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So I was out there, obviously right away when I heard it. She lives near my home. I went out there to see because I'm familiar with the terrain, and it's something that border patrol, as a border patrol agent, you know, we work through that terrain a lot, trying to see if I could find any type of evidence, any. Anything, really, trust me. But since then. Look, it's rained, Eric, so it's hard to find anything now. It's rained. There's been a lot of back and forth as to how the investigation was handled. I don't want to get into it with the sheriff. Obviously, down here, I'm not the sheriff, so I can't. I don't want to Monday morning quarterback for him, but there was a lot of issues there. I think that people have been talking about the investigation. It was it secured in enough time, and then the security tape came down, they came back up. There's just been so much back and forth on that. And really the problem is what evidence could you have collected at this point? And even when they find someone, this is my concern. From doing this for over two decades in law enforcement, when you find the suspect or the actual guilty person, we would say it's going to be hard to move forward with a case because of all the evidence has been, you know, moved around and tampered with and how much of it has been secured. So this is going to be a very interesting case. But at the end of the day, it's horrific for the Guthrie family. And I think that's the number one concern, is trying to find out where she is.
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You know, I don't mean to be insensitive about this. I mean, I truly hope they find her alive. I'm a little bit skeptical at this point. Two weeks.
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Right.
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Maker whatnot, needed drugs. But, you know, it strikes me that that close to Mexico, is there any indication, I don't know, throwing it out there that it could been an illegal that has taken NANCY Guthrie Well, I.
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Think right now everything that they've have found, any lead that they have taken has led them to a dead end. So everything's on the table. And absolutely. Look, being so close to Mexico, let's say it's not an illegal. Let's say it's somebody from here. Just because we are so close to Mexico, it would be easy for somebody to head south. It would be easy to head for somebody to head south with her, but it would also be easy for somebody to escape and go south at the same time. When you're that close to the border and you're using your cell phone, sometimes it doesn't ping off of US Towers, it pings off of towers in Mexico and their repeaters. So that would make it even harder for the investigation for investigators to find out the location of the individual. In addition, Tucson is going through its annual gem show. So we have individuals in Tucson from.
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All over the world.
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So the suspect list, I'm sure, is extremely long at this point. But unfortunately there hasn't. They haven't really gotten that break in the case that they were they've been looking for.
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All right, I know you're law enforcement, former law enforcement, law enforcement, everyone sticks together on these things. But it certainly does seem like local law enforcement may have dropped the ball. Do you disagree?
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Look, I've been the very first one, even as a border patrol agent, to call out bad leadership. I hate to do it because I know there's a lot of deputies out there that do a fantastic job. But at this point, you know, it looks to be a very difficult case. And let's just say I'm in a position where I would be sheriff. I probably would have handed off the lead to the FBI because obviously they have the resources, but they're. They're more quick at getting this done. This is their bread and butter. At the same time, as if you're the sheriff of this area, you also have to worry because you still have to handle all the other 911 calls and everything else that happens at the same time. So we're going to have to wait and see. I know the FBI is on the case helping. I'm not so sure. They've gone back and forth as to who's the lead, who's not the Lead, but we're just going to have to wait and see.
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So dumb question. Why doesn't. Okay, I know one jurisdiction has to take the lead, but why can't they work together a little bit better? I was under the understanding that locals, Tucson, local sheriff's office said FBI, we got this. Why would they turn away if they didn't turn away the help? Why wouldn't they just embrace them and work together? I mean, who cares who's the lead? Let's find Nancy Guthrie or find out who's who perpetrated this crime.
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Honestly, I wish I could tell you a straight answer. I don't know what's happening behind closed doors, what their back and forth is. I hope, I really hope that egos aren't getting in the way or politics and political parties aren't getting in the way. But at this point, look, we're hearing a lot of squabble and when you hear that much squabble, you have to start digging further deep and finding out what's going on. Everyone's been tight lipped because honestly, the professionalism of the FBI, the professionalism of the detectives that are working within the sheriff's department right now, they're, they're in. Their sole purpose is to try to break this case and find Nancy Guthrie. But look, I think that is those. There's going to be a lot of questions after this is done. To be honest, that there's going to be a lot of people in higher up positions that are probably going to have to start answering.
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You know, I've no law enforcement person not trained in it, but I would tell you that it would strike me that local law enforcement might be really good at finding out who perpetrated the crime and FBI might be really good at finding out what the motives were for maybe, I don't know, a family member or someone who knows a family member. Why are these people. You're right, Guard. Almost feels like the egos are getting in the middle of it. And can't the FBI come in and say step aside? You know, we're, we're federals here. By the way, Trump today said if, if Nancy Guthrie is found dead, whoever perpetrated this, we're going to throw the death penalty at him. He's. He's kind of superseding the state. So go ahead.
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Yeah, no, you're absolutely right. But at the same time, look, it's, it's his county. He said it. You know, hey, he's the sheriff, he's running the show. So we're gonna have to wait and see. But I mean, I hate. It's. It's horrible because all this back and forth that we keep hearing is happening, but no one's admitting that it's happening. Right. So we're just. We're throwing it in the wind. Is it or is it not true? I've always come from the realization that where there's smoke, there's probably some fire. But at the end, I'm hopeful and I wish that moving forward they continue to work together and that whoever is the expert in certain areas takes the lead in those areas. At the end, we're all law enforcement. Right. We want to solve the crime and. But unfortunately, right now, every single avenue that they've taken leads them to a dead end.
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So. I watch a lot of television. I really am. Listen, I want her to be returned healthy and safe and all that, but I'm getting bombarded with this coverage to the point where there are people on TV just making random speculative things.
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Yeah.
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At this point, this is the 15th day. They have nothing else to talk about, really. A glove. That's it, Whatever. But you can do this, Art. You're a pro. What are the signs? Where do they lead? Art Del Cueto as who this could most likely perp could be.
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Look, it's no telling, honestly. And I guess I've been previewed to seeing the first ransom letter, Eric. So, you know, my decisions are a little bit different because I've seen it. But law enforcement that are on the case have seen it as well. So it's. There's so many factors, like I said, being so close to the border, knowing that there's people from all over the world in Tucson, not getting enough evidence in the Tucson area. Tucson has this. And I don't want to say silly because someone's going to get upset at me, but I think it's silly when you're trying to solve this type of case where they have a light pollution ordinance is what it is. So you can't have lights in certain areas. So this area where she lived is extremely, extremely dark. It's not well lit. When the investigation started, I believe that law enforcement should have flooded that area with as many lights as possible. The area behind her house is desert. There's a lot of trees, There's a couple of dry riverbeds. I mean, I would have been canvassing that area. I would have taped off the. The entire area where she lives. I would never have taken down the tape. But then again, that's me Monday morning quarterbacking it at the same time. But we do stuff like that, right? Have you.
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Have you. Have you. Have you heard or seen proof of life since? Have they. Do we know if they have recently? Because, you know, there was one guy who said he was the. You know, he was looking for the bitcoin. They caught him. He was a fake. He wasn't the person who was perpetrating it. And we still believe there's someone else who wants bitcoin. Then there was going to be transfer. There's so much bs.
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And that's the thing. That's the problem, Eric. That's the problem. So they went on the first guy down south near the border. They found out, no, he wasn't it. I don't know what hunch or what clues they had to go there. Then they stopped a couple other individuals that they detained. They picked up that vehicle down at one of the local restaurants. Now they're saying that's not it either. So I. I think the problem now is they've hit every single dead end. They don't have enough evidence. It's rained in Tucson.
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Have we seen proof of light that's gone? Has any. Has. Does anyone know if Nancy Guthrie is still alive? Does the family know? Because the last. The last video that. That Savannah Guthrie put out almost sounded ominous. Like, just. Just turn yourself in, like accepting the fact she is, like, dead.
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No, I mean, it's been. It's been a long time. This is an elderly lady. Nobody knows where it's at. They said originally that she needed her medication. She's gone way too long without that medication. So unfortunately, as a law enforcement agents, look, you. You want to have faith that it's going to turn out okay, But I think every. There's a lot of odds stacked against this now because it's been so long. Because we know that she's been without medication. So those are part of the problems. And again, the proximity to the border. There's always that possibility that the individuals or individual involved will immediately head south and go into Mexico. So that's always also, you know, a big issue moving forward. And all they have is this glove. Now, this is the problem with the glove, Eric. They're. They're gonna.
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I ha to cut you off, my friend. I gotta go. I. We. We went a little bit long here. I gotta go. And next time we come on about whether Mexico is actually assisting in this, because they may be a big help to that. All right, thank you so much. Arto Cueto, folks.
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Thank you.
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Thank you, sir. Thank you. All right, folks, look this week I'm on the road taping shows, traveling, building the edge, still producing the edge even though I'm on the road. Because real platforms aren't built to in comfort. They're built in motion. They're built under pressure. They're built when the schedule is full and the stakes are real. So you make the commitment to elevate the show rather than take it slow. The Edge has never, as was never designed to be another studio talk show is designed as a performance platform. A place where conversations about strength, discipline, health, finance and mental resilience actually happen. Not theory, not slogans, not trends, execution. While most content is optimized for clicks, the Edge is optimized for substance. While most shows chase headlines, we chase standards. And that's why in just a few months, five months, the platform already attracting high level voices from sports, business, media, performance, science. Because serious people recognize serious conversations. So no politics, no fluff, no performative outrage. Just preparation for real life in a high pressure era. That is the Edge. I want to thank you for watching Rav top to bottom day night. Watching Rabbit 4 o' clock eastern. Watching bowling here, watching the Edge. Subscribe now. Eric Bowling the Edge. Either Google it on Google or YouTube just go to Eric Bowling the Edge hit subscribe. We want to join you. We're just at 11 point thousand subscribers, almost a million views folks. We'll be back two and a half minutes.
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To be an American where at least I know I'm free and I won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me and I gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land. God bless the USA well, that was.
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A look at my next guest who is the Grammy winning country music icon who wrote and sings the most patriotic song in America called God Bless the usa. He's performed for, get this, every president since Gerald Ford. Happy to have Lee Greenwood back on the show today, President's Day. By the way, thank you for joining us, Lee. Such a patriotic song. Really, really good. You know, I had Don McLean on last week and we talked about American Pie and what the inspiration was. It turns out he was it was an ode to the death of Buddy Holly and Richie Valens and others. I've also talked to Don Henley about the inspiration for Hotel California. What made you write this song and what was it all about for you?
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I think just my upbringing. I was a drum major from a high school marching band. I love the pageantry of it. I marched right alongside The United States army and the Marines in Sacramento, California, for parades where I was raised. And I remember those days very vividly. So when I. After 20 years in Nevada, I. I never had the opportunity really, to think about it much. I get my country music career, and I moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and I started touring like a crazy person. And I saw all of the United States. And I think once that sunk in, that there was so much of us, it just. It was an inspiration to know that I needed to write something that would unify us all together. And as I wrote the song in my bus one night in between Arkansas and Texas, it was the middle of the night, and I had a piano. I wrote a lot of the songs that I had in my first 30 albums. And so I. I don't know. I just. The inspiration came to me one night. I think it's time to do that.
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So tell us. And I'm fascinated by this. It strikes me that country music is the song that the heart and soul of America kind of embraces, as opposed to other genres. Even rock and roll? Yes. Kind of wild lifestyle. Hip hop's different, different world. The country music folks. Were you always country music, or did this song just kind of solidify that genre for you?
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Oh, no, I was. I was rhythm and blues, rock and soul. I'm a horn player. I played many years piano bar. And I sang everybody else's songs influenced by a number of people. Elton John, Billy Joel, people, Bryson, Sam Cooke, certainly Ray Charles, Kenny Rogers. I mean, I had a lot in my head and. And when I was living in Nevada, we just did everything, all kinds of genres. So it wasn't. It wasn't a surprise that when I got to Nashville, Tennessee, that my soulful voice fit in very well with the nice, beautiful ballads that we would create. We did 36 albums in Nashville, but God Bless you, I say, was on our fourth album. So I'd already had a number of hits before I wrote it, and I. I don't know that I wanted to make a statement with it. I just wanted to write a song that reflected my feeling about the country. It wasn't even supposed to be a. A release. It wasn't on the release schedule. We had ballad after ballad after ballad. And like Kenny Rogers, we had maybe 10 of those in a row from It Turns Me Inside out and she's lying Going, going, gone I don't mind the thorns if you're the rose Ring on her finger Time in her hands A lot of sad songs. But the music came to me through mca Music. And my producer, Jerry Crutchfield ran MCA Music, so we had access to an awful lot of great songs.
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Lee, tell us because wonderful career you've had. So I watched an interview you did this morning on Fox and Friends. You said USO tours. You met your wife on the Bob. Bob Hope's last USO tour. Fascinating stuff, but were there. Give me the best moment when you're on that stage singing to a group of people and give me the one that shocked you in the negative way the most.
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It's just.
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It's so many people love your music, but it's not all fun and games all the time. Give us the best moment. Your worst moment.
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My worst moment, I'll go to that first was I was performing for the Vice President of the United States and the military audience in Washington, D.C. with the Letterman Orchestra. And they were in the pit down below me where I had to walk across a platform to get to the mated part of the stage. The announcer was James Earl Jones with that big, deep, beautiful voice. And we rehearsed it once. It was great. And I'm singing Battle Hymn of the Republic. I'm not singing God Bless the usa. I might have, but that's what they wanted. And they had a teleprompter in the back of the. Of the room that was huge. I couldn't. You couldn't miss it. And so the audience didn't know if I was reading the lyrics or not because I knew only about half the song. I have it on my American Patriot album and I did a good version of it. I thought. So I'm singing the first line of the song after rehearsal, which was great. And during the performance, the teleprompter goes black and I had to make up some. Some lyrics as like, I can't believe, but I don't know them, you know, and the British are marching with their. Through the fields and they're, they're, you know, they're looking for the patriots and whatever. And because I'm a songwriter, I did make up some lyrics. It kind of made sense. I'm glad there's no film on that. And you feel.
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You feel it. You feel it, though, right? So the audience is probably like, yeah, we're going with it because it's the moment. And you just feel that. It's like when Trump goes out on here.
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But some of the good moments. And there's.
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Wait, wait, who was the. Which vice president?
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That would have been quail.
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Ah, Bush. Yeah. Oh, Dan.
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Yeah.
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Yep.
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Yeah.
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So, all right, so. So go Ahead, your best moment.
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So best moment I think was probably Yankee Stadium. We did it twice. The Fireman's memorial was the first one after 2001 and it was Bette Midler and me and Mark Anthony and I sang that. But that fixed picture right in front of you now is the one that I sang. The fourth game of the World Series, that was a moving moment because I'm singing for all America and the world is watching and, and this big baseball game between the Yankees and the Diamondbacks was going to go seven games. And so the fourth game was kind of pivotal. It was the moment that I think I let the world know how much I loved my country. And I wore that red, white and blue jacket, which there was a lot of controversy about. You shouldn't wear the nation's colors. But that, that night I was gonna, I was gonna wear it.
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So does the. Whatever's going on in the country at the time affect how people receive you on stage?
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No, I don't think so. Because I don't think a lot of left comes to my audience, to tell you the truth, you know, is in my audience a few. But I try to, I try to be more of a moderate when it comes to my performances and I don't use my stage as a way to talk to inter politics and I've seen artists do that and I don't like it. I've seen Barbra Streisand do that. The recent thing with Angie and Angelina Jolie saying she's going to leave the country because she doesn't recognize anymore. I think that's dumb to say that. And you certainly don't do that, trash the country. You can't do that. But I, I never use my stage as a podium.
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It strikes me that if I'm not mistaken, Yankees Diamondbacks was 2001. So it may have been right after 9, 11. You know, is that possible? So two minutes left in this interview because I want to get to America to 50, right? How do you unite the country, Lee? I mean everyone knows Trump. Loves your song. Loves your song. There's some people on the left who don't maybe like Trump or don't like you because Trump likes you. So how do you bring people together this summer? America 250.
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Well, I don't think people can, can really fault me for my faith and. And enters the God Bless USA Bible which I have right here. And it's a great Easter gift to people Wanted God Bless USA Bible.com would be where you can get it. And in the Bible is the back pages have the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights and the Pledge of Allegiance and my own handwritten version of God Bless usa, hence the title on the front of the COVID But this is a very important document holding book with the King James version of the Bible. It expresses my feeling more for the beginning of our country and how we should not forget how we got started. Now, I know President Trump uses my song and there have been other presidents I've performed for. As you saw, I was performing with Gerald Ford and George Bush there on campaign trail and I've sang for 10 different presidents. But in order to the rest of the country to know that I stand as a patriot, not as a politician, it's important for me to have them know that I am. I am a patriot first and a conservative second, and, and a Christian, of course. And that's why that picture there features all five presidents sitting in front of my wife Kim and I.
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What, before we go, what do you what does Trump have and America250 group have in store for Lee Greenwood this summer?
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Well, I'm going to be with him on July 4th. I have several events that week and I don't know his complete agenda, but wherever he wants me to sing, I'm sure there'll be more than one moment. We've been told that I'll be on the mall with him July 4th. And then beyond that, there'll be other events, I'm sure. So just, you know, it's important for me to be with them and I want to.
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There you go. We're going to leave it right there. Lee Greenwood, looking forward to all that, all the festivities this summer. Really good having you on again, folks, at Bible. I've got a couple of those Bibles, in fact, they're fantastic. One or two of them signed by Lee himself. Thank you so much for your time, Lee.
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Thanks, Eric, very much. Have a great day.
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YouTube. Sir, we'll see you again. Thank you. All right, folks, we'll be right back.
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That I'm proud to be an American who very least I know I'm free and I won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me and I gladly stand up next to you and they're in her still today. Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land. God bless the US.
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All right. Listen to that TED News. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the walking, talking personification of Democrat ineptitude.
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Would and should the US Actually commit US Troops to defend Taiwan if China were to move you Know, I think.
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That this is such a, you know.
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I think that this is a.
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This.
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Is, of course, a, a very long.
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Standing.
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Policy of the United States.
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And I think what we are hoping.
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For is that we want to make sure that we never get to that point and we want to make sure that we are moving in all of.
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Our economic research and our global positions to avoid any such confrontation.
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And for that question to even arise. Words that the media come to mind to me right now, mediocre, absurd, horrible. What an embarrassment to America. That's right there. Right there. A top graduate of the Kamala Harris University of what? The word salad extraordinaire. It's also one of the Democrat Party's reported frontrunners for a presidential run in 2028. Boy, do we hope it happens. Man, do we hope she's the nominee. Because AOC is also the walking, talking personification of the reason for a Republican win for the White House in 2028. Democrats went to Munich for this year's security conference and made absolute clowns of themselves on foreign soil, on the world stage, so to speak. Aoc, Hillary Clinton, Gavin Newsom, some of the elite who's who of American political failures. And after Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave the speech of a lifetime in Munich.
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And this is why we do not want our allies to be weak, because.
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That makes us weaker.
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We want allies who can defend themselves so that no adversary will ever be tempted to test our collective strength. This is why we do not want our allies to be shackled by guilt and shame. We want allies who are proud of their culture and of their heritage, who understand that we are heirs to the same great and noble civilization and who together with us are willing and able.
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Speech, Powerful words. Marco Rubio got a standing ovation. And that I'm sure drove him absolutely crazy in the worst possible way on the left. After all, as we know well, Democrats are not the type to revel in a good moment for America. Party is desperate. It shows. This party is also angry, and it shows. But that party is also stupid. And above all else, that shows too. You are starting to see the ascent of the right, even in places like Munich. Marco Rubio's speech was a pure appeal to Western culture. My favorite part was when he said.
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That American cowboys came from Spain.
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I thought they came. I believe the Mexicans and descendants of African enslaved peoples would like to have a word. Did you catch that? Western culture air quotes. You see that these Marxists absolutely hate Western culture and won't stop until they've Destroyed it. Also, AOC Spain introduced horses and the Spanish language to Mexico. So no word necessary, but please go on. They want to take this mantle of.
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Culture at the end of the day.
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Though, is, you know, it is very thin. And so the response that we have to have is again, it's material, it's class based, it's common interest. There was certainly more openness to what.
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I was saying than probably there would.
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Be in years past. We can't underestimate the appeal of going back to these well worn grooves. A lot of what, what we talk about, when we talk about a class based internationalist perspective also means ending the hypocrisy towards the global South. Well, let's just kind of break through a little. That jargon she uttered right there, that clearly one of her little Marxist minions who graduated with a degree in basket weaving and gender studies wrote for her and she likely memorized it to sound intelligent. Class based internationalism, by the way, folks, is communism. So an American congresswoman went to Europe, on European soil just two and a half decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall and called for more communism. You know, the ideology that has been responsible for the deaths of more than 100 million people around the world. 100 million people. Communism, starvation, strife, war. At first we all wondered what the hell AOC was even doing there. But now we're thrilled that she exposed herself to the whole world for what she truly is. Clueless, uneducated, and a total embarrassment to Congress. I'll say that while the commitment of this party to label federal officers as Nazis is crazy, nothing is as wild as going to Germany to spread that particular message. But I want to remember all those images of masked men, the secret police, something familiar in Germany. Those first images came out of my state, the second largest city in the United States of America. We saw 4,000 National Guard federalized, first time. We'd never seen anything like this. And 700 active duty Marines sent not overseas, but to the second largest city in the United States of America. Militarizing the streets of my city. Masked men, masked men showing up unaccountable, no idea. IDs smearing the people, the men and women who protect America, that's one thing. But doing it abroad, on a, on a stage, an international stage, quite another. This guy actually wants to be the leader of the free world, the head of our armed forces, really. And by the way, the woman who tried not once, but twice, maybe even three times, to become the holder of the nuclear codes created more than enough cringeworthy moments. But Hillary Clinton just can't help herself. First, Hill Shady decides to bring a man dressed as a woman out to discuss women's rights.
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Thank you so much for those incredibly kind words. It's an honor to be here with you, Secretary Clinton. It's an honor to be here with another trailblazer, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi. And of course, it's an honor to be here with my fellow panelists and.
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The Mayor of Boston, Michelle Wu as well.
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Once politicians start naming other politicians in a room, it never stops.
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Boy, that was some list. Some of the worst dregs in American government. Nancy Pelosi, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, who values the right of illegals above actual citizens. What a great lineup for American haters. And then, Sarah McBride, get this. A Congressman pretending to be a woman makes completely false claims about our country.
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There is no question in the United States that after decades of historic progress on gender equality writ large and specifically, more recently on LGBTQ rights, that we are facing, as you mentioned, a well organized, well funded right wing regressive movement.
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Bringing out a mentally ill man to discuss women's rights. Sounds very Hillary Clinton to me. Although Hillary had a brief, tiny sliver of a moment of common sense, I.
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Think we need to call it for what it is. Secretary. There is a legitimate reason to have a debate about things like migration. It went too far. It's been disruptive and destabilizing, and it needs to be fixed in a humane way with secure borders that don't torture and kill people.
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Well, the point, the yelling. Is there anything good about this woman? Even when she's making even the slightest bit of sense, she still comes across as just angry and evil all the time. Most condescending and most destructive politicians in the history of America. But even the Europeans aren't falling for a little moment of clarity. In one of the most joyous moments coming out of Munich, Hillary got called out for being the Trump obsessed clown that she is.
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He has betrayed the West. He's betrayed human values. He's betrayed the NATO Charter, the Atlantic Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. A lot of what has been done before to try to make sense of. Of how difficult it is to restrain people who want unaccountable power. And none of us in this room, including all of us on this panel, would choose to live under a regime that was so unaccountable that it could act with impunity the way that Putin does. Except that's who Trump is modeling himself.
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Well, first, I think you really don't like him.
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You know that that is absolutely true. But I really, not only do I not like him, I don't like him because of what he's doing to the United States and the world.
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And that European guy went on to explain why it's just Trump derangement syndrome that Hillary suffering from. Hard to listen to, isn't it? She can't stand that she lost someone so much better, who's actually doing a good job for the country. So venomous yelling, finger pointing. But what was it the Czech foreign minister who called her out, by the way? And then he took it one step further.
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Watch.
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This is something I don't really like that every day, every time I hear labeling someone as fascist or Nazis or whatever, I think we should calm down because this is dividing the society we are. Maybe you are smart people. I'm not as smart as you. So we should try to learn to talk to each other again because this.
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This is something that.
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That went too far.
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She can't stand it sitting there seething because hate, venom and violence is all they know on the left. And now the world can see it. And listen. I really want to thank AOC for making that trek over to Germany. Now the world knows exactly who AOC is. And now the world knows that the people who repeatedly refer to President Trump and his followers as Nazis and fascists can understand the sources. Comes from desperation, from power hungry, useful idiots. We already knew this. Here in America, we see it every single day. We bring it out on this show every day. And yet we wonder how on earth these people were ever elected to high office. Gavin Newsom, Hillary Clinton, AOC now, guess what world you see, what we got to deal with. We'll be back two and a half minutes. Well, before we move on, if you're 64 or older, this is important. Every year too many seniors realize their Medicare plan doesn't cover the doctors they trust. Suddenly you're stuck finding new doctors or overpaying. That's Medicare. You can spend hours researching, doing everything right, and still end up on a plan that costs you thousands more than you should be paying. That's why you should check out Chapter. Chapter is the only national advisor that compares every Medicare plan on average. They save people, on average folks, eleven hundred dollars a year. One caller named Jill said her Chapter advisor showed her options she didn't even see on Medicare's own website. That's how broken the Medicare system is. Chapter is a free resource for my audience and can review all of your options in under 20 minutes. And it's free. If you're on Medicare or will be soon, call our friends at 814 chapter. That's 814 CH H A P T E R. It's help you can and should use and you can trust them. All right. Divider in chief. Deporter in chief. The president who seemed to hate the country he was supposed to lead so much that he looked to destroy and deflect and destroy the man elected after it. Well, it was Obama who spearheaded that Russian interference hoax. Racism was fading away when he came into office, but Obama brought it back with force right to the forefront. Barack Obama really thinks Americans don't see just how destructive a president he actually was, how he destroyed race relations in this country. And somehow Obama has the nerve to say this.
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The other side does the mean angry demagoguery. You know, exclusive us them, you know, divisive politics. That's their, that's, that's their home court. Yeah. Our court is coming together.
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They. Then that's divisive. Right. Their team, our team. Whenever Obama speaks, by the way, just assume it's lie. Like when he claims that Democrats could ever make themselves more appealing to voters by somehow pretending that they're not at the highest levels of self righteousness. Ivory tower elitists. Virtue and signaling Marxists in our nation's entire history. Limousine liberals.
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There was a virtue signaling that made it seem as if ordinary folks, if they did not say things in exactly the right way or meet this litmus test, that they were being.
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Chastised.
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If you want to create an environment that is welcoming and makes people feel okay, there's room for me here. Then the message and the story we tell has to be all right, none of us are perfect.
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You know, maybe he does have a point though, right? The left did come together to celebrate Charlie Kirk's murder. The left did come together to incite violence against all ICE officers and agents. In fact, all Republicans for that matter. The left did come together to call our president and anyone who supports Donald Trump a fascist and a Nazi. All right. It's really quite something when you think about it. We watch Democrats and the media and they defend and protect Joe Biden as he fell down. Remember that? Wandered around laws calling out dead people in the audience. The guy was visibly, obviously mentally compromised and that's putting it lightly. But I'm still confused, as I know we all are. Who's being held accountable for lying to the American people about their president's obvious slip into dimension while they're writing books about it now, profiting off their crimes and in the case of government officials, their treason, to the point where even a guy who has eyes on the White House admits that Democrats are trying to distance themselves from Biden as they forge ahead. It's frankly, it's been a little upsetting to me and how quick my Democratic colleagues and you know, not my consultants, but other pundits and consultants of the party say, well, we just need to, let's stop looking in the rearview mirror talking about Biden. Except so much of what we're talking about is in the rearview mirror, though we began more contemporary terms with Trump. But I do want to reflect. How do you, I mean there's not a lot of distance. And you obviously you have, you've, you've noted your own subjectivity as it relates to your relationship with President Biden. I, and I have my subjectivity that I wear on my sleeve. I openly advocate for his policy successes and his character. Yeah, well, his character. Are we talking about the same guy here? The one who plagiarized, lied over and over again, pardoned his whole family and I don't know, corruptionists like Anthony Fauci and Adam Schiff pardon those folks. Someone woke Nancy Pelosi up by, by the way from her, I don't know, martini fueled slumber and sent her over to the folks over at Ms. Now still Ms. DNC and always will be and told her to repeat the same line about the same act, the SAVE act. Despite the fact that a majority of American voters support voter id, even minorities.
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We have legislation and we're going to fight him on the SAVE act or for the voter id. It's just not right. And there are many Republicans in the country who know it's not right because it's inconvenient for them as well as it is for married women in the country. You don't have your birth name on your voter file. That's a problem. Well, we need no you to go into all of the problems with it except to say it's a problem we're dealing with with it.
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A three martini lunch there, Nance. This next video may sound like it's coming from Afghanistan, Iran or maybe even Minneapolis, but this is actually a Muslim call to prayer right in the heart of the Big Apple.
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Here is Atlantic.
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We are hearing is come here.
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I think we day pretty often Dentist. Wow. I lived there 30 years. They're doing Muslim prayers out in the open now. Congratulations, New York City. You voted for Sharia law and that's what you're about to get. I know it's probably hard to believe, but Al Gore still out there pretending there's a climate crisis. Nearly 17 years ago, Gore was out there fear mongering like he had some sort of scientific clue. There is a 75% chance that the entire north polar ice cap during summer, during some of the summer months could be complete, completely ice free within the next five to seven years. Yeah, except none of that happened. None of what Al Gore had to say about climate change or the government actually became a reality. But they gave him the Nobel Peace Prize anyway. Nobel Prize. And yet they're still letting him spout nonsense. It's certainly true that this climate crisis is continuing to get much worse, much faster than we are deploying the solutions. Recently, Mother Nature is staging an intervention. This past summer has made it obvious to most everyone that this crisis. Come on, we'll come out of that. It's literally giving me a headache. All right. And finally, President's Day. In honor of President's Day, here's a little funny moment from one of the best presidents, President Ronald Reagan.
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Have a special message for my friends.
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In the press who've traveled with us in the past few days and weeks. I've seen the umbrella they've opened at times along the way with the message.
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No more puppy jokes. So I promise, no more puppy jokes. But did you hear the story about the kid who was outside the Democratic.
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Fundraiser selling kittens when the people came out from the fundraiser? He was holding up the kittens and.
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He was saying, buy a Democrat kitten.
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Well, a couple of weeks later, the Republicans held a fundraiser in the same place.
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And when they came out, there was.
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The same kid with the kittens. And he said, buy a Republican kitten.
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And one of the members of the.
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Press who'd seen him there two weeks.
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Before said, wait a minute, kid, you were selling these kittens the last time as Democrat kittens. Kittens.
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How come the Republican kittens now? Kid says, because now they got their eyes open. Great present. Funny guy. Hilarious. We'll be back. Two and a half minutes. All right, folks, this week on the Edge, we continue something very different in modern media. Real conversations with high performers who understand pressure, discipline, consequence. Athletes, traders, business leaders, builders, not influencers chasing trends or clicks. Men who've operated where results actually matter. Because in a world full of opinions, experience is becoming rare. And discipline is becoming even more rare. The Edge is built around one core idea. Preparation over noise. We talk longevity instead of quick fixes, standards instead of excuses, execution instead of motivation, speeches. And this week's conversation raises the Bar again with a high level insight into performance, mindsets and what it actually takes to operate at scale in today, today's environment. No politics, no gimmicks, no empty hype. So just honest discussions about money, health, discipline and the mental framework required to stay sharp in uncertain times. If you care about strength, longevity and operating at the higher level, that's exactly what the Edge is built for. We're expanding. We're growing real fast. Hit that. Take your phone, aim it right at the QR code. Hit the yellow line. You will subscribe. I want you part of that. I want to say thank you for watching the Edge every day. I want to say thank you for watching bowling at 4 o' clock on RAV every day. Sorry RAV every day. Thank you for watching bowling on RAV every day. And thank you for subscribing to the Edge. Do it. You're going to grow and you're going to be part of it. All right. We know. We love your voicemails. Mad Dog, you got some voicemails for us?
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I do.
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This is viewers thoughts on C A R E Care.
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Hey, this is Wes Knitson from Chesapeake, Virginia. I'm trying to find out why Care out in Texas is still operating. Why are they still getting money? I think like a terrorist organization, they're still getting taxpayers money and starting all these problems. They need to quit sending these people money. You guys are financing our own demise. Once somebody knows they're financing their own demise, they'll usually quit doing it. But I don't think we've learned. Barack Obama started it. Joe Biden tried to finish it. Watch you later.
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Keep up the good work.
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Bye.
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That. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Mr. Texas Mad Doug. It's C air counsel for American Islamic Relations and they by the way are coconspirator to 9 unindicted coconspirator to 9 11. Not sure why they're still allowed to operate. No idea. Another one?
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Yes sir. This is viewers plans on buying more guns. My name is Hank. I'm from Sioux City, Iowa. I like your haircut. Anyway, I see your number on here and I watch you guys every day. So anyway, I don't have much to say. I just, I, I'm going to, I.
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I got a couple guns but I.
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I just told my neighbor day I need something, a power in case you start coming around where I live at and I don't think they'll come right into Sioux City.
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We got a pretty good police department.
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All that but I'm not going to take any. I'M not going to sit around. I want a good gun here in case I need it. Anyway, have a good day. Glad to see you on tv. Keep up the good work. Bye. Bye.
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Thank you, Hank from Sioux City. And yes, sir, Second Amendment, most important amendment. You don't have the First Amendment without the Second Amendment rights. Also, not only just to protect your own home, protect you against a tyrannical government, which could be happening. Quick one, Maddo. You had a short one. Yes, sir. Here it is. Hey, Eric. I want to know how in the heck a lawyer or a judge can legislate a case or be involved in legislation in men and women's sports if they don't know what a man or a woman is? Yeah, that's a great question. Katanji Brown, Jackson Supreme. Not just a judge, I guess. High bench judge. And by the way, a judge for life. And when she was asked what a woman is, she couldn't answer it. You know, it's, it's, it's. Of course she can answer it. She just didn't want to have to answer it. Be on record was when she has her stupid opinions about protecting transformative gender crap that goes on with young people. She wanted to be able to defend it when she knows very well there are only two genders. Two genders. Man and woman. By the way, when that Czech guy was ripping Hillary, he told her, hey, Hillary, there's only two genders, a man and a woman. You should see her face. I would love to pull that sound bite. Maybe tomorrow. She was so annoyed that the guy called her out on only being two genders. That's all there are, folks. Men can't get pregnant. They're men and women. And then everyone else. Little wacky. All right, folks, War Room is coming up next. Have a great night. We'll be back in Orlando tomorrow, back in West Palm Beach.
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