Tucker and Dan Bongino React to the Trump v. Harris Debate

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I'm really happy TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. I KNOW YOU. THIS IS This is one of those rooms where. In fact, this is not just one of those. rooms. This is one of those states where. I I really feel like if I knew every. person in here, I would like every. person in here. I really feel that way. I. I EVALUATE PEOPLE on the basis of my. olfactory senses. I really try to be as. close to my dogs as I possibly can. And.

my dogs know instantly whether you're. someone they want to have dinner with. And I'm just getting a very strong aroma. of good people. So, thank you. I'm sorry. I'm a little distracted. I'm a little distracted by last night's. debate. And I I know everyone has a different. experience. I'm sure everyone watched or. many people watched. But, I woke up. thinking just one thing. Kamala Harris has a gun? What? How can that be allowed? And by the way,

WHY IS THAT NOT AT the headline on every. paper in the world? Internationally, from Frankfurt to Tokyo. I mean, Kamala. Harris has a gun. And I'm about as pro-gun as anybody. could be. I carry a gun. I've hunted and. shot my entire life. I hunt with my dogs. I could not be more. pro-gun. In fact, I'm so pro-gun, I. don't even talk about it cuz it makes me. too emotional. I don't think Kamala Harris should have. a gun. And. she's the only person I've ever said. that about. I just don't think she. should. I don't believe in red flag.

laws. I think we can make an exception. for her. A gun, really? No. And is anyone going to ask what kind of. gun and why she has it? She has no idea what side the bullet. comes out of. Like, none. I'd love to. watch her assess it. I spend an odd amount of time watching. gun videos on YouTube. You know, like Hickok45's gun reviews or. whatever. I can just imagine Kamala. Harris being like,

So, that was my main thought about last. night's debate. I had a lot of other. thoughts, too. Some of them quite dark. And um so dark that I was pondering it. in the shower today. Um and I want to. tell you what I thought because I I'm I. actually felt like I came to some. important conclusions. You can judge for. yourselves. Um and then I'll stop and. get to the meat of the show with Dan. Bongino, who's such a wonderful person. who's here. I'm really honored to have Dan Bongino. here. Um. By the way, I was at lunch today.

downtown. You have some amazing. restaurants in Tulsa. And I ran into two. great people. um from Beverly, Massachusetts. What. nice people. And Oh, there they are. right there. And uh. By the way, Tulsa is such a nice town. that she goes, "I want a picture. Oh, I. left my phone in the Uber.". And all of a sudden, the Uber pulls up. and this woman's like, "You left your. phone in the Uber. Here it is.". I thought, what other city No city I've. lived in would any Uber driver say. anything other than, "Oh, a new phone. Awesome.".

Go, Tulsa. But, anyway, they're like, "Oh, we're so. glad to meet you. But, we really came to. came to see Dan Bongino." And I was. like, "Yes, Dan Bongino." I love that. Anyway, here's what I thought. So, I'm. watching last night. and I thought to myself um a couple of. things. One, and I've made fun of Kamala. Harris since Kamala Harris was dating. Montel Williams. I mean, there's really. there's really nobody. I'm an I'm a kind of an OG Kamala Harris. mocker. Um I've had more fun making fun of. Kamala Harris. I will never stop. I.

don't care if she becomes emperor of the. universe, I will make fun of her. I will. call her Montel Williams's side piece. I. will play the school bus video. Like, I. will never stop making fun of Kamala. Harris because it brings me such deep. joy. Um and I think we should do that. It's a. sign of life when we can laugh. uh at someone like Kamala Harris. And. she's inherently ridiculous. Um. she's not sinister and creepy like the. guy she's running with. I can't That guy. I can't even laugh about that guy. Woo. Not babysitting in my house. But, um.

Sorry, Tim Walls. I know you want to. You can't. Uh. But, watching Kamala Harris last night. actually made the hair on my arms go up. because I realized something that I had. felt before, which is that she has no. limits at all. At all. This woman has no. limits whatsoever. This is someone who. is clearly not a person of faith, doesn't think God is watching, thinks. she is God, has no kids, so it doesn't. care about, you know, the future in the. way that people who have descendants I'm.

just being honest do care. And feels. like she can do anything, actually, and. would do anything. And I thought, man, I'm glad I'm not someone she hates. because I could Oh, wait. Um. because if I'm being totally honest, she. didn't seem like a buffoon last night at. all. She seemed like someone with a. mission. The mission is to take power. The process for taking power is. memorizing a series of lines fed to her. by her friends in Hollywood. She did it.

She's dutiful. She's hard-working. Um. and she's scary, absolutely scary as. hell. And um she has a long track record. of putting people she doesn't like in. prison. Um as one of those people, it. gave me pause. And. um so, I had a couple of. quick quick thoughts. Like, can I go. anywhere? No, I'm American. I'm not. going anywhere. I'm 55. I will die here, buried with my ancestors. I'm not going. anywhere. So, I'm staying. And uh and I mean that. I mean that.

Especially, I don't know how much time. you spend around rich people. But, there. is like there is this kind of. conversation that you hear if you're. around rich people, which is like, "Well, I'm going to so-and-so. I'm going. to so-and-so." And it's like, "No.". Actually, there's something about. burning your boats. And my ancestors. burned their boats hundreds of years. ago, actually, here. So, like I. literally am tied to this country as. deeply as anybody can be. But, that's. the right mindset. No, it's my country, actually. And you're not allowed to come. in and just take it over. You know what. I mean? And send in new voters from around the. world to like, "Eat my cat and get you.

elected." No. I'm not doing that. By the way, the spirit of of hilarious. resistance lives on the internet. If you. haven't looked up cat memes in the last. 24 hours, treat yourself. It's like, no matter how dark it gets, there will always be somebody on Twitter. who's just like a brilliant person, like. brilliant person, who comes up with an. even funnier uh save our cats meme. Anyway. But, I thought, no, I'm not going. anywhere. And and I thought, you know, this woman. actually scares me for the first time.

You know, it was it was funny to make. fun of her when she was this person who. no one has ever voted for or ever liked. She has no fans anywhere. And for those of us who grew up in a. system based on the idea that, you know, in order to wield power, you have to. have the consent of the governed. Do you. remember that? That was the actually the idea the. country was founded on. Um that government has no legitimacy. apart from the approval of citizens, period, because we own the country and. they don't. Kamala Harris does not own. the country. The people who work for.

Kamala Harris do not own the country. Federal bureaucrats don't own the. country. The mayor of your town doesn't. own the country. Anybody who works for the government. works for you because you own the. country, period. And. kind of like any other job, you serve at. the pleasure of the employer, as I found. out personally a year and a half ago. And that's all right. You know, I wasn't. mad about it. That's fair. That seemed. fair to me. The person who owns it gets. to decide who works there, right?

So, you know, that's just the most basic. arrangement in the world. If you catch. your housekeeper stealing, you know, she doesn't get to lecture. you. Right? You get to fire her because. you're her employer. And. our government servants, you know, or. they're our servants. They belong to us. because this country belongs to us. Period. And so, I've never really been afraid of any. politician in my life because why would. you be in your own country? It's my.

country. If I do something wrong and you. can prove it, then put me away. That. seems fair to me. But, you can't just. hurt me because you don't like my. politics or because I criticize you or. because I point out that you're. incompetent and greedy and dishonest. That's not allowed. You can't put me in jail for pointing. out that your friends killed Jeffrey. Epstein. Sorry. You're the criminal, not. me. Right? So, there's really never been a time. where I felt like, "Ooh, this is scary.". And it made me mad, really mad, really mad. Actually enraged me. Um.

and it was only after getting a text. from one of my many children. um who was like, "I think Trump did a. great job and Cuomo's an idiot and. everything's going to be fine." that I. calmed down a little bit, but I and she. may be right. I hope so. Um but I did. think like, what are the perils to me, to all of us. in a moment like this? And it's probably. not going to jail. I mean, there are. just too many 350 million people. Like, we don't have the capacity to throw all. the thought criminals in prison. Um we could throw some, but not all.

Most of us are not going to jail. The. real threat actually is a much deeper. threat to ourselves. So, I have noticed for the past say 10. years I've been in in this roughly this. business for almost 35 years. It's. really said celebrated the last 10 years. where everyone who disagrees with the. people in power is a bad person, is some. species of hater. It's not just that. you're wrong about tax rates or even gun. control or abortion. It's that you're. you hate women or you're a racist or you.

know, you're some species of bigot. You're morally impaired. And of course, the irony is that in. general, the people they call those. names are the best people in America, actually. You know, they're the they're the most. likely to help their neighbors no matter. what their neighbors look like. They're the most likely to leave the. beleaguered waitress a big tip, actually. Studies have been shown have. been done on this that show. that people with our views are much more.

likely to give to charity, much more. How much you think Kamala Harris tips? Right around zero, right? And so, actually it's a pure inversion. of the truth. It is. a really dark lie. It's an evil lie. It's a sign actually of evil when you. lie like that. There's there are many. different ways to lie and those of you. who have children are familiar with a. lot of them because kids lie. And it's always a little bit shocking. when you catch your 4-year-old who's. like the center of your life and most. beautiful pure being ever to exist.

and you catch that child lying because, you know, that's just part of what it is. to be human. We're all fallen. But the way that kids lie is so. instructive and so and I'm sure you've. seen it. Like, you come downstairs in. the morning and like the Oreos are gone. And your 4-year-old comes down and. you're like, "Did you eat the Oreos?". And the 4-year-old is totally ashamed to. be caught because the 4-year-old wants. your love and acceptance and. you know, does not want you to be mad at.

him. But he knows that he did it and so, he. tells a lie that's like 3 degrees off. the truth. He's like, "Well, I had one.". "Well, there were 11 Oreos here, Dylan. Like, what happened to the other 10?" "I. don't know. I had Well, maybe two.". And like every parent has seen this and. that's a very and you scold the child. for lying because you want to raise. honest children. In fact, that's really. what you want out of life is honest. children. It's the most important thing. Honesty is the most important thing. However, it's an understandable kind of.

lie. That's not the kind of lie that our. leaders tell us. The kind of lie the leaders tell us is. the exact mirror image, the photographic. negative of the truth. It's the opposite. of the truth. So, if you caught Kamala Harris. and said, "Kamala Harris, did you eat those Oreos?". She would say, "No. You did. You ate those Oreos, you racist.". And there's something very effective.

about that because it throws you off. It's like, wait. These are the people. So, I'm 55. I grew up in a world that. kind of thought Martin Luther King was. onto something and we should judge our. fellow Americans because they're our. fellow Americans. We're in this. together. We share this country. We should judge them by what they're. like as people. And the Christians among us, which in my. childhood was most of us, understood. that God created all of us. We're all created by God, period. So, we. all have that divine spark within us.

So, you may be super annoyed at. somebody, but in the end God created. him, too. So, you can't write people off on the. basis of how they look. You can. definitely write them off on the way. they behave, fair, but not on how they. were born. That's unfair. Everyone. understood that, but people like Kamala. Harris have created a system that's like. pretty common to the system we claim or. we claimed we hated. where everyone is judged by their. appearance and their genetics before any. other factor. That's racist, okay? That's the definition of racist. That's. what we said we hated. She did that. And so, for her to turn around and tell.

me or you who actually would like to. live in a colorblind meritocracy, which. was like the promise of this country, that you're the racist, it's like, "No, you ate the Oreos, honey. I. didn't.". But there's something about that kind of. lying. that throws you off base. It's like shocking. It's like so. stunning that someone could lie. with that little. affect. Like, all of us like a normal.

person, not even a good particularly. good person, like let's just say me. You don't feel good telling a lie. Like, your face twitches or you kind of you. look down. You can't make eye contact. when you lie. I watched Kamala Harris. last night. "You ate the Oreos.". And you're like, "Wow, maybe I did.". Because nobody could make that claim. unless there was a little bit of truth. to it. Maybe I had one or maybe I was. sleepwalking. Maybe I had a head injury. Did I have a stroke? I remember this. I remember being called.

the first time someone called me racist, I was like, "Huh? First of all, that's awful. No, I. don't want to be called that." But I. remember thinking about it. Am I a. racist? No. Actually, I just don't like you. And you're a rich white lady. I don't. think that's racism. I just don't like. you. Anyway, after a while watching people lie like. that and particularly watching them lie. in the very specific way they do, which. is accusing you of moral crimes, it can make you enraged. And here's what.

can happen and I think this is part of. the design. It can turn you into a. hater, actually. They call you a hater enough, it will. make you hate. It will. Maybe not in a. on racial lines or whatever, but it'll. fill you with hate. To be attacked like that, so unfairly. and to watch people wreck a country that. your ancestors built that they did. nothing to build at all. And to sort of. give it away to the rest of the world, give cell phones to people here. illegally. What? There's nothing more. insulting than that. You know, there's nothing more insulting. than that. You can't afford a house, but.

they're giving housing vouchers to. someone who broke the law to get here? What? You you don't have to be. you don't have to be anti-immigrant, which I'm not, by the way. I'm hardly. anti-immigrant. That's just I'm against. that cuz that's the most unfair and. insulting thing anyone's ever done. You're treating our country like. like a rental car. Seriously, like a rental car. Like, you're scraping against, you know, barriers in the Walmart parking lot, not. changing the oil. Like, you don't care.

And that can fill you with hate after a. while. And I would argue because I do think. this is spiritual. I don't think any of. this is political, actually. I think the goal is destruction. The goal is lying for its own sake. The goal is to break things, actually. There's no effort to build anything. They're always telling you they're going. to make a better society. Okay, go. ahead. By the way, if Kamala Harris like just. fixed the roads, made the DMV a little.

better, you know what I mean? Dropped the price. of breakfast cereal by a dollar. I'd. probably you know, I wouldn't like her. I wouldn't agree with her on tons of. issues, but at least like you're doing. something. You're making things a little better. Kind of hard to deny that. I'm for. progress, actually. I think most of us. are. No, it's only about destruction. And part of the thing they seek to. destroy is you. From within. They call you a hater in the hope that. you'll become one. That's true.

And you just can't let them. You can't. let them do that. And so, how do you. And the reason. the reason that you can't let them do. that is not for some like abstract. principle. I mean, again, I'm a. Christian. I think it's that would be. wrong. But it's not just because I. disagree with it ideologically. It's because you don't want to live in. hate. And as someone who lived in DC for. a long time, I saw it. I saw people I. really loved and respected become. completely consumed with hatred, almost.

all on the left. Maybe some on the. right, but not that I can think of. I'm. sure there are. Um but the Trump thing, I watched that. whole thing and I watched people who. were and I'm thinking of one of my. closest friends who was like a wonderful. person, nice family, very smart, way smarter. than I am, become so obsessed with hating Trump. Not disliking Trump or disagreeing with. Trump or calling him orange, all of. which is fine. Yeah, it's kind of. hilarious. Yeah, that's okay. But actually hating to the point where. his entire world revolved around hating.

this one guy to the exclusion of. everything else, including love and joy. And I watched and I'm sure you've seen. that. Maybe they don't have that in. Oklahoma. Uh but in the other 49 states, it's. pretty common. And I you know, a lot of it is just. displacing your own unhappiness or. frustration with being middle-aged or. whatever, the sadness of life onto. something else. There's that. But it's also true on a much deeper. level that hating itself is bad for you. It does not help you at all. Doesn't. help you achieve your goals and your. first goal ought to be to love the.

people around you. That is your duty, okay? That's your that's the reason. you're here is to help people around. you. And you can't do that when you're filled. with hate because you're completely. distracted by this rage within you and. it diminishes you. Um and so, you have to keep that out. because you'll become like them. And if. you become like them, then what is the. point of the exercise? You might as well. join them, get a job at some private. equity firm. You know what I mean? And. just like be them. Um, it's actually it pays a lot better.

to be them. In the last election, Bobby Kennedy just. told me this. He's a wonderful man, by. the way. I didn't know what I thought, but I I. think a lot of him now. He told me that in the 2020 election, Joe Biden's voters, I think there were. several billion of them. I can't. remember the exact number. It was two or three times the the. population of the earth voted for Joe. Biden. Um, but in this country just in this. country, Joe Biden's voters held 70% of.

the wealth in the United States and. Donald Trump's voters held 30%. So, that tells you how the parties have. completely inverted. And so, for working. people or people who've been excluded. from the current completely fake economy. that they've created for themselves and. their own enrichment, it's it's Trump. It is the party for those people, okay? And so, I guess if you wanted to be. rich, if you want to participate in the. fake economy that doesn't actually make. anything, it just loots, you would. already be on their side. But you're not.

because your conscience won't allow you. to be. So, don't destroy yourself. through hate. And the other thing that they're all. about is violence. It's hurting people. And you know, I've been on the right my. entire life and one of the things that I. think we forgot is that it is absolutely. wrong. It is immoral. In fact, it is the. greatest sin to kill people except in. self-defense, period. And that's a. pretty clear religious order. Actually, it's in all the books that we have that. we refer to constantly. And you can argue about what. self-defense is and a lot of really. smart decent people have and I've got a. wide strike zone for that and I'm not.

judging anybody. I'm only saying if. you're taking glee in shedding human. blood, you're a monster and you're. serving a monster, which is called. Satan, actually. And you should never ever. take joy in shedding human blood. Sorry. It's sort of kind of weird to feel like. that's a controversial statement, but it. shouldn't be. It's very obvious and it's. terrible for you to worship the. suffering of other people or violence or. human sacrifice, which they worship. They had an abortion van outside their. convention. Like it couldn't be clearer. So, that's just killing for its own sake.

because you think you're. you know, going to be more powerful when. you shed human blood. So, I think the. response to them, here's what I would. argue. The response to them, whatever happens, you cannot let them steal your soul. And so, the first thing to remember. is that the only real way to judge how. you are doing is not by living on the. internet or some social media app or. externalizing all of your fears and.

anxieties onto some politician or. political campaign or whatever. It's to. look around to the people around you in. your orbit, the people for whom you're. responsible. And responsibility occurs, in my. opinion, in concentric circles. And this. is an act of God in the life of every. human being. God puts people right. around you and then a little farther out. around you and then a little farther. out. And your job is to work from. closest to you outward to make sure. everyone's okay and well served. And. then when they are, you move to the next.

circle. And then the next circle. And. then finally, when every single person. who's related to you, who went to school. with you, who works for you, who works. with you, who lives down the street from. you, when they're all fine, then you can send mosquito nets to. another country to help people you don't. know. But the first responsibility, the reason you are here, is to love the people around you. Hey, it's Tucker Carlson. I am not in. the studio. I'm in the and you can hear.

it in the audio, probably. I'm in the. back of an SUV outside a hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I think it's Tulsa, Oklahoma. Anyway, we're on the road for this. month-long tour. and there is a lot going on in the. world. And the question is, how do you. understand what's happening? I mean, it's not all on Twitter. Sorry, much as. we love Twitter. There are deeper trends unfolding. You. probably sense that and it would be. helpful to have some grounding in. exactly what they are. And if you're. like me and you spent 4 years in college. and didn't learn all that much, where do.

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Communism. Hillsdale is offering it, doesn't cost you a dime, and you can. pull it up right on your phone if you. want. Go to tuckerforhillsdale.com. and the class, Marxism, Socialism, and. Communism, and you'll have a much better. understanding of what you're watching. every day. Well, it's true. And it's obviously. true. Someone just said, "Preach.". That's the last thing I'm qualified to. do. I grew up an Episcopalian. Are you. joking? I don't even think that's allowed. I'm. not allowed to preach and I shouldn't. be. My job is to notice the obvious things.

And if God puts people right next to. you, your job is to serve them. Period. And that's. the way you measure success and. happiness. How is my spouse doing? How. are my children doing? If you don't have. a spouse or children, you know, bless you. But there's still. people around you. YOU STILL HAVE OBLIGATIONS. And you have. you know, the potential for great joy. It's not just obligation. It's like.

that's what life is. It's your. relationships with people right next to. you. And if all of them are doing pretty. well, you're doing pretty well. And just don't lose doesn't mean what. happens to your country doesn't matter. The country that your ancestors built, that does matter. It matters in a global. sense. This is the final beacon of light. to the world. That's a fact. It's not just some dumb cable news. talking point. That's a fact. Okay, so. that does matter. History matters. Your. role in history matters. All of that. matters. But the first thing that.

matters is how the people around you are. doing. So, just don't forget that. They want to. make you forget that. I'm getting so spun up. I'm getting. parry. I'm pulling a little emergency. parry here. And that's why they spend so very much. time trying to divide you from the. people closest to you. That's why. they're always encouraging you to insult. your grandparents at Thanksgiving over. one of their stupid policies. Literally, HOW TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION. WITH GRANDPA, the racist anti-COVID vax. guy.

You're trying to break apart my family. You're a monster and a criminal. We. should say that. Anyone who tries to. break apart other people's families is a. monster and a criminal, period. That's the worst offense you can commit. THERE'S NO WORSE CRIME than that, actually. And they do it out in the open. The. media does it. I mean, I'm not even. going to talk about the media. They're. clearly servants of evil, obviously. But we know that. It's not even worth, you know, like whatever. Got it.

Well, I know that. I've been 33 years in. the media, so I I can promise you that's. true. But don't let them divide you from the. people you love, which is another way of. saying don't let them divert your. attention from the things that really. matter, which are the people directly in. front of you. And the second thing that. you should remember, they're going to. try and goad you into violence. Now, you could certainly make the case. that in some cases it's justified. I've. said this in public and I mean it. When. I was growing up, if someone got creepy. like sexual with your kid, you got to.

punch him out, period. Like that just. wasn't allowed. And so, I don't understand why every. school in the country has these. therapists and nurses who are getting. you having creepy sex talks with your. kids. Like what is what are people Where are. the dads, actually? Shut the school down over that. Shut the school down. You're not allowed. to have creepy sex talks with my kids, period. Under any circumstances. And I don't care if you're some like. heavy-set nurse who's like, "Oh, I'm. just doing it." I I don't care. You're a. creep. Get out of here right now.

Um, that's just a fact. I don't care I. don't care how they describe themselves. or tell you what they think they're. doing or whatever lie they make up to. justify what's actually happening, which. is creepy sex talk with your kids. If it. was a stranger in the park, you'd punch. him out. So, I'm just noting that. I'm not. advocating violence. I guess what I'm. saying is I it's very obvious to me that. they are violence worshipers. They've. spent the last 20 years paying very. close attention to every federal agency. with guns. They're all about violence.

They love pointless wars. They love. killing people for no reason in other. countries just for the sake of it. because it makes them feel powerful. Hillary Clinton laughs as she talks. about the murder of somebody. Really? A human being. I don't care who's dying. No normal human being feels glee at the. death of another human being. I don't. care if he deserved it or not. That's. sick. And your soul is rotted if you. feel that way. Don't your soul rot. But. that's how they are. They worship. violence and blood. That's why they love. abortion. So, and euthanasia. Don't become that.

So, if we get to a point in this country. where things are really moving, you. know, in the wrong direction in a. threatening way, you still should not commit violence. You don't have to hurt anybody. Here's. what you have to do. You have to be. willing to be hurt. That's the truth. You do. You have to be willing to stand up and. say, "I'm not going to put I'm not going. to hurt anybody, but I will put it all. on the line." And that actually changes. things. I can think there's one sort of famous. leader in first-century Palestine who. did that. Um,

and there have been, you know, subsequent leaders who followed his. example. If you want things to change, you have. to make sacrifices. And those do not. have to include hurting other people. physically. I'm sorry, they don't. But. they do include being willing to be. inconvenienced or punished. And and the. question at that point arises, well, how. serious are you about it? Does it really. matter to you? If you actually felt your. family was threatened, what wouldn't you. give up in order to protect them? Would. you give up your safety and your. convenience? I think you would. So, just. be prepared to do that. And the last.

thing I will say before turning it over. to my friend Dan Bongino, is that you have to keep your sense of. humor. It's so important. It's balm for the. soul to laugh. And I have a terrible tendency to. go right to sort of bitter, nasty. mockery. I'm not recommending that. That's a reflection of my own diseased. soul that I can't just make normal. jokes. I have to make fun of Kamala. Harris. Of all the things she's done, the fact that she was Montel Williams'. side piece is the first thing I go to.

cuz it's like hilarious. I don't think that's a virtuous thing to. do. I'm a little ashamed that I do it, so is my wife, as she's pointed out many. times. But the capacity to laugh at what you're. seeing around you, and especially to. laugh at yourself, to note how inherently ridiculous you. are, so important. And I worked in a business my whole life. of people who were really smart and. talented and high achievers, television. But the one thing they didn't have was. the capacity to laugh at themselves.

because they could not admit how. inherently absurd they were. And I. always wanted to mandate as a rule the. TV networks I worked at where every male. anchor would have to have mounted a. full-length mirror outside his shower. And I just felt like that would solve. the problem immediately because. And I'm including myself in this. Like, there's no way as a man that you can all. of a sudden catch sight of yourself. naked, lumpy, furry, this kind of. lopsided primate, and take yourself that seriously. Like, you kind of know you're not God. I.

don't know I I don't have a ton of. mirrors in my house, but occasionally. I'll be on the road in a hotel and I'm. like, "What the hell is that?". OH, THAT'S ME. WELL, I'm absurd, aren't. I? I can't believe my wife. Bless my wife never mentioning that to. me. Women are so great. They're the best. Um. but. it's so And it You know, obviously. there's horror in the attempt to spray. the mirror with shaving cream to make. the image just stop. But. after I calm down, I'm like, "I'm so.

glad I saw that because I've been. restored to reality. I put myself in. perspective in the world." You know, one. of the saddest things about modern. society is the light that our cities. admit at night prevent us from seeing. the stars. And when you can't see the. stars, it's not just because I'm. interested in [ __ ] in astronomy, which. I'm not. I am interested in perspective very. much. And we live in a rural area. When. I look up at night, the first thing I. think is, "Boy, am I insignificant." I. actually don't think I'm the center of. the universe. I It slowly dawns on me. Like, I don't think I'm the most. important thing. And it's good to know.

that because I'm not, actually. And. humor is a really great shortcut to that. understanding. If you can laugh at. yourself, if you can laugh at the. situations around you, you have. instantly put it into perspective. And. the important perspective is this is. just a blip on a timeline that goes on. for who knows how long. It does end, by. the way. I just don't know when. But um that kind of lets everybody know. you feel that. But the most important. thing about humor is there's nothing.

that your opponents hate more than being. laughed at because they think they're. God. And when you laugh at them, it is like. hitting the Wicked Witch of the West. with a garden hose. They just melt into. this cackling pile of witch clothes. They can't stand it. If you make fun of them, you disempower them because you tell the. truth about them. And the truth is. they're absurd. They may be evil, but.

they're also stupid. And we need to say that out loud. In. fact, it's the saving grace. If they. were evil and smart, we'd be in serious. trouble. But no, they're Kamala Harris. They may have dark intentions, but she's. still dumb. And I just thank God for that every day. So, with that, I want to. I want to introduce Dan Bongino, who. from my experience uh spending the day. in Tulsa, I'm I've learned everybody. knows Dan Bongino.

Everyone's wearing his awesome t-shirts. Everyone seems to love him. So, I just. want to add very quickly my perspective. on Dan Bongino, who I worked with. I. knew Dan Bongino I actually had Dan. Bongino on when he was running for. office, when he just left the Secret Service, and then I became his coworker, and then. I'm I became his friend, which I am now. I would say two things about Dan. Bongino. Dan Bongino is one of the. smartest people I've ever met, actually. Dan Bongino has the ability to boil down. what's happening, incredibly complex.

things, into. the perfect distillation. Like, he can. tell you exactly what's happening in one. phrase, and he does it in a Queens. accent, Queens New York accent, which is. just absolutely the greatest. And the second thing I'll tell you about. Dan Bongino you probably already. suspected is he's one of the toughest. human beings in the world, for real. Not. just cuz he can do 50 one-arm push-ups, which he can. Um ask him what his pull-up record is. I. haven't even bothered. It's a lot. No, I. mean in a much more significant way, he's tough inside. And you know that the.

measure for most men is how you deal. with your employer. Cuz it's one thing to like, you know, be. the tough guy in the bar at your own. dinner table, you know, "Dad's pretty. tough. One thing about Dad is he's. pretty tough." Okay, yeah. Okay, Dad. Whatever. But what's your attitude at work? If. your employer's like, you know, "I want. you to do something that violates your. conscience." And no one's around. There's no one around. Your wife doesn't. know. You're not humiliated in front of. your loved ones. It's just like, "Go. ahead and do this thing and like.

everything will be cool.". What you know, what's your answer? You know, just sort of violate your own. moral code. No one will know. And I just happen to know for a fact. that Dan Bongino's response was like, "What? Get bent. No. No. Next.". And so, Dan Bongino is definitely the. kind of guy who would have a lot of. trouble holding a job in the media. business. In fact, it would be. impossible. And so, Dan Bongino has made. his own media business, which has been. wildly successful. And I'm proud to be his friend on the. basis of that and many other qualities.

Ladies and gentlemen, Dan Bongino. Oh, man, I'm glad you're here. What a. crowd. Good to be here with you, brother. And I'm glad you're here. I think you. took work off to be here, which I'm. really grateful for. Um. but I've waited all day. I think you're. the first person I've asked is. What did you make of that debate last.

night? Well, I I Here's what I I usually have to You. know the Bongino rule? Yeah, who listens. to my show? I don't. Hey. So, we've got a Everybody. So, there's. two or three. There's two of my my my. statistics course and my math skills are. terrible, but what do I always tell you. with the Bongino rule? I say, "Give it. about 24 hours to let a story brew." So, I generally, like Tucker, will go and. listen to what most of the.

jerk wads in the mainstream media have. to say, and then I naturally assume the. opposite is true. So, when I heard this morning, after. watching the debate and doing the live. show, any of you guys tune into our live. stream? Yeah, man. We kicked some ass. Did you see that? We were like number. five in the world. We beat all these. billion-dollar media companies in my. attic, in a studio that's like falling. apart, seriously, with like wires. hanging out of the ceiling. We did that.

Well, you all did it for us, and we. appreciate it. So, I get up in the. morning, and having run for office and. having been on TV and in radio, I realized, you know, when you run and. you got skin in the game, that. everything you know about politics is. probably wrong. From the candidate side. It's only two things. Anyone know what. it is? Man. You got my homies here. My man. Brother. I love this guy. I'm going to.

come back If I could If my knee wasn't. bad, jump off the stage and hug you. It's two things if you listen to my. show. And if anyone tells you it's. anything different than these two. things, promptly dismiss them as. ignorant morons. Politics are snapshots and sound bites. That's it. Guys like me and Tucker and all of you. politically active patriots, you guys. don't need to be convinced. You guys don't need a white paper to. understand that high marginal tax rates.

suck and all that. You don't need that, okay? The Americans out there who are busy in. their work I don't hold anything against. them who are busy and working and at. soccer games, right? They see a picture. and they see a sound bite. And they hear. a sound bite. That's it. So, when I woke. up this morning, I noticed that, through the snapshots and sound bites. lens, I'm looking at the snapshots of. Kamala Harris. And I'm like, "Someone going to show me. the good one?" She's like,

No, I'm serious. Did What What the hell. was it? The thinker pose? Like from the. famous statue? Kamala, who's never been. noticed a thinker, she's like, "The. school bus and the van." The greatest. clip ever, Trump with Tucker. And then. they get on the school bus and So, I'm. like, "Okay, where's the snapshot?". Everyone has a snapshot. Remember even. George W. Bush, he was debating. Gore, and Gore came over, remember he. gave him the look? And he That was the. snapshot, right? Where was the snapshot? So, you The media is telling me it was. this big, resounding victory. President.

Kamala Harris, ladies and gentlemen, everyone go home. And I'm like, "Okay, there are no. snapshots. So, I'm going to have to. clean this up for my audience, who's. Some of them may believe this BS." And. then I said, "Well, clearly there'll be. a sound bite. I won't take advantage of my opponent's. youth and inexperience. The 1980s called for their foreign. policy back." There's going to be one of. those, right? And I noticed something. There wasn't.

It's like magic. And you know why? Because the left-wing media goons have a. problem right now. And it The problem is. Elon Musk. They did not want to. No, I'm serious. And it's a real. problem. They did not want to spread the BS sound. bites around because they were all fake. None of them were real They were all. inauthentic nonsense. You know, the fine. people thing, we've heard it. The blood. bath up We've heard that, too. There's. no sound bite, either. So, sorry. I.

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thinking, you know, you're frustrated It's just. like anything. It's like watching your. kids play sports. LIKE, "GOD, YOU KNOW, SHE DON'T YOU SEE THAT YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.". But um and the closer you are and the. more emotionally invested you are, you know, the more emotional you are. about it. But um. I didn't see any moment in that where. someone's like, "I'm really not sure who. to vote for. Oh, I'm voting Kamala Harris." Yeah. I think. when you run for office, and you see. this, too, you start to figure out, too,

that political narratives that the. mainstream media tell you are damaging. are typically not. The only damaging. political narrative or what would have. hurt Trump last night, cuz I I believe. he's ahead. Now, is there going to be. some cheating and scamming? Yeah. In a. fair election, I believe he's ahead. So, if he's ahead, all he had to do was push. last night. But we were told he lost. I. went on my show today and said he. didn't. So, if he lost, there had to be. a damaging and destructive political. narrative. The only damaging and. destructive political narratives are.

ones that do this one thing. They change your preexisting notion of. who a candidate is. Right? I'll give you a quick example, right? That's smart. That's right. You hear a story about Ted Cruz in a. strip club. It hurts. That's going to ding him up. That's not. his reputation. Everybody believes him. to be a far different guy, which he is. That's a damaging story. Yet you hear that story, say like. some.

country singer who's a real partyer or. something runs for office, and you hear. he was in a strap a strip club last. week. Is it going to ruin It's not going. to do anything. That's why all those stories about. Donald Trump People had already seen him. on the Howard Stern Show talking about. being a young single guy in New York. Like none of it hurt. So, I ask you, if. Trump got hurt last night, what changed your mind? Good luck. Yeah, that's why everybody's. quiet. Because you know I'm right. But. what changed your mind about Kamala.

Harris? Well, 28% of voters say they. don't know who Kamala Harris is. Well, who is she after last night? Yeah, you in the front row. Well, who is she? Oh, she I don't know. She's the thinker. lady? What did she tell you last night. that changed your mind? Nothing. Nothing. So, how did we lose? I I agree. with your point. I think there were a. couple moments, and I think you and I I. mean, you you're like. you are the master.

debater. You have to say those words. If you listen to my show, you know, don't say them fast again. worse. If You are the master You have to say. you if you you But. you did this for a living on TV in front. of 4 million people a night. You're It's our instinct to go, "Gosh, you had it. Like go for it." And I get. it 100%. There were a couple answers. that probably could have been tighter. But I I've I feel pretty good. I'm not. cocky about it. I don't want to hear any. talk about a red wave. You're going to.

get kicked in the nuts again if you keep. talking about that. But I feel Sorry. I. put a cup on. But I I just like. I feel pretty good. Last night was at. best a push. It's interesting that you said um. that the. the Twitter, that X, that Elon Musk is a. pivotal figure in this election. Can you. flesh that out a little bit? So, I'm reading this article the you. know, the Washington Post, the the. democracy dies in the dark.

It's It's always the opposite, of. course, as noted, of what they're. saying. Do you believe the Washington. are literally an iron curtain over. information. The point of the Washington. Post is to hide reality from you, is to. tell you that your eyes are lying to. you. Isn't it hilarious like they had. the balls to put that on like their. masthead? Like democracy dies at the. Washington Post. Like that's hilarious. I'm reading this piece the other day, and the headline is, you know, it's the. thousand piece with the same title, Elon.

Musk's misinformation about the. elections a threat to democracy. From the people who wrote it, the Russia. hoax, the Hunter Biden's laptop was a. Russian disinformation hoax. It was kind. of hilarious. And I I thought. and I know Tucker, you and I actually. discussed this on my show when you were. kind enough to come out at the RNC. I thought to myself like. folks, you know, the demons are real, man. Evil's a very real thing.

Evil's a very real thing. I was talking. to this gentleman who runs a pro-life. advocacy group, this guy Dan, who we. advertises on our show, too. And we're talking about a group of. people right now who. talk about the craziest things like. castrating kids in schools, showing them. porn. I. you know, what you said before, I've. heard you say many times, and you're. right. Like this is the kind of stuff 30. years ago you'd be beaten up by the. parents or arrested for doing, and. everybody would celebrate you.

And the thing about Elon that has them. so threatened is Elon has provided a. platform for the first time. And Elon's. not He's a self-admitted not. conservative. He's just not a liberal, either. That has them genuinely threatened. because the liberals built this thing. They built essentially this new global, almost like cosmic town square with. Starlink, right? They built this cosmic town square, which they thought, mistakenly, was. going to create a monopoly over ideas.

for the next generation of kids. And. what happened? This this Tony Stark-like billionaire. comes in and buys the platform and says, "Listen, I'm not really a conservative, but those are crazy. And I'm going to. let you conservatives talk." And the. entire world melted down. I mean, there is nothing that frightens. the liberal, right? Am I crazy? All. right. They talk. What. What is the liberals' biggest fear?

The liberal The modern liberal is. biggest fear is the community note. There is nothing the liberal hates more. than being embarrassed. Because they're. not used to it. Listen, you worked at at. CNN with Crossfire on these people. You. know how they are. They are so used to. being at these bourgeois cocktail. parties. They're so used to having the. foie gras fed to them and people kissing. their ass. The Remember the old adage. was, "Don't mess with people who buy ink. by the barrel." No one People mess with.

the cops before they mess with the. media. And now, nobody respects them. People like, "Ah, you Well, community. note, you dumb ass." And they look. stupid, and they don't know how to. respond. Elon has changed everything. The whole game has changed, and they. don't know what to do. So, I I would say um. I would put a little finer point on say. I've been around rich liberals every. single day of my life until 4 years ago. when I just decided I'm never going to.

be around them again. I I I did my time. But I spent 51 years around rich. liberals, and I think the secret that. they're hiding They don't hide the. weirdness of their sex lives or the. chaos of their personal lives. That's. all known. The one thing they don't want. you to know is that they're mediocre. That they're They don't have any skills, actually. They can't really do anything. And so, they built this entire universe. of nonprofits and colleges. and. government bureaucracies all designed to.

give them employment, wealth, and. status. When in fact, they don't deserve any of. it because they're totally useless. people actually. They can't do anything. They're not impressive. They're dumb. And I know that because I know them. I'm. not guessing about this. And I think. social media have allowed us to see who. they really are. So like, you know, Hillary Clinton is like a not an. impressive you know what I mean? She's. evil or whatever and she's worshipping. bail in her spare time and all that. True. But really she's like not very smart. She's never had an original thought.

She's totally banal. If you asked her. like her deepest thought it would be. like, today is the first day of the rest. of my life. Like she's got a kind of bumper sticker. IQ. She's an idiot actually. THEY ALL. ARE IDIOTS. And social media allows. everyone to know that. And so they just. can't wait TO PUT PEOPLE LIKE YOU IN. PRISON SO YOU'LL STOP POINTING it out. You know that that. that's just brilliant. You You ever You. ever You know You know Fred Siegel? He. you know he passed but he revolted. against. my editor actually for years. Wonderful.

man. Man, he has an amazing book. I. can't recommend enough. It's called. Revolt against the Masses. And it's a. history of what Tucker just said. You. pointed that out just beautifully and. you segued nicely from social media. But. the gist of the book is very simple. That what Tucker said is accurate. These people hate everything. meritocratic or anything involved in a. meritocracy precisely because they have. no merit. They are completely mediocre.

people who yearn for this new. aristocracy of ideas where because they. said something and they've got an NGO. label next to them that you're supposed. to default to it's true. And under the. even mildest of scrutiny from a former. cop who grew up in Queens who asked a. simple question like. there's a peepee tape out there? It's kind of weird no one's seen it, right? LIKE DONALD TRUMP DRINKS DIET COKE for.

breakfast and it was a major story in. the Washington Post. Like you. there's a peepee tape and they're like. how dare you ask that question? I'M PART. OF THE IDEOLOGICAL ARISTOCRACY. You You. weren't you a cop and an agent? What is. Yeah, I work for a living. I had a real. job. I have I have kids. I'm sorry you. didn't. But I mean you having worked. with these idiots, that's a brilliant. point that in social media you're. exposed to their imbecility every single. day and they hate it. And Elon won't.

give the the buffer mechanism of. deleting your account. And he allows you. to go back and forth with them, you. know? But it's. I didn't used to think this. I always. thought because I worked in the media. and people would always say they hated. the media and I'd be like, all right, but. it's not that big a deal that the. media's rotten. I completely changed my view. But it's. the actually it's. people speaking is the thing that upsets. them most. Yeah. You can unleash.

physical hell on a city. You can destroy. our largest city in New York City. through unrestrained immigration and. people are literally defecating on the. sidewalk and getting raped on the subway. and it's like not a big deal to them. But if you say something out loud that. exposes their lies, they actually want. to kill you. That is the one thing they. can't stand. So my question to you as. someone who just left the media and. built his own media. God bless you for that once again. Like how long can they tolerate you?

Honestly. Cuz what you do is not just. inconvenient to them. It's like the. thing they hate most. Like they stay up. late thinking about you. Yeah. I wrote a whole chapter in this last. book. about basically giving a middle finger. to these these these It's It's not just. leftist by the way. It's swampy. Republicans too. I I hope you all. understand that. Don't Don't think for Yeah. Yeah, I mean listen You You know you. expect stupidity from the liberals. But. what Tucker's getting at with this. I they don't want you to speak. He's.

100% spot on and it's the swampy right. too. And then you know how long will they let. me speak? It's. I I say all the time like the most. dangerous guy in the you know probably. cliche but whatever but it's true. Cliches always have an element of truth. to them or they wouldn't be cliches, right? The most dangerous person in the. world is someone with with actually. nothing to lose. And you know I had this. weird moment. I don't want to be macabre. and I'm not going to be like Danny. Downer. But you know when you get. something like cancer and they're like, hey man, you could like die and stuff. and that's not cool. And I you know.

who's got Where's my don't get dead guy. here? And I Where's the shirt? Like. that's There you go. Don't get dead, brother. What's the number one rule of. the damn Bongino show? Don't get dead. So when some Right? And liberals do. things that help you get dead. But so. does cancer. Cancer will help you get. dead quick. So don't get it. It sucks. So when you survive something like that. and you realize, gosh man, you know, like I know I have an expiration date. But I was hoping it wasn't like next. week or anything like that, right? It. changes everything. And they tried to.

stop me. I got involved earlier with. early with parlor because I knew Twitter. under Jack was a train wreck. And it took three trillion dollar. companies to take me down. You know, we. were the number one app in the world. Not in news. Not in the in the world. We. built that thing from 200,000 users to. 20 million in the a year I was involved. And it took Apple, Google and Amazon to. take me down.

And I got to tell you something. I. looked at my wife when it happened. Cost me a lot of money. And I put a lot. of sweat equity into that. And I was. Well, they tried. And I was very upset. I mean we My wife and I cried a lot. about it because we really you know, we. thank you. And I said, what do you do next? So. after spending a couple days thinking. about like, how do I stick it to them? And this is the chapter where I wrote. it.

I wound up having a conversation with. this guy Chris and he had this company. called Rumble. It was largely just like. a lot of pet videos. And Chris asked me. he said, you think you could do with. Rumble what you did with parlor? I said, you're damn right I can. I said, give me one more shot to stick it to. these people. And I'll tell you something. Last night. I saw some statistic. I think it was on. live search app that 13% of the digital. video traffic last night in the United.

States was Rumble. And I thought to. myself, holy [ __ ] You believe that? This guy We were doing pet videos, you. know, five years ago. And thanks to his. So you you you can't let them win, Tucker, ever. And you know what? They. took us down and then they said, well, what if they come get you on the. servers? So we were like, okay, let's build our. own server farm. And then someone said. to me and that's what we did at Rumble. Now we have Rumble Cloud. And then. someone said to me, Dan, they're going. to cancel you processing. Like Stripe's.

going to come after you. I said, how. hard is it to start a processing. company? They were like, it's hard. I. said, let's start one. And it's great. We have parallel economy. And then they said the book publisher. The book They're definitely not going to. publish any of your books. So I looked. at my wife and I said, she's backstage. I'm like, how hard is it you think to. publish books? Very hard. I'm like, I'd. start a publishing company. So I publish. my own books now. F these people. Whatever they tell you can't do, you go.

do it. And then you. you start your own company. And then you get your own advertisers. That's how you do it. You pull a Leo. DiCaprio from Wolf of Wall Street. Just. don't defraud anyone. I'm not leaving. I'm not leaving. I will haunt. You tell these liberals I will haunt you. sons of [ __ ] for the rest of your. lives on this planet. They're You. YouTube decided to cancel me. YouTube. sends me a letter and an email, we're.

canceling you. You said mast don't work. They said, you got to pull this video. down. I said, I got a better idea. We're. just going to I'm going to cancel you. idiots and I'm going to go advocate for. a platform and then Rumble would sue. them later for like screwing them up. Like they screw these people. Don't ever. let them beat you down. Ever. Ever. Whatever they tell you not to do, you do. times 10. You got my sister clapping up. My. sister's here. Kelly, wave to everyone.

There she is. And then And then my brother-in-law. Chuck, too. Let me I used to sleep on. Kelly's floor in our house in Selden. because we didn't have any air. conditioning in the other room. Remember that? They'd be like, put a few. blankets down. It's a hard floor. That. was it. It was awesome. Good to see you. What does the HR department at your. company say when you talk like this? Paula. Paula is the HR department. Paula, what does HR say when I talk like. this? Once in a while I'll come down.

There were a couple times I was doing. Unfiltered, my this Fox show, and. you know, some stuff would like there. was like some always like a little. squeeze sometimes. And And I'd come down. and she'd be like. You did it again, didn't you? I'd be. like, yeah. Yeah, I did. One more time. Sorry. Do you think like in your heart of. hearts deep deep inside when you were. working for the company you just. mentioned that you. Did you think to yourself, maybe I don't. have like a super long future in. corporate media? I I I knew it. I knew it. I I knew it. I just Listen,

man, I I can't work for anyone. I'm too. old for this crap. You know, like I have. a set of ideas and things I'm going to. say and I really don't I don't really. give a damn about having some like moral. or ethical sensor over me. You know, as. a lot of things on my show I wish I. could change. I met a lady on the photo. line, super nice. She She's obviously. here. She's in the the VIP thing and. she's like, Dan, you know, I love your. show but you really have to like stop. cursing. And I said, you know, I'm I'm. with you. I I I know she's right. Like I. love Jesus, man. I love.

I love Jesus. Jesus doesn't like when. people curse, but. But. there's a part of me that really is hard. to dig out, you know, and and it's this. New York part of me. And when I'm. dropping like a massive F-bomb, I. believe me, I'm not proud of myself. I. got kids, too. I mean, my you know, sometimes I think, gosh, like my my. 12-year-old is probably watching this. going, "Dad, please don't." But I'm just. a really passionate guy, and you Did you. talk like that growing up at the tennis. club in Palm Beach, or no?

Listen, brother, I learned how to swim. in a fire hydrant in the corner of 64th. Place in Maryland like this, you know, so yeah, there were I don't even know. where that is. That's like. Kelly does. Kel- My Kel- Kelly does. We. she used to go to his come out visit my. our parents. So, Kelly's on my she's my. sister. I've grown up with her forever, but we don't actually share any. biological relationship. My parents got. the voice very young. So, she's always. taking care of me. So, she would visit. her dad in the city, and then my dad. would come and get us. So, in order to.

save the ride, my father would then pick. her up at my house and drive her back to. Long Island after he dropped us off. So, yeah, man, he so I mean, we we grew up. above a bar in a cockroach-infested. apartment, so I always get a kick out of. it when some, you know, liberal, you. know, bag tells me like, "You don't know. what it's like to be one of us." Really, bro? You serious? Like I was one of you. before you were ever one of you. Like. you have no idea, you know? When when.

When was your and then you you know, you. worked famously for the federal. government. Um. when did your views become what they are. now? So, I was a cop in New York, and I was. never ever um a liberal, ever. But I was. definitely a. left-leaning independent. And I had a. bumper sticker on my Ford Escort that. said, "Question authority." Like that. was my thing. I never trusted anyone. It's the only thing that kept me from. being a Democrat. I was never a. Democrat, have never voted for a.

Democrat, never registered Democrat. But when I became a cop, I knew. the conservative path was the only way. You can only walk into so many. generational broken homes where the. grandmother, the mother, and the kids are living in. the same rent-controlled, you know, bug-infested apartment, and. nobody has a job. You can only walk into. that home 100 times before you say,

"Man, if this is the government helping, like don't help me. Please, whatever. you" The old Reagan adage, right up from. the government, I'm here to Please stop. helping. Please God, I'm not using his. name in vain at all. Stop helping. people. And you know, I That's when I. started to really see the light. And then since, you know, I I I'm always comfortable. talking to you as a friend. I mean, it. was you know, my mom.

It was hard. I mean, um sorry, I don't mean to be a. buzzkill. I just lost my mom, and you. know, she uh. Thank you, brother. I needed that. Um. My mom my mom um I get a call recently. It was not that long ago, and um. you know, I I. she had fallen down the stairs and died. unexpectedly. But my mom was uh. she loved me, but. the system broke her, man. It just broke. her.

I mean, she she was this really. powerful, strong woman who had been. through so much, and I just watched this. decay over time. And the problem is the government was. always trying to help her. She was on SNAP and all these programs. and all of these things, and. when you tell people it's okay not to. add value to the world and be. productive, then I've got news for you. A lot of people will just stop being. productive. And it really hurt. I mean, I tried to save her so many times, and.

I mean, outside of the. just trauma of losing her when I did, it. was so unexpected. The part that still gets me now is. I really always thought I was 5 minutes. from saving her. I swear, my wife could tell you. I was. like, "This time is it. Like. I'm going to get it this time, and we're. going to turn this ship around, and. can't save her now, you know? And I'm. telling you, that's what the government. does to people. It's why I'm so passionate, like you, about this cause. Me, my wife and I used.

to sit back at 8:00. I have told you. this personally. You know it's true, cuz. I've told you many times. And your monologue on Fox was must-see. It was the only thing, the only thing. Only thing. I would sit there and like. be pegged to the screen. I watched the. other guys, but it was like that was a. My wife both like, "Get the popcorn out, man." Cuz it was always something I. learned that was insightful, and I I I. got that you feel the same way I do.

Like I'm not passionate about I'm not. running for office, folks. I don't need. any more money. I've invested a whole. bunch of stuff. Life is good. I am on. the air every day as an evangelist for. this cause, and that is it. I don't care. if I ever get another sponsor. It's to warn people that government is a. cancerous plague in your life, that. outside of our military, a functioning. court system, and a local government for. some roads and traffic lights, there is.

nothing these people will do for you. that will not destroy you in the end. It's terrible. Th- Thank you for sharing that. I think. it's absolutely true. I I don't want. that to be true, but they don't have a. single success, actually. Not one. So, you know, you judge a tree by its. fruits. Want to ask you specifically. about something that has bothered me for. the past 6 weeks that we do not talk. about at all, and you are uniquely.

positioned to comment on it, and that's. the attempted assassination of Trump. And I will stop there. What was that, do. you think? Man, I you know, I. I was at a. congressional hearing with some members. of Congress who actually cared about it, Eli Crane and some others, not. necessarily some of the leadership who. I'm not saying they don't care, they. just seem don't re- It's just weird that. the former president, potentially next. president of the United States, was shot. in the head on live television. A guy.

was murdered in front of his kids, and. the story's disappeared into like the. Superman II Phantom Zone, you know? You. remember they sent Zod to the It's like. that's the story. It's like out there. for And you're like, no one Nobody knows. who the guy was working with, if anyone. No one There's not not a social media. picture has surfaced of this kid at all. So, someone asked me, was this an inside. job, or was this intent? And I never say. anything I can't back up, ever, because. then my credibility's at stake, and I'm. never going to be a sensationalist about.

it. But I will tell you this, layered incompetence is intent. Correct? I'll give you an example, right? C- Can Can Can you repeat what you just. said one more time? L- Layered. incompetence is intent. Exactly. So, so my brother-in-law's a doctor, right? And he's a smart guy. If If he's a doctor, right? And if he. goes to the mall on a 110° Oklahoma City. day, and he's he's drunk. Sorry, Chuck. He's out of drink right now. But say,

HE'S A SMART GUY, RIGHT? Sitting right. there. And he's drinking, and he's. blowing through traffic lights, and he's. got some young kiddies babysitting in. the car. And then he walks in the mall and leaves. them there, and the kid dies. Did he. intend to kill him? No. But there is so much layered. incompetence, we presume intent. So, when you're a Secret Service agent, like I was for 12 years, who's done I. mean, high-level, hot zone protection. operations everywhere from Afghanistan.

to Indonesia, you know, I've got the receipts to back. it up, and that's why they never mess. with me. You ever noticed not a single. person has come out from the Secret. Service and been like, "Nah, that guy's. messing" You ever noticed someone said. that? They don't even dare, because I'll. just whip out the Remember this? Oh, you. weren't there for that, were you? You. didn't see that. Okay. So, how how was he put on the axe? Like how. were you walked out on stage at all when. there's an open threat? How does a guy. with a rangefinder. manage to.

subvert an entire layered, you know, million-dollar security plan? How is it. you don't set up a security room? So, you don't have to ask me was it an. inside job or not, because the truth is. I don't know. I don't know insiders. I'm. an outsider. But I can tell you for a. fact, layered incompetence is intent. And although it is relevant, obviously, if someone on the inside knew about. this, and I find it very suspicious that. we know nothing about this shooter at.

all. I mean, we know everything. If you. If God forbid you were to you know, shoot a Democrat, which of course is Do. not I am absolutely resolutely against. political violence. If you were to God. forbid do that, I promise you the media. would be talking to the neighbors and. everything. But why don't we know. anything about this this this shooter, this killer? Why? You think I'm stupid? There's something. going on here. And layered incompetence. is absolutely intent. W- Okay, so layered incompetence.

is intent. Persistent indifference is approval. So, if nobody cares that Donald Trump. was just shot in the face 6 weeks ago, that lets you know they approve of it. No, I mean, nobody said. You don't find that odd, either? I mean, folks, think about it, right? There was. a debate last night, the first one, since the former president could better. than probably 50/50 shots going to be. the next president is on stage. How many.

people brought up that he was shot in. the head? Now, listen, this is there's. nothing even remotely but I I I got to. tell you man, imagine again, God forbid. it was Democrat. I protected a Democrat, I protected Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, George W. Bush was like a Democrat. sandwich. I We don't kill our political. leaders, period. But you both know. God forbid someone had done the same. thing to Kamala. There would have been moments of.

silence, rituals would have been held. before. There would have been a 7-minute. montage of videos. They would have. brought out like every single first. responder who was there would have been. honored. There would have been a closing. statement about it. Donald Trump was. shot in the head not in the halcyon days. of like 1954. This just happened. THIS. JUST I JUST SAW a movie a few weeks ago. when he said I mean it's I was coming. out of a movie when I heard it happen. It you're you're you're 100% correct.

The indifference to a man getting shot. in the head on live television and no. one even mentions it at the debate. When I said to you before. Brothers and sisters man, the the demons. are real. Evil's real. It's not some fake thing you've seen in. well, I can't explain it. I don't know. what the hell it is. I'm not your. preacher, I'm not your philosopher. Is. it some quantum mechanics thing? Is it. entanglement? Is it every good, you. know, particle has an entangled I have.

no idea. I don't know what it is. But because I. don't know what it is doesn't mean it. isn't there. My dog doesn't understand. physics. It doesn't mean it's not real. It's real and the fact that not a single. person brought up last night David Muir. I mean what was with this guy kidding. me? Trump's debating three people last. night. And then you get this Lindsey. whatever her name is that they didn't. even have the courtesy to say, you know, Mr. President you know,

we want to acknowledge what what. happened to you. We feel really terrible. from the family at ABC. Thank you for. coming out tonight. It would have been a. moment where I think even you and I. can't stand the ABC would have been like. all right, whatever like at least they. said it. Not a not a word. Not a. freaking word about it. Guy got shot in. the head on TV. And by the way, he's. been amazing. You don't even talk about. I I'm not a name dropper. I promise it's. stupid and you look like a [ __ ] when. you do it and don't have don't have. these two things don't ever do. Don't. ever tell anyone your education cuz then.

you're probably an idiot and don't ever. name drop. But in this case it's. important. I spoke to him. the next day after that. Now, maybe two. days. I want to be precise. This guy man was like nothing happened. I was like, hey Mr. President, I was. calling about something. I never call. him ever ever. So we whatever I do, trust me, he picks up cuz I never call. him. I said to him. man, being a Secret Service guy.

you know, shot in the head on that like. I can't I'm horrified, you know, we let. you down. He was like, yeah, that sucked. man. Shot in the head. He was I heard. the bullet whiz by. And then he was like. I think he went on to like ask me about. like Egg McMuffins or something. Like. he's just like. There If you know him like he's just the. most. Any other politician would have done a. national day of remembrance. Guy got. shot in the head on live TV and he's. like, yeah man, really sucked. Hurt my. ear. I got to wear a bandage. [ __ ] that's just who he is man. It's.

Sorry, had to throw that in there. What it said I completely agree with. that. And in fact, I mean his first reaction. to getting shot that night was I can't. believe how brave everybody at the event. was. They didn't run. Right. Nothing about. And I thought here this guy's been. attacked as a narcissist among many. other things, a threat to democracy. And. his first concern is for everybody else. and he's impressed by their bravery. I. mean just quite amazing.

But I do think and I don't want to get. dark about it or whatever but the fact. that. I mean for example last night at the. debate he said to Kamala Harris like. you've attacked me as a threat to. democracy not just someone you disagree. with or the opposing you're you know, your opponent. but as like an actual threat to the. United States and it's continued. existence maybe you inspired the guy to. shoot me in the face. And everyone was just like, oh stop. complaining. Oh, shut up. It's just a. .223. It's not a big deal.

And you feel like they're they're for. violence. I mean I don't know how else. to interpret that. A normal person is horrified by someone. getting shot. By the way, if Kamala Harris got shot in. the face, I would be totally opposed to. that. I'm against shooting people in the. face. I just am. And I don't like her at. all. But but they're not against it. That's what I'm saying. Well, well, well. what you're you know, I we I think you. and I always ask people to bring facts. and data and we call me and joking he. comes receipts on the show. Like what you just said isn't even. remotely controversial.

I mean that the left. I'm not going to stigmatize all. Democrats but that the modern left, the. progressive liberal radical left. worships violence as a political tool of. oppression is not even remotely. controversial if you just read the news. I mean you had people Am Am I crazy? Like you all saw it. So BLM and Antifa. decided it's a good idea to start. burning down American cities which. ironically were mostly liberal. It's. like, wow, they don't even you know, you.

know, you know, you know, you know, why dogs like. generally they won't they you put a dog. in a in a cage to train him because they. won't like [ __ ] in their own den kind of. thing. Not liberals. Like they won't. right there. Like you can't train them. They're burning their own cities down. and you've got Ali Velshi. hold on. They didn't have a choice. I. mean I'm not the first one to note you. you know, try that in a small town. It. actually won't work. It will not. It's. It's [ __ ]. It's I. It's it's.

You've got this like you're so correct. because you've got this like Stockholm. syndrome with liberals who are like if I. don't let another angry liberal burn my. liberal city down then I'm part of the. problem too. YOU'RE LIKE, WHAT? Are you. always this stupid? Like did you just. hear yourself, you idiot? So it's like. they're burning the cities down. We're all watching this. I mean. brother, you and I were on the air when. this is going down and. Ali Velshi from MSNBC, I'm pretty sure.

it was Ali. He's like, it's a mostly. peaceful but there's a building in the. background, bro. It's burning and. there's people like, yeah, this is great. Like there is zero. dispute the left glorifies violence. Zero. We don't have this problem at all. People ask me all the time, oh Debby, you political violence what do you say? I say, don't don't riot. Don't hate cops. It's not hard. What.

Wait, what's the problem? Oh, you're. shocked at my answer. That's fascinating. because Kamala Harris according to the. FBI was was almost killed by a pipe bomb. and the only people covering it are. freaking conservatives. Not you. You You. told me I'm supposed to be concerned. ABOUT VIOLENCE ON JANUARY 6TH. I'm the. only one talking about it outside of a. few other reporters like Julie Kelly. They love violence. They love it. And. here's the reason. Here's the reason. Don't ever forget. this. This is the most frightening part. about the modern liberal. See, we're all.

God-fearing patriots in this room. So. you have a built-in. emergency brake on your behavior, right? Your values do not come from the. Constitution. They're only protected by. this document but they come from God. with a capital G. That's a different. power. But it. but it gives them it creates an. asymmetric war for us and it does and. you should never forget this. Because of that emergency brake God, there are things you won't do to other.

people. You just won't. You will not go. and punch Tucker Carlson. or me in the face. You won't do it. because not because someone told you not. to do it but because God. and you just won't do it. The modern secular liberal. has no emergency brake at all. When the socialist talks about the ends. justifying the means. they're not kidding. The means mean. nothing to them. So political violence for them is.

totally justifiable. because there's no moral compass, there's no emergency brake and if they. say, well, if we put shock troops in the. street, we'll own the streets, scare the. hell out of the conservatives and we'll. engage in a group of hecklers vetoes. where they won't even speak out. then how's that not a W for us? And in their perverse minds that. calculus makes perfect sense. It's it's it's it's it's it's their. credo. It's how they live. You just have.

to understand it or you'll always get. your ass kicked by it. So what what they're doing is committing. vandalism against the country. It's. purely destructive. It's not creative at. all. They're building nothing. They're. only tearing things down. They pull down. statues. They replace them with nothing. except the homeless. So um. you ask who would do that? Who commits. vandalism? Where does that impulse come. from? The rage? And of course it comes. from within. Happy people don't do that. Happy people sort of enjoy the flowers. They don't set them on fire.

I do think the main difference between. left and right in this country it's not. political. It's fundamental. It's one. group is happy. and the other group is truly miserable. They hate themselves and therefore you. So. By the way, people who hate themselves. have no problem hating you. Be very. afraid of people who hate themselves. like Kamala Harris. When that camera. came on her at the at the open, I mean I. spent my life on TV, I can tell see fear. instantly. She was terrified. And she. kind of pulled herself together, but she. was afraid.

How do you stay happy? You're on the. happy team. Not to get too personal, but like what. is your program for staying happy? You know, um. I'm not a happy guy. No, I'm not. I love my wife a lot. I. talk about her all the time in the show. She's become kind of a semi-celebrity. just for my show and our like crazy date. night stories, but. you know, that you ever read the book. The Natural? Not the movie. The movie's.

good, but the. the book, the Malamud book and. there's a line where Roy Hobbs'. girlfriend says to Roy, you know, that we all live two lives. The one we learn from and the one we. live after that. That's a great line, but it's the second part she says it. really matters. She says, "The real path. to happiness is through suffering.". And. she's right. Now, there's a lot of like. biochemical reasons beyond the scope of. this conversation that I won't bore you. with about dopamine and all this other. crap, but God gave you a really.

intricate happiness reward system. But the only way to access it so that it. feels good, that really feels good, that. it's deep, not liberal happiness, coke, blow, crack, drinking, heroin, whatever. I'm talking about true happiness where. you feel you can die one day satisfied. Make no mistake and listen to what I'm. telling you. This is the best advice. you're ever going to get, not because it. came from me, because someone gave it to. me and it was genius. It's only through.

suffering. So, people ask me like. I joke about this cold plunge thing I. have, which sucks in the morning like. nothing you've ever seen. You ever jump. in 40-degree water at 6:00 in the. morning and every morning and just sit. there and freeze? You know why I do it? Anyone have any idea? Because it sucks. That's why. That's why I do it, because it sucks. No, I'm serious. Yeah, there's cold. shock proteins and all this stuff. Your. brain is intricately wired by the.

intelligent intelligent creator to have. to earn every ounce of happiness. My. wife and I have a date night on Friday. night. That's the one night a week me. and her let loose. And you know what? I. earned that. I'm up every morning. working out, jumping in the damn cold. plunge. I'm 50 years old, I'm falling. apart, I'm sitting there squatting, deadlifting, sweating. I'm done with my. show. I'm up from 6:00, I bang out work. from what? 10:00 to 3:00 p.m., right.

back to show prep the next day, right in. the sauna. My wife comes she doesn't do. the cold plunge, she hates it, she only. does it for She'll do this I sit in 190°. for 30 minutes. Why do I sit in it? Because it sucks. That's why. And you. know what? When you're done with it, you. ever listen to Goggins? David Goggins. you should be doing things that suck. And you know what? Your Friday nights. with your wife are going to be the. greatest gift you ever got.

Because you know why? Because it doesn't suck. And you're so used to everything. sucking. So, am I happy? No. Six days a week I'm. freaking miserable. But I am as happy as a pig in a [ __ ]. pile on Friday night. And I love my life and I'm not suicidal. and I love Jesus. I love my life. I love it and you'll love it, too. Do things that suck. Don't be a liberal.

Seek out the fake stuff. Fake phony. stuff. That's what they do. That's why. they hate themselves. Everything is fake. and artificial. Praise for each other, stupid op-eds they write. So, what do. they do? They're all smoking dope and. weed all day. Be getting up at Who the. hell gets up at 10:00 in the morning? 10:00 in the morning in the morning I'm. done with my day 10:00 in the morning. Get your ass up. That is so awesome. I just I just love.

that. So, take us out with where you think the. country is in a year and where you think. the people in this room are in a year. You described your listeners not just as. people who tune in, but as part of a. movement. Where is that movement in a. year? You know, I'm I'm worried about the. country. I'm I'm worried because. having lived through well, I'm let me. say I was young with the Reagan. revolution. I don't want to pretend I. was active in politics when I was 10.

You know, I was born in '74. But I did. live through it and I became fascinated. by it at the time. So, having lived. through that and then having lived. through Rudy Giuliani's New York, I have. a this expression that again, if you're. listeners, you know what it is. And the. question I ask everyone, I know the country is blessed and. touched by the hand of God. I know it. I. know evil's real, but I know good is. real, too. I do. I know God is real. Like I feel it. I believe in it and it's an article of. faith. I can't prove it to you. I can't.

pull a spreadsheet out of my butt and. say, "Hey, here it is." But. I'm telling you this country's. different. We should not have survived. the Revolutionary War. The odds were. 5,000 to 1 we were to win that against. the British Empire. We were saved in the. War of 1812. Some historians will tell. you by a thunderstorm. I mean, we. shouldn't have won that, either. We we. should have never survived the Civil War. and been more prosperous. We we shot. each other. It was the it was gruesome. Then we survived the hippies. I mean, how the hell who survives that? I mean, we should not be here. And it's not only.

I mean, we've spent the country into. oblivion. We have you you know, I hate. the word literally, right? I can't stand. it, but we have like non-figurative. morons running this place. And not only are we still here, but we're the most powerful empire in. the history of the known cosmos. No, it's not even close. And you're like, so. forgive me, but. that is not by power of human beings.

alone. There's some divine something. divine about the United States. It's special. I mean it. I'm not some. That's not a talking point, brothers. I'm not running for office. The the problem I have is it's all. cyclical. Like I said to you before in. an unintentional segue, like think of. the country as a collective organism. It. has to do things that suck in order to. enjoy the good times. And unfortunately, we do a lot of things that suck. So, having lived through Giuliani's New. York and Reagan's United States,

I ask people all the time, do you think it's bad enough yet? Because we'll always Churchill said it, right? Given, you know, that given the. all the opportunities in the end, the. United States will always do the right. thing, right? We'll always figure it out, but it has to get bad enough. And what makes me worry, Tucker, is I just don't think it's bad enough. yet. I don't wish suffering on anyone, but I just told you I bring suffering on.

my own life because I know it makes the. good times that much better. And I know in New York, I lived this I lived through. I think 2,500. people were murdered in the city. Do you have any idea how much That's. like Afghanistan, like under the. Taliban. And everybody in New York was like, "Oh, this is it. They're definitely going to. elect a Republican." They were finding. it two, three dead bodies a day. Giuliani runs and I don't know if you. guys remember what happened. Everybody's.

like, "Oh, he won." No, he didn't. No, he lost. Did you know that? He And everybody was. like, "How What? How the hell did he He lost in a sliver. to David David Dinkins. They called him. David Dinkins. 1989. Yeah, he lost. No one in New York could believe it. They were like, "What the hell has to. happen? What has to happen?". Well, I'll tell you what happened. 2,500. more people were murdered for four more. years. People died, like actually died, brutal.

deaths. And then Giuliani ran again. And he won in a close race. And then he ran again four years later. after cleaning the city up. I lived. through it. You know what he won by in a city where. the registration advantage was 10 to 1. Democrats to Republican? He won by 18. points. Go look it up. 18 points. So, my I'm optimistic because I know. there's a divine hand of God touching.

this place. I'm just afraid we're not even close to. bad enough yet. And anyone telling you, "Oh, yeah, it's bad enough. People are. going to wake up." We had inflation it. was, you know, 9%. Nine. Under Jimmy. Carter, you had mortgage rates that were. 15%. People have to suffer. It's not you. I. know what you're thinking. You're out. there thinking what me and Tucker are. thinking. We want to just wake them up. and go, "You don't have to do this cold. plunge thing. There's a way out of this. It's called like don't get dead and.

don't be an [ __ ] Like this isn't. hard. Here's the general rule. Don't. kill people in the street, try to give. as little money to the government as. possible, control your own health care. and like don't cut my kids' genitals off. when they're young. Like this isn't. hard. And they're like they're like no. no they're like. But then we got to try it first. Okay. All right, I can't stop you. You go. ahead. I don't know. I don't I don't. think we're I know we'll save ourselves. I just don't know if we're there yet.

Next time we meet, I would like a not in. a live setting, but a very detailed. description of your Friday night. But in the meantime, Dan Bongino. You. guys hear my my updates on Monday on the. show, right? They're pretty crazy. Don't. ever come out with me on Friday night. I. We've actually been like thrown out of. bars and stuff on a Friday. I'm a You. know Kid Rock has that song, get tossed. in the mix and thrown out of bars. I've. actually lived that. I It wasn't my. fault though, I promise. I didn't do. anything. I didn't do it.

I didn't do anything. I totally believe. you. Dan Bongino, thank you. Amazing. Thank you so much. Thank you. I appreciate it. Thanks a lot. The big tech companies censor our. content. I hate to tell you that it's. still going on in 2024, but you know. what they can't censor? Live events. And that's why we are. hitting the road on a fall tour for the. entire month of September, coast to.

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