The Dan Bongino Show - The Bongino Brief : Help Is On The Way!

Episode Date: March 1, 2025

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Dan Bongino. Welcome to the Bongino Brief. I'm Dan Bongino. I want to play this for you first because the Bongino Army out there and all of our supporters, you guys and ladies out there have been amazing. And someone, one of you sent this to me and a friend of mine sent it to me as well. And I gave this speech at the Heritage Foundation 11 years ago.

And it was about good people stepping up. Not just me, it's not about me, it's about a bigger vision. I want you to listen, it's about a minute and a half of it, but it's worth your time. Check this out. We can fix it though, folks, and I think it's going to take some good, passionate people going forward. And I think it's going to take more people to speak out.

I think right now there's a crisis of internal leadership. I think people during a recession are afraid to leave, but I speak to people all the time on my cell phone, on the inside, who are just as frustrated as I am, whether from the military or anywhere else. And I think it's gonna take just a tidal wave of people speaking out to really create some effective change. This is really hard for me, folks.

I hope you understand. We spent a long time building this. We, me, my wife, Guy, Michael, Justin, Jasmine, Evita, my wife and I started doing this show, and it started in a basement. It was me, Joe, and Paula. That was it. We started doing the show, and Paula was putting together show clips for me. We never expected it to become this massive livestream

and podcast and radio show. We never expected it I would I knew you guys were going to be there for us So to have to walk away from it Yeah, it's not easy. And I'm getting like money and all that other crap that doesn't give a damn about any of that stuff. We'll figure that out later.

But you know, I'm not going to tell you as an audience what's been one of our just bedrock principles of this, this, this Bonjino army out there and this people that the massive audience we've had, what's one of the bedrock principles, right? The do matters. We've talked about the do. You can talk all you want. I tell you all the time, I don't feel like I have a real job. I don't, I don't, I don't feel like,

I feel like you guys are the ones out there getting your hands dirty, you know, the truckers, the cops, the pilots, you know, the architects, the men and women in our military. I appreciate everything, but if the do matters, I'm not going to sit here as a commentator, talking head, whatever dopey title we have. I'm not going to sit here and tell you the do matters and then sit on my ass when an opportunity comes to do the right thing

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message and data rates apply I want to address something too. I know you know, New York Times and others Of course, sir. All of the attack pieces start already which is fascinating from These two who were on the wrong side of the truth when it came to the collusion hoax and others. I don't think they understand what it's like to commit to service, not partisan service, but service. I get it.

If you are a political opponent of mine that has been involved with proudly celebrating a weaponized justice system, how you don't understand how a guy like me who discusses partisan content in an opinion show can go and do an unquestionably nonpartisan job. I'm going to ask you a simple question. Have you seen what I did before I came here? I'm committed to service. People play different roles in their lives. People are dads, people are soccer coaches, people are cops and military officers and

military enlisted people. People are carpenters, people are plumbers. We play different roles in our life and each one requires a different skillset. I've been there, I know what this is like and it's time for me to step up. And it's time for me to step up. Folks, I have to thank my family first though.

You know, most of you know Paula. Paula's been with me a long time. Folks, we met, I don't know if you know the story, it's certainly not my autobiography today, but we met just a couple of weeks before 9-11. I mean, an actual couple of weeks, like two weeks before 9-11. My second date hadn't even happened with Paula, and she worked at 120 Broadway

Which is the building that looks right into the World Trade Center right there. She worked for a company at the time called SIA In 9-eleven attacks happened I had only been on one date with her We barely knew each other, but I knew I was in love. So I called her and she didn't answer the phone. I thought she was dead. I did, I panicked. I thought she was dead. I couldn't believe it.

I said, I just met this woman. Well, it turned out we'd just been on one date and she was actually in Nevada. Her mom lived in Centennial Hills in Nevada, actually Summerland, I think back then. And she was out in Nevada. I couldn't believe she was alive. But we met two weeks before

the most devastating terror attack, one of them in American history. That was an event we all scarred us forever. I was an agent watching that. We've been through a lot together. We've been through the Secret Service, we've been through the President's detail, we've been through cancer, we've been through some health crises with her. We have two beautiful daughters, one in college

and one younger one still in grammar school. We've been through three runs for political office. We've been through the launch of a podcast 11 years ago, and everybody laughed at us. They're not laughing now. They did. They everybody laughed at us. They're not laughing now. They did. They actually laughed at us. Oh, podcast, that's cute.

What happened? Can't get a real show? We lived through all of that. We spent our last $10,000 on a microphone and some mixers in the basement of our house in Maryland. Paul has always been willing to take a chance on me. Always. She said on her first date

that she knew I was something special, which I didn't think I was anything special back then, but I guess she did. She's been busting her ass all weekend. Why? Because there's going to be a major transition. It's not going to be the last show, but we've only got a few more left with you. Obviously, we're going to be working with a team of people to make this transition from me, political commentator Dan, to deputy director of the FBI Dan. Those are different roles, require different skills.

Skills I haven't have used before and I plan to use again. It's gonna hurt to leave you. I'll discuss over the course of the coming days, I'll be with you for a little bit longer. On radio and on my show. I will discuss exactly what's gonna happen. It's not gonna impact Evita or Haley's content at all. My wife has been running the business for a long time.

I don't get involved with the business at all. I do the talking. But I wanna ask you, who's next? Who's next? This isn't just about me, folks. The do matters. Who's next? You know, I said last week and a couple of media critics commented, I said, we're all

going to have to take it on the chin a little bit. Now do you see what I meant? I never got in this for the money or notoriety. Listen, I enjoy making money and that I can impact people's lives and that people come out and say nice things to me as much as the next guy. But if you think that's why I got involved in this,

running as a Republican in deep blue Maryland, my life of activism and my time in the Secret Service, if you think I got into into Secret Service to get rich, and you don't know me, and you haven't seen the government salary scale. But I am going in this clear-eyed. Vision of President Trump, Attorney General Bondi, and Director Patel.

I am gonna do my job to implement that that vision. I can tell you right now, we are going to try our best. Every single thing I have in me, every single strand of DNA cell in my body is going to be dedicated towards keeping this homeland safe no matter what. No matter what, that's my job. matter what. No matter what. That's my job. We're going to reestablish faith in this institution. The good people there doing their job, hitting the streets, developing sources. We'll have your back. We are going to reestablish faith in this institution. The FBI belongs to the American people. Doesn't belong to me. Doesn't belong to anyone else but the American people. But this is the honor of a lifetime and it's a serious mission. And I plan on implementing that vision.

Folks, there are a small number of people out there in the country right now There's a small number of people out there in the country right now dedicated to doing really bad things. It's not the overwhelming majority of Americans are patriots that love this country and love their family, they love their jobs, they go to work every day, but there are a small number of really bad people out there

who are planning on really bad things from terrorists to narco traffickers, child sex rings, gang members. I'm not going to rest easy until we find as many of you as we can. Don't sleep in, no after today. That's my mission. Folks, of course, the Constitution matters. We have to do what we can to protect our country.

We have to protect our country. We have to protect our country. We have to protect our country. We have to protect our country. that that's my mission. Folks, of course, the Constitution matters. We're going to get back to the four corners of that document that guide us all as well. And I think you know from my history of covering content here that that's the primacy of that is really important. You understand that.

It is the one thing that dictates all the rest of your actions and that's the constitution. Again, regarding the show folks going forward, I will tell you how we're gonna wind my portion of the show down. And I'm just gonna leave you with this before I get to some other content and we've got a couple more we've got some shows for you lined up so I actually

put a show together even though it's been harder than I thought. I didn't plan on this I didn't plan on this. I didn't plan on a lot of things, but I want you to know it is the honor of my lifetime. And I hope I'm making a plea to you all personally. I hope you're not angry or upset at me for making this decision. I knew it was the right thing to do,

but there is a big cost. And I understand that. There's a chance when the mission is over that you guys all disappear and go somewhere else. Not gonna lie to you, it's been on my mind for a long time. I hope not. I love you guys, but I this is a mission I can't say no to. Sorry guys. J.L. Soobz, holy moly, Batman. We're so proud of you, Dan. We love you, Dan.

I love you guys too. I woke up this morning, I was just, I. I love you guys too. I woke up this morning, I jumped in that cold plunge to kind of clear my head a little bit, and I got out of it. I have to tell you folks, this is very surreal. What an honor. What an honor. So that was a clip from the Dan Bongino Show.

You can watch the full show on Rumble. All you have to do is go to rumble.com slash Bongino where we go live every weekday at 11 a.m. Eastern Time. Hope to see you there.