Scott Singer (2:48)

Well, thank you, Eric. We're really focused on the job creators and the innovators. And our message has been hitting at those who are going to be taxed the most under the Mamdani plan. 17% max rate, corporate tax increases and just other taxes that will have to be inevitable to pay for the billions of dollars of free stuff that he thinks is magically going to be there. South Florida has had measured and steady growth over the last decades and we've attracted innovators and job creators from New York, Chicago and San Francisco, particularly since the pandemic. But we've had a targeted campaign to really try to capture people to move their corporate headquarters here to join our more than 40 publicly traded corporate headquarters. And it's working. And we're continuing to pitch. We don't expect thousands of New Yorkers to move here. We are relatively small city, 100,000 people. We punch above our weight when it comes to business strength. But we do want to create more high paying jobs here to add to our ecosystem.

Eric Bolling (3:41)

Yes, create the jobs. How's the infrastructure, Scott? Because South Florida, I'll tell you, I spent a lot of time in Miami and what a beautiful city, city. But to get there, it's, it's almost worse than commuting to New York. So the area is able to handle more people. And by the way, those New York drivers, I don't know why you want to bring some more of these New York drivers down here, but go ahead, let me know.

Scott Singer (4:02)

Again, we're not focused on every New Yorker. We're focused on job creators and innovators who can hopefully move some corporate jobs here. If we can get a C suite over with 10, 20, 50 jobs, that helps to improve the job base here. We already have tons of talent through our great universities, including Florida Atlantic University, which is a tier one. But in terms of our infrastructure, yes, we can handle it. We've consistently invested in our roads, in our underground infrastructure, and yet we have the lowest property tax rate of any full Service city in Florida. And we're always trying to find innovative ways to move traffic, whether it's Transit Oriented Development or artificial intelligence with our traffic signals, both of which we have.

Eric Bolling (4:37)

All right, so here's the drawback to bringing these people here. They're wildly liberal, Scott. They're liberals and they're going to come down and they're going to vote. Now you are Republican. Yeah. You're a Republican, aren't you?

Scott Singer (4:52)

I'm a Republican. But I have good news for you. That's actually not the case. The people who've come here over the last six years are voting hard. Red Florida was a toss up state with a Democratic advantage. In the last six years, Florida has moved 1.5 million voters to the plus column. More than that on the Republican side. We now have a Republican advantage in the state of Florida by 1.4 million people. So the people are seeing our message about lower taxes, lower regulation, great incentives. Lower taxes, great incentives to move your business here and a better quality of life that we invest in. Police are not. Those are going to be voting liberal. They're going to be voting for the conservative message and the strong common sense proposals we're adding.

Eric Bolling (5:30)

So help me out here, South Florida, especially Boca, very high Jewish population, if I'm not mistaken. Probably higher than, than most, most cities, maybe most cities in, in the state as well. Why does the general Jewish population tend to vote Democrat?

Scott Singer (5:47)

That's a question I've asked my whole life. I've registered, I'm Jewish, I've been a Republican since the day I registered when I was 18. And I never quite got it. And it's been very frustrating all these years. When you wanna value hard work, entrepreneurship, economic freedom, freedom of choice, that's what the Republican Party offers. So it was a natural fit for me. I think the stance on Israel is one hundred percent. On the Republican side, we're seeing what President Trump has done even now, being a calm, cool, clear, clarion voice against right and wrong with Hamas. And yet the Democratic Party, including Mandani, refuses to criticize Hamas. And that we have. You know, it bothers me that we have so many politicians on one side who are afraid to call out brutal, abject terrorism for what it is.

Eric Bolling (6:33)

I'll tell you what, the other one of the other things that's going on in the Florida market, certainly on the east coast of Florida, into the central Florida areas, the bright line, what an amazing, amazing train this is. And how did you get a stop in a small town like Boca? Because it stops in Miami and Ventura, which is servicing Miami as well. Orlando, West Palm beach, but spoke as a smaller town to get a station. I guess that's a credit to you.

Scott Singer (7:01)

Well, thank you. It's really that we punch above our weight as it comes to a city. We're the economic engine of Palm Beach County. I mentioned more than 40 publicly traded corporate headquarters, which is more than half of those in the county, but 14,000 businesses overall, the highest assessed value. We're a little more affluent cities, so we are great for in terms of tourist destinations, business strength and riders who would ride it. I pitched Brightline seven years ago and I said you're in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm. You're missing over the, you're missing the biggest market in Palm Beach County. Drag them here. And they understood, they saw it and they, we, we got that deal done. We were actually before Aventura and then Orlando was added. But it was very important for our city to have that game changer, to be part of that major transportation, transportation network. It's paying dividends. And in fact, Brightline last week just said that they're doubling the number of stops in Boca Raton because of high demand, our strong business presence and tourist attractiveness.

Eric Bolling (7:50)

That's great. Congratulations on that. Scott, you're also the, I guess how we describe you with afpi America First Policy Institute. And you're heading up a mayor's group. Tell us about that.

Scott Singer (8:00)

Yes, I'm the inaugural chair of the Mayor's council. We kicked off this idea earlier this year to tie the policies in Washington to what we see on Main street because it's so important. President Trump's gains on border security is one example. Are helping us in the cities because we're not dealing with the fentanyl epidemic that we were and our first responders are not having to respond as much as we had to. And there are so many ways that we need to take the winds from Washington and bring them to Main Street. So I'm honored to work with 40 strong, like minded mayors from across America who are governing. We invest in police, we invest in infrastructure, we cut regulation, we lower taxes, we leave the crazy ideas that we're now seeing advanced in New York and other cities. That's not who we are. We're about common sense proposals to get things done for residents and we're doing it.

Eric Bolling (8:42)

Yeah, I've said this since I've been doing this on television about 18, 19 years or so. Police forces work in Boca. Police, they're great. Police forces work when the mayor's Office supports the cops. If you don't support the cops, like New York, for example, well, then it breaks down because cops don't really want to go a little extra, go the extra mile because they might get the mayor's office turning their back on them, saying, hey, you're on your own. You support your police force?

Scott Singer (9:10)

Absolutely. The mayor and my whole city council, we are strongly behind our first responders. We're best to have the best in public safety in Boca Raton. You don't just have to take my word for it. Take out the national accolades they have. And part of it, because we continue to invest. We have one of the highest starting salaries for police officers in the nation, which allows us to be very choosy about who we add. It's very hard to become a Boca Raton police officer or a firefighter, paramedic because we have such high standards, but because we continually invest and we understand the fabric of our community depends on the base pyramid of public safety that we are going to continue to invest. And when other cities were pulling back in the wake of George Floyd and all of these other ideas that we should defund the police, we increased funding because we understand how important it is. Public safety is the benchmark of government.

Eric Bolling (9:55)

It really is. And it also brings people to the area. People appreciate it. I will never forget when, when, when the shutdown was happening. And Mayor, I'm sorry, Governor DeSantis said, hey, new York cops, you want to come down here? We'll a starting salary higher than what you're making there right now. A lot of cops from New York state came down, and if anyone supports this police force, it's Ron DeSantis. Across the board, the state troopers, all the law enforcement in the state of Florida are well supported, and that really trickles into the community. Scott Singer, my mayor. Mayor Scott Singer, Mayor, Boca Raton. Appreciate your time, my friend. Thank you so much.

Scott Singer (10:31)

Thank you so much.

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Eric Bolling (13:35)

You know, I was going to talk about our audience to about a little something different today. I was going to talk about that ridiculous publicity stunt that the flotilla headed for Gaza, including that UN educated special needs child, Greta Thunberg. How dare you. I was going to say that the flotilla is everything that that's wrong with the world, that the people and the reasoning for it combined are the epitome of what we're fighting against. I was going to say that we are in the fight for western civilization, for freedom, for democracy and reason, while they're doing everything in their pathetic attention seeking power to fight us and every one of those things from the left. But there's something far worse out there than an overgrown attention seeking child paid by globalists and terrorists to sail on an ocean making tiktoks and faking a kidnapping to support terrorism. We are fighting something far worse and bigger than that right now. When I saw this headline coming from the Atlantic, no surprise there, I knew I had to say something about it. Instead read that the headline about Charlie Kirk, quote the other martyr MAGA has found its George Floyd. Now this is one of the more disgusting things to come out of the Atlantic and that's saying a lot. We know full well which way that outlet leans. That's fine, but this isn't about party lines. This isn't about bias. This goes far beyond false equivalencies. I don't know how hard to scream or what or punch the screen when I see that headline. The Atlantic. First they make sure to point out that hundreds of white people took to the streets in masks and that they prayed and vowed to renounce their white privilege that marked them original sin. Wow. Yep, they wrote that that was real. But here's where it gets worse, if that's possible. As if the headline alone wasn't bad enough, then the piece talks about George Floyd as a flawed and desperate man who bore the weight of the world's failings. George Floyd, the felon? Are you kidding me? He bore those so called failings by robbing a pregnant woman at gunpoint and stealing and becoming a crackhead. Oh, and then they're pretending that a George Floyd now equals a Charlie Kirk. Can you believe this? Is this for real? Is this the Onion? Are they punking us? No damn way. George Floyd was a career criminal. Overdosing and overdoing Fentanyl and attacking cops while trying to counterfeit money. Trying to buy stuff with counterfeit money. Charlie Kirk spoke at events, expressed his political and religious beliefs, ran a company and loved his wife and children. Everything else is slander and defamation and words taken completely out of context by people desperate to erase Charlie's effectiveness and truth. Treating them as equals is a benchmark for moral corruption. Charlie Kirk is nowhere near what George Floyd is was. It's awful that you mention them in the same headline. Atlantic. Here's all you need to know about the Death of George Floyd and what came out of it? The fact that the former head of Hamas. Former because Israel managed to take out that terrorist thug, linked Hamas to Black Lives Matter. And who pointed this out? None other than Charlie Kirk, who wrote back in 2023, several days after the October 7 attacks, quoting Charlie a week ago, I was ridiculed for linking the poisonous ideologies of Hamas and blm. But at heart, they're the same hateful ideologies. Both rely on lies, both commit the worst atrocities imaginable, then scream racist when held to account. Here's the proof.

Scott Singer (17:21)

George Floyd. George Floyd.

Eric Bolling (17:37)

Charlie Kirk, on the other hand, wanted a better America for everyone. For everyone, especially young people. He was a leader and a godly man who would discuss issues with anyone at all, anyone willing to step up to that microphone, he would take him on one on one. Charlie lived a wholesome life, never broke the law, was a loyal husband, a loving father, a man of faith who never harmed anyone and who believed in civil discourse between people of every color, sex and faith. Yet Democrats stood on the House floor and spit in his face before he was even buried. After he was assassinated. Before he was buried. But they let a criminal be elevated to sainthood in George Floyd while a true angel in Charlie Kirk gets dragged through the mud. That's the Democrat Party for you folks. And let me be very clear. Clear. And I know I speak for a great many of you when I say this. I will not now, nor will I ever kneel down for a low life thug who is a menace to our society. Right, Nancy Pelosi. Right. Chucky Schumer. Right there. Kneeling down for George freaking Floyd. Not physically and not proverbially. George Floyd was a man who put a gun to a woman, a pregnant woman's stomach. I don't care what you say. I would take a blowtorch to every single image, mural statue in George Floyd's honor. The fact that the whole. I mean figuratively, I wouldn't actually take a blowtorch to it, folks. Don't run out and do it and say Bolling told me to. I'm saying it's BS what they've done. They've elevated George Floyd to sainthood when he was a thug. He was a criminal thug. And to compare him to Charlie Kirk is disgusting. The fact that the whole world watched as our politicians of the highest order knelt down in his honor and sang songs and read speeches in his honor is a stain on this country. The fact that they treat him as a saint worthy of ever Ever, ever of that. The fact that they treat him as a saint worthy of mentioning again. Just the fact that they mention his name as a cause for care or tears means that they should be disqualified from any positions of power. Sick and tired of letting these people honor and exalt criminals. And this final attempt to make George Floyd resemble anything close to a martyr by conflating his memory with that of an innocent man whose only crime was debating college students who disagreed with him and expressing his own America loving, America first views makes them even more evil and horrendous than ever imagined possible. The Democrat party as any entity, the entire leftist machine and the propaganda Marxist media they've created, they all deserve their inevitable end. Truly disgusting. The shameful antics from the Atlantic. Come to expect that from them the lowest depths. But enough is enough. Charlie Kirk is no George Floyd. We'll be back. Two and a half minutes. This Sunday at 10am Eastern, history sets sail. I'm going to have all folks from.

Scott Singer (20:33)

The Navy national security experts, you do.

Eric Bolling (20:35)

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Scott Singer (20:53)

Power, brace yourself for missile launches, roaring.

Eric Bolling (20:56)

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Scott Singer (21:54)

Know, Republicans say what you're really fighting for is taxpayer dollars for, as they put it, illegal aliens. I know that's not strictly true, but there is a provision, excuse me, not strictly, it's not true directly, but out lie. It is a flat out lie the way that they frame it in Medicaid. There is nothing in Medicare that permits.

Eric Bolling (22:17)

One undocumented immigrant to get $1 of assistance.

Scott Singer (22:22)

Senator, if you let me finish question.

Eric Bolling (22:24)

Of course. I'm sorry.

Scott Singer (22:25)

Sorry. In the Democratic counteroffer, the proposal for funding there is a restoration of Medicaid benefits for certain non citizens that had been taken away in the big beautiful bill, as Republicans put it. Republicans don't think those people should be getting health care on the taxpayer dime. I'm not asking on the merits, politically. Putting that in there exposes you to this talking point, this lie, as you put it. Why put it in there? Why is it worth it?

Eric Bolling (22:52)

No, what's happened is that what we're.

Scott Singer (22:55)

Saying is that whenever hospitals give care, what is going to be the level of reimbursement?

Eric Bolling (23:01)

Well, that's a complete lie because here's what happened. Joe Biden, when he left, he gave amnesty to 12 or 15 million illegals, allowing them to get health care. That's the whole point. And that really is the essence of the shutdown. They're just, just completely. It's called gaslighting. You say it a bunch of times. If everyone says it, eventually maybe the people believe it, but it's all a lie. If it wasn't in there, government wouldn't be shut down. Well, Mr. Sombrero is absolutely positive that President Trump and the Republicans will cave to him and the Democrats on the shutdown. Wait to hear this one dynamic.

Scott Singer (23:36)

And given the way that the President has been tweeting memes about you, has been in your words, in the words.

Britt McHenry (23:42)

Of Democrats already dismantling health care, what.

Scott Singer (23:45)

Makes you think that he will negotiate anything? What makes you think that he and Republicans will cave to you public sentiment? At the end of the day, the public knows that Donald Trump and Republicans have shut the federal government down and that they're continuing to engage in the chaos and the cruelty and the corruption that we've seen from this administration from day one.

Eric Bolling (24:13)

You got the House, you got the Senate, you got the White House. Republicans, stick it to them. Stick it to them. They don't have game. They got nothing. They just want to blame Republicans and it's not the Republicans fault. Get off this kick of providing free health care for illegals, you get a deal done. Meanwhile, one of the most unqualified members of Congress, our friend Jazzy Jasmine Crockett, wants you to know that no matter what, she's still getting paid while her party continues to fight for illegals above American citizens.

Britt McHenry (24:42)

So as I've been telling people, your.

Scott Singer (24:44)

Payment is only away.

Britt McHenry (24:46)

That's basically what that is. Now, that is for those people that are deemed essential.

Eric Bolling (24:51)

You have a number of people in.

Britt McHenry (24:53)

The federal government that are not deemed essential.

Eric Bolling (24:55)

So if someone's not deemed essential, then they're sitting at home waiting to get called back to work. And even if they're sitting at home, they are not allowed to go out and get another job.

Britt McHenry (25:06)

Yeah, they make you be broke until.

Eric Bolling (25:08)

They get their stuff together.

Britt McHenry (25:09)

And to be clear, members of Congress.

Eric Bolling (25:13)

We still get paid. I just want to put that out.

Britt McHenry (25:15)

There because I like to be fully transparent.

Eric Bolling (25:17)

Of course you still get paid. You're the swamp. You're swamp creatures. You're the lowest dregs of the earth. Of course you're going to pay yourself. You pay. You walk into Congress with nothing. You walk out with $5 million. A couple years later with $175,000 a year salary minus taxes. You kidding me? You're all thieves. You're all disgusting. Yeah, shut the government down. Don't pay those clowns. The clowns that have shut it down. The whole. Was it 535 of them between Senate and House and president. But just stop paying them. Not. We're going to furlough you and give you all your money back when we decide to get a deal together. Now you'll get a deal a lot faster if these clowns aren't getting paid. Tim Waltz has been reflecting on his role in Kamala Harris losing the election so handily to President Trump. Got some guests to hear us? I'm sure you do. Let's see. Tampon Tim tampons in the boys room worshiping the Chinese Communist Party because he went there so many times, 30 times, got married in China. Flailing your arms around on stage as if they're an independent of your body. Well, you'll be surprised to hear that Tampon Tim, well, he's got a different.

Scott Singer (26:20)

Theory as far as the book and things like that go. I think she has every right to be critical. I, I do think I let her down on a couple things. And I, you know, I warned him. My Minnesota nice thing is if somebody's being nice to me, I'll be nice to them. Teacher in me. And this is nervous tick or habit that we have when you're a teacher, when someone else is speaking next to you, you instinctively nod and listen and try and listen.

Eric Bolling (26:42)

And that was viewed as.

Scott Singer (26:44)

And the vice president took it, took it that I was agreeing on some of the things that were personal attack on her and it wasn't that at all. Because when we're teachers or in any other ones like that's really interesting. It's dumb as hell but it's very.

Eric Bolling (26:55)

Interesting and, you know, it's incredible that there. There are people that still show up to hear what that man has to say. I mean, how ridiculous is everything that comes out of his mouth? And Kamala, can you imagine? Kamala Harris and Tampon Tim, as president, Vice president, we've dodged serious bullets here. Time to check in on our favorite congressional anti American racists, see what they're up to, shall we? What's Elon Omar doing? And so the idea that this is a white nation that needs to be preserved is a fascina, disgusting view, because this country is one for the many. Sorry to have to do this. Here we have Elon Omar. We got Jazzy Jasmine Crockett. We've had to run the Tampon Tim. We've run the gamut of liberal lunatics. Have to do it. I gotta watch it just before I bring it to you. Just. You know, some people say, why do you do it? Why? Why you do that for us? Because we want to see how lunatics they are, what nut jobs they are. Just to keep ourselves saying, say, like, no, we're not missing something. They're nuts. They got smoked in the last election. They're not going to win again unless they change their tune. They want to change their tune. How is someone like that even allowed into the country, Elon Omar, let alone be allowed to hold a high government position? And speaking of racism and division, Don Lemon is out in full force trying to insist upon the fact that the real and only threat to America is white men. Here's the male Joy Reid, calling out Megyn Kelly to make his point.

Scott Singer (28:25)

That's why I say Megyn Kelly and Glenn Greenwald, they don't. They don't want to talk about political violence because if they did, they would have to face the truth of much of what we talked about today. The greatest threat of political violence in America today is white men radicalized to the right. That is fact. But they never want to have that conversation. Instead, they change the subject. They redirect. They take a question about insurrections, mass shootings, and terrorism, and they turn it into a debate about what about crime overall? Because you have to deflect it somewhere. I mean, you can't. You got to keep your base. You got to fire them up. You can't tell them the truth, which is, I mean, so indicative of what happens with MAGA right now. And why? So that they can recycle the same old racist talking points that black men are the real problem.

Eric Bolling (29:23)

Are they tired of playing the Race card didn't work, hasn't worked. You've used the race card so often, so worn out, no one even hears it anymore. It's not even a dog whistle anymore, Donnie. But yet another example of why Jimmy Kimmel should stay out of politics and stick to being very not funny about other topics. He proves he's absolutely zero idea of why it's important for our military to have high standards. Something that the network that employs him clearly doesn't have. Donald Trump actually said our new military will bring back new focus on fitness. I love the idea that Trump is lecturing these guys on fitness. I mean, if that isn't the fondue pot calling the kettle fat, I don't know what is. Listen up, generals. I want to make something very clear.

Scott Singer (30:12)

The Pillsbury Dough president wants you to do Pilates.

Eric Bolling (30:16)

The only push ups Donald Trump does are from the side of an ice cream truck. If you get so fat you start.

Scott Singer (30:22)

Breaking escalators, you are unfit to serve in the military.

Eric Bolling (30:28)

I absolutely love political humor. It's awesome. But that's not even funny. Who are these writers, by the way? They spend, what do they say, $30 million a year putting that show together. These writers are well paid. That's be funny. Johnny Carson was funny. Jay Leno was funny. Those guys were. It wasn't just poking Trump for thinking that he's going to get mad because you call him chubby idiots. It's not even funny. When there were rumors this summer that maybe, just maybe, the View had seen its last days on the air, I was a mix of happy and sad. Happy because these people and their opinions are the bane of American existence. But sad because we wouldn't have this type of nonsense to point out and ridicule like Sunny Hoston accusing Christians of being hypocrites because yes, people really deserve.

Britt McHenry (31:13)

I'm against the death penalty in all cases. Well, I think in all cases.

Scott Singer (31:18)

And that's why I find there is a hypocrisy with certain Christians who are.

Britt McHenry (31:23)

Pro life, but they will pull that electric chair switch.

Scott Singer (31:27)

They are pro life, but they have.

Britt McHenry (31:28)

Their AR15s in their cap cabinet.

Eric Bolling (31:31)

They are pro life, but they.

Scott Singer (31:33)

They don't mind immigrant families being torn from each other. They are pro life, but they don't.

Britt McHenry (31:38)

Care about little children's subsidies being taken away from them.

Scott Singer (31:41)

That is not pro life. I was just gonna say I'm. I'm protestant, but my face.

Eric Bolling (31:46)

Guns don't shoot themselves, Sonny. They just don't. Hey, Ben, do you have. A lot of people are talking About a couple of sound bites we rolled yesterday where Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, if they were in today's political world, they would be considered maga. Roll one of them. Which one you got first?

Scott Singer (32:02)

We got Hillary Clinton first.

Eric Bolling (32:04)

Hell shady.

Britt McHenry (32:05)

As to illegal aliens, we agree with you that we do not think the.

Scott Singer (32:10)

Comprehensive health care benefits should be extended.

Britt McHenry (32:13)

To those who are undocumented workers and illegal aliens.

Scott Singer (32:16)

We do not want to do anything.

Britt McHenry (32:18)

To encourage more illegal immigration into this country. We know now that too many people.

Scott Singer (32:23)

Come in for medical care as it is.

Britt McHenry (32:26)

We certainly don't want them having the.

Scott Singer (32:27)

Same benefits that American citizens are entitled to have.

Eric Bolling (32:32)

Maga, straight up. Okay, you got. Do you got her hubby? Her beloved hubby?

Scott Singer (32:36)

I do have her husband.

Eric Bolling (32:37)

Who you are. But in every place in this country.

Scott Singer (32:39)

Are rightly disturbed by the large numbers.

Eric Bolling (32:42)

Of illegal aliens entering our country.

Scott Singer (32:46)

The jobs they hold might otherwise be held by citizens or legal immigrants. The public service they use impose burdens on our taxpayers. That's why our administration has moved aggressively.

Eric Bolling (32:56)

To secure our borders more.

Scott Singer (32:58)

By hiring a record number of new border guards. By deporting twice as many criminal aliens as ever before.

Eric Bolling (33:04)

You see those folks sleeping? But again, that would be maga. That would be maga. How about you got Barack Hussein Obama?

Scott Singer (33:12)

I do have Barack Obama.

Eric Bolling (33:14)

I think we should have strong border security.

Scott Singer (33:18)

It doesn't make sense for us to allow a hundreds of thousands of people coming through our borders without us knowing who they are. Oftentimes in very hazardous situations and unmonitored.

Eric Bolling (33:30)

Situations that could do us long term damage. Well, holy smokes. Barack Obama was America first before Steve Bannon was America first. Is that possible? I'm just kidding. But how about that? All three of them would certainly be right of center. Far right of center in today's political world. And that wasn't that long ago. Folks. We'll be back two and a half minutes. All right, folks, welcome back to the Edge. Always. Look, we're. We are the cutting edge. We're on the edge of what makes. What makes men great. You know, you get knocked down 10 times. What are the. What are the things, what are the incentives that get inside that say, get up 11th time. And let's put it this way, some men play it safe, some men change the horizon, so to speak. Gill Desert. Well, he found his edge. Get this building towers that most wouldn't dare attempt. Miami Skyline. I'm telling you, something built is not built by the timid. And Gil Desert is one man who's forged the big bet. Who's forged through the fire of real estate, the treacherous Miami real estate market. You've heard of the Porsche building. You've heard of the Bentley building. Well, I visited both of those. I rode on the Porsche and Bentley elevators that take your own cars up to your own apartment unit on Miami Beach. Wow. Let's bring in Gil Desert. All right, we'll do it again. You guys are amazing. That last break, we did that. You. You came out in force. You signed up. Go to YouTube. Go to YouTube and go Ericbowling the edge. That page looks like that. Sign up. I'm asking you to subscribe. It's free. It'll be free forever. Thank you. You're crushing it. You guys are crushing it. All right, let's do something. We want to talk a little football. Ben, you want to talk football?

Scott Singer (35:38)

I'm probably not the best for it. I think we have Brit McHenry.

Eric Bolling (35:40)

Oh, let's get Brit McHenry, folks. My next guest is our own RAV correspondent who knows a thing or two about football. Happy to have Britt McHenry join us. A newly minted RAV personality. Let's do it that way. Britt, welcome.

Britt McHenry (35:55)

Thank you for having me. I've been wanting to come on with you, Eric, for a while, so let me. This is exciting.

Eric Bolling (35:59)

Well, we're lucky to have your former sports reporter. I'm sure you covered the NFL. You probably watched the NFL as well. We'll get to a couple of picks in a minute. But before the big we go, the big story surrounding the super bowl has been the NFL picking Bad Bunny as the halftime entertainment. I've been around, you know, 40 or so halftime shows, and I've seen Tom Petty. I've seen the Stones. I've seen so many great performers. I even like some of the hip hop performers. I like JLo. I don't think I'm gonna be able to get over the fact that Bad Bunny sings in Spanish and enjoy the. Enjoy the show. Tell us about it.

Britt McHenry (36:40)

You mean you don't have duolingo on you right now?

Eric Bolling (36:45)

No, No. I don't know. I don't know how to listen to a Bad Bunny song and hear translation.

Britt McHenry (36:54)

Everyone's gonna need some translation. What's interesting about this is, as you probably recall, Bad Bunny said over the summer, he refused to tour in the United States of America because of U.S. customs and immigration, because of ICE, because he felt a lot of his audience would be at risk of deportation. So he held this huge residency in Puerto Rico, and you have to give it to him, he made hundreds of millions for the economy in Puerto Rico, where he is from. Then he's going to Europe. So it's quite ironic for any artist, any human to say, oh, United States, they have problems. He's been vocal critical of President Trump and the administration as of June on Instagram. But yet, when those dollar signs fly, maybe not necessarily for the performance, but for the whole show, okay, I'll take the biggest stage in America and the world. That night, with 127 million viewers on all platforms, that is what the NFL said they had for this last Super Bowl. The Eagles won. So it's interesting when the publicity is waving, when the dollars are waving, Eric, now it's okay to come to America, to be on the soil. And as far as the other performances, I'm with you. What happened to a mixture of all different genres? So I remember one of my favorites was 2001. We had Aerosmith, NSync, Britney Spears, Nelly. It blended everything perfectly. And I feel like that's what you.

Eric Bolling (38:19)

Need.

Britt McHenry (38:21)

To Super Bowl. How are you gonna sit there with grandma and grandpa, your relatives, your uncles? My parents aren't gonna know what to do when they're staring at the screen. I do think this has implications for the NFL wanting to go international. They have seven international games this year.

Voicemail Callers (38:35)

Year.

Britt McHenry (38:36)

But at what stake? When you're giving up the American audience that built this league into the behemoth that it is?

Eric Bolling (38:42)

So what the NFL has been very, very good at doing, love or hate on what they've been very good at doing, is bringing in. So they had the male core audience. They got it. They owned it. Every week. I bet every single week they had that. And then they expanded into women. Remember that big push, maybe last 15 years or 10 to 15 years or so? They pushed the programming towards women, and it worked. Now I think almost 50% of NFL viewers are females. It's wonderful. It feels to me, Europe, etc. They're playing games outside the United States, are trying to bring in an international audience, but it feels like they want to go after the Hispanic viewer. Like it maybe not be as engaged with the NFL as some of the other groups. I don't think it's a bad idea. I just think you're right. They could have mixed in Bad Bunny with some of the things that some of the people who've been loyal audience members would like to see, too.

Britt McHenry (39:30)

I mean, I will be. Maybe I should start the duolingo course now. Eric, I am planning on going to Madrid for the Commanders game against The Dolphins. So I am the female you're talking about and one of those diehard fans. I love the international push. They're trying to emulate soccer worldwide. Whether that actually happens is debatable because nothing can compete with the worldwide audience of the World Cup. But. But it is sacrificing your bread and butter. And there's always messaging. And ever since Jay Z took over the production for halftime shows in 2019, there's been some message pushed down our throats. And even the Shakira JLO performance that.

Eric Bolling (40:11)

I love, Remember Kendrick Lamar, Cop Killer song they had him was like, what. What? You were. What were you doing? Let's. Let's do this. Couple of quick picks. We put a couple full screens up. Go ahead. You guys want to fire the first full screen? The college pick first? Florida State at Miami. I'll let you go first. What do you like here?

Britt McHenry (40:28)

You know what? I'm going with the Knowles. I went to the UVA upset in Charlottesville.

Scott Singer (40:34)

Wow.

Britt McHenry (40:35)

Oh, wow. 50,000 people storming the field, and they got fined, Eric, $50,000 for that. I think FSU's out for redemption. They dropped to 18th. They were ranked number eight in the country. Even if Miami has a little more juice, I'm going Knowles.

Eric Bolling (40:48)

I'm going to take Miami. I'm looking for the. The line right here. I always like to put the lines on here. I think it was like 15, Drew. What was it, guys? What was the line on that game? Hold on. I'll get it in a second here. Miami. Miami. Miami. I don't see the line. All right, there it is. Four and a half. Florida State getting four and a half. I'm. That. That's not enough points. Points. That's not a point. Miami's a great team. The. Ranked number three. Ranked three.

Britt McHenry (41:18)

They're really good.

Eric Bolling (41:19)

Florida State's 18. I'm gonna go Miami. Give up. Give up the four and a half points. All right, how about that pro game? You got the pro game there, Drew. There we go. Okay. Seattle. Seattle at. My eyes are shocked. Tell me what this is. Seattle at Tampa Bay. Bucs. Yeah. All right, you go first.

Britt McHenry (41:39)

I'm going Bucks on this.

Eric Bolling (41:41)

Yeah.

Britt McHenry (41:41)

I'm going Bucs. I think they're out for blood after that matchup against Philadelphia. Cooper De Jean doing a little Allen Iverson taunting over them. I think Baker Mayfield is really geared up. I'm definitely going Bucs on this.

Eric Bolling (41:56)

Tampa Bay getting three and a half points. I will take those points. I will join your bet with the Tampa Bay Bucks. And I will take the over 44 and a half because Baker Mayfield is getting things done. Seattle strong. I like that. The over on that one. A couple of the great games. Washington, Washington, Detroit, Cincinnati. 10 points. Detroit's killing it. Cincinnati is having a tough time. 10 points in Cincinnati. What do you like?

Scott Singer (42:22)

Oh.

Britt McHenry (42:22)

Oh, I think Cincinnati. Winter is coming for Cincinnati. I cannot take a Cincinnati pick in this regard without, you know, Joey B. It's been rough. So I.

Eric Bolling (42:37)

Has that guy finished the season yet unhurt? Has he finished the full. I don't know if he's played a full season yet unhurt. What do you mean?

Britt McHenry (42:43)

Yeah.

Eric Bolling (42:44)

Wait.

Britt McHenry (42:44)

It's been a while.

Eric Bolling (42:45)

Drew made another one for us. What do you got? The toilet. There we go. Dallas Cowboys at the New York Inepps. I mean, the New York Jets. I bet. Just for the record, these folks know for the past two seasons, my recommendation is bet against the jets and the Giants. Close your eyes, hold your nose, and just do it. You'll make money. Yeah.

Britt McHenry (43:08)

Yeah. I mean, does it get worse than being a Jets fan? I don't think it does. Especially with their running back out now for a significant amount of time, eight to ten weeks. It's just. Yep. They're not taking them. They're that toilet bowl one. They're out.

Eric Bolling (43:24)

And that's.

Britt McHenry (43:25)

I will be. I will be very surprised.

Eric Bolling (43:26)

That's a home dog.

Britt McHenry (43:28)

Commanders, because I can really break that one down, too.

Eric Bolling (43:30)

That's a home dog. Jets plus two. Dallas minus two. And in MetLife Stadium. You know, the New York jets and the New York Giants play in New Jersey. Who to? Thunk. Whatever. But really good having you. I love these Friday footballs.

Scott Singer (43:42)

Just.

Eric Bolling (43:42)

We'll try and do it again next week if we can. If you're available to. All right, Brick.

Britt McHenry (43:46)

Hey, Jada Daniels is back. Just remember that.

Eric Bolling (43:49)

Yeah, but is Lamar Jackson back? Is Lamar Jackson.

Britt McHenry (43:52)

He's out officially. So that will be a big one for the Raiders. That might be another loss.

Eric Bolling (43:55)

I put some points. I put some money on. On. On Baltimore. Maybe I have to just take myself off it, lose the juice, take myself off the bet. Kendry, thank you so much.

Britt McHenry (44:06)

Thanks, Eric.

Eric Bolling (44:06)

All right, we'll be back. Two and a half, folks. All right, let's do this. I love the voicemails again. I got probably3.3,000 voicemails backlog. I'll get to them, I promise you. I just. I will get to them. I love these. You've been amazing with voicemail. So, Benny, we have a couple, right, Lined up for Today.

Scott Singer (44:35)

Yes, sir.

Eric Bolling (44:35)

Let's do it.

Scott Singer (44:36)

A viewer who had some comments about a video we aired the other day.

Eric Bolling (44:39)

Got it.

Voicemail Callers (44:40)

Hey, this is Captain Murray from Virginia. That segment that you just shown today with the Democrats raising their hands and, oh, you need to take that with your horsepower that you have. Take that and make a commercial with it and put it on the TV right now. I want all the channels for everybody to see, brother. Take care.

Eric Bolling (45:11)

Well, thank you for that voicemail. I'm not sure what horsepower we got here, but I will tell you something. I will show it again. This is the, this is a debate stage. So it's 2016 because they were all running, all Democrats were running for president. This is one of the earlier debates. When asked about who would be willing to give illegals health care, which 12 people up on stage, maybe, I don't know, 10. Watch how many would raise their hand.

Britt McHenry (45:36)

Raise your hand if government, if your.

Voicemail Callers (45:38)

Government plan would provide coverage for undocumented immigrants. Okay.

Eric Bolling (45:46)

Every single hand went up. Every Democrat said they would provide their plan if they were president. They would provide free health care for undocumented immigrants. Wow, wow, wow. Trump should grab that. Or whoever, JD Van whoever wants to run for president in 2028, maybe even 2026. Midterms, just use that. Keep pounding them with that. What else you got, Mr. Ben?

Scott Singer (46:10)

Viewers Comments on government workers getting paid during the shutdown.

Voicemail Callers (46:14)

Hello, this is Sandy calling from Kenosha, Wisconsin, where we had BLM and Antifa here with a very small police force. It was horrible. Anyway, I'm calling about the government shutdown. I worked for the government for many, many, many years. Lost my job when Obama was president because he did some downsizing that nobody else did and he really didn't have to do. But at any rate, this whole thing about the shutdown, the employees always get paid. Government employees always get paid. That is wrong. It is wrong. They shouldn't be back paid if they're off. Let them take their annual leave. Let them take their sick leave. They have so much of it, it's ridiculous. It won't hurt them, but it'll piss them off. It'll piss the Democrats off. And we keep kowtowing to them. We need to do things different and we need to not do back pay and we need to change it so that Congress and the senators don't get paid. If they don't get the budget done, period, and they don't get to go on vacation, they stay until it's done. They set a schedule for all these bills. They need to do. And if they don't meet their deadline, they don't get paid. Just running around all the time is BS Anyway, that's how I feel.

Eric Bolling (47:40)

And guess what? I feel the same way. I think a lot of people, a lot of folks are in agreement with you right there. Yes. Don't pay them. They'll get their act together once they're not getting their paycheck yet. Important people, veterans, important industries within the government. Yeah, they'll furlough them. They'll get paid. But congressional members of Congress, senators, don't pay them. Cabinet members, don't pay them. Get your crap together, get a budget, live by your budget. Or end up not getting paid. Guess what? They'll figure it out. They'll figure it out. Benny, you got another one. We got time for one more.

Scott Singer (48:16)

Yes, sir. This viewer is wondering why government workers get back pay during shutdown.

Voicemail Callers (48:20)

Yeah. Hey, Eric, listening to you about the government shutdown. Why will the employees get their back pay? This is like being unemployed in a business. When they have layoffs because of funds and can't afford it, the people go on unemployment lines. When they get hired back, they don't get back pay. Why is the government giving the employees back pay? That is silly. That is almost crooked.

Eric Bolling (48:58)

Yeah, we agree with you. This is. I think the sentiment here is. Is equal. Tell me what you think.

Voicemail Callers (49:05)

Call.

Eric Bolling (49:06)

Use the voicemail and call us. 888-61888-6-1032. Throw it up there. Right? Yeah. Very quick. Let me know what you think. Does anyone think that we should have just caved to the Democrats and give them what they wanted to keep the government open? I went on a rant last week saying, shut, Shut the damn thing down. And a lot of people were kind of upset saying, don't you know that we build ships and we. Yes, I do. They'll get paid. They'll spark it up again. But unless and until Congress and the Senate, these people are voting on what we're doing are being held accountable. Well, but that would mean they lose the money. You want to take a month and play around like this? You lost a month's pay. They'll get their act together. They won't shut the government down and they'll fix it for us and both sides will figure out a way. We had a great day. We had a great week. Have a great weekend. Be safe. Watch football. Hit me up on this is an Iheart podcast.