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Steven Crowder
Welcome to the Rumble LineUp. Live, weekdays, 9am Eastern, now through 7pm Eastern. We're going to be adding to that, too. Could be your face on there, but probably not. But it could be, but probably not. And you don't need to change the dial. We're glad to be with you. Welcome, of course, viewers, coming in from Vince Bongino Army. As I understand it, once Bongino army, always Bongino Army. Coming in from Vince today, which of course comes from Vincente in Latin. All Romance languages based in Latin, which translates to roughly. I didn't know Noodles was a skinhead. I'm just kidding. It's nice haircut, Noodles. I know it's a long translation. You wouldn't think you get that from Vincente, but you do. So what's going on with the big beautiful bill? Sure, we can Schoolhouse Rock it and just. But you guys probably aren't super interested in just the procedural stuff. But what people are getting wrong, Is it increasing spending? Is it decreasing spending? Why are we raising the debt ceiling? These are questions that are fair to ask, but I also think it's important to recognize that it has been President Trump's best week ever, and it's been one of the best weeks ever for the United States, at least of the last 20 years. We're gonna go through some wins and celebrate them. Another win that might surprise you. Mamdani is a communist, I believe. Gay comment below. But he is a communist, and I think he may win New York City. And that's a good thing because you will have a contrast between the rest of the country and New York City. And we've already seen the largest swing in the country toward conservatives toward Trump in urban areas. So that and more to come on with the show. And after Mr. Rogers saved his neighborhood from the fire, he hosted and funded a block party for all to attend.
Josh Firestein
You know, my neighbor, old Mrs. Whitby, she refinanced with American financing, saved a bundle.
Steven Crowder
Oh, that's nice. What does that have to do with this story Right now? This is live. We're on live radio.
Josh Firestein
They both saved.
Steven Crowder
Great. In other news, in the latest study, nutritionists say you won't believe what's hidden in your children's lunch meat.
Josh Firestein
You know, with American financing, there's no hidden fees. New studies show my wife was hiding things from me. Studies show separate checking and savings account.
Steven Crowder
Let me guess, a secret lover, too, huh? Can I get.
Josh Firestein
How did you know?
Steven Crowder
A big one.
Josh Firestein
Was it you?
Steven Crowder
Oh, everyone saw that dime store floozy for the Harlot that she was.
Josh Firestein
You adultering bastard.
Steven Crowder
I'm not an adult. I wouldn't touch that broad with his. Hey, I'm sorry. You know I like you. It's just. His wife's a slut.
Josh Firestein
You're right. No, I'm sorry. I just get so worked up.
Captain Morgan
It's.
Steven Crowder
What is with. No. Don't say fight back. Have a backbone. This is the problem. The reason your wife wants a man that she can. She can have a volley with. You can't have a volley if you're just mush. I'm still wearing the ring. Yes, because you're a loser.
Josh Firestein
I can't get it off.
Steven Crowder
What are you on about?
Josh Firestein
Fingers got too fat.
Steven Crowder
I don't know if I feel bad for you or just want to spit on you. Move on with my day.
Josh Firestein
I haven't showered in weeks.
Steven Crowder
That'd be nice. You know, I never told this story, but one time I actually hit a small boy with my car. Call American financing today at 1-800-974-65004. Visit americanfinancing. Net Crowder. No upfront fees closing as fast as 10 days. And you could even delay up to two mortgage payments. NMLS 182334 I got the. Well, Nick, you've finally done it. You've managed to exceed my non expectations.
Captain Morgan
I was really surprised when he got like a little flare to the throat of you and then it goes straight to that commercial.
Steven Crowder
Guys, send. Send your thoughts. No, we appreciate it. It's a lot to navigate, but do better. Tool man has. He's still not with us right now. He's alive, don't worry. But he won't be in until, you know, we. After this Wednesday, we go on break for a little bit. You'll have some super videos, but I told Tool man that if he came in, I'll fire your ass. So, yeah, he needs some time to recover. Send him your prayers and thoughts. And Applejack is filling in question for you. I had something else I wanted to say, but I lost it. Thanks. What's the most insane policy you've seen from Zoran Mamdani? And what are your thoughts on the big beautiful bill right now? Pro anti. And I want you to watch the segment and then let me know if your mind's been changed or where you line up. I think there's a lot of misinformation surrounding that because everyone's playing political football. And again, true north, if you watched my segment with Viva Frey last week, is what is best for the United States of America. Right now, in 2025, where we are. That, to me, is what MAGA is. And by the way, that's just an extension of conservatism. What is best for the United States of America, period. At this moment in time, we're live weekdays, 11am Eastern. Captain Morgan, CEO. How are you?
Captain Morgan
I'm well. How are you?
Steven Crowder
I'm okay. I'm good. Just okay? Yeah, I'm fine. I'm always a little tired on Monday because I overeat. I overindulge on Sundays. Yeah, no, no, I like being in here. I'm just tired. And then when you hear his voice, puts a smile on your face. And he's going to be at the Funny Bone Comedy Club in Orlando, Florida. Tuesday, July 8th. Go there. Tuesday, July 8th, Orlando, Florida. Josh Firestein.
Josh Firestein
Yeah, I'll be in Florida. Don't you dare say gay to me.
Steven Crowder
Do a lot of people say gay to you?
Josh Firestein
They do.
Steven Crowder
Oh, I don't think so. Maybe it's a mustache.
Captain Morgan
Wait, was that a play on the don't say Gay bill? That's seven years old.
Josh Firestein
I don't know.
Steven Crowder
Oh, no.
Josh Firestein
People just call me gay a lot.
Steven Crowder
Yeah.
Captain Morgan
Oh, yeah.
Steven Crowder
That sounds like it's more of a hymn problem.
Josh Firestein
Yeah.
Steven Crowder
So England, before we get to anything else, is a conquered nation. This is where I get off with white supremacists. Like, actual white supremacists. A lot of you may not realize when someone accuses you of being a neo Nazi, they're accusing you of being a socialist, because neo Nazis actually believe that socialism would work if not for insert whatever race here. So I don't know why that was relevant. Something to do.
Captain Morgan
It's a great Monday with England.
Steven Crowder
Oh, that's right. I get off the white supremacist train. Well, I'm never on it, to be clear.
Captain Morgan
Wow.
Steven Crowder
I mean, I might do the hobo ride, but every now and then. But I don't want to be like Europe, they say, you know, Europe. Europe sucks. Europe's terrible. Europe's gotten it wrong. The United States is the only hope left. It's the last bastion of hope in the world. Here's case in point. England is a conquered nation now. It's not conquered from their royalty or colonialism. It's conquered from within, from political correctness run amok. Of course, this Palestine issue has never really been about Palestine. And this year, the have the Glastonbury Festival over there in England. And I know what you're thinking, a music festival. Not so much. If you watch this as proof on The Palestine issue. All right, but have you heard this one, though? Death. Death to the IDF de. To the IDF de.
Josh Firestein
They want them to not hear anymore.
Steven Crowder
Hell yeah. From the river, Tennessee. Palestine must be.
Captain Morgan
Will be.
Steven Crowder
Inshah.
Captain Morgan
It will be.
Steven Crowder
That means no Jews. From the river to the sea. To be clear country back. You suck on your country. Me too.
Josh Firestein
What is this Rage against copyright laws?
Captain Morgan
Shut the.
Steven Crowder
It's rage for the drag queen. Nice.
Captain Morgan
You can't have that.
Steven Crowder
The only place I know. Stolen right under my nose.
Captain Morgan
My ignorant stump trying to lay claim.
Steven Crowder
To a land of eight bears. Anyway, wait, what did you say? How you. On your country back. Shut the across. You think he would have fared well under Hitler?
Josh Firestein
I don't know. Maybe.
Steven Crowder
What does he think you're gonna see? He also talks trash on Churchill. Like, I don't know if you know, someone like Hitler was a big fan of you either. Yeah, I should say. King Charles was kind of in rare form and surprised many with his opinion on the concert. Actually, I thought the concert was quite the banger. Okay, no one likes that guy. Otherwise. I heard you want your country back. So he's literally saying it to Israelis, like, shut the F up. You don't get anything. I mean, and by the way, there's nothing new here. Rage against the Machine, their logo. Which is why you can go get the Socialism is for fake shirt@crowdershop.com their logo was Che Guevara, who also executed gays, by the way, but also executed black Cubans. To be clear, he believed in pure blood. Spaniard Cubans. Really? In French, we have a term for it called purlaine. And he executed without trial. This was Hitler without the charm. I'm not saying that Hitler is charming. What I'm saying is Che Guevara wasn't able to convince enough people, and he was found with a loaded rifle that had never been fired in Bolivia, saying, I'm worth more to you alive than dead. He was a coward and he was the Machine. Just to be clear. So there's nothing new here. These people always try and rage against what is actually safe in their enclave. And for more sort of references for you, here's some other Bob villain. That's his name.
Captain Morgan
Really?
Steven Crowder
Yeah. Here's some other bangers and mash. The first time I was called N, I was about 7 or 8 years old. I was playing across the street and one of the older kids called me it. I went home the N word later and asked my mom what it meant. My white mum, she told me it was A bad word. This country's in dire need. Pause, please. I don't think you get to gain street cred when talking about bath time with Mum.
Captain Morgan
Right, yes.
Steven Crowder
I'm out of bath time with Mum and bubbles. Yeah. Smell like watermelons. Strawberries, cereals.
Josh Firestein
A bad word. Play with your ducks.
Steven Crowder
Yeah? Should play with your ducks. I said I can't play with my ducks when there's so much suffering in the world. I want to drown myself. That's right. I tell you, Mum, I'm gonna go under this. I'm gonna go under this water. Yeah. I'm not coming back up.
Captain Morgan
Good.
Steven Crowder
I'll be down for the count because I want my country back.
Josh Firestein
Flood the drain, Mum.
Steven Crowder
Yeah, that's right. My mum called me a little cunt and I moved on. And me. And no, dad didn't like me. Me there. All right, let's keep playing where I talk trash about Churchill because I have no respect for historical accuracy of context. Banking, mate. Look good overall. Get dinosaurs out. Dinosaurs aren't real, mate. She killed Diana. We don't love her anyway. Take that.
Captain Morgan
I don't play, don't ramp.
Steven Crowder
And none of my heroes appear on a stamp over a five pound note. Give Churchill statue the rope and see if it flow what's left on a beach holiday Is that Churchill washed on the seashore. Yeah. Let the drown. Got the gammons all feeling sick now Wipe my backside with a St. George's flag let the mother country get dick down Big black D down. I like it. I think it's dope, you know, for people who always. They always point to, like, you know, there were lynchings. I hear a lot more calls for lynching from the black community than the white community. You don't really hear Eminem. You don't really hear white rappers advocating for roots, for bringing back roots in real life. No. As a general rule.
Josh Firestein
Put a rope around Churchill. He means the statue. And it feels like one of those things where. Like when Iraq. After what's his name died.
Steven Crowder
Yeah.
Josh Firestein
Yeah. That guy. What's his. Who was the guy? Yeah, yeah. They killed him. They dragged his statue around on behind. That's what it sounds like.
Captain Morgan
Yeah.
Josh Firestein
One of the jihadi things.
Steven Crowder
Does he think. Do you think it would have been better to be occupied by the Nazis? I don't know if he knows. Wasn't a huge fan of blacks either.
Josh Firestein
Well, he said white is his mum.
Steven Crowder
Yeah, I guess maybe that's the thing. My white bone. He thought it was like, I know I'm black. I know I'm not Arab, but I'm tall, so I think I'm safe. What?
Captain Morgan
Yeah, he's Hitler's number one draft pick. What are you talking about?
Steven Crowder
It's just funny when he talks about he's raging against fascism while bitching about the guy who fought off fascism in the uk. It's a silly place. And honestly, at any other point in history, it wouldn't really still exist if not for the ocean between us and the uk, because we could just take them over. There's nothing they could do. Here's the issue though, is the double standards. You don't live in a free society if you have laws. You live in a free society if laws are applied, if you equally. So the response from the uk, again, this just shows you the discrepancy between what these people. What these people, meaning those on the left, the progressives are allowed to say, versus people who might be traditional. In the uk. The BBC came out and they said the team. This is bad grammar. Just to be clear, the team were dealing with a live situation, but with hindsight, we should have pulled the stream during the performance. We regret this did not happen right now. Keep in mind, in November, a former British soldier we covered this was arrested for posting, quote, anti Islamic content on Facebook. You have a guy in the UK who was arrested for doing a cover of, well, sorry, doing karaoke kung fu fighting and it was considered racist. You have people who are being arrested for memes, for showing up at protests, right, for supporting Brexit. This guy can go out there, say, from the river to the sea, which is, no matter which way you slice it, advocating genocide. If you want to say that, it's not just use a different slogan. From the river to the sea has already been commandeered by genocidal maniacs. Just. You don't get to use. Use it. But it's not applied equally. That's the problem. And what is that designed to do? It's designed to create a culture of fear where you're afraid to speak out. Also, UK Parliament tried to ban Rumble forever, to be clear. So the best way to stick it to them is download the Rumble app. Follow us there. That way you stay in touch. It's the best. If you're watching this clip on YouTube, if you're watching it anywhere, Instagram Rumble, you'll just get notifications when we're live and you won't get spammed. He was dropped by the talent agency uta. So I guess they have a bigger balls than the the British government.
Captain Morgan
Well, they Definitely have Jewish balls. That's what he says. It's bad optics right now, we talked about this before the show. It's like. It's like he said a lot of really bad stuff, and you guys chose to draw the line here. I'm fine with it, by the way. I don't really care. They're an agency. They can represent who they want.
Steven Crowder
Right.
Captain Morgan
I just don't understand why this guy even matters. It doesn't seem like he has good music. I mean, maybe that's just me and I'm, you know, being an old funny.
Steven Crowder
Some people think it's edgy.
Josh Firestein
I think that's part of it. I think that's part of it. I think it's catchy music. I don't actually like it. But if he was rapping about, I don't know, you know, bangers and mash. All right, this is cool and cultural.
Steven Crowder
Yeah.
Captain Morgan
If it was supposed to be satire.
Steven Crowder
Tongue in cheek, and this was a comedy album, maybe. Yeah, exactly. Like, it was an Ollie G thing. Yeah. He could just be brilliant. It could be Andy Kaufman ing it.
Captain Morgan
You know what? You're right.
Steven Crowder
Although, is it odd to me that he kind of looks like Russell Brand with. He does cornrows a little bit.
Captain Morgan
Yeah.
Steven Crowder
A little bit.
Captain Morgan
Got those eyes.
Steven Crowder
All right, let's move on to this. The Big Beautiful Da Russell Brand. The what?
Josh Firestein
Da Russell Brand.
Steven Crowder
Is that what that Derussel.
Josh Firestein
Ja. Russell.
Steven Crowder
Da Russell.
Josh Firestein
Yeah. They had a duh or J to the beginning.
Steven Crowder
They typically do.
Josh Firestein
Yeah.
Steven Crowder
Yeah. Even though I don't think that's necessarily a part of any. What is this? What's that? That's him. That's the duo that makes up Bob. Villain. But apparently that's your Russell Brand.
Josh Firestein
Which one's Bob and which one's the villain?
Steven Crowder
Yeah, sure. So it's kind of like one of those things that's a duo, but people just refer to it as the one guy. Exactly. Sort of like Alice Cooper was the band, but they refer to it. Or like Outkast. People go like, hey, there goes Outkast. You're like, no, that's not. It's not really Outcast.
Captain Morgan
I don't think anybody ever actually said that.
Steven Crowder
I don't know. I think. You don't think what? All right, Big Beautiful Bill. So we're going to get to this. And I know a lot of you think this is a bill that's going to be. Because the CBO has put this out there. It's increased spending Rhinos. Okay. And I get it. I understand why you would be very hesitant to trust anything. But I will say before we get to anything, let me ask you this. I've heard about this for a long time. How important to you would it be for us to remove illegals from social entitlements and have a work requirement? What are you willing to sacrifice, I guess to get that? Because it's a very long procedure right now and you're not going to get everything you want. To me that's a huge deal. It's about as much as can be asked for in a bill like this. And to me it's one of those pretty close to by any means necessary. If we can kick illegal aliens off of, for example Medicaid, Social Security though that defers to the states and have a work requirement for young, able bodied, childless Americans who are collecting Medicaid, to me that would be a huge win. And you know, we could be at risk of losing that because the perfect is the enemy of the good. So Saturday night there was a late night vote in the Senate to sort of move this forward, the BBB as it's being called. So the Senate stayed up, barely getting enough votes to advance it. The President this morning calling it a great victory. Now Senate Majority Leader John Thune could.
Zoran Mamdani
Only aff to lose three Republicans.
Steven Crowder
He ended up losing two and he had a scramble to get that support.
Zoran Mamdani
So now that this bill has advanced, Senate Democrats are stalling the process.
Steven Crowder
They're currently reading the entire bill out loud. And guys, given that this is nearly a thousand pages, it's expected to take up to 15 hours.
Zoran Mamdani
And it is still a long road.
Steven Crowder
Ahead for this bill, even if it ultimately she looks very surprised. It then goes back to the House where Speaker Johnson also has razor thin margins. Marital. Razor thin. How does happen? How razor thin?
Josh Firestein
Oh no, don't make fun of Awkwafina if she was pretty.
Captain Morgan
Hey, by the way, CNN's Daniel Dale is fact checking this the claims in this bill right now.
Steven Crowder
Oh, okay. Let's see what he says. Something else he said last week, well look, it's a great bill. It's a massive tax cut. If it's not approved, your taxes will go up by 68%. Think of that. 68, a record, the highest in the history. The Democrats won't approve it only because politically it's so good for the Republicans. The Democrats aren't approving it. But think of what they're not approving. They're not approving border security. We've done a great job at the border, but we have to add some war. We have to do, you know, various things. We have no money for that. The 68% figure is fiction, and it is such fiction that the White House wouldn't even defend it on condition of anonymity when I asked for comment. No defense whatsoever. There was no credible estimate that not passing this legislation would produce a 68% tax hike. Now, the nonpartisan think tank, the Tax Policy center did say that there would be an average tax hike of about 7.5% if this bill didn't pass as a result of certain provisions. Are you just taking individual income taxes? I would be one of. I don't know that. 64%. Oh, by the way, it says Tax Policy center estimate 64%. I don't understand what they're putting up there on screen.
Captain Morgan
Get a tax hike. He may have been trying to say that 68% of households would get a tax increase. Maybe said 68% increase.
Steven Crowder
Right. Or it might have been totaling all the taxes as far as corporate tax, as far as individual income.
Captain Morgan
Likely that there's any way to get 60.
Steven Crowder
Yeah, I, I agree with you.
Captain Morgan
Yeah.
Steven Crowder
So you got to be careful with your words.
Captain Morgan
But the other things that he was just saying that Donald Trump said this bill wouldn't cut Medicaid, and they're like, well, there are work requirements that would kick people off. And it's like, yeah, it says the healthy people with children that are 14 years or older, if anybody's under that, you're not kicked off of any of this stuff. I think we all can get behind this.
Steven Crowder
Right. So let's get to the facts that they're not telling you on cnn. All references available link in the description, as we do every single show, two Republicans voted no Rand Paul. Thom Tillis. No surprise on Rand Paul. Oh, the people vote for his bell, but not my Tillis. Here's what's funny about Tillis. He voted no. He got attacked by Trump and then immediately announced like, yeah, I'm not running for reelection. So Donald Trump put on truth Social, said, dom Tillis has hurt the great people of North Carolina. Even on the catastrophic flooding. Nothing was done to help until I took office. Then a miracle took place. Tillis is a talker and complainer, not a doer. He's even worse than Rand Fauci. Paul. Fauci Paul. I don't even know what that is.
Captain Morgan
Just some way to.
Steven Crowder
And then right after, Tillis was like, I'm not. I'm not running for reelection. I don't want to do this. I I can't stand up for this. Senator Graham did speak, to be clear, but it seems he mixed up his calendar and thought it was for something else. Yeah, that makes he's a home. Oh, it's the bbb. I'll just take this back to my basement slash dungeon.
Captain Morgan
Gotta have gold.
Josh Firestein
Subscribe to his only fans.
Steven Crowder
It's mostly just feet. Smashing Pumpkins.
Josh Firestein
Here's It's Flimsy Lindsay. That's his handle.
Steven Crowder
Flimsy Liz Lindsay on Onlyfans Rot until after dark. Then it's Grimzy Lindsay. I get a little nasty sometimes. Nasty Kingsley Lindsay. Safe word is me. Here's some, here's some claims that are going around because I know a lot of people are confused about this. The big claim that you hear is the Senate version of this bill is going to increase the deficit by $3.3 trillion. Okay. The truth is this bill cuts spending by about 1.3 to $1.7 billion trillion dollars. Okay? All the deficit increases that they're talking about, they're just attributed to the tax cuts, right? Which theoretically would result in lost revenue. They're not taking into account all the other cuts. They're not taking into account the revenue that will be generated. They're not taking into account the revenue that will be generated by putting more back into the economy. And I've discussed this with you in the past. Please do research. Hausser's Law, where it doesn't really matter what the marginal tops tax, top tax rates are, you end up with the same amount of revenue no matter what the tax rates are. And it's always between 16 and 20%, typically around. So I don't know why the CBO doesn't get this right, but you can increase taxes dramatically and you still end up with the same revenue. You can decrease them, you still end up with the same revenue. You just end up collecting more taxes through other means, usually by people having more money in their pocket and spending. This is not new. So their claimed increase in spending is just oh, tax cuts. So if you have people on the right saying, oh, this is going to increase spending by $3 trillion, they're setting a very clearly leftist source that is consistently always said the sky is falling when there are tax cuts. And in this case it would be codifying the Trump tax cuts into law effectively permanently. Otherwise your taxes will go up across the board. And it does decrease spending significantly. Here's the next claim that you'll be running into. The bill is only going to benefit the rich at the expense of the poor. The same talking point. Truth is, here's the truth. The bill helps everyone, including the poor and specifically the middle class. So the tax cuts benefit all income brackets to be clear. So no taxes on tips, no tax on overtime, increased child tax credits. The sixteen hundred dollar like net loss they're describing to poorest households is based on losing, quote federal resources, which includes Medicaid work requirements. Again, this is just for young, childless, able bodied Americans and you only have to work 80 hours a month. So in other words, someone having to work 80 hours a month to get free, effectively forms of health care from you, the taxpayer who's been funding it through higher taxes, that's considered a loss. That's rolled into that $1,600. Yeah. How about, how about you can only consider it a loss if it's someone who's contributing. How about that? How about we remove people from these numbers who are only taking. They should not be included because those people are always a loss. But instead you're saying, well it's a loss to them. Yeah, but they're a loss to the country.
Josh Firestein
Yeah, but the takers are important Democratic voters.
Steven Crowder
Exactly, exactly. There are also work requirements for SNAP and it ensures that illegals can't get SNAP by sort of giving states authority to work there. I know you're saying they don't get it anyway. Well then it shouldn't be an issue and there shouldn't be a loss. But it is, it is an issue. And it would remove ineligible people through a lot of these social programs, through better auditing, through ID verification, which you would have to do, I believe once every six weeks as opposed to now. I believe it's like twice a year. So these are basic requirements to get Medicaid to look like the Medicaid you picture in your head, which is a leg up for people who are on tough times, not a permanent welfare state for people who refuse to work. So just be. Exactly, let's be really clear about that. The increase in spending. Nope. Oh, the loss to poor Americans. Nope. It's a loss to a benefit to people who have chosen to not contribute to this country. And take from you, the American worker. This is what MAGA is, you, the American worker. That includes small business owners standing up and taking back what is rightfully yours.
Captain Morgan
Yeah.
Steven Crowder
It's your money. Use it when you need it. Don't spend it on SNAP for Jorge.
Captain Morgan
I thought you were going into a JG Wentworth commercial. But. So Trump is making that distinction too. He's basically saying we're not cutting these programs we're not just slashing benefits for people. What we're doing is saying these people should not be on these programs in the first place. They should be adding the work for force. Working, earning an income. And CNN and everybody else that tries to fact check that are disingenuous because they know that's the distinction that they're making. Of course, yeah, they're saying, no, that's not true.
Steven Crowder
Let me ask you this. Are you, do you work? Okay, do you have a fam. So, so right away already, do you work? If the answer is yes, you will benefit from this. You will be better off. Okay, do you have kids? You'll be even more better off. Do you run a small business? You'll likely be even more better off.
Captain Morgan
Better.
Steven Crowder
To be clear now this bill, are you a server? Do you work in the service industry? Tip overtime. You are much better off. If you don't work and you collect checks or benefits from the government. You may be expected to contribute to the smallest degree humanly possible. That is what we are discussing right now. And that to me is important. Some things that are being debated, for example the remittance tax, I don't like that this is being debated at all. I think it should have been quintupled to 25% from five. But of course you do have people in the Republican Party who are going to put their foot down. They want to, they want those H1B workers from India because they gotta be buddy, buddy with big tech. That's a problem. The salt deduction we're looking at kind of goes back and forth. Some other Medicaid requirements, the debt ceiling may be raised, which I didn't see.
Captain Morgan
Why they did that. It was already at 4 trillion and everybody had a problem with it. So like, ah, let's do five then, right? That doesn't make sense.
Steven Crowder
Well, and the Democrats, of course, doing everything they can to delay the process, like reading this 940 page bill on the floor to try and drag. And I don't think they're reading it necessarily themselves. Sometimes they have the interns do it. Bernie Sanders, of course, also read from his home. Holy book. That's a good thing.
Josh Firestein
I thought it was gonna be the Torah.
Steven Crowder
And then people are asking, okay, how does this go through the process to get to President Trump's desk? First off, the same way anything gets to President Trump's desk.
Captain Morgan
The man.
Josh Firestein
Love those arches.
Steven Crowder
Love those golden arches.
Captain Morgan
Show them.
Josh Firestein
Salty.
Steven Crowder
Bet you can't eat just one.
Josh Firestein
Make me a McFlurry from those things.
Steven Crowder
The Shake machine's broken. Ray Crack. He was a milk. He was a milkshake machine salesman. That's your heritage. So once the Senate agrees on their version, the bill goes back to the House for a final vote. Remember, the House passed their version of the BBB on May 22nd by about one vote. And by that I mean exactly one vote.
Captain Morgan
Exactly one, yeah.
Steven Crowder
So once the House and Senate agree on the bill's final language, it's going to go to President Trump for his signature. He took a pretty pragmatic approach to the process posting this untruth. He said, for all cost cutting Republicans, of which I am one, remember, you still have to get reelected. Don't go too crazy. We will make it all up times 10, with growth more than ever before. So it's going forward in the Senate. That's what we're looking at right now. And I think that the cuts to welfare programs or social safety programs, Medicaid, snap, that's huge. And to give you an idea why, it's also really big, you know that our border right now is secure not because of a wall that was built in just a handful of months. It's secure because we've stopped a lot of the incentive. So if we have a culture here that says, you know what, you don't get a free ride, and you know what, if you come here illegally, you're going to be sent back, people stop doing it. But we need to send that message loudly and clearly right now. Yeah, if you come here illegally, you'll be sent back. Also, you're not going to get all of these benefits that have been paid for by the American worker. Yeah, that's a big deal. That's just as big of a deal as the border security spending, which of course is important because it's a legitimate role of government. This is taking spending away from these Cadillac programs for people who are here not contributing and putting it into a legitimate role of government, at least partially, which is border security, deportations. It's not perfect, and I think it'll probably be even more mutated and warped by the time we get the final bill. But would we rather have nothing? That's kind of where we are.
Captain Morgan
Yeah. And Donald Trump didn't run on letting the taxes go up. Like that's not exactly what his platform was. He's always been making sure. He's always been for making sure the taxes are reasonable and that you can use those to drive economic growth and put more money in people's pockets. This is exactly what he campaigned on. And he gets to do it in a way that doesn't hurt us with a debt ceiling fight where we have to give in to a Democrat principle that we don't like. Name one thing Democrats want that they'd be willing to trade you for to get the debt ceiling raised. Because that's what you'll have to do. And that's what we've talked about from the beginning. This does, for the first time I can think of in my lifetime, it cuts something that's considered an entitlement program.
Steven Crowder
And here's the thing, third rail of politics, it's really reduced it down. There needs to be stronger messaging on this because just like when the left says, oh, what about dreamers, what about the kids? Yeah, but will you deport violent felons from our prisons who are here illegally? No. Okay, so you talk about Medicaid, you talk about Social Security, you talk about our social safety nets. Let me ask you this, would you kick someone off if they've never paid taxes? No. Would you kick someone off if they're here illegally? Well, they don't get on here. Okay. Would you kick someone off if they are young? No. What if they have no children? No. What if they're able bodied, young and have no children? No. What if they're able bodied, young and have no children and refuse to work? No. Okay. Would you at least require them to work 20 hours a week part time? No. Then the truth is you want to buy votes. That's what this points out. Yeah. You could say, how about five hours a week? And the answer would still be no.
Captain Morgan
Always no.
Steven Crowder
And just to be clear, it's not even about, it's not about race. It's not about immigrants. We can't build a country off of this kind of person. Black, brown, white. We cannot build a country off of immigrants who come here, work, work for two years or work for the season, send money back. That's why you need a remittance tax. It's because you can't build a country. You can't build a country around young, single people who refuse to have children and replace our birth, replace the population. We have a birth rate problem. You can't build a country off of that. You can't build a country off of people, even if they were born here, who refuse to work, who never pay taxes and who take, take, take. The problem is that the kinds of people who cannot make up a country are precisely the voting base for Democrats along with big tech oligarchs. And so they have to cater to them that's why you are the forgotten man and woman. NZ, the working class American. That includes everyone making $40,000, by the way, to a business generating a few million dollars. You don't matter to the Democratic Party. When they say working class, they mean people who ironically don't work. That's super important. That conversation needs to take place.
Captain Morgan
They could. Working class, right?
Steven Crowder
They could, they could. I said those people would work eventually.
Josh Firestein
And by the way, I love the idea that. Sorry. I love the idea that some of these people that aren't working and they are going to lose their Medicaid. These young, able bodied adults, they're going to go, oh, I got to get a job. What's the easiest job I can get? Well, I can go work in the service industry. All of a sudden you're getting tipped. You're not getting taxed on it. All of a sudden you have way more money than you did before. You're gonna go, what was I doing before?
Steven Crowder
Right, yeah.
Josh Firestein
Oh, shit.
Steven Crowder
Yeah. The truth is.
Josh Firestein
And I get to Medicaid.
Steven Crowder
You ever known someone who's depressed? You ever known someone who isn't working and is in a rut? It takes an external force to kick them out of that rut sometimes. We are enabling a society of people in a rut. They'll be happier, they'll be more fulfilled and you will be happier because you're not throwing money into a black hole. By the way, Applejack, do you have the stinger for Trump wins? Because I know we didn't have that ready, but do you know where to find it? Mm, okay. All right, let me know when you have that ready because this is the next segment and then I want to get to Mom Donnie, which is brutal, what we have prepared for you.
Josh Firestein
But hope he brags about it, by the way, about. About the big beautiful bill and specifically the no tax on tips. Yeah, I hope he brags about that for the rest of his term because people are going to forget the mainstream media is going to make you try to forget that because they need those people.
Steven Crowder
Yeah, tips.
Josh Firestein
That is like a huge base for them.
Steven Crowder
Tips over time and. Yeah, and also the tax cuts for middle class working Americans. Yeah, this is important. Moving on to this though, because there are some other wins that are pretty notable. It's really easy to become negative in the era of social media because the sky is falling cells a whole lot more than actually, you know what? Things are going pretty well right now. The border is secure and actually inflation is under control and actually employment metrics are pretty Good. No, it's better to say that Donald Trump is a shill for aipac or that Iran's going to wipe us all out or the economy is horrible. Horrible. Something, something. Racism for the backbone of America. Conservative working the American worker last week was one of the all time greats. It's time for Trump wins. All he do is win, win, win. Because he's Trump. Trump dest. All right, so I'm going to rattle these off for you. The links, references available in the description. So one of the big wins last week, major Supreme Court victories in, you know, these nationwide injunctions by lower courts. These judges, these rogue judges, curbed Supreme Court said, you guys gotta stop that. You guys can't keep doing this. They didn't vote for you. You can't dictate policy for the rest of the country. And this goes to a few different cases like birthright citizenship and others. Another one is states can now defund Planned Parenthood. Yeah, that's a big one. I don't know if you know this. Not one mammogram has ever been provided by Planned Parenthood. If you say women's health, what you really mean is abortion. Not one mammogram ever. Zero. Zero ever. Remember, that's what they used to say. Oh, what are we gonna do for breast cancer screenings? I don't know. An alley.
Josh Firestein
I'll give you one right here.
Captain Morgan
Oh, geez.
Steven Crowder
Golden arches. Parents can now opt their children out of LGBTQ propaganda. Yes. In school if they deem it inappropriate. That's a big one. Let's go to another category. Internationally, multiple peace deals. The Israel Iran ceasefire. That's a landmark peace deal. Brought an end to a 12 day war after we basically launched one of the most effective military strikes of all time. And Iran didn't even see it coming. Now, there's a caveat to that. The Iranian Grand Ayatollah Nasir Makaram Shirazi. That's his last name. It's a different Ayatollah.
Captain Morgan
Mr. Shirazi.
Steven Crowder
He placed a fatwa on Trump, which really just seems like a consolation prize. He's like, yeah, okay, well, maybe, but I'm going to issue a fatwa. We're like, okay, fine, whatever. According.
Josh Firestein
I'm sure all the John Wicks of Iran are.
Captain Morgan
Yeah, exactly.
Josh Firestein
Are loading their guns and getting their bulletproof suits ready.
Steven Crowder
Please get my Benelli. Oh, we don't have one in the country. So according to Iranian state media, they said there is also a separate price Trump himself would have to pay because he has dared to threaten a figure with a massive religious following and profound influence among not only the 200 million Shia Muslims, but also countless more Sunnis who have grown extremely fond, extremely fond of Ayatollah Khamenei. No, it's true. Whatever. Fine. Like, I don't know, guys. Like, I'm getting to this point in my life. It's kind of like I'm consolidating my. My gun collection. Like, oh, let me go with these calibers. I'm consolidating the ideas and arguments that I'm willing to spend time refuting. It's like, oh, you're saying that the Sunnis like the Ayatollah. Fine.
Josh Firestein
So does Trump get credit for reuniting the Sunnis and Shias?
Steven Crowder
Yeah, that would be a big one.
Captain Morgan
That would be a big prize.
Josh Firestein
Wow. First time ever.
Steven Crowder
That would be a big one.
Josh Firestein
Insane.
Steven Crowder
Another win.
Josh Firestein
Next you'll get the Kurds on board.
Steven Crowder
Yeah, exactly. What's a few biochemical weapons between friends? Another one you may not be paying attention to because it's Congo and Rwanda. There was an agreement there that'll end the war between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Rwandan backed rebels. And the United States will actually gain the mineral rights.
Captain Morgan
Yeah.
Steven Crowder
Almost the only valuable thing there.
Captain Morgan
Blood diamonds for everyone.
Josh Firestein
Wait, does that mean China looks.
Captain Morgan
Loses them?
Josh Firestein
Is this the same place where China gets their batteries?
Steven Crowder
There can only be one.
Josh Firestein
Oh.
Captain Morgan
Ooh. Yeah.
Steven Crowder
And Trump's bigger. Trump. Also President Trump. I just love this because it's a cultural shift. Remember when everyone was afraid of cat calling or complimenting women? By the way, that was never a thing with black women. You can always compliment black women. It's ugly white women who will act like they're offended because they don't get compliments.
Josh Firestein
It's kind of expected.
Steven Crowder
Yeah.
Josh Firestein
Sometimes you'll get a. I know.
Steven Crowder
Yeah. Like, wow, you have beautiful nails. I know. I should. I paid enough for them.
Captain Morgan
Thanks, baby.
Steven Crowder
Thank you. Appreciate it. Since you're my server, can you now give me free crap since I complimented you. You know it. I don't own this place. So he complimented an African reporter in the Oval Office. And this is just a fun moment where you go, ah, thank God he's my president. President Chisekero also mentioned at the end of my interview that when peace finally.
Captain Morgan
Come to democrat Republic of the Congo.
Steven Crowder
He'S thinking to nominate peace you as a Nobel Prize peace, because he said you deserve. You have been working to bring peace in the. In the world, not only Congo. And he's very Hopeful to meet you in the future. That's so nice, boy. What? And that's so beautifully stated. And Caroline said, number one, she did say. And I shouldn't say this, watch R. Politically incorrect. She said, she's beautiful and you are beautiful. I'm not allowed to say that. You know, that could be the. The end of. Of my political career.
Captain Morgan
But I said, anyway, he's loving his life now.
Steven Crowder
Beautiful inside. So I wish I had more reporters like you. So, I mean, hot. I need to have more report. Not like that hairy forearm lady Caitlin Collins at cnn.
Captain Morgan
Rose.
Steven Crowder
Ooh, can you show her body language again? Can you go. It's about mid. When he says that to her, she, like, she folds over. Like that happens when a billionaire says you're pretty.
Josh Firestein
Is she backing up?
Steven Crowder
No, no, she's. She. She looks really. And you'll get those body languages like, I don't know. She looks. She does not look uncomfortable whatsoever. Whatsoever. Let's see. Just watch it one more time. And then, of course, Rubio's reaction as.
Josh Firestein
Far as this blatant racism stated.
Steven Crowder
And Caroline said, number one, she did say. And I shouldn't say this because it's politically incorrect. She said she's beautiful and you are beautiful. I'm not. Look at that. Oh, yeah, look at that.
Josh Firestein
Me.
Steven Crowder
She's so offended. I know. And I think I'm. I think I'm allowed to say this about blacks. Is it white privilege if I say you have beautiful, supple skin, not ashy like. Like that. Joy Reid.
Josh Firestein
Well, I think it would have been if he had offered to buy her. He looks at the man.
Steven Crowder
How much? You know, Jimmy the Greek had a point. The UK Guardian, of course, wrote about that. They wrote about this. They said Trump brings on Angolan journalists to praise him at White House event to mock the Rwanda DRC peace agreement. Though there are some reports that state Rwandans plan on launching their secret weapon. So it's not all. Yep. It's okay because the apes are white. And it's from the movie Congo.
Captain Morgan
It's true. It's different.
Josh Firestein
And they're Ron Perlman.
Steven Crowder
Yes. And they're Ron Perlman.
Josh Firestein
And he looks like an ape.
Steven Crowder
Yeah, absolutely.
Captain Morgan
I know you didn't see it, but because he looks exactly like.
Steven Crowder
Yes, it's really tough.
Josh Firestein
We're allowed to say that. We're allowed to say white people look like apes.
Steven Crowder
Yes, of course.
Josh Firestein
Because he does.
Steven Crowder
He absolutely does. He looks more like an ape than any man I've ever seen in my life.
Josh Firestein
He's from the Planet.
Steven Crowder
Yes, he is. It's a planet of Ron Perlman.
Josh Firestein
Can you imagine a whole planet of Ron Perlman's.
Steven Crowder
You dirty rotten Ron Perlmans. You've gone and done it.
Captain Morgan
You made a monkey out of me.
Steven Crowder
You made a Ron Perlman out of me. Here's another win.
Josh Firestein
I'll be a Rob Perlman's uncle.
Steven Crowder
Well, actually, these are. These are multiple wins. See, I knew there was something curious. Perlman.
Josh Firestein
Look at that ape.
Steven Crowder
He's a damn filthy. Yeah, I feel so free to be able to call him an ape. So it's an economic 100 white.
Captain Morgan
There's like, no, like, chance that we're like one.
Steven Crowder
Thanks for making everything uncomfortable.
Josh Firestein
Yeah, Gerald, we were, we were done with it. It was fun. It was fun.
Steven Crowder
We had a good.
Josh Firestein
It was lighthearted.
Steven Crowder
Yeah. Yeah. Then he has to go straight to American history. Gerald.
Josh Firestein
Yeah.
Steven Crowder
Noodles. So. So some economic wins. Stock markets. Hey, NASDAQ and S&P 500 hit all time highs Friday. And just to be clear, that'll pretty much happen no matter who's in office because it always goes up. But they told you it was going to go down. The Dow Jones is up 3.7% for the month. Gas prices just hit a four year low, thank you very much. That's the lowest. These are the lowest prices since 2021, which is kind of crazy because we're going into summer season too. So contextually that means even more as you go out on your family vacations.
Josh Firestein
Is that, is that the depression that I was being told about in February?
Steven Crowder
Yep. When they moved on from eggs.
Josh Firestein
I'm glad it finally came.
Steven Crowder
They said, what about the price of eggs? And they go, oh, yeah, but what about the price of gas? Well, what do you do now? They just move on to something else. So that's why. Just don't waste time with it.
Captain Morgan
What about. I thought the price of oil was going to skyrocket because of our reckless foray into the Middle east again.
Steven Crowder
Yeah, I thought Iran was going to block all the shipping.
Captain Morgan
No, not even the price of plan.
Josh Firestein
B pills are down.
Steven Crowder
Well, good. Oh, there you go. I bet you probably need a lot of those. You're the looker. Right? A lot of plan B in the heat of the passion of the moment. Can't plan for it. All right. Can't count on it. Can't plan for it. All right. Bonus.
Captain Morgan
Really?
Steven Crowder
Ge, General Electric, they're moving production of, I believe, two. Two specific sets of washing machines from China to Kentucky. Hear this broadcaster who tries to put on a Chinese lilt. At the end of the segment, the 800 additional jobs will be located at GE Appliances global headquarters at Appliance park in Louisville. The investment is happening as the company moves production of two GE profile laundry machines to Louisville from China. Do you hear that? From China.
Josh Firestein
They should show the reporter because he might be Asian.
Steven Crowder
He might come back to. I wasn't supposed to be on a camera.
Josh Firestein
Having a hard time with that.
Captain Morgan
Louisville.
Josh Firestein
From China to Louisville, Kentucky, which, by the way, sounds cool in Chinese.
Steven Crowder
It is Kentucky. Kentucky. Kentucky Derby. So much fried chicken. Fat.
Josh Firestein
Colonel.
Steven Crowder
Colonel.
Josh Firestein
Colonel Alexander.
Steven Crowder
No, real colonel. You fake America. So fat can fit two Chinese men and one American man. GE move from China. Maytag man. Lazy. Don't work. Always have nothing to do.
Josh Firestein
Washing machine always broken. Why it's always broken. You need a Maytag man.
Steven Crowder
I don't know. All right, the point is there's some wins. Celebrate the wins, guys. There's a lot of good. It's a fun summer festivity right now. What are we gonna say?
Captain Morgan
No, I said, I like how they would absolutely heckle the Maytag man for being lazy. Yeah.
Steven Crowder
If you guys don't remember, if you're too young, the Maytag man was out of work because the Maytag washing machines always worked. So he had nothing to do. It's true. The Chinese, like, go do something. Learn a fourth language. Start side business.
Josh Firestein
It's an air conditioner.
Steven Crowder
There's always something to fix.
Captain Morgan
Just don't fix it.
Steven Crowder
Like, yeah, he's always like, my washing machines are so good. I don't have a job. And then it got bought and they make him in China.
Josh Firestein
He doesn't have a job.
Steven Crowder
Yeah, you are welcome. You are welcome for all cheap shit.
Josh Firestein
And they used to sell them in seals, but they close.
Steven Crowder
All right, okay. Oh, this is. This is the one that I've been looking forward to today. This actually could be. There's always a value in contrast, right? Remember I told you you were going to have eight years of Obama, four years of Donald Trump, and then when we had four years of Joe Biden, I said just the contrast is what's most valuable. And that's why Trump has a really good chance of winning. And I hope that he continues this contrast because we see the difference, honestly, faster than we thought it would come to fruition. 8, 4. 4. So 12 years of basically one administration. Obama and Biden, it's an extension of the same. And one of these things is not like the other. The same can be said for New York City because we are looking at an actual communist who wants to take over a city that is already struggling. Make it worse and you'll have a timeline that will exist at the same period of time that Donald Trump is taking the country in the exact opposite direction. None of these facts or individual. It doesn't exist. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. Context matters. I actually think there's a real silver lining here. If Mamdani happens to win, we use Oran is a commie.
Captain Morgan
Oh, you thought New York was bad.
Josh Firestein
Before his ivies on policy sound straight out of Zimbabwe.
Steven Crowder
We're lips don't care about that. That's fun.
Captain Morgan
It's a liberal pronunciation of Zimbabwe.
Steven Crowder
It is. You have to make it fit.
Captain Morgan
Yeah.
Steven Crowder
So keep in mind a lot of people don't realize this. And we talked about this when we covered this on election night. We said, you know, if Donald Trump is within 16 points, I believe was the metric in New York, we said that would be historic. That would be better than anyone since George Bush Sr. And that would be a pretty good indicator that he's going to win the popular vote. And we have some people here who, I mean, it cost us millions of dollars. Who. Their analytics were right. We were correct. We were also correct in calling Georgia. So a big story from that election that many people may have missed is that the biggest swing that took place for Donald Trump was actually urban areas. Urban areas. That's where he improved the Most, by around 8% on average. And that happened because of policies that people like Mamdani want to put on steroids. So if you missed this last week, Zoran Mamdani, he won the New York City, the Democratic primary, and there's going to be a showdown. Him, Eric Adams, and Cuomo. It seems like Mamdani is the clear favorite right now. So when you understand that Stalin Mamdani would be awful for New York, and if you also agree with me that I don't really care about New York anymore, at the same time as the country improves, then it becomes a cautionary tale, like Detroit. It becomes a cautionary tale like California, and people remember it. So let's first get to the problems presented by Mamdani's blatant love and leaning in towards socialism. So when people say democratic socialist.
Captain Morgan
Right, and I'm curious what you think this means.
Steven Crowder
I mean, do you like capitalism?
Captain Morgan
No.
Zoran Mamdani
I have many critiques of capitalism. And I think ultimately the definition for me of why I call myself a democratic socialist is the words of Dr. King. Decades ago, he said, call it democracy or call it Democratic socialism. There must be a better distribution of wealth for all of God's children in this country. Grocery prices are out of control. The cost of milk has skyrocketed. Stores are even using Dan pause.
Steven Crowder
Yeah, well, that's because New York, the price of milk for a gallon is $5.93. Right now it's $4.00. In the rest of the country, eggs. Rest of the country, $4.50. In New York, $7 to be clear. So when he's complaining about the cost. Well, yeah, the costs in your city. And has that city been a bastion of fiscal conservatism? Keep doing more of it. Okay, let's see how that works out. Let's give it a dollar.
Josh Firestein
7 eggs expensive. Compared to a few years ago, that.
Steven Crowder
Would seem so, yes.
Josh Firestein
Because I feel like everything in New York is always more expensive.
Steven Crowder
It's always more expensive. It's always more expensive. And it's been a less utopia for quite a while really.
Josh Firestein
So that might be a lie.
Steven Crowder
One of the most overtaxed people in the country and they're losing people because of the taxes. $4.50 for eggs across the country. $6.99 in New York City. Let's continue with more propaganda from this guy. But it's good for us MC pricing.
Zoran Mamdani
Jacking up the cost over the course of a day, depending on what they can get away with. It doesn't need to be this way. I'm Zahran Mandani and as mayor I will create a network of city owned grocery stores. It's not a public option for produce. We will redirect city funds from corporate supermarkets to city owned grocery stores whose mission is lower prices, not price gouging. These stores will operate without a profit motive or having to pay property taxes or rent. And we'll pass on those savings to you. And the beauty of it is that it doesn't just apply to corporations headquartered in New York City. Because when you say this, people will say, well, they're going to go to Florida. Yes, wherever you are headquartered, as long as you do business in the state of New York, you are taxable for that corporation.
Steven Crowder
Oh, I just want to do business in New York.
Zoran Mamdani
Corporations that are making millions of dollars not in revenue but in profit. And the second is taxing the top 1% of New Yorkers. We're talking about people who make a million dollars a year or more. Taxing them just by a flat 2% tax increase.
Steven Crowder
You are a self described democratic socialist. Do you think that billionaires have a right to exist?
Zoran Mamdani
I Don't think that we should have billionaires because frankly, it is so much money in a moment of such inequality. And we have to ensure that we are unapologetic about our socialism. There are also other issues that we firmly believe in, whether it's bds.
Captain Morgan
Right.
Zoran Mamdani
Or whether it's the end goal of seizing the means of production where we do not have the same level of support at this very moment.
Steven Crowder
So just to be clear, seizing the means of production, that. That is the Communist Manifesto. That is communism. He just said it. He said it's not popular right now, but that's ultimately what we want.
Josh Firestein
Seizing is good. Usually.
Zoran Mamdani
Yes.
Josh Firestein
Things from. From people, your country. That's a good thing.
Captain Morgan
That's saying the quiet part out loud. Now, that video was uploaded yesterday. It wasn't. It wasn't new from yesterday, but this is what this guy thinks. Just go back to the grocery store example really quickly and see how. How long does it take you to figure out that this won't work? I now have a business that's going to compete with every other business, except they don't have to make a profit, they don't pay taxes and they don't pay rent. What do you think is going to happen to all of the other businesses that operate typically on one of the slimmest profit margins in industry? Probably about 4 or 5%. Grocery stores are just going to go away. You remember the food desert thing? That wasn't real. Guess what the reality of those things may be coming to New York.
Steven Crowder
Yeah.
Captain Morgan
They're not going to survive. You can't guess who's going to go out. Do you think the big chain grocery stores are going to be the first to go? No, it's every mom and pop shop in New York will immediately have to go out of business or find something else to sell. Yeah, because there's no way to compete.
Josh Firestein
When that city owned grocery store runs out of Skippy and Jif. Guess what? It's Peter Pan for you, douche.
Captain Morgan
Yep. Oh, Peter Pan is better than that.
Josh Firestein
Other options.
Steven Crowder
It's going to be riot season.
Josh Firestein
Yeah, that's the more serious food riots.
Steven Crowder
Yep. So New York State, by the way, has the highest tax burden of any state. To be clear, New York City is even worse. All right, so when he talks about these government run grocery stores, like you said, it's like, you know, Obamacare, it's a way of driving all competition out of business. So they have a monopoly that would be paid for by taxes, which already has the. Again, a state that already has the highest tax burden. Those people are going to leave. He just told you, well, if you're headquartering. Well, if you do business in New York, look, you just gave the blueprint to businesses. They're not going to do business in New York. They're not going to do business in a dying city, in a dying state. And by the way, it's not just taxing corporations because he went on to specify and he said something he didn't need to say because he's racist. He said that part of paying for some of the policies like transportation, includes, quote, shifting the tax burden to more expensive homes in richer and whiter neighborhoods. He didn't need to say whiter.
Captain Morgan
He didn't.
Steven Crowder
You could have just said richer in New York City. We all know what that means.
Josh Firestein
No one's going, Harlem, those are white tax now.
Steven Crowder
Yeah.
Josh Firestein
Are half, half black, half white people gonna get a half white tax?
Steven Crowder
Could be.
Captain Morgan
I don't know. He's talking about property taxes. It could have just been richer neighborhoods, could have taken care of any, no matter who's there. But he's saying wider neighborhoods. Kristen Walker asked him that question and did it in a softball kind of way. She's like, well, don't you think that maybe some people might think that you didn't need to say that? And he said, well, I'm just saying what is. I'm not really saying that. I'm starting from that prescription. And she didn't put his feet to the fire like she would have absolutely done. If any Republican had said anything about a poor neighborhood and accidentally said ethnic in that any ethnicity, it doesn't matter what they do.
Steven Crowder
Well, here's why. Because the media, they're far more offended at someone sitting across them advocating for first and second amendment rights than they are someone advocating for communism. If it was a Hegseth or if it was a Vance saying, hey, the first Amendment, the second Amendment really matters, or military, they would be fact checking. Because that is more offensive to those in the media than a self described Marxist advocating, by the way, for Marxism here in the United States and advocating for racial segregation effectively as a matter of policy, that tells you how much you should despise the media. If someone in your social circle was okay with saying, yeah, by the way, we just need to tax people based on race more. If they're white, tax them more. And you had an entire group of people going like, oh, okay, yeah, that's fine. And they lost their mind. If they found out that you carried a gun, would you still Be friends with that. Of course not. You would realize you're not welcome to the media. Your point of view, you are not welcome. And then they want to blame you for their numbers cratering. Here's a funny post on X actually it was Germania Rodriguez Polio posted me a Venezuelan. Watching rich celebrities campaign for government run grocery stores so they can have government run grocery stores and increase their taxes on white people while the rest of the country sees reduced taxes and more affordable groceries, as we've seen with eggs and milk under Donald Trump. That's a good thing. It's not good for New York. So to advocate you guys, just leave New York if you don't want to live in the hellscape that's going to become. But having that contrast is going to be valuable for the country. Let's move on to the next one. There will be a contrast. And we have a direct apples to apples chart here. Mamdani's policies on crime. Just to be clear, spoiler alert, he's pro that I'm not going to be.
Zoran Mamdani
Working alongside the Trump administration to build the single largest deportation force in American history. I'm going to actually represent each and every New Yorker and that includes immigrant New Yorkers. And that means standing up for the laws of the city, like our sanctuary city policies which have kept New Yorkers safe for decades, oftentimes have been found as legislators. When we go into these courts. The term violent crime is even used when people are stealing packages. Violent crime is even used when people are accused of burglary. And there happens to be a housing.
Josh Firestein
Unit in the U.S. absolutely.
Steven Crowder
Yes.
Zoran Mamdani
So violence is an artificial construction. We have to be very clear to what is happening here with these district attorneys. That is violence. That is violence of the highest.
Steven Crowder
By the way, this guy really hates doors. Yeah.
Captain Morgan
There's no person that he's yelling at. Just a closed door.
Steven Crowder
Maybe it's the molding.
Captain Morgan
He's a theater kid. Come on.
Steven Crowder
Just to be clear. Yeah. He says stealing packages considered violent. What's the forced part of forced entry which is involved in most burglaries? They don't. Yeah, yeah.
Josh Firestein
What if. What happens if I say don't do that?
Captain Morgan
Yes.
Josh Firestein
If I get in their way of burglarizing me and I say don't do that.
Steven Crowder
Well, they also don't want you to be firearms either. So you just have to take the burglary, which isn't violent because the policy forced you into taking it. I love. It's a construct.
Josh Firestein
It's not violent. If you are A bitch.
Steven Crowder
Yes.
Josh Firestein
Do anything about it.
Steven Crowder
Exactly. And by the way. Okay, quick fun fact. New York City is the worst city for package theft in the country. 2024 was a billion dollars.
Josh Firestein
I wonder if this guy encouraging it will decrease it.
Steven Crowder
Yes.
Captain Morgan
No, no, no, no. What happened? No, no, no, no. What he's saying is that it doesn't exist. He's trying to make it seem like New York is a less crime ridden state.
Steven Crowder
He's telling you he would remove that from being considered a violent crime. Breaking and entering, burglary, theft. So crime is down.
Captain Morgan
Just redefine stuff and stuff goes down.
Steven Crowder
Yeah, crime is. It also wouldn't be included in revenue losses due to crime in the city. So revenue, revenue losses are gone. They were wiped. We just don't count the theft. You, the American worker, the business owner, the bodega owner, the grocery store owner, someone who owns anything in your own apartment in New York, you're the one footing the bill in taxes and in stolen stuff. Because that's a social construct. Another stat that's quite. And by the way, this comes from Bloomberg, not a bastion of conservatism. This is the contrast, okay. The US Average as far as, as far as violent crime rates.
Captain Morgan
Right.
Steven Crowder
A lot of sort of the metric being used is pre Covid crime rates because it skyrocketed and then kind of went down. In the United States, the violent crime rate is down 6.4% as far as compared to pre Covid levels in New York City, it's still up 32.2% compared.
Josh Firestein
To pre Covid levels before or after sanctuary city policies?
Steven Crowder
Yeah, well, it's always, it's only, you see, sanctuary city boom gets worse, but if you just don't count crime. So again, we have that contrast. The costs in the country at large going down, New York going up. The crime, us at large going down, New York going up, way up. And he wants to double down on what has created the crap hole that is New York. Crime is going to continue going down in the United States and with someone like this, it'll continue to go up. Costs are going to continue to go down in the United States and there will continue to go up. I'm willing to bet that wages will continue to go up in the United States at large and they'll go down in New York City when compared to the cost of living. I hate to say that New York kind of has to be the sacrificial lamb here.
Captain Morgan
Yeah.
Steven Crowder
But I almost think it would be better if this guy won and you can lay it at his feet. Because New Yorkers, you get what you have been asking for. Some other policies that he's pushing for ending cash bail. He wants to have. He wants to permit safe injection sites, which means doing drugs in front of your kids.
Captain Morgan
Yeah, pretty much.
Steven Crowder
He wants to decriminalize all drug possession. He wants to ban all guns and decriminalize all sex work, which is great for this guy. He's thrilled. Yeah. Freak. And then there's. There's this fun one there. He said we don't need an investigation to know that the NYPD is racist, anti queer and. What? What? This is one of the. Okay. Anti queer and a major threat to public safety. Okay, hold on a second here. Look, the racist thing is a trope. And by the way, you're more likely to be shot as an armed white person than an armed black person in this country. We have those stats. And you're far more likely to be shot as an officer by a black man than to shoot a black man. But I get it, right? It used to be okay, black people probably pulled over quite a bit more because some cops are racist. They might fit the criminal profile more as far as someone they're looking for. It used to be didn't just throw in anti queer. Just let's throw in any minority group. Remember, it used to be driving while black. Now it's driving while fag. I don't know how this.
Josh Firestein
How can you tell? Is he.
Captain Morgan
I know.
Josh Firestein
Yeah, give him to a roadhead. What's going on? How do you know?
Steven Crowder
You just pull them over. Go. What's the trendiest colored interior design? Farmhouse chic. That's it. You're going to the clink.
Josh Firestein
Why is it gov gate?
Steven Crowder
I don't know.
Captain Morgan
They're all gay. They're just all gay.
Steven Crowder
So NYPD is racist, anti queer and a major threat to public safety. That's what we need to do is defund the nypd. Yes, they are notoriously anti queer. Who can forget the brutal beating of the Central Park Five sodomites? That's, I believe, what he is referring to.
Captain Morgan
Some of them liked it. It's okay.
Steven Crowder
They just raided a ymca. And to give you an idea what he's talking about, there's the crime and the cost. From 2020 to 2024, New York City lost an estimated 327,000 residents. Meaning people are leaving. And he wants to double down on policy that will encourage them to leave. Hey, I'm okay. I'm here for it. By the way. We have more to get to this guy is just the hits just keep coming with him. If you are not a Rumble Premium member, Mud Club is Rumble Premium. Rumble Premium is Mud Club. You can click that button. Join Continue watching with us. We're going to take your chat. You get the entire experience ad free. If you're a Rebel Premium member you get 100% more show every week. You get Donald Trump Jr. Nick DePaolo guns and gear. It's your best one stop shop and all the free content goes away if you don't join. We're not beholden to sponsors or a foreign caliphate or AIPAC who can fornicate themselves with a wire brush if not, hey, continue watching. Right now you will be whisked away to Tim Pool who no doubt is talking about this big beautiful bill as it continues to evolve. Here is Mamdani's even more radical stance on social issues.
Zoran Mamdani
One of the things that we've said beyond saying.
Podcast Information:
The episode kicks off with Steven Crowder welcoming listeners to the "Rumble LineUp," a live segment running weekdays from 9 am to 7 pm Eastern. He humorously addresses viewers from the Vince Bongino Army, making light-hearted jokes about translations and hairstyles.
Notable Quote:
“I think it's important to recognize that it has been President Trump's best week ever, and it's been one of the best weeks ever for the United States, at least of the last 20 years.” — Steven Crowder [00:55]
Crowder emphasizes that President Trump is experiencing significant successes, labeling it as his "best week ever." He outlines various wins under Trump's administration, positioning them as major accomplishments for the United States over the past two decades.
Notable Quote:
“Another win that might surprise you. Mamdani is a communist, I believe. Gay comment below.” — Steven Crowder [02:28]
A substantial portion of the episode is dedicated to discussing "The Big Beautiful Bill" (BBB), a legislative measure championed by President Trump aimed at overhauling various aspects of government spending and social programs.
Crowder introduces BBB as a pivotal legislative effort, highlighting its potential to reshape American fiscal policy by cutting unnecessary spending and implementing tax cuts.
Notable Quote:
“This is a bill that cuts spending by about 1.3 to $1.7 billion trillion dollars.” — Steven Crowder [27:10]
The host addresses claims made by opponents that BBB would increase the deficit by $3.3 trillion. Crowder counters these assertions by explaining that the bill incorporates significant spending cuts and economic growth strategies that offset potential revenue losses from tax cuts.
Notable Quote:
“Their claimed increase in spending is just oh, tax cuts. So if you have people on the right saying, oh, this is going to increase spending by $3 trillion, they're setting a very clearly leftist source.” — Steven Crowder [24:47]
BBB proposes reforms to social safety nets, including imposing work requirements for Medicaid recipients and restricting benefits for illegal immigrants. Crowder advocates for these measures as a way to ensure that assistance is targeted towards those who contribute to society.
Notable Quote:
“You will benefit from this. You will be better off. Okay, do you have kids? You'll be even more better off.” — Steven Crowder [25:10]
Crowder offers a critical analysis of political figures and policies opposing Trump's agenda, particularly focusing on New York City's mayoral candidate Zoran Mamdani.
He denounces Mamdani as a communist, arguing that his proposed policies would lead to increased taxation, government-run grocery stores, and the dismantling of free-market principles in New York City.
Notable Quote:
“He wants to double down on what has created the crap hole that is New York.” — Steven Crowder [48:38]
Crowder criticizes Mamdani’s stance on crime, claiming that redefining theft as non-violent undermines public safety and places undue financial burdens on law-abiding citizens.
Notable Quote:
“He’s telling you he would remove that from being considered a violent crime.” — Steven Crowder [56:35]
Crowder highlights positive economic metrics under Trump's leadership, asserting that the administration has fostered a robust economy with rising stock markets and controlled inflation.
He points to the NASDAQ and S&P 500 reaching all-time highs and the Dow Jones increasing by 3.7% for the month as indicators of economic strength.
Notable Quote:
“NASDAQ and S&P 500 hit all time highs Friday.” — Steven Crowder [41:11]
Gas prices have reached a four-year low, Crowder argues, enhancing the quality of life for Americans and supporting economic activities like family vacations.
Notable Quote:
“Gas prices just hit a four year low, thank you very much.” — Steven Crowder [41:43]
Crowder discusses Trump's foreign policy successes, including peace agreements between Israel and Iran, and an end to conflicts between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwandan-backed rebels. He portrays these as monumental achievements that stabilize global relations.
Notable Quote:
“Israel Iran ceasefire. That's a landmark peace deal.” — Steven Crowder [34:39]
In wrapping up, Crowder reinforces the narrative of Trump's administration as a period of significant achievements and contrasts it with the perceived failures of Democratic policies. He encourages listeners to support Trump's initiatives and stay engaged through the Rumble platform.
Notable Quote:
“It's time for Trump wins. All he do is win, win, win. Because he's Trump.” — Steven Crowder [43:50]
This summary encapsulates the primary discussions, viewpoints, and conclusions presented in the episode, providing a comprehensive overview for those who have not listened to the podcast.