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I ring it there. It's ringing. New York Stock Exchange Broaden Wall street in lower Manhattan by the bull and the bear. You know what that is. 4 o'. Clock. Take a look at the numbers, folks. A little better day today, don't you think? Almost 400 higher in the Dow, about 50 higher in S P. Nasdaq up 250. Biggest winner today, 1% higher in the Nasdaq. Gold backed off 35 bucks, not much at all. Oil still strong, $66 a barrel. A lot of people nervous about what's happening in Iran. We may get some further indication tonight at the State of the Union about Iran. Cryptocurrency won't even show you. It's floundering, just floundering. It feels like it's just got a weight attached to it. Just can't get out of its own way. All right, folks, this happened last night. This is amazing. Men's US Hockey team, they couldn't go back to where they were going to go back to. I believe they're supposed to go back to New York, if I'm not mistaken, from, from Italy, from Milan, Italy. They had to fly into Miami because of the weather. And of course, after you win the gold medal, when you're not supposed to be there, you win the gold medal, you do celebrate. And when you're in Miami, there are plenty of places to celebrate. I'm pretty darn sure this is a club called eleven in Miami. But watch what happens in a nightclub in Miami last night. Watch. Race how awesome is and was that in the nightclub. They stopped the music in the nightclub last night so the hockey team could sing and the whole crowd got behind them. Sure as a far cry from the NFL taking a knee, don't you think, folks? That was awesome. All right. Tonight, President Trump will deliver his first State of the Union address of his second term. Many Democrats have decided not to attend. Instead, these Democrats will be going to two counter rallies. Democrat Senator John Fetterman spoke to Democrats via a Fox News interview. Here's what he said.
Senator Ron Johnson
And I do plan to go to the State of the Union and then I do hope all the other Democrats that choose to come that we don't do the same kinds of things that happened at the last year. It was really undignified and just the thing, no, I don't care who the president is.
Eric Bolling
Don't yell and disrupt that. That. It's like you really should respect the office. The office.
Senator Ron Johnson
You don't have to like the occupant, but respect that. And that's, you know, we should be better than that.
Eric Bolling
So for me as a Democrat, you
Senator Ron Johnson
know, it's just calling balls and strikes and I'm always going to pick country
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over party Hear that? Senator John Fetterman calls his own party undignified. Here discuss stated Union address is the great senator from the great state of Wisconsin, Senator Ron Johnson. Center. Let's just talk about that for a second here. Fetterman. I, I'm not even sure he's a Democrat anymore. Let's weigh in on your thoughts about John Fetterman. Where is he politically on the aisle, in your estimation?
Senator Ron Johnson
Well, Eric. Well, he comes from a swing state and so he's behaving as a United States senator who hopes to get reelected in a swing state. And that's a good thing. You're having to listen to every one of your constituents. I feel in a similar position in Wisconsin. You do represent all the people of your state, pretty broad spectrum of political opinion. And so again, you try and moderate the way you behave. You try and moderate the words you use. You try not to be bellicose again because you can't rely on the fact that your base is going to overwhelmingly elect you. You've got to attract people from the other side. And so he certainly plays that role. But listen, I am one that appreciate what he does. I'm also one who appreciates the fact that he really has made a lot of progress after his stroke. I mean, you can tell, you can see that. And that's, that's actually a very good thing. I think we're all, you know, we were all cheering for him to be able to recover to the extent he has now.
Eric Bolling
This. Yes, yes, it was shocking. At one point we were like, I don't think he should be a US Senator. I don't know. He came back and he maybe came back with a little bit more clear thinking, if that's possible. That might be a little stretch. Maybe more likely what you, you point out. Let's talk a little about the the right now. It looks like 36 Democrats so far said they're not going to attend. They're going to do what they're calling a people's State of the Union, an alternate State of the Union. Do you think they'll any viewers to whatever that thing is supposed to be.
Senator Ron Johnson
I doubt it. You know, what you don't want to do is be giving the State of the Union response that never turns out very well, whether it's a Republican or Democrat trying to provide it. So again, the big show is the president, states standing in front of a joint session. It's pretty crowded room. Couple of people don't show up. I don't think they're going to be missed.
Eric Bolling
Yeah, Governor. Now, Governor Spamberger, who I believe ran as some sort of moderate Democrat, she got into, she had sworn into the governor, Virginia mansion. She became a hard left, that progressive that she was prior, you may know as well. And Alex Padilla, Senator from California, the guy who was tossed out of a Christie, no impressor. They will deliver the response to President Trump's State of the Union. I'm not expecting a lot out of those either.
Senator Ron Johnson
I mean, good news for them. If they totally screwed up, no one's gonna notice anyway there, you know, nobody's gonna be watching it.
Congressman Ralph Norman
So.
Eric Bolling
So there's a good chance, right? I mean, Trump said he's going to be about America 250. It's also gonna be about account affordability. Sorry, affordability. Oops. But there's also an issue. Will he prepare the nation for war? Typically, this is what the State of the Union has been used for, preparing the nation that there may be some sort of attack in Iran. Can you imagine if that happens? And 36 Democrats have chosen not to show up in those empty seats. I would if I were running the cameras when he's talking about potentially bringing America into a conflict. Just focus right in on those empty seats for one.
Senator Ron Johnson
Well, again, you know, Iran is a menace. I do not envy any president, United States, having to make these decisions of, you know, using the finest among us, America's military, putting them in harm's way. But at the same point in time, you've got to recognize that Iran has destabilized the Middle east and the world for decades. Now the people of Iran, they want what we have. They want greater individual liberty and freedom. They're not going to ever get under the ayatollahs. And you can just see the way they've totally crushed the opposition. What? 30,000 plus people dead, brutally murdered. Again, this, it would be a good thing if that. If the Iranian people potentially with the help of the west, can topple that regime and reclaim Iran for themselves.
Eric Bolling
You know, don't you think we're on the precipice of go time? I mean, we have two aircraft carrier units in the Persian Gulf. We also have destroyers, we have support ships supporting the aircraft carriers and the destroyer groups. And also the biggest air gathering of our air support that we've had since 9, 11. Your, your, your thoughts on this with the Gulf War, your thoughts are, are we ready for conflict? Is this going to happen?
Senator Ron Johnson
Well, one of the reasons we haven't done is it will be messy. The Revolutionary Guard, they're pretty potent force and there will be pockets remaining no matter what happens. You know, it's such a shame because all Iran would have to do to be welcomed into really the world community, give up its nuclear weapon ambition. That's all it takes because they refuse to do so speaks volumes and just proves what a menace they are. Particularly, we can combine that all their financial support of, you know, the other terrorist organizations, Hezbollah, the Houthis, what was all happening in Gaza with Hamas. So again, Iran is a real menace in the world and I for one can't wait for the mullahs to be replaced by the people of Iran, take control of their own country.
Eric Bolling
Yeah, that would be an interesting surgical strike to remove the mullahs and not really affect the rest. At some point, the IRGC would definitely make the move. Like, we're done protecting these folks. We're not all going to die in this mess, hopefully. Let's see if we can, if we can avoid any major, major, full, full fledged blowout war. Let's talk a little bit about some of the Democrats that said they're not going to be here. I know Schumer says he's going to bring a mother from the Bronx whose son was detained by ice. And get this one, Elon Omar is bringing a person who was detained by immigration agents in Minneapolis. Should Elon Omar really be calling more attention to herself?
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Probably not, but you can't help herself. And you know, again, it'll, it'll be interesting to see how these investigations go. Not only of the, the, the actual fraudsters, fraudsters themselves in Minnesota, but the political figures that aided and embedded in that fraud. She may be one of them. I don't know.
Eric Bolling
All right, Senator, real quickly, the, the SAVE Act. Where do we stand? Where do this? Where does the Senate stand? You need 60. You have 50. It's going to happen.
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So 80% of the American public basically supports what the SAVE act does. Americans don't want their legitimate vote canceled out by a fraudulent one. So at a minimum, what we ought to do in the Senate is make Democrats defend why they are opposed to what 80% of the American people basically support and that would be a talking filibuster does not guarantee success. Again you have to change some rules of the Senate to make sure that even offering amendment is considered a speech. So we'd have some hope of bringing debate to closure from this two speech rule barring that will change be pretty difficult or just getting rid of the filibuster which right now you don't have enough support. And listen, I've come out publicly supporting any of the filibuster reluctantly because Democrats they're gonna do it next time they take power. A lot of my Republican colleagues just don't want to believe that they're still denying that reality. I would prefer they start recognizing that reality and we ought to do it before the Democrats turn this nation into a one party very quickly.
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And so I don't know this answer is it simply fin has to bring it to a vote, just majority vote, simple majority vote.
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Well you get on the bill, you don't do a culture vote which requires 60 votes which just kind of kills the bill right there.
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No, no, I mean, I mean to kill the filibuster. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I meant to kill a filibuster is it is a straight simple majority in the Senate.
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Well that would be the nuclear option where. And we've done that. Harry Reid started it, packed the D.C. court. We did in response to them obstructing I think it was the nomination of Neil Gorsuch. So again it is a slippery slope from my standpoint. I don't think there's a state in the nation that has more than a majority vote in their legislative chambers. So this is not, it's not a constitutional requirement. This is something that the Senate developed to bring debate to close in some way, shape or form. But from my standpoint it's been misused. I don't think it'd be the end of the world if we got rid
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Senator Ron Johnson
Well again he doesn't have enough votes in the Republican conference and again that's, I just don't think enough of my colleagues really understand that the Democrats are at war with us. They want to turn this country into a one party state. They'll do it next time they get power. They'll, you know, they'll end the filibuster, they'll pack the supreme court, they'll turn D.C. and Puerto Rico and into, into states they flooded America with millions of people that they want to be able to vote. That's their game plan.
Eric Bolling
Get it done. Get it done. John Thune. Get it done. Senator, really good to have you. Senator Ron Johnson, enjoy the evening. We'll talk to you again soon.
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Same to you. Take care.
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Congressman Ralph Norman
You know, it'll be across the board, great message of the last 12 months, which this president has reversed a disastrous Obama administration for four years. He will go over the affordability crisis, he'll go over the issues we face here at home. But if you look at his record, gas is coming down, egg prices are coming down, interest rates have been stable, the inflation rate is down to 2.6% whereas under Biden it was 6.4%. So along with that, he will stress what he has done to make this world safer with taking out Iran as the number sponsor of terror. So
Eric Bolling
I want to see that before we get into the shenanigans that left and Democrats are going to pull tonight night. We always do. Iran. Do you think we'll hear what his plan for Iran is? We've, we've built up quite a hefty presence, kinetic presence in the Middle east right now kind of pointing right at Iran. What do you think we'll hear from that?
Congressman Ralph Norman
What I think he'll do is just lay out the challenges that Iran has. They've got a choice. They can even either disarm or if they continue to doing what he took them out the first time in building the nuclear weapons and they'll face the consequences. He won't lay out the plan. He'll lay out the consequences that he'll deliver on.
Eric Bolling
Do you think it's a go time?
Congressman Ralph Norman
I think it is go time.
Eric Bolling
What does that mean, define go time? Because we got two aircraft carriers, we have some destroyer groups in the area. And I heard we have the largest air power conglomeration that we've had since the Gulf War ready to go. So we say go time, legit go time. Like the full force of the US Military.
Congressman Ralph Norman
I think it is. And you look what he did to take Moderno out in Venezuela. You look what he did the first Time with Iran. He carried it out with precision strikes and just shows you the power of America. I think the other thing is to what he's showing to the world the power that we have, but more importantly the fact that he will use the power to protect America and protect the world really.
Eric Bolling
So I can see us, I can see him having a conversation about affordability and get into some of the most important things like are we really at the precipice of, of a full fledged attack on another, another country? And can you imagine right now there are 36 Democrats that said they're, they're going to do their own alternative State of the Union or they call it the People's State of the Union or whatever they're calling it. They're not going to show up in such a, such an important night. Weigh in on that move by the Democrats.
Congressman Ralph Norman
Nothing surprises me. Look what they've done. Just as example, the last State of the Union where they, the little boy with cancer, they sat on their hands, they didn't clap. Al Green put on his annex, they had post posters saying all kind of things about the President. You know, it doesn't, doesn't bother him. He knows he's doing the right thing. And guess what, 77 million of people, 77 million Americans agreed with him. And they agreed with him because they see the results which are all positive, especially on the 250th anniversary of this great country.
Eric Bolling
Sir, aside from the 36 that aren't showing up, they're, they're talking about bringing people that they believe make makes a point. I think there are some potential victims from the Epstein list that, that I heard Schumer may bring, etc. Your thoughts on, on some of these antics. Meanwhile, the president invited the U.S. hockey team. We talked about that U.S. hockey team. If they find seats for him, it's allegedly going to be there as well. Yeah.
Congressman Ralph Norman
And it's going to be interesting what the Democrats do. Hopefully, hopefully with what the hockey team did to bring back honor to this country, they will at least show some dignity and clap and be supportive. But I don't put anything past them. And if this is the same party that's holding the country hostage, and they did for 43 days prior last year, nothing surprises me about what they may or may not do. Frankly, the Americans are watching, but I don't care what they do. It just shows you what they're about.
Eric Bolling
And we talked to Senator Johnson, but there's this, the, the airtime given to the other side after a state of the union is always interesting to look at who they're picking and why they're picking these folks. So Democrats have chosen to respond or react to President Trump's State of the Union. Governor Spanberger from Virginia, who kind of ran as a moderate and came out of the box as governor as a complete leftist, hard, hard turn left. And also Senator Alex Padilla who, from California who was thrown out of a Kristi Noem DHS presser late last summer when he was acting up and you know, creating the scene. But these are the two folks that the Democrats are kind of telling you exactly who they, what they're thinking for the, for the country if they were to do well in the midterms.
Congressman Ralph Norman
Well, you know, I serve as Spanberger. She's no moderate. She is a, she is a socialist. She's total government control like Mandabe is in, in New York. Spanberger do the same thing in Virginia. People will do what they're doing in New York. They're voting with their feet. They're moving to places like South Carolina and other states that offer freedom, freedom from high taxation, drugs, crime and all the rest. So again, the American people are going to have to wake up to there's consequences when they put a Span burger in power or Mondavi or any of the others. So it's, it's a sad day for Virginia, but South Carolina will be, will gain from it.
Eric Bolling
That's true. That's true. I lived in South Carolina for a few years. That is a truly red state, sir. The SAVE act made it out of the house. You tell us game out. The SAVE act for us right now is it have a shot of passing.
Congressman Ralph Norman
SAVE act for your listeners is where you have to show that you're a citizen of the United States and you have to show a form of photo ID before you can vote. Pure and simple. That's what it is. That's what Americans do to get medicine. That's what Americans do to get on an airplane. And the fact is Democrats don't want verification of who you say you are. And as per the Constitution, you've got to be a U.S. citizen. But that's how far the Democrat party has gone to completely throw out the rule of law and then throw out where you've got to be an American citizen and prove that you are who you say you are. But again, nothing surprises me with them. Their only reason for letting illegals come across the border to the tune of 15 to 20 million was to keep power. And I don't think it's Going to work. And I think it's the President's doing the right thing and getting them out. And it couldn't be quick enough.
Eric Bolling
Can you imagine? Sir, you mentioned Mamdani yesterday. Talked about over the weekend, the big snowstorm headed to New York and Mondanomi offered citizens to be paid to shovel snow because they were having a hard time. Fine, whatever. But then he went so far as to say, you need two picture. Two pictures of yourself, two IDs, two government IDs, and a passport to shovel freaking snow in New York City. They are so full of hypocrisy. Their eyes are brown. Sir. You need that for shoveling snow, but not to vote in this country, according to the Democrat Party. And by the way, Mamdani, they're holding up as some sort of hero on the left.
Congressman Ralph Norman
Well, you know, the. The fact is he's a socialist. The American. The people in New York, I feel sorry for. But same has happened and as you, as we've all seen in California, and you know, it's. It's a sad day for the residents there, but they let him go in. I mean this. The people have got to stand up now and exercise the right to vote and make sure they don't skew it in their favor by letting illegals vote. And it's time for John Thune to bring it up, even if it's a walking field.
Eric Bolling
Good luck with that, my friend. We've been talking about that lack of conservative cojones coming out of John Thune, frankly, leader of your caucus as well, Mike Johnson. It doesn't seem like they really want to let us know who's going to vote against something like the SAVE Act. I just. It's. It's. It's a feeling I'm getting.
Congressman Ralph Norman
Well, I think the President will mention that tonight. I think he'll as he will mention the Supreme Court and their decision. This president's always been direct and he's something he feels strong about. But can you imagine even having this debate on saying who you say you are and being American's citizen to vote? The founders never envisioned this.
Eric Bolling
Yeah. I hope the President mentions Mondame needing two IDs and a passport to shovel snow in New York. But they don't want one to. To, frankly, to do the most important patriotic thing you two can do as an American. Vote for your elected officials. Congressman Ralph Norman. Appreciate your time, sir. South Carolina. Thank you.
Congressman Ralph Norman
Thank you.
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the pledge at working with cancer pledge.com. There it is. Tonight 9:00pm Eastern, President Trump will be delivering his first State of the Union of his second term. Themes are America 250 and affordability. Make sure you watch it right here at rap by the way, so Gavin Newsome says something racist. I'm not you know, I'm not trying to impress you. I'm just trying to impress upon you. I'm like you. I'm no better than you. You know, I'm a 960sat guy. And, you know, and I'm not trying to offend anyone. You know, trying to act all there if you got 940. But literally a 960sat guy. I cannot. You've never seen me read a speech because I cannot read a speech. Maybe the wrong business to be in, you know, and so why are we surprised? Racism is a favorite hidden but not so hidden trait of the Democrat Party. Always has been. And I'm not even talking about the fact that this is the party of slavery on the left. The Dems, they are. They are the original party of slavery. And no, Gavin, we're not mocking your dyslexia. Nice try. And really pathetic deflection effort on your part, by the way. It's pure racism on your part. That's all it is. We're just calling out the very obvious. They do this, you know, whenever they feel like they're hemorrhaging voters, whenever a major election is just around the corner, their particular brand of cringy racism gets the blue carpet treatment. You have a problem figuring out whether
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you're for me or Trump.
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And you ain't black. You ain't black, Jack. Okay, well, you wait. Joe Biden. Yep. This is who they are. This is who they've always been. They said, no, she has to go.
Congressman Ralph Norman
What's something that you always carry with you?
Eric Bolling
Hot sauce.
Congressman Ralph Norman
Really?
Eric Bolling
Yeah.
Congressman Ralph Norman
Yeah, really.
Eric Bolling
Are you getting information right now?
Congressman Ralph Norman
Hot sauce.
Eric Bolling
Hot sauce in my bag. Swag. Hot sauce. Really?
Congressman Ralph Norman
Yes.
Eric Bolling
Now, listen, I just want you to know people are gonna see this and say, okay, she's pandering. The black people.
Congressman Ralph Norman
Okay. Is it working?
Eric Bolling
No way. No way. Way. Hillary. Sorry. You most certainly did not do that. Did you really do that? That's pathetic. But when their minority voter base crumbles around them, this is just a normal part of the Democrat playbook. Gavin Newsom. I'm just like you. I struggled in school. That is the soft bigotry of lowered expectations. That's exactly what that is, wrapped in a Patagonia vest and delivered with waxy hair and some sort of serial killer smile. Little secret, though. Gavin Newsom is not just like the people he's talking to. He's a white boy with enormous privilege, a Getty family connection from elite circles. He's been given chance after chance. Cheating scandals, recall attempts, economic failure of his state and his city when he was mayor, mishandled wildfires and outright lies. What you're gonna do? I'm not gonna hurt him, I promise. I'm literally talking to the President right now to specifically answer the question of what we can do for you and your daughter. Can I hear it? Can I hear your call? Because I don't believe it. I'm sorry, there's literally. I've tried five times. That's why I'm walking around to make. Why is the President not taking your call? Because it's not going through.
Congressman Ralph Norman
Why?
Eric Bolling
You have to get cell service. So let's get it. Oh, sorry. It wasn't really the President. I guess that lie was just a little bit dyslexia talking. Didn't think so, Gavin. So all he's got now in his pocket is the so called relatability thing cloaked in obvious racism. Because when Democrats. And let's be clear, this isn't just newsome. When Democrats speak to minority audiences, the subtext is often you're disadvantaged, you're the victims, and you're systemically incapable. Without us. Without us Democrats leading the way for you, voter ID laws are voter suppression. Because what? Because minorities don't know how to use the Internet? Young black kids growing up in the Bronx who don't even know what the word computer is, they don't know. They don't know these things. And I want the world open up
Congressman Ralph Norman
to all of them. Because when you have their diverse voices
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innovating, that is a clown show comment. That argument says far more about the person making the comment than the people they claim to be defending. And then they turn around and say they're empowering you. Empowering you by insisting you can't manage basic civil tasks. It's condescension masquerading as empathy. I'm just like you. I struggle too. Yeah, right. They don't need to imply they're somehow academically deficient to build solidarity. And this is the same party that talks endlessly about dignity, about respect and so called equity. And yet the message is this. Without us, you minorities can't function. That's not empowerment, that's dependency politics. America is filled with black entrepreneurs, engineers, doctors, business owners, veterans, parents working two jobs, kids getting scholarships, families building generational wealth. They don't need to be told they're victims. To be seen, feel or to be seen. Relatability should not come at the expense of respect. If you want to talk about opportunity gaps, talk about them. That's fine. If you want to discuss educational reform, do it. But if you want to talk to and address economic mobility, also great. But don't stand there and reduce an entire audience to your punchline. Condescension dressed up as compassion. And if that's the playbook for 2028, they may want to rewrite it, preferably with someone who can actually read the room. Speaking of reading the room, that political theater from Newsom's awkward attempt at relatability to a group of Democrats boycotting the State of the Union race reveals something very much bigger. One wing of the political messaging says you need to be protected because you're incapable. The other wing says we'll show up only when it's politically beneficial to us. Neither approach respects the core of what Americans of all races, by the way, actually want. We all want to be seen as capable, respected and included in the democratic process. And here's the broader irony. While some members of a major party won't sit in the chamber tonight to hear the president outline his vision, they'll spend the next 48 hours debating how they think voters should think about them. Instead of actually engaging with those voters, they'll spend time crafting statements, by the way, written by their little propagandized millennial staffers of overly caffeinated, whiny snowflakes, staging boycotts, bite sized tweets and viral sound bites. Meanwhile, voices outside the political sphere cut right to the heart of it. How people feel treated, not just spoken to. Because if you your attempt at empathy is to suggest shared economic struggle, like Gavin Newsom with the black crowd, or if your protest strategy is to skip a constitutional address, you've missed the fundamental piece of the contract called democracy. People want representation, not condescension. People want engagement, not empty chairs. They want leaders who will stand up for them, not talk down to them under the guise of relatability. I'm like you. I can't read either. Really, Gavin? Really? And that's the final paradox of tonight. Right now, at this moment, as the nation prepares to watch the State of the Union, some leaders are there, present, participating, accountable. Others are offstage at the National Mall or tweeting out indignation or posting videos about how they think people should react to Trump. But real leadership isn't symbolic. It's it's not performative either. It certainly isn't a wholly racist run on sentence about SAT scores. Enough of the violence, inciting virtue signaling theater, kid. Performative nonsense. Democrats real leadership shows up. It listens without lecturing. It respects people enough to talk to them, not down to them and Democrats. I don't know. Maybe you should try it sometime. We'll be back in two and a half minutes.
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These are not normal times.
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This is not business as usual. But I will be there to call it his bullshit on social media.
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So stay tuned.
Eric Bolling
Exactly. That's all. They don't want to show up, they don't want to hear. They just want to. They're not going to be there and they're going to call it out because that's what they do. By the way, I don't know who's running the camera for that. It's called the pool. Whoever the pool is, I hope they take the empty seats. I hope they just. And somehow these Democrats, they think protest looks like empty seats. It's not just political theater. It's disrespect to the routine of America itself. And those who are attending, well they've clearly been informed by their leader to shut down any level of decorum tonight. Listen, as for tomorrow night, you've given
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the event if they want to. For those who choose to attend, how would you like to see them behave? Well, listen, it's my expectation that members who choose to attend will be there in silent defiance. Of course skeptical of the remarks that the President is going to try to deliver in terms of his been silent defiance. We can only hope. Shut up Democrats. Sit down. So CNN and Ms. Now chose to ignore the President's ceremony honoring angel families on Monday because it obviously doesn't serve their illegal alien criminal loving agenda. CNN clearly knew all about it prior to listen to their contempt. Oh I think what we're actually getting a little preview of kind of the theme of his address later today at the White House when he hosts the so called angel Moms. And so really focusing on immigration as he kicks off his big state of Union week. So called angel moms, you loser jerk. So called angel moms. Moms who lost children to illegals violence. Are you out of your mind? Who is that nut job? Let's find out who that nut job is. Let's call her. Find out if we can get her on the show. Kind of crazy when your leadership is just so bad right out of the gate that even CNN's Fareed Zakaria is calling you out on it. New York City's communist failure, Zoran Mamdani is facing the wrath of those who stupidly voted for him and the media that blindly supported him because they were wooed by his jihadist grin and because the Democratic Party said so.
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But first, here's my take. Zoran Mamdani ran on a promise to
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Last week, he unveiled a budget that is, in a word, unaffordable for Democrats in city halls. There is a choice. Stop governing as if the goal is
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to announce new entitlements and instead make government work.
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Safer streets, functioning schools, predictable sanitation, and above all, enough housing that the middle
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class can find places to live. Oh, so much for. For Fareed Zakaria. He's going to get bounced for talking like, I don't know, conservative. Well, speaking of Mamdani, he's had a difficult time explaining how it makes sense to ask for federal ID to shovel sidewalks, but not to exercise your right to vote in our elections. And I don't want to ruin the surprise here, but he can't make it make sense. House Republicans are criticizing you for requiring workers to bring multiple forms of identification to sign up for that job. They tweeted, quote, let's get this straight. In Zoran Mamdani socialist utopia, it takes two forms of ID to shovel snow, but no ID to vote. Make it make sense, unquote. What's your response to that, sir? Well, here in New York City, we
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follow the law and it's federal law
Eric Bolling
to require certain forms of identification in order for someone to actually be paid for this kind of a job. And so that's what we're asking for, two forms of identification. It's a long standing city program. It's a long standing city policy. Yeah, you know, except you want the law to be that you have to be an American citizen to vote, because that is the law. It's constitutional law, you nut job, you socialist Democrat. By the way, yesterday, I was wondering if they were going to prop him up for president. They can't because he was born in Uganda, I believe, or somewhere out of the country. But leaving the Democrats to try and change that one, too. By the way, another wild moment from Gavin Newsom's cringeworthy and racist interview the other day is when he inadvertently, or maybe, I don't know, purposely, maybe you decide, brought up Kamala Harris's connection to Willie Brown and, and, and, and for Those that don't know Willie Brown. You wouldn't know Kamala Harris without Willie Brown. So he wants to run for president. Kamala said she's going to run for president. Is that a shot already? We know Willie Brown. We know what happened with Willie Brown. He was married. Sleeping around with Kamala Harris when she was trying to become a prosecutor. Working her way up. Working her way up, so to speak. Well, we need to say. Just say it. It's a mental illness. Men who dress up as women to invade their sports and safe spaces, and now they're angry and violent, too. This comedian says the words out loud and the audience of liberal loonies somehow thinks this is funny. I think we should start killing kids until they let us use whatever bathroom they want. It's funny considering the nut job who just killed his wife, killed his son, and killed himself in a hockey game. Also a trans. Whatever. Tranny. Sorry I said it. Tranny. Mental illnesses, folks, finally, can someone please give Robert De Niro a good movie to make again? He's walking around these days doing interviews, chaperoned by security, living his multimillion dollar homes, giving bad Oscar performances, shrouded in Trump derangement syndrome. He's an idiot. He said we got to get rid of him.
Congressman Ralph Norman
Yeah.
Eric Bolling
He's going to ruin the country. Everything that this country has worked for represents. He is ruining it, and it's right before your eyes.
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This is it.
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This is our country. You know, I want my country back. I don't want everybody going around with their American. The maga, with the American flags like they're the only ones. We are the Americans, too.
Congressman Ralph Norman
And I think there are more of us.
Eric Bolling
No, I don't think. I know there are more of us because we believe in what's right and wrong. Empathy, kindness, bringing the country together, not dispersing. I mean, Trump is really just doing what the people asked him to do. I mean, he told. He told everyone we were going to kill the woke culture. DEI was going to go away, close the borders and do all that stuff, deport illegals. He's just doing De Niro, by the way. Maybe it has something to do. I think De Niro has a trans daughter. Dude, whatever. Boy that became a daughter or something like that. Maybe that's part of what's going through his mind, but he certainly has Trump derangement syndrome. All right, folks, huge episode. Grant Cardone. This Guy is managing $5 billion in real estate in south Florida. He thinks it could have been 10 times that had he bowed at the altar of investment banks on Wall Street. He said no way he's doing it on his own watch. What's more important to you, Grant, was it was the number, the 5 billion or the fact that you didn't have to kneel at the altar of investment banking? Yeah, probably. Probably not kneeling, dude. Not kneeling because it would be 50 if I'd have taken the knee. Yeah. Because they'll give me ten times the money. So sometimes I think that was stupid, by the way. And he goes on to say he was stupid for not taking the 10 times. But look, he did it his way. It's a really fascinating interview. I hope you check it out. Just point your, pull up the QR code, guys. Just point your camera right at that QR code right there. Come up, press, press the yellow button. It'll automatically subscribe you. When you subscribe, you get all the information. You don't get charged. You don't get bombarded with marketing materials. You just are told when a new episode arrives. And the bigger we become, we tell YouTube, the higher they push us up on the YouTube platform. We're growing at the top 1% of all new YouTube channels. We really want you aboard. I love the fact you, you watch Rev Morning and I saw, I saw one of our, our text people in the morning. She's on all day, all night. Stay with Rav. All day, all night. Stay with us at 4:00. And please subscribe to the Edge and stay with me over there as well. We'll be back two and a half minutes.
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workingwithcancerpledge.com si quieres vera el discorso sobre el estado de la union en espanol. Cintoniza RAV Espanol. Translating, folks. If you want to watch the State of the Union, the address in Spanish, tune into RAV Espanol. Isn't that cool? They're going to broadcast in the Spanish as well. All right, U.S. men's hockey team, get this. They couldn't fly back to New York. They had to fly back to Miami after their massive win of gold in. In Italy. Phenomenal. Wasn't supposed to win. They won. They beat Canada's butt and overtime was awesome. About two minutes into overtime. Great, great, great game. So they had to go to Miami. And when you're in Miami, there's plenty of places to party, but this happened at a nightclub. I believe it's the eleven nightclub. Big nightclub in Miami. I believe this happened, but they. They shut the whole music down to do. The night. Yeah, I gotta say, I've been to that club and I certainly can tell you I've never heard the Star Spangle banner sung at that club. That was phenomenal. All right. We love hearing your voicemails. 888-601-0032 is the number. Call anytime I listen to his maze. I can't. Mad Dog, what do you got? We got a message from the Golden Ghetto.
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Hey, Eric. Mad Dogging crew.
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This is Golden Ghetto guy.
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Boo hoo.
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Trump is badass. Royce White is badass. That's my America. Y' all take care now.
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Yeah,
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I think I just like. He made me crack up. The. The little poem at the beginning. Mad Dog, I think that was for you, brother. It was for me and I loved it. All right, next one. This one is GOP needs to prepare for midterms. Hey, Eric, great show. Guiding Light.
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You know, if the GOP is so worried about the midterm turnout, maybe they ought to get off their mushy little spines and get out there and show the American people we know how to do it. We do it better and we get it done. And we do it in a fashion that makes the Democrats just look horrible because they're not doing anything except whining.
Eric Bolling
Just a thought. I love it. I love it. How about this? When we start with this, why don't we get John Thune to get off his spiny little soft, spiny backside and kill the filibuster, use the nuclear option and pass the Save Act. That'd be great. How about doing it now? I mean, going into midterms right now. I mean, folks, everyone I know Trump saying, don't read the polls now because in the. In the past with Trump, the polls are rarely accurate. But it's just not looking good in the midterms. They're not arresting any people. They got to get people behind bars. What a great idea. Get the Save act passed through the nuclear option. Democrats used it. Why not us? Madden. So this is the guy that made
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Hey, Eric, it's Jack Saxon, man. Happy anniversary, brother. One full year. You are doing an amazing job, absolutely crushing it. So I just wanted to wish you happy anniversary. You are the backbone of America, man. Get me on Real America's Music, brother. I got a lot of good songs that are perfect for Real America's music label. Hook me up, bro. Jack Saxon, wishing you happy anniversary.
Eric Bolling
Well, thank you, Jax. And Jax did play a song. We played it a couple of times here. Yeah, we will. We got all the. All the bosses from Real American Music walking around here as well. They hear the show, they always talk. We'll send it over to them, too. By the way, I haven't missed a day, I haven't missed an episode in more than a year of this show. Think about that. Not one Mad dog. This is Veterans won't stand for the
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LGBT flag flying in front of the US Flag.
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Hey, Eric, brother, this is Kent from La Crosse, Wisconsin, on your show last
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night that the puke Chuck Schumer wants
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to let the LGBTQ flag fly ahead
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I'm a 69 year old Vietnam veteran.
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I have 50 million veterans behind me from World War II that not many left.
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Iraq, Afghanistan. It ain't gonna happen, Chucky. It is not gonna happen.
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Donald Trump's gonna make sure it ain't gonna happen.
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I'm sure he's got a Bic lighter in his pocket right now, so. All right, brother. Thanks for your show. We all appreciate you.
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Love you.
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Bye.
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Thank you. Thank you for our freedom. Appreciate that. That you're right 100%. That flag is. Too many people died protecting that flag and everything it represents. We ain't gonna have a pride flag anywhere near it or any other flag for that matter. Remember when Biden did that to the White House? We'll never let him forget. Or I'm coming up next. Say the Union. Tonight, we're gonna break it up. This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.
Host: Eric Bolling
Featured Guests: Senator Ron Johnson (WI), Congressman Ralph Norman (SC)
Main Focus: Analysis and preview of President Trump’s first State of the Union of his second term; Democrat boycotts; Iran and foreign policy; voter ID laws; media hypocrisy; conservative movement concerns.
This episode centers on the political climate ahead of President Trump's State of the Union address. Eric Bolling and his guests discuss Democrat plans to boycott the event, the administration’s approach to Iran amid rising tensions, and the broader culture war over voter ID and American values. Bolling also reacts to recent media and political comments (notably from Gavin Newsom), and amplifies calls for Senate Republicans to push stronger on conservative priorities, particularly the SAVE Act on voter identification. Listener voicemails and some behind-the-scenes perspectives on conservative media growth round out the show.
On Democratic Boycotts:
“Somehow these Democrats, they think protest looks like empty seats. It's not just political theater. It's disrespect to the routine of America itself.” —Eric Bolling [43:17]
On Iran:
“Iran is a menace...I, for one, can’t wait for the mullahs to be replaced by the people of Iran, take control of their country.” —Sen. Ron Johnson [11:07]
On Voter ID Laws:
“Americans don’t want their legitimate vote canceled out by a fraudulent one.... I would prefer they start recognizing that reality and we ought to do it before the Democrats turn this nation into a one-party state very quickly.” —Sen. Ron Johnson [13:09]
On Media & Race:
“Racism is a favorite hidden but not so hidden trait of the Democrat Party. Always has been ... That is the soft bigotry of lowered expectations.” —Eric Bolling [32:10, 36:00]
On Republican Leadership:
“It’s a feeling I’m getting...the lack of conservative cojones coming out of John Thune.” —Eric Bolling [28:44]
Wrap-up Listener Quote:
“If the GOP is so worried about the midterm turnout, maybe they ought to get off their mushy little spines and get out there and show the American people we know how to do it. We do it better and we get it done.” —Caller, “Guiding Light” [56:28]
The episode maintains a conversational, decidedly opinionated tone, blending political analysis and media criticism with sarcastic humor and open calls for conservative activism. Bolling and his guests use passionate rhetoric, pointed critiques of both the Democratic Party and their own party’s less-assertive leaders, and direct engagement with their listener base.
This episode offers a comprehensive pre-State of the Union look from a conservative viewpoint, covering both political strategy and cultural flashpoints. Expect strong opinions, inside-the-beltway analysis with Johnson and Norman, and Bolling’s signature engagement with audience calls. The discussion on voter ID, Democrat strategy and optics, and U.S. foreign policy puts partisan conflict and the upcoming election front-and-center, while providing a window into grassroots conservative frustrations and hopes for a bolder party stance.