The Dan Bongino Show - Ep. 774 Trump Owns the Liberal Media Again

Episode Date: July 31, 2018

Summary: In this episode I address the epic troll move President Trump pulled on the media yesterday. I also debunk the latest liberal attempt to cover up the Spygate debacle. Finally, I cover the liberal attacks on the economy and why they’re wrong.    News Picks: Please pick up a copy of my new Spygate book here. You won’t regret it.    Liberals are lying when they claim that wages are stagnant. This piece debunks that nonsense.    This Twitchy piece addresses the suspicious silence of Adam Schiff on the “redactions” issue.   This law and crime piece touches on what I believe will be the new liberal narrative about the Spygate disaster.    The Daily Caller deserves better than the treatment they’ve received from liberal media types.    Medicare for all is an unaffordable disaster.    Stop believing the myths about government shutdowns.   DNC head Tom Perez claims to be a class warrior, but look at what he was carrying.    These income inequality professors don’t seem to mind their inflated incomes.   Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

get ready to hear the truth about america on a show that's not immune to the facts with your host dan bongino all right welcome to the dan bongino show the day has finally arrived producer joe armacost how are you today on the dan bongino show we have the best audience ever. I love you guys and ladies to death. You all are absolutely incredible. So my new book, I didn't say it on yesterday's show, Spygate, The Attempted Sabotage of Donald J. Trump

is now available on Amazon for pre-order. And yesterday, all I did was send out a tweet. And because you all are simply fantastic, it is now number one in like seven or eight categories, including you're going to get a kick out of this one. And I'm not kidding here. It's not a joke.

We're number one in atmospheric sciences. How about that? How about that? I'm not kidding on Amazon. I have no idea how we wound up in atmospheric sciences, in politics and political parties, espionage. Okay, great. I get that.

That made sense. But we are number one in atmospheric sciences. Thanks to you. The book has been just selling like hotcakes. I can't thank you enough. Please. You know, I don't ask a lot. I try not to be too needy.

You're a funny cat, Dormacost. I got to tell you. That's about atmospheric sciences, huh? It's true. I i'm not making it up i'll tweet it out later we're number my friend drew steel who listens to the show radio host down here he texted me this morning with it he's like look at this you're number one in atmospheric sciences i'm like yeah baby yeah the book is killer uh you are gonna love it all connections, all the players. It's laid out almost like a criminal case with the names. You cannot screw it up when you're done. It's a nice book to partner with other books, but there are things in there.

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We're at 130, which out of all the millions of books on Amazon is pretty strong. So we're number one in our category. So thanks a lot. All right. Okay. So yesterday, I don't know if you missed it, but there was an epic, epic troll by Donald Trump. Did you miss this at the press conference? Guys, ladies, this is why the man is constantly underestimated by people and one of

the things that bothers me is you may disagree with his style you can disagree with anything it's a constitutional republic that's as long as you don't threaten the man's life god forbid um you are free in a constitutional republic to object to just about anything the president does and that's great that's the essence of liberty and freedom my problem with the media and liberals is they constantly sell this man's intellect short, Joe. Now, one of the shows a couple weeks ago, I discussed how that's not even a rational position. The man has clearly been a very successful businessman. He hasn't been a successful businessman without failure.

I don't think many successful businessmen have. I mean, even Steve Jobs thought that Newton was a good idea, right? But he has made himself hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars. He also managed to pull off out of 330 million people in this country. Only one person is the president of the United States at a time. There are probably close to 10, if not 20, who knows, 30 million people who would love to be the president of the united states at a time there are probably close to 10 if not 20 who knows 30 million people who would love to be the president there are probably close to at any given time five ten thousand joe serious contenders wealthy business people politicians senators

governors etc trump managed to pull this off with almost no political well definitely no elected office experience he has dabbled in politics before, but he's never run officially before. Right. Where he's been on that ballot and run, right? With no political experience at all, the first office he wins is the presidency. And I say this because I'm constantly amazed at how many people in the media constantly sell this man's intellect short because they don't like the substance of how he talks. Now, me having grown up in New Yorkork and in queens where trump is from i'm i'm used to i'm used to that kind of talk the

brash style the braggadocio the chess puffery even the language very very and those of you are from new york from queens the bronx i'm not necessarily manhattan that's like a separate entity altogether i'd say i don't mean that in a pejorative kind of way. I mean it like it's just the people in Manhattan are just different. A lot of them commute in too. Very, very smart people in Queens. People with high intellect, high intellectual aptitude, intellectual achievement, talk in a way that is off-putting i guess to others so we're used to

it we don't associate dropping some f-bombs and the way trump talks with a lack of intellect you get it joe we've learned to segregate out the two sometimes you have to toot your own horn sometimes you do sometimes you have to and he's good at it and that's what that's the style of the queens guy right yep they but we've we've I've learned to separate the two. And I understand that this guy is a is a really, really smart guy. He gets it. Something happened yesterday. I didn't mean to go on long winded there, but it's important because, again, the guy is constantly portrayed as some kind of ignoramus who doesn't know what he's doing.

Right. Trump has had this ongoing battle with the media that I spoke about last night in the Hannity show. And this ongoing battle with the media that I spoke about last night in the Hannity Show. And this ongoing battle with the media has been genius. He has taken conventional wisdom and thrown it on its head. Conventional wisdom with the media, as Joe well knows, having been involved in politics at a largely conservative talk radio station for most of his adult life now. Joe, remember the old theory about battling the media if you were a conservative? It was, you don't fight people who buy ink by the barrel. Right.

Correct. Absolutely. You leave them alone. Let them call you a racist, misogynist, anistophobic, phobophobic, phobophobe, whatever. It doesn't matter. Heard it a million times. Right. Remember, Joe?

Because if you fight back, they're just going to write more negative stuff and they're going to destroy you. You got that constantly. I know. Oh, my gosh. When I was running in Maryland, it was abhorrent. There was one guy, this guy, John Fritzie at the Baltimore Sun, who was really fair. I mean, I wouldn't say he's not a conservative or anything, but I thought his pieces were generally pretty fair.

Outside of that, we got slaughtered by the media every day. Now, they never called me a racist. Thank God. I'd be pretty fired up. I'd probably sue if they did. But the coverage was abhorrent. Donald Trump, understand, has turned this model on its head. This is important.

Because it explains the media hysteria over Trump now and their one-upmanship of crazy. They've gone from crazy coverage to insane coverage. And they're actually destroying, not just damaging, because their brand is already damaged, but they're in the process of actually decimating and destroying their own brand. You understand what I'm telling you? Oh, yeah.

They're at the point now where they're wiping out their viewership, they're wiping out their subscription base, they're wiping out their readership base in print media. They are losing their entire audience. As I said last night on Hannity, CNN is in the process of losing their ratings to reruns of HGTV about people buying beach property they bought seven or eight years ago.

This is pretty, Bob Ross reruns on PBS. Pretty little tree, look at the tree. The pretty little tree. I love Bob Ross. But CNN is, they're being destroyed. If CNN wasn't on in airports, it wouldn't be on anywhere. They're being destroyed. If CNN wasn't on in airports, it wouldn't be on anywhere. They're being decimated. Now they're doing this

because I believe Trump has genuinely flipped the script on them and they have no idea how to tactically respond because their old model in the past is we're in charge. We buy ink by the barrel. Don't mess with us.

And we will in turn, we understand you can't mess with us so we're going to double down on criticism and charges of racism and misogyny all all not not only ill-founded but potentially libelous and slanderous in many cases but they didn't care because they knew people wouldn't fight back because the running theory was to leave the media alone even when they say horrible things because they'll keep writing horrible things trump has flipped it around his entire brand is not only this is going to be like triple quadruple negatives his brand is is is he doesn't ignore the media he has actually used attacking the media as a positive as a look i'm the guy taking on the media instead of the idea in the

past joe and the media knew this which was you better leave them alone they're gonna come after you and if they come after you it is gonna be ruthless and you better back down the media knew that so they doubled down they didn't care they call you a racist whatever insinuated they knew you were gonna back down not only now does this guy not back down he doubles down his criticism and he's using it to build a positive hey i, I'm a warrior for you against the media label. It's driving them crazy. That is a strategy, folks. It's not an accident. Donald Trump has figured out a soft spot. The soft spot is there is a large swath of American base voters who will turn out and vote for Trump who are sick and tired of media lies.

They're tired of it. They're done with it. They are. Guys, done. Done. Dunzo. Forget it. Right.

The point I'm trying to make with this. Is yesterday something happened at the press conference with the Italian prime minister. He's at the press conference and the first question at the press conference with the Italian prime minister. He's at the press conference, and the first question at the press conference, and you know, you get accustomed to this being with the Secret Service at these things all the time. The first question at the press conference is always a big deal. Who does he take the first question from? Sage Har from the Daily Caller.

Why does that matter? See, a lot of people didn't pick up on this. Joe, I don't know if you did either. This is a big deal. Why? What's been going on? The Daily Caller, which is a terrific outlet, Luke Rosiak, Chuck Ross, Sejar, and Jenny over there,

they've been doing terrific work, Amber Athey. The Daily Caller's been doing incredible work over there. Now, do they write pieces that are opinion? Of course. So does the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal journal everyone else it really bothers the left-wing media that an outlet like the daily caller through chuck ross and luke rosiak are breaking stories every day on the pakistani it scandal on the hill chuck ross who broke the story about stefan halper the fbi asset

used to target trump that was chuck ross's. That wasn't a mainstream media outlet. They are furious. So let me lay the battlefield for you. Trump is not a dope. Trump has strategically taken on the media, whereas Republicans in the past have backed down. Strategically taken on the media has become a positive for him, not a negative, which is driving the media wild. Because how do you respond with more anger, which allows Trump to take on the media even more, which boosts his approval rating, which boosts the psychopathy of the left wing media. They don't know what to do. They can't dial it down because they're afraid they'll send a signal to him that he won. He already won.

So he goes to the press conference yesterday knowing the daily caller is under full frontal assault they've been under assault by people at buzzfeed and other people as well saying these guys don't belong in there the daily caller this is not a mainstream media outlet which is a joke because they're not mainstream at all the liberal hacks right so trump knows all this joe of course and he gets up and who does he take the first question from? Oh, the Daily Caller. How about that? How about that, Trump?

Oh, you may have missed it. And of course, the outrage was insane. If you're not on Twitter following it, I get it. A lot of you don't know. This is what I do for a living. Most of you work really hard for a living. You can't sit there on Twitter. But I spend about a good hour or two hours a day on Twitter basically looking at left-wing accounts to see what the thought process of the day is going to be.

I follow selected – I can't put them because they'll block me. I'm sorry. I wish I could, folks, but I know they'll block me. But I follow them and – well, I'll put one of them out there because I don't think he may block me. He's blocked us. But this Ken Delanian at NBC. Ken Delanian lost his mind.

He basically attacked the next up Sputnik, like making a joke about how they asked the Daily Caller, got to ask the question for him. Yeah, he lost his mind, Joe. And he just got crushed. By the way, I'll put an article in the show notes today upon Gino.com from Twitchy about how Ken Delaney himself, who has been credibly accused of being in bed with administration officials and vetting stories before that, he lost his mind on Twitter along with all the other left-wing journalists, too.

Oh, my gosh, The Daily Caller. But this is another example of the Trump, I hate the Trump derangement syndrome, but it's true. They don't know what to do, and he trolls them so effortlessly. Instead of just letting it go, right? Instead of just letting it go that the Daily Caller was called on first, right?

Joe, they're so emotionally wrapped up in their fight against donald trump what do they do again they're supposed to be journalists yeah they respond in a personal not professional way attacking the daily caller based on no substance at all to which what conservatives rally behind again the daily caller and trump and just make these idiots look foolish again and again and again. Dude. I tell you. People love it. I get more comments about you in the soundboard.

They're like, let him go. I'm like, let him go. He already goes. What do you mean let him go? Let him go. Like, I have any control. I don't have his computer. I can't even touch it.

His computer's on his right side. He does whatever he wants. And Joe, doubling down on the hypocrisy. I have another piece of the Washington examiner about how just a few days ago, Caitlin Collins, who I believe he used to write for the daily caller, by the way,

works for CNN. I don't know Caitlin. She's never, you know, I don't have anything personal against her and I'm a big supporter of the free press. But Caitlin Collins collins was was uh was asked not to attend the white house meeting because when asked to leave the room she kept shouting questions by the way something obama's done obama has kicked reporters out for repeatedly asking questions when stuff he has it's

on videotape matter of fact i may play it on the nra tv show tonight i was going to do it last night you know this story. Obama has thrown reporters out. It's on tape. So they asked this Caitlin Collins. They didn't say CNN couldn't come in and cover a later event, but they said to Caitlin Collins at CNN, you specifically cannot come into this later event because when asked to leave, you repeatedly would not leave the room and kept shouting questions. Again, I'm an advocate for the free press. The White House is free to do what they want on that and take the political fallout from it, right? the room and kept shouting questions again i'm an advocate for the free press the white house free to do what they want on that and and take the political fallout from it right but what's interesting joe is when it was about caitlin collins and cnn everybody rallied around them

oh cnn's great but now all of a sudden it's a daily caller and this guy ken delaney and from nbc and others attacked the daily caller you, all the liberal media people all of a sudden are quiet about it. Oh, no, it's the Daily Caller. We're free to attack them. You see how these people are such hacks they are? Trump senses this. He senses this soft spot. He always goes for the soft spot.

You know, I was going to talk about this last, but that's why he's doing this again with the NFL. And he's doing it know i was going to talk about this last but that's why he's doing this again with the nfl and he's doing it with the government shutdown these weren't these were i had these stories labeled five and six but it's important now to bring up the nfl story he keeps poking and prodding on the latest update in the nfl story by the way i've never seen a brand destroy itself uh right a toilet bowl like spiral down the toilet bowl like the nfl i just can't believe how a billion dollar enterprise with some allegedly smart people has so decimated its own brand in the name of a few snowflake social justice warriors i've never seen anything like it in my life. Jerry Jones, the owner of the Cowboys, comes out finally and says, listen, you're on our team.

You're going to toe the line. Toe. T-O-E. Not T-O-W. You are going to step up during the national anthem, put your feet on that line, put your hand on your heart. You want to protest and do your other stuff? Fine.

Not on my time. I own the team. Good for him. That position probably appeals to 90% of America. Instead of the NFL letting it go, Joe, I know I was actually going to go buy a Cowboys jersey after that. Instead of letting it go, the NFL tells Jerry Jones, hey, we don't want you talking about this.

Oh, can you guys? I'm done. I'm done. Every time I try to give them a little bit of credit, they can't get out of their't want you talking about this. Oh, can you guys, I'm done. I'm done. Every time I try to give them a little bit of credit, they can't get out of their own way. Trump senses this. He has a knack for the political soft spot of America and he moves right in for the kill every single time. That's why he keeps talking about this story. Now, folks understand this. The reason this does not penetrate into the mainstream gop the swamp rats

the reason the mainstream gop and i use that term mainstream loosely doesn't cover these issues doesn't get into the press fights doesn't get into the the nfl story doesn't get into the shutdowns shut down we can't shut the government down what did trump tweet out the other day i don't get my border wall i'm all i'm fine with the government shutdown the gop the mainstream gop was like oh oh joe's looking at my face oh you can't say that so i have another article in the show notes today. Great clip by Mark Levin from the Mark Levin Show hat tip. Well, Mark Levin's like, why?

Last time the government shut down in 2013, the Republicans picked up seats in the Senate. How did we lose? We didn't lose anything. We won seats. Why? Why does Trump see the soft spots? He pokes around. Oh oh soft spot ah keep going because folks i've run for office when you're brought up in this right i was not but i didn't

win my seats right but i ran i ran more than enough credible races we raised a lot of money we almost pulled off an upset um almost doesn't count horses and hand grenades but what happens in the political space is there it's a big incestuous circle when you run for office and you get say endorsements and support from people what winds up happening is some of them not all of of them, will say, hey, I want to recommend this guy. This guy is going to be a great campaign manager, a great consultant. I need you to bring him on. This is what happens. So what happens in that circle, Joe, is the credible candidates that get credible endorsements, they wind up bringing on people who've been used by the candidates before. what i'm trying to tell you is the people putting the messaging out there for the gop and poking around for issues that matter are the same people it's the same people running senator joey bag of donuts campaign it's the same

guy running state delegate joey bag of donuts campaign it's the same guys they poke around and the same thing they told people in the past, win or lose. Like, there's a guy in Maryland. I'm not going to leave his name out of it for obvious reasons. This guy's gotten paid as a political consultant. I'll bet Joe knows who he is, too. This dude has been living high on the hog on political consulting fees for, Joe, I kid you not. I'll tell you after the show who it is.

Decades. you know him. Decades. And he has yet to win, I think, a significant race. But everybody who's used him, oh, you got to use this guy. You want my endorsement? You say, why would you want the endorsement of a guy who lost? Because he may have lost and still has a fundraising base. He may still have some influence.

And he's like, you got to use this guy. This consultant, Joey Bag of Donuts. So it's the same losers. Why? The same losers are saying, don't touch the NFL issue. It has racial overtones. What do you mean? I can't talk about disrespecting the national anthem without being called a racist?

No, no, I don't accept that. No, that's ridiculous. Matter of fact, I'm going to turn it back on you you're a racist for saying that bingo damn right it's the same consultants don't talk about a government shutdown it's catastrophic for the gop did you tell to tell the 15 prior candidates who lost who you consulted for that yes maybe we should try something different no No, no. I'm 0 for 15. I don't want to break the streak.

By the way, I'm $10,000 a month in consulting fees. They give me a losing strategy? Don't talk about the press. Don't do it. Don't do it. They buy ink by the barrel. Don't do it. Hey, did you tell your 15 prior losing candidates that yes but we almost won a few

races guys listen i got real the reason this is sensitive to me i got really really epically bad advice once from a political consultant i'm not not going to say her name again. On my second campaign, she advised me to not enter into a race. I'm sure to this day I would have won. Now, I'm glad I am where I am. My political career is over. I cannot be clearer on that.

I have been blessed by God and by God blessing me the opportunity to talk to you, and I would never forfeit that. Thank you. But I'm telling you a very, very bad piece of advice was given by someone who was a consultant on prior campaigns with rhinos. It was the worst piece of advice I ever got. Trump is different. I've been there and I regret listening to it because my instinct said otherwise. Trump is a man who has made his millions and who has always followed his political instincts. And he is relatively new to the process. The circle jerk of people who were the focus group tested people, the focus group tested consultants, the consultants who had given the advice to the 15 candidates who had lost in the past. Joe, where were they during the Donald Trump primary for president?

They were working for the other candidates. It was a packed field. Guys, ladies, this is not an insignificant point. It was a, what, 17-person field at one point? Huge. 17-person field at one point? Huge. The depth of the field, Lindsey Graham, Rubio, Ted Cruz, Kasich, Ben Carson.

Carly. Carly, gosh, yeah, exactly. The names go on and on and on. The depth of the field mattered. Trump was not considered a serious candidate. These focus group-tested consultants who have a losing strategy, who've given bad advice, don't touch the NFL, don't touch us. These same consultants would already been scooped up by Rubio, by Cruz, by others. Well, Cruz had a lot of outsiders too, to be fair. I like Cruz a lot. I'm not taking a shot at Ted Cruz. He's a

good man. But a lot of them had jumped onto to be fair. I like Cruz a lot. I'm not taking a shot at Ted Cruz. He's a good man. But a lot of them had jumped on to more establishment campaigns. Trump didn't have these guys. Trump had to run a campaign based on instinct and his political instincts based on being a business guy and dealing and talking with normal people. Union workers for his business deals, people who are out there building stuff, builders, construction workers, casino employees. His instincts were spot on. The focus group tested polls and the consultants that use them and fed this BS to their candidates

were wrong. Trump won. He won the primary. He won the general. The man's instincts are spot on. And the fact that the media continues to sell this man and his instincts short leads people to miss things that happened yesterday. His instincts were to epically troll the media yesterday at that press conference, knowing the Daily Call caller is under fire by hack media goons on the left. And what does he do?

His first instinct is to call on the daily caller. Because he knows he senses this shutdown thing. He senses that the Democrats will be viewed as an obstructionists on an issue that matters to Americans border security. He knows, he knows the NFL pisses people off. He knows that. The focus group calls,

we interviewed a diverse group of people on the NFL issue, and 51.6% said, this is great. That's not people watching the NFL, and it certainly aren't people who support this country. Folks, to wrap this up, because I've got to read a couple ads here, I know, but Joe's giving me the looks. We do have to pay for the show, right? To wrap this up, Trump has turned around the media script.

He has, we were told for years by the same group, this incestuous circular group of consultants who ran every major campaign, don't touch the media. Trump said, I'm not only not going to touch the media, I'm going to turn the fight back on them. And America loved it because they're tired of being lied to. Trump not being a politician and dealing in the real world, in the business world, with real people who do real jobs, gave him a different political instinct. There's a different conversation outside of focus groups. Trump heard that conversation. He used it to highlight issues nobody else was highlighting, not in a significant way.

The media, the NFL, the shutdown thing. And he has a unique ability to take his index finger and put it on the carotid artery there and take the pulse of the American people. And the media still doesn't get it. They dial up their criticism each and every day. And it's, you know, the best analogy I can give you is it's the best Aikido move I've ever seen. You know, when I was a kid, I loved Aikido. Aikido is a martial art that uses the opponent's force against them.

In other words, they come at you with a certain technique. You use their force coming at you, and you turn it against them in almost a violent counterattack. Now, I'm not suggesting, of course, please, if you listen to my show, you understand. I'm just trying to use the analogy that the media's force, the pressure they try to exert on him, he turns and uses his energy back on them, and it just fuels people like, hey, these guys are just not right. They're just not telling us the truth anymore, and I'm supporting the guy who's taking them on.

Trump. The media just doesn't get it. Hey, by the way, thanks to everyone who sent me the joke. The media just doesn't get it. Hey, by the way, thanks to everyone who sent me the joke. The horse blinders? They're not blinders. Apparently they're screens. Yes, no, there are horse blinders for races, but I was talking about the horse farm.

Thank you to everyone. If you listened to yesterday's show. Hey, when I don't know, I don't know, right? Was I not clear yesterday? I am not a farmer. I'm a city slicker i was uh thank you i am i have no problem with self-deprecating humor telling you i don't know and i thought those things on their faces were horse i thought it was something to do with mating season i got probably 100 emails probably 200 tweets or something they They're not blinders. They're screens.

They keep the flies out of their eyes. They can see right through them. So thank you to all of America's farmers, horse people, outdoorsy folks. You're saving me from future embarrassment. But listen, I never lie to you on my show, and I don't know. But there are horse blinders, and I still think liberals are wearing them. But that was cool. Thanks for all the feedback.

My wife and I laughed. She's like, it's 8 o'clock last night. I still think liberals are wearing them. But that was cool. Thanks for all the feedback. My wife and I laughed. She's like, it's 8 o'clock last night. I'm getting ready for Hannity. She goes, oh, here we go. Another horse email. So much for our equine education, huh? Jeez. You know, I've learned a valuable lesson.

I love my audience so much. You guys and ladies are the best. If there's a slip up on the show, like I had said, oh, I know. I know. Joe's going to be once. We got some special news coming up at the end of the year, but Joe's going to have a more prominent role in the email thing. I said redacted instead of unredacted the other day. Oh my gosh, I got probably 200 emails.

If you say something on the show, our audience is now so big that we hear it all day, but we love it. That's why I put my, if I didn't like it, I wouldn't put my email out there. It got by me. Yeah. Yeah. And Joe, I said, do you know anything about horses? He's like, I wouldn't put my email out there. It got by me. Yeah. Yeah. Joe, I said to you, you know anything about horses?

He's like, I don't know anything about horses. I don't know what you're talking about. All right. I'm going to read a couple ads here because today's show has to be paid for. I love our sponsors and I like the fact that you all support them.

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Pick up a bottle of foundation today. You won't regret it. Thanks for bearing with me, folks. My sponsors are great. They pay for the show. I really appreciate all your patience with that okay uh today was a little different because of uh the book and the launch and everything so i'm mixing things up a little bit um okay on the spy gate again new book out now deeply appreciate if you pick it up my new book spy gate on amazon brit hume uh he's brit hume from fox has an interesting way

on twitter he has a different style um than me obviously brit hume is one of those guys who just so delicately can take you down i love his tweets um i don't even know if i got i don't know if i follow him if i don't i should but his tweets are retweeted so often i see them in my timeline and he has this really just you, elegant way of taking you down. Whereas me, it's, you know, usually brute force on Twitter most of the time. And he tweeted out something yesterday that I think highlights the point I've been trying to make over the course of the last two shows. The Democrats. I've told you the talking points are about to change.

i've told you the talking points are about to change the talking points first reviewing this historically about the spying operation on trump first talking point a couple years ago there was no spying operation on trump you're all conspiracy theorists secondly there was a spying operation on on trump but it wasn't a pfizer warrant it may have just been some interest in a trump campaign person connected to the Russians. Third, there's a FISA warrant, but it was justified. Fourth, there was a FISA warrant that may not have been justified, but all the information

that does justify it is in the redactions you can't see, right? We've been talking about this because the warrant to spy on the Trump team has redactions, black marks all over it. There are large portions of it you cannot see. Over 50% portions of it you cannot see. Over 50% of it you can't see.

The Dems' new talking point was, was, was, was, I'm not trying to repeat yesterday's show. I'm going to tell you something, tweet it out, because if you listen to yesterday's show, you see where I'm going with this. The new talking point was the really bad information about the Trump team is in those redactions. You can't see it.

Did you notice how that kind of died down? Joe, where's our boy? Shifty! Shifty! Yo, Shifty! Where's Shifty? Where's Adam Schiff? Adam Schiff, Captain Clown, the guy on TV all the time,

liberal Democrat, conspiracy theorist, primary promoter of the russia hoax it's usually all right all over cnn and msnbc and the weekend shows joe's looking around for shifty shifty where are you no one can find shifty where's he been shifty's been really quiet about calls to unredact to to redact, and inform it. Wait, wait, why? I thought all the bad stuff, which they probably,

if you only, thank God we're not on video right now. I would be, I would have to delete this. If you only saw what Armacost is up to right now. Oh my gosh. No, Shifty, we have seen nothing from,

nothing from him on the unredactions over the last few days it's it's gone away keep in mind this is the primary conspiracy theorist on the left right now him and eric swalwell the rotha hulks it happened do you have any evidence no but one of these days we will they have nothing so brit hume tweeted out last night last night, haven't you noticed that Nunes, Devin Nunes, the Republican running the investigation into Spygate is now openly, you heard the clip yesterday, practically begging the Trump administration to unredact the redactions to take away the blackouts and let the public see what's in there while the democrat awfully quiet awfully quiet on that why well again if you listen to yesterday's show you know it's because the redacted information is probably worse than what we can actually see. I am sure of it that it covers informant material and it covers an ongoing operation against Carter Page.

Now, why am I bringing this up? Not just to highlight Brit Hume's tweet, which I thought was a good one. Where's Shifty been, basically, is the gist of his tweet. Although he calls him adam schiff of course but adam baldwin who i the actor who i love it's awesome he tweeted out the other day this guy's money he tweets out the other day yo shifter if you follow me on twitter you saw it that guy is awesome so uh here's what's going on folks The narrative is I stay on top of this.

I told you I read the Twitter accounts. They're about to flip the script again. We'll flip you. We'll flip you for real. They're about to flip. Here's the new narrative. The new narrative is going to be, well, Carter Page, he was under surveillance in 2013 and 2014.

There may have been another surveillance warrant on Carter Page, he was under surveillance in 2013 and 2014. There may have been another surveillance warrant on Carter Page of Pfizer in 2013. You see what they're doing? They have now forfeited completely any semblance of attachment to reality that the current Pfizer warrants that were used to spy on the Trump team have any basis in probable cause in the law. They've given that up. I'm not talking about the DOJ or the FBI because they're bedrocked in the law. They're going to have to stick to the script or they're going to be in a whole world of trouble. I'm talking about politically speaking. They've now given up the idea that any of the current information in the FISA warrant is real.

So their new line of attack is going to be, and I'm going to put that any of the current information in the FISA warrant is real. So their new line of attack is going to be, and I'm going to put a Lawfare blog piece up in the show notes. I encourage you to read it. Their new line of attack is going to be, there was a FISA warrant in 2013 against Page. Folks, they just will not take a bath on this. Remember what I told you about taking a bath? Corporations, you got bad news. You put it all out one quarter.

Just take a bath and get rid of it. The Democrats, their entire house has been built on collusion. There's nothing there. They have to keep changing the story to buy time because there's nothing. They can't recreate what didn't happen. They don't have it. There's no there there. As the lead investigator, Peter Stroke,

texted his girlfriend about the collusion case, he literally said, not figuratively, there's no there there. So the news story is going to be, well, was some activity around page ladies and gentlemen this is going to be a failure of epic proportions this now new new new new new maybe one more new are we on six or seven narratives show i don't know joe and i are losing narrative count right we have a good time doing a shot like you really i sometimes in the morning i wake up a little salty and i do the show i always feel better but i go to the gym after the show the new new new new new new narrative is not going to work either it works for us not for them because again ladies and gentlemen if there was a 2013-2014

FISA warrant to spy on Carter Page where they believe they had probable cause he was a foreign agent in violation of U.S. law then why was Carter Page never arrested why was Carter Page not under 24-hour surveillance why was the Trump team not warned specifically about Carter Page not under 24-hour surveillance? Why was the Trump team not warned specifically about Carter Page? Why did the Obama team then let a suspected foreign agent who was acting as a, according to the allegations, right? If this is the new left, I'm saying, I want to be crystal clear.

I'm not alleging Carter Page did anything. I'm suggesting to you the left's new narrative, politically speaking, he was suspicious of 2013. Obama was the president. Why didn't he do anything? I didn't expect you to ask me that. I don't know.

You're a racist. They don't have anything. So you let a suspected Russian agent join a political campaign in the United States? You did not arrest him? You did nothing about it? Folks, you got to have the ammunition ready for this fight immediately. I'm telling you, this is going to be their next charge. Well, they were spying on him in 2013. Really? Obama did nothing about that? They let a potential Russian spy operate freely in the United States?

Did nothing about it? Didn't arrest him? And didn't warn a political campaign? But he was a Republican. You're the President of the United States. You let a foreign agent infiltrate a political campaign? Of course, ladies and gentlemen, that is not the answer because he was not a foreign agent. He was just a convenient patsy for the Democrats to use to get a FISA warrant again.

And their excuse was likely the Democrats pushing the FBI to do it through their political operative who thought he was a CIA director, John Brenner. Well, didn't we get a FISA warrant on this guy in 2013? What did it turn up? Nothing. But let's do it again because he's with Trump. Folks, Carter Page was used as a government asset, a source in the Biriakov case. This is a big, huge scam. Read the Lawfare blog piece if you think I'm kidding.

This is going to be narrative whatever, seven, eight, nine, or 10. It's all BS. Also, some breaking news yesterday with Rudy Giuliani. If you missed outnumbered yesterday, oh boy. Man, I got off the air and I'm sitting there and I'm in my kitchen. Monday, I don't work out, right?

So I'm in my kitchen. I'm watching Outnumbered on Fox and Giuliani calls in. And man, if you missed Outnumbered yesterday, you missed a half an hour of some of the most explosive television you have ever seen. All right, I'll get to that in a second. I don't have a last read for the day, but this is a new sponsor. And I'm really happy to have them on board because my wife and kid are now addicted. My oldest, Isabel, are now addicted to this program. Skillshare. Today's

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saying. And one of the interesting things that came out, of course, Rudy Giuliani is representing Trump as his attorney right now, trying to defend themselves against the russia hoax right the fairy tale so he calls in and he's trying to um i don't clean up an earlier appearance on cnn where he had said collusion is not a crime and of course left-wing media people uh which he's correct about by the way left-wing media people who are not interested in the facts took that as meaning that oh they're already conceding that there was collusion between trump and the russians there was not a crime they are not conceding that okay stop listening to left-wing media goons giuliani was crystal clear later on that he was simply stating a legal tautological statement

collusion is not ladies and gentlemen there is no crime collusion you understand that right there is no collusion crime there's conspiracy but that's not collusion me and Joe are colluding on this podcast right now collusion is not a crime. Not a crime. That doesn't mean Giuliani was conceding that there was, in fact, collusion. They have been consistent on this from the start, that there was no collusion. Trump has put out innumerable tweets on this. Here's the problem, though. There's another allegation surfacing by Cohen that we addressed the other day, but it's important to bring up. Michael Cohen was Trump's personal attorney who is now working, according to some accounts, with the Bob Mueller team.

Cooperating, I should say. And in that cooperation, there was an allegation in the press that Cohen is going to say that Trump knew about the Russia meeting. Now, it's been assumed, Joe, this is important, folks. This is an interesting wrinkle. It's been assumed that when they were talking about the meeting with the Russians, they were talking about the one in Trump Tower

where the two Hillary Clinton Fusion GPS connected Russians, which is, by the way, a point you should never forget, showed up at Trump Tower to meet with Don Jr., which is fascinating. Joe, let's collude to steal an election.

Let's do it quietly. Come to Trump Tower in the middle of the day with the press in the lobby. I mean, folks, the stupidity of this is absolutely intergalactic, right? Needless to say, no one's accusing the left of being bright. We know that the two people that showed up, and this is detailed out in my book, you will not forget it. The two people that showed up were connected to the Clintons and Fusion GPS. So was the translator connected to the State Department, by the way, which is, again, another fascinating wrinkle. Leaving that aside, the allegations are that

Cohen's going to say Donald Trump Sr., the president, President Trump, knew about the meeting. Now, he's on the record of having said multiple times he did not know about the meeting. Now, he's on the record of having said multiple times he did not know about the meeting. So Giuliani went on yesterday and said, trying to clear this up a bit, said that some story is going to break about this. Now, that gets a little confusing, but try to follow me. Because the hosts were a little confused yesterday, too. Giuliani says Trump did know about this Russia meeting, but that's not the meeting. He didn't know about that Russia meeting in Trump Tower,

that there supposedly is another meeting that was proposed that Cohen knows about that didn't happen. And Giuliani said Trump didn't attend this meeting and then went on to say the meeting didn't happen. Here's the bottom line. I'm just trying to give you what one side saying versus the other left wing media types and leaks are alleging that Trump's lawyer is going to say he, Donald Trump senior, the president,

president Trump knew about Don Trump jr's meeting with the Russians. Giuliani's coming back saying it's not the meeting in Trump tower. Trump stands by his story. He had no knowledge of that, that there was some other meeting with Russians proposed and that Trump did not attend this meeting and this meeting didn't happen. That's Giuliani's point.

But it's important you understand the distinction because again it's not illegal to meet with Russians. It is illegal to conspire to do things to break and violate U.S. law. That's illegal. It is not illegal to meet with Russians. It is certainly not illegal to hear

about a meeting with Russians someone proposes and saying no. Why this is a controversy despite the fact that Hillary Clinton's team actually worked with Russian sources to get information is bizarre. And by the way, nobody is acquiescing to you liberal types any point about collusion. It didn't happen. It did not happen. You're making it up. I'm simply suggesting to you that Donald Trump is allowed to have conversations about meetings with anybody he wants as long as they're not in violation of U.S. law. And even worse, if do the meeting doesn't agree to the meeting it doesn't show up at the meeting i don't understand what your point is so that's i want to be crystal clear about what the two sides are saying giuliani's saying yes he knew about some other meeting it was not that meeting not the trump tower meeting we've been talking about in this show for the last year it's a different meeting which he didn't go to and giuliani saying didn't even happen

again there's no there there that's going to be narrative number what 9 10 15 72 okay a couple cool economic stories i have in the show notes today um i want you to again hammer home uh into your head, into your cerebral cortex, because liberal narratives, once they get viral, tend to set in even when they're not true, which is basically all of them. We're hearing this again about wages under the Trump administration because the economy now is motoring along. The last quarter, GDP growth was 4.1%. The Democrats are in an interesting little dilemma here. The dilemma, which I addressed a few weeks ago on the show, is still going to be prevalent during the midterm election cycle. And here it is.

Economists, credible ones, not the lefty goofs, you know, credible economists, the American people, working class Americans are starting to feel the effects of the Trump GOP tax cuts. They are starting to filter through the economy. The economy is growing. The numbers now are not disputable. The economy's growing. It grew 4.1%. We haven't seen numbers like that in a very long time. They're growing cumulatively. They're starting to build on top of themselves. Cumulative interest accrual is a big deal. It works the same way in an economy as well. The Democrats have a problem right now, folks. No Democrats, as in zero, voted for the Trump tax cuts. So the problem they have now, Joe, is you can either acknowledge you are not on the side of the policy that led to economic growth,

or you can run against the economy and try to talk it down. Incredibly, instead of just doing a mea culpa and coming out in some of these swingy districts and swing states where democrats say listen i didn't vote for this but it's a good idea i see that now the economy's growing and if it comes up for renewal which it will and there's a tax cuts 2.0 i'm on board instead of doing that and folks, listen, I get these emails, don't give them advice. They're not going to, I'm telling you this

so you're prepared, they're not going to take it. Because the Democrats have gone way, way left. Instead, their preferred tactic is now to run against the economy. Wages aren't going up, they're talking down and making stuff up the economy, which is, either way they lose. Acknowledge you made a mistake, you're probably way they lose. Acknowledge you made a mistake.

You're probably going to lose. Don't acknowledge you made a mistake and act like the economy stinks while Americans are getting wages, wage increases, promotions, new jobs. You look like an idiot. So now that they're on track to Joe, which they are, and they've chosen to talk the economy down, it's a blip to growth. This isn't real. It's fake. Soybeans, wages. These are all real talking points they put out there. The wages thing is completely, utterly falling apart. Yesterday's show, I brought up a data

point. Commerce Department, a government entity, the left swears they love the government, is now reporting wages, remember this number, are growing 25% faster under Donald Trump than they were under Barack Obama. Kind of throws that wage argument up in the air, doesn't it? Point number two, follow this closely. I have an article in the show notes today. I want you to read it. It's real short in Fox Business. The Employment Cost Index, which is an index of costs for employers. Joe, what's one of their biggest costs? Wages. The employment cost index is a relatively convenient proxy for wages going up. Remember, the Democrats' argument, yeah, the economy, but the wages, no one's getting paid. Oh, really?

wages. No one's getting paid. Oh, really? Just put out a number. The employment cost index is on pace for a 2.8% growth this year. The highest number since 2008. Oh, 2008. Right before Barack Obama got in charge. Right before Barack Obama took the reins there. How's that working out for you? You feel stupid. I did not see that coming. How's that working out for you? You feel stupid. I did not see that coming. How's that working out for you? How about that? How's that working out for you? 25% faster wage growth under Donald Trump. 2.8% employment cost index wage hikes.

Fastest since 2008, since before Barack Obama got in there. How you like them apples? How they taste? Don't chew on the seeds. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm telling you nothing they tell you about the economy is true. Nothing. These are false prophets. They make stuff up and they gaslight you.

Remember, they lie. They lie confidently and they try to isolate for you from the truth which donald trump has totally thrown them for a loop because they can't isolate you from the truth anymore because trump just tweets it out there's no there there the wage argument is now dead and buried just please remember the numbers okay uh one more uh One more thing I wanted to get to. How phony they are. I have a really cool piece by the Daily Caller. You know, they're big income inequality advocates now.

You know, income inequality. Income inequality! Fascinating piece by the Daily Caller, and I think it's AEI. So Tom Perez, who's the head of the DNC. Did you hear this story, Joe? This is hysterical. You hasn't covered this on WCVM, did you? Yeah, I don't think so. Tom Perez, head's the head of the DNC, did you hear this story, Joe? This is hysterical. You hasn't covered this on WCVM, did you? Yeah, I don't think so.

Tom Perez, head of the DNC. He's coming out of DCA, Reagan Airport, the other day, right? And I guess someone catches a shot of him on their camera. You say you don't want to talk about it? Yeah, I got it.

A picture of him on their cell phone camera. And the picture goes viral quickly. It's not because he's doing anything weird, on their camera. You say you don't want to talk about it? Yeah, I got it. A picture of him on their cell phone camera. And the picture goes viral quickly. It's not because he's doing anything weird, but he has a certain item on him, a bag, and it catches the attention of the viewers. People see the picture like, wow, is that the whatever? Louis Vuitton?

I don't even know the name. Is that the Louis Vuitton golden horseshoe bag or whatever it is? I don't know. Listen, I'm a capitalist. Great. Louis Vuitton. I don't have a Louis Vuitton. I have an Oakley bag. I mean, whatever.

Really, I have a roller. If you see me in the airport, you know it. I carry either an Oakley bag or this little black roller. It cost me like 250 bucks. Yeah, the Louis Vuitton. That tall. Can we say it that way? The Louis Vuitton bag.

The bag. Tom Perez, big income inequality advocate, big class warrior. The Louis Vuitton bag cost $840. I mean, no, no. Take that back. $1,840. Even worse. I missed the one.

$1,840. Joe doesn't even pay $1,840. Even worse. I missed a one. $1,840. Joe doesn't even pay $1,840 in rent. No. Now, hysterically, they come out with a statement like, it wasn't his bag. It was the staffers. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

What, your staffers? You're paying your staff what? $1, 1840 bags folks these people are total phonies papa's got a brand new bag you're damn right he does joe brother i don't fault this dude i'm a capitalist by the bag all you i don't care't care. I'll stick with the Oakley kitchen sink bag. I don't know what it is. $200? It works for me.

I'm golden. I've had the same Oakley bag since I've been in the Secret Service. That's fine. I don't fault normal people for that. I do fault phony, fake, income inequality class warriors who live the high life, blame it on their staff, and then go out and go, oh, you evil rich people,

we've got Louis Vator and your yachts, and as they do the exact same thing, you big fakes. Read the, look at the Vator picture. There's another piece I have in here. Robert Reich, big income inequality warrior big liberal economist

propagandist turns out robert reich charges 40k for one hour speech read the piece emmanuel saez income inequality researcher at university of berkeley salary 349 350 a year you can afford a couple of bags on that salary as your income inequality warring against the rest of us, you big fakes. Listen, I'm not knocking your salaries. Good for you. The market thinks a Robert Rice speech is worth $40,000. You couldn't give me $40,000 to attend a Robert Rice speech, but someone thinks this guy is worth it great knock yourself out just leave us the heck alone you big phonies thank you very much read the pieces send them to your liberal friends explain this one away that's all

this is a great show today rarely have I had so much fun hey thanks again and please again I'm asking you as a friend pick up the book we put a lot of work into it it's only been delayed because we had an ad we had significant information to put in the end and I promise you there was some mind blowing

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