Minaj at AmFest, Majority, MIlitary ticks?

On Monday, Rich weighs in on rapper and hip hop recording artist Nikki Minaj at Charlie Kirk's America Fest. Then, activist Kevin Smith from Loud Majority calls in. Plus, RFK Jr and  Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) say Lyme disease might be a military bioweapon. 

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What's up, America.

Speaker 4 (00:28):
I am Rich Valdes Valdez with an s a Rich
Valdez on all of the social media. Welcome to the
Monday night edition of the program. I am blessed and
happy to be here with you.

Speaker 5 (00:39):
It is what.

Speaker 4 (00:40):
It's Monday, the twenty second already of December. And if
you want to join us on our late night national
town hall conversation, you know the number to eight seven
seven Valdez one. I want to keep your company this evening,
of course, and talk about battling the forces of wokeness
with some truth, one headline at a time, from the
concrete jungle here in the Big Apa to the palm

(01:00):
trees of Miami and wherever else you guys might be,
Puerto Rico, anybody else, everywhere else that's listening. I want
to say that no chebuena, Christmas Eve is just a
couple of days away. I can almost smell the pernil roasting.
That's the roasted pig shoulder. Ah, that is so good. Anyway,

(01:23):
I want to jump into a bunch of things. Like
we often say around here, freedom isn't free, but it's
worth every single penny.

Speaker 5 (01:30):
So let's get at it.

Speaker 4 (01:31):
I mean, he goes first up those national political headlines
that prove that America's comeback is in full swing under
President Trump. At turning Point USA's Amfest, the America Fest
down in Arizona, rap megastar Nicki Minaj made a surprise
appearance on stage with Erica Kirk. She's the one of
the great Charlie Kirk as you know. And let me
tell you, Nicki Minaj lit up like a cooky on caffeene.

Speaker 5 (01:55):
Right.

Speaker 4 (01:55):
She did an amazing job praising President Trump, standing up
for the Nigeria and Christians that are facing persecution. Talking
about a plot twist in the culture wars. Right, who
would have seen it, this gorgeous black rapper being the
biggest advocate for the America First policies. It was really
a welcome surprise, and I think she was extraordinarily well

(02:18):
received by the crowd. And to me, it was just
one of those things where it's like, look, this is
why I don't like to go to war with the lefties.

Speaker 5 (02:25):
Why because they're not all die hard lefties. Right.

Speaker 4 (02:28):
Nicki Minaus was critical of Trump at one point, and
she probably identified as a Democrat or supported Democrats.

Speaker 5 (02:33):
She's Hollywood, after all. But guess what she.

Speaker 4 (02:36):
Experienced life from a different perspective five years ago, six
years ago, during the COVID attack on our lives, she
was talking about how she had a cousin that didn't
want to take the vaccine, and then she was criticized
and ridiculed by some people and realized, hey, hold on,
whatever happened to my free speech? People don't realize her.
They don't consider I should say that an artist, a

(02:56):
recording artist, a journalist on it, a broadcaster, anybody who speaks, comedians,
they speak for a living. They're out there sharing the ideas.
These people are the biggest advocates for free speech you're
ever gonna find. This is why I proudly display the microphone,

(03:17):
the headphones, the Statue of Liberty, the American flag all
that that's tattooed on my forearm because I support our liberty,
I support our right to free speech, and I want
everybody to know it. It's important that we never let
go of that. The minute they do, it's the minute
you won't hear me anymore. Right, somebody will silence me
here or you or anybody else. That's not something we
can allow. So anyway, kudos to Nicki Minaj. I got

(03:39):
some clips we're gonna play. We're gonna dig into what
she said, and she said a lot. She said a lot,
so did a lot of other People's a lot of
people there, and we're gonna get into that as well
as much of it as we can.

Speaker 5 (03:49):
I think there's probably too much for the time that
we have together.

Speaker 4 (03:52):
But in other news, you've got the Trump administration cleaning
house overseas, recalling nearly thirty ambassadors that were appointed the
old regime, no more Biden holdovers, and making room for
loyal diplomats who put America first. Like our buddy Sergio
Goru served in the White House, he served Trump in
the private sector, and now he's his excellency, the Ambassador

(04:15):
to India and a special envoy for South Asia. So
kudos to him for being there, but we need more
like him, and I think that's the plan that they
were making today in making space for some new diplomats.
Kudos to everybody who's involved in that move. That's you know,
you gotta make moves on these things, so no more
deep state holdovers. Plan foot seat with the foreign foes.

(04:38):
And check this out. Trump's torching the Barak who's saying
Obamacare yet again, calling out insurance companies that are owned
by Democrats while announcing a massive.

Speaker 5 (04:51):
Golden fleet of battleships. That's right.

Speaker 4 (04:54):
The President held a press conference at mar A Lago
to announce the golden fleet of battleships hundred times more
powerful than anything we've seen before. And man, that's good news, right.
It looks like we're winning on every angle here. The
left is obviously going to whine about the Epstein files.
And I was on news Max this weekend. I have

(05:14):
a video out on Twitter or somewhere wherever I shared it,
I didn't get to share it everywhere.

Speaker 5 (05:19):
It's been like a whirldwood.

Speaker 4 (05:20):
I've been I've had more time off than I've had
in a long time, and I've been busier than I've
been in a really long time, So forgive me if
you haven't heard from me much on Socialist As. I've
been doing stuff with news Max Christmas parties all over
the place, which is really good because it's one of
the few times in the year that I'm out this much.
So anyway, the Epstein files now they're trying to impeach Pambondi, right,

(05:45):
that's the latest move. They want to impeach her for
not delivering on their witch hunt.

Speaker 5 (05:52):
I have been the though. These people, it's like they
don't learn and they don't care.

Speaker 4 (05:54):
Though, and I'll say if excuses were like in Binalas right,
like Delos, then these people would be stuffed.

Speaker 5 (06:03):
They would have a feast.

Speaker 4 (06:04):
Anyway, I also have a heartwarming human interest story to
kind of warm your soul.

Speaker 5 (06:10):
This Cafeli's noviad. Right, it's.

Speaker 4 (06:15):
Appropriately time with no check when no check wine is
Christmas Eve. It's what we celebrate in my family. It's
you know, literally translated to the good night, and you
know it's midnight Mass and then party. It's almost like
New Year's right, It's a fantastic time. And you've heard
me say this before. And you know in Puerto Rico,

(06:35):
not necessarily here it's kind of hard to do it here.
But people go knock on each other's doors and having
traditional drinks and just enjoying themselves in the streets, bringing
out some instruments and you know, taking the moroccas, the guitar,
the congas, whatever instruments you got, and singing Christmas carols,
which they call agianados, and they sing them up and

(06:56):
down the street. They sometimes add cars to the mix
and then they it becomes like a whole parade, a
caravan called up Paranda. And I tell you, every year
I want to do it, and every year something comes
up where I can't do it. I was really hoping
to be in Puerto Rico for Christmas this year, and
with any luck, I will be. I'm just waiting on
a couple of moving parts, had some delays in my plants. Anyway,

(07:19):
there is more to come straight ahead. And the thing
I wanted to get into though before I left, was
that people stand up for things right. And this heartwarming
story I was mentioning to you. It's a story of faith,
it's a story of resilience, and that's a beautiful thing.

(07:44):
Now in one of these Bible belt towns down south,
some of the local residents are defying their mayor's Gridshey
request to yank down a Nativity display that's on public land,
and they're saying, ah ah, not on our watch. They
turned it into a community stand for faith and freedom.
It's got the townspeople rallying with hot cocoa and hymns.

(08:08):
They're out there proving that the true spirit of Christmas
truly can't be canceled. And as you've heard people quip
in the past, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Well how about this one. If it's addativity, don't nix it.

Speaker 5 (08:22):
I love that.

Speaker 4 (08:23):
Anyway, We got some heartwarming stuff right there, and I
want to remind you, or at least this reminds me,
maybe it should remind all of us of why we
need to fight for our traditions. Anyway, Shifting to some
important medical news, because sting healthy means more time with
our familias. After decades of being dismissed by the medical elite,

(08:46):
something known as chronic lyme diseases, finally getting the recognition
it deserves. Turns out it's not just in your head
and new studies show that if you're feeling the holiday
blues like depression and anxiet, that actually might jack up
your heart disease risk. Right, So it's not just oh,
it's in your head, you're just having panic. No, that

(09:08):
stuff actually takes a toll on your heart health. So
what do we gotta do. We got to prioritize our
mental health with prayer, with exercise, obviously eating better. You know,
none of those guaba pastries like the ones I have
to have. I have them from the Dominican place. I
have them from the Cuban place. I have them from

(09:28):
the Columbian place, the Cuban place. There's so many good
restaurants near me, and I enjoy anything with guaba and cheese.
Oh man, Anyway, announce the prevention is worth a pound
of cure. So keep that in mind and we'll talk
about that too a little bit more down the road.

(09:48):
And don't go anywhere because coming up in the show
in a little bit, I've got a special guest for us,
Kevin Smith. You remember him, Long Island Loud Majority. He's
a firebrand conservative activist. He's on Rumble every day on
his show on Rumble, which you need to check out
and he'll tell us all about it. But he was
at Amfest and he's going to be our man on
the ground there giving us the scoop, and you don't

(10:12):
want to miss that. Plus, with all of the chaos
in the headlines, it makes us think are we doing enough,
are we doing the right thing? Are we taking a
back seat? Or do we need to step up? Well,
we're going to talk about that more and more because
we don't want to get to a point where Christmas
is being canceled or even worse like New Year's. All right,

(10:35):
New Year's being canceled right now in Paris. You heard
about that a couple of weeks ago. I mean, this
is horrible. Now things are so bad that the propaganda's
are in full swing. I've got people in my own
family texted me this morning saying, did you hear they
canceled New Year's? I said, yeah, in France and they
said no, no, no, They've canceled it here in New
York City. And I thought to myself, dud, would you
imagine the real implications of canceling Christmas without a pandemic

(10:59):
like in the name of terrorism. I don't know if
it would work, And I don't mean Christmas, I mean
New Year's. But man, we're going to talk about that.
Judgejenine Piro wighed in on the Fox News Channel and
we got a clip of that, and I want to
talk about that because also Telsea Gabbard spoke about that
in the great speech that she gave at America Fest.
Lots to discuss. Keep it locked right here, don't go anywhere.
I'm rich Valdez.

Speaker 1 (11:19):
This is America.

Speaker 2 (11:24):
And you know when you look at all of that,
you know people can come on and they can tell
you that crime is down. But as you know, it's
the perception, and it's the report that you just had
a few minutes ago, Dana, where people think about Bondi Beach,
people think about Look, I was just in Paris and
they it's a beautiful city at the hour for the holidays,

(11:44):
and they just canceled the New Year's Eve celebration in
the Chanso Lyse because they're worried about a terrorist threat.
So what's happening across the world is that people are
starting to be fearful as they were years ago because
of what we're seeing because those of the anti Semitism,
and then.

Speaker 4 (12:02):
On the oh, hang on, right there, hold on one second, judge,
because you're onto something big here.

Speaker 5 (12:07):
This is a big deal. This is a big deal.

Speaker 4 (12:10):
When I wake up to text messages from my family saying, hey,
did you hear that they're canceling New Year's Eve in
New York City, I've got to ask myself what's going on? Right,
something's definitely going on where people are living in such fear. Now.
I think that the consumption of social media is is
a big thing.

Speaker 5 (12:30):
Right.

Speaker 4 (12:30):
It used to be people watched the news at five o'clock,
at six o'clock, you know whatever, eleven o'clock news early
in the morning.

Speaker 5 (12:38):
But that was it.

Speaker 4 (12:40):
It wasn't twenty four hour news, which used to just
be on cable TV. Now it's on streaming TV. Now,
it's in our phone, right, it's in your news feed,
on your Instagram, on your TikTok, on your Twitter. I mean,
first of all, if you're on Twitter, you're getting it
right because there's no escaping that.

Speaker 5 (12:57):
So what does all of this boiled down to.

Speaker 4 (13:00):
I think we overindulge on media, and that's not necessarily
me telling you not to listen to my show. That's
in many ways me telling you to diversify. Listen to me,
but make sure that I don't.

Speaker 5 (13:15):
Go overboard, right.

Speaker 4 (13:17):
I Mean there's days where it's heavy on news, but
for the most part, we want to hear the funny,
silly things, right, the things that help us blow off
some steam. These things are important. We got to do
this stuff so and you've got to do this stuff right.
Go to the gym, take that kickboxing class, do whatever
it is you do to you know, blow off that
steam and don't be all in on the news all

(13:40):
the time. I've been a news junkie for years, you know,
like literally, if it goes too long, like a day,
a day and a half where I haven't really tapped in,
you know, I start twitching, I get withdraw I like,
what's going on? Let me check my Twitter. I'll even,
you know, call my friends. I'll call mister producer from
the Mark Levin Show and be like, hey, bro, what's
going on? What do you know that I don't know?
What hasn't reported it? You know who's talking to you?

(14:02):
Because you know, being in this world, you tend to
get texts from different people for different things, whether it's
you know, hey, what are you doing this weekend? Or
Merry Christmas or whatever, or did you hear did you
hear blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.

Speaker 5 (14:14):
So anyway, my point is.

Speaker 4 (14:17):
Good unsuspecting people that mean well, that want to do
the right thing.

Speaker 5 (14:24):
With life.

Speaker 4 (14:26):
Right, they're just here to go to work, pay their taxes,
raise their children. These people are now concerned with a
terrorist attack thinking that New York City is not gonna
allow New Year's Eve. Now, of course it's fake, it's phony,
it's for aud it's a hoax. New York City will
definitely have New Year's Eve. But the New Year's Eve
party in Paris, France at the Champ de Lyze, it's

(14:50):
not happening.

Speaker 5 (14:52):
And that's a reality.

Speaker 4 (14:55):
And this is something that we shouldn't just accept or
take lying down. This is so then we have to
stop and really say, hold on a second, we got
to make sure that we handle this stuff. Now, judging
I Pier wasn't done. I cut her off because I
wanted to say that. But the rest of what she's
about to say is equally as profound, because it's about
what's going on in the world.

Speaker 5 (15:15):
Listen to this.

Speaker 2 (15:16):
Their aspect you've got this global these of the transnational
narco terrorist where my office was actually involved in writing
the warrant that was finally sized for the seizure of
that signed the seizure of that vessel, the Skipper off
the coast of Venezuela. Because this is an international focus

(15:38):
on crime that is coming out of DC that's impacting
Americans and the terrible narcotics trafficking that's affecting all of us.
So you know, there is a need for law and order.
There is a need for a president who's going to
take it seriously, and President Trump is and the Attorney
General is, and we're seeing the benefits in terms.

Speaker 5 (15:59):
Of the number. Well amen to that.

Speaker 4 (16:02):
And I just want to let you know today was
announced that there is a third vessel that Maludo has
tried to move out. Of course, I'm talking about Nicolas Maludo,
the self proclaimed president of Venezuela. He tried to move
another vessel around that, according to the United States, is
violating sanctions. And it's one more that we've now boxed in.

(16:23):
So it's only a matter of time before he's got
no more oil and we've got it all. And I
never thought, you know, i'd be rooting on something that
somebody's gonna say Trump is a pirate, the United States
are stealing. But in this case, it's one of those
things where these people need to be helped. The people
that are suffering under communism in Venezuela, the people that

(16:45):
are flooding the border in Colombia to Venezuelans that would
love to stay in Venezuela but they can't because they're
dying on the vine. There's no work there. When I
was in Colombia, I've shared this before, but I'll share
it again, every cab driver was Venezuelan. There's prostitution all
over Medighin at all hours of the day, all ages too.

(17:09):
And you start to you know, you go buy a
cup of coffee. You start seeing people and you go,
is this always like this? And they go they shake
their head like yeah, yeah, it's very popular. These women
are coming from Venezuela and they'll do anything to turn
a book. And you start to learn that many of
these women are Venezuelan and they're just trying to survive.
And that's the reality of unchecked immigration, when people are

(17:30):
able to sneak into a country, and that's what we're
seeing here right, Look at AOC's district. It's become prostitution central.
It's really a shame. Speaking of queens, Nicki Minaj, Nicki
Minaj pulling up to Amfest, surprising everybody in the crowd

(17:50):
and including me. I didn't think she was going to
be an Amfest and what she had to say, and
man's I feel like Nicki Minaj a couple of years
older than younger than me.

Speaker 5 (17:58):
I'm a couple of years older than her, but.

Speaker 4 (18:00):
I feel like she gets prettier and prettier each time
I see her, not just me, That's all I'm saying.
And no disrespect to her husband. I know she's married.
It's a compliment to both of you. Anyway, we're gonna
talk about Nicki Minaj and why she says that President
Trump and Jade Vance are quote unquote role models. Then
why she is standing up for the Christians that are

(18:22):
being slaughtered in Nigeria, and her conversation with Erica Kirk.
Plus we've got our buddy Kevin Smith from the Loud
Majority joining us in a moment.

Speaker 5 (18:30):
Don't go anywhere, I'm Rich Valdez.

Speaker 1 (18:34):
This is America. This is America.

Speaker 3 (18:52):
Bara In Glace or Primal Norodos Bara rich fald Is
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Speaker 4 (19:02):
Right, I mean it goes welcome back rich Valdez here
with you this Monday night, keeping you company and giving
you all of the scoop on what's going on.

Speaker 5 (19:11):
And I want to get.

Speaker 4 (19:12):
Into the America Fest of course, Charlie Kirk's annual gathering. Right,
it was in my mind it was always the Seapack
for young kids, right, for high school and college people.
And I've never been to an Nfest. They were never
in the right place for me, right, Arizona's a little
out of the way for me, but nor I.

Speaker 5 (19:31):
I think I've never really been invited to be a one, right.

Speaker 4 (19:36):
I usually end up at Seapack because there's an invitation
to something there, and these are phenomenal conferences, no question.
I just tend to be always stuck to the microphone somewhere,
which I don't mind, right, I love doing what I do.
But just explaining why I wasn't there. But one of
my buddies was there, and we're gonna chat with him
in the next segment, Kevin Smith.

Speaker 5 (19:58):
But I want you to hear a little bit about
what was said there.

Speaker 4 (20:01):
Because Nicki Minaj is definitely the show stopper, even though
Vice President jd Vance I'm here, I'm burying the lead
basically launched his campaign for president a little bit early,
I would say, but Erica Kirk endorsing him for president
of the United States and him, you know, giving some
really conciliatory words regarding Charlie Kirk and the ongoing rift

(20:26):
that exists in the conservative movement, and a lot of
this in large parts circles around people that have always
been the closeted bigots feeling the license to expose themselves. Now,
this doesn't mean everyone that is critical or criticizing the
Israeli government or Prime Minister at Yahoo is an anti semi,

(20:51):
but I would say it's probably a large part of
those people, right, and then there's some out there that
are openly admitted they that they don't like the Jews.
But all that aside, we'll talk about the beef. Amongst
the different speakers that were there, I want to get
into Nicki Minaj because I think she again was the showstopper.

(21:13):
She's the one that everyone's going to report on. What
you know, some of the conservative influencers said about one
another will be reported in conservative media, but the everybody
media like Hollywood Reporter, CNN, you know, CBS News, all
that stuff, All of those guys are going to be

(21:33):
the ones that are reporting on what Nicki Minaj had
to say, because this is going to blow them away.
And honestly, it blew me away. I was like, Man,
I really wish I was at this event. Had I
known she was going to be there, I would have
made plans. And not that I'm a huge fan of
Nicki Minaj her music, although I am. I liked as
a handful of songs that I like, but I like

(21:54):
those songs a lot, But more so, I love where
she's at now, this new level of confidence and understanding
and I'm going to say understanding of herself and understanding
of where we are as a nation. And I think
she positioned it so well in what she talked about,
and she talked about a bunch of things. She talked

(22:15):
about the importance of speaking on politics with Erica Kirk.
She spoke about why it's important to have courage in
the face of backlash. She talked about why it's important
to stand up for Christians, the importance of speaking at Amfest,
and how that means something because of the fact that

(22:38):
most people are there to honor God in their politics.
I mean, really just impactful stuff. And ultimately she talked
about her love for Vice President Trump excuse me, Vice
President of Vance and President Trump.

Speaker 6 (22:53):
This is something I know that's really important to you
then on your heart, and I just personally want to
know what inspired you to speak out for the Christians
that are being slaughtered in Nigeria.

Speaker 7 (23:08):
Well, and that brings me back to our great president
and this administration and our great country that we take
for granted that they're right now in this world are
people who cannot worship God as they please, where they please.

(23:29):
We take it for granted because we have it. We
can't even imagine not having that right. But every time
we pray and fellowship, we have to remember the people
that are right now in this world hiding to pray
and fellowship, and we have to pray for them. And

(23:51):
first of all, Nigeria is a place I've always loved.
Someone very dear to me. My pastor is Nigerian. I
have lots of Nigerian barbs, and so hearing that people
are being kidnapped and while they're in church people are

(24:15):
being kidnapped, people are being killed brutalized all because of
their religion, and that should spark outrage in the Great America.
And that's what it did. And again, we're not backing
down anymore. We are not going to be silenced by

(24:39):
the bullies anymore. Okay, know that, hear that, receive that, bullies,
We won't be silenced ever again.

Speaker 1 (24:52):
We will speak up.

Speaker 7 (24:53):
For Christians wherever they are in this world.

Speaker 5 (24:58):
Amen.

Speaker 8 (25:00):
Amen, I don't know if you can see this at home,
but she is getting a ton of standing ovations.

Speaker 4 (25:15):
Truly remarkable, I mean great to watch, too, great to
see what's going on. That wasn't the clip I was
thinking she did say she loved President Trump there, but
it was a different clip. Can we get the clip
if you can, where she says that President Trump and
Vice President Vance are role models. But before we get
to that, let's talk about this since we just listened

(25:35):
to this, a very impactful statement. Here you have this rapper,
I guess very little, right, something perhaps to a large
group of conservative Christians that are gathered for political purposes,
conservative politics, not necessarily the Nicki Minaj crowd.

Speaker 5 (25:53):
Right, And look, I.

Speaker 4 (25:54):
Myself like I said, I have maybe one or two
songs in my playlist. That doesn't mean I don't like
her music, but I'm just really not that active of
a fan. But I learned about her back in twenty twelve.
She had a song called super Bass. It was all
over the radio. I used to drive to Trenton, New
Jersey when I was working in the Christian administration back then,
and it was very popular. And my radio station would

(26:16):
change in the car, because I listened to radio even
for music, at least at that time, I did in
my car, and I would switch from the New York
market to the Philly market, so I would get staticky
and I'd have to change to the hip hop station,
which is ninety six in Philly and it's ninety seven
in ninety seven to one in New York. Long story, short,

(26:39):
good song. I thought she had talent, that thought she
had humor. Not every artist, rappers in particular, are able
to I should say they're not able to infuse humor
into their music. At least they're not allly able to
do it well, is what I'm trying to say. Right
Like Bad Bunny, I think, for example, many of you
may not be fans some of you might be. But
he's a very funny guy. His his lyrics are clever.

(27:02):
He uses a lot of humor. Henceforth why he likely
has hosted Saturday Night Live twice. He uses the humor
and it makes you laugh and chuckle in the midst
of bopping your head to the music. Nicki Minaj strikes
me the same way. And I love what she stands for.
I love how she's evolved as an adult, as a parent,
as a human being, as a sister and the Lord

(27:23):
all that fun stuff. But as a professional as a speaker,
you know, she handled herself with poise. I thought she
said a lot of interesting things. You give me a
lefty celebrity, Rosie O'Donnell. You think Rosie o'donald compares in
class in anything right in talent to Nicki Minaj. I
don't think so. Whether you're a fan or not, it's

(27:43):
just it isn't there. Now, let's see if we get
that clip of her discussing President Trump and Vice President Vanta.

Speaker 7 (27:54):
You have amazing role models. Handsome, dashing president, and you
have amazing role models like the assassin.

Speaker 5 (28:14):
JD.

Speaker 7 (28:15):
Van's our vice president. And when I say that, I
trust me.

Speaker 6 (28:22):
There's nothing new under the sun that I have not heard.

Speaker 5 (28:25):
So you're fighting.

Speaker 8 (28:30):
Yes, we did. I love it.

Speaker 5 (28:34):
You have to laugh about it. Truly.

Speaker 6 (28:36):
I have been called every single thing, and you know what,
God is so good you let it roll right off
your back. And this is what's so beautiful about this moment,
because if the Internet wants to clip it, who cares.
I love this woman. She's an amazing woman. She has
a soul and a heart for the Lord. And words
are words, but I know her heart and it doesn't

(28:58):
even matter. And you say you want to say, because
I know you're heard, I will not judge that.

Speaker 2 (29:04):
Thank you.

Speaker 5 (29:06):
And there you have the full context of the clip. Right.

Speaker 4 (29:08):
They tried to ridicule, they tried to say this, and
whether she misspoke or not, she intentionally made the effort
to apologize. Erica Kirk made it clear there was no
ill will. But yet the media will do on purpose
what they always do. It's a shame and I want
to end with this. Nicki Minaja's thoughts on the Trump administration,

(29:31):
outside of being dashing and debonair, check this one out.

Speaker 6 (29:36):
So with regard to the current administration, what has been
maybe the biggest surprise for you or something that you
just really has been put on your heart that you've
learned about our president and our vice president.

Speaker 5 (29:55):
Well, I have.

Speaker 7 (29:59):
The utmost respect an admiration for our president. He he
has I don't know if he even knows this, but
he's given so many people hope.

Speaker 5 (30:22):
He's given so many people hope. You know what.

Speaker 4 (30:25):
I'm old enough to remember a time when Donald Trump
influenced a lot of rappers and they were at all
of his parties, and he was at all of theirs.
And I feel like we're getting closer and closer to
getting back to that place. So there you have it.
Is America being made great again? I would say yes.
I'm sure some would say nope, it's just Nicki Minaj

(30:47):
going the wrong way, becoming a racist, white supremacist, islamophobe, homophobe,
and every other phobeist they can think of. More to
come straight ahead. Kevin Smith weighs in on all of it,
and the punctuation of the conversation between Nicky and Erica Kirk,

(31:08):
don't go anywhere.

Speaker 1 (31:09):
This is America. This is America. Well, thank you, rich
and thank you for everything.

Speaker 9 (31:28):
I know you very well, and I have I listened.
But I have a lot of people that listen and
they love your show, and I appreciate it very much.

Speaker 6 (31:39):
Right now, have you have you been involved with speaking
about politics? What was kind of the.

Speaker 8 (31:46):
The turning point for you?

Speaker 7 (31:50):
What was the turning point? Well, I just got tired
of being pushed around. Yeah. Sometimes you just get tired
of it and then you realize, wait a minute, I
have something inside of me that's stronger than what's out there.

Speaker 8 (32:16):
That's right.

Speaker 7 (32:17):
So when you've had enough, you realize, wait a minute,
why do I even care about these people and what
they think? Who are they? They don't even know who
they are. So I'm not going to I'm not going
to back down anymore. I'm not going to back down
ever again.

Speaker 6 (32:37):
Way.

Speaker 4 (32:40):
So that is Erica Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk,
And that was America Fest this weekend with rap superstar
that Trinidaddy and Battie Queen herself, Nicki Minaj and I
want to get our buddy Kevin Smith. He's been waiting
in the wings on Mute on Hold on standby.

Speaker 5 (33:00):
You know Kevin Smith.

Speaker 4 (33:01):
He's got a great video podcast on rumble dot com.
He is one of the founders of the Long Island
Loud Majority. For those of you who were in the
audience from my New York days, I used to have
these guys on the radio talking about amazing activism they
were doing then, and they're doing it even more now
at the national level.

Speaker 5 (33:19):
Kevin Smith, welcome.

Speaker 9 (33:20):
My brother, have to go man, Thanks for having me.

Speaker 4 (33:23):
It's going great, bro. Now I want to chat a
little bit about Amfest. What was you know, give us
I guess the play by play for everybody who's listening
who wasn't there.

Speaker 5 (33:32):
What was the vibe like in the room with Nicki Minaj?

Speaker 4 (33:36):
There were people kind of like saying, oh my gosh,
what are we doing here with this, you know, really
hot rapper chick? Or was it like, oh that's really cool.
We've got somebody you know out here, you know, Team Trump,
Team America. What was the vibe like?

Speaker 9 (33:49):
You know, it was cool because everybody was shocked. Nobody
knew that was happening. You know, none of the people
who none of the influencer team, we had no idea
that it was going to be putting it. But it
was really cool because it was nice to see somebody
really stick their neck out for something that they seem
to truly believe in. You know, Nicki Minaj gained nothing

(34:11):
by going to Amfest. It's not like Christian Conservatives are
suddenly going to be listening to the hardcore rap music
from fifteen years ago, right, I mean I still well,
I still will, but that's what I grew up with.
So I don't think she gained anything. I think that
she felt strong about it. And you know, if we're
going to be the big Tent party, then we have
to welcome people in when they finally see the light.

(34:32):
And I think that was I think that's the macro.
The micro was was pretty cool that, you know, she
surprised everybody and popped in and now everybody is team Nicky,
so m it's pretty cool.

Speaker 4 (34:46):
And Kevin Smith again, I think it's something you said.
Was really interesting to me, was that the big tent vibe.
It seemed very present there. Right, there's a lot of
Christians there. I think she's a Chris and it's gotten
a lot closer in her faith, which is what kind
of brought her I think, I'm gonna say, closer to

(35:08):
the conservative movement. I think Charlie Kirk extending an olive
branch to her back when she was getting beaten up
because she didn't want to take a COVID vaccine and
talking about her cousin who had become ill for taking
a COVID vaccine five six years ago. This was like,
like they said, all pun intended a turning point for her.

(35:28):
And I'm wondering if if you think that we're going
to see more of that in mainstream culture.

Speaker 9 (35:36):
I mean, I hope. So obviously, there were a lot
of clips that went viral for you know, a lot
of big name conservatives who you know, had some pretty
some pretty stark differences with each other, you know, Ben
and Steve, Bannon and Tucker and Megan and everybody was
kind of going at each other. But you know, I

(35:56):
hope that over the course of the next year, many
of those people, because they the four of them, or
four of the biggest names in our movement, I hope
that they're able to put their differences aside for the
greater goal of the midterms in twenty twenty sixth and
preserving well preserving the ability for the Trump agenda to
really take off. So I hope they do. And look,
and I said this all the time, you know, if

(36:18):
you if you agree with me eight out of ten times,
then let's get it done. Let's put the two things
that we disagree with the way. I think not enough
attention was paid to the unifying speeches that were their
Erica Kurtz Bank Johnson's JD Vance basically I mean roll
in tench and Purposes launched his campaign Sunday night. So

(36:39):
I think that, you know, I think that a lot
of these people are gonna get over themselves soon enough
to soon to focus on the goal.

Speaker 5 (36:51):
Yeah, all right, Well, I want to get into two
things that you just said.

Speaker 4 (36:54):
Number One is I really hope that we can kind
of get over ourselves, because I don't know if this
is a get over yourself kind of moment. And what
I'm saying is, I'll give you my perspective on this, right.
I think that there's always been a group of people
in any political movement that are there for reasons other
than the reasons everyone else is there, if that makes

(37:15):
any sense.

Speaker 5 (37:16):
Right.

Speaker 4 (37:16):
So, what I mean is, like, for example, through the
years of me being involved in this stuff in media
and politics, I've met a lot of people that would
say things to me, you know, straight to my face
without trying to insult me, say things like, you know,
we're facing the brownification of America.

Speaker 5 (37:30):
Oh snap, you're a brown guy, you know, or.

Speaker 4 (37:34):
They would say things like look, man, you know they
would be very vocal against illegal immigration. But when you really,
when push comes to shove, it's not because it's a
violation of our national security. It's not because of anything
other than they were afraid of losing their culture.

Speaker 5 (37:50):
And that can be your position.

Speaker 4 (37:52):
I've met a lot of people that are, you know,
white European chauvinists. They want to continue being the majority
in this I have no issue with that. That's a fact,
and that's their prerogative. My position is just don't hide
and make it seem like you're all for national security
when it's really a cultural aspect that you're promoting. And

(38:14):
in the same way, I bring that up for no
personal privilege. It's really to make the point that there
have always been people, the David Dukes of the world,
that hid on the fringes of the Republican Party, and they,
for most intent and most purpose, I've never seen them
be accepted. Matter of fact, one of the biggest critics
I've ever seen of folks on the right that way.

(38:36):
The far right was Donald Trump even when he was
a Democrat. So I say that to say there's now
a push towards and I don't know if they're getting
support from the Russians, I would say they are. I
would say that a lot of this rhetoric is the
type of rhetoric we've been hearing Putin talk about for
a long time. But irrespective of the why, the question

(38:57):
becomes we now have these factions that think the Jews
are great people, and then there's those that anyone but Jews.
And I don't know that that's something like you said,
they can get over themselves. I don't know that that's
something people will get over. I think there are certain
people that have such deeply held resentment towards the Jews
that you're seeing it create not just a fissure, but

(39:21):
I'm going to say a fraction or a fracture in
the conservative movement.

Speaker 1 (39:29):
Yeah.

Speaker 9 (39:29):
No, definitely. And this is something that I feel like
a lot of people in the mainstream are trying to
either ignore or downplay that there is a serious question
about this, and if it is not addressed, it will
it will be a look, you said, a serious fracture,

(39:50):
particularly among young people, and I feel like a lot
of them are just kind of sticking their nose and
they just sticking their head and the sand on it.
There is a faction that it's Israel. I'm not of
that action, but it is a furious number of people.
And unless those who are running with party start to understand,

(40:10):
I mean, like the institutional people at the UNC or
in Congress, in the House, unless they start to address
the concerns see you get here, what happens. Give It
happens when people have legitimate concerns or questions and then
they are shut down and cold names. It forces them

(40:34):
into the hands of people like Nick Plentis. It forces
them into the hands of genuinely bad people. If I
haven't if I have any question whatsoever, people really jump
down your throat about it. And you can see it online.
You see it in the podcast, well you see it,
you know on on on mainstream news. They really jump

(40:57):
down your throat about it. And that's a lot of
what the left did on many cultural issues that made
us the big tent party in the first place. There
were many people who voted for Trump because they were
cast aside, because they were like do I really have
to take this vaccine? Or ooh yeah, like you know,
should I really allow a teenage boy into my teenage

(41:19):
girls wogger room? And then they will go bigots and
anti Faxeris and transphoba and they went to help with
you people. So I think that when people have legitimate questions,
they should be answered, because when they aren't, they tend
to be pushed into the hands of Like I said,
people like Nick wentis.

Speaker 4 (41:36):
This is a great point and one that I'll support, right,
And that's kind of how I started this saying. I
think if you tell people who you are, or at
least what your concern is or what your questions are, honestly,
I think that people respect that. I think it becomes
an issue for a lot of people when we are
in a place where, like you said, somebody may have
a question, right do they see a video and sadly

(41:58):
our social media And I'm gonna say, I'm gonna use
the word hijack. But it may have always been a
tool for propaganda from its inception, but I'm gonna say
has been hijacked by every competing interest that there is.
For example, the Iranians, the Russians, right if you anytime
you hear, you know a lot of rhetoric that's kind
of a anti BLM and pro white Western culture.

Speaker 5 (42:24):
This is not designed to make a point.

Speaker 4 (42:25):
It's designed to galvanize people who feel that way towards
the causes that Russia can try to coalesce people around.

Speaker 5 (42:34):
And they've been doing this for years. This is what
Marxists do best, and they do it a lot.

Speaker 4 (42:39):
So in seeing this happen, I think there is nothing
wrong on its face with saying, you know, I don't
think that's good what NETANYAHUO just did, and or I
have a question about what NETANYAHUO just did without being
labeled an anti semi. I get that, and I think
that people have always had that right. I think that
this is being kind of played up in the eyes

(43:01):
of the people that want to do a lot more
than just criticize the Israeli government and actually you know,
get into you know, it's.

Speaker 5 (43:10):
Kind of like a foot in the door.

Speaker 4 (43:12):
It's like, well, I have some critiques about the government
of Israel because and then go straight down this tirade
and to go because the Jews run the banks, the
Jews run Hollywood, the Jews run this and now it's
now it's clearly an anti Semitic.

Speaker 5 (43:24):
Diatribe.

Speaker 4 (43:25):
So I wonder how do we come down on this,
because I don't think I don't know of a conservative.
I've never met one that has been intolerant towards debate.
But I do meet conservatives that are intolerant towards engaging
in hating Israel, And to them, I say, I guess

(43:46):
you know, good for you, But at some point we
have to have some dialogue. And I don't know how
we're gonna have this dialogue if if it's prevented.

Speaker 9 (43:55):
Oh no, absolutely, you're right. And I think that a
lot of people do sought out that world. Where are
the the the new quote of of the online of
online people, I'm just asking questions, and then I'm just
asking questions turns into a nefarious.

Speaker 5 (44:12):
Acts because they were never asking questions to begin with.

Speaker 9 (44:15):
Yeah, exactly. And I think that, you know, I think
that most people who who question Israel, for example, do
not hate Jewish people. I think many of them have
concerns about the war or concerns about you know, American
role in the world. And I think that a lot

(44:36):
of them get co opted by the bad people because
the bad people are saying, come with me, I will
answer your questions now. Their answers are wrong, their answers
are misguided, their answers are anti Semitic. But you can't
shut down the date on any topic and expect that

(44:56):
people will not speak answers somewhere. So if good people
don't give them answers, if good people tell them to
stop talking, they will migrate to the nefarious actors. And
I really hope that less and less people do that.

Speaker 5 (45:13):
Yeah, and I agree with what you're saying.

Speaker 4 (45:14):
I think we have to be able to have these
conversations when they're legitimate, and I guess the bigger question
becomes a lot of the time they're just not legitimate, right,
It's not I don't think there's anybody out there saying
you can't critique whoever you want a critique.

Speaker 5 (45:29):
People critique people all the time. That's what we do
all day long in the media.

Speaker 4 (45:33):
I think it's a question of hiding behind the critique
and hiding behind saying, Look, I'm just at like you said,
I'm just here to ask questions. This doesn't seem right
to me. Go ahead, say what you got to say,
but be honest about it. And I guess I think
that's really where I'm falling in on this is saying
so much of these quote unquote questions or this critique

(45:55):
of the government is really I don't like the Jews,
and they're trying to bring people on board who legitimately
do have a critique of whatever's going on, especially what
you're talking about, like the anti war crowd, which Trump
himself is a big part of.

Speaker 5 (46:09):
He's a big anti war guy.

Speaker 4 (46:11):
And and and I think this is where things are
getting conflated. And I have to give credit to President
Trump because you know, I would say one of his
biggest supporters, in my opinion, was Tucker Carlson, and he
very publicly, you know, called Tucker out, saying, you know,
he thought he was off his rocker and whatnot. And
it took a lot of guts, I think, to do

(46:31):
that to somebody with such a large media platform.

Speaker 9 (46:35):
Oh absolutely, you know. And they have they've had like
a they've had like a quiet tip for quite some time.
If anybody wants to go back and watch, you can
watch Bend Sunday conversation with with Tucker from about five
years ago. You could tell there was some there was
a whiff there between like the sort of old school
republicanism and the sort of new age populism that's that's

(46:57):
been emerging, yeah for a while now. The right, you know,
they did take a lot to go out then certainly
did not hold anything back, which you know he never does,
and Tucker didn't as well. But I think that on
a macro level, I think their goals are relatively the
same when it comes to what they want for the

(47:18):
at least the direction in which they want to go,
and that is not towards the left. So I hope
that they're able to either play nice in the same
box or not say anything nice at all and uh
and focus on the mission for the next whole other months. Now, well,
they better means to be seen. But I one can hope.

Speaker 4 (47:36):
Well, I honestly, it's it's kind of almost a guarantee.
I'm going to say, while they're killing each other, right,
I have kids, and I have two daughters, and I
can tell you when my little girls were little, they're
four years apart, but once they got big enough to
really fight, they used to fight, and they would come
downstairs from their room to me the referee, because I'd
be like cut it out, let me see you, and

(47:57):
they wouldn't stop their fight. I would have one girl
holding the other girl's hair and they'd come down with
a handful of fistful of each other's hair, walking side
by side down the stairs and to tell me who
did what wrong?

Speaker 5 (48:12):
And this is what we're seeing now.

Speaker 4 (48:14):
So I guess my next question is they're gonna go
knock down, drag them straight to twenty twenty sixth and
then twenty twenty eight, and I guess the question becomes, now,
is that gonna cost us twenty twenty six and twenty
twenty eight. I don't think it will, but somebody's gonna
say that if we don't succeed.

Speaker 5 (48:35):
That's Part A.

Speaker 4 (48:36):
And then Part B is do you think that ultimately
there's a reconciliation or was the vibe in the room
kind of like what's going on here? I guess was
this viewed positively or negatively by the Amfest crowd.

Speaker 9 (48:54):
Well, I'll address the second question first. I think a
lot of the reason why people were so taking off
guard is because then was the first speaker, and it
was like right out of it. Well, he was one
of I don't know if he was exactly the first,
but it was the first night. Jimmy Tucker, we were like, oh,
you know, we're all for the races here now. It
was definitely uncomfortable in the room where I was watching it.

(49:17):
It was definitely very odd that people were like, all right,
like what are we doing here? I hope that if
there can't be a reconciliation then at least maybe they
just leave, you know, to use your analogy, we just
put them in separate rooms for a while, a sob
they cool off. Now to address the first part, I
think the problem is is that Charlie was the referee, right.

(49:41):
I think that Charlie was so impactful and so powerful
in this movement that he was the glue that sort
of kept the war infections at day. And now that
there is no one, you know, Charlie was number one,
and Tucker and Ben and Meghan and insert whoever else

(50:05):
you want there, we're too A to B, two C
two D. Charlie is clearly the number one, and until
that number one gets filled by somebody, we're not going
to have a referee to keep the warring factions at day.
And I think that happened. But you know, look that
happened throughout history. When you saw civilization to go to

(50:26):
war with each other, it was usually after a king
died and they were no longer able to keep the
warring tribes, you know, at peace with each other. So
I hope somebody steps up until that void. I don't
know who can do it.

Speaker 5 (50:40):
I don't know if you can do it.

Speaker 4 (50:42):
If he will, right, I mean, he's president, which kind
of you know, I guess A you could say he's
the de facto leader of the party, or B he's
busy being president and doesn't have the time to do that.
But I think it's kind of going to fall on
him to say, look, guys, we're all, like you said,
we're all going in the same direction. Let's not kill
each other along the way, or it might cost us

(51:02):
this stuff.

Speaker 5 (51:03):
And I'm hopeful that that we can get there.

Speaker 4 (51:05):
And I have a feeling that, you know, Trump likely
will just because of his I guess commitment or interest
in in kind of kicking off the campaign now, right,
it seems like, yeah, he's very, very focused on on
holding onto the House and Senate, which is key for
the rest of his agenda to move forward. So but
I guess the first part of the question was was

(51:27):
the vibe in the room kind of like I can't
believe this is happening at Amfest, or was it like
I'm grateful that we have a place like Amfest where we.

Speaker 5 (51:33):
Can do this.

Speaker 9 (51:36):
It was definitely awkward, but like I said, I think
a lot of that was because it was the first night.
You know, it was kind of like right out of
the gate, everybody was kind of taking off guard by it. Nobody,
I mean, we figured that Ben would come after you know, Candae,
which I have absolutely no problem with whatsoever, because I
think she's just saying But then Ben kind of then

(51:57):
kind of came out swinging against everybody, and it definitely
got a little uncomfortable. But I understand why he did it.
I absolutely understand why he did And Tucker really didn't
address it so much. Obviously. You know, you've been in
this game long enough you know that Ben Shapiro and
Steve Banden have hated each other for like ten fifteen years.

(52:19):
That's that's real secret there. Anybody, you know, if you're
in this industry, you are fully aware of that. But
it was, it was, it was weird. It was definitely
a odd to say the least, but I think that
we I think that everybody kind of got over it
once the speeches were kind of coming underway. The second day,
Benny Johnson's speach was incredibly unifying. Jack. The cervic speech

(52:42):
was unifying. They brought out that uh, they brought out
that target employee that that.

Speaker 5 (52:46):
Yeah, I saw that. That was really awesome. She's my
new hero.

Speaker 9 (52:51):
Oh yeah, like you know. So, I think that those
clips went really viral, but there weren't plenty of unifying moments.
It's as well that certainly didn't catch as much attention.
And I think if we stay focused on that and
we let these sort of we let these guys you know,
go go in their rooms and cool off, I think

(53:12):
we'll be in better shit.

Speaker 5 (53:13):
Yeah, well, i'll tell you.

Speaker 4 (53:15):
For me, with my kids, what I had to do
was look at them both and say, listen, I don't
know who's right, and I don't know who's wrong, but
I know who's got the belt, and it's me. And
if you want to wear it on your butt, you're
about to if you don't let go of each other's
hair and make peace.

Speaker 5 (53:27):
And that always worked.

Speaker 4 (53:28):
But they were little kids and I was their dad
I don't know if that's going to happen in this situation.

Speaker 5 (53:32):
We'll stay tuned.

Speaker 4 (53:33):
Now, let's switch gears a little bit and talk to
me about your show, your show on Rumble and everything
that you're up to. I bump into you quite often.
I know you're always out there. You're out and about
doing things with campaigns and whatnot. What's going on in
the world of Kevin Smith.

Speaker 9 (53:52):
Oh list? So I hosted a show every day three
pm Eastern on Rumble. You can just type in loud
majority and I'll pop right up. You know, news politics.
My show is really about getting people active and teaching
them how to get engaged, not only in their local community,
but in campaigns as well. I try to convey to
people that politics is not a spectator sport. You know,

(54:13):
you have to get involved. I say to people all
the time who say they're not added to politics, I'd say,
you know, you may not be into politics, but politics
is into you. So if you don't, you don't. If
you don't pay attention, somebody else will, and decisions get
made by those who show up. The radical Left shows up.

(54:34):
They show up in mess every election. That's why they
were able to take over so many school boards and
really radicalize our culture. So it's time for Conservatives America first,
people MAGA the magabase, to get off the sidelines, because
it took nefarious people fifty years to destroy this country
to make it what it is now. If you think

(54:56):
we're going to take it back in one election, you're wrong.
And this can get be a prolonged process. And if
this not the movement is going to be a movement
and not one man, then then if you're listening to
this right now, if you want to get involved, shoot
me a message and I will get you involved wherever
it is you may be. I've got activists in every
state all over the country, people that can really really

(55:18):
show you the way, good people who are in it
for the right reasons.

Speaker 5 (55:21):
Folks.

Speaker 4 (55:22):
We're on with Kevin Smith Loud Majority. They started out
in New York Long Island. And I love the name
loud Majority because for years, you know, the Conservatives have
been known as the silent majority, and it's about time
we stop being silent. And I love that you call
yourselves the loud majority. Now, keV, tell everybody who is

(55:42):
interested in getting active and tuning into your show, how
do they find you online. How do they watch your show?
How do they send you a message? Where do they go?

Speaker 9 (55:54):
You guys said, message me on Twitter? If you're not
on Twitter, you did shoot me a message Majority USA
dot Com. I'm the one who answers them, so it's
not like I have a giant team here. You'll be
talking directly to me, or message me on Facebook. You
can go to loud Majority on Facebook. That's Lot Majority

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US on Facebook. Like I said, I'm the one who
answers all of them. Or tune in every day at
three pm and I'll let you know how to get.

Speaker 4 (56:23):
Involved outstanding Now for people tuning in every day at
three pm, where do they go?

Speaker 5 (56:27):
How do they do it?

Speaker 9 (56:30):
Facebook? Twitter, Rumble. I'm on pretty much every platform you
can find. So if you go to Rumble you can
go to you can just type in lot Majority US
right into the top and I'll pomp it up.

Speaker 4 (56:42):
Sounds good, brother. I'm looking forward to joining you guys
with streaming video. I've been doing radio for all these
years and have actually been contractually prevented from doing any
streaming video. But that's changing very very soon, So we'll
be neighbors in the Rumble world pretty soon.

Speaker 5 (56:57):
Brother. Thank you.

Speaker 9 (56:58):
Well, if I don't what Rich he said, that face
needs to be on camera. You gotta get that work down,
my friend.

Speaker 4 (57:05):
Thank you, brother. I appreciate it. Folks, give him a
follow online on X wherever you do your social media.
Kevin Smith, I love your brother. You are a gentleman,
a scholar, and a patriot.

Speaker 5 (57:15):
Thank you, sir, thanks for having me. Rich you bet
all right, I mean goes. There is more to come
straight ahead.

Speaker 4 (57:20):
Keep it locked right here, Lime disease, my final thoughts
and more.

Speaker 5 (57:25):
Don't go anywhere. Keep it locked right here. I'm Rich Valdez.

Speaker 1 (57:29):
This is America, this is America. He's got the best
head of hair and podcasting. This is America with Rich Valdez.

Speaker 5 (57:46):
All right, I mean, he goes.

Speaker 4 (57:47):
Welcome back, Rich valdesk keeping your company this Monday night.
We're about to head into the wrap up. But I
want to start with lime disease. Now, I don't know
if you guys know lime disease has all sorts of effect.
I've never had lime disease, so I can't speak on
this authoritatively from my own first person perspective.

Speaker 5 (58:07):
A lot of breakthroughs going on with lime disease.

Speaker 4 (58:10):
We've got some interesting stuff that's coming out on this
Both Congress and Chris Smith from New Jersey announcing today
the twenty second of December twenty twenty five that there
might be a link between bioweapons from foreign militaries and
lime disease, and the media has been upset ever since.

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Secretary Kennedy talked about this initially during his confirmation hearings.
Quick flashback to that. Listen to this part of his
confirmation hearing where Senator Michael Bennett, Democrat from Colorado was
asking him if he in fact believed this. His answer, well,
an honest one.

Speaker 1 (58:48):
Did you say that lime disease is.

Speaker 6 (58:52):
Highly likely a materially engineered bioweapon?

Speaker 5 (58:56):
I made sure I put in the highly likely.

Speaker 6 (58:58):
Did you say lime disease is a highly likely militarily
engineered bio weapon?

Speaker 5 (59:05):
I probably did say that.

Speaker 4 (59:06):
Did you say that.

Speaker 7 (59:09):
I've won all our colleagues to hear mister Kennedy, I
want them to hear it.

Speaker 2 (59:14):
You said yes.

Speaker 4 (59:15):
He said yes, and he's not the only one saying it.
In fact, a lot of people have been suffering from
lime disease, including justin Timberlake. But you didn't know about that.
Saying it's very debilitating. But Congressman Chrith tick two, Chris
Smith has been saying this for almost a decade. He's
finally gotten the green light from the federal investigation into

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whether the military weaponized ticks with lime disease is part
of a Cold War experiment gone wrong which actually spread
this lime disease further and intensified the illness. Now it's
hitting New Jersey and particularly hard, and that's why Congressman
Smith is all over this issue. Congressman Chris Smith has

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proposed a lime disease Amendment for nine hundred billion dollars
in National Defense Authorization for the year twenty twenty six,
adding this into that bill, saying that this was signed
into the law by President Trump on December eighteenth. It
directs the nonpartisan GAO, the Government of Accountability Office, to
produce a report on this matter. And the amendment, for

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the most part, flew under the radar. So kudos to
the Congressman for bringing this back into lied. Kudos to
Secretary Kennedy for being a staunch opponent to this stuff
and really putting the facts out there saying, hey, maybe
this was in fact weaponized. And of course kudos to
Justin Timberlake JT in the building for talking about his

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issues with lime disease. We'll get into that a little
bit more another time. But this stuff is all kind
of chaotic to me, right. It's just like a lot
of crazy, a whole lot of crazy, all at the
same time. And I find that interesting. With all the
chaos and the headlines, it's got me wondering a question
of I'm going to call it a question of deep

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importance tonight, America, as we sit here and look at
our country, do you think that we're in line with
the Founder's original intent for our nation? With mass migration
still running amok inside our borders, despite the border being secure.
And on the next episode you got to hear what
Tom Holman had to say. He was in the White

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House and he had a lot to say. That's where
we are. You've got all sorts of conflict all over
the place, right from the pro this, protesters and that,
this and the other thing. A lot going on. We
have to reclaim the sovereignty of our nation, not just
at the borders, but everywhere the way that the Founders
envisioned the Constitution without letting big government turn us into

(01:01:48):
a borderless blob. That's one part of it, but there's
many others. Protecting our dollar, strengthening our dollar, reinvesting in
our infrastructure. This is a big deal, right, putting a
full immigration moratorium every country, irrespective of anything. For a moment,
let's get a breather, let's catch you a beat. You

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gotta do that stuff, otherwise you throw the baby out
with the bath water. So are we going to honor
the founders and honor our constitution, honor the oath to
so many people listening to the show have taken to
this country. I, for one, hope you don't. I hope
that you stick with what you believe, you stand your ground,
so that generations to come can appreciate the America that

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we're leaving to them, because if we don't stand up now,
we may not have a chance to stand up later.
You know what, the saying says, you stand for nothing,
you'll fall for anything.

Speaker 5 (01:02:40):
Right.

Speaker 4 (01:02:40):
It's Lord Acton and a couple others that they attribute
that to Hamilton, And ultimately it's all about good versus evil,
and the only thing necessary for evil to triumph is
for good people like you to sit there and do nothing.

Speaker 5 (01:02:55):
So stand up. It's time to do something. I style
a bro.

Speaker 4 (01:02:57):
See my take care, good night, and God bless you America.
I'm rich Valdez and this is America.

Speaker 1 (01:03:04):
This is America.