May 26, 2025 • 40 mins
📜 Key Provisions in the Bill
-
Tax Policy Changes
- No tax on tips or overtime
- Permanent extension of 2017 Trump tax cuts
- Tax deductions for American-made vehicle purchases
- Tax relief for seniors
- Support for small businesses and pass-through entities
-
Immigration and Border Security
- $175 billion for deportations and border wall construction
- Increased funding for ICE and Border Patrol
- Investment in border technology and infrastructure
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Other Measures
- Trump Savings Accounts for newborns
- Funding for the “Golden Dome” (not elaborated)
📉 Economic Concerns
- Critics argue the bill could add $20–30 trillion in debt over the next decade.
- Moody’s credit downgrade and rising bond yields are cited as red flags.
📰 Media and Cultural Segments
- Coverage of a tragic shooting outside the Capitol Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., described as an anti-Semitic hate crime.
- Strong condemnation of Democratic leaders and media outlets (e.g., CNN, NPR) for allegedly downplaying or justifying anti-Semitic violence.
- Praise for Trump’s executive actions against anti-Semitism, including visa revocations and campus funding cuts.
🎬 Promotion of “The Last Rodeo” Film
- A family-friendly movie starring Neal McDonough, who also co-wrote and produced it.
- The film tells the story of a veteran bull rider returning to the sport to save his grandson.
- Emphasizes themes of faith, family, and perseverance.
- Includes a promotional offer for free tickets via Angel Studios.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
The breaking news.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
The House of Representative erupts in cheers and a pause
as President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill officially passes. Congratulations
to President Donald Trump. And what is in this bill
is major things that is going to have a big
impact on the economy. For example, no tax on tips,
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no tax on overtime, one hundred and seventy five billion
for deportations, as well as to finish the wall construction,
tax relief for seniors, and making his twenty seventeen tax
cuts permanent. It was announced by the Speaker of the House,
and here's what he had to say. And you'll hear
the applause from the members of the chamber on this vote,
(00:47):
the yaser two hundred and fifteen, the Naser two hundred fourteen,
with one answering present, the bill is passed.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
You will sire, you will fare.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
The chance of USA. Continue the clapping continue. The White
House coming out with a statement saying this quote, the
One Big Beautiful Bill has passed the House of Representatives.
This is arguably the most significant piece of legislation that
will ever be signed in the history of the country,
that coming from President Donald J.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Trump.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
He then put out a true social statement, saying this,
the one big, beautiful bill is passed, and not only
is arguably the most significant piece of legislation that will
ever be signed in the history of our country, but
the bill includes massive tax cuts, no tax on tips,
no tax on overtime, the tax deductions when you purchase
an American made vehicle, along with strong border security measures,
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pay raises for our ice and border patrol agents, funding
for the Golden Dome, Trump's savings, accounts for newborn babies,
and much more. Great job by Speaker Mike Johnson and
the House leadership. Trump went on to say, and thank
you to every Republican who voted yes on this historic bill.
Now it's time for our friends in the United States
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Senate to get to work and send this bill to
my desk as soon as possible. There's no time to waste.
The Democrats have lost control of themselves and are aimlessly
wandering around showing no confidence, grit or determination. They have
forgotten their landslide losses in the President's election and are
warped in the past, hoping someday to revive open borders
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for the world's criminals to be able to pour into
our country, men to be able to play in women's
sports and transgender for everybody.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
They don't realize that.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
These things and so many more like them, will never
happen again. That is the President's statement on all this. Now,
let's dive into some of the big things that are
going to affect you the most and have a major
impact on our economy. Number one is the no tax
on tips in overtime.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
What is this going to do. It's going to increase
take home pay.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Workers in the service industries and hourly jobs are going
to benefit immediately. Why Because they're going to be able
to keep one hundred percent of their tips in overtime.
That's going to boost income without increasing labor costs for
the employers. So this is a win win for not
only those that are hiring and the employers, but also
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for the employees.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Another way of looking at it is this it's a.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Great way to have an instant pay raise without it
actually negatively hurting the economy or small businesses. They're also
going to simplify the tax filings. This is huge because
it allowed for more Americans to be able to just
get their tax dollars back quickly, and it will reduce
complexity for both employees and the irs, lowering the cost
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to run a business. Specifically for employers. There's also longer
incentives for working extra hours or in another way of
putting it, working extra hard to provide for yourself and
your family. It's encouraging productivity and rewarding productivity is how
the White House described it, and helping businesses meet demand
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with more willing to work in those overtime hours. Now
let's move from there to the one hundred and seventy
five billion dollars for deportations as well as the border
wall funding. You know that border security is one of
the top priorities of President Donald Trump. Well, now we
have the money needed, as Tom Homan describe it, to
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get the job done.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
And what the border security.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Is going to do with this money is well, it's
going to have.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
The issue of reinforcement.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
It will not only they say one, boost enforcement, but
also technology and infrastructure at the southern border, which supporters
are arguing will reduce illegal immigration even more. It's also
going to help stop drug trafficking in the feedanal trade
and the multi billion do industry of human smuggling, so
that is again part of this bill. It will also
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have as they described it as a deterrent effect. A
large scale investment is sitting a very strong signal that
immigration laws are actually going to be enforced and strictly
enforced at that.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
We know this from the Trump administration.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
There's also what they describe as job protection as well
from this money that will be spent. Why, well, it
is seen by the Trump administration as a way to
quote protect low skilled American jobs from being undercut by
undocumented labor and millions and millions of them with a
race to the bottom that will help more Americans than
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ever before. And then let's talk about seniors for a second.
This is something else that the President was really focused on.
He wants there to be real tax relief for our
seniors that are just trying to live a comfortable retirement
without having to worry every single month. Well, higher disposable income.
Why because it reduces the financial burden on retirees, especially
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those living unfixed incomes. There's also greater economic participation, the
White House says, as seniors may have more freedom to spend,
invest or support family members because of the tax relief
that they're specifically putting in there for as senior citizens.
And then There's also the healthcare costs buffer, which is
the number one reason why seniors have financial problems later
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than life.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
It is easier, they say.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
Now, to manage out of pocket medical expenses or rising
living costs. So they're trying to protect seniors in this country.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Now.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Part of this bill, and the big part, which is
going to be monumental, is making the twenty seventeen Trump
tax cuts permanent. This is giving certainty for families and
for businesses. The long term planning is easier when the
tax rates are locked in, and what the President said
is you're not going to be forgotten.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
These tax rates were important to lock in.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Otherwise we're going to have the largest taxing cut increase
in our country's history. It was going to decimate the
middle class, and it was going to be brutal on
our not only on our economy, but also those at
higher This is now going to be locked in with
us twenty seventeen rates that you're used to. It's also
going to lower the individual tax rates that have continued
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for middle class earners to keep more of their paycheck.
So if you're a middle class American, you're going to
keep more of your money because of this big beautiful bill.
There's also major support for small businesses. Pass Through entities
like LLCs and es corps are going to continue to benefit,
the White House says, from deductions spurring entrepreneurship and growth.
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There's also investment and growth incentives as well. Lower tax as,
the White House says on capital gains and corporate income
are seen as pro business, potentially driving job creation and
market performance to new levels. Now, the overall positives on
this are this an economic boost.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
There's going to be more money in consumers.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Pockets that can lead to higher spending and economic activity.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
It is a pro worker bill.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
The bill positions itself as rewarding hard works, tips, overtime,
and protecting American jobs. And then there's the long term
structural changes. By locking in the tax policy and beefing
up immigration enforcement, the White House views this is fulfilling
their long promise reforms that put American workers first, American
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middle class workers first, and making sure they're not under
being undercut by illegal immigrants. This is, in fact, a
big beautiful bill.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Now.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
Speaker Johnson just released a statement on the House passage
of the one Big Beautiful Bill. You heard him earlier,
but I want you to hear what he said quote.
The media and the Democrats have consistently dismissed any possibility
of House Republicans succeeding in our mission to an act
President Trump's America First Agenda.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Once again, they have been proven wrong.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Today, the House has passed generational nation shaping legislation that
reduces spending permanently, lowers taxes for families and job creators,
secures the border, unleashes American energy dominance, restores peace through strength,
and makes government work more efficient and effective for all Americans.
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House Democrats vote against all of it, which clearly proves
they want tax hikes on their constituents, open borders, and
medicaid for legal immigrants. We look forward to the Senate's
timely consideration of this once in a generation legislation and
stand ready to continue our work together to deliver the
one big, beautiful bill to the President's desk that coming
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Speaker 1 (11:40):
Now, there was some.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
Controversy, by the way, with this bill, with two Republicans
that were holdouts. You had Congressman Massing and Congressman Davison.
The White House Press Sancretary was asked about those two
Republicans not voting in favor of the big beautiful bill.
It was pretty clear that Donald Trump has a on
these two congressmen. Now, and here's what the White House
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had to say about it.
Speaker 4 (12:04):
You had two Republicans last night that voted against this bill,
Congressman Massey and Davidson.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
Does the President think that they should be primary?
Speaker 5 (12:11):
I believe he does, and I don't think he likes
to see grandstanders in Congress.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
What's the alternative.
Speaker 5 (12:16):
I would ask those members of Congress did they want
to see a tax hike? Did they want to see
our country go bankrupt? That's the alternative by them trying
to vote no. And the President believes the Republican Party
needs to be unified, and the vast majority of Republicans
clearly are and are listening to the President. They are
trusting in President Trump as they should because there's a
reason he's sitting in this oval office. It's because he's
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the unequivocal leader of the Republican Party, not just a
president for Republicans, but all Americans. The President's approval rating
is at an all time high right now. It's because
he knows how to deliver in Republicans like Thomas Massey
and others should take note.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
Now.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
That was clearly the warning from the White House. Massey
took to the floor of Congress and here is what
Tom I had to say about his reason for voting no.
Listen carefully, gentlemen from Kentucky's recognized for ninety seconds.
Speaker 6 (13:09):
We'd love to stand here and tell the American people,
we can cut you our taxes and we can increase spending,
and everything's going to be just fine. But I can't
do that because I'm here to deliver a dose of reality.
This bill dramatically increases deficits in the near term, but
promises our government will be fiscally responsible five years from now.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
Where have we heard that before?
Speaker 6 (13:31):
How do you bind a future Congress to these promises?
This bill is a debt bomb ticking. Congress can do
funny math, fantasy math if it wants, but bond investors don't.
Speaker 1 (13:43):
And this week they sent us a message.
Speaker 6 (13:46):
Moodies downgraded our credit rating, and the bond investors who
buy our debt and finance our debt demanded higher interest
rates on the ten year note, the twenty year note,
and the thirty year note. What does this mean? Very
soon the government will be paying sixteen thousand dollars of
interest interest alone per us family.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
And what are we telling him?
Speaker 6 (14:08):
Instead of taking care of that problem, We're gonna give
you a sixteen hundred dollars tax break. Under the taxing
and spending levels in this bill, we're going to rack
up the author say twenty trillion dollars of new debt
over the next ten years. I'm telling you it's closer
to thirty trillion. Dollars of new debt in the next
ten years. Mister speaker, We're not rearranging deck chairs on
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the Titanic tonight. We're putting coal into boiler and setting
a course for the iceberg.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
If something is.
Speaker 6 (14:40):
If something is beautiful, if something is beautiful, you don't
do it after midnight.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
I pose this villain time has expired.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
By the way, those that are clapping were the Democrats
on the Democratic side of the aisle, Thomas Massey saying
I stand here and tell the American we can't cut
your text and increased spinning and everything will be fine.
Digging in White House making it clear we're more than
happy to find somebody to primary you, and clearly the
presidents willing to roll up his sleeves and get involved
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in the primary part of all of this.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
Now, I also want to play for you.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
Steve Moore, he's an economist, you know him for Fox
News Channel.
Speaker 1 (15:18):
He had something very interesting to say on.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
Fox today about this bill and what it means not
only for the president but for the country.
Speaker 7 (15:25):
All Right, the Houses passed Trump's big beautiful bill. It
happened earlier today and now joining us with reaction. Steve
Moore Unleash Prosperity co founder and Lou Bassanie, a Prairie
operating company's executive vice president of Marcut Strategy.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
Welcome to you both.
Speaker 7 (15:38):
First, Steve, your reaction to that and where this goes next.
Speaker 8 (15:44):
Well, this was a huge, huge victory for Trump. I
think there were really three heroes here. Obviously President Trump, who,
as you know Sandra went over to the House and
made the final pitch for this and got the final votes.
And then Mike Johnson, who has almost impossible of course,
he's the Speaker of the House. I don't know how
he did it, but he somehow sits together two hundred
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and eighteen votes for this, and I think it was
a one vote majority that they were able to get.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
It wouldn't have happened without him.
Speaker 8 (16:12):
And then I have to say, Chip Roy, who you
may recall Sandra raised some objections to the bill last
week and I hapen to agree with some of those objections,
and you know what, they made it into a better bill.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
And so now this goes to the Senate.
Speaker 8 (16:24):
I think the Senate will act sometime before fourth of July.
And I agree, we got to get this thing on
the desk of the President. As quickly as possible. I
think it'll be very positive for the economy and the
stock market.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
You listen to.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
Steve Moore there in what he says, and he's absolutely right, Like,
this is going to have a huge impact on our economy.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
Everyone knows it, that's involved in it.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
The President had a really tough job here keeping this
together with a slim margin in the House. He said
that the other day when he was on Capitol Hill
meeting with members of Congress, and this was his warning,
by the way, on a couple holdouts at the time.
Speaker 9 (17:00):
Look, the alternative is a sixty eight percent tax increase,
and you can blame the.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
Democrats for that. Edward or two.
Speaker 9 (17:07):
Brin said, this really have Waterton, but we have not
tremendous support. But you'll have a sixty eight percent tax increase,
or you'll get a massive tax increase. You'll get a
tax cut the likes of which we've never had to book.
This is bigger than any Ronald Reagan tax cut. It's
even bigger than the tax cut that.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
I gave, because as you know, that's being extended and increased.
Speaker 9 (17:32):
So this is the biggest tax cut in the history
of our country or you'll get a sixty eight percent
tax increase.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
Now, when you think about the numbers the President just
gave there, this was not only a huge success for
the American people.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
But a moment where if it.
Speaker 2 (17:49):
Didn't happen, the taxes on everyday Americans were going to skyrocket.
I also got to give a lot of credit here
to Mike Johnson. Mike Johnson and what he did to
get this across the finish line.
Speaker 1 (18:03):
Hurting cats is the.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
Best way I can describe it is incredible. He could
only lose a couple and sure enough he did, and
he was able to do it with the President's help.
But if you want to know who the biggest bad
a is in Washington right now, it is no doubt
that it's Speaker Johnson. Joe Kanca on Fox said this,
take a listen.
Speaker 10 (18:24):
And right now, the MVP right in Washington for Donald
Trump is Mike Johnson. Because he is hurting cats right
where he has almost no majority, and he's been able
to pass some things already. If he could get this
thing through, get it to the Senate, get it through reconciliation,
House and Senate kind of you know, go back and forth,
and it gets to the President's desk, and this thing passes,
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this big, beautiful bill with all these.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
Tax cuts that are in here.
Speaker 10 (18:48):
Democrats had nothing to run on in twenty twenty six.
They can't run on foreign policy, they can't run on
the border, and they can't run on the economy. So
if that happens, trust me, Mike Johnson is your MVP.
Speaker 11 (18:59):
Right, Yeah, well he sounds pretty confident.
Speaker 7 (19:01):
We'll see what he does.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
He is the MVP he is, and he got this
thing done.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
And for anyone that's been criticizing Mike Johnson, you're just wrong,
all right, like you are just wrong.
Speaker 1 (19:13):
Mike Johnson did one hell of a job here.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
Steve Scalise also talking about this bill getting passed.
Speaker 1 (19:21):
Here is what he had to say.
Speaker 4 (19:22):
Track again, But we were never deterred when this bill
could have failed ten times over. We said we were
going to get this done and failure is not an option,
and we meant it. We knew we were fighting for
the families who had been struggling for way too long
under the failed policies of Joe Biden and all the
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Democrats who did have control of Washington for too long.
We watched higher interest rates and higher inflation and lower
wages and a demise of the American dream that we
knew should not be permanent, but was only going to
turn around if we passed a bill to get.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
America back on track.
Speaker 4 (20:03):
We knew we had to prevent a massive tax increase,
so we put it in the bill. We knew we
needed to secure America's border, as President Trump ran on
all across this country and won the election on and
we put it in this bill. We ran on and
said we would produce more American energy, and.
Speaker 1 (20:23):
We put it in this bill. All the things that.
Speaker 4 (20:27):
We knew we needed to do to root at waste,
fraud and abuse, and government focus on those families who
were struggling.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
All of that is in this one big, beautiful bill.
Speaker 4 (20:37):
And yes, now the House has come together and passed
this bill against all odds, but we're still working on
the rest of the process still goes to the Senate.
Senate has a lot of work to do too. That's
why we've been talking to the Senate for a long time.
But it's their turn to take this bill and move forward.
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But I'll tell you, none of this would be possible
without the leadership for President Trump, who every step of
the way, not only laid out the vision, ran a
campaign on this vision, but every step of the way too,
said whatever you need, let me know.
Speaker 2 (21:14):
Steve Salice, the House Majority leader, saying whatever you need,
We're on board with this.
Speaker 1 (21:19):
Backing the president.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
A major victory for America and American families. Well done
by the housekins done. Now it's going to move on
to the Senate. I want to move to another story,
and this one is obviously a tragic story, a shooting
that occurred outside the Capitol Jewish Museum in Washington, d C.
I was literally in front of this building just a
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few days ago when I was in DC and had
been to Evince there as well, which is I think
the most surreal and shocking part of this anti Semitic killing.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
Clearly that's what it was.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
What's even more discussing is the fact that Democrats are
refusing to condemn the deaths of these two Israeli Embassy
staff members. The couple had just attended a young diplomat's
reception hosted by the American Jewish Committee. They were leaving
the event around nine h eight pm Eastern. The suspect,
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a thirty year old from Chicago, approached a group of
four individuals and opened fire with a handgun, faintly wounding
two of those that he was targeting.
Speaker 1 (22:26):
Rodriguez.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
The shooter was observed pacing outside the museum prior to
the attack, and after the shooting, he entered the museum
appearing distressed, leading bystanders to initially mistake him for a victim.
He was even given water and comforted until he revealed
himself as the shooter, at which point he was attained
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by security personnel. Now, during the arrests, the individual shouted, free,
free Palestine.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
I did this for Gaza, is what he said. Now.
Speaker 2 (22:59):
The victims were a couple in their late twenties. They
worked in the embassy's political department and in public diplomacy.
They were actually planning to become engaged during an upcoming
trip days away in Jerusalem, and apparently he had already
bought the ring. Authorities are investigating the incident as a
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targeted act of violence with potential hate crimes implications, as
it should. The FBI and local law enforcement are examining
the man's background, including his online activities and any possible
connections to extremist group. Now, the attack has widely been
condemned by leaders in the United States and Israel. President
Trump described the killings as based obviously on anti Semitism
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quote unquote, and called for an end to such hatred.
Speaker 1 (23:48):
Israel's Prime Minister.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
Net Yahoo also denounced the act, linking it to the
rise of anti Semitic sentiment and ordering increased security at
Israeli diplomatic missions worldwide. Now, this incident has also heightened
concerns about the safety of Jewish communities and institutions in
this country, as we are witnessing anti Semitic rhetoric and
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violence that is spilling out. What's even I think more
damning to the Democratic Party and there should be no
place for this in the Democratic Party. Yet there is
is the fact that Elama Mar of the Democratic Party
refuse to condemn the killing of the Israeli diplomats. It
is despicable, is how the White House described it.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
Take a listen to this.
Speaker 5 (24:31):
I do you or President tomp have a message to
politicians like Ilhan Omar who believe this morning explicitly avoided
condemning this active terror. It's despicable and frankly, we have
seen a rise in anti Semitic protests of pro Hamas
protests of terrorist sympathizers. We saw them on our college campuses,
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and we've seen the Democrat Party turn a blind eye
and in some cases actually embrace such anti Semitic illegal behavior.
And that's why this administration has done more than any
administration in history to crack.
Speaker 1 (25:08):
Down on anti Semitism.
Speaker 5 (25:09):
As you know, in January when the President took office,
he signed a new executive order to combat anti Semitism.
He created a commission focused on doing just that. The
Justice Department announced their task force as well. The Secretary
of State Marco Rubio, has revoked thousands of student visas
from campuses where these pro palace pro Hamas, terrorist campus
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agitators and violent protests took place. And we've also withheld
funding from those veried campuses as well in an effort
to combat anti Semitism. So the President's made it very
clear that such hatred will have no place.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
In our country. I love how clear the White House
is on this one.
Speaker 2 (25:47):
I also want to play for you, and we now
have word the FBI's investigate in the DC shooting is
an act of targeted violence, is how they've described it
so far.
Speaker 1 (25:55):
After this young Jewish couple is brutally murdered.
Speaker 2 (25:59):
But I want you to year what was also said
on CNN.
Speaker 1 (26:03):
CNN apparently their main worry.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
Isn't the safety of Jews, it's how the backlash might
affect anti Israel protesters. Yes, that's their actual angle on
this and the FBI investigation, as they had a witness
that was there. They had them on TV this morning,
and again I want you to hear their narrative. It's
very clear their main worry is not the safety of Jews.
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After two Jewish individuals, this couple was brutally murdered, they're
worried how the backlash might affect anti Israel protesters, the
same ones calling for the death of Jewish people, the
death of Israel from the river to the sea.
Speaker 1 (26:44):
We've seen this on college campuses.
Speaker 2 (26:46):
You cannot hide this level of anti semitism here, it
is in real life on CNN.
Speaker 11 (26:51):
As you go forward, as you go forward with what
you have seen, can you give us any sense because
you said you look the shooter in the eyes, can
you give us any sense of what you saw in
him as he was sort of getting help and people
were tending to him as if he too was a
victim of seeing this.
Speaker 1 (27:11):
Yeah, it would be clear.
Speaker 12 (27:12):
I like heard about that part because we were in
the secure room when he initially walked in. I just
saw him screaming and then being handcuffed. But what I
saw in his eyes, I mean, I went to Columbia
for grads.
Speaker 3 (27:23):
Go on.
Speaker 12 (27:23):
I saw the same thing in his eyes as I
saw in the eyes of all the protesters at Columbia.
Nothing different between him and them.
Speaker 11 (27:31):
But they did not create this horrific shooting. They did not,
you know, sort of, they didn't shoot.
Speaker 1 (27:40):
They created. They gave permission. They gave the permission.
Speaker 12 (27:44):
They have called for this, They have called for it
to fought a revolution, which is the same thing he
yelled last night.
Speaker 11 (27:50):
Do you worry that there will be a come conslation though,
of the two, those people who are speaking their mind,
who really care about what is happening in Gaza, and
those people who are like this person who did this
horrific shooting, who intend to do harm a conflation.
Speaker 12 (28:09):
I mean, they are calling for intifada at Columbia University.
They call for intifada constantly. Now they're not quietly, they're loud.
They're loud. You can hear it. They make recordings of themselves.
So what's the difference. Are you afraid? Yes, what We're
all afraid. Everyone should be afraid.
Speaker 11 (28:29):
What are you doing to try to make yourself feel safer?
Speaker 12 (28:34):
Well, can't you just go on and live your life?
I'm a New Yorker, I remember nine to eleven. You
can't let them make you be afraid.
Speaker 1 (28:41):
You have to go on.
Speaker 12 (28:41):
You have to live your life and hopefully your government
does things to protect you. Last night, our government failed us.
Speaker 11 (28:50):
Jonathan Epstein. I know that they are going forward with this.
There is expected to be charges in this case. We
will see what happens, but I know you'll be watching
and we'll talk to you again as this goes forward.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
Thank you so much. I'm sorry that you have to
witness what you did.
Speaker 2 (29:03):
I mean, it is shocking to hear CNN do this
interview this way where they're like, well, aren't you worried
about you know, what's going to happen to the protesters
and their ability to like what world are you living in?
And he's right. At Columbia University, they were calling for evatada.
They were calling for the death of Jewish students in
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pr This is what they had in their article, for example,
and this is absolutely an excusable anti Semitic behavior by NPR.
This is the reason why I'm in favor of defunding
NPR as soon as we possibly can. Their headline was,
here's what we know about the two Israeli embassy staffers
killed in Washington, d C. Then in their second paragraph,
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it says, and more notably, as Israel ramps up it's
offensive in Gaza, where the risk of famine looms for
a population ground down by a month's long blockade. That's
what they wrote in the second paragraph, right, like justifying
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is what they're doing. They're justifying these types of attacks.
This is in PR in their own words, they're saying, yeah, well,
you got to understand why this has happened, right, I mean,
you look at defunding MPR. The American Jewish community is
not a pro Israel advocacy group is another way of
describing it. In this article, is an American Jewish community group.
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They know what they're doing with their lies. And here's
their headline to Israeli embassy aids are killed in a
shooting in DC. Officials say, okay, so then you move
the second part quote shortly after nine pm, as an
event by the Pro Israel Advocacy Group American Jewish Community
wrapped up at a local Jewish museum in downtown DC,
A man was observed pacing back and forth outside of
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the building.
Speaker 1 (30:54):
Metropolden police chief said, so, now, if.
Speaker 2 (30:57):
You're Jewish and you go to a Jewish event, you're
like a pro Israel advocacy group.
Speaker 1 (31:01):
Are you insane?
Speaker 2 (31:02):
That's like, so if I'm an American and I go
to Fourth of July event, that what does that label
mean now? As it is insanity what we are witnessing
right now, it is total insanity. I got something really
fun that we get to do. And if you've got family, kids, grandkids,
and you love going to a great movie, there is
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one called The Last Rodeo. It is starring a phenomenal
actor Neil McDonough. It is in theaters tomorrow and The
Last Rodeo celebrates the inspiring story of a veteran PBR
champion who returns to bull riding in his old age
to save the life of his grandson. It features real
life PBR stars as well. Neil, I appreciate you coming on.
(31:48):
A lot of people I know get excited because I
see you in things like Yellowstone and Tulsa King you
just sort filming that today.
Speaker 1 (31:55):
But this movie Last, the Last Rodeo.
Speaker 2 (31:57):
We're gonna give away some tickets in the moment, so
stay tuned for that, everybody. But you're really excited about
this film coming out.
Speaker 3 (32:05):
I'm so excited about it, and Ben, thanks for having
me on your show first and foremost. But this is
one of those shows that's kind of the culmination of
everything I've worked towards in my whole career to be
able to finally be the hero in the film kiss
the girl in the end. Of course, everyone knows that
I won't kiss anybody else, but I get to kiss
my actual real life wife who plays my wife in
the film. So that alone for me is just I
(32:27):
finally have gotten to where I've always aspired and prayed
to be, and it feels so good to be in
this position.
Speaker 2 (32:34):
It's incredible, and we're gonna give away some tickets right now.
You can go to angel dot com slash verdict and
you can get two free tickets to the Last Rodeo
and go see it as it is in theaters again.
Angel dot com slash Verdict now get two free tickets
to the last rodeo. Talk about this film, Neil and
what the message is, what people can expect.
Speaker 3 (32:55):
Well, it's you know, I think you just kind of
nailed it. There aren't many films out in the landscape
anymore where you can bring the whole family and not
the saccer any sweet types of films, the films that
actually have a bite to it that the whole family
can go to, kids, grandparents, anyone and learn from and
know that that you know, I have to cover years
or eyes. You're gonna have some great films. You can
(33:16):
have great action with the bull riding, but you're gonna
have a story about families and broken families and how
are you men to fractured family? And for me, you
do it through faith. And when I went through all
my difficult things in life, it was always my faith
that got me through. Faith and my wife are may
those those two things have been my two greatest things
in my life. And now I get to write about
both of them, and starn and opposite my wife. So
(33:38):
I'm just I'm so excited about this film it's hard
to even put it into words.
Speaker 2 (33:43):
Then you talked about doing this with your wife, have
you guys ever gotten to act before in movies?
Speaker 1 (33:49):
Or is this the first time? You're the leader?
Speaker 3 (33:50):
And my wife's ever actually before? When I wrote the film,
like okay, honey, so you know, I've always wanted to
be the John Wayne guy who you know is here
in the end who has to kiss the girl me
in She's like, yeah. I'm like, well, I'm finally gonna
do it. She's like, okay, but I need to do
it with you because I won't kiss anybody else. He goes,
I'm not an actress. I'm like, well you are now.
And she did awesome. I'm so proud of her. You know,
(34:11):
she was a runway model, she was a supermodel, so
she understands the pressure of being in front of people
and delivering. So for her in front of a camera,
it was very natural and I'm just so happy. I'm
so happy for her now.
Speaker 2 (34:22):
When you wrote this, you also have real stars in
here as well that you that you mentioned a moment
ago PBR stars. What brought you the idea to even
write the script specifically with bull riding.
Speaker 1 (34:33):
I'm a big fan.
Speaker 2 (34:34):
I've gone to a lot of different rodeos, eight Second Tour,
et cetera. It is a brutal sport. What inspired you
to use this as the backdrop?
Speaker 8 (34:43):
Ben?
Speaker 3 (34:43):
I was doing another film at the time called The Warrants,
another Western that Ravee and I are producing. And when
I'm not around Revenge, she was home at the time
with the kids. When I'm not around my family, I
get really just downright kind of depressed the times, and
it's really hard. I don't like being on the road.
So but this one day, I was driving home from
set in Arizona, and I got gut punched with his
thoughts that what whatever happened to me, if something happened
(35:05):
to Rebee, And then I pulled over to the side
of the road just kind of buckled. And then this
other idea came in my head, which I it has
to be from God, because I didn't know a whole
lot about bull riding, and this idea came into my
head right rocking on a bowl, or a grandfather who
has to save his grandson because he's dying of the
same brain tunor they killed his wife. This came out
(35:27):
and I don't know where that came from, but it
just did. And then I sat in the side of
the ten freeway for two hours voice dictating into my
phone because I'm dyslexic, so I'm not very good at writing,
so I always do all my writing through voice dictations,
And I sent it up to my writing partner and
within the week we had our first draft, and a
week later, Revey and I raised the financing and Angel
(35:49):
Studios came on board, and here we are, almost two
years later, and it's just it's kind of miraculous, and
there really is.
Speaker 2 (35:56):
Well, you mentioned that there's a family friendly movie. You
don't have to worry. That's one of the reason why
I wanted to have you on how tough is it
to produce movies like this in the environment we're in now,
because I know you had friends and people that you
could go to for financing, but saddling up to do
a pro bull riding movie and on top of having
all the pressure behind you of getting this out and
(36:18):
then getting it to the big screen, it's not an
easy task, especially in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 3 (36:24):
No, it's not. It's you know, it's a minor miracle
to pull any film off. But for this one, you know,
God led me the whole way. In this one. I
wanted John Abne to directed, and the amazing John Abnitt
and one incredible director, he is He killed it. I
wanted Michael T. Williamson and Christopher McDonald to play my
two guys in the film, and there two of my
best friends of life, and we went after you know,
(36:45):
my one of my best friends back home, Lim Griffin
helped us with the film, and then these other financiers
came to me and said, hey, we know what you're doing.
We really like what you're doing with your message and
Angel Studios, we like to help finance your next film.
So between those two parties, all of a sudden, we
had our budget, we had distribution, and everything just kind
of went according to plan, which was kind of miraculous. Yeah,
(37:08):
there's always pickups, there's there's always variables that you wouldn't
even think of, but we always knew that we weren't
doing something that was for his glory, not our own,
and everyone bought into it. So when you say Hollywood
doesn't want that stuff, I think that in their heart
of hearts, they actually do. And I think that this
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film was a whole lot easier to make than other
films because it did have a faith backdrop. It was
a film that the whole family can go too, you know.
So I think I think the landscape is changing a
lot of it thanks to Angel Studios and you know,
our partnership with Angel in the films that we've been doing.
That you could make these smaller films and turn a profit,
(37:52):
and that's great for everybody. And to be able to
put these movies out and have the support of all
the fans who go to the films and buy ticket
and pay it forward anything we do with Angels, it's
just it's so humbling that it's again it's hard to
I get so choked up just thinking about how fortunate
I am and blessed I am to be able to
sit here on a show like this and talk about
(38:13):
this amazing film that we have coming out.
Speaker 2 (38:15):
Last question for you, there's a rumor that you actually
got injured while bull riding.
Speaker 1 (38:20):
Is this true?
Speaker 3 (38:21):
Which time?
Speaker 9 (38:23):
Right?
Speaker 1 (38:23):
Okay? I I love when I get good intel.
Speaker 3 (38:27):
Yeah. I got busted up a lot.
Speaker 1 (38:29):
You know.
Speaker 3 (38:29):
We trained for months and months and months to make
sure I look as authentic as possible, and yeah, I
you know, busted up my wrists, my I busted a
few other things, but my shoulder popped out that hurt
like the Dickens, but I didn't tell anybody. I just
went around the corner and snapped it back in at
this barn, this door around the corner, and I popped
(38:50):
back in. I had like tears in my eyes, and
John's like yo, okay, I'm like yeah, I'm ready, let's roll.
And I didn't tell him the story for three months
later because if I had told him, he would have
shut it down and every would have gone crazy, Like
I'm just I'm a I'm a tough old dude, so
I just look. I kept it to myself and a
couple other injuries that happened that hey, those are war
wounds that I consider as trophies and metals.
Speaker 2 (39:12):
I love it well. The movie is out. Go see
it the Last Rodeo. It is in theaters. Help keep
it in theaters. Support great movies that have been green
light for your family. You can also get two free
tickets to see The Last Rodeo and by going to
angel dot com slash verdict now you can get your
two free tickets to the Last Rodeo today and support
(39:32):
I tell you with this all the time, Neil. When
you see a movie that is made for your family,
safe for your family, back it, support it, advocate for it,
put it up on social media, because unfortunately we have
too much trash being made and not enough wholesome movies
like this. So I congrats on doing it, and I
hope everyone listening is gonna go check it out.
Speaker 1 (39:52):
I hope.
Speaker 3 (39:53):
So I know your viewers who are you are kind
of people that you know if they're out there supporting
it by backing it financially, going to sin being there,
not wait until it comes out on DVDs or anything else.
It's telling Hollywood, it's exactly what you just said, Ben,
we need more of this or less of the other.
So thank you for putting that word up for me.
I really appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (40:11):
Hey man, be safe out there on the road. Always
a pleasure. We'll talk to you in real soon.
Speaker 3 (40:15):
God bless you, pl thank you, thank you.
Speaker 1 (40:16):
Go see the movie.
Speaker 2 (40:17):
It is awesome, The Last Rodeo starring at Neil McDonald
in theaters. It opens at twenty third and you can
grab those free tickets right now. Angel dot com slash
verdict and get those two free tickets. Make sure you
share this podcast with your family and friends.
Speaker 1 (40:31):
Put it up on social media.
Speaker 2 (40:32):
Wherever you are, and we appreciate you listening every day.
Speaker 1 (40:36):
We'll see you back here tomorrow.
The breaking news.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
The House of Representative erupts in cheers and a pause
as President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill officially passes. Congratulations
to President Donald Trump. And what is in this bill
is major things that is going to have a big
impact on the economy. For example, no tax on tips,
(00:23):
no tax on overtime, one hundred and seventy five billion
for deportations, as well as to finish the wall construction,
tax relief for seniors, and making his twenty seventeen tax
cuts permanent. It was announced by the Speaker of the House,
and here's what he had to say. And you'll hear
the applause from the members of the chamber on this vote,
(00:47):
the yaser two hundred and fifteen, the Naser two hundred fourteen,
with one answering present, the bill is passed.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
You will sire, you will fare.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
The chance of USA. Continue the clapping continue. The White
House coming out with a statement saying this quote, the
One Big Beautiful Bill has passed the House of Representatives.
This is arguably the most significant piece of legislation that
will ever be signed in the history of the country,
that coming from President Donald J.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Trump.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
He then put out a true social statement, saying this,
the one big, beautiful bill is passed, and not only
is arguably the most significant piece of legislation that will
ever be signed in the history of our country, but
the bill includes massive tax cuts, no tax on tips,
no tax on overtime, the tax deductions when you purchase
an American made vehicle, along with strong border security measures,
(01:54):
pay raises for our ice and border patrol agents, funding
for the Golden Dome, Trump's savings, accounts for newborn babies,
and much more. Great job by Speaker Mike Johnson and
the House leadership. Trump went on to say, and thank
you to every Republican who voted yes on this historic bill.
Now it's time for our friends in the United States
(02:17):
Senate to get to work and send this bill to
my desk as soon as possible. There's no time to waste.
The Democrats have lost control of themselves and are aimlessly
wandering around showing no confidence, grit or determination. They have
forgotten their landslide losses in the President's election and are
warped in the past, hoping someday to revive open borders
(02:39):
for the world's criminals to be able to pour into
our country, men to be able to play in women's
sports and transgender for everybody.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
They don't realize that.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
These things and so many more like them, will never
happen again. That is the President's statement on all this. Now,
let's dive into some of the big things that are
going to affect you the most and have a major
impact on our economy. Number one is the no tax
on tips in overtime.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
What is this going to do. It's going to increase
take home pay.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Workers in the service industries and hourly jobs are going
to benefit immediately. Why Because they're going to be able
to keep one hundred percent of their tips in overtime.
That's going to boost income without increasing labor costs for
the employers. So this is a win win for not
only those that are hiring and the employers, but also
(03:31):
for the employees.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Another way of looking at it is this it's a.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Great way to have an instant pay raise without it
actually negatively hurting the economy or small businesses. They're also
going to simplify the tax filings. This is huge because
it allowed for more Americans to be able to just
get their tax dollars back quickly, and it will reduce
complexity for both employees and the irs, lowering the cost
(03:55):
to run a business. Specifically for employers. There's also longer
incentives for working extra hours or in another way of
putting it, working extra hard to provide for yourself and
your family. It's encouraging productivity and rewarding productivity is how
the White House described it, and helping businesses meet demand
(04:15):
with more willing to work in those overtime hours. Now
let's move from there to the one hundred and seventy
five billion dollars for deportations as well as the border
wall funding. You know that border security is one of
the top priorities of President Donald Trump. Well, now we
have the money needed, as Tom Homan describe it, to
(04:36):
get the job done.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
And what the border security.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Is going to do with this money is well, it's
going to have.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
The issue of reinforcement.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
It will not only they say one, boost enforcement, but
also technology and infrastructure at the southern border, which supporters
are arguing will reduce illegal immigration even more. It's also
going to help stop drug trafficking in the feedanal trade
and the multi billion do industry of human smuggling, so
that is again part of this bill. It will also
(05:05):
have as they described it as a deterrent effect. A
large scale investment is sitting a very strong signal that
immigration laws are actually going to be enforced and strictly
enforced at that.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
We know this from the Trump administration.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
There's also what they describe as job protection as well
from this money that will be spent. Why, well, it
is seen by the Trump administration as a way to
quote protect low skilled American jobs from being undercut by
undocumented labor and millions and millions of them with a
race to the bottom that will help more Americans than
(05:40):
ever before. And then let's talk about seniors for a second.
This is something else that the President was really focused on.
He wants there to be real tax relief for our
seniors that are just trying to live a comfortable retirement
without having to worry every single month. Well, higher disposable income.
Why because it reduces the financial burden on retirees, especially
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those living unfixed incomes. There's also greater economic participation, the
White House says, as seniors may have more freedom to spend,
invest or support family members because of the tax relief
that they're specifically putting in there for as senior citizens.
And then There's also the healthcare costs buffer, which is
the number one reason why seniors have financial problems later
(06:23):
than life.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
It is easier, they say.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
Now, to manage out of pocket medical expenses or rising
living costs. So they're trying to protect seniors in this country.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Now.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Part of this bill, and the big part, which is
going to be monumental, is making the twenty seventeen Trump
tax cuts permanent. This is giving certainty for families and
for businesses. The long term planning is easier when the
tax rates are locked in, and what the President said
is you're not going to be forgotten.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
These tax rates were important to lock in.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Otherwise we're going to have the largest taxing cut increase
in our country's history. It was going to decimate the
middle class, and it was going to be brutal on
our not only on our economy, but also those at
higher This is now going to be locked in with
us twenty seventeen rates that you're used to. It's also
going to lower the individual tax rates that have continued
(07:18):
for middle class earners to keep more of their paycheck.
So if you're a middle class American, you're going to
keep more of your money because of this big beautiful bill.
There's also major support for small businesses. Pass Through entities
like LLCs and es corps are going to continue to benefit,
the White House says, from deductions spurring entrepreneurship and growth.
(07:41):
There's also investment and growth incentives as well. Lower tax as,
the White House says on capital gains and corporate income
are seen as pro business, potentially driving job creation and
market performance to new levels. Now, the overall positives on
this are this an economic boost.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
There's going to be more money in consumers.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Pockets that can lead to higher spending and economic activity.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
It is a pro worker bill.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
The bill positions itself as rewarding hard works, tips, overtime,
and protecting American jobs. And then there's the long term
structural changes. By locking in the tax policy and beefing
up immigration enforcement, the White House views this is fulfilling
their long promise reforms that put American workers first, American
(08:30):
middle class workers first, and making sure they're not under
being undercut by illegal immigrants. This is, in fact, a
big beautiful bill.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Now.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
Speaker Johnson just released a statement on the House passage
of the one Big Beautiful Bill. You heard him earlier,
but I want you to hear what he said quote.
The media and the Democrats have consistently dismissed any possibility
of House Republicans succeeding in our mission to an act
President Trump's America First Agenda.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Once again, they have been proven wrong.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Today, the House has passed generational nation shaping legislation that
reduces spending permanently, lowers taxes for families and job creators,
secures the border, unleashes American energy dominance, restores peace through strength,
and makes government work more efficient and effective for all Americans.
(09:21):
House Democrats vote against all of it, which clearly proves
they want tax hikes on their constituents, open borders, and
medicaid for legal immigrants. We look forward to the Senate's
timely consideration of this once in a generation legislation and
stand ready to continue our work together to deliver the
one big, beautiful bill to the President's desk that coming
(09:43):
from Speaker Johnson.
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Speaker 1 (11:40):
Now, there was some.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
Controversy, by the way, with this bill, with two Republicans
that were holdouts. You had Congressman Massing and Congressman Davison.
The White House Press Sancretary was asked about those two
Republicans not voting in favor of the big beautiful bill.
It was pretty clear that Donald Trump has a on
these two congressmen. Now, and here's what the White House
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had to say about it.
Speaker 4 (12:04):
You had two Republicans last night that voted against this bill,
Congressman Massey and Davidson.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
Does the President think that they should be primary?
Speaker 5 (12:11):
I believe he does, and I don't think he likes
to see grandstanders in Congress.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
What's the alternative.
Speaker 5 (12:16):
I would ask those members of Congress did they want
to see a tax hike? Did they want to see
our country go bankrupt? That's the alternative by them trying
to vote no. And the President believes the Republican Party
needs to be unified, and the vast majority of Republicans
clearly are and are listening to the President. They are
trusting in President Trump as they should because there's a
reason he's sitting in this oval office. It's because he's
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the unequivocal leader of the Republican Party, not just a
president for Republicans, but all Americans. The President's approval rating
is at an all time high right now. It's because
he knows how to deliver in Republicans like Thomas Massey
and others should take note.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
Now.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
That was clearly the warning from the White House. Massey
took to the floor of Congress and here is what
Tom I had to say about his reason for voting no.
Listen carefully, gentlemen from Kentucky's recognized for ninety seconds.
Speaker 6 (13:09):
We'd love to stand here and tell the American people,
we can cut you our taxes and we can increase spending,
and everything's going to be just fine. But I can't
do that because I'm here to deliver a dose of reality.
This bill dramatically increases deficits in the near term, but
promises our government will be fiscally responsible five years from now.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
Where have we heard that before?
Speaker 6 (13:31):
How do you bind a future Congress to these promises?
This bill is a debt bomb ticking. Congress can do
funny math, fantasy math if it wants, but bond investors don't.
Speaker 1 (13:43):
And this week they sent us a message.
Speaker 6 (13:46):
Moodies downgraded our credit rating, and the bond investors who
buy our debt and finance our debt demanded higher interest
rates on the ten year note, the twenty year note,
and the thirty year note. What does this mean? Very
soon the government will be paying sixteen thousand dollars of
interest interest alone per us family.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
And what are we telling him?
Speaker 6 (14:08):
Instead of taking care of that problem, We're gonna give
you a sixteen hundred dollars tax break. Under the taxing
and spending levels in this bill, we're going to rack
up the author say twenty trillion dollars of new debt
over the next ten years. I'm telling you it's closer
to thirty trillion. Dollars of new debt in the next
ten years. Mister speaker, We're not rearranging deck chairs on
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the Titanic tonight. We're putting coal into boiler and setting
a course for the iceberg.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
If something is.
Speaker 6 (14:40):
If something is beautiful, if something is beautiful, you don't
do it after midnight.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
I pose this villain time has expired.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
By the way, those that are clapping were the Democrats
on the Democratic side of the aisle, Thomas Massey saying
I stand here and tell the American we can't cut
your text and increased spinning and everything will be fine.
Digging in White House making it clear we're more than
happy to find somebody to primary you, and clearly the
presidents willing to roll up his sleeves and get involved
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in the primary part of all of this.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
Now, I also want to play for you.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
Steve Moore, he's an economist, you know him for Fox
News Channel.
Speaker 1 (15:18):
He had something very interesting to say on.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
Fox today about this bill and what it means not
only for the president but for the country.
Speaker 7 (15:25):
All Right, the Houses passed Trump's big beautiful bill. It
happened earlier today and now joining us with reaction. Steve
Moore Unleash Prosperity co founder and Lou Bassanie, a Prairie
operating company's executive vice president of Marcut Strategy.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
Welcome to you both.
Speaker 7 (15:38):
First, Steve, your reaction to that and where this goes next.
Speaker 8 (15:44):
Well, this was a huge, huge victory for Trump. I
think there were really three heroes here. Obviously President Trump, who,
as you know Sandra went over to the House and
made the final pitch for this and got the final votes.
And then Mike Johnson, who has almost impossible of course,
he's the Speaker of the House. I don't know how
he did it, but he somehow sits together two hundred
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and eighteen votes for this, and I think it was
a one vote majority that they were able to get.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
It wouldn't have happened without him.
Speaker 8 (16:12):
And then I have to say, Chip Roy, who you
may recall Sandra raised some objections to the bill last
week and I hapen to agree with some of those objections,
and you know what, they made it into a better bill.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
And so now this goes to the Senate.
Speaker 8 (16:24):
I think the Senate will act sometime before fourth of July.
And I agree, we got to get this thing on
the desk of the President. As quickly as possible. I
think it'll be very positive for the economy and the
stock market.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
You listen to.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
Steve Moore there in what he says, and he's absolutely right, Like,
this is going to have a huge impact on our economy.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
Everyone knows it, that's involved in it.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
The President had a really tough job here keeping this
together with a slim margin in the House. He said
that the other day when he was on Capitol Hill
meeting with members of Congress, and this was his warning,
by the way, on a couple holdouts at the time.
Speaker 9 (17:00):
Look, the alternative is a sixty eight percent tax increase,
and you can blame the.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
Democrats for that. Edward or two.
Speaker 9 (17:07):
Brin said, this really have Waterton, but we have not
tremendous support. But you'll have a sixty eight percent tax increase,
or you'll get a massive tax increase. You'll get a
tax cut the likes of which we've never had to book.
This is bigger than any Ronald Reagan tax cut. It's
even bigger than the tax cut that.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
I gave, because as you know, that's being extended and increased.
Speaker 9 (17:32):
So this is the biggest tax cut in the history
of our country or you'll get a sixty eight percent
tax increase.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
Now, when you think about the numbers the President just
gave there, this was not only a huge success for
the American people.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
But a moment where if it.
Speaker 2 (17:49):
Didn't happen, the taxes on everyday Americans were going to skyrocket.
I also got to give a lot of credit here
to Mike Johnson. Mike Johnson and what he did to
get this across the finish line.
Speaker 1 (18:03):
Hurting cats is the.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
Best way I can describe it is incredible. He could
only lose a couple and sure enough he did, and
he was able to do it with the President's help.
But if you want to know who the biggest bad
a is in Washington right now, it is no doubt
that it's Speaker Johnson. Joe Kanca on Fox said this,
take a listen.
Speaker 10 (18:24):
And right now, the MVP right in Washington for Donald
Trump is Mike Johnson. Because he is hurting cats right
where he has almost no majority, and he's been able
to pass some things already. If he could get this
thing through, get it to the Senate, get it through reconciliation,
House and Senate kind of you know, go back and forth,
and it gets to the President's desk, and this thing passes,
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this big, beautiful bill with all these.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
Tax cuts that are in here.
Speaker 10 (18:48):
Democrats had nothing to run on in twenty twenty six.
They can't run on foreign policy, they can't run on
the border, and they can't run on the economy. So
if that happens, trust me, Mike Johnson is your MVP.
Speaker 11 (18:59):
Right, Yeah, well he sounds pretty confident.
Speaker 7 (19:01):
We'll see what he does.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
He is the MVP he is, and he got this
thing done.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
And for anyone that's been criticizing Mike Johnson, you're just wrong,
all right, like you are just wrong.
Speaker 1 (19:13):
Mike Johnson did one hell of a job here.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
Steve Scalise also talking about this bill getting passed.
Speaker 1 (19:21):
Here is what he had to say.
Speaker 4 (19:22):
Track again, But we were never deterred when this bill
could have failed ten times over. We said we were
going to get this done and failure is not an option,
and we meant it. We knew we were fighting for
the families who had been struggling for way too long
under the failed policies of Joe Biden and all the
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Democrats who did have control of Washington for too long.
We watched higher interest rates and higher inflation and lower
wages and a demise of the American dream that we
knew should not be permanent, but was only going to
turn around if we passed a bill to get.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
America back on track.
Speaker 4 (20:03):
We knew we had to prevent a massive tax increase,
so we put it in the bill. We knew we
needed to secure America's border, as President Trump ran on
all across this country and won the election on and
we put it in this bill. We ran on and
said we would produce more American energy, and.
Speaker 1 (20:23):
We put it in this bill. All the things that.
Speaker 4 (20:27):
We knew we needed to do to root at waste,
fraud and abuse, and government focus on those families who
were struggling.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
All of that is in this one big, beautiful bill.
Speaker 4 (20:37):
And yes, now the House has come together and passed
this bill against all odds, but we're still working on
the rest of the process still goes to the Senate.
Senate has a lot of work to do too. That's
why we've been talking to the Senate for a long time.
But it's their turn to take this bill and move forward.
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But I'll tell you, none of this would be possible
without the leadership for President Trump, who every step of
the way, not only laid out the vision, ran a
campaign on this vision, but every step of the way too,
said whatever you need, let me know.
Speaker 2 (21:14):
Steve Salice, the House Majority leader, saying whatever you need,
We're on board with this.
Speaker 1 (21:19):
Backing the president.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
A major victory for America and American families. Well done
by the housekins done. Now it's going to move on
to the Senate. I want to move to another story,
and this one is obviously a tragic story, a shooting
that occurred outside the Capitol Jewish Museum in Washington, d C.
I was literally in front of this building just a
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few days ago when I was in DC and had
been to Evince there as well, which is I think
the most surreal and shocking part of this anti Semitic killing.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
Clearly that's what it was.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
What's even more discussing is the fact that Democrats are
refusing to condemn the deaths of these two Israeli Embassy
staff members. The couple had just attended a young diplomat's
reception hosted by the American Jewish Committee. They were leaving
the event around nine h eight pm Eastern. The suspect,
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a thirty year old from Chicago, approached a group of
four individuals and opened fire with a handgun, faintly wounding
two of those that he was targeting.
Speaker 1 (22:26):
Rodriguez.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
The shooter was observed pacing outside the museum prior to
the attack, and after the shooting, he entered the museum
appearing distressed, leading bystanders to initially mistake him for a victim.
He was even given water and comforted until he revealed
himself as the shooter, at which point he was attained
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by security personnel. Now, during the arrests, the individual shouted, free,
free Palestine.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
I did this for Gaza, is what he said. Now.
Speaker 2 (22:59):
The victims were a couple in their late twenties. They
worked in the embassy's political department and in public diplomacy.
They were actually planning to become engaged during an upcoming
trip days away in Jerusalem, and apparently he had already
bought the ring. Authorities are investigating the incident as a
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targeted act of violence with potential hate crimes implications, as
it should. The FBI and local law enforcement are examining
the man's background, including his online activities and any possible
connections to extremist group. Now, the attack has widely been
condemned by leaders in the United States and Israel. President
Trump described the killings as based obviously on anti Semitism
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quote unquote, and called for an end to such hatred.
Speaker 1 (23:48):
Israel's Prime Minister.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
Net Yahoo also denounced the act, linking it to the
rise of anti Semitic sentiment and ordering increased security at
Israeli diplomatic missions worldwide. Now, this incident has also heightened
concerns about the safety of Jewish communities and institutions in
this country, as we are witnessing anti Semitic rhetoric and
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violence that is spilling out. What's even I think more
damning to the Democratic Party and there should be no
place for this in the Democratic Party. Yet there is
is the fact that Elama Mar of the Democratic Party
refuse to condemn the killing of the Israeli diplomats. It
is despicable, is how the White House described it.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
Take a listen to this.
Speaker 5 (24:31):
I do you or President tomp have a message to
politicians like Ilhan Omar who believe this morning explicitly avoided
condemning this active terror. It's despicable and frankly, we have
seen a rise in anti Semitic protests of pro Hamas
protests of terrorist sympathizers. We saw them on our college campuses,
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and we've seen the Democrat Party turn a blind eye
and in some cases actually embrace such anti Semitic illegal behavior.
And that's why this administration has done more than any
administration in history to crack.
Speaker 1 (25:08):
Down on anti Semitism.
Speaker 5 (25:09):
As you know, in January when the President took office,
he signed a new executive order to combat anti Semitism.
He created a commission focused on doing just that. The
Justice Department announced their task force as well. The Secretary
of State Marco Rubio, has revoked thousands of student visas
from campuses where these pro palace pro Hamas, terrorist campus
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agitators and violent protests took place. And we've also withheld
funding from those veried campuses as well in an effort
to combat anti Semitism. So the President's made it very
clear that such hatred will have no place.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
In our country. I love how clear the White House
is on this one.
Speaker 2 (25:47):
I also want to play for you, and we now
have word the FBI's investigate in the DC shooting is
an act of targeted violence, is how they've described it
so far.
Speaker 1 (25:55):
After this young Jewish couple is brutally murdered.
Speaker 2 (25:59):
But I want you to year what was also said
on CNN.
Speaker 1 (26:03):
CNN apparently their main worry.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
Isn't the safety of Jews, it's how the backlash might
affect anti Israel protesters. Yes, that's their actual angle on
this and the FBI investigation, as they had a witness
that was there. They had them on TV this morning,
and again I want you to hear their narrative. It's
very clear their main worry is not the safety of Jews.
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After two Jewish individuals, this couple was brutally murdered, they're
worried how the backlash might affect anti Israel protesters, the
same ones calling for the death of Jewish people, the
death of Israel from the river to the sea.
Speaker 1 (26:44):
We've seen this on college campuses.
Speaker 2 (26:46):
You cannot hide this level of anti semitism here, it
is in real life on CNN.
Speaker 11 (26:51):
As you go forward, as you go forward with what
you have seen, can you give us any sense because
you said you look the shooter in the eyes, can
you give us any sense of what you saw in
him as he was sort of getting help and people
were tending to him as if he too was a
victim of seeing this.
Speaker 1 (27:11):
Yeah, it would be clear.
Speaker 12 (27:12):
I like heard about that part because we were in
the secure room when he initially walked in. I just
saw him screaming and then being handcuffed. But what I
saw in his eyes, I mean, I went to Columbia
for grads.
Speaker 3 (27:23):
Go on.
Speaker 12 (27:23):
I saw the same thing in his eyes as I
saw in the eyes of all the protesters at Columbia.
Nothing different between him and them.
Speaker 11 (27:31):
But they did not create this horrific shooting. They did not,
you know, sort of, they didn't shoot.
Speaker 1 (27:40):
They created. They gave permission. They gave the permission.
Speaker 12 (27:44):
They have called for this, They have called for it
to fought a revolution, which is the same thing he
yelled last night.
Speaker 11 (27:50):
Do you worry that there will be a come conslation though,
of the two, those people who are speaking their mind,
who really care about what is happening in Gaza, and
those people who are like this person who did this
horrific shooting, who intend to do harm a conflation.
Speaker 12 (28:09):
I mean, they are calling for intifada at Columbia University.
They call for intifada constantly. Now they're not quietly, they're loud.
They're loud. You can hear it. They make recordings of themselves.
So what's the difference. Are you afraid? Yes, what We're
all afraid. Everyone should be afraid.
Speaker 11 (28:29):
What are you doing to try to make yourself feel safer?
Speaker 12 (28:34):
Well, can't you just go on and live your life?
I'm a New Yorker, I remember nine to eleven. You
can't let them make you be afraid.
Speaker 1 (28:41):
You have to go on.
Speaker 12 (28:41):
You have to live your life and hopefully your government
does things to protect you. Last night, our government failed us.
Speaker 11 (28:50):
Jonathan Epstein. I know that they are going forward with this.
There is expected to be charges in this case. We
will see what happens, but I know you'll be watching
and we'll talk to you again as this goes forward.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
Thank you so much. I'm sorry that you have to
witness what you did.
Speaker 2 (29:03):
I mean, it is shocking to hear CNN do this
interview this way where they're like, well, aren't you worried
about you know, what's going to happen to the protesters
and their ability to like what world are you living in?
And he's right. At Columbia University, they were calling for evatada.
They were calling for the death of Jewish students in
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pr This is what they had in their article, for example,
and this is absolutely an excusable anti Semitic behavior by NPR.
This is the reason why I'm in favor of defunding
NPR as soon as we possibly can. Their headline was,
here's what we know about the two Israeli embassy staffers
killed in Washington, d C. Then in their second paragraph,
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it says, and more notably, as Israel ramps up it's
offensive in Gaza, where the risk of famine looms for
a population ground down by a month's long blockade. That's
what they wrote in the second paragraph, right, like justifying
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is what they're doing. They're justifying these types of attacks.
This is in PR in their own words, they're saying, yeah, well,
you got to understand why this has happened, right, I mean,
you look at defunding MPR. The American Jewish community is
not a pro Israel advocacy group is another way of
describing it. In this article, is an American Jewish community group.
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They know what they're doing with their lies. And here's
their headline to Israeli embassy aids are killed in a
shooting in DC. Officials say, okay, so then you move
the second part quote shortly after nine pm, as an
event by the Pro Israel Advocacy Group American Jewish Community
wrapped up at a local Jewish museum in downtown DC,
A man was observed pacing back and forth outside of
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the building.
Speaker 1 (30:54):
Metropolden police chief said, so, now, if.
Speaker 2 (30:57):
You're Jewish and you go to a Jewish event, you're
like a pro Israel advocacy group.
Speaker 1 (31:01):
Are you insane?
Speaker 2 (31:02):
That's like, so if I'm an American and I go
to Fourth of July event, that what does that label
mean now? As it is insanity what we are witnessing
right now, it is total insanity. I got something really
fun that we get to do. And if you've got family, kids, grandkids,
and you love going to a great movie, there is
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one called The Last Rodeo. It is starring a phenomenal
actor Neil McDonough. It is in theaters tomorrow and The
Last Rodeo celebrates the inspiring story of a veteran PBR
champion who returns to bull riding in his old age
to save the life of his grandson. It features real
life PBR stars as well. Neil, I appreciate you coming on.
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A lot of people I know get excited because I
see you in things like Yellowstone and Tulsa King you
just sort filming that today.
Speaker 1 (31:55):
But this movie Last, the Last Rodeo.
Speaker 2 (31:57):
We're gonna give away some tickets in the moment, so
stay tuned for that, everybody. But you're really excited about
this film coming out.
Speaker 3 (32:05):
I'm so excited about it, and Ben, thanks for having
me on your show first and foremost. But this is
one of those shows that's kind of the culmination of
everything I've worked towards in my whole career to be
able to finally be the hero in the film kiss
the girl in the end. Of course, everyone knows that
I won't kiss anybody else, but I get to kiss
my actual real life wife who plays my wife in
the film. So that alone for me is just I
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finally have gotten to where I've always aspired and prayed
to be, and it feels so good to be in
this position.
Speaker 2 (32:34):
It's incredible, and we're gonna give away some tickets right now.
You can go to angel dot com slash verdict and
you can get two free tickets to the Last Rodeo
and go see it as it is in theaters again.
Angel dot com slash Verdict now get two free tickets
to the last rodeo. Talk about this film, Neil and
what the message is, what people can expect.
Speaker 3 (32:55):
Well, it's you know, I think you just kind of
nailed it. There aren't many films out in the landscape
anymore where you can bring the whole family and not
the saccer any sweet types of films, the films that
actually have a bite to it that the whole family
can go to, kids, grandparents, anyone and learn from and
know that that you know, I have to cover years
or eyes. You're gonna have some great films. You can
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have great action with the bull riding, but you're gonna
have a story about families and broken families and how
are you men to fractured family? And for me, you
do it through faith. And when I went through all
my difficult things in life, it was always my faith
that got me through. Faith and my wife are may
those those two things have been my two greatest things
in my life. And now I get to write about
both of them, and starn and opposite my wife. So
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I'm just I'm so excited about this film it's hard
to even put it into words.
Speaker 2 (33:43):
Then you talked about doing this with your wife, have
you guys ever gotten to act before in movies?
Speaker 1 (33:49):
Or is this the first time? You're the leader?
Speaker 3 (33:50):
And my wife's ever actually before? When I wrote the film,
like okay, honey, so you know, I've always wanted to
be the John Wayne guy who you know is here
in the end who has to kiss the girl me
in She's like, yeah. I'm like, well, I'm finally gonna
do it. She's like, okay, but I need to do
it with you because I won't kiss anybody else. He goes,
I'm not an actress. I'm like, well you are now.
And she did awesome. I'm so proud of her. You know,
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she was a runway model, she was a supermodel, so
she understands the pressure of being in front of people
and delivering. So for her in front of a camera,
it was very natural and I'm just so happy. I'm
so happy for her now.
Speaker 2 (34:22):
When you wrote this, you also have real stars in
here as well that you that you mentioned a moment
ago PBR stars. What brought you the idea to even
write the script specifically with bull riding.
Speaker 1 (34:33):
I'm a big fan.
Speaker 2 (34:34):
I've gone to a lot of different rodeos, eight Second Tour,
et cetera. It is a brutal sport. What inspired you
to use this as the backdrop?
Speaker 8 (34:43):
Ben?
Speaker 3 (34:43):
I was doing another film at the time called The Warrants,
another Western that Ravee and I are producing. And when
I'm not around Revenge, she was home at the time
with the kids. When I'm not around my family, I
get really just downright kind of depressed the times, and
it's really hard. I don't like being on the road.
So but this one day, I was driving home from
set in Arizona, and I got gut punched with his
thoughts that what whatever happened to me, if something happened
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to Rebee, And then I pulled over to the side
of the road just kind of buckled. And then this
other idea came in my head, which I it has
to be from God, because I didn't know a whole
lot about bull riding, and this idea came into my
head right rocking on a bowl, or a grandfather who
has to save his grandson because he's dying of the
same brain tunor they killed his wife. This came out
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and I don't know where that came from, but it
just did. And then I sat in the side of
the ten freeway for two hours voice dictating into my
phone because I'm dyslexic, so I'm not very good at writing,
so I always do all my writing through voice dictations,
And I sent it up to my writing partner and
within the week we had our first draft, and a
week later, Revey and I raised the financing and Angel
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Studios came on board, and here we are, almost two
years later, and it's just it's kind of miraculous, and
there really is.
Speaker 2 (35:56):
Well, you mentioned that there's a family friendly movie. You
don't have to worry. That's one of the reason why
I wanted to have you on how tough is it
to produce movies like this in the environment we're in now,
because I know you had friends and people that you
could go to for financing, but saddling up to do
a pro bull riding movie and on top of having
all the pressure behind you of getting this out and
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then getting it to the big screen, it's not an
easy task, especially in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 3 (36:24):
No, it's not. It's you know, it's a minor miracle
to pull any film off. But for this one, you know,
God led me the whole way. In this one. I
wanted John Abne to directed, and the amazing John Abnitt
and one incredible director, he is He killed it. I
wanted Michael T. Williamson and Christopher McDonald to play my
two guys in the film, and there two of my
best friends of life, and we went after you know,
(36:45):
my one of my best friends back home, Lim Griffin
helped us with the film, and then these other financiers
came to me and said, hey, we know what you're doing.
We really like what you're doing with your message and
Angel Studios, we like to help finance your next film.
So between those two parties, all of a sudden, we
had our budget, we had distribution, and everything just kind
of went according to plan, which was kind of miraculous. Yeah,
(37:08):
there's always pickups, there's there's always variables that you wouldn't
even think of, but we always knew that we weren't
doing something that was for his glory, not our own,
and everyone bought into it. So when you say Hollywood
doesn't want that stuff, I think that in their heart
of hearts, they actually do. And I think that this
(37:30):
film was a whole lot easier to make than other
films because it did have a faith backdrop. It was
a film that the whole family can go too, you know.
So I think I think the landscape is changing a
lot of it thanks to Angel Studios and you know,
our partnership with Angel in the films that we've been doing.
That you could make these smaller films and turn a profit,
(37:52):
and that's great for everybody. And to be able to
put these movies out and have the support of all
the fans who go to the films and buy ticket
and pay it forward anything we do with Angels, it's
just it's so humbling that it's again it's hard to
I get so choked up just thinking about how fortunate
I am and blessed I am to be able to
sit here on a show like this and talk about
(38:13):
this amazing film that we have coming out.
Speaker 2 (38:15):
Last question for you, there's a rumor that you actually
got injured while bull riding.
Speaker 1 (38:20):
Is this true?
Speaker 3 (38:21):
Which time?
Speaker 9 (38:23):
Right?
Speaker 1 (38:23):
Okay? I I love when I get good intel.
Speaker 3 (38:27):
Yeah. I got busted up a lot.
Speaker 1 (38:29):
You know.
Speaker 3 (38:29):
We trained for months and months and months to make
sure I look as authentic as possible, and yeah, I
you know, busted up my wrists, my I busted a
few other things, but my shoulder popped out that hurt
like the Dickens, but I didn't tell anybody. I just
went around the corner and snapped it back in at
this barn, this door around the corner, and I popped
(38:50):
back in. I had like tears in my eyes, and
John's like yo, okay, I'm like yeah, I'm ready, let's roll.
And I didn't tell him the story for three months
later because if I had told him, he would have
shut it down and every would have gone crazy, Like
I'm just I'm a I'm a tough old dude, so
I just look. I kept it to myself and a
couple other injuries that happened that hey, those are war
wounds that I consider as trophies and metals.
Speaker 2 (39:12):
I love it well. The movie is out. Go see
it the Last Rodeo. It is in theaters. Help keep
it in theaters. Support great movies that have been green
light for your family. You can also get two free
tickets to see The Last Rodeo and by going to
angel dot com slash verdict now you can get your
two free tickets to the Last Rodeo today and support
(39:32):
I tell you with this all the time, Neil. When
you see a movie that is made for your family,
safe for your family, back it, support it, advocate for it,
put it up on social media, because unfortunately we have
too much trash being made and not enough wholesome movies
like this. So I congrats on doing it, and I
hope everyone listening is gonna go check it out.
Speaker 1 (39:52):
I hope.
Speaker 3 (39:53):
So I know your viewers who are you are kind
of people that you know if they're out there supporting
it by backing it financially, going to sin being there,
not wait until it comes out on DVDs or anything else.
It's telling Hollywood, it's exactly what you just said, Ben,
we need more of this or less of the other.
So thank you for putting that word up for me.
I really appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (40:11):
Hey man, be safe out there on the road. Always
a pleasure. We'll talk to you in real soon.
Speaker 3 (40:15):
God bless you, pl thank you, thank you.
Speaker 1 (40:16):
Go see the movie.
Speaker 2 (40:17):
It is awesome, The Last Rodeo starring at Neil McDonald
in theaters. It opens at twenty third and you can
grab those free tickets right now. Angel dot com slash
verdict and get those two free tickets. Make sure you
share this podcast with your family and friends.
Speaker 1 (40:31):
Put it up on social media.
Speaker 2 (40:32):
Wherever you are, and we appreciate you listening every day.
Speaker 1 (40:36):
We'll see you back here tomorrow.
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