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Bobby Bones
You know Eddie and I recently stopped by. Yeah in Nashville.
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Eric Bolling
It's an incredible non profit empowering kids through music education.
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Bobby Bones
Thanks to Hyundai. We recorded a special podcast episode while we were there.
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Eric Bolling
How do you think learning an instrument helps kids with confidence?
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YEAH Representative
Learning an instrument allows them to discover a little bit further of who they are and be comfortable with it and then share a little bit about that with others. And if it's done in an environment that is celebrating and championing them, then that confidence can only go up.
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Eric Bolling
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See full terms@mintmobile.com when I was diagnosed all I wanted to do was get back to work.
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Guest Speaker / Commentator
I wanted to get back to that
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Bobby Bones
trajectory that I was on prior to the cancer.
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Eric Bolling
I always felt like I had value. I had a place on the team to just be treated with dignity. It means everything. Research shows there is a significant connection between the ability to continue to work and cancer recovery. We can make work a better place
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Eric Bolling
All right, ring the bell. Ring the bell. Paris Hilton. Ring the bell. Investing in women is smart business. International Women's Day doesn't look like her anyway. All right, there's something I want to get to show the markets here. Show the screen. There's something very important. No, that's. That's outdated, guys. That's really old. All right, here's what happened. We wake up last night around midnight. I watch oil was trading $120 a barrel. Oil is $120 a barrel. The stock market was down 1200 points. Okay, you can get rid of that screen. The screen's old. Get rid of that. Stock market was down 1200 points. So I called Bannon. I called Bannon at midnight. That's like, steve, we got to talk about this. There's something going on in the oil markets. I really think there's. This is. There's something out of place here. We had a long discussion this morning on Bannon. If you watch the show 10:30. I was on from 10:30, 11:30. I talked about how the oil markets are. Are reacting improperly. They don't know what they're doing in the oil markets right now. It needs to be a lot lower throughout the day. So we were 1200 lower, about 700 lower when we opened up the markets this morning. Throughout the day, I was Talking to banners. $109, $107 a barrel. the time, oil, everything changed. Everything stuff. People started to get their collective thought around them. Oil started coming back down. Not down to where it started, but certainly a lot better than where it was overnight. There was no reason for it to be 120. There's no reason for it be the hundred dollars a barrel. To be honest with you, I've done this a long time. I've been doing this for 30 years, 36 years to be exact. As oil came down, stock market turned around. The Dow is now up, ended the day up 225 points. S P is up 55 points. NASDAQ was down 700 last night into the morning, down 400 this morning, ends up up 300 points. My point is take a deep breath. I've sent an idea from the Bannon show into the White House. Went right to the administration, went to Susie Wiles, went to Pete Exit, went to others. If they listen to this, we will get oil prices back down to the 50 or $60 level, maybe even below. Just stay with us. All right, folks, think about this. In 2006, $20,000 equaled roughly 30 ounces of gold. For 20 grand, you buy 30 ounces of gold. But at today's spot prices, those same 33 ounces of gold would be worth about $165,000. So if you bought it then and just held on to it, you went from 20 grand to $165,000. Think about that. Smart Americans who diversify a portion of their portfolios and into precious metals are the winners. And that's why you need to consider buying gold from my friends at Birch Gold Group. For thousands of years, gold has been the main storer of value wealth and today it's a crucial part of any balanced strategy. Even better, Birch Gold can help you convert an existing IRA or 401k into a tax sheltered retirement account. In gold, just text the word America to the number 989-898 to receive your free info kit on gold. There's no obligation, just useful information with an A plus rating. With a Better Business Bureau and tens of thousands of happy customers, let Birch Gold help you diversify into gold. Now that's peace of mind. Text that word America to 989-898. Again, text the word America to 989-898 today. A few weeks ago we discussed what was unfolding with Iran was not a regional crisis, but a global power play with China at its core. My next guest says the current conflicts in Iran play a part in the CCP's broader war plans and this ties to military purges taking place on mainland China. Right now, here to discuss, a senior investigative reporter for the Epoch Times and host of Crossroads podcast, Joshua Phillip. Joshua, thank you for joining us. Let's just talk a little bit about this conflict in Iran and you know, we've been watching Iran sell oil at a discount to China for years now. They're just getting around their sanctions that way. What is China watching for in this. In Iran, specifically with this change of regime and Trump saying he's going to be involved in the final leader of Iran? Is he? And what is China saying about this behind the scenes?
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Bobby Bones
Well, Iran shouldn't be seen so much as a force when it comes to, like, you know, ground military forces. Not even really nuclear weapons, new nuclear weapons that make them more of, like, a regional power. What makes Iran powerful and useful to the CCP is actually the control of international terror networks. And those terror networks are deeply tied in with drug cartels, criminal organizations, narco terrorist organizations, assassin networks, organized crime. This ties into what's happening in Latin America. It ties into the new coalition Trump has started to go after the cartels in Latin America. It even ties in with some of the direct war plans of the Chinese Communist Party, which, according to Xi Jinping's main advisor, Qin Canrong, they wanted to get the United States involved in four wars. They announced this before Russia, Ukraine, before Israel. They wanted to get America involved in a war with Russia. They wanted to have America involved with a terrorist organization fighting it, which would, of course, be Iran puppeteering that, and they wanted to have America involved in a war in Latin America. The original plan was for Lula and Brazil to invade a country, and right before Trump captured Maduro, they were planning, with Lula in Brazil, to invade Guyana, which would have started a war. I'd say what's happening right now with Iran is taking the terror chess piece off the table. And as they go after the networks in Latin America especially, they're basically cutting the head off the snake. You're still gonna have to deal with some probably lone wolf terrorists, but they're cutting the head off the snake right now. This will also deter the CCP from invading Taiwan, at least successfully, which is why this is all so big.
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Eric Bolling
So I want to go into that in a second because I'm not sure I see the link. Why. Why China would be deterred from evading Taiwan. But you'll tell me in one second, but before they. Before that. Okay, so, as you say, Iran is not a huge military presence in the Middle east, but they are dropping missiles into some of its neighbors and, you know, places like Bahrain and in Kuwait declared force majeure on a shipment of oil today. So they're doing this, but it doesn't take a lot of skill or assets to do this. I just read something I Just watched Fox tell me that it's about $20,000 for an Iranian drone to be shot out of the sky with a four or six million dollars missile that we have. And I'm also hearing that some of the folks in the Middle east who are our friends are running out of defensive missiles to shoot down the drones. Any of this true?
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Bobby Bones
Well, to be clear, so Iran, Iran does pose a military threat, but not, not in the CCP's eyes, not on par with what their real power is. The real threat of Iran is Hezbollah. The real threat of Iran is the irgc. The real threat of Iran is them stoking the fires of radicalism. In Brazil, you have actual political parties. In countries like Peru, for example, you have Hezbollah training networks in Mexico, including in Tijuana. They work with the cartels. They taught them tunnel building. They taught them IEDs. They work with training. These people. They control smuggling networks. Notably, drugs are not just for drugs. Drugs are about weaponized corruption. If you control the country with corruption, whoever controls the corruption controls the country.
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Eric Bolling
Allow me to stop you right there. Okay, so now maybe the Supreme Ayatollah, one of its sons, is going to take over, allegedly. And Trump has said it won't last long if he's not involved in the decision. Okay, so maybe this guy survives, maybe he doesn't. Who knows? My point is the irgc, okay, so there was. The real strength in Iran should be, is the 90 million people there. So you have the 90 million people who wanted to replace or get rid of the ayatollah system, the mullah system, as their government leadership. And then you have the irgc, who's going to be the enforcer of whoever takes control, who will ultimately control Iran. Now, I'm not talking about the next couple of weeks, the next decade, let's
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Bobby Bones
say, you know, we'll have to see. I mean, the other reality is the United States. We don't have a good track record of like, successful regime change.
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Eric Bolling
You think that's an understatement, but go ahead. I'm sorry, I digress.
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Bobby Bones
You know, we don't, we don't have a good track record with that. The hard reality, too is that in countries in the Middle east, it is the case that monarchy tends to be the stable form of government. The more functional countries are monarchies. What I think Trump wants is for a country that will work together with Saudi Arabia, with Qatar, because in his eyes, I think those are stable, non terrorist problem countries that maintain the same type of basic order that he wants for that region. When it comes to countries that are more radicalized, Iran is kind of the figurehead, and they stoke the fires of that as a form of regional control. And so I think Trump wants to uproot that network. He wants to uproot that system of power within the Middle East.
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Eric Bolling
I don't disagree with that. But can you. My point is, when, when will the 90 million people. They tried to do it in November, then they tried to do it again in January. You know, a bunch of people got slaughtered. But this is a, this was a moment where you got rid of the ayatollah, may have gotten the IRGC on, on the side of the people instead of the side of the mullahs. Right. And the government is just, it's just there for, for show anyway. So wouldn't. It feels like this was going to be the moment. If we can't do it now, we may not never see it again.
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Bobby Bones
Well, my personal take is the son of the Shah, the former Shah, of course, is kind of the choice, because what he's talking about is potential monarchy, potential democracy. The hard reality, too, is countries like Israel, I think even a lot of Republicans, even Democrats, I don't view democracy in a country like that as necessarily a good thing. You know, has Hamas in, of course, you know, Palestine or Gaza. Hamas is a democrat, a democratically elected government. And the other hard reality, too, is when you have a destabilized country, you're going to have a lot of other countries trying to take control of it. China will try to seize control of that process if that happens. So I think they would view the Shah as the only stable option, at least as an interim.
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Eric Bolling
Is, is that even. I haven't even heard that name floated. I mean, you know, the Shah was, was deposed, was killed and got rid of, so to speak, or just, just opposed. And everything changed from that moment. It became, it just became a religious fanatic state where, where their main export is terrorism.
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Bobby Bones
Yeah, it's a complicated region. Even some of the main rebel groups are communist, even some of the ones trying to do liaison work with the United States, like they're against the current regime, but they're communists. So, you know, you don't always have it where, like, every good option is a good option or every alternative option is a good option. It's not necessarily like, you know, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. You have very radical groups, you have terrorist groups, you have communist groups, which all want the current regime overturned. They have their own agendas. Trump could also be looking at this Like Syria, for example, where, you know, the guy who used to be on the terror watch list, like the most wanted list, is now making deals with Trump and he's in charge of the country. It's a complicated region.
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Eric Bolling
They're all complicated, Joshua. Venezuela is complicated. You want to talk complication, start playing around in not Puerto Rico, but Cuba. I mean, there are so many factions that want Cuba because of its proximity to us. Russians want to be involved. The Iranians want to be involved, the North Korea. Everyone wants, they all want to be right. That 90 miles off our shore, keeping an eye on what we're doing. Yeah, it gets really, really complicated. I love having this guy on. You're, you're a great guest, Joshua. Phillip, we'd like to get you back as soon as we can. Appreciate your time.
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Bobby Bones
Thank you.
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Eric Bolling
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Bobby Bones
it's Bobby Bones from the Bobby Bones Show. You know, Eddie and I recently stopped by YEAH in Nashville.
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Eric Bolling
It's an incredible nonprofit empowering kids through music education.
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Bobby Bones
Thanks to Hyundai, we recorded a special podcast episode while we were there.
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Eric Bolling
Check it out. What's the dream for? Yeah, in the next few years we
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YEAH Representative
would love to have more consistent programming during the weekend. Our Rock Block program is dependent on funding venues that are available to host band based programming. We would love to extend the camp to a second consecutive week so that kids can go a little bit deeper into what they've created during the first week camp. And we'd love to expand our programming to offer more industry related skills like audio, lighting, production, recording so that kids can be on a track to see where what they may create with an instrument can lead, but also to welcome those that may not want to be on stage but lack the opportunity at school to have an entry point into music.
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Bobby Bones
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Bobby Bones
To donate and learn more about yeah's mission, just visit yeahrocks.org When I was
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Eric Bolling
diagnosed, all I wanted to do was
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Eric Bolling
I wanted to get back to that
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Bobby Bones
trajectory that I was on prior to the cancer.
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Eric Bolling
I always felt like I had value. I had a place on the team to just be treated with dignity. It means everything. Research shows there is a significant connection
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Eric Bolling
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YEAH Representative
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Eric Bolling
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Steve Toth
I think you're going to see a wider margin of victory than you've seen in the past with Dan. For the very simple reason that typically Congressional District 2 receives a lot of undervotes. For the very simple reason that conservatives just didn't like Dan. I. I was one of the first people to come out and support him. I loved him. It was a man crush. You know, there are a lot of conservatives that thought Dan was. Was going to be great. But Eric, no sooner did he get there, then he became part of the problem. He loved and followed the swamp more than he followed his constituents, unfortunately.
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Eric Bolling
It's amazing how he didn't. It really gets me how some of these rhinos aren't seeing the writing on the wall and they're holding this. This traditional Republicanism. It's a new world. It's a changing world. You know something else that happened on the same day that you won that primary, Proposition 10. And I bring this up because I think this is very, very important. I just don't know why we have to use a proposition in our elections to get this done. But Proposition 10 was about making sure Sharia law never becomes the law in Texas. Can you imagine this day and age, that we have to vote on that? By the way, it passed with 95% approval rating.
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Steve Toth
Yeah. So here's the problem is that people think that this is an issue of the First Amendment. Sharia is not a religion. Muslim clerics will tell you Sharia is not a religion. It is a political system, and it's adverse to our way of life. And anyone that comes here that would. Would swear allegiance to the United States of America. You're lying if you hold Sharia in your heart because it's antithetical to everything that we've ever believed.
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Eric Bolling
You know, there's so much going on in Texas right now. It was this, your race, which we're thrilled about. And I'll be honest here. I mean, this is the way I do it. I just say it the way I believe it. And I don't worry. People yell at me later if they want. I think Ken Paxton is the right choice for Senate. I think John Cornyn is another one of the Dan Crenshaw rhinos. Right. But there's some back and forth going on. Is it going to be Cornyn now? And what do you think? What are your thoughts on this? I don't want to get you in any kind of trouble with your constituents or anything, but give us a. Give us a high altitude thought on this.
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Steve Toth
Well, you asked the wrong person about getting into trouble. It's kind of like my middle name. So, look, when. When I decided to run against Dan. I said, look, we've done the polling, and there's only one person that has high and higher unapproval rates and higher unfavorable number than. Than John Cornham. That's Dan Crenshaw there. Those two are within a point of each other. And I think, honestly, at the end of the day, the person that stands the greatest chance of exciting the base and getting the base to turn out against James Talarico, who wants to. Who supports the gender mutilation of our children, the only person that stands a better chance of beating him than. Than. Than Cornyn is. Is. Is Dan. Is. Paxton. Ken Paxton.
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Eric Bolling
Ken Paxton, yeah.
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Steve Toth
Ken's a superstar. He's a servant. He said to the president, look, the most important thing right now is passing the America first act and making sure that we have free and fair elections. And I'll absolutely step away if. If John Cornyn will agree to pass this. But he won't, Eric, because he doesn't care.
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Eric Bolling
You know, it's. It's sad that we're having this discussion right now because I. I think Telorico is very beatable. You just show some of the things he said over the years during COVID some of the things he said about white. White people in these white. It's. It's incredible how he would even be mentioned, like, oh, we need Cornyn to beat Talarico. I think. I think the dog catcher would be Talarico, to be honest with you, in the state of Texas, unless Texas is really changing. I just. I don't know why there's this new push to keep corn in another rhino corner. Reminds me a lot of John McCain, to be honest. We'll move on to something else.
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Steve Toth
He's worse. He's absolutely worse.
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Eric Bolling
That's tough. Listen, I always thought the biggest rhino on the planet was John McCain. I mean, he was the guy who made Obamacare happen for us. Anyway, I digress. You called this race, your. Your race, the referendum on the future of the Republican Party. Turning Point usa. Turning Point Action supports you as well, Senator Ted Cruz. Tell us what you mean about that. And if that's true, why are we even having a discussion about Ken, Ken Paxton or John Cornyn?
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Steve Toth
You know, the Texas border went from bright blue to bright red. Why? Because of Donald Trump. Why? The problem with the Republican Party is that when we win elections, we take office. However, when Democrats, Eric, when they win elections, they wield power. And the next generation, especially emerging people that are looking at the Republican Party, they want to See, bold leadership, the kind of bold leadership that Donald Trump exhibits and is grossly lacking in John Cornyn. I mean, John Cornyn is the essence of low energy, as the president likes to talk about. Ken Paxton is the kind of guy that, that leads with actions, not words. He embodies everything that the Republicans are looking for in the next senator from the state of Texas.
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Eric Bolling
Yeah, no question. No, no question about it. And yeah, again, this whole idea of we need to keep a rhino in there because he has a better chance of beating a really progressive leftist in the state of Texas. I think it's, I think they're, they're pulling the wool over our eyes, so to speak. Congressman Steve Toth, really good having you on, my friend. We'd like to get you back as things progress because I like what you're, what you're selling there in the state and appreciate your time, sir. God bless you, Eric, and you as well, and you as well. Get him back. And he's great, right, folks? Love that guy. All right, let me tell you a little something interesting happening right now. The new show the Edge we told you about non political. We talk about performance, money, health, pressure, longevity, living longer, winning, or we're growing in a way that even surprised me. Just a few months, five months, less than six months. We've crossed 1.6 million views, 12,000 subscribers, and 70,000. We're pushing 70,000 hours of watch time. That means tens of thousand people actually sitting down watching the conversations. Not doom scrolling, not rage, watching political people fighting. Yak, yak, yak. We're just watching conversations where we sit down with some of the most important people. Success, longevity, investing, life at full speed. People like Grant Cardone, billionaire Jillian Michaels, biggest loser. Remember that? One of the best trainers in the planet, Tito Ortiz, kicking butt all over the place. Pro Trump, Brett Favre, great hall of Fame quarterback Jordan Belfort, the guy who wrote Wolf of Wall Street, Patrick Bet, David, among other huge names. Performance, health. Real conversation about what it takes to operate at the edge. Find your edge. Well, you just go to subscribe right there. YouTube.com EricBulling the Edge hit your phone, your camera on that thing. Press the yellow line. Just search it on YouTube or on Google. Just search it. Eric Bowling in the Edge. Please subscribe. I'm not going to sell you anything. Doesn't cost anything. Just want to show YouTube that we're getting bigger and bigger and they'll show us to more and more people. We'll be back. Two and a half minutes.
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it's Bobby Bones from the Bobby Bones Show. You know Eddie and I recently stopped by. Yeah, in Nashville.
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Eric Bolling
It's an incredible nonprofit empowering kids through music education.
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Bobby Bones
Thanks to Hyundai. We recorded a special podcast episode while we were there.
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Eric Bolling
Check it out. What's the dream for? Yeah, in the next few years we
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would love to have more consistent programming during the weekend. Our Rock Block program is dependent on funding venues that are available to host band based programming. We would love to extend the camp to a second consecutive week so that kids can go a little bit deeper into what they've created during the first week camp. And we'd love to expand our programming to offer more industry related skills like audio, lighting, production, recording so that kids can be on a track record to see where what they may create with an instrument can lead, but also to welcome those that may not want to be on stage but lack the opportunity at school to have an entry point into music.
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The full episode is out now.
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Bobby Bones
Presented by the Hyundai Ioniq 9. To donate and learn more about yeah's mission, just visit yahrocks.org I think when
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Change the words, dodge the blank.
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Eric Bolling
Let's just check in with New York City, shall we? Where does the mayor Mandani, where he does whitewashing for Islamic terrorists and his wife cheerleads the mass murder and rape of Jews by Hamas? But don't worry, don't worry everyone. She's just a private citizen. Nothing to see here. What else is going on in New York, you may ask? Well, nothing. Just terrorism and denial about terrorists coming from the mayor, from the media. Because someone throwing an explosive device into a crowd while shaling Allahu Akbar is now somehow justified. But I guess that's just the New New York way. Terrorism is fine because they were asking for it. And just like that, I think Democrats have suddenly found their newest mantra. So two guys throw an explosive device each into a crowd and they yell Allahu Akbar. And it's not just the starting of a joke, it's the real thing that happened over the weekend. It's New York City's reality. But folks, let's not be Islamophobic. All right.
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On Saturday, a protest was held outside Gracie Mansion where I live with my wife Rama. Neither of us were home at the time. This was a vile protest rooted in white supremacy entitled Stop the Islamic takeover of New York City. I'm the first Muslim mayor of our city. Anti Muslim bigotry is nothing new to me. Nor is it anything new for the 1 million or so Muslim New Yorkers who know this city as our home.
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Eric Bolling
It's a terrorist attack. But make it Islamophobic to talk about that way, right? Is that how we're going to do it? Make it about supremacy? Okay, white supremacy. Gotcha. And don't make it any assumptions. So anyway, the terrorists, both of them threw a bomb and intended to hurt and kill people. A bomb which the New York Times insists on referring to as a smoking jar of metal and fuses. It was a bomb. It was a highly explosive bomb as well. Fancy rebrand there, New York Times. But the device didn't go off. The NYPD steps in and instead of the conversation being about the attempted bombing, instead it's about the terrible protesters, not the guys who threw the bombs, the protesters. The media slithers around the elephant in the room in their usual snaky, cagey ways because they'll decide what terrorism is and what it isn't. Thank you very much. And I know what you're thinking right now. Islamophobics, right? Just because someone yelled that out and that thing, that is Islamic extremists inspired by a terrorist organization like ISIS do, they did the same thing. Doesn't mean what you think it means. You are saying. I'm a Democrat now. Watch.
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YEAH Representative
Well, sources telling CNN that both men that were arrested following these protests in relation to those two explosive devices admitted to having been inspired by isis.
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Eric Bolling
Yeah, but it's not terrorism, you guys. So the media will distract you from it and hope it just goes away. Is this the pattern? Of course it is. Because some extremism gets condemned instantly while other extremism, well, it gets explained away. And that's kind of what people were protesting in the first place. Let's just talk about this and what it means to be a private citizen. Because this BS ends right here and right now. Mamdani, you're married to this woman and she's married to the mayor of New York City. You're living together in a taxpayer funded Gracie Mansion. So the idea that you exist outside public scrutiny is a bit of a stretch. It's beyond stretchy. It's also BS Crap. I almost said the word, and it's not true. This isn't somebody posting pictures of their brunch. This is the mayor's wife liking posts celebrating terrorist attacks that killed 1400 innocent civilians. Women, children. So, yeah, happy people are just going to ask about it. Sorry about that. And this is what they got when they did ask.
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Is it anybody's business? And is it fair to question you about it? You know, my wife is the love of my life. And she's also a private person who has held no formal position on my
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campaign or in my City Hall.
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I, however, was elected to represent all 8.5 million people in this city. And I believe that it's my responsibility, because of that role to answer any questions about my thoughts and my policies and my decisions.
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Eric Bolling
Oh, that's sweet. You love your. I get it. You love your wife. But that wasn't the question. It wasn't a question whether you love your wife. The question was whether celebrating as she did, celebrating the massacre of Jews, or denying rape during a terrorist attack is something you, mayor, are comfortable brushing off. So activist Jake Lang organizes a protest outside Gracie Mansion, which the mayor, of course, describes as racist and hateful because hundreds of New Yorkers and university students calling for wiping out Israel in America. Well, they were warm and loving, not racist or hateful. But during that protest, two men attempted to throw an explosive device into the crowd while yelling Allahu Akbar. Thankfully, the bomb didn't detonate. And the NYPD deserves real credit for stepping. Running at that bomb. Stepping in instantly. Yes, the same NYPD that Mamdani has called racist and wants to defund. But the biggest outrage from City hall wasn't about the attempted bombing. It was about the protest. How about this? How about two things can be true at once? Sure, Mamdani, you can think the protest was misguided, which you probably do. But you can also find it in your Marxist jihadist heart to acknowledge that someone threw bombs into a crowd in your city. Or do your politics just make that awkward? And the media doing the left's bidding as usual, handling terrorists with their usual care. Suspicious devices. Try with me. New York Times, NBC, abc.
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Steve Toth
Bomb.
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Eric Bolling
Say it. Terrorists. Terrorism. It's not hard. Wasn't very hard at all. They loved throwing around Russian disinformation and Russian collusion for months. That was easy. But a bomb thrown into a crowd of protesters? Just an incident. But worse, a deserved incident. These people actually believe that the west invites terrorism because of our values. That loving America and our flag and our Constitution and sovereignty somehow Makes us racist and deserving of violence. Bombs being thrown at us. That's right. It all comes back to the same thing. Because if extremists attack you, maybe you deserved it. If you're conservative, think about what they're trying to do. This is the same crowd that wants to keep illegal criminals here in America. They're just fine with terrorism, too. They're framing it as understandable, provoked, even justified. Perhaps like when Charlie Kirk was murdered for expressing opinions. They didn't like asking for it, they said so. Terrorist attacks aren't condemned, they're explained. When it's thrown at conservatives, they're rationalized. Even the ones speaking out against it become the villains. We're Islamophobic. A mayor telling the public not to worry about controversial rhetoric coming from inside his own household, his wife, while lecturing everyone else about extremism. And the media environment that seems very confident identifying some extremists, but suddenly gets very shy about identifying others. Condemning terrorism shouldn't depend on who's throwing it or who's receiving it. It should only depend on whose ideology is involved. And it definitely shouldn't require a press conference to figure out which kind of extremism we're allowed to talk about today. Because apparently in New York City, it seems the only thing more controversial than extremism is pointing it out. We'll be back in two and a half minutes.
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The only way we don't have victory if we surrender. And we're not going to retreat. We're not going to surrender. We're not going to quit.
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Eric Bolling
So this is always interesting, you know, the family of Jesse Jackson asked for one thing on his funeral and one thing only. Let's not make that funeral about politics, please. Because your friends ain't my friends. My friends and your friends, we don't know the same people. You don't know the same people that I know. Do not bring your politics out of respect to Reverend Jesse Jackson and the
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life that he lived.
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Eric Bolling
To these homegoing services come respect the and come to say thank you. Do not bring politics to this funeral. Please be respectful. Have you ever met a respectful Democrat who can refrain from being political and angry at any given moment? Also, how much failure can there be in a single photo at a funeral? Apparently the politics just couldn't help itself. But Democrats are just as hateful. A hateful, venomous and self serving bunch, aren't they? Led by the divider in chief. One by one each of them came out and spread hatred for Trump and country. Each day we wake up to some
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new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law, an offense to common decency. Every day you wake up to
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Eric Bolling
to
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things you just didn't think were possible. Each day we're told by those in high office to fear each other and to turn on each other and that some Americans count more than others and
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Eric Bolling
that some don't even count at all.
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Let me just say I predicted a lot about what's happening right now. I'm not into saying I told you so, but we did see it coming.
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Eric Bolling
And just a little reminder that the Reverend Jesse Jackson and President Trump were very close for for many, many years. And then because they defied the family's request, Jesse Jackson's son let him know exactly how he felt. By the way, pay attention to Al Sharpton's reaction, knowing full well he's guilty of what's being criticized.
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for several hours of three United States presidents who do not know Jesse Jackson. He maintained a tense relationship
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with the
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political order not because the presidents were
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white or black, but the demands of
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our message, the demands of speaking for
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the least of these, those who were
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disinherited, the damned, the dishonest, possessed, the
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disrespected,
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demanded not Democratic or Republican solutions, but demanded a consistent prophetic voice. Reverend Al getting it right to the chin. And Obama and Clinton as well. Kamala Harris had had some time to reflect on her losing presidential campaign. But. But clearly there hasn't been enough time for Cammie to write some new lines for her speeches. Might want to work on that before the 2028 run. Cammie just saying.
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Understand, as has been said, the beauty that comes after the storm when we see what is possible and what can be unburdened by what has been. As he once said, when a barrier Falls for one of the locked out. It opens the doors for all. And that is what he told me and what he taught me and how he inspired me.
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Eric Bolling
She used that. Unburdened by what has been lying. What does that even mean? Speaking of Cami Harris, seems that the new NBC poll shows that voters don't particularly care for being unburdened by what has been. Both Kamala Harris and Gavin Newsom aren't faring so well with the voters. Out of a thousand registered voters, 51% have a negative view of Kamala, while just 36% have a positive view. Meanwhile, only 27% of them have a favorable view of Newsom. 45% having that negative view might have something to do with this racist gem. 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 960 SAT guy. Yeah, okay. I'm no better. So everyone in the room had 960 SAT scores. That were you trying to say? And this moment couldn't have helped either. Calling Israel an apartheid state and alluring, alluding to claims that America is making decisions based on what Israel tells it to do. But at least this time he's being treasonous on U.S. soil instead of over there at the World Economic Forum. So there is this. Freeman and others are talking about it appropriately, sort of an apartheid state. They couldn't even, I mean, we're talking about regime change. For two years, they haven't even been able to solve the Hamas question in Israel. So this is, I mean, you know, I want to be careful here, but you know, in so many ways, that influence in the context of conversation of where Trump ultimately landed on this is pretty damn self evident. It and all the grift and the corruption that's also marked part of this and that's a real conversation. We need to have this board of peace and the peace that the Witcoff family is getting and the peace that Kushner is getting and the peace that Trump Jr. Is getting. Joe Biden speaking at the funeral once again served as a reminder as to why those Democrats carried out that political coup to remove him as a 2024 candidate.
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If I told you all earlier when I was a kid I had a cleft palate or club foot, none of you would have laughed. But it's okay to laugh at stuttering. I'm not being critical of you, but think about it. It's the One place where people think you're stupid. Oh, really?
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Eric Bolling
I'm a hell of a lot smarter
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than most of you. All kidding aside, I knew Jesse. We're both young.
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Eric Bolling
I'm only 83.
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I'll tell you, laughing at it, that's
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40 times two plus,
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By the way. You know, the continent of Africa is going to be the largest continent in the world in terms of population by the year 2050. The largest in the entire world.
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Bobby Bones
Watch.
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Eric Bolling
What the hell does that mean? How is that relevant? Hey, fun fact for you today, Biden is the only American president to give a eulogy to both a KKK grand wizard and a civil rights leader.
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For a lot of us, he was a friend and he was a mentor. And he was a guy.
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Eric Bolling
Terrific guy. Okay? You guys just love a good flashback. Hey, remember when one of our sophisticated drones ended up in Iran when Obama was president, and then at first the US Denied the claims, but then Obama acknowledged it and asked for it back. Now Iran is using sophisticated drones to counter our attacks. Good times. President Obama confirmed what we first reported here last Thursday. The aircraft captured by the Iranians earlier this month is in fact one of America's most sophisticated spy planes. The president was asked about it today. We have asked for it back. We'll see how the Iranians respond. In Iran, experts have been poring over the drone.
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Iranian TV claimed today that they've recovered
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data from the RQ170 aircraft, and a top Iranian military official says they can now reproduce it, though US Experts doubt that. So what they're trying to say is the one they took when Biden. Obama. Sorry. Oh, Biden dropped it it and left it there. They used it to create their own. Speaking of Democrats having no class, how about James Carville giving our editors a run for their money today, spewing more venom at the president proudly basking in his Trump Derangement Syndrome without actually saying anything of real substance. You know, just normal leftist Carville banter.
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Look, you fat Trump, if you listen to this, you listen good. Because what I'm getting ready to say is what a lot of people in
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this country speak for who I speak for.
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And I speak for a lot of people. You hear me, you fat. This is what we believe.
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Eric Bolling
You're right.
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I got Trump Derangement Syndrome.
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Eric Bolling
I hate the mother. And you know what? I don't want to get rid of it. Yeah. Yep, yep, yep. That was. He basically got Bill Clinton elected. It's the economy, stupid. That was his idea, his line that got Bill Clinton elected. All right, I hear Trump is going to come to the the spirit the the microphone in Doral. Is this right, Ben? Are we ready to throw to Trump? All right, let's take a look. Dural his Trump Doral watch. God bless the usa.
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And I'm proud to be an American where at least I know I'm free and I won't forget the men who died who gave that life to me
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Eric Bolling
Can I gladly stand up next next
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to you and it meant her still today Cuz there ain't no doubt I
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Eric Bolling
love this land God bless the you.
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Friends, sit down. We have a little time just everybody, thank you very much and to our great speaker, Speaker Johnson. And hello to the men and women of one of the most consequential Republican majorities in history. It's not a big majority, but it's just about the most consequential. The job you've done is incredible. And they are members that are warriors and really people that are for the American people. And that's why you're doing well. And I think that's why we're going to continue to do well. We're fighting a little tradition. You know, historically the person that wins Democrat or Republican wins the presidency. For whatever reason, it doesn't work out. But we've done a lot. I don't know we've done. I think we've done. I think we had the best first year of any president ever. And that includes you because you came along with me and you made it happen. So with your help and hard work, we're making America great again. We're doing it much faster than we thought and it's better, stronger, and our country is doing really well. I mean, at a level that nobody thought. We took a little excursion because we felt we had to do that to get rid of some evil. And I think you'll see it's going to be a short term excursion. How good is our military? Right? Amazing. How good? Short term, Short term. Thank you. They're great. You know, we all together in my first term, we rebuilt our military and I didn't know I'd be using it so much in the second term, but we have a military like no other is not even close. But I especially want to recognize the rest of our amazing House Republican leadership team and so many of my friends that are congressmen, some senators, we have some great people in this room, but including majority leader, a real brave guy because I know the real story. I was there that night with him in the hospital when he was given a very small chance of Living by a doctor who was very good, by a wife who was desperately in love with him. She cried so much because I've seen the other two. I've seen guys at the end of the line, the wives aren't exactly shaken up. When they don't cry, when they have no tears or any sign of tears. This is not a good sign of a great marriage, but he must have a great marriage because she was really. She was just devastated. She was going to lose her guy, but it worked out that the doctor said more blood was put into him than we've ever. That he's ever seen. He was. He was in big trouble. I looked at him that night and I said goodbye to him. But he. He made it. He was brave. And look at the way he fought back from so many different things. Steve Scalise. And we have another one, Tom Emmer, who I really got to know over the last few years. And I'll tell you, he's. He's a winner. He's a champion with another great wife. We got good wives up in here. You, that's a great wife, fine husband. But Tom is just a real champion and a winner. And you have a problem, you go to him, he gets itself. So thank you very much. Great job. You've done a great job. And our conference chairwoman is Lisa McLean. And we all know Lisa. Don't get on her wrong side. It can be a very, very bad experience. Thank you very much. Great job. Great job. And a very special thanks. You know, you broke a record. This is over 20 million. This is. It's the biggest of these type of events that there's ever been by, actually, by a lot. You know, you didn't just break it, you broke it by a lot. So I want to congratulate you. But there's just great spirit. The Republican Party has fantastic spirit. The level I don't think has been seen before. I really don't. We have to get a couple of people on board, which in at least one case is virtually impossible. I wonder who that might be. Sick person. But I want to say a very special thanks to everyone at the Congressional Institute for helping organize this event. This has been amazing. And over the last nine days, we've been reminded of how vital our Republican majorities are. And it's, you know, it's America's future. We're really fighting because these people you saw the other night at the State of the Union, you saw these people, they wouldn't stand for a mother who just lost her daughter by having her Throat slit from behind. They wouldn't stand for the helicopter pilot who just got the Congressional Medal of Honor for landing safely in Venezuela. A helicopter with a lot of soldiers on that. Lot of soldiers on that helicopter, and he was able to land it safely. And he was. His leg was practically ripped off. And for those people that know about helicopters, you land them pretty much with your legs, right, Tom? You land him with the legs, and he was. He was in bad shape, but he got it. He got that not only landed, he landed in exactly the right spot at exactly as blood was pouring down the aisle, which didn't make all of those soldiers in the back feel too good, looking at a pilot as bleeding out. But they didn't want to stand for that. They didn't want to stand for a 100-year-old soldier who was. Who had left a legacy of bravery. Everybody talked about it for years, and it was time for him to get the Congressional Medal of Honor. They didn't want to stand for him. There's something wrong with those people, and we can't let them ever be in a position where they can lead this country again or destroy this country again, because we almost lost this country. This country was close to being lost. The representatives in this room provided the pivotal votes in securing a record $1 trillion for the United States military this year. And now the world is witnessing the importance of that investment with one of the most complex and stunning operations ever conducted, and that's Operation Epic Fury. That's a great name. Is it? Epic Fury. That's even better than Midnight Hammer, which was pretty good, too, right? That was where we knocked out their nuclear potential. That was a big day, because if we didn't do that, they would have had a nuclear weapon within two weeks, and I think we'd be in a lot different situation. And then you had, of course, what they did in Venezuela, how that was. That was just so far, so good. We've done a real job. We've got all good ones. If you go back and you look at Afghanistan with Biden, one of the worst, I think, the most embarrassing moment in the history of our country. If you look at what happened with Jimmy Carter, with. Also with Iran. But if you look at what happened with the helicopters, the hostages, it cost them the election. It was what a. What a mess. The world respects us right now more than they have ever respected us before. And because of Republicans, you people in Congress, the United States has by far the strongest and most powerful military on the face of the earth. We're the strongest military anywhere in the earth. And now everybody understands it. Together with our Israeli partners, we're crushing the enemy in an overwhelming display of technical skill and military force. Iran's drone and missile capability is being utterly demolished. The navy is gone. It's all lying at the bottom of the ocean. 46 ships. Can you believe it? In fact, I got a little upset with our people. I said, what quality of ship? Excellent, sir, top of the line. I said, why did we just capture the ship? We're going to use it. Why did we sink them? They said, it's more fun to sink them. He said, that's. They like sinking them better. They say it's safer to sink him. I guess it's probably true, but think of it. We knocked out 46 and actually took three and a half days. Their terrorist leaders are gone or counting down the minutes until they will be gone. Think of it. We had leaders and they're gone. Then we had new leaders and they're gone. And now nobody has any idea who the people are that are going to be the head of the country and will not relent until the enemy is totally and decisively defeated. As. And remember, Iran did so many bad things. They were really. If you look at Soleimani, who was taken out as you know that, but you know who. But if you look at Soleimani,