The Dan Bongino Show - The Bongino Brief - Dan Signs Off For The Last Time

Episode Date: March 15, 2025

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Shop their first ever mega sale with free shipping on every order. Once again, go to mypillow.com, use promo code Dan, or call 1-800-637-4982. Welcome to the Bon Geno Brief. I'm Dan Bongino. Guys, before I wrap up with you today at the end of the podcast, I just want to be sure to introduce to you who is going to be taking over my show. Obviously, I will have a lot going on.

I will be divorcing myself from the business. It's been a long process. I'm going to tell you something. I'm not in any of this for the money, the cash, any of that stuff. Obviously, no one goes into government work to get rich. I just like good people, because if you surround yourself with good people,

then good and great things happen. And if you surround yourself with bad people, then awful things happen. Vince Colonese is one of the most talented people in the business. An incredible talent, he's at a show on WMAL. He is launching his podcast on the Silverlock Network on Monday at 10 a.m., so an hour earlier.

You're gonna have Steven Crowder afterwards on Rumble at 11. You've got Avita at 9. You've got Haley at 6. You've got the quartering. You've got Don Jr. You've got an amazing lineup. Vince, it is an honor to have you. You're gonna be taking over the radio show, too, and I just want to thank you for, you know, taking this on so last minute.

I can't even believe I'm here. And I'm so over the moon about all of this. And I will say, this is the most unusual exchange in media that you will ever see, I promise, for the rest of your life. This is a jealous industry. This is an industry where people, you know, there's some people who help each other out, but for the most part, when a guy gets a job, usually somebody else has to lose it.

That's usually how that works. And what's happening here is, Dan is stepping away from all of this. Look around us. I mean, just in this room, and then of course, look at the chat, what he's built. And I think it's just such an obvious sign of your decency and your commitment to your country that you can do this.

You can walk away from this and then become the deputy director of the FBI. Who wants that job? This guy wants that job. So you're going in to do something really important. And like I said, this is deeply unusual. So ever since it was announced, my mic, good. Ever since it was announced,

the reaction has been completely positive. And that's a testament to you. You said, this is my guy. I like this guy. He's going to do a good job. And your audience, the Bonjian Army has responded so well. It's been unbelievable how nice this has all been. They're so passionate. And we're going to do great things, man. And the message I keep getting is you've got big shoes to fill. I'm like, I know. But what I really have is schmedium shirts to fill. Yeah, that's not. Nicole Wallace.

Guys, Nicole, make sure Nicole gets a photo of Vince immediately when he wears his first Shmedium. That Nicole Wallace clip is one of the greatest things I've ever seen. Why notice that? Isn't that the weirdest thing? She instantly was talking about your t-shirts. And I was like, this needs some sort of slow baseline

underneath it. She was really into the Bon Gino show. For as much as we've criticized Rachel Maddow and Nicole Wallace, I promise you, you are not going to find a clip of me going, hey, that's some outfit she's got on. What is the weirdest thing? It was such an oddball comment out of nowhere. She was practically fanning herself on television.

Right, it was just so weird. But funny story on that, so yesterday, Paul and I was there. We got some guys at the house, some really good guys. And one of them bought me a t-shirt. And the guy said, I don't know what size you are. I said, well, you know, it's queen. So you got to round down. That's where I'm from.

And he knew right away. He's like, let me guess, the schmediums. I'm like, hey. I said, but I am 50. So I've got to kind of size up a little bit. But Vince, thank you, brother. Man, you're the best. 10 AM on Monday, folks. folks his first guest Tucker Carlson

So yeah, we announced Don jr. Last night. Oh you did on jr. Next week So we got jr. Coming right to this studio McGroin Cruz spread the word in studio. I don't he's gone. I see you Thank you, Don. That's amazing. So thank you guys I appreciate it Vince more in a minute But first my pillow is excited to announce are having the first ever mega sale on overstock clearance and brand new products. For example, save over 50% on the season's flannel sheets. Queen size, only $59.98. King, $69.98. They sell out fast every year, so order now.

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1-800-637-4982 but wait remember that $75 free shipping rule while that ship is sailed right now every order ships absolutely free shop their first ever mega sale with free shipping on every order once again go to mypillow.com use promo code Dan or call 1-800-637-4982. So guys, I'm going to wrap this up here. Well I'm going to a little bit overwhelmed. Because you know with the show and all the clips and having everybody here, the energy kind of just distracts you from the reality of what's about to happen.

And it really hit me this morning. I want you to know how much I love you guys. I mean that. You know, people throw that term around. But I really love you guys. I feel like I've met so many of you. Some of you I've never even seen, whether it was Eric or Jeremy on the radio show. I'm just, I chose early on to interact with my audience

in kind of a different way, and it's paid me back so many dividends, and there's nothing more incredible than going out at a book signing, and someone goes, hey, how'd that treat you gave Lucy the other day work out? And you're like, how'd you know that? Like, you said it on the radio.

I'm like, I did? Like, you know, the relationship seems so asymmetric're like, how'd you know that like you said on the radio? I'm like I did like, you know that people the relationship seems so asymmetric at times like, you know about me but I don't know about you but I know all I need to know about you which is you've been there for me when I needed you and To walk away from this was I promise you is not easy But I absolutely know that this was the right thing to do easy. But I absolutely know that this was the right thing to do. I've told you over and over that measure the effectiveness of what you do in your life by how people who stand and tell you to stop react. And the reaction has been exactly what I expected.

I promise you this, I'm going there with a clear mission in mind. I go there with a clear head. This was done for the right reasons. And I am really, really, really going to miss doing this and being here with you every day. From this point on, if you follow Follow me on... Deep breaths. See? Breathe in. It's easier. My social media accounts are not going to be abandoned, but I won't be posting about politics. It'd be inappropriate during my time.

There's understandable restrictions on that, which make perfect sense. But you can still follow me. I'll be opening up different accounts and official accounts and things like that. But I have to stay out of the political space because it's the right thing to do and it's the rules. And I hope you understand that.

I'm not going there to be some partisan. I know the people who hate my guts in the media. I don't expect you to understand that. The idea of putting aside your politics to do a job is definitely foreign to you. I totally get that. But it's not to me. You know, I proudly protected two Democrat presidents and a Republican. No problem at all.

Not sure you could do that, but I did. And now it's a different protection role. So I still got a radio show to do which is crazy. I'm gonna get through that. So I'll end as I began. I'll see you guys on the other side. run by liberals will be run into the ground, burned, stepped on, gasoline poured on it and burned again. Get ready to hear the truth about America. They're arguing about things and debating how quickly they can deconstruct the greatest

country in the history of mankind and all of the ideas and norms that have gotten us here. On a show that's not immune to the facts with your host, Dan Bongino. All right, welcome to, Dan Bongino. All right. Welcome to the Dan Bongino show. Today launches the national radio show, the Dan Bongino show right after this podcast with your host me shockingly named Dan Bongino.

And it's really an incredible feeling. Band for life. Public enemy number one. Me, little old me! Kid from Queens. Public Enemy numero uno by the YouTube commies. But you know what it is about live programming? I love live programming because I need to operate under pressure all the time. I can't function any other way.

Guy, wouldn't you agree? A much better life. By the way, wouldn't you agree a much better life by the way big? Thank you 100,000 just crossed a hundred thousand people water again. I Love you guys. You're the best hit the fucking thing, please We got we got did you get we got broken glasses I got I don't even know what the fuck is happening? We got red, we got digi-gates, we got broken glasses. I got, I don't even know what the fuck this is. Paperwork from forever. The 98!

Come on, do it! Who's home? Holy shit! What the, what is going on here? What the fuck just happened? What just happened? Holy shit! Three million!

How many people are there? Three million people! What the hell just happened? What the hell just happened? Holy shit! Three million! How the hell did we... Look at this shit! I got stuff flying everywhere! We got flags flying! What the hell just happened? I just noticed the flag didn't come down.

Where the hell did... Oh! No way! No we didn't! There it goes! There it goes! There it goes! There it goes! We're in hell, oh. We spent no way. No, we didn't. No, we didn't. There it goes, there it goes. There it goes. No! No!

No! No! No! No! 500,000 to the listening audience. Thank you. Thank you. Let's read a ring.

No! No! How you been? You feeling all right? I hope so. You've been busy. I've been busy. I really have. I've been... We've been doing a lot.

Your show's going great, huh? How many people we got watching right now? 290,000 people and the show just started. So what would be the biggest live stream in the world?