. He's Tennessee state representative. He went on CNN and debated with Scott Jennings. And generally, when a lefty debates with Scott Jennings, it doesn't go too well. He's not killing American citizens. You said the work we need them to do. I'm interested in your opinion. What is the work that we need them to do? Absolutely. One, the work is not killing American citizens. So what is the work we need them to do? Well, first, let's look at what they don't need to do.
1:09:22They don't need to go into communities like Memphis, Tennessee. Do they need to deport illegal aliens? Where they're currently terrorizing and traumatizing our communities. What we also need to make sure is that we have elected officials who are creating a pathway of opportunity for people who are currently undocumented. Do we need a federal law enforcement agency to deport illegal aliens, yes or no? We do need a federal law enforcement agency that deals with immigration that doesn't kill people. To deport illegal aliens. What we do also need is laws that make sure that people who are undocumented...
1:09:48Is there a single illegal alien that you would deport? You know, there... It's just incredible, these people. It's just incredible. They don't want people deported. They want these people to flood the country. They don't want people to have IDs to vote. And that's basically what he's saying. More importantly than that, I haven't seen an Afro like that since Larry Elder in 1978. Look at that. That is a real picture of my friend Larry Elder. That is a killer freaking Afro right there. That guy, Pearson, doesn't have anything on old school Elder right there. That's number one. But Scott, of course, as always, is just doing a great job.
1:10:21You guys can chirp about everything. And yes, two people were killed, but it's because you guys created the conditions on CNN through the Democrats and the mainstream media to create the conditions for people to be jumping in front of cars and bringing loaded guns to these things and everything else. But at the end of the day, do you think these people should be deported? And of course he can't say anything else. Here is another one of these gems. Well, it's two gems. If you want to turn a guy gay, check out these two chicks. If we're not going to go back to pre-2002 in looking at how these agencies used to operate without this level of brutality that we are seeing, then we need to figure out a different system.
1:11:09When we get power back, we have to dismantle them. And we can go back to immigration enforcement as a civil system because that's what it is. Guys, I don't mean to be a dick. Go back to your countries. It's so bad here. It's so bad here that we're trying to make sure Americans, America is for Americans, and you want to dismantle the people who are trying to get the rapists and the murderers off our streets. Go back. Jayapal, she's from India, I assume. Like, go back to India. Go back to New Delhi. And remember, when you're tipping at an Indian restaurant, don't forget to curry the one. You get it.
1:11:46Go back. It's fine there. And Ilhan, go back to Somalia. Why are you here? Why are you here? You're looking for the good old days of America in 2002. If you were, I don't even know if she was here in 2002, but she would have been against America then too. Remember, some people just did something on 9-11, her words. But it's all of them. They all are completely out of control. Here is Timo Obama. Hakeem Jeffries went on Fox, and he's just more of this ICE craziness. Real worry now. TSA and FEMA are not going to get paid. There's a winter storm coming to your northeastern location there. Why take away funding from FEMA, from TSA, the Coast Guard and others when ICE is fully funded?
1:12:25Why not reopen the government? Well, let's remember, Republicans control the House, the Senate and the presidency to the extent there is ever a shutdown, as was the case with the 43-day Trump Republican shutdown in the fall. They cannot move forward out of a shutdown without Democrat votes. They can't do it. You guys have got to vote with them. So we believe that this moment should be used to make dramatic changes to ICE that are bold, that are transformational, and that are meaningful. Well, no. How about that? Timo Obama, little robot inside. There's definitely, you crack that guy's head open, I'm telling you, It's a little robot like in Men in Black.
1:13:01Can we get a picture of that guy, the little robot who was running that guy's head? You know what I'm talking about? Like, that's what's going on with this guy. Humanoid, not human.
1:13:11Okay, we'll do it your way, Hakeem. Cut funding for New York City during the snowstorm. Cut all of your programs so you can get reforms on ice. But you don't really want reforms on ice. You want ice out of the cities. You want ice completely incapacitated so that it cannot defend the United States of America. And without the United States of America, we lose the West altogether. Before we get to the next clip, do we have the little robot man? Do we have the little alien who lived inside the head? That's it. That is what I believe is happening with Timo Obama right there. There was a little alien and that poor guy, he died right then.
1:13:46Remember they opened up the thing and he said his last few words and then he died. It was very sad. Bill Maher, my friend Bill Maher, not a Trump supporter. did break bread with him, then Trump last week or two weeks ago sent out a crazy Truth Social post on Mar. But Mar does get it on most things. He is a liberal, he is an atheist, he is a lefty, but a staunch defender of free speech and Western civilization. Here he is on Real Time on Friday. And he said, we are part of one civilization, Western civilization. Now I wanna first of all say something about Western civilization. Kids, you don't know what the f*** it is.
1:14:21And I'm, you know, really, they think Western means white and white means bad. Kids, first of all, everything bad that white people did, people of color did it too. The Japanese before World War II and during World War II and Genghis Khan and I could go on and on. The left is very down on America, very down on the West. And it's ironic because the West has also given us everything that makes your life good here. Don't ask Billie Eilish or Chapel Roan about what the Western values are because they'll just say it's about oppression. But it's not about oppression. It's about rule of law. It's about respect for minorities.
1:15:05It's about democracy. It's about scientific inquiry. These are all good things that came from the Western world. I wish that schools would teach that again. And that's actually what Bill Maher just laid out there is the true liberal position. It's why it's tough for me to always defend the word liberalism. but caring about free speech and scientific inquiry and all the other things, and women's rights and minority rights and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, and equality, that comes from the liberal tradition that was born out of Western philosophy, out of Western societies. But the modern left across the board hates the very things that freed it.
1:15:42It is quite bizarre. Here's a perfect example of that. This is from the Huffington Post. I didn't even know that they were still doing their thing on the computer over there, but apparently they are. And this is in relation to the Olympics. If waving the American flag or chanting USA turns you off right now, you're not alone. That might be true. You might not be alone. You're just a pathetic douchebag. How about that? Like, how about be proud of America? Because the Olympics have started. We're about two weeks in. It was quite bizarre. I mean, I didn't even see any of the opening games. People were barely talking about any of it.
1:16:13But yesterday we were at the airport when it happened. There was huge, huge applause over at the, I was at the Phoenix airport, actually. America, the United States of America, we smack down the Canadians in hockey, something that we don't care about here. You put the top 10 things we care about in America, top 10 sports, hockey's like 97 out of the top 10. For them, it's number one. It's all they've got. They've got that in maple syrup. They have literally nothing. And poutine, that's all they've got up there, but we beat them. And here is Jack Hughes, who scored the game-winning goal. He's up behind the net.
1:16:48And it's Wierenski. Now Jack Hughes hooks it around the car. United States with numbers. Back across it comes. Jack Hughes wins it! The golden goal for the United States! For the first time since the 1980 miracle, the United States takes the goal! Jack Hughes beating Jordan Bennington!
1:17:19Chills, man. 1980, the miracle on ice, and we did it again for the first time in 40-some-odd years. Pretty sweet. Here is the game winner, Jack Hughes, after the game. I'm lucky I'm from the best country in the world, and we got great dentists there, too. I'm lucky I'm American, and they're going to fix me right up. Standing there listening to the anthem, what's going through your head? Just so proud. I'm so proud to be American. I'm so proud of this group. I'm so happy that we could win. We have so many people here supporting us. We have so many people back home supporting us. And we're so thrilled with how this whole tournament played out.
1:17:57And just an unbelievable moment for USA Hockey. That's what it's all about, guys. How freaking awesome is that? We beat Canada in their national sport. This kid with those busted up freaking teeth. Busted up. I know about that. when I was, I'll give you the whole story right now, but when I was 10, a babysitter whacked me in the head and I crushed my two teeth. These guys are porcelain, crushed. I had teeth like that. His bottom teeth are all crushed up in the blood and he's still smiling and he can make a joke about the dentist and he's proud of the country and he's not sitting there going, but we did something bad once and oh my God.
1:18:35Like that's what it's all about. And just so cool that we're doing that on the 250th anniversary of this great country. Guys, I'm calling a 9-8 today. I don't know that I could have done any better. Didn't fall out of the chair, delivered information to the people with the smile. I thank you for watching. Post game show 30 seconds, rubenreport.locals.com. See you tomorrow.
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