
Episode 4680: Democrats Flee Texas For Radical Far Left States; The McConnell Senate ...
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Nationwide consequences. And it's getting even more urgent as state Democratic lawmakers have now fled the state entirely. They bolted to Illinois, Boston, New York on Sunday. It was a last ditch effort to delay voting on a new congressional map ordered by President Trump in Texas. And it would give Republicans another five seats in next year's midterm elections.
Political Analyst
We did not make the decision to come here today. We did not make that decision lightly. But we come here today with absolute moral clarity that this is the absolutely the right thing to do to protect the people of the state of Texas.
News Anchor
The move denies the Texas legislature a quorum, blocking Republican efforts to pass the new gerrymandered map during a special session. Now Governor Greg Abbott is lashing out, accusing Democratic lawmakers of abandoning their offices. He's threatening their removal. State Attorney General Ken Paxton goes even further, suggesting the lawmakers should be arrested, adding, quote, we should use every tool at our disposal to hunt down those who think they're above the law.
Democratic Lawmaker
Ramon Romero, your state representative, and you know what's going on right now. This is the fight that we're in. This is the fight that you're in. We didn't start this fight. Donald Trump started it. He asked the Texas legislature to get rid of your voice. So for me, I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to go to work to silence you. And there's going to be a lot of people, if that's what they're going to say, they ran away. They don't want to go do their job. If my job is taking away your right to have a vote, that matters, I'm not going to do it. There's going to be other people that are going to go to the floor. It's not going to be me and it's not going to be my colleagues because we know what this means. This is the destruction of America and the destruction of value of our votes. So you see me look at here. Bye. I'm out. But I'm here for you. Some of these lawmakers are actually in Texas or, excuse me, in New York.
Political Analyst
Right now as well.
Democratic Lawmaker
The governor there is supposed to meet.
Political Analyst
With them today as part of all of this.
Democratic Lawmaker
When it comes to the balance of power in the House, it comes down to just a fraction of a margin, essentially the rate, the margins already razor thin. And so if you have five seats that could go then to the Republican.
Political Analyst
Column that might otherwise be in the.
Democratic Lawmaker
Democratic column, that could be the entire ballgame. We've seen this play out before in New York. Congressman Hakeem Jeffries is very keen on becoming Speaker Hakeem Jeffries. And so he is eager to do.
Political Analyst
Anything he can to make sure that he holds on to that.
News Anchor
The thing is, there's actually a history of a quorum break in in Texas, basically where in the past, even the state rangers were called in to use force to make lawmakers come back. You know, you're nodding. You remember this back in 2021. And there is one person, a political science professor from the text tells the Texas Tribune that there actually aren't that many options to force them to return. But there are some things. Like they could take a novel, aggressive Measure, trimming the $20,000 monthly operating budgets given to House members to run their office, declaring the seats vacant and triggering special elections that's never been used. And of course, there's the $500 daily fines for every day that they're away. But remember, when it comes to things like the $20,000 budget deficit or the $500 daily fines, this is what fundraising is for. And it's not just going to attract the interests of people in Texas nationally. I think you're going to have a lot of people who are interested in this, who are worried about what redistricting is doing to politics, who are going to come in and help to fund these through PACs. So I don't think that's the real issue. The seat vacancy thing, we've never seen that before. I don't know actually how that would work. The vote is supposed to happen today, so we'll get a little bit more information. But I'm watching. You were mentioning New York also, Illinois Governor Pritzker coming in and hosting a bunch of these Democrats because the Supreme Court has paved the way for half the stuff that we see that's going on. Listen, Donald Trump is a piece of. Okay, we know that. Yes, yes, he is. He is. He is. But in a functioning democracy, he still would not be able to get away with this. But he's been able to get away with this because the House Republicans are complicit. He's been able to get away with this because Senate Republicans are complicit. But most importantly, the courts, especially the Supreme Court, is complicit. And so I think one of the places that we have to start is, is we are absolute. They are that. They are the highest court in the land and they have no ethics guard rails. Now, you go down to the lower courts and they do. How much this does that make when we know that they're taking money. We have the paper trail and they refuse to put guardrails on themselves. So it's time for us to do it for them. You have till 3pm According to the state attorney general, to get back to the state. You're facing these fines every day after. Are you worried that if at a certain point you're in some sort of violation of the law. Right. Because of these fines, that your seats could be declared vacant, that special elections could be called?
Democratic Lawmaker
There is no violation of the law right now. And it's a huge violation of the separation of powers for the governor to.
Republican Strategist
Think that he could remove members of the legislature because he doesn't agree with the way that they're conducting business in their position. That's asinine.
Democratic Lawmaker
The reality is that these legislators are.
Republican Strategist
Doing what it takes to make sure.
Democratic Lawmaker
That the voters have an opportunity to.
Republican Strategist
Hold Donald Trump accountable in the 2026 midterms.
Democratic Lawmaker
Because when they push bills to make.
Republican Strategist
Sure that the richest people in this country pay less in taxes than the.
Democratic Lawmaker
Poorest and that they're shutting down rural.
Republican Strategist
Hospitals across this country, driving up your.
Democratic Lawmaker
Energy rates, then Democrats have to step up to make sure that we're doing.
Republican Strategist
Everything we can to make your life more affordable. And that means having the opportunity to hold Republicans accountable in the 2026 midterm election. This is the primal scream of a dying regime. Pray for our enemies because we're going medieval on these people. There's not got a free shot on all these networks lying about the people. The people have had a belly full of it. I know you don't like hearing that. I know you try to do everything in the world to stop that, but you're not going to stop it. It's going to happen.
Democratic Lawmaker
And where do people like that go.
Republican Strategist
To share the big lie? MAGA media.
Democratic Lawmaker
I wish in my soul, I wish that any of these people had a conscience.
Republican Strategist
Ask yourself, what is my task and what is my purpose? If that answer is to save my country, this country will be saved. War room, here's your host, Stephen K. Band. It's Monday for August in the year of alert 2025. There's a lesson there, War room Posse, about how something that's so obscure and nobody's focused on Abbott doesn't want to do and Patrick doesn't want to do and none of the Texas establishment wants to do. You give the war room posse, I don't know, two weeks with a firebrand like Brian Harrison and then it becomes the number one political story in the world on fire right now. We've got a bunch more we're going to get to recess appointment fiasco. I'll get to that. Bls, the Fed, this Fed Governor opening seditious conspiracy. We are jammed on a Monday. But first things first, with the war in and by the way, Warren posse has created the ability to make changes in all of these and we're going to get you tons of information so you can become a force multiplier. First to Texas. Brian Harrison joins us. Brian, the governor last night finally woke up. He came out I think with a bombshell. 3:00 clock today and it looks like Paxton's backing him up. Three o' clock today. When you call the Texas House in the folks up there talking big smack talk last night in Illinois are, are going to have their, are going to have their seats vacated. Is this what's going to happen? Is Abbott finally going to throw down hard here?
Political Analyst
Sir, I don't, you know, I don't know. We're going to see, we're going to find out. What I would say is prepare for a whole bunch of really bad kabuki theater and smoke and mirrors from a lot of elected Republicans in Texas who are going to want to sound tough and look like they're taking action to rein in these rogue Democrats. Here's the reality, okay? This is what it all boils down to. This is another in seems, it seems a limitless series of abject failures by the elected so called Republican leadership in the Texas government. Here are the facts. If they're elected Republicans in the state of Texas wanted to have done redistricting, redistricting would have been done by now. We could have done this in the regular session. We could have gotten this done in the first half of the regular session. And here's the biggest point on the quorum break. If the elected leadership of the state of Texas had wanted to stop the quorum break, they had every tool at their disposal to do it. And just for example, Steve, I was on the war room, I think Natalie was hosting on Wednesday just a few days ago. Well guess what did we have here in the Capitol on Wednesday just four short days ago? We had the maps. They had been filed. We had the Democrats and we had a quorum. Well, what did our so called Republican speaker do after only seven minutes with those conditions? The Democrats are here. We've got a quorum. We've got the maps. What did he do? He adjourned the whole body and released the Democrats and I'm not making this up so that they could go and Huddle up and collude and scheme with Hakeem Jeffries just a few hours later, who had flown down from D.C. to meet with the Democrats to plan their exodus. So here's the reality. This is a failure of elected Republicans in the state of Texas. If the state of Texas had bold Republicans, the type of bold republic Republicans that governed with the type of bow. Boldness you see out of the President Trump's first and second administrations, this quorum break would never have happened. So I predict on the floor today, you're going to see a lot of theatrics from the House leadership team. There's going to be motions and resolutions to strip Democrats of their titles and take their parking spots away and maybe mess around with their seniority. This is smoke and mirrors. It's bad theater. Don't let them get away with it. Elected Republicans hold all the cards. They held all the cards. And this is another failure. And the voters of Texas deserve better. But quite frankly, the people, the patriots across America, deserve better because the future of our country is on the line. The Democrats in Texas are acting like it. They always act like it. It's past time elected Republicans in Texas start acting like they know what time.
Republican Strategist
It is in America with all these theatrics. Today, those guys are in Illinois, you know, nobody knows who's paying for him. Pritzker's basing his presidential run on this. The left has finally now woken up to the fact that the Big 12, when I say the Big 12, I mean five in Texas, five in Florida, one in Missouri, one in Indiana, and maybe more to come, will change the basic map of the United States and make the. Make the House impervious to take over by these radical Democrats. What do you recommend today? 3 o'. Clock. The governor's already laid out and Paxton, I think, has said they're going to strip them with all the theatrics. Kabuki theater. What's the reality of actually forcing some of these guys? I think you need 12 of them back and probably a couple in the Senate, too. What can we do? And what can the Warren Posse do? Who's been, you know, folks are got. We're fixed bayonets right now, and we know people respond mainly at the tip of a bayonet to push them along. What do you recommend?
Political Analyst
Well, just don't let the pressure up. I mean, we got the map out of committee, which is, quite frankly, further than I thought we might have done. And I, as, as you and I have discussed on the air, I credit the War Room Posse and patriots across the country for forcing action. But the elected Republican leadership in the state of Texas, they need to be told, we're not going to stop watching you. And here's the reality. We are very, very far behind the eight ball, the play on this. The way to get this done was to have done it by now, was to stop them from leaving. Because the speaker and the governor had all the power they needed to stop them from leaving. But the fact that they're already gone. Here's the reality. We've got only two weeks left in the special session. It might necessitate multiple special sessions, but yeah, every tool, every mechanism needs to be on the table to get them arrested and to bring them back here. You know, if the vacate idea coming out of the governor's office, this is more than we've seen from him in previous quorum breaks. Because the reality is we have a long, we have precedent in the state of Texas for Democrats being able to do whatever they want. And here's one thing we haven't talked about. These Democrats that fled, these radical, leftist, extremist Marxist Democrats, these are the people that elected the Republican leadership of the Texas House. So the Republican leadership has lost control. If we had bold, effective Republican leadership down here, this never would have happened. And the governor, Lieutenant governor and speaker, they need to know, right, right now, in no uncertain terms, the eyes of America are on you. We should have done this before now. We should have done it in regular session. We should have done it in the first half of the special session. They never should have been allowed to leave. This is on you to solve this problem and get redistricting done so we can save our country.
Republican Strategist
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Political Analyst
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Republican Strategist
Wow. 9:21.
News Anchor
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Republican Strategist
That was really good. You're going dog nuts. I mean dreading girl. Yes, Sydney Sweeney has great splits. Okay, thank you. When I hit the mic, time to come in right there. Pretty impressive shooting, right? Alex DeGrasse joins us. Brian Harrison sticking around. Alex, as you know, you were out for a little while. When you left, the thing in Texas was a nothing burger. Now it's the biggest political story in the world. Once again, hat tip to the war in posse. You guys went to the ramparts, started lighting people up. Brian Harrison every day was just given tremendous guidance on this. How important is this? You were the architect kind of of the last time we went through this exercise when you started warning people early on about Tennessee and Missouri and particularly Florida that hey, this is very important and wasn't getting done. If we had not done that in 2022, I don't know, man, I don't know where that thing would have turned out. How important is these redistrictings because of the massive demographic shifts in the country, how important are these redistrictings now throughout the nation?
Political Consultant
Well, thanks, Steven. And Brian is great, by the way. I've known him for years and appreciate everything he's doing and he's got a lot of fans across the country. And I think this could be the whole ball game, Steve. I mean, the last couple elections for the House have been decided with very few margins and very few changes in the number of seats. And so, you know, while we did great last time and ultimately the efforts that we and the Posse took the lead on to deliver, what we were able to deliver last cycle is obviously what has held the House majority for us. No doubt. But I will say many people thought, hey, we can go further, we've got to go further. And I think the reality is Democrats, you know, they're flying to Illinois, which is the most gerrymandered state in the entire country. So I'm not really sure from a PR or an optics point of view, you know, they're going to get out of that. Obviously, they tried to gerrymander New York and in California they would if they could. And now they're going to try, of course. But because they have put in all these sort of fake commissions and different things like that that they use as sort of props to try to say they don't gerrymander, they're a little bit delayed on if they'll be able to respond, which is why, you know, the high up people in the party see an opportunity to try to jam 12 seats, obviously move our margin up to about 15 seats and provide a buffer, all legally for what will be a tough midterm. I mean, just historically now, I think we feel great on the issues. We've spoken about it on the show about, you know, how many seats that Trump won that are held by Democrats. But regardless, we can't take anything for chance because the House majority is the entire ball game. And everyone understands that from President Trump's political team. I think the Posse understands that operatives everywhere that, that, that this cycle is the game. And that's the, the Posse's been playing for years. We've been talking about the House majority. I mean, no one talks more about the House majority than your show, Steve. And so I think it's really important. I think Texas is huge. Indiana, Missouri, obviously, Florida, the five there. So 12 would be great, because I don't know that they'll be able to move the numbers in California, New York this cycle. They will next cycle, but we got to get through this one and hold the line.
Republican Strategist
Let's talk about. I want to go back. Yeah, yeah. First off, the Democratic polling is pretty anemic. Right. I think they're up 2 in a generic poll. And remember, let's take particularly 18, and I think that's a close analogy. Nancy Pelosi, it was all about impeaching Trump. They walked precincts. They did the hard work. I remember having a meeting one time at the war room, the Breitbart Embassy. It was in the middle of July of 18, and I had some people there, and I said, hey, right now, is it like, I don't know, 90 degrees in Iowa? And I said, those people are walking districts right now, knocking on doors, canvassing, because they are so infuriated with President Trump. They will do anything to give Nancy Pelosi a majority. And the first thing, you know, the first opportunity, she gonna impeach me. Oh, no, they'll never mention that. I said, you wait. And of course, we saw. I think they won 40 seats. You don't see. You see a lot of anger, but because our policies are working, you don't see a lot of traction. Polling's anemic. Therefore, two things. One, they must blunt this. If they don't blunt this, they're out of luck. So they must stop Texas, they must stop Florida, obviously, Indiana, Missouri, what I call the Big 12. In addition, in California, Illinois, and New York, they're a little jammed up. Right. I think Illinois is already 14 to 3. It's the most German fact. When Pritzker's. When Pritzker's given his big speech last night, which is really his launch of his presidential campaign. Some reporter who's. I don't think a conservative reporter goes, hey, how can you have these guys here? You're the most gerrymandered state in the Union. He didn't even know how to answer it. Right. He just kind of flustered. I take it the structural impediments to California, New York and Illinois make it fairly remote. They could get it done. Although Gavin Newsom's talking about putting. Making a special election in November. It would be pretty remote that they could do anything to do major redistricting in those three states. Sir.
Political Consultant
Yeah. So New York is talking about 2028, and I think Kathy Hochul's hosting some of these Texas Democrats right now, and they're actually live right now. I would ask if the control room later or Cameron they put up the map for the posse to see of the Illinois. I mean any voter looking at that says this is the craziest thing. I mean you've got line a seat all across the entire state. It makes absolutely no sense at all. It's totally gerrymandered. So they're pretty much maxed out there because they did that. And then with California similar they have to change the state constitution. NEWSOM Talking about some type of special election or referendum, but I think he's got about 95 days, 100 days, you know, until November. So it's sort of confusing how he gets that done. But all these guys kind of one up each other. Pritzker Newsom I mean it's kind of interesting and obviously like you said earlier, the numbers are in the gutter. The Democrat brand is a disaster. I think operationally they're sort of shattered. You look at the cash on hand advantages that Republicans have have when you include President Trump's committees, nrcc, rnc. I mean their fundraising is in the gutter. You've got these scam PACs on the democrat side that are grifting, taking hundreds of millions of dollars. There's a couple reports out about that which is kind of interesting using ActBlue and only like 2% of the money actually goes into the fight. So it's very interesting. They've got major, major kind of structural problems on their side. And so, so, you know, I feel optimistic about where we are as a party, but you can't leave anything to chance. You got to scoop what we can legally and get that firewall because again, we could be talking about one or two seat majority again. Right. And we just need one.
Republican Strategist
What would be Jeffries they're going to look, they've blown the opportunity to do this the easy way, so now they got to do it the hard way. What is your recommendation to because there's been some hesitancy, as there always is in the establishment to want to get down and dirty on these fights. What is your recommendation to the leadership in Texas as these guys as it reconvenes at 3 o' clock and the Democrats are in Illinois and I don't know why they would go to a Yankee state, but hey, I guess the Democrats know better than folks down at Texas. What's your recommendation to Governor Abbott, to the Attorney General Paxton, Lieutenant Governor Patrick in leadership of the House and Senate down there. What's your recommendation?
Political Consultant
So I would say that we either have two years to govern the country or we have four. And this is the once in a lifetime transformational period for the country. Look at what President Trump has done in six months. We need to do everything we can legally, nothing illegally, legally, to ensure that we hold the House majority. Cuz that's it. Because when we lose it, it's done. Everything ends, Steve. Impeachment investigations, no more bills, no more cuts, no more anything. So we to get two years or we get four and we'll deal with everything in 2028 and we'll reset and get a handle on that. But we have to be thinking 2026 midterm margins in the House and how we're going to be able to continue to pass bills. That's it. That's all that matters. So we have to go shoulder to whatever we can do. Whatever the envelope legally we were able to push could be make or break for the entire country. This isn't just about Texas obviously or anything else. This is about will we be able to ensure the golden age and enact the mandate of the American people over the next four years. Because if we lose it in the House, it's it. I mean there's no more anything. Of course. Steve.
Republican Strategist
Alex De Grasse, you're back in the saddle. Where do people go for your content, sir?
Political Consultant
Thank you Steve. And thank you Brian Harrison. So I met Degrasse81 on X getter Truth. Thank you guys. We'll be in touch more about everything going on. And I think this is really important that people call, provide positive reinforcement, I think to folks that were really counting on them. And this is a nationwide thing, it's not just Texas. So thank you guys.
Republican Strategist
Thank you Alex. Appreciate you. Brian Harrison, make us smart. What should we be looking for today and what do you need the Warren posse to do on this Monday for August year overlord 2025 to make sure this thing happens.
Political Analyst
What we should be looking for today. Again, we're so far behind the eight ball. I mean this isn't like we fumble. You know, the Republic of Republicans in Texas fumbled the football. It's like the elected Republicans in Texas handed ball to the other team and said go run and then we're going to pretend to catch you. I mean that's how bad this is. So what we need right now are not tough words. We don't need strongly written House resolutions. We need action. The Democrats have to know that something is different this time. Unlike every other time, they've done exactly the same thing and faced no consequences. Because again, the Republican, nominally Republican, speaker of the Texas House, he owes all of these Democrats, they're his power center because it's the Democrat caucus that elected him in the first place. And that's why the elected Republicans in Texas, they need to know that they've already dropped the ball in the worst possible way. And these Democrats, if you watch their press conference last night, these guys are acting like nothing that's coming out of the governor's mansion or the House leadership. Twitter feed is surprising to them. They're acting like they expected all of this and there's good reason for it. They've never been punished before when they have, you know, left their post and fled this state to try and stop us. And last time they fled the state, it was something. It was over something far less consequential. It was an election integrity, one single election integrity bill down here. They know that the future. As your last guest, you know, Alex, and you just got done talking about the future of the United States Congress hangs in the balance. If we're talking about a one or two seat margin, this five seat could absolutely swing that. So we need bold action, not what we usually said. See down here from the liberal Austin unit party, which is bold sounding words and strongly worded tweets and very firmly written press statements. We need action. They need to be arrested if they need to be brought back.
Republican Strategist
Brian, real quickly, your social media, your Twitter people need to go to it. Where is it?
Political Analyst
At Brian E. Harrison on X. At Brian E. Harrison on X. I'll be updating you the posse in America throughout the day here.
Republican Strategist
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Wants to be different.
Democratic Lawmaker
Now, I'm wondering how you'd want to be different from the longest serving Senate.
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Leader in American history.
Democratic Lawmaker
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Different in supporting President Trump.
Democratic Lawmaker
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Republican Strategist
Which of Kentucky's two Republican senators supports President Trump the most?
Democratic Lawmaker
It's actually me. I am so glad to see that Mitch Mikado bothered to show up today. But, you know, I'm really confused. I thought this was Fancy Farm. I didn't realize this was bring your boys to work day. Who here can honestly tell me that it's a good thing to have a senior citizen who freezes on national television during his press conferences as our US Senator? It seems to me maybe, just maybe, Mitch's time to leave the Senate was a long time ago. I mean, for goodness sakes, a lot of us here at this picnic talked a lot of smack about Joe Biden and how old he was and how out of touch he was with the American people. So why is it that you all get so defensive when I talk about a man who's older than Biden, just as mentally compromised, and holds the same positions on Biden, on amnesty, Ukraine funding, and his hatred for Trump?
Republican Strategist
Wow. Okay, let's talk reality. There's a big article over the weekend. I think it was in Semaphore. I'll make sure I get up. I haven't posted yet about how John Thune is running the apparatus of McConnell. He's just McConnell's boy and just running the apparatus. Let me be brutally frank. The we're not having recess appointments because of John Thune and Polly Pocket, Speaker Johnson, Speaker Johnson obviously lied to the president over the weekend about the mechanics and the Constitution and all of it. But. And here's the reason they don't want thune and the McConnell apparatus do not want President Trump's folks in office every day now. And you just heard Alex DeGrasse right there. You either get two years of the golden age or you get four years. If we lose the House, it's full stop. Yeah, President Trump can still do some executive orders. Obviously the executive branch, particularly the Article 2 powers, are very powerful. But you're going to have investigations, you're going to have impeachments, you're going to have all of it. This is why we have made it as we did in 22. Right. The thing that has to be focused on in the summer of the summer of 2025. And you've made history. This story now in Texas is the biggest political story in the world. Why two weeks ago was dead, why the establishment doesn't want the redistricting. You know this in the Senate the same way every day is like a month, a month is like a year. And right now, because we didn't really go into recess and John Thune lied to the president and Polly Pockets Johnson lied to the president, we don't have this. And so you're not going to have it in September because September is another whole fight we're going to start tomorrow. Folks. They're working on right now John thune with the McConnell apparatus. Guess who he's working on a 9,000 page omnibus. Now they're going to say what's a minibus omnibus? And they want a CR for the whole year with a $2 trillion deficit in it. The games don't stop. And Mitch McConnell has the stones to sit there and say who's the. The reason the country is in bad a shape as it is in is because Mitch McConnell and the globalists and the neoliberal neocons of Mitch McConnell who made himself wealthy, he came in, he had like 50 bucks in the bank. Who made himself wealthy kowtowing to the donors, kowtowing to Wall street and the corporatist went along for the ride with the radical Democrats. They never fought him. And no, I was there. He does not support President Trump. He hates President Trump and does everything he can do behind the scenes to make Sorian Thornton. The reason we have pro forma right now, recess, which is an embarrassment when you're out of power. I fully agree that the party out of power like the Republicans did it with Obama, 100% agree. You have to do it. If a Democrats had the Senate and doing it, no problem. That's part of the structural techniques that we have. Some of these customs and traditions when the party in power, this is the senate with the McConnell operation, with Dune, as the, as the, as the pretty boy up front, the spoke, I call him the spokesmodel. He's the smokes model. Are showing they don't trust President Trump and they don't trust his nominees. This situation with the recess is a humiliation. They have lied to the president consistently. This was so easy to do. And you know what we have in the month of August? Nothing. In September, you're not going to get one person passed. Why? Because you're going to be in a firestorm about funding the government by midnight on the 30th of September. They'll get to it in October. And in October, I think in the first week of October there's another recess and they have to at that time do recess appointments because they're talking about on the margin we're going to go to the nuclear option, which is, you know, take a couple hours off here that John Thune lied to the President of the United States. And if John Thune's got anything to say about it, call me. You're a liar. You lied to the president to his face. Polly Pockets hit out in Israel, right. Hid out in Israel and then lied to the President, United States about the constitutionality of this. Mike Lee was 100% correct the entire time. And what are we sitting here now? Pro forma? The humiliation of pro forma recess because they don't trust the president. United States appointments, full stop. Nate Morris joins us now. Nate, I don't know to sit there and have McConnell bald face lie. He's not a supporter of the President. It's an open secret in Washington D.C. and he sits there. And the folks in Kentucky, no offense, that are applauding Mitch McConnell, you should be ashamed of yourself. Mitch McConnell has brought shame on you. I think his national polling is at 9%. The Commonwealth of Kentucky has been humiliated by Mitch McConnell's act. The country's in the shape it's in and President Trump's got to turn it around because Mitch McConnell, the longer serving leader in the thing, you had every opportunity to fight and he did and he rolled over and he made a fight fortune. Made a fortune one with his connections with the Chinese Communist Party and number two, all the backroom deals he did for himself, to make himself wealthy, for a guy that had 50 bucks, a country lawyer that had 50 bucks in his account when he came to office. Nate, how are we going to take the trash out with this guy? Because he is trash.
Democratic Lawmaker
Steve, this is what this whole campaign for the U.S. senate, you may remember we launched about a month ago, and we are running in Kentucky to replace Mitch McConnell as an outsider is someone who's not part of the political establishment. Steve, you know, I'm a businessman, I'm an entrepreneur. I've done very, very well in the private sector. I don't need a job like this. But I felt like I had to get in this race, Steve, because I see the two guys that were in it and they were nothing but puppets for Mitch McConnell. This is Andy Barr and Daniel Cameron, and I wanted to showcase that we can have another choice. And Kentucky's long overdue, as President Trump says, to rid Kentucky of the stench of Mitch. And that's what this campaign has been all about. And over the weekend at Fancy Farm, Steve, you wouldn't believe it. Mitch McConnell, as soon as he gets to the stage, what does he do? He attacks us. And his attack was, who doesn't want to be like me? Who doesn't want to be like me? That's his attack. And I look at that in two things. I look at that, number one, Mitch, I don't want to be like you. I don't want to be the longest serving anything. And that's the fundamental problem. You're the, you're bragging about being the longest serving leader in history. That's the problem. And that's why Kentuckians are so angry. That's why America's angry. And that's why people hate politicians in this country, is because of that kind of thinking. And then I look at the arrogance, the arrogance of Mitch McConnell to say, how dare you? You don't want to be like me. Look how great I am as Mitch McConnell. And that's the hubris and arrogance that's gotten our country into so much trouble. Steve, these career politicians, as you know, have driven our country off a cliff. And I had the opportunity to make a couple speeches over the weekend and my two opponents, Andy Barr and Daniel Cameron, the first thing they do after I quit speaking is, is they go to the press and cry like babies. And defending Mitch McConnell, they defend him. Oh, Nate's speech is so dark. Nate's speech is so tough. You know, Steve, sometimes the truth hurts. The truth hurts. And we've been truthful in this Campaign. And it's uncomfortable for a lot of the establishment. The people that were clapping in that room, because that was an establishment crowd. Look, Steve, I was behind enemy lines at that speech, and I was willing to go there and have that conversation for the people of Kentucky because this is their seat. It's not Mitch's seat. This belongs to the people. And these two weak men, these are two very, very weak men, Andy Barr and Daniel Cameron, they just continue to cry to the press and complain. And not one of them, not one of them is willing to call out Mitch McConnell's record because they're owned by Mitch. They owe everything to Mitch McConnell. And, Steve, you wouldn't believe it. Over and over again at every event during Fancy Farm, leading up to Fancy Farm, the establishment was giving standing ovation after standing ovation. They give this guy awards and just all this kudos. You know, it's just this echo chamber of establishment people talking to each other. And what do my opponents do? They keep standing up over and over again for these standing ovations. And, Steve, I'm proud. I was the only person, I believe that was sitting down the entire time and saying, I'm not standing up for this. This is exactly the reason I'm running in Kentucky, is because this is about the people of Kentucky, that they need a leader that represents them and is not willing just to continue on like we've had the last 40 years of building the establishment centered around the cult of Mitch McConnell in Kentucky. And that's what's gotten this, this, this state and this country in so much trouble. And you know that, Steve, in the.
Republican Strategist
Heat of battle over the weekend, he departed to go to Kentucky because he's afraid of you and your presentation at Fancy Farm. Now, he said he was eligible to come back, but it's one of the reasons that his boy, his spokesmodel, because he's running the McConnell apparatus. His spokesmodel, John Thune, said and did everything he possibly could to stumble around and eventually put up false deals and lied to the President of the United States about going into a true recess, not pro forma recess, and getting recess appointments. And polly pockets from Israel called in, too, and lied to the President. They're consistent liars. McConnell is a disgrace. Don't take it from me, take it from his polling. Lowest polling of any elected official in the country. A Republican official in the country. Just a disgrace. The country can't stand this guy. They hate him for a reason. The country's in as bad a shape because he had every opportunity to stand and fight. And all he did was make money for himself, money for the donors. Kowtow to the donor class and the globalists. Nate, people want to know where do they go to find all this footage from the weekend where they go to find out more about your campaign.
Democratic Lawmaker
Thank you. Steve, as you know, I need your help. We are up against the McConnell machine here in Kentucky and nationally. And Please go to natemorris.com Become part of this campaign. Donate to this campaign. Come and follow us on X at Nate Morris. We need your support. We need your help. We are going to do this. We are going to take out the trash finally in Kentucky and in Washington, D.C. and I don't want to be anything like Mitch McConnell. This is the guy who supported Amnesty, who sabotaged President Trump every chance he gets, who put lawfare on President Trump and who blamed him for January 6th. We cannot have a person that he picks to go to the United States Senate to fill the seat. So I thank you very much, Steve, for letting me be on today.
Republican Strategist
Nate, great, great job in going into the lion's den of fancy farms. Fantastic, great speeches. You're a fire breather and a man of courage. And courage is courageous, contagious. Thank you, sir. Appreciate you.
Democratic Lawmaker
Thank you, Steve.
Republican Strategist
A tough one in Kentucky and this weekend you saw the McConnell machine in all of its glory in Washington, D.C. it is a disgrace that we're not in real recess right now. Not this pro forma recess and the President Trump's 100, I think in 60, 160 nominees are left in hang fire until October. Short break.
Political Consultant
Back in a moment.
Republican Strategist
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That's 800-958-1000 or visit taxnetwork USA tnusa.com Bannon do it today. Do not let this thing get ahead of you. Do it today. Here's your host, Stephen K. Band. One of the engine room sends me something that's quite smart. They say they actually do trust Trump. They trust him to drain the swamp. That's why they don't always appoint these in. I think it's a very smart way to say it. This was a fiasco over the weekend on this recess appointments. 100% of the blame goes to leadership in the Senate and the House. This morning we should be starting a real recess and President Trump should have done a recess appointments as the Constitution allows for his 160. You can't do judges. You can do U.S. attorneys, I believe, who get around the blue slip problem, at least on an interim basis and put the rest of the second and third tier folks you have to have in to run the government. Days are like months, months. Weeks are like years. Right? This is incredible. President Trump is now going to be October and they're all saying, oh, yeah, we'll handle this as soon as we get back. No, you won't. There's only 10 legislative days in September. I think 10 or 12. It's all going to be consumed about a firefight we're going to have, folks. I've told you this. They are behind the scenes trying to come up with an omnibus. And this one we're going to have to go to the wall because it just, it's going to be too much. It's going to be too much. We, you know, everybody kind of sucked it in for the cr, which we never should have done because Polly Pockets couldn't get his act together. We had horrible Biden, Pelosi for all this fiscal year. That's all their numbers. That's why you're going to have a $2 trillion deficit, even with the great numbers coming in from the tariffs, President Trump's tariffs. And what they want to do is another massive spending bill with no pocket rescissions. No rescissions, no impoundments. They don't want any of that. They want to just continue the orgy of spending. And so all of September is going to be that. And then they'll get to. And here's a solution. Oh, we're going to go to a nuclear option. It's carving a few moments of time off of this. No. If you had done the plan that we recommended, in the next 48 hours, 72 hours, all of President Trump's appointments would have gone through and people would have gone to work by like Wednesday. That's two months. Two months are like years. Here. They, they understand that, and that's why they don't want them. They can give you every excuse, call your senator and say, why are you not on a real recess? Bombard Thune's office and say, why did you lie to the President? Why did you not do Mike Lee's deal? Why? Why are we not. Why are we in a pro forma recess? It is unheard of, except for McConnell's time in the first term. This is why McConnell hated Trump. He would never go on a real recess. Why they didn't trust President Trump and his appointments. This is as obvious. And this is why the folks in Kentucky, you got to understand reality. McConnell hates Trump, McConnell hates MAGA, and we hate him back. He is a true scumbag. And it's one of the reasons this town runs like it runs and has a country lawyer of no particular talent. Look at Mitch McConnell of no particular talent. How does he. And by the way, the reason all the guys around him, all, they love him because he brought them all to power, they've all made a fortune in not supporting the policies of the country. They don't support maga. They're not America first, they're not nationalist, they're globalists. Look at the Ukraine. Why has he been retired as Senate leader? Remember this audience in the fight to get him removed on the Ukraine bill years ago, when this audience stayed up all night and heard the speeches on the Senate floor, if everybody opposed it and Mitch McConnell still trying to jam it through and he lost, he realized the game was over. Right now we're getting victory after victory. And the victories are coming because you're putting your shoulder to the wheel once again. Once again, your human agency. This Texas thing would have never happened. The establishment, the establishment in Austin, in the Republican establishment in this great state of Texas is worse than the establishment in Washington D.C. worse. Why? Because Texas is the railhead of the MAGA movement. Trump won by 14 points after Soros for years with Breitbart. Remember Andrew, all of us, we set up Breitbart, Texas, the great Brandon Darby, all of it. Why? To bring, to reveal to the nation this thing called immigration and open borders. And the Republican establish down there fought you every step of the way. Like they fought, they wanted this thing to go to bed on the redistricting. Why? They don't want Trump to have a five or ten seat cushion. It's uncomfortable for them. MSMEC says bad things about them. They don't like that. They can't go to the club. Right. They can't go make money because they're making money with a bunch of progressive Democrats and folks from overseas. Yep. Got to speak truth to power here. But you've changed it. You've forced them and that's why we're going to force them today to take action. Not no strongly lettered, strongly worded letters or anything like that. Take action. Go arrest these Democrats. Put them in jail or take their seats away. I don't care. Put them in jail or take their seats away. I'm indifferent. But let's get it passed today and show people if you're going to play games like that, there's consequences for playing games, just like there should be consequences for, for Polly Pockets. You know, Polly Pockets all. You know why he did? Oh, if we call the House back, they'll vacate the chair. He didn't have to call the House back. That was a bald faced lie. You should read the Constitution or talk to somebody about the Constitution. It is a crime for President Trump and the Trump movement right now in saving this country. We are not on a recess. And his 160 appointees that are left in hang fire in these people's career, they can't do anything. They're, they're just sitting there in hang fire. They should be in office tomorrow and Wednesday and at work. But no, no, no, no, no, can't do that. Can't do. Got to do it. Think of the absurdity. This is absurd. We're in a pro forma. This is absurd. This is absurd and it's offensive. And if they think they're going to do the smoke in Mirazon, nobody will pay attention. Hey, the Warrens pay attention. The Warren posse is paying attention. Thune, you're nothing but a spokesmodel for the broken and corrupt and incompetent McConnell machine. And this is why the Senate's dysfunctional. This is why the Senate's dysfunctional. 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Podcast Summary: Bannon`s War Room - Episode 4680: Democrats Flee Texas For Radical Far Left States; The McConnell Senate
Release Date: August 4, 2025
Host: WarRoom.org (Stephen K. Bannon)
In Episode 4680 of Bannon's War Room, host Stephen K. Bannon delves into a significant political maneuver: Democratic lawmakers fleeing Texas to states like Illinois, Boston, and New York. This strategic relocation aims to delay the voting on a new congressional map mandated by President Trump, potentially granting Republicans an additional five seats in the upcoming midterm elections.
[00:00 - 00:44]
The episode opens with a news anchor highlighting the urgent national implications as Democratic lawmakers exit Texas. This move is a last-ditch effort to obstruct the Texas legislature from achieving a quorum necessary to pass the new gerrymandered map during a special session. The news anchor warns that this strategy could secure Republicans five more congressional seats in the next midterms.
Notable Quote:
"The move denies the Texas legislature a quorum, blocking Republican efforts to pass the new gerrymandered map during a special session."
— News Anchor [00:00]
[00:44 - 01:10]
Governor Greg Abbott publicly condemns Democratic lawmakers for abandoning their duties, threatening their removal from office. State Attorney General Ken Paxton escalates the rhetoric by suggesting that these lawmakers be arrested, stating, "We should use every tool at our disposal to hunt down those who think they're above the law."
Notable Quote:
"We should use every tool at our disposal to hunt down those who think they're above the law."
— State Attorney General Ken Paxton [01:10]
[01:10 - 07:02]
The podcast features a heated exchange between a Republican Strategist and a Democratic Lawmaker, Ramon Romero. Romero defends the Democrats' stance, accusing President Trump of initiating the conflict by pushing for redistricting to suppress Democratic voices. He emphasizes the moral clarity behind their actions, asserting, "This is the destruction of America and the destruction of value of our votes."
Notable Quotes:
"We come here today with absolute moral clarity that this is the absolutely the right thing to do to protect the people of the state of Texas."
— Democratic Lawmaker, Ramon Romero [00:24]
"This is the destruction of America and the destruction of value of our votes."
— Democratic Lawmaker, Ramon Romero [02:18]
The Republican Strategist counters by highlighting the historical context of quorum breaks in Texas, questioning the efficacy of threatening removal and arrests as legitimate political strategies.
Notable Quote:
"Think that he could remove members of the legislature because he doesn't agree with the way that they're conducting business in their position. That's asinine."
— Republican Strategist [06:00]
[07:02 - 16:28]
Stephen K. Bannon takes the helm, introducing key guests Brian Harrison and Alex DeGrasse. They discuss the escalating political crisis in Texas, emphasizing that the failure to prevent the quorum break stems from ineffective Republican leadership. Bannon highlights that with only two weeks left in the special session, aggressive measures are necessary to reclaim the situation.
Notable Quote:
"Brian Harrison, Alex Degrasse, if you have five seats that could swing, that's going to be the entire ballgame."
— Political Analyst [02:22]
Brian Harrison predicts a flurry of "kabuki theater" from Texas Republicans trying to appear decisive, but he attributes the crisis to a lack of bold leadership reminiscent of Trump’s administration.
Notable Quote:
"This is another in a seemingly limitless series of abject failures by the elected so-called Republican leadership in the Texas government."
— Political Analyst [08:47]
[16:28 - 26:15]
Bannon and his guests discuss potential strategies to force Democratic lawmakers back to Texas. They consider legal actions such as trimming the monthly operating budgets of absent House members, declaring their seats vacant, and initiating special elections—though these measures are unprecedented and fraught with uncertainty.
Notable Quote:
"We could take a novel, aggressive measure, trimming the $20,000 monthly operating budgets given to House members to run their office."
— Political Analyst [02:20]
Alex DeGrasse underscores the importance of maintaining the House majority, referencing past successes where narrow margins dictated control. The discussion emphasizes that losing a mere five seats could jeopardize the Republican majority, potentially allowing Democrats led by figures like Hakeem Jeffries to seize control.
Notable Quote:
"We have to do everything we can legally, nothing illegally, to ensure that we hold the House majority."
— Political Consultant, Alex DeGrasse [24:30]
[26:03 - 37:18]
The conversation shifts to broader implications for the midterms, with a focus on redistricting's pivotal role in shaping the House of Representatives. Guests argue that Democrats' attempt to delay redistricting is a desperate move to preserve their dwindling influence, especially in heavily gerrymandered states like Illinois and New York.
Notable Quote:
"Texas is huge, Indiana, Missouri, obviously Florida... this five there... will change the basic map of the United States and make the House impervious to take over by these radical Democrats."
— Republican Strategist [11:21]
They express optimism about the Republican strategy to capture additional seats but warn against complacency, stressing that each seat is critical in maintaining legislative power.
Notable Quote:
"We can't take anything for granted because the House majority is the entire ballgame."
— Political Consultant, Alex DeGrasse [18:02]
[37:18 - 43:06]
A significant portion of the episode focuses on severe criticism of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The Republican Strategist decries McConnell's loyalty to President Trump as feigned, labeling him a puppet of the McConnell machine. They accuse McConnell and allies like John Thune of obstructing Trump's recess appointments and undermining the Republican agenda.
Notable Quote:
"Mitch McConnell is a true scumbag. And it's one of the reasons this town runs like it runs and has a country lawyer of no particular talent."
— Republican Strategist [42:05]
Democratic Lawmaker Nate Morris responds by advocating for outsider candidates to challenge the entrenched establishment, emphasizing the need to "take out the trash" in Kentucky and beyond.
Notable Quote:
"This is about the people of Kentucky, that they need a leader that represents them and is not willing just to continue on like we've had the last 40 years."
— Democratic Lawmaker, Nate Morris [37:18]
The exchange underscores a deep rift within the Republican Party between establishment figures like McConnell and more populist elements aligned with Trump's vision.
[43:06 - End]
Stephen K. Bannon wraps up the episode by reiterating the critical nature of the current political climate. He emphasizes the necessity for bold actions to reclaim legislative control and prevent Democratic dominance in the House. The episode closes with a call to action for listeners to stay engaged and support ongoing efforts to counteract Democratic strategies.
Notable Quote:
"Think of the absurdity. This is absurd. We're in a pro forma. This is absurd and it's offensive. And if they think they're going to do the smoke and mirrors, nobody will pay attention."
— Republican Strategist [28:22]
Strategic Relocation: Democratic lawmakers are leaving Texas to delay redistricting, risking Republican gains in the midterms.
Republican Fractures: Intense criticism is directed at Republican leadership in Texas and Senate figures like Mitch McConnell for failing to counteract Democratic maneuvers and obstructing Trump-aligned initiatives.
Midterm Implications: The outcome of redistricting and potential seat shifts in Texas could significantly impact the balance of power in the House of Representatives.
Call to Action: The podcast urges listeners to actively support Republican efforts to maintain or increase their legislative majority, emphasizing the high stakes involved.
"The move denies the Texas legislature a quorum, blocking Republican efforts to pass the new gerrymandered map during a special session."
— News Anchor [00:00]
"We come here today with absolute moral clarity that this is the absolutely the right thing to do to protect the people of the state of Texas."
— Democratic Lawmaker, Ramon Romero [00:24]
"We should use every tool at our disposal to hunt down those who think they're above the law."
— State Attorney General Ken Paxton [01:10]
"This is the destruction of America and the destruction of value of our votes."
— Democratic Lawmaker, Ramon Romero [02:18]
"Think that he could remove members of the legislature because he doesn't agree with the way that they're conducting business in their position. That's asinine."
— Republican Strategist [06:00]
"We can't take anything for granted because the House majority is the entire ballgame."
— Political Consultant, Alex DeGrasse [18:02]
"Mitch McConnell is a true scumbag. And it's one of the reasons this town runs like it runs and has a country lawyer of no particular talent."
— Republican Strategist [42:05]
Conclusion
Episode 4680 of Bannon's War Room presents a sharp analysis of the ongoing political strategies surrounding Texas's redistricting efforts. With Democratic lawmakers strategically relocating to thwart legislative actions, the episode underscores the high stakes for the upcoming midterm elections. The intense critique of Republican leadership, particularly of figures like Mitch McConnell, highlights internal party struggles that could shape the national political landscape. Through expert insights and passionate discussions, the podcast calls listeners to remain vigilant and proactive in supporting Republican initiatives to maintain legislative control.