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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, So let's start with the big news, and
that is Matt Gates has withdrawn his name from consideration
for attorney general nomination. The former Representative Matt Gates, Republican
from Florida, formally withdrew his name for consideration for the
attorney general position and President, like Donald Trump's incoming administration,
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there is no time to wait on a producted Washington scuffle.
Had excellent meetings with senators, he said yesterday. I appreciate
their thoughtful feedback and the incredible support of so many.
Gates went on to say his nomination and become quote
too much of a distraction, and therefore he is withdrawing
his name from consideration for the highly sought position, saying this,
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while the momentum was strong, it is clear that my
confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work
of the Trump Vans administration.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
There's no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffles.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
I will draw my name from consideration to serve as
the attorney general, he announced. Trump Trump's doj must be
in a place and ready on must be in place
and ready on day one, he said, adding that he
remains fully committed to see that Donald Trump is the
most successful president in history, saying this, I will forever
be honored the President Trump nominated me to lead the
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Department of Justice, and I'm certain he will save America.
Now let's talk about the politics behind this, and there's
several different theories. I'm going to give you the one
that I think is the most accurate. All Right, Matt
Gates knew that the ethics report on him was coming out,
and the ethics investigation in the House was going to
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be brutal. It was going to be really really bad,
all right.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
It was just going to be tough.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
And I think what actually happened here is Gates went
to President Trump and said, hey, I need your help.
Can you name me to something so I can resign
before this report comes out? Because if I resigned from Congress,
then the report should not come out. So my gut
is is that Trump said, hey, I got you here.
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You've been a good soldier. I'm going to do you
a solid here. I'm going to announce you. It'll it'll
make the left just go insane. It also politically could
have not been a bad move from a strategy position.
All the attention went on Gates, and the attention that
was going on Pete Headseth and others that they were
wanting to attack disappeared. And so I think that may
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have been a political reason why Donald Trump did this
as well. So he went and had his meetings on
Capitol Hill. He went and had his meetings with some sinners.
I know they said, Look, it was very cordial. They
were pretty honest with them, like, hey, dude, this is
going to be an uphill battle. And jd Vance was
there with him. Jd Vance not only was jd Vance
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with him kind of to lead him through babysit, but
I also think to read the room, and he probably
went back to President Trump and said, hey, it's time
to pull this.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
There's no way in hell this is gonna happen.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
There is no way he's going to get confirmed, there
is no way that this is possibly going to take place,
and so it's time for us just to kind of say, okay,
let's move on.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
And that's exactly what they did.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
I also think it was clear that this was something
that may have been pre planned because they knew and
they had instantly ready to go. Pambondy, who is actually
I think a great pick the AG down in Florida.
This is someone that knows Trump well. She has supported
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President Trump, she was an advocate for him, campaigned for him,
and Pambondy is someone that I have no doubt will
get confirmed. She also has led an entire state that,
by the way, took of the federal government.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
If you look at what Pambondy.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Did, much like the AG did in Texas, they were
defending the rights of the of people in their states
and they were taking on and suing the federal government.
They were literally suing the Biden administration. Pam Bondy had
no problem doing that. I think it's important that your
age actually runs a group of lawyers, understands bureaucracy, understands
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how Washington works, understands how government works. From that perspective
that something that by the way, Matt Gates did not have.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
Running a congressional office is.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Very different, okay, is extremely different than running a bureaucracy
of in a in a large group of lawyers that
are fighting or advocating for the state. I think Pam
will do an excellent job. I think that Pambondy is
going to be somebody that that the senators who met
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with Matt Gates are going to walk in going this
is a breath of fresh air. So I think there
was a lot of this that were a lot of
this that was political theater.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
As they call it.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
And I do think having all the attention on Matt
Gates probably helped some of these other nominees like headset
than others, Like I really do. I think there's a
very good chance that this was a very smart and
deliberate move, that was a move that made an awful
lot of sense. And now we move on. Now you
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look at Bondi and I think she's going to be
an individual that is going to be able to come
in there and understand what she's up against because she
has literally fought in a very very significant way the
deep state and will understand what she's walking into as
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the attorney general under the I mean she was down
there when the raids were happening on mar Lago to
put it in perspective here, and so the media, you know,
Al Sharpton this morning said body is on the right,
but she is one who has qualified to become the
attorney general. So if you're getting that statement from the
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radical left, I think it's very clear they're like, this
is a woman who's a professional, who doesn't have baggage,
who's a qualified lawyer.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
What would we say about her to disqualify her.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
Take a listen to this, and again this is Al
Sharpton saying this on MSNBC Rev.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
Let's look at the headline. Obviously, yesterday, you know, we
had been saying on this show that it's like the
old Midas commercials about when the ethics report and all
the bad information came out on that gads, you need
to pay us now or you can pay us later.
And the later it is, the closer it is to
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you know, more than it's actually in the middle of
the new presidency. And I think that's the last thing
they Obviously they didn't want to see the scandal in
the Senate probably in January and February.
Speaker 4 (07:16):
Absolutely, I think it was the wise thing for the
Trump people and for President and ELEC. Trump to withdraw
him now because a long term spectacle of days and
weeks would only damage them even more. Take your losses shot.
Let him walk away because he was never qualified and
he could not give any reasonable argument as why he'd
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be Attorney general. I talked to people that I know
in Florida last night that on the civil rights side,
we have a chapter in now she actually network there.
Bondy is certainly on the right, but she is one
who's qualified to become attorney general in terms of she's
handled cases, she's managed officers, and yes, we can raise
questions about what she did Trump University, but there's no
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glaring things in terms of her values and models.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
You're talking about.
Speaker 4 (08:06):
Gates with underage sex. You're talking about Ronnie of that
has been documented, that was sent around, and to put
him in charge of the Justice Department made a mockery
of the system. So I think it was better for Trump,
not that I'm a Trump person at all, but it
was better for him and certainly better for the American
public to get Gates off the scene.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
None.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
I mean, when you're hearing Matt from Al Sharpton, Bonnie
is on the right, but she is one who is
qualified to become attorney general. There's no clearing things in
terms of her values and morals. That tells you how
solid of a pick that this is when you look
at Pam Bondi and who she is. Scott Jennings on CNN,
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making the case for Bondi, saying as Trump names Pambondi
is the new a g pick after Matt Gates withdraws.
The best part about this is is look, you get
to basically say we're done, we're done with the Gates thing.
We're moving on quickly to Bondy. Within hours, he is
named Pam Bondy. And Scott Jennings put it this way.
Speaker 5 (09:12):
Creation there is something that's very allied to Trump. I mean,
she's had a very long relationship with him. You just
mentioned I'm a Fluoridian, and you know you mentioned that
those that relationship with Donald Trump. I mean I was
back I think in twenty thirteen that he gave money
to her campaign and then you know, apparently there was
some questions around actions that she took around Trump University,
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and so you know, there's a long, long, long history
there between the two of them, Scott.
Speaker 6 (09:41):
A long history. She does have obviously real legal experience,
which is in contrast to Matt Gates. No allegations of
mass sex scandals with anyone under age drug scandals. I mean,
you know, just to just put it out there, here's
we'll see what we see here. But is this just
a confirmation that would assent sail through scott or not.
Speaker 7 (10:03):
Well, I don't think you could consider anybody, you know,
just they're going to sail without any kind of real process.
She's gonna have to go through a process like everybody else.
But I can tell you this is a massive upgrade.
I've talked to a couple people up on the hill already.
There's a sigh of relief that now we have somebody here,
two term ag strong record on drug enforcement and opioid issues,
a total hawk on immigration, politically supportive of Trump. Obviously.
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I don't know Republican in the country who doesn't love
Pam Bondy. So you were starting with Gates, a nominee
who was underwater significantly to start and what was gonna
always be hard to get to the surface With Bondy,
I do think you're starting above water. And as long
as she performs in her hearings. And look, this is
somebody who's been through two elections in a really big state,
and so a lot of public vetting of her has
gone on already. So I think this is a great
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move by Trump to be pragmatic and Tailgates to get out,
and a really good move to go with BONDI this
is not a shaky lamb, this is a sturdy branch.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
He's gone with for Age. Would you agree with that,
David Well, I'd agree with half of it. I think
was I love how they go to Axelrod right away.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
Right, that's Obama's guy, Like well, remember, I mean Eric
Holder was his guy, and Eric Holder was a guy
that did the most insane deal ever selling guns to
the cartels that then were used to kill Americans.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
Never forget that. It's a guy that.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
And Eric Holder that that was held in contempted Congress
that should have been arrested and gone to jail. But
of course there's a double standard there at the AG,
and that never happened either. So when when you look
at this and you hear the talking points that have
been made, I gotta say, I think Pambondy is going
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to be able to get through now. Look, guests are
melting down over Pambondy on the left, the radical left,
like they'll go crazy because they don't like her because
she's a Republican and and those crazies are out there,
but they don't have evidence behind them to back up
their insanity like they did with Matt Gates. I'll give
you a great example. There's a guy that's a commentator
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on MSNBC. He had a total meltdown over Trump picking Pambondy.
And the thing that you should listen to here is, look,
is this guy gonna melt down on everybody he could
have picked on the list if it was a list
of one hundred people. The answer is yes, because the
partisan hack And that's what he does. Right, Like, there's
a lot of people on TV no matter who they
put out there, no matter how perfect that you could say,
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all right, here's the pope for the ag and they
would they would lose.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
Their mind on the pope.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
That's that's part of the democratic you know orbit that
they live in, which is anything that Trump does Orange
Man bad there for that person is bad.
Speaker 8 (12:40):
Listen, cam Bondi is exactly what I was saying in
the last segment that we should all fear because she's competent.
We may not agree with her ideologically, but she actually
knows how to do this job. So if anyone on
the Democratic side, or anyone who cared about liberty or
justice was thinking, well, maybe Matt Gates will screw this up,
and that'll give us some time. No, Pambondy knows what
she's doing. She knows what she's doing about immigration. Remember,
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Florida is one of those states that's been very aggressive
about migrants and deportation and moving people to different states
and everything else like that. Florida has enacted all sorts
of rules and laws to curtail students and what they
can do on campuses and finding legal justifications for manipulating
education money. She is a dangerous and effective pick, and
that's frankly worse than what we would have got with
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Matt Gates, even with the deporable moral background that he has.
Speaker 9 (13:27):
Yeah, and I want to discuss that with a little
more depth with both of you, including her record on
civil rights, LGBTQ rights, and other issues that are front
and center at the DOJ and which we know we're
also big campaign issues.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
By the way, I love how they go into LGBTQ
like that's the only issue that the Attorney General deals with.
You know that the Attorney General deals with terrorism and
going after actual terrorists.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
They go after sex traffickers and.
Speaker 10 (13:53):
Take back to these radical issues or the left, the LGBTQI,
transgender everything about them is ideology it's not about safety,
it's not about national security.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
It's not about terrorism, it's not about domestic terrorism.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
It's not about drugs, it's not about the people dying
from fetnyl overdose.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
None of that seems to matter to them.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
All they care about is, well, this is someone that
Donald Trump picked, and we hate Donald Trump. MSNBC had
another breaking news segment on Morning Joe, Where's headline? Trump
nominates Pam Bondi for Attorney General, and one of their
reporters put it this way.
Speaker 11 (14:32):
Well, one reaction I got from inside the Justice Department
last night was this is Matt Gates with a better
legal resume. But the legal resume is significant, Willie and guys,
because Pam Bondi was a career prosecutor down there in
Hillsborough County for many, many years before she was elected
Florida's first female Attorney general. So she's prosecuted major cases, murders,
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death penalty cases. She understands how that works. Matt Gates
had never really been much of a lawyer before he
was elected to the Florida legislature, so that's a big difference.
And you know she at the same time, though she
is you know an extreme MAGA activist and has tainted
her legal career with.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
I love that she's an extreme MAGA activist. And then
does she's tainted her legal career with what show me rulings?
Show me rulings where she was a a politician instead
of following the law, because they don't have that. So
they're going to name call so the honeymoon and I
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play this because it's almost like in real time you
can hear it. Okay, Alice Sharpan comes out and says, hey,
she's a legitimate candidate for this position. She's got a
legitimate resume, she's solid as a rock. And then msbc's like,
but wait, Orangeman bad, orange man bad. So I've got
to tell you that she's a radical, that she's an extremist,
that she is a a MAGA fundamentalist. I don't even
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know what that means. Means, was Eric Holder not a
Obama fundamentalist? When went with the age, it's.
Speaker 2 (16:07):
A fair question to ask, right, like I would hope
that you are a I laughed.
Speaker 1 (16:14):
The word fundamentalist is maybe a better way of putting it.
It's it's like they want you to find a robot
who happens to be a lawyer that's not has a
political mind at all, and that's who they would say,
is okay, that doesn't exist. So then the second question
to the left in the media here is okay, well,
then who would you approve up, Well, clearly they would
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approve of you putting a radical leftist at the AG's office.
You know when he says, I talked to people with
the Department of Justice, this reporter and he's and they say, well,
she's a she's basically a radical with a better resume.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
She's Matt Gates.
Speaker 1 (16:50):
The better resume that is the that that is the
most absurd statement that I've seen so far, as this
is unfolding in front of us in real time. Their
resume are not even close. And then he even contradicts himself.
He says, well, Matt Gates wasn't a real lawyer barely
at all before he went to college with no real prosecution.
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Like he contradicts his own words that he just said
on MSNBC. Pambondi has been elected not once but twice,
so heavy vetting and a large state that's accurate. Pambondy
is someone that has gone after cartels and gone after
drug cases and death penalty cases and heinus crimes that
have been committed by illegal immigrants, for example, she understands
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how to prosecute the big cases. She is a prosecutor
who then earned the job and was re elected by
the people in Florida. That resume is completely different than
Matt Gates barely a lawyer, got went to a hard core,
concerted district and was able to get elected, and then
abused his fame or whatever you want to call it,
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for his own personal reasons. They are two very different
people on paper, Like not even close what you would
what it would cost you if you could buy a
resume for Pambondi's resume would be millions and millions and.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
Millions of dollars if you were buying it like a stock.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
Matt Gates stock would be a His resume would be
a penny stock that's filing for bankruptcy that's been delisted. Okay,
Like to say that they're somehow one the same is
a lie. I'm going to just back up this MSNBC
audio again just so you can hear the reaction that
she is from MSNBC, where they're like, well, I talk
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to people at the Department of Justice, and they said
that Pambondi is Matt Gates are a better resume. Like
this is when you know they just lie to you,
like all the time, no matter what.
Speaker 2 (18:40):
It's just straight up lies.
Speaker 11 (18:42):
Prosecuted major cases, murders, death, penalty cases. She understands how
that works. Matt Gates had never really been much of
a lawyer before he was elected to the Florida Legislature,
so that's a big difference. And you know she at
the same time, though, she is you know, an extreme
maga activist and has tainted her legal career with very
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strong stands in favor of some questionable things.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
Uh. There was a.
Speaker 11 (19:09):
Famous incident, uh back in around ten years ago when.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
I love how he's like, you know, say he's wondering.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
He's like, uh, she's she's she's uh tainted her her career.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Uh in a in a in a really read a
way a decade ten years ago.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
Dude, Like I understand that you don't like her, but
like you want to talk about just making you know
what up? This is making you know what up? Like
this is it? Like you can't go from She's done
all of these things and has a solid record too,
she's exactly like Matt Gates with a better resume when
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they're not even close to the same.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
To them saying, well, she's tainted her legal career.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
Uh and and as he I'm quoting and uh uh
with you know, uh an extreme maga activist, that is,
she tended her legal career with a very strong stands
in favor of some questionable things.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
And it's like, okay, well what are the questionable things?
Speaker 1 (20:08):
Well, yeah, well, ten years ago, ten years ago, a
decade ago, let's listen, what is his example.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
I cannot wait for you to tell me.
Speaker 11 (20:18):
Remember Trump University, that for profit university that Donald Trump ran,
was getting a lot of consumer complaints about being a scam,
and her office was asked to join a multi state
lawsuit and Donald Trump's foundation contributed twenty five thousand dollars
to her campaign and she opted not to join that lawsuit,
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and his foundation was later fine for making it a
legal contribution. So look, she served her tenured eight years
as Florida attorney.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
Jail hold on, So let me get this drink. You
had a bunch of states. They claim it wasn't actually
a bunch, It was a few that went after Trump
University Online. She looked at the case and decided, based
on a lot of legal reasons, that she wasn't going
to join in, just like a ton of other states
did in the US.
Speaker 2 (21:08):
Okay, she didn't join in.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
Was that because Donald Trump gave her a donation at
one point?
Speaker 2 (21:15):
I don't know. I doubt it. I think she probably.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
Looked at the case and was like, this is a
case that I don't need to waste the taxpayer's time
or money on in Florida. Maybe she looked at how
many people in Florida had gone to Trump University or
had and said, this is extremely few people. Based on
what I need to be working on, Maybe it's more
important for me to go after murderers and rapists and
terrorists and not put lawyers on a case that is
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more of an outlier case where they're actually in Florida specifically.
Aren't that many people that were affected by Trump Online University.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
Maybe it could.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
Have been that the same reason, by the way, why
some liberal states with liberal ags did not join in
that class action lawsuit or the lawsuit against Trump University
because they said, this is a waste of time. This
is not an issue that the majority of the people
are affected by in our state. There were liberal states
that did the same thing that Pam Bondi did. So
if this is all they have unquote on her, then
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I think she will sail through and keep listening to
this reporter from NBC News the Department of Justice, like
that's the whole selling point to the American people. Well,
there was this one case that we think she might
have should have been involved in that she wasn't.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
That's it from a decade ago.
Speaker 11 (22:32):
She later went on to be one of Donald Trump's
impeachment defense lawyers in the Ukraine impeachment in twenty twenty,
made a speech on the House floor during the trial
arguing that there was a Biden corruption scandal in Ukraine
and that that's why that phone call was okay. And
she's also raised questions about fraud in the twenty twenty election,
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which people think were baseless. So it's a bit of
a mixed bag, But people are breathing a little bit
of a sigh of relief for the Justice Department that
at least she's a real lawyer, and that her deputy,
Todd Blanche, donald Trump's defense attorney, does have a lot
of experience in the Justice Department and is also well
regarded over there, so net people are thinking this is
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a much better situation than Matt Gates. But she is
certainly a Donald Trump loyalist who has also raised questions
about weaponization at the Justice Department and may really cause
some trouble over there from the perspective of some of
the career folks.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
Guys, this is I mean, you hear this and it's
just hysterical. Is It is truly amazing. I want to
give you another breaking news issue that I talked about
yesterday and it deals with the ICC putting out this
arrest warrant for Benjamin Nett and Yahoo. There is a
report coming out now and this is obviously a big deal.
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Donald Trump team is already preparing steps to challenge the ICC,
saying that actions have consequences. President like Donald Trump's team
is acting on the ethos and preparing to challenge the
International Criminal Court in the Hague with sanctions after it
initiated arrest warrants against the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and
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the former Defense Minister from Israel as well named Gallant.
The ICC moved against the Israeli leaders on Thursday, fort
supposed war crimes committed in Gaza by Israel as it
retaliated against the Hamas Terras over their deadly raid last year.
The move came after President Joe Biden back in May
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revoked Trump's original executive order against the ICC. ICC prosecutor,
who faced Carmen Kahan, who faces sexual misconduct allegations, initiated
the application for the warrants, along with applications for warrants
against the Palestinian Terras, all of whom have since been
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killed by the Israeli defense forces. Hebrew media outlet reported
Friday morning, as cited by seven Israeli national news, Trump
is already moving even though his inauguration is still some
two months off. Sources in Washington told the news sources
the possibility of imposing personal sanctions not only on the
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prosecutor or the court, but also on the judges themselves
who issued.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
The order against net and Yahoo.
Speaker 1 (25:25):
In addition, there are those who argue the sanctions should
also be extended to the family members of those elements
in the courts responsible for the arrest warrants. As previously
reported by Breitbart News, the ICC moves against Israeli leaders,
equating them with Hamas Terras. This comes in the wake
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of Biden's reversal of sanctions against the ICC for such
investigations and offered only meek public opposition to the ICC
chief Khan, who is corrupt as hell. Administration was even
suspected by Israelis of using the looming ICC warrants as
a way of persuading Israel to comply with US policies,
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such as not pursuing Hamas Terras in the town of Rafa.
In June of twenty twenty, Trump issued Executive.
Speaker 2 (26:18):
Order thirteen nine twenty eight. What did it do?
Speaker 1 (26:22):
It slapped sanctions on ICC officials who attempted to investigate
US soldiers and soldiers of Allied countries for military actions,
specifically against terrorists. Biden revoked Trump's order shortly after taking office,
meaning that American soldiers could then be prosecuted by the ICC,
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which is totally insane. Biden and the Democrats, proclaiming America's back,
sought to cultivate international goodwill by giving the ICC credibility.
Speaker 2 (26:58):
And also extreme power.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
Well, elections have consequences now, and what we're being told
is that Donald Trump has already said go get it
done now. The mental health crisis in this country is
continuing to explode since Donald Trump got elected. Fifteen of
the biggest leftists are out there going unhinged. Some of
them threat is saying we need Threats of violence and
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even alleged murder is what is still happening on social
media and some of that derangement syndrome got into the
elections In Pennsylvania. A election denier, after trying to steal
an election with counting ballots that were illegal, has been
forced to concede that election to the Republican Dave McCormick.
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Senator Bob Casey is a current Senator from Pennsylvania, finally
conceded the race to the Republican Dave McCormick after two
weeks of contesting the election results. Casey trying to steal
that election and was well busted for doing so and
the court said you.
Speaker 2 (28:09):
Can't do this.
Speaker 1 (28:10):
Announce his concession in a video release to social media
Thursday evening.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
I just called Dave McCormick.
Speaker 1 (28:17):
To congratulate him on his election to represent Pennsylvania in
the United States Senate.
Speaker 2 (28:21):
He said in the video.
Speaker 1 (28:23):
As the first count of ballots is completed, Pennsylvanians can
move forward with the knowledge that their voices were heard,
whether their vote was the first to be counted or
the last. Trying to take the moral high ground here,
here's more of what he had to say.
Speaker 12 (28:40):
Well Dave McCormick to congratulate him on his election to
represent Pennsylvania in the United States Senate. As the first
count of ballots is completed, Pennsylvanians can move forward with
the knowledge that their voices were heard, whether their vote
was the first to be counted or the last. This
race was one of the closest in our commonwealth, says
my history, decided by less than a quarter of a point.
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I'm grateful to the thousands of people who work to
make sure that every eligible vote cast could be counted,
including election officials in all sixty seven counties. When a
Pennsylvanian takes the time to cast a legal vote, often
waiting in long lines and taking time away from their
work and family, they deserve to know that their vote
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will count. That's democracy. I'm proud of the work we've
done since election day to enfranchise voters across the state,
matter whom they voted for, and to ensure that the
democratic process could unfold In just a few days, we
build an organization of three hundred and fifty staff across
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the state, joined by more than a thousand volunteers who
help more than six thousand Pennsylvania voters make a plan
to fix small issues with their ballot so their vote
would be counted. From the one hundred year old woman
in Butler County who voted in every election since she
was eligible, to the nineteen year old in Montgomery County
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who cast her bow for the very first time, we
made sure those voices were heard, and we stood up
against efforts to silence and disenfranchise voters in every corner
of the commonwealth. Thanks to our work in the courts,
nearly one thousand eligible voters in Philadelphia will have their
votes counted despite efforts to throw them out. This work mattered,
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and I'm grateful to the many people who helped with
this effort. As you know, no public official serves alone,
and I've been blessed by the love and support of
my wife, Teres and our daughters Elise, Caroline, Julia, and Marina.
Speaker 1 (30:52):
He goes on to talk about the personal things, and
I wanted you at least to be able to hear
him say his kids' names there. What was hilarious about
this and nonouncement is he had I'm pretty sure on
his desk standing up a constitution and I'm laughing because
Casey was clearly trying to go against the will of
the people and counting ballots that were illegal ballots. They
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were not postmarked the way you're supposed to, and these
liberals were trying to count them because they thought they
could steal an election. And Dave McCormick accepted Casey's concession
and thanked him for his term of service, saying, Senator
Bob Casey Dedicade's career to bettering our commonwealth.
Speaker 2 (31:36):
Dean and I want took center.
Speaker 1 (31:38):
Sincere gratitude Senator Casey, Theresa and their family for their
decades of service, hard work, and personal sacrifice. I'm so
honored to represent every single citizen in Pennsylvania in the
United States Senate and will fight for you every day.
Thank you, he said in his social media post there.
Casey's concession comes just a little over two weeks after
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he repeatedly contested the election results. Despite having no path
to victory, Casey continued to continue to refuse to concede
the election of McCormick, stating the election officials should quote
finished counting all the votes, including I guess the illegal ballots. McCormick,
by the way, attended the Senate orientation after Senate Majority
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Leader Chuck Schumer previously refused to allow him to attend
the orientation, So the entire Democratic machine was trying to
overthrow the will of the people. Schumer took a lot
of heat from Republican Senators Tom Cotton, marc Arrubio Mullin
for his refusal to allow McCormick to attend the Senate
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orientation as Casey continued to refuse to concede the race.
Dave McCormick's bid comes two years after he failed to
secure the nomination in the US Senate race against the
Democrat John Fetterman, who went on to beat the Republican.
Speaker 2 (33:00):
Doctor Oz.
Speaker 1 (33:02):
So this is a big switch for the people in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania now has a Republican Senator and a Liberal senator
and Fetterman.
Speaker 2 (33:11):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (33:12):
As I described this, this is what is so great
about elections. You can change parties. You now have two
very different people representing that state in Pennsylvania. Bob McCormick
is very different from Fetterman. That's how I know that
American votes matter. But when you watch this election as
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Casey was trying to steal it, it's pretty disgusting. It's
I mean, it's not pretty disgusting, it's really disgusting. It
is disgusting that he tried to steal this election and
then act like, oh, I'm a man of the constitution.
Speaker 2 (33:51):
No, you're not.
Speaker 1 (33:53):
You were trying to figure out a way to steal
an election and you still couldn't do it, and the
courts were saying no. And so that's the reason now
why you're like, oh, here's my constitution, and I'm just
trying to save them, you know, I'm just trying to
do the right thing and make sure that every vote
was kind of like, give me a break. These people
don't respect the voters will when they lose. They only
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say respect the voters will when they win. That is
the Democratic Party right now, and trying to block McCormick
from coming to to learn how to do his job
in the Senate and all the things that you need
to learn is proof of that.
Speaker 2 (34:29):
And it's disgusting. Make sure you share this podcast with
your family and your friends.
Speaker 1 (34:33):
Please, I'm going to keep you update on the poll
numbers and let you know what it looks like each
and every day, and I'll see it back here tomorrow
All right, So let's start with the big news, and
that is Matt Gates has withdrawn his name from consideration
for attorney general nomination. The former Representative Matt Gates, Republican
from Florida, formally withdrew his name for consideration for the
attorney general position and President, like Donald Trump's incoming administration,
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there is no time to wait on a producted Washington scuffle.
Had excellent meetings with senators, he said yesterday. I appreciate
their thoughtful feedback and the incredible support of so many.
Gates went on to say his nomination and become quote
too much of a distraction, and therefore he is withdrawing
his name from consideration for the highly sought position, saying this,
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while the momentum was strong, it is clear that my
confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work
of the Trump Vans administration.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
There's no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffles.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
I will draw my name from consideration to serve as
the attorney general, he announced. Trump Trump's doj must be
in a place and ready on must be in place
and ready on day one, he said, adding that he
remains fully committed to see that Donald Trump is the
most successful president in history, saying this, I will forever
be honored the President Trump nominated me to lead the
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Department of Justice, and I'm certain he will save America.
Now let's talk about the politics behind this, and there's
several different theories. I'm going to give you the one
that I think is the most accurate. All Right, Matt
Gates knew that the ethics report on him was coming out,
and the ethics investigation in the House was going to
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be brutal. It was going to be really really bad,
all right.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
It was just going to be tough.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
And I think what actually happened here is Gates went
to President Trump and said, hey, I need your help.
Can you name me to something so I can resign
before this report comes out? Because if I resigned from Congress,
then the report should not come out. So my gut
is is that Trump said, hey, I got you here.
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You've been a good soldier. I'm going to do you
a solid here. I'm going to announce you. It'll it'll
make the left just go insane. It also politically could
have not been a bad move from a strategy position.
All the attention went on Gates, and the attention that
was going on Pete Headseth and others that they were
wanting to attack disappeared. And so I think that may
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have been a political reason why Donald Trump did this
as well. So he went and had his meetings on
Capitol Hill. He went and had his meetings with some sinners.
I know they said, Look, it was very cordial. They
were pretty honest with them, like, hey, dude, this is
going to be an uphill battle. And jd Vance was
there with him. Jd Vance not only was jd Vance
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with him kind of to lead him through babysit, but
I also think to read the room, and he probably
went back to President Trump and said, hey, it's time
to pull this.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
There's no way in hell this is gonna happen.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
There is no way he's going to get confirmed, there
is no way that this is possibly going to take place,
and so it's time for us just to kind of say, okay,
let's move on.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
And that's exactly what they did.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
I also think it was clear that this was something
that may have been pre planned because they knew and
they had instantly ready to go. Pambondy, who is actually
I think a great pick the AG down in Florida.
This is someone that knows Trump well. She has supported
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President Trump, she was an advocate for him, campaigned for him,
and Pambondy is someone that I have no doubt will
get confirmed. She also has led an entire state that,
by the way, took of the federal government.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
If you look at what Pambondy.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Did, much like the AG did in Texas, they were
defending the rights of the of people in their states
and they were taking on and suing the federal government.
They were literally suing the Biden administration. Pam Bondy had
no problem doing that. I think it's important that your
age actually runs a group of lawyers, understands bureaucracy, understands
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how Washington works, understands how government works. From that perspective
that something that by the way, Matt Gates did not have.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
Running a congressional office is.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Very different, okay, is extremely different than running a bureaucracy
of in a in a large group of lawyers that
are fighting or advocating for the state. I think Pam
will do an excellent job. I think that Pambondy is
going to be somebody that that the senators who met
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with Matt Gates are going to walk in going this
is a breath of fresh air. So I think there
was a lot of this that were a lot of
this that was political theater.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
As they call it.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
And I do think having all the attention on Matt
Gates probably helped some of these other nominees like headset
than others, Like I really do. I think there's a
very good chance that this was a very smart and
deliberate move, that was a move that made an awful
lot of sense. And now we move on. Now you
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look at Bondi and I think she's going to be
an individual that is going to be able to come
in there and understand what she's up against because she
has literally fought in a very very significant way the
deep state and will understand what she's walking into as
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the attorney general under the I mean she was down
there when the raids were happening on mar Lago to
put it in perspective here, and so the media, you know,
Al Sharpton this morning said body is on the right,
but she is one who has qualified to become the
attorney general. So if you're getting that statement from the
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radical left, I think it's very clear they're like, this
is a woman who's a professional, who doesn't have baggage,
who's a qualified lawyer.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
What would we say about her to disqualify her.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
Take a listen to this, and again this is Al
Sharpton saying this on MSNBC Rev.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
Let's look at the headline. Obviously, yesterday, you know, we
had been saying on this show that it's like the
old Midas commercials about when the ethics report and all
the bad information came out on that gads, you need
to pay us now or you can pay us later.
And the later it is, the closer it is to
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you know, more than it's actually in the middle of
the new presidency. And I think that's the last thing
they Obviously they didn't want to see the scandal in
the Senate probably in January and February.
Speaker 4 (07:16):
Absolutely, I think it was the wise thing for the
Trump people and for President and ELEC. Trump to withdraw
him now because a long term spectacle of days and
weeks would only damage them even more. Take your losses shot.
Let him walk away because he was never qualified and
he could not give any reasonable argument as why he'd
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be Attorney general. I talked to people that I know
in Florida last night that on the civil rights side,
we have a chapter in now she actually network there.
Bondy is certainly on the right, but she is one
who's qualified to become attorney general in terms of she's
handled cases, she's managed officers, and yes, we can raise
questions about what she did Trump University, but there's no
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glaring things in terms of her values and models.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
You're talking about.
Speaker 4 (08:06):
Gates with underage sex. You're talking about Ronnie of that
has been documented, that was sent around, and to put
him in charge of the Justice Department made a mockery
of the system. So I think it was better for Trump,
not that I'm a Trump person at all, but it
was better for him and certainly better for the American
public to get Gates off the scene.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
None.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
I mean, when you're hearing Matt from Al Sharpton, Bonnie
is on the right, but she is one who is
qualified to become attorney general. There's no clearing things in
terms of her values and morals. That tells you how
solid of a pick that this is when you look
at Pam Bondi and who she is. Scott Jennings on CNN,
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making the case for Bondi, saying as Trump names Pambondi
is the new a g pick after Matt Gates withdraws.
The best part about this is is look, you get
to basically say we're done, we're done with the Gates thing.
We're moving on quickly to Bondy. Within hours, he is
named Pam Bondy. And Scott Jennings put it this way.
Speaker 5 (09:12):
Creation there is something that's very allied to Trump. I mean,
she's had a very long relationship with him. You just
mentioned I'm a Fluoridian, and you know you mentioned that
those that relationship with Donald Trump. I mean I was
back I think in twenty thirteen that he gave money
to her campaign and then you know, apparently there was
some questions around actions that she took around Trump University,
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and so you know, there's a long, long, long history
there between the two of them, Scott.
Speaker 6 (09:41):
A long history. She does have obviously real legal experience,
which is in contrast to Matt Gates. No allegations of
mass sex scandals with anyone under age drug scandals. I mean,
you know, just to just put it out there, here's
we'll see what we see here. But is this just
a confirmation that would assent sail through scott or not.
Speaker 7 (10:03):
Well, I don't think you could consider anybody, you know,
just they're going to sail without any kind of real process.
She's gonna have to go through a process like everybody else.
But I can tell you this is a massive upgrade.
I've talked to a couple people up on the hill already.
There's a sigh of relief that now we have somebody here,
two term ag strong record on drug enforcement and opioid issues,
a total hawk on immigration, politically supportive of Trump. Obviously.
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I don't know Republican in the country who doesn't love
Pam Bondy. So you were starting with Gates, a nominee
who was underwater significantly to start and what was gonna
always be hard to get to the surface With Bondy,
I do think you're starting above water. And as long
as she performs in her hearings. And look, this is
somebody who's been through two elections in a really big state,
and so a lot of public vetting of her has
gone on already. So I think this is a great
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move by Trump to be pragmatic and Tailgates to get out,
and a really good move to go with BONDI this
is not a shaky lamb, this is a sturdy branch.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
He's gone with for Age. Would you agree with that,
David Well, I'd agree with half of it. I think
was I love how they go to Axelrod right away.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
Right, that's Obama's guy, Like well, remember, I mean Eric
Holder was his guy, and Eric Holder was a guy
that did the most insane deal ever selling guns to
the cartels that then were used to kill Americans.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
Never forget that. It's a guy that.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
And Eric Holder that that was held in contempted Congress
that should have been arrested and gone to jail. But
of course there's a double standard there at the AG,
and that never happened either. So when when you look
at this and you hear the talking points that have
been made, I gotta say, I think Pambondy is going
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to be able to get through now. Look, guests are
melting down over Pambondy on the left, the radical left,
like they'll go crazy because they don't like her because
she's a Republican and and those crazies are out there,
but they don't have evidence behind them to back up
their insanity like they did with Matt Gates. I'll give
you a great example. There's a guy that's a commentator
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on MSNBC. He had a total meltdown over Trump picking Pambondy.
And the thing that you should listen to here is, look,
is this guy gonna melt down on everybody he could
have picked on the list if it was a list
of one hundred people. The answer is yes, because the
partisan hack And that's what he does. Right, Like, there's
a lot of people on TV no matter who they
put out there, no matter how perfect that you could say,
(12:26):
all right, here's the pope for the ag and they
would they would lose.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
Their mind on the pope.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
That's that's part of the democratic you know orbit that
they live in, which is anything that Trump does Orange
Man bad there for that person is bad.
Speaker 8 (12:40):
Listen, cam Bondi is exactly what I was saying in
the last segment that we should all fear because she's competent.
We may not agree with her ideologically, but she actually
knows how to do this job. So if anyone on
the Democratic side, or anyone who cared about liberty or
justice was thinking, well, maybe Matt Gates will screw this up,
and that'll give us some time. No, Pambondy knows what
she's doing. She knows what she's doing about immigration. Remember,
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Florida is one of those states that's been very aggressive
about migrants and deportation and moving people to different states
and everything else like that. Florida has enacted all sorts
of rules and laws to curtail students and what they
can do on campuses and finding legal justifications for manipulating
education money. She is a dangerous and effective pick, and
that's frankly worse than what we would have got with
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Matt Gates, even with the deporable moral background that he has.
Speaker 9 (13:27):
Yeah, and I want to discuss that with a little
more depth with both of you, including her record on
civil rights, LGBTQ rights, and other issues that are front
and center at the DOJ and which we know we're
also big campaign issues.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
By the way, I love how they go into LGBTQ
like that's the only issue that the Attorney General deals with.
You know that the Attorney General deals with terrorism and
going after actual terrorists.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
They go after sex traffickers and.
Speaker 10 (13:53):
Take back to these radical issues or the left, the LGBTQI,
transgender everything about them is ideology it's not about safety,
it's not about national security.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
It's not about terrorism, it's not about domestic terrorism.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
It's not about drugs, it's not about the people dying
from fetnyl overdose.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
None of that seems to matter to them.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
All they care about is, well, this is someone that
Donald Trump picked, and we hate Donald Trump. MSNBC had
another breaking news segment on Morning Joe, Where's headline? Trump
nominates Pam Bondi for Attorney General, and one of their
reporters put it this way.
Speaker 11 (14:32):
Well, one reaction I got from inside the Justice Department
last night was this is Matt Gates with a better
legal resume. But the legal resume is significant, Willie and guys,
because Pam Bondi was a career prosecutor down there in
Hillsborough County for many, many years before she was elected
Florida's first female Attorney general. So she's prosecuted major cases, murders,
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death penalty cases. She understands how that works. Matt Gates
had never really been much of a lawyer before he
was elected to the Florida legislature, so that's a big difference.
And you know she at the same time, though she
is you know an extreme MAGA activist and has tainted
her legal career with.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
I love that she's an extreme MAGA activist. And then
does she's tainted her legal career with what show me rulings?
Show me rulings where she was a a politician instead
of following the law, because they don't have that. So
they're going to name call so the honeymoon and I
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play this because it's almost like in real time you
can hear it. Okay, Alice Sharpan comes out and says, hey,
she's a legitimate candidate for this position. She's got a
legitimate resume, she's solid as a rock. And then msbc's like,
but wait, Orangeman bad, orange man bad. So I've got
to tell you that she's a radical, that she's an extremist,
that she is a a MAGA fundamentalist. I don't even
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know what that means. Means, was Eric Holder not a
Obama fundamentalist? When went with the age, it's.
Speaker 2 (16:07):
A fair question to ask, right, like I would hope
that you are a I laughed.
Speaker 1 (16:14):
The word fundamentalist is maybe a better way of putting it.
It's it's like they want you to find a robot
who happens to be a lawyer that's not has a
political mind at all, and that's who they would say,
is okay, that doesn't exist. So then the second question
to the left in the media here is okay, well,
then who would you approve up, Well, clearly they would
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approve of you putting a radical leftist at the AG's office.
You know when he says, I talked to people with
the Department of Justice, this reporter and he's and they say, well,
she's a she's basically a radical with a better resume.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
She's Matt Gates.
Speaker 1 (16:50):
The better resume that is the that that is the
most absurd statement that I've seen so far, as this
is unfolding in front of us in real time. Their
resume are not even close. And then he even contradicts himself.
He says, well, Matt Gates wasn't a real lawyer barely
at all before he went to college with no real prosecution.
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Like he contradicts his own words that he just said
on MSNBC. Pambondi has been elected not once but twice,
so heavy vetting and a large state that's accurate. Pambondy
is someone that has gone after cartels and gone after
drug cases and death penalty cases and heinus crimes that
have been committed by illegal immigrants, for example, she understands
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how to prosecute the big cases. She is a prosecutor
who then earned the job and was re elected by
the people in Florida. That resume is completely different than
Matt Gates barely a lawyer, got went to a hard core,
concerted district and was able to get elected, and then
abused his fame or whatever you want to call it,
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for his own personal reasons. They are two very different
people on paper, Like not even close what you would
what it would cost you if you could buy a
resume for Pambondi's resume would be millions and millions and.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
Millions of dollars if you were buying it like a stock.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
Matt Gates stock would be a His resume would be
a penny stock that's filing for bankruptcy that's been delisted. Okay,
Like to say that they're somehow one the same is
a lie. I'm going to just back up this MSNBC
audio again just so you can hear the reaction that
she is from MSNBC, where they're like, well, I talk
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to people at the Department of Justice, and they said
that Pambondi is Matt Gates are a better resume. Like
this is when you know they just lie to you,
like all the time, no matter what.
Speaker 2 (18:40):
It's just straight up lies.
Speaker 11 (18:42):
Prosecuted major cases, murders, death, penalty cases. She understands how
that works. Matt Gates had never really been much of
a lawyer before he was elected to the Florida Legislature,
so that's a big difference. And you know she at
the same time, though, she is you know, an extreme
maga activist and has tainted her legal career with very
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strong stands in favor of some questionable things.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
Uh. There was a.
Speaker 11 (19:09):
Famous incident, uh back in around ten years ago when.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
I love how he's like, you know, say he's wondering.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
He's like, uh, she's she's she's uh tainted her her career.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Uh in a in a in a really read a
way a decade ten years ago.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
Dude, Like I understand that you don't like her, but
like you want to talk about just making you know
what up? This is making you know what up? Like
this is it? Like you can't go from She's done
all of these things and has a solid record too,
she's exactly like Matt Gates with a better resume when
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they're not even close to the same.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
To them saying, well, she's tainted her legal career.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
Uh and and as he I'm quoting and uh uh
with you know, uh an extreme maga activist, that is,
she tended her legal career with a very strong stands
in favor of some questionable things.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
And it's like, okay, well what are the questionable things?
Speaker 1 (20:08):
Well, yeah, well, ten years ago, ten years ago, a
decade ago, let's listen, what is his example.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
I cannot wait for you to tell me.
Speaker 11 (20:18):
Remember Trump University, that for profit university that Donald Trump ran,
was getting a lot of consumer complaints about being a scam,
and her office was asked to join a multi state
lawsuit and Donald Trump's foundation contributed twenty five thousand dollars
to her campaign and she opted not to join that lawsuit,
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and his foundation was later fine for making it a
legal contribution. So look, she served her tenured eight years
as Florida attorney.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
Jail hold on, So let me get this drink. You
had a bunch of states. They claim it wasn't actually
a bunch, It was a few that went after Trump
University Online. She looked at the case and decided, based
on a lot of legal reasons, that she wasn't going
to join in, just like a ton of other states
did in the US.
Speaker 2 (21:08):
Okay, she didn't join in.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
Was that because Donald Trump gave her a donation at
one point?
Speaker 2 (21:15):
I don't know. I doubt it. I think she probably.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
Looked at the case and was like, this is a
case that I don't need to waste the taxpayer's time
or money on in Florida. Maybe she looked at how
many people in Florida had gone to Trump University or
had and said, this is extremely few people. Based on
what I need to be working on, Maybe it's more
important for me to go after murderers and rapists and
terrorists and not put lawyers on a case that is
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more of an outlier case where they're actually in Florida specifically.
Aren't that many people that were affected by Trump Online University.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
Maybe it could.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
Have been that the same reason, by the way, why
some liberal states with liberal ags did not join in
that class action lawsuit or the lawsuit against Trump University
because they said, this is a waste of time. This
is not an issue that the majority of the people
are affected by in our state. There were liberal states
that did the same thing that Pam Bondi did. So
if this is all they have unquote on her, then
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I think she will sail through and keep listening to
this reporter from NBC News the Department of Justice, like
that's the whole selling point to the American people. Well,
there was this one case that we think she might
have should have been involved in that she wasn't.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
That's it from a decade ago.
Speaker 11 (22:32):
She later went on to be one of Donald Trump's
impeachment defense lawyers in the Ukraine impeachment in twenty twenty,
made a speech on the House floor during the trial
arguing that there was a Biden corruption scandal in Ukraine
and that that's why that phone call was okay. And
she's also raised questions about fraud in the twenty twenty election,
(22:54):
which people think were baseless. So it's a bit of
a mixed bag, But people are breathing a little bit
of a sigh of relief for the Justice Department that
at least she's a real lawyer, and that her deputy,
Todd Blanche, donald Trump's defense attorney, does have a lot
of experience in the Justice Department and is also well
regarded over there, so net people are thinking this is
(23:15):
a much better situation than Matt Gates. But she is
certainly a Donald Trump loyalist who has also raised questions
about weaponization at the Justice Department and may really cause
some trouble over there from the perspective of some of
the career folks.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
Guys, this is I mean, you hear this and it's
just hysterical. Is It is truly amazing. I want to
give you another breaking news issue that I talked about
yesterday and it deals with the ICC putting out this
arrest warrant for Benjamin Nett and Yahoo. There is a
report coming out now and this is obviously a big deal.
(23:50):
Donald Trump team is already preparing steps to challenge the ICC,
saying that actions have consequences. President like Donald Trump's team
is acting on the ethos and preparing to challenge the
International Criminal Court in the Hague with sanctions after it
initiated arrest warrants against the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and
(24:10):
the former Defense Minister from Israel as well named Gallant.
The ICC moved against the Israeli leaders on Thursday, fort
supposed war crimes committed in Gaza by Israel as it
retaliated against the Hamas Terras over their deadly raid last year.
The move came after President Joe Biden back in May
(24:32):
revoked Trump's original executive order against the ICC. ICC prosecutor,
who faced Carmen Kahan, who faces sexual misconduct allegations, initiated
the application for the warrants, along with applications for warrants
against the Palestinian Terras, all of whom have since been
(24:54):
killed by the Israeli defense forces. Hebrew media outlet reported
Friday morning, as cited by seven Israeli national news, Trump
is already moving even though his inauguration is still some
two months off. Sources in Washington told the news sources
the possibility of imposing personal sanctions not only on the
(25:18):
prosecutor or the court, but also on the judges themselves
who issued.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
The order against net and Yahoo.
Speaker 1 (25:25):
In addition, there are those who argue the sanctions should
also be extended to the family members of those elements
in the courts responsible for the arrest warrants. As previously
reported by Breitbart News, the ICC moves against Israeli leaders,
equating them with Hamas Terras. This comes in the wake
(25:47):
of Biden's reversal of sanctions against the ICC for such
investigations and offered only meek public opposition to the ICC
chief Khan, who is corrupt as hell. Administration was even
suspected by Israelis of using the looming ICC warrants as
a way of persuading Israel to comply with US policies,
(26:10):
such as not pursuing Hamas Terras in the town of Rafa.
In June of twenty twenty, Trump issued Executive.
Speaker 2 (26:18):
Order thirteen nine twenty eight. What did it do?
Speaker 1 (26:22):
It slapped sanctions on ICC officials who attempted to investigate
US soldiers and soldiers of Allied countries for military actions,
specifically against terrorists. Biden revoked Trump's order shortly after taking office,
meaning that American soldiers could then be prosecuted by the ICC,
(26:46):
which is totally insane. Biden and the Democrats, proclaiming America's back,
sought to cultivate international goodwill by giving the ICC credibility.
Speaker 2 (26:58):
And also extreme power.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
Well, elections have consequences now, and what we're being told
is that Donald Trump has already said go get it
done now. The mental health crisis in this country is
continuing to explode since Donald Trump got elected. Fifteen of
the biggest leftists are out there going unhinged. Some of
them threat is saying we need Threats of violence and
(27:23):
even alleged murder is what is still happening on social
media and some of that derangement syndrome got into the
elections In Pennsylvania. A election denier, after trying to steal
an election with counting ballots that were illegal, has been
forced to concede that election to the Republican Dave McCormick.
(27:49):
Senator Bob Casey is a current Senator from Pennsylvania, finally
conceded the race to the Republican Dave McCormick after two
weeks of contesting the election results. Casey trying to steal
that election and was well busted for doing so and
the court said you.
Speaker 2 (28:09):
Can't do this.
Speaker 1 (28:10):
Announce his concession in a video release to social media
Thursday evening.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
I just called Dave McCormick.
Speaker 1 (28:17):
To congratulate him on his election to represent Pennsylvania in
the United States Senate.
Speaker 2 (28:21):
He said in the video.
Speaker 1 (28:23):
As the first count of ballots is completed, Pennsylvanians can
move forward with the knowledge that their voices were heard,
whether their vote was the first to be counted or
the last. Trying to take the moral high ground here,
here's more of what he had to say.
Speaker 12 (28:40):
Well Dave McCormick to congratulate him on his election to
represent Pennsylvania in the United States Senate. As the first
count of ballots is completed, Pennsylvanians can move forward with
the knowledge that their voices were heard, whether their vote
was the first to be counted or the last. This
race was one of the closest in our commonwealth, says
my history, decided by less than a quarter of a point.
(29:03):
I'm grateful to the thousands of people who work to
make sure that every eligible vote cast could be counted,
including election officials in all sixty seven counties. When a
Pennsylvanian takes the time to cast a legal vote, often
waiting in long lines and taking time away from their
work and family, they deserve to know that their vote
(29:25):
will count. That's democracy. I'm proud of the work we've
done since election day to enfranchise voters across the state,
matter whom they voted for, and to ensure that the
democratic process could unfold In just a few days, we
build an organization of three hundred and fifty staff across
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the state, joined by more than a thousand volunteers who
help more than six thousand Pennsylvania voters make a plan
to fix small issues with their ballot so their vote
would be counted. From the one hundred year old woman
in Butler County who voted in every election since she
was eligible, to the nineteen year old in Montgomery County
(30:09):
who cast her bow for the very first time, we
made sure those voices were heard, and we stood up
against efforts to silence and disenfranchise voters in every corner
of the commonwealth. Thanks to our work in the courts,
nearly one thousand eligible voters in Philadelphia will have their
votes counted despite efforts to throw them out. This work mattered,
(30:34):
and I'm grateful to the many people who helped with
this effort. As you know, no public official serves alone,
and I've been blessed by the love and support of
my wife, Teres and our daughters Elise, Caroline, Julia, and Marina.
Speaker 1 (30:52):
He goes on to talk about the personal things, and
I wanted you at least to be able to hear
him say his kids' names there. What was hilarious about
this and nonouncement is he had I'm pretty sure on
his desk standing up a constitution and I'm laughing because
Casey was clearly trying to go against the will of
the people and counting ballots that were illegal ballots. They
(31:18):
were not postmarked the way you're supposed to, and these
liberals were trying to count them because they thought they
could steal an election. And Dave McCormick accepted Casey's concession
and thanked him for his term of service, saying, Senator
Bob Casey Dedicade's career to bettering our commonwealth.
Speaker 2 (31:36):
Dean and I want took center.
Speaker 1 (31:38):
Sincere gratitude Senator Casey, Theresa and their family for their
decades of service, hard work, and personal sacrifice. I'm so
honored to represent every single citizen in Pennsylvania in the
United States Senate and will fight for you every day.
Thank you, he said in his social media post there.
Casey's concession comes just a little over two weeks after
(32:01):
he repeatedly contested the election results. Despite having no path
to victory, Casey continued to continue to refuse to concede
the election of McCormick, stating the election officials should quote
finished counting all the votes, including I guess the illegal ballots. McCormick,
by the way, attended the Senate orientation after Senate Majority
(32:22):
Leader Chuck Schumer previously refused to allow him to attend
the orientation, So the entire Democratic machine was trying to
overthrow the will of the people. Schumer took a lot
of heat from Republican Senators Tom Cotton, marc Arrubio Mullin
for his refusal to allow McCormick to attend the Senate
(32:43):
orientation as Casey continued to refuse to concede the race.
Dave McCormick's bid comes two years after he failed to
secure the nomination in the US Senate race against the
Democrat John Fetterman, who went on to beat the Republican.
Speaker 2 (33:00):
Doctor Oz.
Speaker 1 (33:02):
So this is a big switch for the people in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania now has a Republican Senator and a Liberal senator
and Fetterman.
Speaker 2 (33:11):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (33:12):
As I described this, this is what is so great
about elections. You can change parties. You now have two
very different people representing that state in Pennsylvania. Bob McCormick
is very different from Fetterman. That's how I know that
American votes matter. But when you watch this election as
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Casey was trying to steal it, it's pretty disgusting. It's
I mean, it's not pretty disgusting, it's really disgusting. It
is disgusting that he tried to steal this election and
then act like, oh, I'm a man of the constitution.
Speaker 2 (33:51):
No, you're not.
Speaker 1 (33:53):
You were trying to figure out a way to steal
an election and you still couldn't do it, and the
courts were saying no. And so that's the reason now
why you're like, oh, here's my constitution, and I'm just
trying to save them, you know, I'm just trying to
do the right thing and make sure that every vote
was kind of like, give me a break. These people
don't respect the voters will when they lose. They only
(34:15):
say respect the voters will when they win. That is
the Democratic Party right now, and trying to block McCormick
from coming to to learn how to do his job
in the Senate and all the things that you need
to learn is proof of that.
Speaker 2 (34:29):
And it's disgusting. Make sure you share this podcast with
your family and your friends.
Speaker 1 (34:33):
Please, I'm going to keep you update on the poll
numbers and let you know what it looks like each
and every day, and I'll see it back here tomorrow
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