The Dan Bongino Show - War? Or Was This Scripted? (Ep. 2233)

Episode Date: April 19, 2024

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get ready to hear the truth about america on a show that's not immune to the facts with your host dan bongino ladies and gentlemen we have a huge critically important i mean probably the news story of the year update on uncle uncle brosie it's it's quick i promise you but we got Update on Uncle Brozy. It's quick, I promise you. But we got a big update on that. There's also a lot of important news going on. Like, again, World War III. Enough with the World War III stuff.

I get it. You're engagement farming. You want people to click it yourself. Look, it's going to be World War III. Really? How's that going to happen over there? Is Iran going to invade the United States? How are they going to do it?

Refs? Folks, there's a lot going on. But, you know, I think we need to be practical. And one of the things on this show I promise to never do is I'm not going to bullshit you, okay? And a video went viral yesterday of Biden in the Wawa. And for as much as I can't stand the kid sniffer, it's my job to tell you the truth. All right. That's my job because long-term that's what works best. You and I have to be anchored and attached to the truth. So a lot to talk about in the beginning of the show, war, uncle brosy and the Wawa big show today, folks, most emergencies come without

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Save $50 per kit at MyPatriotSupply.com. MyPatriotSupply.com. All right, fellas, let's go. So first, let's get to the most important story of the day. The most important story of the day is there was a Israel counterstrike to the Iranian counterstrike to the Israeli strike in Damascus. I asked the question in the headline of the show today. I want you all to seriously consider.

Folks, we're clearly being played here by the Biden administration. Divorce yourself for a second from Israel's internal politics and the Iranian internal politics. But Dan, it's Israel-Iran. Listen to me. Make no mistake. Yes, it's Israel versus Iran, but the ringleader in this whole thing is the Biden administration. And Joe Biden cares about one thing right now.

Anyone in the chat know what it is? Yes, a second term and sniffing kids. But that comes with the second term because then he has access to all the kids he wants and he can sniff. He wants a second term. You're like, he's willing to risk a regional outbreak and war for a second term.

Yes, he's willing to risk anything to sniff more kids and get a second term. So I got to ask you a simple question. And maybe you think I'm crazy when I say, is this war being staged? Staged? How dare you? How dare I? I'm not the only one asking that question. A guy who's writing I like a lot in the Wall Street Journal, Homan Jenkins, asking the same question. Because it seems like everybody's telegraphing their move back and forth. The Iranians told the Turks they were going to attack Israel with this barrage of ballistic missiles and drones. The Turks undoubtedly told us. And then apparently the Israelis struck back and then let us know first, let our Pentagon know exactly what they were going to do back. What's going on here? I want you to just pay very close attention to this Holman Jenkins piece.

It's called the Biden 2024 election strategy. You're stuck with Joe. He notes very close attention to this. Don't fail to notice the Biden administration's multilayered glee this week at Iran's stagey, laboriously telegraphed air attack on Israel. Net result, one injured Israeli seven-year-old in return for Israel's killing in Damascus of seven Iranian guard kingpins. Okay, so let's establish the predicate argument here. Jenkins is like, it's kind of weird, right? This thing looks a little staged.

The Iranians launch all these missiles. They let everybody know the counter-strike and the ballistic missile takedown is really effective. Thankfully, there's only one injury. Not telling you the attack wasn't a grave one. It was, but the telegraphing of it seems kind of strange. So Jenkins notes, I don't shriek collusion here. Other countries know about our elections and officials know they know. He says unusual, however, is an enemy, Iran, working so hard to make sure its own attack

is 100% defeated. Keep this up. Folks, listen, I'm not a four-star general in any military, okay? I think we all know that. But if you're going to attack to destroy, hurt, maim, or defeat your enemy completely, you don't want to tell them about the attack in advance. So why exactly would that happen? He notes the Iranians obviously have their reasons. For Mr. Biden, the episode rather conveniently reframes the conflict as one of Israel versus Iran, about which the low-voting college cohort are nonplussed at best, instead of Israel versus the absurdly romanticized notion of the Palestinian people. You get it now? Biden wants to get re-elected. What does he care about most of all? Re-election and power. What is going to hurt Biden's re-election? A spike in oil prices,

correct? So Biden doesn't want a regional war. So Biden's probably saying to both sides in his administration, listen, Israelis, I know you need to strike back. Tell us first so we don't cause too much damage, because if we cause too much Iranian damage, then they're going to have to strike back, and then you're going to have to strike back, which is going to lead to a regional war and a spike in oil prices. He says to the Iranians, Iranians, you all want to stay in power, right? You're a bunch of theocratic, crazy terrorists, death to America losers. You want to stay in power. The bottom line is we could depose you tomorrow if we wanted to, but we won't.

So tell you what, when you counter-strike Israel to save face, okay, you better at least tell us so we can knock it down first. And everybody involved is like, I got you, man. I got you. So you got the oil thing. Secondly, you got the component of it Jenkins was talking about right there. Biden needs Michigan to win. Michigan has a significant population in Dearborn that seemed to love Hamas and seemed to love the plight of the Palestinian people, although they can't

even tell you what that plight is half the time. So it's convenient for him to have Israel and Iran engaged in this staged back and forth, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, so that everybody forgets the whole Gaza-Palestinian thing and starts focusing on Iran. Awfully convenient a news cycle, isn't it? Folks, we're always being played for suckers, man. This administration doesn't give a shit about regional conflict. They don't care about Israel. They don't care about Iran. He cares about one thing, getting reelected. The only reason I bring this up is because I've let my position on this situation be

absolutely known and clear from day one. The question is, why hasn't the Biden administration? They don't tell you anything. Everything's half measures and bullshit. All right, moving on, because that happened last night. Critically important update, folks. Thankfully, the New York Post clears up the story. Uncle Brosie was not, in fact, eaten by cannibals.

I had a tough time getting my arms around this last. I'm not kidding. I'm not. Dan, come on, you're bringing up the story. I'm not bringing up the story again. This actually was in the New York Post. How great is it, by the way? Biden goes to Pennsylvania for this big messaging thing about Bidenomics, union workers, right? Swing state values in Pennsylvania. And what's the soundbite snapshot that comes out of the trip? Biden's uncle was eaten by cannibals in New Guinea. New York Post, Biden suggests uncle

eaten by cannibals in New Guinea. This is a, Biden suggests uncle eaten by cannibals in New Guinea. This is a real headline. It's not a joke. Military says his World War II plane lost at sea. Thankfully, they cleared that up. This is one of those no more Uncle Brosie eaten by cannibals moments. Someone on my show yesterday said like there was a Rocky Mountain oysters. They can add a menu item called the Scranton Nuggets after Uncle Brosey.

Luckily, we won't have to do that. You can clear up your menu items. So we can put that story aside and let that go. But as I told you, the more we get Biden out on the road, the worse it gets. I got a lot to get through here. The really, really bad week for the Biden administration, ladies and gentlemen, is getting much, much worse. Now, this went a little bit viral yesterday. And I feel bad, you know, doing this because I know it's going to take the wind out of some people's sails. But, you know, we got to anchor ourselves in the truth, OK? This guy is a piece of garbage. The kid sniffing is real. We've seen it. I've got the videos. The women groping is real. We've seen it. I've got the videos. Okay.

The, the $40,000 check to Biden is real. This is all stuff. That's not conspiracy theories. However, I'm going to show you this video. This is what, when you're in the secret service and you're doing a stop for the president, who unfortunately is Biden at this point, I've told you a couple of times about OTRs. OTRs are off the record movements. It's not on, off the record means it's not on, it means exactly what it, literally what it means. There's a record. President will go here, here, here, and it's distributed to the press. Sometimes he'll make a stop in between, off the record.

Make a stop at a lemonade stand, say hello to some cops. That's not on the record. So Biden clearly did this OTR at the Wawa. And this went viral yesterday. You're going to see this video here coming up in a second of the staffers scripting everything. Oh, he's going to give you a tip. Just take it. You know, basically scripting the whole thing was all over social media. Check this out. What's that? Watch, this is the staffer. You see the staffer. He's going over Okay, watch. This is the staffer. You see the staffer? He's going over the whole thing.

He's going to come in. He's telling them what he's going to do. They pay in advance, so Ben can't be accused of stealing anything. This is what the staffers are doing. They're making sure everything's paid for in advance. He's telling them the order. doing that and making sure everything's paid for in advance he's telling him the order he's gonna give you a tip you hear him he's gonna give you a tip just take it and this guy's coaching him on what to do now listen man this is every otr i i get it biden is obviously mentally compromised we just went over the whole uncle br Uncle Brosie imbroglio. I get it. But this is

pretty much every OTR. Now, they don't have to do this stuff with Trump because Trump genuinely doesn't care. Trump is more comfortable just randomly showing up and not that Chick-fil-A, I can promise you, was not as scripted. They probably told the Chick-fil-A, obviously, hey, we're coming in with President Trump. But I can guarantee you they were like, you're going to do that. But the guy walking up to the counter and,-A, obviously, hey, we're coming in with President Trump. But I can guarantee you, they were like, are you going to do this, do that? But the guy walking up to the counter and paying for the stuff in advance and saying he's going to leave you a tip, for as much as I'd like to throw this idiot under the bus, for all the other obvious stuff we have against him, this is pretty common. I'm just telling you from someone who's done it a thousand

times for Clinton, Bush, Obama, it's just the way it works. Because here's the problem, folks. Let me just lay it out for you. Biden is so mentally inept. And matter of fact, every president is so caught up in all these moments all the time. The president is probably not going to pay himself. They don't want his credit card out there. They just don't. So they come in in advance with some official credit card or whatever and pay for everything because they don't want to be accused of stealing anything. Remember, the Wawa stuff isn't free. You can't walk out with the stuff. That's probably why that happened. But moving on, because the bad day for Biden and the

bad week is getting a lot worse. And I don't need to focus on that. I want to focus on real stuff. The Trump trip to Harlem was absolutely devastating for Biden because it nuked him in the snapshots and soundbites department. But critically, critically, in a key demographic, Biden needs to win the election. Black and Hispanic voters, who he needs overwhelming numbers to win. black and Hispanic voters who he needs overwhelming numbers to win in that key demographic he looked like

shit Trump showed up to I mean the Mecca the Mecca, Harlem just you can't pick a better place to show up where he got a better reception to just destroy

the imagery and narrative that Biden is going to run away with the black and Hispanic vote. This is how bad this was. I grew up in New York. This guy, I'm 49. This dude has been on the air in New York forever. If you live in New York in the chat, let me know. But this guy, Dominic Carter, I think he was at New York One. New York One is a local news program. If you grew up in New York, you know what I'm talking about. It's like the 10-10 wins of TV news. It's on all day and they just loop over and over New York stuff. This guy's been on forever. Nobody knows New York better than this guy. I want you to listen to this guy, Dominic Carter, on WABC radio. He happens to be black, by the way, which doesn't matter to us. But again,

the left is infatuated with racial politics. Telling the Democrats, amigos, you are in deep shit with this guy, Trump. Check this out. Democrats, you better wake up and you better wake up fast when trump comes to the heart of black america to harlem and is receiving a warm welcome almost a hero's welcome the alarm bells are going off that you're about to lose the election when trump can walk onto your base with no problem at all and be embraced by the community, that's a big problem if you are a Democrat. The White House, you better wake up. All those million-dollar consultants, you better put them to work. Don't take your base for granted. You're already bleeding support with your base of African-Americans and Latinos. And Trump can smell the blood in the water.

And he says, I'm bringing the fight to you. I'm going to black America. I'm coming to Harlem. Folks, this dude has been on in New York since I'm a kid. He's been on in New York. I swear, I think since I'm like in college or high school. Nobody knows the scene better than him. Now, let me tell you something that the mainstream media nationally is not at all adapting to. New York and Boston

share a lot in common. Any Boston folks in the chat? I know it's like, oh man, we hate each other. Red Sox, Yankees, that's sports. Forget all that bullshit. New Yorkers and Bostonians have a lot in common. They're both gritty working class cities. I'm not talking about Manhattan and the wealthy parts of town. I'm talking about the working class parts of town. What do they call them? Like the townies. We don't call them that in New York, but I'm not a Boston guy, but I have a lot of friends from there who are in the secret service, like a lot. Neil, Mike, all my buddies. They have a lot in common. They have a gritty working class section that for years has worked for working class or what they thought were working class Democrats.

Trump is on TV locally, locally and nationally, but locally in New York all the time now because the trial's in New York. It is blowing up in spectacular fashion as a bunch of people who feel shit on by the process and the entire legal system and the insiders screwing them over see Trump getting screwed by the same system. This is why he's got this massive outpouring of support in New York.

Is he going to win New York? No. Probably not even going to be close. Does he have a chance to do historically well in New York. Is he going to win New York? No, not inside. It probably not even going to be close. Is he have a chance to do historically well in New York and eat into that popular vote thing? The Democrats always use, well, we win the popular vote. You're damn right. He does because folks, it's not only New York. I want you to listen to this Philadelphia voter. And I want you to keep in your head something I talked about the other day. Listen to this Philly voter. Happens to be a minority voter here. Talk about Trump versus Biden.

And I want you to keep this thought in your head. I'll explain what I mean on the other side. The reason guys like this are so valuable is he's not a plus one. This guy's a plus two. I'll explain what I mean, but listen to him first. Check this out. He's going through Alzheimer's. He's a plus two. I'll explain what I mean, but listen to him first. Check this out.

He's going through Alzheimer's. He's a joke. Trump, he don't play around, man. He gets things done and he gets, you see action. You see action, man. He gets things done. We don't need this piece of shit in office. We need, I'm sorry, my bad.

We need Biden, bro. I mean, not Biden. We need Trump. Bring Trump back because he got things done and we've seen results. That tip, Addison Smith TV there. You hear what he said? This Biden's got like Alzheimer's or something. So when any of you, and I'm not suggesting you're doing this, please don't take it as an insult, but some people do. Oh, we need to stop talking about, you know, whatever Uncle Brosie and Biden's Angelo story and Biden saying he was raised in the Puerto Rican and black community. No, no, we don't. How do we know it's working? Just listen to the guy.

He's like, Biden's got Alzheimer's, man. He don't know what's going on. How do you think he found that out by us ignoring these stories? Folks, they may be funny and tragic at the same time watching this guy fall apart in live time, but we got to win an election. And if this guy's weakness is his mental acuity, then it's our job to hammer it every single day. Why is this guy not just a plus one, but a plus two in such an asset? Folks, understand electoral dynamics. Why the black vote specifically is such a problem for the Democrats. Trump in the past got a lot of plus ones. What are plus ones in politics? Plus ones are people who've never voted before or rarely vote who showed up for Donald Trump.

He had a lot of those in 2016 and in 2020, most votes for any Republican nominee ever. The problem with a guy like that for the Democrats is a guy like that probably if you just go by sheer probabilities, he got about 80 plus percent of the black vote, just sheer probabilities alone, probably voted Democrat in the past. Now, not only did Democrats lose a vote with a gentleman like that, if he had voted Democrat in the past, I don't know him, but then not only they lose a vote, they gain a vote for Trump. So it's not going from zero to one. It's going from negative one to one. So it's basically a plus two. You get the simple math of it. That's why this is so devastating. It's not just some random person who came out of the ether and voted for Trump for the first time. Biden gets a minus in a column and we get a plus. That's a plus two for us. This is devastating. And it's blowing up in spectacular

fashion in their faces. It's going so poorly for them now. By the way, Joy Reid had a total meltdown. This is one of the most, I'm serious, even for Joy Reid, who was a total complete piece of garbage. For Joy Reid, this is a new low. Joy Reid basically went out on TV yesterday and called for race-based prosecutions or some semblance of it in the legal system, and everybody just nodded their head. That's insane. That's how desperate they're getting. Quick break. I'll show you that in a second. Field of Greens, the best thing I do every day, take two scoops a day. I want you to come on this journey with me, Field of Greens. A lot of you feel the same way. Let me know in the chat how it's going for you with Field of Greens. If you're like, I love it. I love the lemon, lime, and the wild berry. Tell me what your favorite flavor is. I take two scoops a day. One will probably get you

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Scarborough was number one? Wow. That was a big move. Yeah, I don't know if you're right, but she's definitely at a minimum a silver medal. She was a gold winner at one point. Joy Reid is the dumbest person on television. We still haven't found out if the FBI found out who wrote her homophobic blog, but here she is. And I want you to listen very clearly to what she says here.

She's proud of the fact that there are going to be race-based prosecutions in the legal system. She's proud of the fact that there are going to be race-based prosecutions in the legal system. She's proud of it. She's not running from this, this horrible idea. She thinks this is a great idea. Check this out. There is something wonderfully poetic about the fact that despite the fact that even if convicted, he's not going to go to prison. The first person to actually criminally prosecute Donald Trump is a black Harvard grad, the very kind of person that his former staff, the people who worked for him, Stephen Miller And a black woman is doing that same exact thing in Georgia. And a black woman forced you to pay one hundred and seventy five million dollar fine. That's out now also in question because the people who put it up, that might not be legit. Donald Trump is being held to account by the very multicultural, multiracial democracy that he's trying to dismantle.

And for me, there's something poetic and actually wonderful about that. It says something good about our country that we're still capable of having that happen. Go DEI. My DEIs are bringing it home on today. What the f- did she just say? Here's a little test. Fellas, we're going to do an integrity test here. Evita, you in?

Let's do it. If this principle is an actual principle, it should stand regardless of the race, correct? Right? This principle that, so let's flip the races here, the parties involved, and let's flip the political party.

Let's just say commentator Joey Begadonis goes on Fox News and says, let's say, let's pick a very powerful black politician, Hakeem Jeffries. Very powerful guy, minority leader in the House, correct? Happens to be black, right? Let's just say Hakeem Jeffries gets charged with a fake crime, never charged in the history of the United States in a Republican state with a Republican prosecutor working under a Republican AG with a Republican on detail from the white house with a Republican judge with a Republican daughter working for Donald Trump. And everyone who's charging him happens to be white. And then Joey bag of donuts goes on OAN or Newsmax or Fox and goes, you know, I think it's really great that this white guy is prosecuting this black guy, you know, DEI go for how long, just curious folks,

how long do you think that segment's going to stay up before the screen cuts to black and they cut the commercial? I'm going to say he doesn't even get another word out before they cut that off. Did you just say that we should be prosecuting black guys because you're white and DEI or something like that? There's your little principles check. You'd be like, that sounds disgusting. That's exactly what you just said. All you do is reverse the melanin content of people's skin. That's exactly what you just said. All you do is reverse the melanin content

of people's skin. That's exactly what this dipshit just said on TV. And MSNBC is like, yeah, man, that sounds great. Go DEI. Holy shit. Get the hell out of these liberal cities. You understand this is mainstream leftist commentary, correct? This is not, listen to me, this is fringe for normal people. On the left, this is mainstream thought. And you want to sit around a liberal city thinking you're going to get justice when their biggest selling point is, yeah, we got a bunch of minority prosecutors to make up fake crimes. And, you know, Trump's white. Go DEI. Holy shit.

You're crazy to stay there. By the way, is anyone ever figured out? Is there an update on this? The homophobic blog? This is from Joy Reid, the blog name. Anyone know? Evita, you remember this story? Yeah, she had this. You guys don't remember this? These are screenshots from Joy Reid's alleged blog. It's all about gays. Charlie Crist is not gay. Keep it in the closet.

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I'm going to make a little, how about this, folks? You want to do a little wager? Let's do it. Are you ready? I'm dead serious here. You guys are my witness. Evita, Tony, I'm not kidding here. $50,000 cash.

Cash. You got to pay the taxes and stuff. I'll gift it to you. Maybe $50,000 cash to Joy Reid if she can produce a shred of actual electronic evidence that these things were not in fact written by her or her blog and she was hacked into by some foreign actor who wrote her blog post under her name.

$50,000 cash. hard cheese, hard cheese. You deal with the IRS on that. Right? I mean, they hacked into her blog and wrote all these articles about gay people or lesbian. It's amazing. How did she not catch that? You know, it's funny. Evita writes for Bongino.com, and she sends me the articles,

and I really enjoy them. They're really great. Nothing gets by me because it's got my last name on it. So weird. Joy, 50 grand. 50,000. And by the way, Philip Bump from The Washington Post has never collected his $100,000 offer from me,

proving I was fired from Fox either. Because, of course, those are both made up. 50 grand, Joy. Donate it to your favorite charity. Jeez, I'll put it in a little suitcase for you too. You don't like Pulp Fiction? I'll put a little light in it so it turns gold when it opens up just for you. Make some money, man. $50,000. Folks, this case is an international embarrassment against Donald Trump. Of of course i know the left loves race-based politics race-based prosecutions get away from these people as quick as you can i want to take a break but before the break i just want to show you this video this is mr wonderful

from shark tank kevin o'leary who i again i don't know this guy's politics i assume he's the conservative probably kind of quiet about it i don know. But he was on Outnumbered the other day and brought up a very interesting point that I think has gotten lost in this whole thing. We're talking about the internal politics of Trump being on trial by a bunch of crazed Democrat lunatics. attack from Israel and Iran responding to another attack is a serious place to world. And although I think the likelihood of World War III is obviously small, it's not non-existent. How do you think this looks to the rest of the world, this clown show going on in New York right now? Pull yourself out of our little US bubble for a second and imagine you're in Brazil or Croatia and you're watching this shit show. O'Leary brings up a great point on this. Check this out. This is an American president. This is the office of the United States of America's highest office.

And we're doing this. This is sheer stupidity. And I'll tell you what should happen. This should be pushed until after he wins or doesn't win. This should be not part of this election cycle at all. And this is not a Trump loving comment. This is about the American brand where I bring capital from all around the world

to invest here. We look like clowns. I hate this. Yeah. We do. We look like a bunch of bozos. We do. Folks, a lot of people around the world

don't make the distinction between us and them. And all they see is the United States. And we look like a bunch of morons. I'm going to put some meat on the bone for you next. I'm going to show you exactly what's at risk if we, and I'm going to produce to you two headlines that couldn't be more disparate if we don't get this joker out of office right now, this clown Joe Bribin. I'm going to side by side. and you're going to tell me afterwards

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favor being here you don't owe me shit i I owe you everything, period. You've been very generous to 109,000 people here right now to spend your time with me. I'm going to ask you to take this segment, if you can snip it, and spread this around on social media, because I'm just going to ask a simple question. I'm going to show you the receipts to back it up. Do you want more money in your wallet after the election or less? You're simplifying it. No, I'm not. It's really that simple. Headline number one, Reuters. By the way, I picked Reuters for a reason. Why? Because I don't want to be accused of right-wing websites. I didn't say Evita. Write an article at Bongino.com about this. This is Reuters. They're probably to the left of Lenin. Exclusive. Donald Trump mulls middle-class tax cut as he eyes a return office.

Tax cut, meaning you'll have more money, correct? Tax cut, meaning you pay less. I'm sorry to talk like an asshole. It's just there are liberals out there who don't understand this stuff. Tax cut, folks, means less taxes, meaning more money for you. Because if there isn't a tax cut, you give more money to the government. So there's choice number one. Choice number one, tax cut, more money.

Fox News. Here are the massive tax increases coming your way in a second Biden term. And by the way, please look all of this up. I'm begging you to look all of this up in case you think we're making any of this up. Here's just a short list of the stuff you're going to pay more. So again, you want to pay less, Donald Trump. You want to pay more. Uncle Brosie's grandson is definitely your guy.

Biden's written plans, written plans, by the way, in case you think he's making any of this shit up. Call for a small business tax hike. You own a small business, you'll pay more. A corporate tax hike. You own a small business? You'll pay more. A corporate tax hike. You own any business? You'll pay more. Your stocks will be worth less too because more money goes to the government,

less money for shareholders. A capital gains and dividends tax hike. Wow. You make any money on stock? You make any money on selling your house? Fascinating. More money to the G. You get dividends?

You own an old blue chip stock with dividends? You're F2. In money to the G. You got dividends. You own an old blue chip stock with dividends. You're F2. Income tax hikes. Income tax hikes. Energy tax hikes. And even a second death tax. That is the dreaded five middle fingers or three plus the two toes.

Wait, go back to that last one. I'm not even done with that one. Death taxes, Biden would increase the corporate income tax. So the corporate income tax now due to Trump's tax cuts is 21%, which by the way is already high, okay? Because corporations have to pay taxes twice. So he'd increase that to 28 percent. That's a higher tax rate than the commies in China. Think about what I just told you.

The commies in China would have a lower tax on American business than we would under Biden's second term. China's 25%. We'd be 28. This is great. Let's vote for this guy. Yes. Now, here, get a load of this. Now, when you add state income taxes, corporate income taxes too, the average combined Biden

rate would be 32%, which would be a remarkable seven percentage points greater than the commies in China. Be the second highest one in the entire developed world, only below Columbia. That's two O's for liberals who can't spell. Sounds great. Sounds awesome. Vote Joe Bribin.

Term two, tax cut, get fucked. Tax cut, get fucked. Here's the other one. Biden's budget promises to increase the federal capital gains tax too. So you have a stock, you want to sell your house. How do you feel about paying a 44.6 tax on any capital gain you've made? Real estate, your stock portfolio, pensions. So currently it's about 20%, depending on how long you've held it. He's going to more than double that to 44%. Now keep in mind, they want to reduce any of the step up stuff too. So let me just throw you an example. I know these economic segments, folks, pass this on. This shit is super important. these economic segments? Folks, pass this on. This shit is super important. Let's just say you've got a house and you want to move in, say, six months or a year, whatever it may be,

and you bought the house for $300,000. Now you're going to sell it for five. Your capital gain is $200,000. Okay? Now, factor in inflation, so your money's worth less now, you really didn't make $200,000. Let's just say for even numbers, you made $100,000. Now you made $100,000. You're taxed 44.6% on the entire $200,000 even though you only made $100,000, which means you're going to pay $88,000 plus in taxes, which means you really made about 12 grand. No, I made 200. No, you didn't. You gave it all to Joe Biden through inflation and taxes. Good luck.

You want to put meat on the bone? And they're all getting rich, folks. Listen, man, Republicans ain't the solution to your problems. I'll say it over and over, but Democrats are the cause of your problem, and this economic blob is real. All these insiders are doing just fine. In case you think, well, why would any business in America, after learning this, want to vote for Uncle Brosie's grandkid? Why would they want to vote?

They all know this. It's written down, folks. These rates, I'm not making these up. This article on Fox has all the links if you need them. It's in the newsletter. Because, folks, Biden and his team have been basically buying off business for a long time. I want you to listen to this bullshit

from this guy, Peter St. Onge. This guy's great. I love this guy's stuff. He's talking, but did you hear about this scandal? So the other day, an inflation report was going to come out. Now, this inflation report is a big deal. You ever see the movie Trading Places? You know Karate Man?

That comes from Trading Places. But the movie's actually very good. It's about the stock market and getting insider information. What if I told you there's a major scandal out there you're not hearing a lot about that the government may have leaked to the economic blob insiders? This is how they all make money while you get screwed. This is why they support all this crap. They may have gotten the inflation data before everyone else do you have any idea how valuable that is you could make billions on that arbitrage listen to this if you remember the 1980s eddie murphy movie trading spaces you'll know that getting official statistics ahead of time is

essentially a license to print money and it turns out a bevy of 50 Wall Street firms have been getting insider emails directly from the BLS, including a private explanation of a new CPI method that implied higher inflation for longer, which implies higher Fed rates for longer, which is rather explosive in terms of insider information. it blows Eddie Murphy's orange juice futures out of the ballpark. So why might a BLS employee do such a thing? Because there is a time-honored tradition in regulation to get a sweetheart job offer after you leave government, the golden parachute. So the Fox guards the hen house for a couple years, then the other Foxes set them up with a Porscheorsche and a beach house

in the hamptons nice work if you can get it why does big business support uncle brosie's grandkid because these democrats make their big business titans rich by leaking information to them so these capital gains taxes and all this other stuff doesn't affect them because they've made trillions while us, the working stiffs across America who actually built this place, have to wait for the information to come out and get screwed afterwards. That's why they do it. Folks, that story's real. He's not making it up. This is where you get these regulators. This is why they always, when Mike Benz talks about the blob and he's talking about foreign policy, I want you to understand there's an economic blob too.

Treasury secretaries go to lead big banks, keep their friends in the Treasury Department, winky, winky, nod, nod, get information in advance. They used to make money at the big banks. A Democrat gets back in office, even their Republican buddies. Oh, look, they're back in the Treasury Department. Weird, how did that happen? This is how working stiffs like us get screwed over.

Yeah, like us. I was a cop and an agent. I don't need specials. I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. I worked my whole life. This is how people like us get screwed over. You know what that's worth? Know the inflation numbers before they

come out? Billions. And folks, they're bullshitting you about everything, by the way. This entire Joe Bryben campaign is all bullshit. The whole thing. Everything he tells you is fake. Economically, crime statistics, foreign policy. Oh, look, real wages are up. They're not up. They're down. I cut the deficit. No, you didn't. The deficit is up.

I cut the debt. No, you didn't. The debt is up dramatically. Everything this guy says is a lie. He's been running around, by the way, touting. And I saw this on The Five on Fox a couple weeks ago. I don't know who said it. Was it Tarloff or Richard Fowler?

It was one of the liberals on the panel. But they said, well, you guys don't know what you're talking about. Like crime is down under under Joe Biden. And I thought, really, that's fascinating because everybody I know in a big city is complaining about the crime. And I'm like, am I crazy? So I did a little homework for you again, because I'm going to put meat on the bone so you can make actual decisions in the election. So are you going to make decisions because you think Biden's tough on crime? Well, he's not. Washington Examiner, Mark Morgan and Sean Kennedy, read this piece,

please, because it's real. Biden's lying again. Bad data from the FBI misleads about crime. So is crime down? They note the FBI's 2023 data show murder declined by 13% across the country and violent crime dropped by 5.7% compared to 2022. Well, that's good. Various news headlines have reported the FBI numbers unquestionably, unquestionably claiming murders plummeting and violent crime is declining significantly. Here's the little, it's a little bungee, you know, curveball. Last time I actually threw it, here comes the hook for you because there's always a scam with these numb nuts every time.

But these latest figures more in skepticism as they outline in this new report. In fact, violent crime is up substantially from 2019 levels. And last year's apparent drop is less significant than it appears. Really? They're lying again? Of course they're lying. How do they do it? Well, here's how they do it. They change the FBI reporting system and it's really complicated. So a lot of cities now are simply not reporting the data. So how would you know if crime is down if the data is not actually there?

They note in 2019, 89% of agencies covering 97% of the population submitted data. By 2021, less than 63% of departments overseeing just 65% of the population are reporting data. Now, fellas, Evita, I'm going to ask you a question. I'm going to name three areas, okay? And I want you to tell me who runs these three. This is a hard one, Democrats or Republicans. This is very difficult, so if you need a moment, I understand. So there are three areas that are not submitting crime data, folks. There are three cities.

This is a tough one. Now, these are led by Democrats or Republicans. Number one, Evita, Chicago. Take a moment. I know you're very familiar with it from the whole college experience. Chicago. Number two, Tony, you may want to take this one on your own because I can tell she's struggling right now. Los Angeles is number two.

They don't report data either. And, Guy, you can take the third one. New York City. Now, with the combined hive mind, do you know who runs those cities? Is it Democrats or is, in fact, the MAGA crowd? She says Democrat. Shit, this woman is so smart. I knew we made the right call. They all failed to report their data. So strange. It's like they had a crime spike and it's not showing because they wanted to hide the

whole thing from you. Folks, everything they tell you is bullshit. Everything. This guy is full of shit. Whether it's Uncle Brosie, crime statistics, I reduced the debt, real wages are up, inflation's under control, I'm all in for Israel, then he's all in for Iran, then he's all in for Ukraine, then he's all in for Russia. The guy is lying to you about everything. But here's the thing. What's that old expression?

Don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining, okay? Biden's taking a leak probably because he can't control himself. He's not even trying to intentionally pee in your leg. He legit can't control himself. So he's probably peeing on your leg accidentally. But either way, he's embarrassed. It's kind of like that moment at the end of that Lady Gaga movie with the Brad Cooper star is born. He starts peeing himself. That's Biden. So it gets on your leg and he's like, no, no, it's raining. That's not.

The residents of these cities have had enough. Now, is Bacino in the house? Can we run a little quickie poll here? I'm going to ask you again, as I've asked you all many times, you ready, chatsters? Is it bad enough yet, having seen Trump in Harlem, the Philly voter, and this voter I'm about to play here in Chicago, who is definitely pissed off at the liberals there, okay? Is it bad enough yet that people start voting in mass for Republicans in big cities other than Democrats? My answer, Voting in mass for Republicans in big cities other than Democrats. My answer? No, not yet.

Maybe we're still a little bit off. Maybe a lot off. But I'm telling you, we're getting there. How do I know? Folks, these clips are everywhere. I just played two of them today. Listen to this woman in Chicago who is clearly pissed off at everything going on between illegal immigration and crime there. Check this out.

Align yourself with somebody who's obviously a one-term mayor. If he even makes it that far, you better be worrying about your job. You better be worrying about your longevity. Because we're going to vote, and we're going to get you out. Because you ain't doing right by us. That's what time it is. That is what time it is. Talk about Mayor Brandon Johnson there in Chicago. Folks,

it's probably not bad enough yet. But for those in the chat, again, who think, oh, you know, it's never going to get bad enough. People always vote for Democrats. No, folks, it doesn't always happen that way. How do I know? I lived it. No, I literally lived it in New York, where I was told repeatedly, oh, we'll never elect a Republican in New York City. What are you crazy? It's like eight to one Democrat to Republican. Yeah, we got to Rudy Giuliani twice. So I'm sorry, but I lived it.

Don't tell me it's not possible. It's hard, but people eventually wake up. Are we there yet? Probably not. But based on that reception Trump got, that voter, the Philly voter, and the hundreds of other clips like this we've played over and over, believe me, we're getting there. Is it bad enough yet? I want to show you this. You guys got that video of the Atlanta shooting here. I want you to watch this. This is Atlanta. Again, another substantially large minority population in Atlanta.

How many of these incidents can you possibly see before you say to yourself, maybe it's time for different political leadership? I'm not telling you, again, the Republicans are going to solve all your problems. I'm just telling you the problems you're having now, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, are caused by Democrats because they're the only ones in charge. It can't be us. We're not there. Here is a shoot. This is not the OK Corral. This is a gas station in Atlanta.

Look at this. You're like, no, this is a movie. No, it's not a movie. This is real. Imagine you're getting gas. You're like, hey, I'll take the $472 on pump six due to the Joe Bribon inflation. And all of a sudden you got this kid. What is that?

Like an old school tech nine? Is that a, I don't even know what that is. Is that an H and K? I mean, my eyesight's not that good. This is insane. Look at this. Can you imagine? Again, is it bad enough yet?

Probably not. Are we getting there? Here's a New York City councilwoman, Vicky Palladino. A bunch of illegals in New York City apparently showed up at a New York City council meeting there, and we're demanding more benefits. This New York City councilwoman's like, really? You want more?

Like, what do you think, the streets here are paved in gold or something? Check this out. But I'd like to say this. In listening to everybody speak and making demands on New York City to do more, more, more. How much more are we supposed to do? How much more are we capable of doing? This system is so overworked and overburdened. We don't have the resources that you need to get what you what you need.

Is it bad enough yet? No, I don't think it is. I'm just telling you it's getting there. When people ask me, Dan, why are you long in the United States? One, because I love this place. And I don't know. I mean, I don't want to get too crazy with you all because some of you get, you know, we're not here for a lesson in religion. Certainly not for me. I'm not the morality police, but I'm telling you, God has blessed this place, folks. There is something special about the United States. We shouldn't even be here. We shouldn't have won the Revolutionary War. We shouldn't have gotten through the Civil War without collapsing. We shouldn't have won the War of 1812. We had the 60s. We've had nothing but strife over the last few years, and yet we're still here. The heck was that?

He's playing like music in the back. What does it say? You can play in the top 40 hits in the background. Speaking of immigration, Josh Hawley yesterday had Alejandro Mayorkas, our dreaded DHS secretary, had him this week up on Capitol Hill. I want you to watch this moment at the end because this is that dreaded soundbite moment I told you about. The immigration process right now is an absolute disaster and it's not a process at all. He's talking here about Lake and Riley, who was tragically murdered by a person alleged to

the alleged criminal here is an illegal immigrant. He reads out this person's parole sheet about all these crimes. And he says something at the end about the impeachment trial. And these are the kind of soundbites that really sting folks. Check this out. It's in the record now. I've read it verbatim from the parole file. Verbatim. I just want to know, why did you change your story so often? Why didn't you just answer honestly to Congressman Bishop and Senator Britt? Senator, I am confident that justice will be vindicated in the criminal prosecution of the case. Well, hopefully he'll get more of a trial than you got. Otherwise, there'll be no justice for anyone at all.

That one kind of stinks. So Mayorkas, who's supposed to be on trial in the Senate this week because he was impeached, is not because the Democrats scuttled the entire operation. Those are the kind of soundbites that sting and that sting bad. It was so bad. V.O. this one for me, if you want. I want you to watch his staffer here. This is hilarious. Here's Mayorkas's staffer when this thing is over trying to comfort this absolute loser because she realizes, gosh, that did not go well at all. This stuff adds up. Look, look, watch the lady in the back. He's like, man, I really screwed up. She's like, oh, it's okay. Look, it's okay.

Mr. Secretary, I promise it'll be okay. They're on camera. Does she realize? Like, this doesn't look, she's like, oh, no, no. I i i get it man that guy really wrecked you you got totally owned up there it's okay it's okay don't worry we'll go back we'll play a little monopoly or something it'll be okay mr myorkas this is classic i love moments like this snapshots and sound bites friend the sound bites are. The snapshots are no better. Hey, it's Friday, so I want to end on kind of a good note here. You know Ben Carson? Folks, Ben Carson, most of you know his backstory. He was a presidential candidate. He is a good friend to Donald Trump. He was in his administration. He's probably going to be

in his administration again. But Ben Carson is one of the most brilliant, accomplished human beings alive today. I mean it. I mean, he was a neurosurgeon. So he was at this Turning Point event giving a speech. And a woman gets up to make a comment. The audio here is a little, it's not great, but you'll hear it, I promise you. audio here's a little, it's not great, but you'll hear it, I promise you. And it turns out she had some rare brain condition when she was six months old. And one of the most brilliant neurosurgeons on planet earth, a guy by the name of Ben Carson saved her life. This one, I got to tell you,

got me a little choked up this morning. This is worth your time. It's about 40 seconds or so. Check this out. God truly had his hands in this miracle. Not only did we live in Maryland at the time, so we were close to Hopkins. My mom actually worked at Kennedy Krieger Institute and a doctor referred us to you. You walked in the room. You sat with my parents. You listened to their concerns.

You examined me. And within a few weeks, I was on the operating table. You gave me the opportunity to graduate high school, college, and start graduate school, play competitive sports, get married, have children. So while none of this was related to politics, I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you.

I'm, I'm, uh, I, that's really, I get you a little, uh, someone got onions around here or something like that. I, you know, like, uh, eyes are a little, I can get Tony, come on, eating during the show. It's unacceptable. Ben Carson, man. Regardless of what you think of politics or his personal politics, man's a real American hero. Saved that woman's life. If only I had those skills.

I say all the time, and I don't say it to kind of faux humble brag. I mean it. If only I had those skills. I talk for a living. I'm glad you all like the show. I'm proud of what we put together. I hope we're changing the world in our little way,

but I can't save anybody's life like that. But he can. You know how many people are alive today because of that guy's skilled hands and brain? Good for you, Ben Carson. That's a great scene. Thanks to Charlie Kirk for putting that out. I retweeted it this morning.

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