The Best Of Mark Levin - 1/10/26

Summary

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Mark Levin Podcast – The Best Of Mark Levin – 1/10/26

Date: January 10, 2026
Host: Mark Levin
Producer: Cumulus Podcast Network

Overview

This "Best Of" episode features Mark Levin's signature blend of passionate conservative commentary, constitutional analysis, and deep dives into current events and history. The episode is a hand-picked retrospective of key monologues from recent shows, reflecting on the state of American media, patriotism, the Constitution, immigration, and contemporary political issues. Levin announces ambitious new plans for his media presence and honors recently-deceased conservative Michael Reagan. The episode is laden with direct challenges to opposing media voices and political actors, while reasserting conservative values of Americanism.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Announcement: New Independent Video Podcast – "Liberty's Voice"

• Expansion into Video Podcasting:

  • Levin details plans to launch "Liberty's Voice," an independent video podcast aiming to reach underrepresented audiences and counter negative trends in podcasting.
  • Intention is to air 4 days per week, ~30 minutes each, with complete independent funding by Levin himself.
  • Motivation: 250th anniversary of American independence and educating especially the younger generation on real American history, as opposed to what he describes as "brainwashing" by teachers' unions and "radical neo fascist woke right" forces.
  • Quote:

    “This year marks the 250th anniversary of the founding of our great country. And I want to do everything humanly possible to spread the word, to create incitement and enthusiasm for this country...” (08:31)

  • Focus on merit, hard work, the Founders, anti-collectivism, and capitalism.

  Timestamps:

  • [00:20-09:10] — Announcement details and motivation for new project
  • [08:28] — Name reveal: “The name of the show is Liberty’s Voice.”

2. Tribute: Remembering Michael Reagan

• Levin pays respects to Michael Reagan, the recently deceased son of President Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman.

  • Described as a strong commentator, deeply faithful, staunch Trump supporter, and a man who overcame personal struggles.
  • Quote:

    “He overcame them [personal issues] and just a spectacular guy. So I am, I'm literally shocked. I had no idea. And we lost another good one there.” (12:24)

  Timestamps:

  • [09:57-12:24] — Reagan tribute and personal reflections

3. American Founders: Stories of Lesser-Known Signers of the Constitution

• Profiles on overlooked Founding Fathers:

  • George Clymer: Early investor in the Revolution who died in debt for his contributions.

  • Jared Ingersoll: Delegate with little initial impact but signatory and supporter.

  • Thomas Fitzsimmons: Donated equivalent of $100,000 to the cause, militia leader.

  • Thomas Mifflin: Expelled from Quaker church for military service, army quartermaster.

  • Robert Morris: Instrumental financier whose fortunes waned.

  • Quote:

    “Most of these men who did that went broke...I’ll bet you never heard of him. Certainly won’t hear of him from the neo fascist woke Reich. They’re too busy interviewing other people.” (16:07, on Hyman Solomon)

  Timestamps:

  • [13:01–20:02] — Founders’ narrative

4. Immigration & The Constitution: Criticisms of Current Political Trends

• Levine strongly condemns the approach of the Democratic Party to immigration, referring to it as "more than satanic" and a willful undermining of American law and culture.

• Warns of non-assimilating immigrant clusters and refers ominously to Marxist Islamists’ influence.

• Cites Michael Ledeen on America’s lack of resistance to overt enemies.

  • Quote:

    "Future historians will have to unravel the mystery of our remarkable refusal to fight back against an enemy that never hid its intention to destroy or dominate us..." (23:42)

  Timestamps:

  • [20:06–27:12] — Immigration, Democrat Party criticism, citing of Michael Ledeen

5. Case Study: Renee Nicole Goode & ICE Protests

• Analysis of the Minneapolis case where Renee Nicole Goode, an anti-ICE activist, was shot after driving toward agents.

  • Levin criticizes activist groups (e.g., ICE Watch), the radicalization of schools, and what he deems child abuse in woke curricula.
  • Points out liberal media and Democratic politicians’ narrative manipulation.
  • Quote:

    “You have militarized populations and they go in there to get people and they should not be obstructed. And Democrat political hack demagogues shouldn’t be droning on at the highest pitch possible about how they’re Gestapo...” (57:18)

  Timestamps:

  • [32:31–43:02] — Detailed analysis of Goode case, ICE Watch, and political/media narratives

6. Foreign Influence & Higher Education

• Levin underscores the role of Qatar as a major funder of US higher education, drawing links to foreign propaganda, Marxist and Islamist infiltration, and undermining of free speech.

• Quote:

  “Qatar has been the largest source of foreign funding for the United States and higher education institutions...” (43:25)

  Timestamps:

  • [43:14–46:02] — Foreign funding in education, ties to subversion

7. Constitutional Debate: President vs. Congress in War Powers

• Levin delivers a constitutionalist critique of congressional attempts (Rand Paul, Tim Kaine, others) to check presidential warmaking, arguing that the framers specifically removed Congress’s authority to “make war.”

• Advocates for strict adherence to the Constitution’s text and context, reiterating Congress’s power is in funding, not directing wars.

• Quote:

  “Rand Paul is not a constitutionalist. He's a fraud and a fake... when it comes to interpreting the Constitution, it comes to interpreting the Constitution, not with an ideology...” (47:33)

  Timestamps:

  • [46:43-54:36] — Constitutional analysis of war powers, historical context, criticism of contemporary lawmakers

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “I must admit, I am convinced that video podcasting is taking a very dark and hateful turn... I want to counter this as well, especially because I fear again for the next generation that they are getting influenced by this.” (06:53)
• “We must take back the narrative. We must engage in real debates and spread the word of Americanism.” (06:11)
• “This is not cowardice. This is about controlling our own agenda, advancing our principles, beliefs and values, not giving grifters and worse opportunities to poison the well.” (06:55)
• “Democrats first, Americans second. That’s right. I said it.” (31:45)
• “Qatar is a terrorist state... and they bought podcasters and they bought politicians and they bought lawyers and they bought lobbyists.” (43:25)
• “The Constitution is an ideological plaything by the left or the right or the in-between. It is what it is, and you're trying to discern what it is. Look at the text.” (52:22)

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Additional Segments

• Reflections on Online Culture:

  • Levin criticizes online spaces as "filthy" and outnumbered by "good people," emphasizing the program’s independence from internet subcultures.
    • [13:01]

• Railing Against Progressive Media and Politicians:

  • Ongoing critique of media manipulation, high-profile Democrats (e.g., Elizabeth Warren, the Minneapolis Mayor), and what he sees as the hypocrisy or factual carelessness of left-wing commentators regarding crime and activism.
    • [54:54–58:29]

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Concluding Themes

• Patriotism & Engagement:

  • The call to action for listeners to remain informed, engage in real debates, defend conservative principles, and understand the Constitution and history.

• Fidelity to Independence:

  • Emphasis on Levin’s independence in media, both financially and editorially.

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For Listeners

Whether you’re a fervent constitutional conservative or a newcomer curious about Mark Levin’s worldview, this episode encapsulates his approach: tireless, unapologetic, and historical in scope. The segment on the Founders offers a rare window into lesser-known Patriots, while the analysis of current events is deeply colored by Levin’s conviction that the stakes are existential for American identity and liberty.

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End of Summary

Transcript

[Mark Levin (Intro/Outro Voice)]

It's all quiet in the underground bunker, doors closed, locks bolted. But the Great One isn't just resting on his laurels. He's making sure your weekend is even better by giving you his best. This is the best of Mark Levin.

[Mark Levin]

I want to make an announcement to you, something that I think is very.

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

Exciting and of course, I hope you'll participate in this.

[Mark Levin]

We're going to expand our reach and our platform into areas where we're not as represented as I feel we need to be. We're going to do this in a way where we actually muscle up our existing platforms and talk radio on TV and so forth. During the last few weeks, my crew, in the last few weeks, I've been working on a special project that I want to share with you and I'm very excited about. First, to be clear, I'm committed to and have always been committed to talk radio. I grew up with it, I love it, and I want it to grow and expand. I want to emphasize this. This program has been airing for nearly a quarter of a century, and I'm extraordinarily appreciative of Westwood One, my syndication partner, and all of our wonderful affiliates, all of which are outstanding. And the same goes for all the radio broadcast companies that carry this program. We're heard on over 400 stations throughout the country, big strong stations that can actually be heard. I want to thank Sirius XM Satellite, a terrific partner that has run this show for years, and they run it live. They're great. But what we're working on and hope to launch in the next few weeks if possible, and I'm committed to this sooner than later, is a brand new independent video podcast. The initial plan is four days a week, about 30 minutes each, to be run in the morning, subject to modification. But that's my intention and that's the plan. And I'm working on it hard. In fact, I've been working on it for two weeks and we're well on the way to doing exactly that. Now, why would I do this? I already have this wonderful nationally syndicated radio program which I said is the mothership and will always be the mothership of what we do here. And I believe it's better and stronger than ever. And yet I have every intention of continuing to work hard and focus like a laser on this radio program. Then there's Life, Liberty and Levin on Fox, my top rated cable show that runs on Saturday and Sunday, 8pm Eastern. And given the demand for that program, I, of course, have no intention of leaving that. In fact, I have new plans to continue to improve that show as well. 2026 is very exciting. It's going to be terrific. The reason for a video podcast is simple. This year marks the 250th anniversary of the founding of our great country. And I want to do everything humanly possible to spread the word, to create incitement and enthusiasm for this country, to provide more real history, to talk about real American heroes, our founders, our founding documents, and do all I can. Because it's not being taught, it's not being promoted, it's not being discussed in the mass media, especially among young people who are now being subjected to brainwash, who are now, in many cases not all for sure, being turned against us. We have an enemy within the big teachers unions, the Marxist Islamists, the radical neo fascist Woke right and others who are filling our fellow citizens, especially younger people, with poison and self hate about this country. And I must admit, I am convinced that video podcasting is taking a very dark and hateful turn. I've spent the last few weeks watching things that I never thought I'd see before. That's not to say there aren't outstanding podcasters, there certainly are. But I'm talking about those who are a building audience with vile and racist and bigoted and quite frankly, filthy shows filled with filthy language. I want to counter this as well, especially because I fear again for the next generation that they are getting influenced by this. There will be no F words, there will be no smoking dope, there will be no fake historians and fake economists, no weird comics. And most of all, we will demonstrate our love for this country. I will not abandon capitalism for collectivist BS or join the woe is me stereotypes and propaganda when addressing challenges we all face, including young people and including young men. I will discuss how anyone can make it in this wonderful country thanks to freedom and capitalism and our Constitution. Hard work, commitment, using your God given smarts and talent, that's what we're about. And I will explain that Success is a good thing. Merit is a good thing. And we are a great people. And that's why we are a great people. I've always had faith in you, Mr. And Mrs. America. I know we the people crave real knowledge, information and learning. I hear this everywhere I go, including during my my book signings. There are fewer and fewer places where.

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

This is taking place.

[Mark Levin]

And we patriots, we constitutional conservatives, we must take back the narrative. We must engage in real debates and spread the word of Americanism. No, I will not debate and give any other platform of Legitimacy to Nazis, to white supremacists, to racists, to bigots. The foreign agents, that is individuals who are on government payrolls of other countries. They seek attention. They seek platforming. They're not going to get it from me. This will not be effectively the Jerry Springer show as a video podcast or the old Harabo show.

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

And so forth.

[Mark Levin]

You and I have self respect and standards and ethics. This isn't cowardice. This is about controlling our own agenda, advancing our principles, beliefs and values, not giving grifters and worse opportunities, opportunities to poison the well. This will in no way detract from this radio show. In fact, the video podcast will also highlight my radio show and bring additional listeners as we spread the word on more platforms. One is not in competition with the other, but rather they work in conjunction with and support each other. And I'm in a unique position to do this. I'm in a unique position to do this. This is the second biggest syndicated national radio program in America, in fact, on the planet. Despite what Talk magazine has to say. And all the other. All the other phonies with their lists ignore their lists. But this requires building another infrastructure, ensuring we have the right equipment and all the rest. But it's being done. It's being done on a minimal budget. There will be no investors but me. Just me. No billionaires, no foreign countries involved in any way. I've always prided myself on my independence. And this project will be no different. I will give you the details when we're ready to go.

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

The name of the show is Liberty's Voice.

[Mark Levin]

Liberty's Voice. Because that's what we're about here. Liberty. Individual liberty. I'm very excited about this. Each platform has its. Has its benefits, has its opportunities. But I'm uniquely situated because of all the work you and I have done over the decades to expand our radio presence, to expand on our podcast, to expand on tv. And I intend to do it all because of you.

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

Because of you, Mark the Vin.

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[Mark Levin (Intro/Outro Voice)]

Making your weekend even better. This is the best of Mark Levin.

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

For those of us who knew Michael Reagan, truly a sad day. I just learned before coming on the air that he passed away one Sunday in Los Angeles, 80 years old. I don't know anything about it. I'm reading here from Newsmax. We're saddened to learn that Michael Reagan, a founding Newsmax analyst on our network and columnist for Newsmac.com passed away. He was the eldest son of President Reagan and the late Jane Wyman was a noted commentator, syndicated radio host and best selling authority. He was adopted as a baby by Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman, his wife Colleen and daughters Cameron Reagan and Ashley Reagan. Dunster said he was called home to be with the Lord and described him as a man who meant so much to all who knew and loved him. He certainly did. And as he got older, he became a man of deep, deep faith. Deep faith. He was adopted by his father in Wyman shortly after his birth, 1945 in LA. He authored several best selling books and they point out he was engaging. He was just a great guy. He really was. He became a very strong supporter of President Trump over time too. And he defended his father. You know, he had Ron Reagan, Patty Reagan, Patty Reagan defended her father too, even though she was a, still is a leftist. So was Ron Reagan defended his father less so. But Mike Reagan was right there by his side all the time defending him, supporting him. And he was a very, very good man. You know, as many people when he was younger, he had issues and so forth, but he overcame them and just a spectacular guy. So I am, I'm literally shocked. I had no idea. And we lost another good one there.

[Mark Levin]

But we plow ahead.

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

It's just a reminder why you want to try and live a good life. You want to have faith, believe in the good Lord. You want to do the best you can for your family and your country. You don't really want to be remembered as a bigot and a racist and a Christian hater and a Jew hater and all the rest of it. It's really nasty stuff. I've been exposed to things over the last 10 months since I decided.

[Mark Levin]

To.

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

Really take on these neo fascist woke Reich podcasters. I've been called things and have experienced things I never thought was possible. But I never give up and I'm never going to give up. And those of you who've been with me through all of it, the millions and millions of you in this fantastic national town hall meeting with you, the great patriots, Mr. And Mrs. America out there. You've stood with me through thick and thin, and that's what gives you strength. The Internet's not my world. Thank God it's not my world. Spent a few weeks there lately, and I'm glad it's not my world. Just all kind of filth. The good people are unfortunately outnumbered in many respects. And you know, they praise people and they denounce people. It's just very weird, very weird place. Most of you wouldn't like it. That's why most of you probably don't spend a lot of time on there. I want to continue with something that I started before the holidays, and that is the men who signed the Constitution of the United States. I'm not going to start from the beginning. I talked about a number of them and I'm focused on the ones that you may have heard of and don't know much about or maybe you never heard of them. So I'm not going to focus on Madison and Washington and Franklin and so forth. Some people believe Thomas Jefferson signed the Constitution. He was in Paris, France. He did not, even though he corresponded with Madison. They were very, very, very tight. Jefferson was elected president. Madison was his secretary of State, so forth. And in the end, Jefferson supported the Constitution even though a lot of those from the agrarian elements of the colonies opposed it. Excuse me, but let's continue with this because it's something that you always tell me when you come up to me at a diner, at Costco or book signing that you want to hear more of. And so we, you know, do about five or so, you know, there were 39 only who signed the constitution. Just 39. That's okay. But it had to be ratified by the state conventions. So it was. It was supported throughout. Wasn't really a country then throughout the colonies, and it became a country. George Clymer. Ever hear George Clymer ring a little.

[Mark Levin]

Bit of a bell?

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

George Clymer was from Pennsylvania. He was raised by an uncle growing up to be a successful businessman. I am reading from really good magazine Constitutional United States actually don't even know who prepared it. From the makers of all about history. Clymer put his money where his mouth was when revolutionary. When the revolution broke out, converting his gold to continental currency to help finance the struggle for independence. Most of these men who did that went broke. Hyman Solomon I've talked to you about from Poland came in 1775, really when the Revolution began. You could even date it before that if you wish. He put all his money on the line. He died a man in deep debt, totally broke. He was owed money by our new government. He was owed money by Madison. He was owed money by others who he lent money to. They didn't have the money to pay him. He lost everything and he died a pauper. I'll bet you never heard of him. Certainly won't hear of him from the neo fascist woke Reich. They're too busy interviewing other people.

[Mark Levin]

How about Jared Ingersoll?

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

Although a loyalist in the early years, he left America for Europe during the buildup to the Revolutionary War. He attended every session of the convention. He made little impact, but he supported the Constitution. How about Thomas Fitzsimmons? Also from Pennsylvania. After arriving in America as a teenager, he embarked on a successful career as a businessman. He saw service as a militia captain during the revolution. He donated $5,000 of his own money to the cause of independence. $5,000 back then, folks, is like. Like $100,000 today. I mean, it's not chump change. And these men put their lives on the line. They put all their money on the line. And they knew if they lost, they would be killed in the most gruesome way. The British were vicious.

[Mark Levin]

How about Thomas Mifflin.

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

P.A. he was expelled from his Quaker church when he took a commission as a major in the Continental army during the Revolutionary War. Served as a quartermaster general the army and an aide to George Washington. He acted as a chairman of the convention. And yet most people know nothing about this man. Excuse me.

[Mark Levin]

Cholera.

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

One more. I talk about the unknowns or the little knowns again. I'm not going to get into all the greats, Franklin, so forth.

[Mark Levin]

I will one day, but right now.

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

I'm just covering those who you've probably never heard of before.

[Mark Levin]

One you should have heard of is Robert Morse. Morse.

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

No relation to Gouverneur Morse.

[Mark Levin]

Made a fortune from a contract to.

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

Import weapons during the Revolutionary War. But his work helped keep the Continental army in fight. One of the main men arming the colonialists. His financial touch deserted him later in life and he died a broken and destitute man. Many of them did. Tomorrow I'll get to James Wilson. Wait till you hear about him and others. Mark the vin.

[Mark Levin (Intro/Outro Voice)]

You're listening to the best of Mark Levin.

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

We've talked about this over the months and really over the years the Democrat party has really, as in so many ways a criminal enterprise when in power, has taken our immigration laws and rejected them.

[Mark Levin]

Even worse, they've taken them and they've.

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

Rewritten them with invisible ink. Set up is down and down is up.

[Mark Levin]

Trying to find ways, trying to find.

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

Ways to import aliens, foreigners from all.

[Mark Levin]

Over the world, even if they're out of terrorist states into our country, who.

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

They know will not assimilate.

[Mark Levin]

They don't even know who they are. Sending huge airlines out to bring them back to the United States in the COVID of dark until they were found. Now, this is. I mean, this.

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

This is.

[Mark Levin]

It's more than satanic, which is sort.

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

Of a mental state or a spiritual state. This is an entity that hates America.

[Mark Levin]

The Democrat Party, what do they stand for?

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

They throw around these slogans, these shibboleths.

[Mark Levin]

About equality and affordability, but what do they do to the country when they're in power?

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

And what do they try to do when they're not in power?

[Mark Levin]

Immigration is a big deal. It was debated at length at our founding. It's debated in every generation. It's debated by every administration. If you want amnesty, you got to get it approved by Congress. There you go. But when you hear the President of the United States, it's funny how they talk about how Trump has abused the presidency.

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

No, he hasn't.

[Mark Levin]

The Obama sycophants, the people who worked under the radar, behind the scenes destroying our country. Radical, hardcore, radical leftists, much like Mandani. He had plenty of people like that on his staff in this massive bureaucracy.

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

Over 3,000 political appointees.

[Mark Levin]

Look what they've done to our country in a short period of time. And Donald Trump's not going to be president forever. And the Republicans aren't going to troll every branch of government forever. And they're going to do it again, which I think will be the knife in the heart. We have things going on in this country where we have Marxist Islamists in our country who are now scheming to create communities in red states, targeting, number one, Texas, and now number two, Florida. The way they've changed in many respects, parts of New Jersey, parts of Virginia, parts of Michigan. It's taking place right under our eyes. It's taking place right now. What will the next generation say about us? What will the generation after that say? And how will they even live?

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

Barbara Ledeen is a dear friend of mine in the family. Her husband, Michael Ledeen, was a great hero, a scholar, a public man in so many ways, and a dear friend, too.

[Mark Levin]

Future historians will have to unravel the.

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

Mystery of our remarkable refusal to fight back against an enemy that never hid its intention to destroy or dominate us.

[Mark Levin]

And impose a clerical fascism that is.

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

The antithesis of freedom. Let me repeat what Michael Ledeen said. Future historians will have to unravel the mystery of our remarkable refusal to fight back against an enemy that never hid its intention to destroy or dominate us.

[Mark Levin]

And impose a clerical fascism that is.

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

The antithesis of freedom.

[Mark Levin]

What's happening is you have imams and others, organizations like cair, strategically determining where people should be located, how to create Sharia compliant communities, majority Islamist communities. There is absolutely no interest in assimilating into American society. It's about conquering America. Now, you know full well those of you who have listened to this program.

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

Over the decades that I've talked about.

[Mark Levin]

This and talked about this for years. Others say they have, they never have. They had no guts whatsoever. Now it's reached a point where we're getting close to a point of no return. If we do not succeed in the next three years of Donald Trump, we will not succeed in reversing this. We will not. Our laws, our judiciary, our funding of non governmental organizations, the twisting and turning of our Constitution, especially the Bill of Rights, are where the Islamists hide or where the Marxists hide. And they wave around our Constitution while behind our backs they spit on it. People come into our country from Somalia. They settle in a cluster in Minneapolis, most of whom are recent immigrants to this country, many of whom are illegal. They have enormous numbers of children. They do not assimilate into this country. They are here to rip us off, to steal from us. It is an entire culture in Somalia and we're allowed to talk about it. And we must talk about it. We must have the guts to confront it. Not because these people are one skin color or another or from one continent or another. That's the culture in that destructive country. That's what it is. And now it's here. And now people are trying to intimidate me and you to prevent us from talking about it. You must be a racist, an Islamophobe. I'm sick and tired of people in this country being called racists who literally aren't racists. I get it with the neo fascists. They are racists. They are bigots, they are Jew haters, they are Christian haters, they are American haters who wrapped themselves in the American flag. We know about them. We've talked about them and we won't stop. But that's not my point.

[Mark Levin (Alternate or Emphatic Voice)]

Today.

[Mark Levin]

You, Mr. And Mrs. America, you don't have a racist bone in your body. You are not a bigot. You are welcoming. You pay your taxes, you subsidize people you don't even know. Who the hell they are. And this is what you get for it. I wrote the book the Democrat Party Hates America. It's the longest book I ever wrote and it could have been 10. 10 volumes. One volume. You look throughout American history, the Democrat Party, the Democrat party especially about 30 years after the founding, has been nothing but a cancer on the body politic. Nothing but from slavery to segregation to eugenics to Jim Crow, now to embracing and promoting Marxism and Islamism. Never Americanism, never Americanism. And you've seen consequences. Minnesota is a Democrat state. Minneapolis is a Democrat city. This is why I was repulsed a few months back, well before the holidays, when I would hear Republicans say on our favorite network and talk radio and elsewhere, let Mondami win in New York. Then people will see what it's like, will run against them. They don't understand that when these folks get a foothold, the Islamists, the Marxists, they don't stop by honoring city boundaries or barrel boundaries or state boundaries. The goal is to conquer its conquest other, other faiths over the west, over our constitutional republic. The goal is not coexistence. How do I know they tell us this? They write about it. Of course. I am not talking about every Muslim. And if you are a Muslim listening to this program and you disagree with this, I am not talking about you. Am I? People who embrace Americanism, our culture, good. The more the merrier. But that is not what is happening. And at the front end, at the front end, that is where that determination needs to be made. Once they're here, catch me if you can get in front of a left wing judge. And on and on and on. It becomes very complicated and daunting. Very complicated and daunting. I've told you over and over again, the Democrat Party believes that you must have allegiance not to the country, but to the Democrat Party. They use this as the Marxists use it in China and all these other communist regimes. You're the general secretary of the party first and foremost. That's where the power is. And then you control the country. You're the president of a country. You're the leader of a country because you're the general secretary of the party. And that's where the power is. The chairman of the party, the general secretary of the party, the politburo of the party. That's where the powers. All the rest of it is window dressing all the rest of it. Well, it's the same with the Democrat Party. People say, how is it that they stick together? How is it that they march lockstep how is it that they say the same things? Because their mindset is not the same as your mindset or my mindset. Their mindset is not the mindset of a free people. It is the mindset of a power hungry elite. They say the same thing, they do the same thing. They are the same thing. Because they're Democrats. Democrats first, Americans second. That's right. I said it. Democrats first, American second. Mark.

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The great one makes your weekend even better. This is the best of Mark Levin.

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I've heard about something.

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I cannot repeat it right now until.

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I have an official source for it. You might say. Well then why are you bringing this up? Because I just want you to know.

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I'm working on it.

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I think what's going on in Iran is a much bigger deal than the media are reporting. Have you seen much coverage of this on television, Mr. Producer? You don't see much, do you? It's an amazing thing to me. Amazing thing to me.

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You don't see much coverage of this at all if I weren't talking about.

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It, who's talking about it? Even.

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So, I'm going to keep that.

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In my back pocket until I have confirmation of the kind that I need. I don't always have to be first, but I always try to be right. But we also have some other breaking news fresh from the New York Post.

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Now there's been an effort to portray.

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Renee Nicole Goode, young lady, the mother who was shot, killed in Minneapolis. As a non activist, I've been very careful about how I handle this story. I always try to be careful about how I handle stories like this.

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And I made the case and the.

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Point to you yesterday as well as online briefly.

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That the Democrats are responsible.

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For a lot of this and so are the media because they have people all worked up. They use the most violent inducing rhetoric imaginable. They're even doing it today. They are ginning up their base and.

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Ginning up other people to take action. ICE is federal law enforcement. They carry weapons. They have the right to use the weapons. They're not there as the Peace Corps. They are there to get and remove illegal aliens, many of whom are extraordinarily dangerous or under these circumstances can become dangerous when you have people who are obstructing them, physically obstructing them, throwing bricks at them, throwing frozen bottles of water, antifa style techniques. And they are funded, these NGOs and these other organizations by billionaires as well as foreign countries. These men and women of ICE are under terrible, terrible, are functioning under terrible conditions. I've never seen anything like this before. But the Democrat Party's behind it. The media are behind it. Certain billionaires are behind it, certain foreign countries are behind it. You've got a lot of protesters who are paid, but you have a lot of people out there who've been worked up into a tizzy. And so as I said to you last evening, the Democrat Party does have.

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Blood on its hands.

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The Democrat Party does hate America. They let these people in and now they won't allow them to be removed and they don't care who they are. And I also fear, and I'm just being honest with you, that that's why we may lose a couple of justices on the birthright citizenship front because they don't want to deal with this. They don't want to deal with this. Intimidation can in fact work. I'm not saying we will. I'm saying we might. I'm worried about it now. We've learned more now about Renee Nicole Goode and that's why I keep my powder dry. Let's see how these things develop. I've watched the videos from many angles. Who is she? This is from the Post. New York Post. Renee Nicole Goode, the mom who was killed by a federal agent after veering the car toward him, was an anti ICE warrior and was part of a group of activists who worked at quote, document and resist the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota. The New York Post can reveal now this is completely opposite of what basically everybody else has said, the Democrats and the media. Good, who moved to the city last year, linked up with the anti ICE activists through her six year old son's Woke charter school, which boasts that it puts social justice first, quote, unquote, and quote, involving kids in political and social activism, unquote. Multiple local sources said. First of all, what a sick school.

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That is turning out a little Marxist and Islamists.

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It's a sick third world is here.

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Ladies and gentlemen, in a big way.

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The article goes on. Quote, she was a warrior. She died doing what was right, unquote, a mother named Lisa, whose child attends the same school, told the Post at a growing vigil where Goode was killed Wednesday. Good and her wife Rebecca, 40, who are raising the child together, and sent the boy to Southside Family charter school, a K through 5 academy opened in 1972, which has from its inception been, quote, unabashedly dedicated to social justice education, unquote. According to co founder Susie Oppenheim, it was through her involvement in the school community that Good became involved in ICE Watch. That's a group, a loose coalition of activists dedicated to disrupting ICE raids in the sanctuary city. Similar coalitions have cropped up all over the country, with activists using phone apps, whistles and car horns to warn neighborhoods when ICE shows up. ICE Watch activists can also turn confrontational, with numerous instances of activists ramming agents with their cars in the past. There's a massive increase in this activity going on and now you know why it's organized and it's funded. Renee Good was trained against these ICE agents, what to do, what not to do. It's a very thorough training, lisa said. Again, this Lisa is a mother that sends her kid to the same school and is part of this whole social justice BS to listen to commands, to know your rights, to whistle when you see an ICE agent, she said. I know she was doing the right thing. I watched the video plenty of times. But I also know in my heart the woman she was, she was doing everything right. These are quotes from this breaking New York Post story. Good, a 37 year old mother of three, was shot in the head and killed as she sped her SUV in the direction of two immigration officers who were conducting an enforcement operation just south of the city's central business district. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said the shooting, which remains under investigation, was an act of self defense and so forth. County worker Kristen Peter, 30, who's also at the vigil, said Renee was on the same ICE Watch team, is one of her co workers, and that she herself was attending a meeting of the group Thursday night. So we have these ICE Watch teams which are militia basically that are told.

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To block the ICE agents, warn the.

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Population of what's going on and so.

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Forth and so on.

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Somebody's funding them, somebody's organizing them, somebody's indoctrinating them. The Democrat parties in on this whole thing. They were on the same team. They would eat meals together, she said. As she waved a little bundle of sage at the memorial site. School friend Lisa said a lot of families associated with the school live in the area where Good was killed. According to the Southside Family Charter School's website, it provides, quote, an academically challenging, socially conscious education to diverse learners and declares it's proud to offer what it calls a social justice curriculum. You know, this is child abuse. This is horrendous. A photo from its Facebook page shows a dry erase board of students hopes and dreams for the future, which includes, quote, donald Trump's heart grows three times as big, unquote. The goods had no love lost for President Trump themselves. Leaving their Kansas City, Missouri neighborhood to Canada after the 2024 election with plans to leave the country for good. They lived in the Great White north for a few months before settling in Minneapolis. Rebecca, who was confronting ICE agents outside the SUV at the time of the shooting, was filmed sobbing, it's my fault. After the shots rang out and she realized Renee had been struck, quote, I made her come down here. It's my fault. She said, her face covered in blood after rushing to her partner's aid. They shot her in the head. I have a six year old in.

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School, she said, Now this is horrendous, obviously, absolutely horrendous. And we all have hearts about things like this. But here's the deal. These women put their kid in this school, are indoctrinating this kid. So they're really ideologically, you know, very committed and radicalized by this. These events are taking place. They rushed to the front line of the activity. And this, Rene.

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When you're dealing with police and they're armed in very hostile situations and you don't follow orders, it's.

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Not a reason to be shot.

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But if you hit that gas pedal with a policeman's arm in the car, trying to turn the car off, and another policeman in front of the car.

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Who has to move to the left of the car.

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You'Re going to create.

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A problem, aren't you? You're going to create a life and death situation. And these men and women are nice. They have been through it and through it and through it again. I fear for New York, you've got Mondami there. I fear for Chicago, you got Johnson there.

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Minneapolis, you got this real head case.

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Fry, who was there all during the George Floyd riots and so forth and so on. These Democrat cities, with these Democrat mayors, Democrat city councils, Democrat judges, many of.

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Them in blue states, with these Democrat.

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Governors and Democrat attorneys general, they have all been radicalized.

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They're fighting for power through immigration. They're fighting for power through the obstruction of ICE and other law enforcement. They want to control this country. They want to control you and me.

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They want to impose their will. And that's what this is all about for them. And then when something horrible like this.

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Happens, they try to turn it on the system, they try to turn it on law enforcement, they try and turn it on Donald Trump or other Republicans who are trying to do something about what's taking place in our country, which is destroying our country. And the enemy is here. The enemy is here. The Department of Education has done us a great favor. Nobody, nobody has done more to expose the amount of foreign money going into our schools, our colleges, than I. Nobody taking what information is put out by very respectable research organizations and so forth and putting it out over and over and over again. Qatar is a terrorist state. I don't give a damn what anybody else says. Qatar is a terrorist state. And they bought podcasters and they bought politicians and they bought lawyers and they bought lobbyists. 330,000 citizens in that country, about a million. A million indentured servants in that country that they treat like slaves, like dirt, that they pretend to the west that they're very Democratic and they want to help fund and support Hamas while negotiating. What is this? Jns Qatar is the biggest foreign funder of US Colleges, per the Department of Education. If you listen to this program, I've told you this over and over, or watch my show on Fox. Qatar has been the largest source of foreign funding for the United States and higher education institutions, according to data displayed In a new U.S. department of Education paper or portal. The portal, which went live on January 2, explains that under Section 117 of the Federal law, federally funded universities are required to disclose twice annually any gifts and contracts from a foreign source that are worth at least a quarter of a million in a calendar year. Tim Wahlberg, chair of the House Education and Workforce Committee, told jns, the Jewish News Service, that our college campuses are being flooded with foreign cash. But every single dollar given by our adversaries comes with strings attached. America's adversaries exploit these financial ties to steal research, spread divisive propaganda, push indoctrination, and undermine free speech. Here again, like I wrote in On Power, like I wrote in the Democrat Party Hates America. Like I wrote in American Marxism, my last three books, the fusion of the Marxists and the Islamists. And they are destroying our country. They're in our educational system. Colleges, universities, K12. They're the radical left. Teachers unions. Mark.

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We'Re giving you nothing but the best, the best of Mark Levin.

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Let me show you how bad this is with these five Republicans and the.

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Democrats on what they've tried to do to the President, United States. And there's no president that would support this, Democrat or Republican.

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What they would compel, what Rand Paul.

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And Tim Kaine, almost all the Democrats.

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Maybe all of them, but these five Republicans would require, is that if the President wanted to take further military action in Venezuela, he'd have to get the approval of Congress. The approval of Congress, Where is that in the Constitution? Congress doesn't have the power to make war. That was specifically removed from the draft.

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Language of the Constitution.

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Congress has the power of the purse. But can you imagine what the framers of the Constitution would think of a president is in a war and he's not right now. We're not right now. But if we were in a war, that he has to get Congress approval. Now, Congress can either fund it or not. But to approve whether this is done or that is done. No, no, no. That cuts 100% against what the framers intended. Rand Paul is not a constitutionalist. He's a fraud and a fake. He's a radical libertarian. I'm sorry, I don't mind libertarians. When it comes to economics, I'm very libertarian. But when it comes to interpreting the Constitution, it comes to interpreting the Constitution, not with an ideology. I dare any libertarian who is a professor, who's a member of Congress to show me exactly where the framers said that Congress should have the power to make war. Show me. Because I show you where they specifically said no and took it out of the draft, let alone conduct war. Never would happen. Now, let's think about this as a practical matter. In the first Congress, there are 65 members of the House and 23 members of the Senate. Why not an equal number? Who knows? One wasn't appointed, one died, I don't know. But that's what there was. A hundred of them. Let's round it up. There are 535 members. Now, at the Constitutional Convention, there were 55 delegates, 39 of whom voted for the Constitution. Even in that relatively small group in Philadelphia at Independence hall, which was Pennsylvania Assembly Building, even there, they realized that a committee can't be responsible for running a war. What do you think they'd say? About 535 members? Or the current Congress that can't even pass a damn budget? And what information does Congress have to be running wars? Who does the CIA report to? Who's the DNI report to? State Department, Defense Department. I could go on and on. They don't have the information. Even if you brief them in, you're talking about days and hours and months of going over information and sharing it with the President of the United States and his Cabinet. They're the legislative branch, not the executive branch. Mark. Don't they have any role? I've already said the most powerful role of all, the budget, spending, borrowing. But they don't have the votes. Well, too bad. If they don't have the votes, then they don't get it. So we have elections for. Congress did cut off funding for the Vietnam War. That's how it ended, Republicans and Democrats alike. But Donald Trump has done very little in that regard. We had at one time almost half a million and maybe was 550,000 troops in Vietnam without a declaration because the declaration of war isn't what matters. And they cut it off. We lost approximately 60,000 men in that war. That wasn't a declared war. North Korea. Excuse me, Korea. Same thing. We've had 11. Eleven declarations of war, six of them related to World War II, two of them related to the First World War, and hundreds and hundreds of military involvements, including wars. Were all the presidents violating the Constitution? Should all of them have been impeached? Were they all dictators? No. Can you imagine these five Republicans and these Democrats? You got to get authorization from them. Where is that written? Nowhere. Where was that argued during the constitutional debate? Nowhere.

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Well, you know, I was a law.

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Professor and I look at Article 1. I don't know how. What else to do. What else am I supposed to do? The Constitution is an ideological plaything by the left or the right or the in between. It is what it is, and you're trying to discern what it is. Look at the text. If it's not clear, look at the context. If that's not clear, you always go back to the founding of the framers. Try and find the context for it. That's what I did. They can do the same thing. But they don't. They go on TV and they bunch of marble mouths go on there. It's like birthright citizenship, like I discussed the other day, exists nowhere. Birthright citizenship. Birthright. Those words were never ever said in writing, orally, nothing. And yet today it's a right. You know, the concert is right in the Constitution, Declaration of war. We have the right to determine if we go to war. No, you don't. You don't at all. As a matter of fact, you either fund the military or you don't. That's what the Constitution says. You either fund certain events or you don't. And as I said, I'd be the first to argue and I have. They had the power of the purse. If they would say to Donald Trump, look, we have the votes. They, we're cutting off any and all military action now or in the future for Venezuela. They can do that. They pass the legislation, it goes to the president, he vetoes it. They have to overcome the veto. If they do all those things, they win, he loses. But they don't do it because they don't have the votes and it's not going to happen. So to hear these prima donnas, these phony pseudo constitutionalists get up and say it's right there in the Constitution is a bald faced lie or the spewings of an ignoramus. Sorry.

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Comes to the Constitution, baby.

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I do what I do. I do what I do. I defend it from those who pretend to defend it.

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Boy, every time this happens, I got to keep making these points. Sometimes I wonder.

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Sometimes I wonder. By the way, the mayor of Minneapolis.

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Who'S a complete moron, he likes the curse.

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He seems to think that's what's in. Like Megyn Kelly, he's sort of a.

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Megyn Kelly in drag or Megyn Kelly is the mayor of Minneapolis in drag.

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One of them's in drag.

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But nonetheless, maybe one of them's transitioning, I don't know. Who knows?

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Would that be wrong? Well, the first Megan thought it was okay.

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The second Megan thinks that would be wrong. But he keeps cursing like that means something. Like that means something.

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Elizabeth Warren, we always turn to her.

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When we want common sense, don't we?

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Apparently she knew this woman knew all about her because here's what she said.

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Yesterday on Ms. Now. Ms. Now.

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They have no ratings.

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Mississippi, never.

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It ought to be called cut 12 go.

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No one is safer in Minneapolis because of this kind of invasion. People are put at risk and we don't know the details.

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Hold on, what invasion?

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That ice is Though in there enforcing the law.

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The Democrats are desperate for the illegal.

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Aliens to say whether they're mass murderers or rapists, whatever it is, their judges are the same.

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We got this guy Garcia, who's a wife beater, who's a gang member, who's a sex trafficker, and you got a left wing kook Democrat lawyer who became a judge who defends him. And you got the guy who defended him, he's now the chief lawyer in. In New York City.

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Go ahead.

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Quite sensible to say. Everybody wants to wait and get a full investigation here, but there is nobody who thinks we are safer to say the way to respond.

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I think we're safer.

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Thank God.

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Before I let her drone on, let me ask you a question, America. Have you ever heard her speak this way about an innocent American citizen who's.

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Been murdered by an illegal alien? Have you? Have you ever heard them? No. No.

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It's sick.

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Go ahead.

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On immigration issues or. The way to respond if you think there's a fraud problem is to have this kind of massive show of force.

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And this not a massive show of force. They have to send ICE in there because you people have militarized populations and they go in there to get people and they should not be obstructed. And Democrat political hack demagogues shouldn't be droning on at the highest pitch possible about how they're Gestapo, how they're gonna disappear people and all the rest of it. You, Elizabeth Warren and your ilk create this environment. Go ahead.

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Which might appear that here's a woman. There's no indication she's a protester. There's nothing really.

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Well, the New York Post just said she's not only a protester, she leads.

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This movement in that community.

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Will anybody go back to Elizabeth Warren.

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To have her correct herself? No, no, of course not. She doesn't let the facts come out. I'm the one who's been letting the facts come out, not her.

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We don't know all the facts, but is there any evidence she's a pre. So all day today, that was the.

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Storyline that she was not an activist. Turns out she was the leading activist.

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Now, that's no reason to get shot, but if you use your car in a way that is more than provocative, is threatening to law enforcement, you may well get shot. And that should be the lesson to everybody.