10/30/25 - Why Capitalism is the Path to Prosperity

Summary

Mark Levin Podcast – "Why Capitalism is the Path to Prosperity"

Episode Date: October 31, 2025
Host: Mark Levin (Cumulus Podcast Network)
Special Guest: Byron Donalds

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Overview

This episode centers on Mark Levin’s robust defense of capitalism as the true engine of prosperity, contrasting it with what he views as the inherent failures and dangers of socialism. Levin frames the discussion within the current political climate—including the criticisms of Israel, debates over “America First,” media narratives, and the government shutdown. The episode is infused with Levin’s characteristic passion, bold commentary, and constitutional perspective, supplemented by an in-depth conversation with Congressman Byron Donalds.

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Key Topics and Insights

1. Defending Israel and Exposing Media Narratives

[01:55–16:48]

• Media and Political Attacks on Israel: Levin pushes back strongly against claims made in the media and by some politicians that Israel is guilty of ethnic cleansing, calling such accusations “outrageous lies,” and instead highlighting persecution of Christians and Jews in the broader Middle East.
• Christian and Jewish Persecution: He underscores the comparative religious freedoms in Israel versus surrounding countries:

  “There aren't a whole lot of Jews or Christians left in the Arab countries or Muslim countries, are there? Why? In fact, there aren't a lot of Christians left in Bethlehem. Why is that?” – Mark Levin [02:29]

• Media Silence: Levin calls out selective coverage and lack of fair reporting:

  “Why aren't these stories being told by our podcasters? Why aren't they interviewing people like this?” – Mark Levin [09:05]

• Platforming Bigotry: He draws comparisons to historical prejudice and insists on a moral line against platforming hate—whether anti-Jewish, anti-Catholic, or racist:

  “You don't have a discussion with people like that. I certainly wouldn't give them this airway, this airway be heard by millions and millions of people. That's not what we're talking about here. We're talking about base hatred.” – Mark Levin [13:21]

Notable Quote

“It takes people a real courage these days … to speak out against this.” – Mark Levin [15:46]

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2. Why Capitalism Matters – The Moral and Economic Case

[17:55–37:44]

• Capitalism vs. Socialism:
  • Capitalism is founded in human nature and voluntary exchange, not in ideology.
  • Socialism, on the other hand, “is based on an ideology” and substitutes government decision-making for that of the individual.
  • Practical results: Capitalism leads to employment, innovation, abundance; socialism leads to poverty and dependence.
• Basic Premise:

  “Socialism is based on an ideology. Capitalism is not ideological. Capitalism goes back to the beginning of mankind. Voluntary commerce.” – Mark Levin [33:20]

• Centralized Power: Levin criticizes socialism for relying on “a real small handful of masterminds who’ve mastered nothing” – arguing that “ideologues” cannot manage a complex economy.

Notable Quote

“Capitalism is the only economic system, only one, that recognizes individual liberty, private property rights, and the right and free will of the individual.” – Mark Levin [35:23]

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3. The Reality of Socialism and the Welfare State

[38:33–54:57]

• Comparisons to Historical Failures: Levin references both international experiences and local policy failures in major U.S. cities to argue that socialist policies lead to decay, crime, and loss of personal initiative.
• Consequences of Socialism in Housing:
  • Problems with government-owned housing: “skyscrapers where people are treated like what? Like numbers, like sardines in a can. There's no upkeep, there's cockroaches, there's rats, there's crime...” [52:43]
  • Private property is linked to human dignity and motivation, while redistribution “zaps the initiative” and breeds “slovenness and laziness.”
• The “Affordability” Rhetoric: He skewers left-wing politicians for using slogans to mask the real causes behind rising costs, blaming high taxes, rent control, and regulation.

Notable Moment

“Socialism and affordability are words that do not mix. It’s like oil and water.” – Mark Levin [54:37]

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4. America First, Foreign Alliances, and National Security

[58:48–73:54]

• Clarifying “America First”: Levin insists that real "America First" means preserving American principles—Judeo-Christian values, individual rights—not mere isolationism or slogans.
  • The Founders relied on foreign support (France, Spain, Netherlands) to win the Revolution.
  • Without intelligent alliances and readiness, the U.S. would be vulnerable, as in WWII and today’s faceoff with China and Iran.
• Moral Clarity on Allies: He questions why some conservative voices “befriend Qatar,” “befriend Saudi Arabia,” while attacking Israel, America’s democratic ally.
• Shared Values with Israel:

  “That we have a shared belief system, that they are defending the holy sites from that enemy, not just Jewish sites, but Christian sites too.” – Mark Levin [69:36]

• Warnings Against Isolationism: “Fortress America is a disaster. It's a national security suicide. Suicide policy. That's not America First.” – Mark Levin [71:12]

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5. Government Shutdown, Healthcare Debates, and Political Hypocrisy

[75:35–98:07]

• Media Manipulation and Democratic Strategy:
  • Levin and Byron Donalds dissect Democratic tactics: creating crises, blaming Republicans for shutdown effects, while refusing to pass funding measures unless major left-wing priorities are met.
  • Democrats, he claims, use “pseudo events that become real events” [100:07] for political leverage.
• Healthcare Discussion:
  • Byron Donalds asserts that Obamacare was “always the Trojan horse for single payer” and a deliberate path to “trap Americans into a healthcare system where all it needed was more money, more money, more money.” [95:16]
  • Americans are stuck with high premiums and deductibles; market-based reforms are needed.
• Illegal Immigration: Donalds details how states game Medicaid to fund care for illegal immigrants, fighting “for illegal aliens and it's sick.” [98:37]

Notable Exchange

• Levin: “They want the American people, you Mr. And Mrs. America, to believe that the Republicans are not funding these measures. When the Republicans passed the bill in this House, passed it in the Senate…” [101:03]
• Byron Donalds: “They have no policy. They got no real ideas that are going to help the American people.” [92:49]

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6. The Conservative Movement, Young People, and the Threat of Antisemitism

[108:13–110:44]

• Caller Segment: A student caller asks for advice on confronting antisemitism cloaked as conservatism on campus.
• Levin’s Guidance:

  “Well, this is our battle for all of our generations. And that's why it's important that conservative entities, whether they be media entities, think tanks and so forth, push back. Because I think if we lose the younger generation to secularism or false idols or Islamism or whatever you want to call it, we're going to lose the country.” [110:18]

• Solidarity: Levin expresses his ongoing support for police, armed forces, and American values to close the episode.

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Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• “The only country in the Middle east where Christians are safe is Israel.” – Mark Levin [07:04]
• “Capitalism is not an ideology. It's not a philosophy, it's a reality. It's how humans interact.” – Mark Levin [45:19]
• “Socialism promotes the welfare state. Capitalism promotes the individual.” – Mark Levin [37:39]
• “[On ‘America First’] … Since when is America first isolationist? Didn't we hear about this in the 1930s? Cost us hundreds of thousands of lives.” – Mark Levin [70:49]
• “Obamacare was nothing but a Trojan horse for single payer health care. It was always designed for the premiums to go up.” – Byron Donalds [95:16]
• “This is our battle for all of our generations ... If we lose the younger generation to secularism or false idols or Islamism … we're going to lose the country.” – Mark Levin [110:18]

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Segment Timestamps for Reference

• [01:55] – Israel criticism and defense
• [17:55] – Introduction to capitalism vs. socialism
• [33:01] – Deep dive into capitalism’s principles
• [38:33] – Real-world impacts of socialism; housing debate
• [58:48] – “America First” and U.S. foreign policy
• [75:35] – Government shutdown, healthcare, and Byron Donalds segment
• [108:13] – Caller: Combatting antisemitism and message to youth

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Final Thoughts

In a passionate and wide-ranging episode, Mark Levin makes a sustained case for why capitalism is not just the most effective economic system, but the only one compatible with human dignity, liberty, and the American founding. He links the defense of capitalism to the wider defense of Western civilization, pushes back on political and media distortions about Israel and the United States, and insists that conservatism must be unafraid in both principle and practice. With Byron Donalds’ support, the conversation underscores the ongoing battles over policy, culture, and the very future of America.

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For Further Listening

If you care about understanding the ideological stakes in American politics, or want succinct arguments against socialism and for capitalism, this episode is a definitive resource—delivered in Mark Levin’s authoritative, uncompromising voice.

Transcript

[Mark Levin]

America's best days are yet to come. That's because conservatives like you, know and live the values our great country was built on. The Heritage foundation exists to make sure your voice is heard in the D.C. swamp each day, shining the light on a bright future. The Heritage foundation stands for your values and won't give up the fight because they know you never will. Paid for by the Heritage Foundation.

[Byron Donald]

He's here.

[Producer/Announcer]

He's here now, broadcasting them from the underground command post deep in the bowels of a hidden bunker somewhere under to the brick and steel of a nondescript building. We've once again made contact with our leader, Mark Len.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Sam.

[Mark Levin]

Hello, America. Mark Levin here. Our number, 877-3813-811877-33811. Well, the Democrats are now accusing the Republicans of wanting to starve children.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

I got to get into this and I want to talk about defending capitalism. We have a fantastic record, we capitalists, fantastic record. Those of us who believe in capitalism and reject economic socialism. But before we do, I feel like I have to do this every day. It's very frustrating to me, but I have to do what I have to do. You know, information is a. Is an important thing. Knowledge is an important thing. So it's important to have both. A little bit of experience doesn't hurt. Before commenting on certain things that you may not know a whole lot about. First of all, Israel, of course, doesn't control President Trump, nor has it ever controlled any past president. Israel is not ethnic cleansing. That would be the motivations and intentions of the Islamist terrorists who do so brazenly throughout the Middle east and Africa. Slaughtering black Christians, all Christians. Slaughtering Jews, slaughtering anybody who gets in their way. From Syria to Yemen, Lebanon. There aren't a whole lot of Jews or Christians left in the Arab countries or Muslim countries, are there? Why? In fact, there aren't a lot of Christians left in Bethlehem. Why is that? Black Christians are being slaughtered. Nigeria, the Congo, other places in Africa enslaved by Muslim marauders. We hear nothing about that. Zero. Not the Jews doing it. Not the Jews who attacked us on 9, 11 or 1993. The Israelis. Ethnic cleansing? Is that what we were doing when we hit Japan with two atomic bombs? No, we were trying to win a war. Dresden, Berlin. The multiple and unprecedented steps the IDF has taken to try and limit casualties at the cost of their own lives and increasing the longevity of the war in Gaza is no secret. Experts from all walks of life have explained it. But the Hamas lies and propaganda seem to Overwhelm it. Israel is a multi ethnic, multi religious society and a democracy. The only democracy in the Middle East. How many Christians and Jews remain in these non democracies? Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, The Coptic Christians in Egypt are brutalized.

[Mark Levin]

Iraq.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

I mean for God's sakes, Bethlehem was the birthplace of Jesus Christ.

[Mark Levin]

It's now 85% Palestinian.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

You don't hear a word about this.

[Mark Levin]

And whatever Jews and Christians are left.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

In any of these countries, they are brutalized. One exception is maybe Lebanon used to have a very, very solid democracy, Christian and Muslim, until Iran, Hezbollah, Muslim Brotherhood destroyed it. Destroyed it. But it looks like Lebanon hasn't has a chance after many decades of re establishing its democracy. Why? Because Israel crushed Hezbollah, that's why.

[Mark Levin]

And defeated Iran in 12 days.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

That's why.

[Mark Levin]

So the Christians, they used to get.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Elected prime minister there and so forth.

[Mark Levin]

May get elected again.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Which army was it that went into.

[Mark Levin]

Syria to protect the Christian community there that was being slaughtered with pastors being dragged out of their churches? It was Israel. Israel has Christians who fight for their country, Muslims who fight for their country. Oh, and this one, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Israel does not need pressure from the United States to protect the Church of the Holy Sepulchre which it has been protecting since its very inception. In fact, it protects the Al Aqsa Mosque which was purposely built on the holiest Jewish site. It protects that. It protects all the holy sites. Jewish, Christian, Muslim, all of them.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

All of them.

[Mark Levin]

Church of the Holy Sepulcher has always been protected by the Israelis. It was the Jordanians when they took over the area. They were the threat. Now these are basic facts. These are basic facts. They are not being taught to our college students, apparently. Not being taught to adults, apparently. Not being taught to politicians, apparently. These are basic facts. You know this guy, Tommy Robinson, who gets attacked a lot. This guy's unbelievable. He's been in Israel for many weeks now. He's British, he's a nationalist, he believes in Britain. First he's been smeared, he's been thrown in jail by that government. But he says the grave threat to the west is are these radical Islamists. They're destroying Britain, they've destroyed London. He says, not the Jews, the Islamists. He says, I'm going to go to Israel, I'm going to meet with Netanyahu, I'm going to meet with some of these leaders, I'm going to do interviews, I'm going to find out what the hell is going on over there. And he's been posting These interviews. Our media don't do this. Our media don't do it. We got podcasters galore spewing hate and filth. The only country in the Middle east where Christians are safe is Israel. And he does this fantastic interview he did the other day, and I just posted it of a leading Christian podcaster, influencer, faith promoter, who talks about, we're a minority In Israel, about 180,000 of us. If we were in any of these Arab or Muslim countries, we likely wouldn't exist. We joined the idf, we can do any job we want. We can go anywhere we want. They can become judges, they can become whatever they want. So can Arabs, by the way. These are Christian Arabs in the most case, but so can Muslim Arabs. Why aren't these stories being told by our podcasters? Why aren't they interviewing people like this? Why don't our think tanks talk about this? If they want to talk about Israel, they're obsessed with it. I have to spend so much time unraveling all this stuff. It's terrible, absolutely terrible. Do you think I want to?

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

People say, well, aren't we allowed to disagree with Israel?

[Mark Levin]

Of course we're allowed to disagree with Israel. There are political parties that fight each other and disagree with each other in Israel. There are many people in the media in Israel who disagree with the government of Israel. They have a Knesset where they duke it out like a parliament. So that is not the debate. That is not the issue. The issue is the survivability of that country as a tiny little safe haven. The Holy Land. The Holy Land where so many of us have our faiths born. We have nothing in common with Qatar.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

That spends billions of dollars trying to destroy our country and the biggest funder of terrorism. Nothing.

[Mark Levin]

We have nothing in common with Saudi Arabia, another bunch of inbreds, a concocted country less than a hundred years ago that was behind 9, 11, as well as Qatar. We have nothing in common with these.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Countries except oil money.

[Mark Levin]

It's okay. We can have allies.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

In the Middle.

[Mark Levin]

East who aren't Christian or Jewish. We can have allies in the Far east who are Buddhist. We can have allies in India who are Hindu. It's all well and good, but what is it about this attempt to eviscerate a faith and a people we are not talking about?

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Well, you know, you can disagree with Israel.

[Mark Levin]

And so when you literally defend your own existence, your own faith, you are demeaned and you are attacked. I will give you an example, one.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

That does not involve Israel or Jews or anything.

[Mark Levin]

Are You Catholic?

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Many of you are Catholic. It's a beautiful religion. It's a beautiful faith.

[Mark Levin]

You have a pope, especially the prior Pope.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Very left wing people criticized that Pope. I said almost nothing about that Pope, did I, Mr. Bonus?

[Mark Levin]

I didn't think it was appropriate. But people criticize that pope. Criticize the things he said and the.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Things he tried to do.

[Mark Levin]

He's quite liberal. That's okay. But that doesn't mean you trash Catholics. That doesn't mean you attack their faith. That doesn't mean you find conspiracies. That doesn't mean you platform individuals who are anti Catholic. You know, that's been going on a long time. The Ku Klux Klan went after Catholics just as it went after Jews and blacks. People forget this. I do not forget anything. I know my history. There is no way in hell that I would ever in my worst nightmare platform somebody who starts trashing Catholics as having an undue influence on our country. Even if I were to say something in which I disagree with a declaration from the Pope that's not open to debate and discussion. You don't come on this show and I certainly don't invite somebody on my show who I know is trashing Catholics, who I know is anti Catholic or I'm not going to platform somebody who I know is a racist who's going to come on this show and attack black people left and right. You don't have a discussion with people like that. I certainly wouldn't give them this airway. This airway be heard by millions and millions of people. That's not what we're talking about here. We're talking about base hatred. When somebody says that when the Jews were put in the ovens, it's like baking cookies. When somebody says that Hitler should have finished the job. When somebody says that I'm an admirer of Stalin and on and on. How much worse can it get when somebody trashes Christian Zionists who are simply Christians who believe in Israel, in the state of Israel. Not disagree with them. Say they despise them. They despise them more than anybody else. That's a bigot. That's a bigot. And you know what? It takes people a real courage these days. I'm afraid so. Shouldn't. 20 years ago it wouldn't, but today it does. Takes people a real courage to speak out against this, to speak out against it. And these are the people who should be getting awards for courage and should be acknowledged and promoted. I want to give a special salute out to National Review.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Their fantastic editorial Today.

[Mark Levin]

To Rod Dreier, his father. Fantastic column in Substack. Isn't that what it's called?

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Rich? I know Rod doesn't always like me.

[Mark Levin]

It's not about liking me. It doesn't matter.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

And Josh Hammer, who's under vicious assault for people twisting his words.

[Mark Levin]

And there are many others out there.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

There are tens of millions of us behind you.

[Mark Levin]

Love Judaism, love Christianity, love our country.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Love Judeo Christian values on which this country was based. And we will continue to promote it. We will continue to denounce those who seek to destroy it. I'll be right back.

[Producer/Announcer]

Mud. Love in.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Folks, I have a question for you. Do you believe America's best days are still ahead?

[Mark Levin]

With the 250th anniversary of the signing.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Of the Declaration of Independence coming up.

[Mark Levin]

In less than a year, my friends at the Heritage foundation are taking stock of the current situation, and they need your input. They've launched a survey on America's future to gauge how Americans feel right now about where we are as a nation and where we're headed in the next 250 years. You know, for decades, your American values have been under attack. But now, with President Trump's administration in office, we have an opportunity to turn the tide and usher in a new golden age for America. But the Heritage foundation needs to hear from you. What policies do patriots like you most care about? What do you believe are the defining principles of America? What legacy do you believe we should pass on to the next Generation? Please visit heritage.orglevin today and share your feedback and help shape the future of America. That's heritage.org L E V I N paid for by the Heritage Foundation.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

I haven't forgotten. We only have a minute here. Safe to the bottom of the hour. I want to explain why capitalism is the only humane economic system, why economic socialism is an inhumane economic system. Somebody needs to defend capitalism. Do you ever hear anybody defend it yet? Look around you, America. Look around you. In the most prosperous country on the face of the earth. Look around you. We don't all take it for granted, but many people do. They want to replace a vigorous, massive economy that employs more people, feeds more people, clothes more people, houses more people than any other on the face of the earth with a welfare state. I'll be right back.

[Mark Levin]

We're coming upon the 250th birthday of the United States, and it has me.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Thinking, what will America look like 250 years from now?

[Mark Levin]

My friends at the Heritage foundation want to know what you think. What policies should America prioritize what principles should carry us into the decades ahead as America enters a new golden age. Heritage recognizes that this is the time to take stock and to be intentional about how we shape the future of America. And they can't do it without your input. So please go to heritage.org Levin and let them know what you think is important. Without patriots like you stepping up and speaking up for what you believe in, America as we know it can't survive for another 250 years. Please go to heritage.org Levin heritage.org Levin take the survey on America's future. This survey takes less than 10 minutes to complete, but it is critical for making sure that the America we pass on to future generations is an America we're proud of. Go to heritage.org Levin today. That's heritage.org L E V I N Paid for by the Heritage Foundation.

[Producer/Announcer]

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[Mark Levin]

Dial in 877-381-3811.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Stephen Miller, wonderful guy, longtime friend going back decades, right? Mr. Producer when he worked on Capitol Hill for Michele Bachman. Wonderful, wonderful woman of deep Christian faith. He's got a wonderful wife, Katie Miller. And Katie Miller has been making some of the media rounds against some of the most atrocious, loud, obnoxious leftists one can imagine. What's this guy's name? Sink something or other. I don't know. Sink something or other. Big fat slop. Anyway. And what are they on? Piers Morgan show. But I want to salute her for her courage, for standing up to these people, for calling them out. I mean, Steven's got a real, real wonderful lady there and we know them both, Julie and I, my wonderful lady and I, we need to engage. But you know, the funny thing is there's only ever going to be one Charlie Kirk. And I understand there are efforts by some to, quote, unquote, replace him in these various colleges and universities. And it's important for Turning Point usa. My friendly advice is just choose carefully who you use.

[Mark Levin]

Because I fear some.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

People want to use Turning Point USA to promote themselves and their own message. Now, that aside, nobody, nobody on a college campus can debate a student, a left wing student, a hostile student, better than Charlie could. Nobody. I've been watching these clips. There's been a conga line of broadcasters and politicians and others who've tried. It just demonstrates how remarkable and how important Charlie was. They can't keep up. Again, it's not a put down of anyone, anyone, but it just shows you certain people are irreplaceable. They just are. Again, it doesn't mean you had to agree with Charlie on everything, and Charlie would know that. Charlie didn't agree with anybody on everything. He didn't agree with me on everything. He agreed with me on a lot. He sought me out when he was a young man, and I was thrilled to promote his books and his work and so forth. And I do that here for others as well. I believe there needs to be a foreign team because one day I'll be out of here. But nonetheless, I've noticed a big difference. So it just demonstrates how bad the loss is. It really does. And let me talk to you about capitalism and socialism. Oh, one other thing. As I was thinking during the break, what's going on right now is also a test of our principles. As constitutional conservatives, we really believe in all the things we've said over the years, all the things we've written, all the organizations we've formed, really do we. Will these conservative institutions be able to withstand what's happening with sort of the Ku Klux Klan? Right. It's really not that hard. It's not that hard. If you're a person of faith, real faith, person of principles, Judeo Christian values, just a good, decent person. It's not that hard. And so you'll be able to make your own judgments from time to time. I will make them publicly for myself on who's been able to use our principles, apply our principles, the things we've been taught since we were young. By young, I mean in synagogue, in church, wherever. Whether we are pretenders to these various positions, organizations that many didn't create, but they take them over or not.

[Mark Levin]

You.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Know, it's no good to be talking about great philosophers, economic systems, constitutional systems.

[Mark Levin]

The founders, the framers.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

If in the end, in the end.

[Mark Levin]

When the battle's taking place, the battle.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Of ideas, the battle of persuasion, the.

[Mark Levin]

Battle of politics, and you're on the.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Wrong side, or you acquiesce to it, or you're silent.

[Mark Levin]

So the question is, which.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Institutions that you and I have, have embraced, have loved, have adored, respected, which ones will withstand this? Which ones will go into the. Into the battle and push for the right agenda, and which ones won't? And you're finding out quickly, and you're going to find out more. Whether they be digital TV platforms, whether they be podcasts, whether they be radio shows, whether they be TV shows, whether they be legal foundations who've been doing great, whether they are think tanks, whether they're politicians, you're not going to be able to make a judgment because America is really at this point, this turning point. We conservatives, we constitutionalists, it should be very easy for us.

[Mark Levin]

But for some.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Apparently it's very complicated and difficult, given various money conflicts, donor conflicts, friendship conflicts, association conflicts, whatever it is, whatever it is, some of these institutions are half a century old. Some are relatively new. How will they perform in the middle of the storm? Reagan talked about freedom being one generation away from extinction. We built a conservative infrastructure, a liberty infrastructure, based on principles and faith and ideas. Billions of dollars over the decades have been spent. When you think about now, we will determine how that investment pans out. It won't be hard. People have to make a choice. I said this the other day. It's not about banning people, deplatforming people. It's about making a choice, banning deplatforming. Neo Nazis, Klansmen, Marxists, Islamic, no. Where do you stand? Where does the institution that you defend and run, where does it stand? Where does the media platform, website.

[Mark Levin]

Where does it stand? Where do you stand?

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Again, it's not complicated. Word salads, mumbo jumbo. It's not complicated, folks. That's why this program has lasted as long as it has with the fantastic affiliates we have, the expansion into simultaneous podcasting, Sirius satellite radio, satellite streaming apps, YouTube. Because we trust one another. We don't always have to agree with one another, but we have a basic belief and value system, basic belief system in our country, in love of our country, basic belief. We talk about individualism and the individual.

[Mark Levin]

The Declaration of Independence. We talk about John Locke and Montesquieu.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

The importance of the individual. And then we have people who say, what are you, Jew? What are you this? What are you that?

[Mark Levin]

What? We can't criticize Israel.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Trust me, Israel is criticized a lot more than any other country on the face of the earth, as a matter of fact. So that's not the issue. When you attack. We know, you and I, exactly what I'm talking about. If something in your gut tells you it's wrong, it's wrong. If it takes somebody more than a sentence or two to take a principled stand, something is wrong. When you're attacking the greatest generation, when you take the side of Hitler against Churchill, or take the side of Stalin against Franklin Roosevelt.

[Mark Levin]

Or you talk about.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Human life like it's cookies, or you trash Christians because they're true believers, there's something wrong. Your gut tells you it's wrong. Your soul tells you it's wrong. And if it's coming from people who purport to represent you and me, we have a responsibility. Ladies and gentlemen, say no. No, no, no. Wait a minute, wait a minute. That's not right. That's not correct. We don't believe that. It has nothing to do with our life's work, with our careers, with our faith, with our family. It's very important. Time for Choosing was a book that William Simon wrote. Former Treasury Secretary, long gone. It's the title of the new editorial on National Review. A beautiful editorial. It's something I told you last week. It's time to choose. Maybe it was this week. You have to choose. These politicians who want to be congressmen and senators and president, they're gonna have to choose. They're gonna have to reveal themselves, if they haven't already. I'll be right back.

[Producer/Announcer]

Mud.

[Mark Levin]

Folks, I have a question for you. Do you believe America's best days are still ahead? With the 250th anniversary of the signing.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Of the Declaration of Independence coming up.

[Mark Levin]

In less than a year, my friends at the Heritage foundation are taking stock of the current situation and they need your input. They've launched a survey on America's future to gauge how America's feel right now about where we are as a nation and where we're headed in the next 250 years. You know, for decades, your American values have been under attack. But now, where President Trump's administration in office.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Office.

[Mark Levin]

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[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

All right, I promise a little bit now and a little bit after the top of the hour. Capitalism versus socialism. It's very, very important. They're going to run around as democratic socialists, even though they're Marxist Islamists, that we straighten us out and fast in a way that's understandable. Basic. Plain spoken. Lets start from a basic premise. Socialism is based on an ideology. Capitalism is not ideological. Let me repeat that. Socialism is based on an ideology. Capitalism is not ideological. Capitalism goes back to the beginning of mankind. Voluntary commerce. Somebody produces a product or service, they offer it to somebody else. Maybe back then they bartered, but barter has value. Now we have currency and so forth. It's a spontaneous economic arrangement involving the Individual's wants and desires and needs and decision making motivation that belongs to the individual. Furthermore, when you have in modern society, in America as an example, tens of millions of individuals making billions of collective decisions every day, you root out the bad, you promote the good. Some things will work, some things won't. And that continues over and over and over again. That's how you get inventiveness, productivity, technological cutting edge devices, one idea build on top of another idea, competition of ideas, what else about capitalism? It is the only economic system, only one that recognizes individual liberty, private property.

[Mark Levin]

Rights.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

And the right and free will of the individual. It's the only one. It is the least amount of government control, centralized government decision making, like industrial policy. Because in the case of socialism, you have ideologues making decisions, or maybe you have some businessmen, rarely, but have some business experience, but they don't have every single potential experience, knowledge point, information necessary to make these decisions for all of you.

[Mark Levin]

You see, socialism basically substitutes a real.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Small handful of masterminds who've mastered nothing of ideologues, of politicians to make decisions.

[Mark Levin]

About your life ultimately, whether you live or die, whether you get medical care on time or not, what type of medical care you get, whether you get enough food to subsist, enough food for your family, whether you have shelter, a home, and on and on and on. Every aspect of a very complex economy. Mandami has no idea how to do anything except use the iron fist of government to impose his ideology. He could talk about affordability all he.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Wants.

[Mark Levin]

How would he know? And by the way, what's affordable for somebody is not affordable for somebody else. Redistributing wealth creates economic dislocation. The person who creates wealth, creates advances, products, services, creates jobs, will create less of all of that if money by fiat of government is removed from that person and given to somebody else because.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

That somebody else doesn't want to work, they're an illegal alien, or they just want something for nothing.

[Mark Levin]

Socialism promotes the welfare state.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Capitalism promotes the individual.

[Mark Levin]

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He's here now, broadcasting from the underground command post deep in the bowels of a hidden bunker somewhere under the the brick and steel of a nondescript building. We've once again made contact with our leader, Mark Levin.

[Mark Levin]

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[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

I want to continue with capitalism and socialism, and after that I want to discuss America First. A lot of people are saying they represent America First. Then you, Mr. And Mrs. America. You do not. So let's talk about what that means. Sloganeering is really what Marxists do best. But apparently some of our people think it's important too. America first is a bumper sticker statement. What does it mean? People seem to think in all kinds of different positions, politics and politicians and so forth, that it means whatever they believe. And if you believe otherwise, then you're not America first because they're America First. So we'll get into that. They didn't invent the phrase and they don't own it. It's been around a long time. It's been used for good and it's been used for bad. Capitalism and socialism. Would you rather go to a food market in America or a food market anywhere in socialist Europe? We've talked about this. Professor George Reisman written a great book, big book called Capitalism. There have been other great men and women who've written about it. Ian Rand, Hayek von Mises, Milton Friedman. You know, these are old people. They're dead and gone. You may not want to read about them. A lot of great men and women are dead and gone on whose shoulders we stand. That's why we have books. That's why we have history, knowledge, one generation learning from the next. The world didn't begin today with Nick Fuentes, little Adolf. The world didn't begin today with Tucker Carlson and his platform of Holocaust deniers and attacking Christian Zionists and people of the Jewish faith. The world didn't begin today with Candace Owens. I guess we should debate her too, Mr. Producer, whether or not the First lady of France was born with a penis. I think we can do a little better than that. America and everybody is not worth debating and everybody is not worth platforming. Neo Nazis, Klansmen, racists, bigots. These aren't policy disputes. These aren't white paper issues. These aren't debates about principle. Now we have Mondami, who's never had a private sector job in his life. We have Sanders, who's never had a private sector job in his life. We have an AOC who could never pour a drink straight. We have a whole bunch of people who know how to run our lives, who know how to run the country, who know how to run every single industry, who know how to be the employer and the employee, who know about.

[Mark Levin]

The supply chain, who know about technological advances, experts in mathematics and physics, who.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Understand profit and loss. They understand all the complexities of an economy.

[Mark Levin]

And they think they should run.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

It through their ideology. This is the biggest problem with socialism. Ideologues create impoverishment, destitution, hunger, shortages because it's not possible for them to know what the hell they're doing just because somebody's elected to office or seizes office. They're not all of a sudden smarter than every other human being that's ever existed and know how to run every industry. So they don't know how to run every industry. So they are driven by their ideology. That's what they rely on. And what does their ideology tell them? More government, more regulations, more taxation, redistribution of wealth. Well, that's not an economic policy, that's a governmental policy. That's iron fisted police state government. What else happens? Well, things like your Bill of Rights disappear. Why? What happened during the pandemic?

[Mark Levin]

It's as if the Bill of Rights never existed.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

You were ordered to wear masks.

[Mark Levin]

You were ordered to stand six feet apart. You were ordered not to come out of your house, you were ordered not to go to a public place, not to go to a beach.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

You were ordered to shut down your businesses. You were ordered over and over and over again where you basically had pseudoscience promoted by bureaucrats and politicians that did grave damage to this country, did grave damage to the children of this country and their education. You had decision makers like teachers unions, teachers units, among others. You can't possibly deal adequately, let alone well in a society, in an economy as big and complex as ours, or any really, if you're driven by ideology. Now let's talk about this Marxist ideology.

[Mark Levin]

See, I don't even call it a.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Philosophy because in my vernacular there's a difference between an ideology and a philosophy. A philosophy is a well thought out.

[Mark Levin]

Position.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

About many things. Ethics, morality, faith, the economy, so forth and so on. Ideology is not well thought out at all. It's my way or the highway. Ideology has the iron fist behind it. Philosophy does not. Philosophy is more theoretical, ideology is more political. Just my own view, my own way of addressing both. Capitalism is not an ideology. It's not a philosophy, it's a reality. It's how humans interact. Centralized government in the imposition of regulations and taxes and rules by people who know nothing and can't possibly know everything is the exercise of raw power, through government, through the law, through denying civil liberties, property Rights, free will, the fundamental difference between economic socialism and capitalism. Marxism embraces not only socialism, but. But it takes it a big step further. The entirety of society must be rejiggered to accommodate the ideology.

[Mark Levin]

In fact, the human being must be.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Made to fit into the ideology, which of course is an impossibility. While there's so much slaughter in so many concentration camps in these communist societies, not so with a constitutional republican capitalism.

[Mark Levin]

There is no single right way. If you want to be a moron and invest your money in something stupid, go for it. If you want to lose all your money, do it. If you want to take a risk, you think you got a great idea, do it. You could become a billionaire. You could employ tens of thousands of people, save tens of thousands of lives. That's a good thing. No wonder Communist China has to steal our technology, has to steal our science. No wonder the vast majority of countries.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

In the world.

[Mark Levin]

That don't practice capitalism, that aren't republics or democracies, are dirt poor.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Poor where the people have almost no liberties, where they struggle every day to feed themselves, to scratch out a meal for their family. Look around you, America. Look around you, New York City. Those of you who are even giving a second's thought, the voting for this Marxist Islamist. I'm not even getting into the Islamist terrorist part. I'm just focused right now on the Marxist part. What basically Mandami is calling for is a massive welfare state in the city through taxation and regulation, through the expropriation of private property. What is private property? Private property is the manifestation of your work, your physical work, the work of your brain, your intellectual work. Private property is the manifestation of a big percentage of time you spend on this Earth to acquire something that belongs to you and your family that's not to be molested. It's yours. You earned it.

[Mark Levin]

Private property is.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Among the most important human needs, needs and desires that exist.

[Mark Levin]

People will fight to the debt to.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Protect their homes, to protect their property. Ohio lawyers to stop somebody else from.

[Mark Levin]

Encroaching on their property.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

That's mine.

[Mark Levin]

Is because you're selfish, you're a capitalist pig.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

No, it's because you spent what limited.

[Mark Levin]

Time you have on Earth to create the circumstances to acquire that property.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

And you will protect it, you will nurture it, you'll put it to the best use if you choose to. When you redistribute property, whether it's real property or products or something like that, or money that somebody else has earned, you basically zap the initiative, the motivation of the individual who Creates it.

[Mark Levin]

And you create.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Slovenness and laziness by the people you give it to, who.

[Mark Levin]

Didn'T earn it, who did nothing for.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

It, but vote for you. This word, affordability, that's their newest word. They always have some trigger word, some slogan.

[Mark Levin]

The city's unaffordable.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Well, why is New York unaffordable?

[Mark Levin]

Some of the highest taxes in the.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

World, property taxes, income taxes, sales taxes.

[Mark Levin]

That resonates throughout an economy, drives up.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

The cost of everything.

[Mark Levin]

You'Ve got rent control for people who are wealthy. Well, what does that do?

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

That limits the amount of housing there is, apartments or condos or whatever you.

[Mark Levin]

Want to call them. Because people aren't going to build affordable housing for the plumbers, for the electricians, for the painters, the bricklayers, the construction workers, the roofers, whatever you want to call. They're not going to do that because they can't make enough money out of that. So they'll build multimillion dollar townhouses, massive condominium complexes and so forth and so on. Multimillion dollar penthouses. But they're not going to build, for.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

The most part, the rancher or the duplex or the townhouse. It's not worth it. The zoning, the cost of the land.

[Mark Levin]

It'S not worth it. So the very government that drives up these costs.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Then says, we're going to fix it. How are you going to fix it? You need to surrender more of your liberty, more of your success, more of your earnings to the government.

[Mark Levin]

So rather than just having a typical.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

And bad left wing government, a de Blasio type government, whatever, now we're going to go all in. You see, and Mandami has said there.

[Mark Levin]

Shouldn'T be a private housing market. We should be like Vienna, where 60% of the homes are owned by the.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Government and then the government lets people live in them. Now what happens with that?

[Mark Levin]

We've done that before. It's called low income housing. Skyscrapers, where people are treated like what? Like numbers, like sardines in a can. There's no upkeep, there's cockroaches, there's rats, there's crime, there's drugs, there's gangs. They take them over, they fill the void.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

We've seen this.

[Mark Levin]

Then we had a period of time, the late years of the Reagan administration and beyond, where these buildings were being dynamited, blown up because the experiment failed. But now here comes Mondami. He's got a new idea. It's the same idea as before.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

When somebody owns a property, puts their own sweat and toil into it raises enough money to put a down payment on a mortgage. They take care of their property. It's their property when somebody gives it to somebody else. The government, they don't care about the upkeep. Easy come, easy go. They don't care. And so new housing is not built. Government housing is not kept up. At the same time, you're going to eviscerate the NYPD so people will not be secure in these government housing projects. When they call the cops, the cops won't come because there not enough of them. And what are they going to do anyway with the Soros prosecutors? The gangs get more powerful, the homeless take up hallway space and defecate and urinate in the hallways. This is what's coming, drug sales. And then he says he favors prostitution. I have millions and millions of listeners and many of you are in New York. Socialism and affordability are words that do not mix. It's like oil and water. I'll be right back.

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[Mark Levin]

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[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

So tell me this America. Which country that has a largely socialist economic system is more prosperous than ours? Which country that has a largely socialist economic system has the variety of food and the quantity of food available to the most people, ours or theirs? Which country, socialist country or our country, has more housing for more people.

[Mark Levin]

More automobiles for more people, more motorcycles for.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

More people, more pickup trucks for more people than our country?

[Mark Levin]

Which country has more pharmaceuticals, drugs, medicine.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Available to more people than our country?

[Mark Levin]

Yes, even at a lower cost?

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Ultimately, which one?

[Mark Levin]

Which country has a more advanced technological.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Sector than our country?

[Mark Levin]

Which socialist country.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Why in the hell would people vote to voluntarily destroy what they have and replace it with something that is a complete and utter human failure? I'll be right back.

[Mark Levin]

There's a reason I'm proud to say PureTalk is my wireless company. Because they don't just talk the talk.

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They walk the walk.

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Especially when it comes to supporting our veterans. This month, Pure Talk is choosing to support Canines for Warriors, an incredible organization.

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That rescues and trains dogs, then pairs.

[Mark Levin]

Them with veterans struggling with ptsd. These are men and women who serve with honor, but when they come home, that brotherhood and support network they had in the military too often disappears. Canines for warriors steps up to fill the gap, giving these heroes purpose, companionship and healing. That's exactly why PureTalk, a veteran led company, supports them. Choose a wireless company that shares your values and with talk, text and plenty of 5G data for just 25 bucks a month, you could also be saving a ton of Money. Go to PureTalk.com Levin to make the switch today, again, go to PureTalk.com L, E V I N and switch to America's Wireless company. My wireless company, PR Talk.

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[Mark Levin]

To call.

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[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

America first. What does America first mean? First, it means defining what America is. What's America? It's the greatest country on the face of the earth. Yes. Why? Because it was founded on Judeo Christian principles. That's your Declaration of Independence fused with the Enlightenment. Power, Checking power, Representative government, limited government. The people are the sovereign because of the children of God. He is the sovereign. You have unalienable rights that no government can give or take. They belong to you because you're you. Free will, eternal truths, universal truths, golden rule, Ten Commandments as an example. It is the combination of these.

[Mark Levin]

Magnificent.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Principles, some handed down by God, some through right reason, figured out by mere mortals. That's America. The Declaration of Independence. When you read it with this mindset, you'll better understand it.

[Mark Levin]

The Constitution.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Power.

[Mark Levin]

Checking power. How it works.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

The greatest governing document ever conceived. Federalism. Power at the state and local level, where most of the domestic decisions should be made. Now, there are some powers that are given to the federal government, and that power in many cases is very significant. Very significant. Respects the individual, respects state and local authority. The necessity of a central government that needs to be really strong in certain areas, like national security, securing the border, ensuring A sound dollar and so forth and so on. Are any of you against that? Are you constitutional conservatives?

[Mark Levin]

You believe in America first?

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Sure.

[Mark Levin]

So a lot of this comes down.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

To, for the isolationists and their supporters, foreign policy. Foreign policy. Now, just for a very, very minimal primer. We would never have won the Revolutionary War without the help of three countries, most of all France and their navy. The Battle of Yorktown. It was the final battle, significant battle. It was the major battle. Washington, Lafayette. The British military was considered the most powerful military at the time, considered to have the most powerful navy at the time. The French blockaded the British from entering the waters so they couldn't bombard the colonialists. While they were fighting the British.

[Mark Levin]

The Americans, we.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

We also had help from two other countries, Spain and the Netherlands. Thank God they weren't isolationists.

[Mark Levin]

They viewed it in their best interest to prevent Britain from controlling much of North America. That's how those three European countries viewed it, that Britain was already powerful enough. It was getting too powerful. It was grabbing land that they felt.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Belonged to them or at least to the colonists better than Britain, that it.

[Mark Levin]

Was in their best interest to do that.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

They weren't isolationists, but they were. France first, Netherlands first, Spain first. George Washington. His farewell address written by Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, and ultimately Washington. People cite it all the time about foreign alliances, Beware of foreign alliances. He was right. The reason he said that.

[Mark Levin]

Was because.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

He was concerned that this. This new nation, which was nearly bankrupt, they didn't have a navy to speak of.

[Mark Levin]

That if it had aligned with Britain or France in any significant way.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

The nation America would have been defeated by one army or the other. He was not against alliances. He feared that potential alliance. People are always taking this out of context, always. America first. Foreign policy. Does Fortress America, as Reagan denounced it, does that enhance or diminish our security? That is, we will only defend ourselves with the continental United States or Alaska and Hawaii are attacked only then we have no interest anywhere else. Seems a little extreme. Let's take it the next step, Mark. We don't mean that we won World War II with the British and the Soviets. We lost hundreds of thousands of men fighting for feet, acres, then miles on the European continent, as well as obviously in the Pacific. Should we just have wrapped up and left after that? Leave it to the Soviets. Leave it to whomever fills the void, assuring ourselves that we'll never have to go back because we won't be attacked again.

[Mark Levin]

Weren't we attacked at Hawaii?

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Hawaii wasn't a state at the point.

[Mark Levin]

You know, didn't they almost take out our navy? If our aircraft carriers had been there, we could have easily lost World War II.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

In two months, the whole west coast would have been open to the Japanese.

[Mark Levin]

Could you imagine if all of our.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Military were here and not spread out throughout the world if we didn't have forward bases, whether in Europe, the Far east, the Middle east, other parts of the world? Can you imagine? Where will we get our intelligence? How quickly could we move our soldiers, our navy, if we had to, if we were attacked, and we've been attacked many times in our history.

[Mark Levin]

Particularly in.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

The face of the communist Chinese that are building up for a massive war in alliance with the North Koreans and the Iranians and the Russians.

[Mark Levin]

Is it America first to pretend that is not happening? Is it America first? They claim we do not, we do.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Not, we do not.

[Mark Levin]

We do not get involved in war here even though other countries do. Is that America First? Is it America first to treat our allies with disdain? To claim that we are sick and tired of them and sick and tired of giving them money and arms? And what do we get in return for it when they are fighting our enemy, the people who attacked us on 9 11, the people who attacked us in 1993, the people who hit our Pentagon, central Pennsylvania, the people are plotting to attack us again, which is why we spend billions and billions of dollars on national security, to protect the homeland, on counterterrorism. Counterterrorism against whom? Against the Islamists, that's whom.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

That's.

[Mark Levin]

Does it really make sense for America.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

First.

[Mark Levin]

To keep trashing the isolation of the State of Israel? The elected prime minister, the one democracy there, the only democracy there, and to befriend Qatar that helped support 9 11, and to befriend Saudi Arabia. Does that make sense? And now Turkey, does that make sense to you? Is that America First? By the way, as a little footnote.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Every dollar Israel gets from us, it doesn't go to Israel. That money is spent in our country on our companies, for the arms that we manufacture that we ship to them. And that $3 billion in a 7 trillion dollar budget, isn't it funny how they focus on that endlessly? The Israelis are now ahead of everybody else in laser warfare, which is going to change the game completely. And they're giving it to us without charge, without anything, because they are a technological powerhouse. We're going to build a golden dome, despite what our politicians say. We're going to need the technology that's been developed by the Israelis because they're the only ones who have done it.

[Mark Levin]

But that aside, does it matter? Not at all. That we have a shared belief system, that they are defending the holy sites from that enemy, the holy sites from that enemy. Not just Jewish sites, but Christian sites too. Vice President said. I want to make sure the Church of the Holy Sepulcher is protected. He doesn't have to make sure of anything. It's been protected long before he ever showed up in Israel, long before the Trump administration, long before the Biden administration. The Israelis have been defending that holy site and every other holy site with their men, with their women, with their arms, even protect the mosque that was built on the holiest Jewish site for the Palestinians. America first, they say. Since when is America first isolationist? Didn't we hear about this in the 1930s? Cost us hundreds of thousands of lives. Attack on Pearl Harbor.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

That's not America First. As Ronald Reagan said, who destroyed the Soviet Union without firing a bullet?

[Mark Levin]

Fortress America is a disaster. It's a national security suicide. Suicide policy. That's not America First. That doesn't mean we're interventionists or imperialists or colonialists like the Marxists call us, or the isolationists or the radical libertarians. We're none of those things. Sounds to me like they hate America First. I'll be right back. There's a reason I'm proud to say PureTalk is my wireless company. Because they don't just talk the talk.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

They walk the walk.

[Mark Levin]

Especially when it comes to supporting our veterans. This month, Pure Talk is choosing to support Canines for Warriors, an incredible organization.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

That rescues and trains dogs, then pairs.

[Mark Levin]

Them with veterans struggling with ptsd. These are men and women who serve with honor, but when they come home, their brotherhood and support network they had in the military too often disappears. Canines for warriors steps up to fill the gap, giving these heroes purpose, companionship and healing. That's exactly why PureTalk, a veteran led company, supports them. Choose a wireless company that shares your values and with talk, text and plenty of 5G data for just 25 bucks a month, you could also be saving a ton of Money. Go to PureTalk.com Levin to make the switch today. Again, go to PureTalk.com Levin and switch to America's wireless company. My wireless company, Pure Talk.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Who is it who's protecting the Christians in the Middle east as best as they can? Is the United States military? No. Any of the European countries? No. It's the Israelis. And who are they protecting the Christians from? The Islamists in Syria? In Lebanon? We're not doing anything. So when people say in A self serving way. Faith, family, country. Well, do they mean it? Faith? Christianity doesn't end at our borders. You know, it was born in the Holy Land. Jesus was born in Bethlehem.

[Mark Levin]

Bethlehem has now been taken over by.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

The Palestinians and the Christians have been pushed out.

[Mark Levin]

The Israelis don't control that territory. You ever hear anybody talk about that? America first, baby.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

I'll be right back.

[Mark Levin]

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He's here.

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He's here now, broadcasting them from the underground command post deep in the bowels of a hidden bunker somewhere under the the brick and steel of a nondescript building. We've once again made contact with our leader, Mark Levin.

[Mark Levin]

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[Mark Levin]

Hello, America. Mark Levin here.

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Is being slammed for backing a white Democrat, Spanberger in Virginia for governor after scolding voters. We're not voting for Kamala Harris because she's black. Now, we've known this for a long time. The Democrat party doesn't give a damn about minorities who don't support their agenda.

[Mark Levin]

Give a damn.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Former President Barack Milhouse Beniot. Okay, these ads keep popping up. One more and I'm, I'm not going to read this article. Just, it's, it's just too much. Let's see here. Hold on, America. My McAfee keeps kicking in. Rich, what is that all about? Well, they picked it up at the wrong time. In any event, Milhouse is coming under attack. Of course not by Democrats because they're hypocrites to their core because of the lecture he was giving. Remember young black men in the black community, you got to vote for Kamala Harris. She's black. You know, we got to stick together. But when it comes to Winston Sears, who's running for governor of Virginia, she's a black woman. He's backing the liberal white woman because he's a fraud. He's a phony. Obamacare is a disaster. It's blown up our health care system.

[Mark Levin]

Democrats are desperately trying to save it.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

In order to save his reputation.

[Mark Levin]

They don't care about you. They could care less about you people.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

On Obamacare, we're there to protect them, and we want the subsidies increased.

[Mark Levin]

But they're the ones last year who controlled everything, who said the subsidies are for one year, one year. Now, they're the great saviors. They're liars.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

And the American people are onto this, but it's getting worse and worse. And I love the way they say all Donald Trump has to do. Donald Trump said, send him to bill.

[Mark Levin]

And he'll sign it with his own.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Hand, you know, not with an auto pen. He'll sign it.

[Mark Levin]

But they won't do it.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

So on the one hand, they block the money being spent, and then on.

[Mark Levin]

The other, they say, we need the money. We need the money.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

It's so vile. It's so thoroughly dishonest. And yet this is who they are. This is what they do. Republicans Politico are growing tired of Marjorie Trader Green, her shutdown attacks. Oh, I understand she's going to be on the View. She's loved by the left now.

[Mark Levin]

We never thought we'd say this, but we love her. She's fantastic. She's unbelievable. She's the only one with guts to speak out. You know, Rush used to talk about this.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

This is how they get a Republican to flip on issues or overall praise them, give them press. This is Politico. Republicans are growing tired of MTG's shutdown attacks. She's doubled down on her critiques of the speaker and his team. With the shutdown now well into its fourth week, you know, you wouldn't want her in a foxhole with you, would you, Mr. Producer? She's part of that fantastic cabal. Marjorie Taylor Greene, they write, is on the warpath against her own party's handling of the government shutdown. And her fellow Republicans are increasingly calling.

[Mark Levin]

Her out the firebrand. Now, she's a firebrand. Not a kook, not a nut, not a radical extremist. Ah, the firebrand three term lawmaker, long an ally of President Trump, who she's been attacking too, and they write has distanced herself from Republican leadership in recent months.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

And as the shutdown drags on, she's loud and usually lonely. A dissent risks fracturing Republicans efforts to present a united front and pressure Democrats into caving on funding the government. You know, we usually complain about these rhinos, you know, the Susan Collins', the Lisa Murkowskis or the kooks, the Ryan Paul's, people like that in the House, similar people.

[Mark Levin]

But here.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Here it's the firebrand.

[Byron Donald]

The.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Firebrand who the left now loves. Don't spend much time worrying about what Marjorie is saying, says Senator Ted Cruz on CNBC Squawk box on Wednesday. Well, a few other Republicans have criticized the party's approach to the shutdown. Greene has been the loudest and most prominent detractor. She's focused on expiring Affordable Care act subsidies, Obamacare, which Democrats have made their central demand and accused her party of ignoring the. They're not ignoring anything. President's not ignoring it. They want to scrap it and come up with something that's better. She's complaining.

[Mark Levin]

Well, where is it? Let's see it.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

And I think it was Cruz or somebody else had said, if you have a plan, why don't you present it? You remember the House, you know how to write a bill, right?

[Mark Levin]

Not a single Republican leadership talked to.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Us about this or has given us a plan to help Americans deal with their health. Insurance premium is doubling, she wrote in a social media post.

[Mark Levin]

Okay, what's your plan?

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Republicans have continually indicated they'll negotiate on health care premiums only after the shutdown. It's a good idea, you know, get the jets running, make sure they're safe, make sure the military's paid, the TSA's paid, you know, really essential people are covered, get the food stamps taken care of, things like that.

[Mark Levin]

And then they say just give us.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

The no frills bill, the president will sign it. Then we'll have negotiations.

[Mark Levin]

Now says the firebrand. Now.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Bless her heart. That's an absurd statement, said Mike Johnson, who's really been fantastic, by the way, and he's been a conservative activist his entire adult life as an attorney litigating on the Constitution and free speech and so forth. So he doesn't just come out of the woods, bless her heart, an absurd statement, he told cnn. Greene has only ramped up her critiques of the speaker and his team. This is what she does. You know, it's like the Saul Linsky tactics. Remember, Focus, personalize attack.

[Mark Levin]

In fact, that's what this whole cabal does.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Katarlsen, little ada. Fuentes.

[Mark Levin]

Fuentes. We're not going to be bullied anymore.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Says the 4.8.

[Mark Levin]

What is with that funeral suit he.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Keeps wearing, Mr. Producer? Have you noticed that? Shouldn't he just put on a brown shirt and be done with it? I know he can't actually grow a Hitler mustache, given his prepubescent permanence, but nonetheless, give it a shot there, boy.

[Mark Levin]

Give it a shot.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Send any Bernie Moreno. I like this guy. On cnn. Late Tuesday called on Green to put her own health plan forward. That's it. And stop attacking her party. I like her. She came out of Ohio a few times, he said. She's certainly able to write a bill herself. Like, if this is something she's passionate about, put pen to paper, write a.

[Mark Levin]

Bill, present an option.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Don't just criticize what other people are doing. See, this is what I like. That guy's an entrepreneur. He's not a lifetime politician. He's a great senator from Ohio. Bernie Moreno. What an honor to endorse him.

[Mark Levin]

Now, Greene's disagreement with Republicans stretches beyond the shutdown.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

She broke party ranks by calling Israel's actions in Gaza genocide in July and was one of just a handful of Republicans to sign a discharge petition from Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna and would.

[Mark Levin]

Force a floor vote on the Epstein files.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Well, she has her priorities right. Epstein files. Yes. And Israel's committing genocide in Gaza. Mm. I think she's flipped. I think she's gone pretty close on fundamental issues like this budget battle, on healthcare. I think she's flipped. I think she's gone. If she didn't come from an overwhelmingly Republican district, the most Republican district in Georgia, I think she could be primaried and defeated. But it's like anything that's one party. If it's a one party congressional district, essentially Democrat, Republican, you get a lot of kooks. You get a lot of loons. Greene's office did not immediately respond to requests for comment, but the party, crude said, is moving on. Suddenly, Marjorie is for massive government spending and taxes, and she's for open borders and amnesty. Okay, fine. Oh, and Islamism, too. That is Islamists, I should say. That's not where the American people are. Where the American people are is real simple. On day 29 of the stupidest shutdown. As usual, Ted's right. Marjorie's gonna get very angry. She's gonna start her social post. Mr. Producer. It's gonna.

[Mark Levin]

Oh yeah, well, you know what? Israel. And then there's Israel and Israel and Israel.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

I'll be right back.

[Mark Levin]

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[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

The shutdown, such as it is. Cut one, go.

[Mark Levin]

Senate Democrats are continuing to reject the House pass CR to open the government. But since Congress does have the power.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Of the purse to fund the government.

[Mark Levin]

How do you justify blaming Trump to fund all these various applications, aspects of.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Government when it's Democrats who continue to.

[Mark Levin]

Vote to keep it all?

[Caller]

This is, why don't you read this. But this is, is a, this is congressional mandate. It is acknowledged by the Trump administration. What they are saying is we acknowledge that There are over $5 billion in a fund that in the event of.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

A shutdown will be released in order to continue. You're a dumb old fool, really. $5 billion, it'll last about seven days. And that $5 billion is not intended to pay for the antics of the Democrats. It's an emergency fund for like a natural disaster, a possible hurricane or tornadoes or that sort of thing. It's not to fund the antics of the Democrats.

[Mark Levin]

Excuse me, Excuse me. Shut up, old man.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Somebody needs to finally tell him that Bernie Sanders, you know, you know, Mr. Producer, I think when Fuentes, Fuentes, I think when little Adolf, and he's about 97 years old, he'll be very much like Bernie the Red, except Bernie the Red actually, you know, is about 6ft tall, so forth. Little Adolph is, is not. And pre pubescent little Adolph with that stupid suit, that funeral suit that he wears, he's got to get that, that brown shirt He's a brown shirt. Maybe get him some really polished boots. I don't think he can goose step. I don't think he's physically able to, but you never know. Probably practices at home in his basement, in his underwear. He's a bully. You know he's a bully. He was obviously kicked around a lot like a soccer ball. And so now he just lashes out. It's the Jews, it's the evangelical Christians. It's the impure whites. It's Hitler.

[Mark Levin]

Wasn't so bad.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

The oven's like baking cookies. Stalin.

[Mark Levin]

I remember his birthday, December 18th.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Let's just have a conversation, shall we, Wendnik? Try and persuade him.

[Mark Levin]

Just have a conversation.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

We're people of ideas, are we not? No, we're people of morality with ideas. How come they don't just go right to the source and platform? Neo Nazis and Klansmen. If that's the argument, then why not? Obviously, I'm not advocating for it. They are.

[Mark Levin]

Sure, why not?

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Because you don't give credibility to people who are loathsome, even dangerous. That's why not. You expect people to have moral parameters in their lives and how they conduct themselves. It applies also to broadcasting, podcasting, all other kinds of casting.

[Mark Levin]

Here's Schmucky Schumer on the floor of the Senate today. Cut to go.

[Producer/Announcer]

Halting SNAP benefits.

[Mark Levin]

Ordering his own Department of Agriculture to rip its own contingency plan.

[Producer/Announcer]

The money's there.

[Mark Levin]

Over $6 billion in emergency.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

You got Sanders saying it's 5 billion. You got Schumer saying it's over 6 billion. It won't last.

[Mark Levin]

As if that's going to fund the food stamps program. You know how much we spend on the food stamps program?

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Every year in excess of $100 billion.

[Mark Levin]

So this is a shiny object.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

They're trying to defend themselves.

[Mark Levin]

I have a better idea. Just pass the continuing resolution and that'll take care of that. No, we gotta fix healthcare that we destroyed. We gotta fix the Affordable Unaffordable Care Act. Oh, you know, Obamacare, that we destroyed. We need hundreds of billions in subsidies. Just ask Marjorie Taylor Greene. That's right. Hundreds of billions inside. We shouldn't change the program. We shouldn't have a new program. She doesn't have a new program. No, no, no. Just do what the Democrats say. The Democrats want to spend another $1.5 trillion. Is that okay with you, America? That's going to drive up inflation even worse. Is that okay with you, America? It's going to drive up interest rates. Is that okay with you? America, you're going to lose your jobs and talk about health care. Inflation affects health care, too. This isn't rocket scientists. But then again, look what we're dealing with. Look what we're dealing with. Mental midgets.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Speaking of which, Fuentes. All right, we have our friend Byron Donald right here. Byron, how are you, brother?

[Byron Donald]

How you doing, Mark? Good to be with you.

[Mark Levin]

I'm on a little rant. I'm not going to drag you into.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

My world, so don't worry, Byron.

[Mark Levin]

But I do want to talk to.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

You about the shutdown. So the Democrats won't vote for this continuing resolution. You voted for it. I think every Republican did in the House, every Republican in the Senate, except for Rand Paul.

[Mark Levin]

And then when the money's denied to the faa, to the tsa, to the military for food stamps, they blame you and Trump. Now, how does that work?

[Byron Donald]

It doesn't work. It's crazy. What they want to try to do is. And Mark, here's what's going on. They think that because the media would jump on like a bunch of lemmings and blame Republicans for previous shutdowns, they think that's going to work here. But this is nuts. This is the same thing that Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats voted for back in March. They just did it earlier this year. But what they're trying to do is prove that they're a bunch of tough guys to the crazy radical left, that they somehow know the recipe for trying to beat Donald Trump and to beat the MAGA agenda. But it's not going to work because they have no policy. They got no real ideas that are going to help the American people. They're trying to find a way to stave off the crazy radical left. That's what Chuck Schumer is doing. And they're leading the country once again down the wrong road. It makes no sense.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

You're listening to Byron Donald, who is a brilliant individual, brilliant even before he was in the House of Representatives. I know this because he used to listen to this radio show. Just kidding you, Byron. But you did used to listen to this radio show.

[Byron Donald]

And I still do from time to time, my friend. But, yes, I was an avid listener for a long time.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Thank you, brother. But here's the point.

[Mark Levin]

They want to fix health care.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

They say the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, it's unaffordable. They blew it out during the pandemic. They expanded it. They increased the benefits, increased the number of people who come on. It's imploding. It never worked from day one, they.

[Mark Levin]

Said they were going to cut premiums. $2,500. They lie about this and then they, they want hundreds of billions of dollars to subsidize it when last year. They're the ones that put a one year cap on subsidies. I gotta take a break. I want your response to that. I want the American people to understand how devious that party is. We'll be right back.

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[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

So we're here with our buddy Byron Donald. You know Byron, that whole health care thing, they blew it up. Obama blew it up. Now they need massive subsidies. The premiums are going through the roof. That's what happens with Democrat government control of health care. And what they're saying is just give us more money.

[Byron Donald]

Well, Mark, that was always the plan. I remember listening to your show 15 years ago, my friend. You talked about this. Obamacare was nothing but a trojan horse for single payer health care. It was always designed for the premiums to go up. It was designed to trap Americans into a healthcare system where all it needed was more money, more money, more money. And then you get some knucklehead like Bernie Sanders or I guess Mamdani or aoc, they would say this isn't working. We need single payer. That was always the design. It was always about socialized healthcare in America. And it's not all working. What we need are market centered, patient centered health care policies. Not everything run out of Washington where every, where every possible fingernail, ingrown toenail is covered and the premiums are through the roof. Mark, today, even if you have a health insurance policy, most Americans don't have the disposable income to pay the deductible. So what do you have? You're just paying the insurance companies a bunch of money, but you don't even have the money to pay the deductibles in order to access all the, all the care under the policy. It doesn't make any sense. It's not working.

[Mark Levin]

It has to be.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

They have to start over. I mean otherwise you're going to be subsidizing this to the end of time and the premiums are going to go up to the end of time. And the consumer, the American citizen who's on this awful plan, they're not going.

[Mark Levin]

To see any improvement at all, are they, Byron?

[Byron Donald]

No, they're not. You're right. We got to start over. We have a lot of different proposals that will work. We got close to repealing and replacing Obamacare back in 2017. That law needs to go. It was never designed to work. It was only designed to trap the American people in more and more expensive health care policies. And that's where we are today.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

And you guys do have plans, right? I mean, you've been working on them and they need to be discussed and fine tuned. And you're prepared to do that.

[Byron Donald]

In fact, you want to do then 100%. You know, our good, our mutual good friend, my buddy Chip Roy out of Texas has a couple of plans that will work. More emphasis on health savings accounts, more emphasis on catastrophic health policies. So yeah, if you're young in America, you don't need to have Cadillac plated health insurance. You probably need something that will just help you get to the doctor for routine visits. And other than that, you just need a catastrophic plan to cover what you need. But there's ways to do this. Community rating has been a disaster. It's just offloaded the cost to the middle class in America. That's all that's done. So there's ways to do this. We have a lot of prescriptions. But the Democrats, they will take us down this road to perdition of more government subsidies, which is not going to fix health care. It's only going to make health care even more expensive in America.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

And they want to spend a fortune refunding NPR and public tv. And they definitely want to give illegal aliens Medicaid. They're saying they don't. That's because it's a word game with them. They brought in all these illegal aliens, they pretend that they legalized them through parole and everything. And they're the people where you guys said, no, no, don't play games, you're breaking the law. We're not subsidizing them at the cost of the American citizen. And then they go on TV and.

[Mark Levin]

They lie about it.

[Byron Donald]

They keep lying about it 100%. Mark, here's how the scam works. Illegal aliens go to the emergency rooms in our country, right? So what these blue states have done is they gain Medicaid to suck as much federal dollars out of Washington into their state budgets. And then with the surplus on their side of Their budget. They're using that to pay for illegal alien health care. It is a scam. That's one of the reasons why they're fighting for this. They're fighting on this shutdown. Because what they're trying to do is have us un undo the reforms that would end the scam of illegal aliens getting health care in the United States. And this is what they're fighting for. They're not fighting for the pipe fitter trying to just go to work. They're not fighting for the sergeant or the lieutenant in our army or the guys who are blessing their hump run to air traffic control in the country. They're fighting for illegal aliens and it's sick.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Well, you're a good man. Thank you for joining us. I'm sure we'll have you before Thanksgiving. But if not, you and your beautiful family, you know, folks, he's a beautiful family. My wife loves your wife, by the way. She thinks she's.

[Byron Donald]

Yes, she does.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Just fantastic. She thinks you're pretty good too, you know. Byron.

[Byron Donald]

My friend, love you. Give Julie our best. You guys take it easy. God bless.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Likewise. God bless. Good man. All right, Richie Rich.

[Mark Levin]

So the Democrats create crises.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Pseudo events that become real events.

[Mark Levin]

They create pain for a certain percentage.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Of the population inconvenience.

[Mark Levin]

By screwing around with 17% of the budget but trying.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

To really make it hurt.

[Mark Levin]

And then blame the Republicans and blame the president and do all these outrageous things in hopes that you're too stupid to know. Now, one of the worst of the worst who truly is a stupid person.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Is Kathy Huckle, the pretend governor of New York.

[Mark Levin]

Listen to this.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

One, cut.

[Mark Levin]

Three, go.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

This is a moment for our community to rise up and respond to something that can only be described as a moral crisis. Listen to this. Listen to this.

[Mark Levin]

Because I believe it's immoral for people.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

To suffer because Republicans will not unleash the food emergency funds that are sitting there.

[Mark Levin]

Oh yeah, unleash the 5 billion, or is it 6 billion or whatever it is for the hundred billion dollar food stamps program that'll buy applesauce for about two hours. Why don't you just unleash it all? Why don't you just do that? Isn't it amazing? So they're demanding that the president fine 5 to 6 billion that the agriculture sector says doesn't exist. But even if it did, it's not lawful. Use it because we Democrats, we want you to use that so we can continue with our scamming of the American people. They want the American people. You Mr. And Mrs. America to believe that the Republicans are not funding these, these measures. When the Republicans passed the bill in this House, passed it in the Senate, you need a filibuster proof vote. You need 60 votes. They only have 53 Republicans, only 52 of whom voted for it.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Rand Paul, of course, voted against it.

[Mark Levin]

But you get the point. And then they expect the media to go along because the media wants to go along.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

The media.

[Mark Levin]

What is Dana Bash over at cnn? She's trying to be Caitlin.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

What is it, what's her name? Colin? She's desperate to be Kaitlan Collins who gets all the attention because Kaitlan Collins is sort of a hitman for the Democrats and dumb as they come.

[Mark Levin]

The problem for Dana Bash is she's just dumb as they come. So now she wants to be a.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Hitman for the Democrats.

[Mark Levin]

She's a Democrat sympathizer. But now, now she's really into it.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Oh yes. So they do these things. But you know the great Mike Johnson, who's hated by the, the barely literate Marjorie Taylor Greene, AKA Marjorie Trader Greene.

[Mark Levin]

Uh oh, there she goes, right on the social media. The Jews, Gaza, Israel, Fox, how can you.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Anyway, let's listen to Mike Johnson.

[Mark Levin]

Cut four, go.

[Mike Johnson]

When it comes to snap, some of the Democrats have argued that you can use this contingency fund, but the truth is there's no legal mechanism to do it. Unlike with WIC funding that was attached to a 1930s era statute that was related to tariff funds because it was related to nutrition and food coming over the border. There's no such legal avenue to give SNAP funding now. It doesn't exist. The problem is the continency and the authority to do that was voted down in the cross when the Democrats themselves did it. So the President has lamented this, he has informed USDA and everybody, do as best you can. But the money doesn't exist to do it. The simplest way to end the pain and the simplest way to make this stop is for the Democrats to do the obvious and right thing and vote for the non partisan funding measure so that we can turn everything back on. Then we will get back here and then we will debate all these other extraneous issues.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

And the Democrats keep voting no, no, no, no while claiming they want to fund these things.

[Mark Levin]

So vote yes. John Thune's been great.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Here he is on CNBC today. The Republican leader, the majority leader in the Senate. Cut six, go.

[John Thune]

I think their leadership is in a box. You got the New York mayoral election coming up. You've got all these left wing groups that are, you know, clamoring for attention and to fight with Trump. And I just think that Democrat leaders are scared and threatened by all this outside noise and afraid to open up the government. So if this happens, I think it happens through the rank and file Democrats who come to the conclusion that this isn't anybody's best interest. And I think that's going to happen, Becky. It's always a matter of time. I mean, like I said, I've been through a few of these and there isn't anything instructive about it. Nobody wins. This is just, to me, it's a, it's a stupid exercise. It needs to end, and the sooner the better.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

But apparently the Senate Democrats are representing New York City. EMMANDAMI despite the fact that Senate Democrats come from all over the country, apparently their allegiance is to the Democratic socialists in Mondami and aoc, not to their constituents all over the country, including in rural areas. So the Democrat Senate, the Democrat senators.

[Mark Levin]

But for a Fetterman and one or.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Two others are lining up behind Mandami.

[Mark Levin]

The New York City radical Marxist Islamist Democrats. You see my point? People say, oh, it's just the base. It's not the base. It's not a party. Chuck Schumer now is an AOC Democrat. He's a Mandami Democrat. Everybody keeps saying he's worried about them. He is them. He's doing their dirty work. Right now, Chuck Schumer is carrying the ball from Ondami and AOC and Bernie Sanders. That's what he's doing, as the great Donald Trump likes to call him. He's a Palestinian.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

He'S an Islamist. It's funny, but the truth is that Schumer has been conquered. He's now aoc, Bernie Sanders and Mandami. There's no difference. Because he's doing their dirty work. There's no difference at all. I'll be right back.

[Producer/Announcer]

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[Mark Levin]

Let us go to Lofton, Clemson, South Carolina, XM Satellite. Lofton, how are you?

[Caller]

Good, Mark. I just wanted to thank you for what you've been doing. I grew up listening to you and you kind of inspired me to become chairman of my college's Young Americans for Freedom chapter. So thank you for inspiring me.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Well, first of all, thank you. There is a turning point, usa, but people should not forget Young Americans for.

[Mark Levin]

Freedom.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

The Leadership Institute, Campus Reform. We have a lot of great groups, including Charlie's group, that are doing wonderful things on campus. So I want to thank you, Lofton.

[Byron Donald]

Of course.

[Caller]

Well, thank you. And if any young people are listening, Young Americans is a great, great organization. So my question to you is, how do I deal with the so called conservatives at my school who keep promoting Jew hatred and Israel hatred? How do I combat that and in a proper manner?

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Isn't it amazing how it's spreading? Who is pushing this? What groups are pushing this on campus now?

[Caller]

It's bad, Mark. It's all over the place with my generation.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

But who's pushing it? Are they listening to Tucker? Are they listening to Candace? Is it one of the youth organizations? What is it? You can be honest.

[Caller]

It's all three of them. Tucker, Candace Fuentes.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Mm. Yeah. And the conservative youth groups like Young Americans foundation and others are fighting it.

[Caller]

I know Yaffa is fighting it hard.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Are the others not fighting it?

[Caller]

I'd say turning. I'd say Turning Point definitely is at some of the upper levels. I'm seeing a lot of stuff coming out of the Young Republicans and College Republicans, those kind of organizations.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

It's incredible, isn't it? Absolutely incredible. Well, this is our battle for all of our generations. And that's why it's important that conservative entities, whether they be media entities, think tanks and so forth, push back. Because I think if we lose the younger generation to secularism or false idols or Islamism or whatever you want to call it, we're going to lose the country. Lofton. Keep up the good fight. I appreciate it, man. God bless you.

[Mark Levin]

We salute our armed forces, police officers.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Firefighters, emergency personnel, our truckers, the men.

[Mark Levin]

And women in Ukraine, the men and women in Israel, and you, the American people, red blooded Yanks, thank God for you. Have a wonderful evening.

[Co-host/Guest Commentator]

Be safe and God bless.