Eric (3:46)

You know, when this first happened, when the escalator thing first happened, I was like, you know, it's odd. And then the tele. Can you imagine for just a second, I'm just going to speculate here. You don't have to weigh in if you don't want to. You are the deputy press secretary. If he just said, you know what? Screw you, UN Screw you. We don't need you, you need us. We don't need you. He walked out and said, you're on your own. Can you imagine what would happen? That would just have been the moment of all moments for President Trump because honestly, what the hell do we need the United nations for? Honestly? I lived in New York for 40 years. It was the worst week in my entire existence in New York. When the General assembly came to New York.

Anna Kelly (4:24)

Well, I think he kind of did get at some of that messaging, right? He talked about the fact that it was this president, President Trump, who ended 7 conf. Just in 8 months. Where was the UN while the President was personally negotiating ends to decades long wars between the DRC and Rwanda, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Those are both two, just two of the seven, both 30 plus year long conflicts that were resolved not by Joe Biden, not by the UN but this president. And so I think he kind of talked about that, of course the UN is an organization that should be leading efforts to deliver peace around the world. And so I think he recognizes the UN has so much potential and yet they failed to meet that potential. And so that's why he brought up his desire for the UN to reach that potential to maybe relieve some of its efficacy problems that we've seen over the past several decades. And as he said, the best. The only thing he got out of the UN was a broken escalator and a broken teleprompter. But nonetheless it was a great speech and I think he was very pleased at the end of the day.

Eric (5:25)

Yeah, because it really gave him the opportunity to go off script and say what is actually on his mind. If people wanna wonder what's on Donald Trump's mind, listen to when he's, when the teleprompter is broken. Because there you, you find out. And he told Europe, you're going to screw everything up. You're going to be, it's going to be disaster for you if you keep on your immigration policy, etc. I found it fascinating just before he came to air yesterday, he was sitting down with, with Macron, President Macron, France, and he said that he made some news and initially a lot of folks jumped that thought he was Trump is now going to start supporting Ukraine again. I read it as it was a good opportunity for Trump to say, hey Ukraine, you have a chance to take back your own land. But we're not going to do it. We're going to continue to supply NATO with arms and help NATO because we're part of NATO, but we're not going to be getting involved in direct, I guess, assets and transfer of payment and money and weapons to Ukraine directly anymore. And I found that very, very refreshing.

Anna Kelly (6:29)

Well, this is a vast change from the Russia, Ukraine stance under Biden. Right. Under Biden, we were sending billions and billions of dollars, unchecked, unaccounted for, to Ukraine with no end in sight. This President in contrast, has brought these two nations together to get us closer to peace. And American taxpayers are benefiting now because we are, as you said, selling these American made weapons to NATO allies who are then backfill, backfilling some of these mun that they are sending to Ukraine. So now, unlike Joe Biden, where we were paying billions and billions of dollars, American taxpayers, American companies, American communities are now benefiting from this. And look, this president has been very clear he wants this war to end. I think he was making a very accurate observation that with all of the odds stacked against Ukraine, when all the experts predicted this would be done in just days, Ukraine's put up a great fight. And so I think he was making that observation. But at the end of the day, he wants this conflict to end, and so he's going to continue to push for that.

Eric (7:32)

Did you read it correctly, though, Anna? Did I read it correctly that we're no longer going to be sending money and weaponry directly to Ukraine? It's going to have to go through NATO?

Anna Kelly (7:41)

Well, the president's been quite consistent on that. He said, as you know, we had that very historic NATO defense spending pledge encouraging NATO allies to step up to increase their defense spending to 5%. Again, another thing that no one allow me.

Eric (7:56)

I just mean regarding Ukraine. And that was like, I get NATO. Yeah, he wants NATO to do their 2% like their, their pledge. And, you know, it's, it's what they're supposed to be doing. I mean, so we, you know, I've come from the side that says Ukraine in Russia war has nothing to do with us. I get it, you know, that you don't want communism spreading throughout NATO countries whatnot. But mostly most of the maga, I'll speak for mag here, doesn't want any more of that. We don't want to spend any more money. We don't want to lose any more blood or treasure in foreign wars that don't affect us directly. It sounded like this was his moment to say, Ukraine, you're on your own. We're going to help NATO. And I don't think there's any push by President Trump to get Ukraine in NATO, is there?

Anna Kelly (8:40)

Well, the president, as you said, has kind of alluded to the same things you're talking about.

Eric (8:45)

Right.

Anna Kelly (8:45)

He wants Europe to take charge of his own defense. That's what all of these policies are about. Again, making sure that we are reversing course on the failed Biden policies to just send billions and billions of dollars of uncheck of unmarked checks to Ukraine. This president is saying Europe needs to take charge of their own defense. Again, like the president has said, also we're prepared to put more economic pressure on Russia. But Europe also must step up because Europe, while calling for an end to this war, is also simultaneously funding the war with purchases of Russian oil. So Europe needs to step up. They need to stop purchasing Russian oil and funding this war. They also need to do what the president is doing and put pressure on allies of Russia like India. Even our friends. Right. Are willing to look anyone in the eye to say, you need to stop funding this war that is perpetuating this killing. So, yes, the President has been very clear. Europe needs to step up, do its part. That's why he negotiated this historic NATO defense spending pledge. That is why he is selling US Made weapons to NATO and calling for this to end. But at the end of the day, again, Europe needs to do its part very quickly.

Eric (9:50)

Turkey. I think Erdogan's coming to the White House next week. If I'm not mistaken, Erdogan is a. He's a key player. He's a Middle east negotiator, almost like a clearinghouse. They take both sides, and a lot of it has to do with countries buying Russian oil. Some of it has to pass through Turkey. What? How is Trump going to get Erdogan to really take the side which is the best interest for the United States?

Anna Kelly (10:19)

Well, I don't want to get ahead of the President, and anything he plans to discuss, I will leave that to him. But again, the President wants this war to end. And what is not helpful is countries, our allies, our friends, like India, India, and even Turkey, all of these countries who are contributing to this funding of this war effort while simultaneously calling for the war to end. It doesn't make sense. This president privately and publicly has called on all countries who are invested in ending the war to stop the killing, to put their money where their mouth is and stop financing these purchases of Russian oil. So I wouldn't be surprised if that comes up tomorrow. But again, I'll leave it to the President, too.

Eric (10:54)

Is Turkey a friend of the United States he chooses? Is Turkey friendly to. I literally. I've been doing this for half my adult life, and I can't figure out where Turkey stands. I literally cannot. Is Trump gonna welcome, like, you know, a pseudo ally? It just. Where is that relationship?

Anna Kelly (11:11)

Well, again, I'll leave it to the president to share what he chooses to discuss. But I think what makes President Trump so good at what he does is he's going to look anyone in the eye to deliver better results to our country, to deliver hard truths, like he did just yesterday at the UN So I don't wanna get ahead of him, but I'm sure that we will see some commentary and some results out of that bilateral, which is actually tomorrow, so stay tuned.

Eric (11:32)

Oh, it's tomorrow. Okay. My bad. I thought it was next year. Okay, that will be fascinating. I'm going to keep my eye on that. Also, when he's sitting with Macron, he. He pushed back on Macron pretty hard. When Macron said that, I believe they said France was going to recognize Palestine as a state and Trump pushed back. Your thoughts? What do you, what do you know? What, what was Trump's reaction after that?

Anna Kelly (11:52)

Yeah, I think President Trump has spoken to this quite publicly. Right. President Trump's priority is the release of all the hostages, not just some, not just a trickle. He wants all of the hostages out and also the bodies. There are so many families who are tragically know that their loved ones were lost and they are waiting for the remains of those loved ones. The president wants to see all of that released. And so he's been very clear. Efforts to recognize Palestine as a state, which it is not, are not helpful to delivering a lasting peace in the region. That's what this president wants to see. That includes disarming Hamas and that includes releasing all of the hostages in order for a lasting peace in the region to be achieved.

Eric (12:31)

We're going to leave it there. Thank you so much for your time. Anna Kelly, White House Press Deputy Press Secretary. Always, always great to have you on. Thank you for your time.

Anna Kelly (12:39)

Thank you.

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That editorial discretion to avoid spreading inaccurate information, particularly related to the ongoing pandemic. So what was that all about? Government censorship. Lefties? Are you serious? Joe Biden was ordering Twitter to remove post, Zuckerberg said it was a false scale shakedown at Facebook and Google was freezing accounts. Oh, looks like another day and another episode of Democrat hypocrisy coming right up. I'm a constitutional absolutionist, ab solutionist. It's not living, breathing or changing. It's firm. I carry a copy of the Constitution as a reminder of the core laws and values of this country because it's so important to, for all of us to remember. And it's especially important for what I do here. As a truth teller. I'm also a libertarian who believes in smaller government because bigger government always, always means more infringements on our rights. That's what the second Amendment is for, folks, really. The second Amendment is all about not against protecting, not for protecting yourself against criminals and antifa. The second Amendment was protecting American citizens against a tyrannical government. Joe Biden, Obama about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel last week. Our First Amendment rights, our freedom of speech is a bedrock of our democracy. But Kimmel told the lie about a murderer on national television just days after that murder. He should have been held to some account. And he was. He was suspended. But Bob Iger's a loser. And now Kimmel's back. It's a gray area when someone, particularly knowing the temperature of a country after a brutal political assassination, decides to dispense an outright dangerous lie. It's also an FCC violation, by the way. Now, whether or not the FCC has too much power and hold over our airwaves is an argument for another day. Like I said, less government is better for me and better for you. Regardless, Kimmel's back. And chose to defend his lie with another lie about the man who shot and killed Charlie Kirk. I don't think the murderer who shot Charlie Kirk represents anyone. This was a sick person who believed violence was a solution. He knows what he's doing. By claiming the shooter doesn't represent anyone. Jimmy's trying to absolve the entire left and the trans agenda that created that monster and a whole bunch of other monsters around the country. Shooting the place up. Minnesota. Should I go on? Because there's plenty. It's a total cop out. But again, it's his First Amendment right to deliver that opinion. Right. Except that it wasn't protected. It wasn't a protected right for us in 2020 when Covid was rampant. We had our opinions, but we were being shut out. Turns out that Joe Biden and his comrades didn't consider it to be a protected right for doctors like Robert Malone, politicians like Senator Rand Paul, and countless others who gave their opinions during the pandemic to express those opinions, they were removed from platforms, Period. So Democrats trying to explain why Jimmy Kimmel being suspended is a free speech violation, but the Biden administration using Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok to silence conservatives is somehow not a free speech violation. Jake, please help me out here. Can you help me out here? You guys are doing Cirque du Soleil backbends like never seen before, and you think they're done with censorship? Well, they're not. On the day that Charlie Kirk was assassinated, Gavin Newsom's California comrades furthered a bill that under the guise of preventing violent content on social media. Listen to this. In California, it says, just met the silence conservative voters. Here. Here's what Gavin Newsom is doing. All Gavin has had to do, assign it into law when he's not busy desperately trying to be any. Any semblance of Donald Trump on his tour of patheticness. Americans were shunned, removed from social media, lost their jobs for expressing certain opinions. And Jimmy Kimmel has the gall. Kimmel has a gall to say, this President of the United States made it very clear he wants to see me and the hundreds of people who work here fired from our jobs. Our leader celebrates Americans losing their livelihoods because he can't take a job. Actually, no, Jimmy, you got to keep your damn job. Even lied through all your teeth when you're keeping your job and when you got your job back, whereas people actually were fired Fired for expressing an opinion during COVID also. So it's not a joke to lie about an assassin and disrespect an innocent man who was murdered, assassinated in cold blood in front of countless numbers, tens of thousands of young people, millions of people around the world. And they continue to happily ignore the fact that conservative voices have been censored for years. Ted, Ted Cruz warned about it. Others warned about it. What we're doing to them right now, they will do to us when a Democrat. This is short sighted. It makes no sense. The left has already done it, Joe. You've already done it. For years you've been doing it. The Biden administration has been caught using the government to force Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok and others to censor political enemies, almost always on the right. Joe Scarborough and his cohorts love throwing around the word fascist over and over again. But that kind of censorship is exactly what an actual fascist would do. Censor through the White House, right to Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and others. 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Dr. Ben Tepper (26:31)

Well, again, it's been used by millions and millions of people. It's helped so many other people, especially the people that stayed at the hospital, people that didn't go the hospital route or the medical establishment route that Fauci was pushing, they went usually the Ivermectin route or hydroxychloroquine and they recovered just fine. So what does that tell you about Ivermectin? It's safe and it's effective. Especially you know, when it comes to, you know, it's one of the most powerful anti parasitic drugs on the market. It's been used for very, very, a long time, for decades and decades and used by millions. And it's, it's a very powerful and effective solution. Especially what we learned during COVID You know, pharmaceuticals weren't fulfilling prescription. So this drug is, is a, is a very powerful drug.

Eric (27:08)

Now I understand you guys are talking about using as some, some sort of like a skin cream for the solve some skin issues. Tell us about that, yeah, it's a very power.

Dr. Ben Tepper (27:15)

It's an effective cream for. It's a, any inflammatory skin issues. It's a, you know, again, it's a, it's been, it's safe and it's, it's a very useful cream and getting to the culprit and really helping so many people out with skin issues, especially inflammatory skin issues.

Eric (27:31)

Since it's anti. Inflammatory, is it useful in other, other methods and taken internally?

Dr. Ben Tepper (27:38)

I mean, you know, we have the topical and we also have the prescription for taking internally. But yeah, so it's, it's a very versatile drug, you know. And so again, the wellness company has multiple options there. You can take it in pill form or you can take it in topical.

Eric (27:51)

Yeah. So a lot of people speculated that the big pharma was against ivermectin because they couldn't make enough money on it. Tell us about, tell us about how they're, they've pushed back. They, they assisted Fauci in pushing back against ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine.

Dr. Ben Tepper (28:05)

Well, first of all, if you look at the emergency use, they had to show that no other therapeutic was useful. That's why they came against ivermectin hydroxychloroquine. So they, they scrutinized the drug because they had to show that the vaccine was the only thing that would work during the emergency use because they had to get it on the vet, the childhood schedule. So in order for that, that vaccine to get childhood schedule, the vaccine schedule by the acip, they had to show that no other therapeutic was beneficial. So they actually scrutinized the drug. You say, you know, you saw the stories out there, oh, it's a horse pill. It's for, you know, then people were mocking Ivermectin and people taking it. But really the data is, was very clear that Ivermectin was helping people stay out of the hospitals and it was helping people get. Well, the data is there, the science is there. The drug was shown to be very, very effective.

Eric (28:47)

Doc, tell us about COVID A lot of friends of mine have said they've, they've contracted Covid. Obviously, it's, it's akin to a cold now, but it is one of, it's a big season for cold, Covid and flu, right?

Dr. Ben Tepper (29:00)

Yep. Well, first of all, you know, stress levels are high. We're not getting that 30 minutes of summer sunlight. So we need to value our health now before we get sick. That's really the key here. You know, unless we're getting 30 minutes of summer sunlight. We are going to be deficient in vitamin D3. That's absolutely the key here. This is what I call vitamin D3 deficiency season. So we need at least 40ius per pound of body weight. But also, you know, in the case we do get sick, think, you know, we do have other methods here. We can take, you know, the ivermectin or different things out there from the wellness company has phenomenal kits out there to help you get well. You know, it's so much easier to stay well than it is to get well. That's why Benjamin Franklin said, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. We need to value our health now before we get sick. But having these med kits, these contagion kits, God forbid we do get sick, we have these. And you can stay out of the hospital and really bypass going to the doctor.

Eric (29:48)

And. And if you do happen to get sick, if you're in big groups, you know, there's 70, 80,000 of us at the. At the arena in Phoenix. If you happen to get sick, some of these medications help you recover faster.

Dr. Ben Tepper (30:00)

Yeah, yeah. I mean, that's. That's what they have been shown to do. And during COVID what we've learned, I mean, ivermectin was very effective. I know people that took it, they were, you know, they were. Oh, they were so sick. Their oxygen levels were low, and they took ivermectin within 24 hours or almost back to normal. I can't tell you how many people I can talk to that testify of that. So the drug is tried and true. It's definitely effective treatment for flu.

Eric (30:20)

Very good. And we can get that at the wellness company. Really good to have you on. Dr. Ben Tapper, the wellness company. Appreciate your time. Yeah, thank you. Now. All right, folks, let's pivot a little bit. Jimmy Kim, we talked about. Jimmy Kimmel's back dropped a whopper of apology. I'd tell you it wasn't really an apology at all. These little fake tears. Well, before we roll this clip, it's important to note that there was no real moment of remorse whatsoever. I'll let you decide. Take a listen. Why? I don't think what I have to say is going to make much of a difference. If you like me, like me. If you don't, you don't. I have no illusions about changing anyone's mind. But I do want to make something clear because it's important to me as a human, and that is, you understand that it was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man. I don't think there's anything funny about it. I. I posted a message on Instagram of the day he was killed sending love to his family and asking for compassion. And I meant it, and I still do. Nor was it my intention to blame any specific group for the actions of what it was. Obviously a deeply disturbed individual. That was really the opposite of the point I was trying to make. But I understand that to some that felt either ill timed or unclear or maybe both. And for those who think I did point a finger. I get why you're upset. If the situation was reversed, there's a good chance that sense I'd have felt the same way. You know, you're full of crap. Your fake tears, your fake apology. You're fake making your voice stop like you're gonna cry bs. You didn't cry. You weren't even close to it. And by the way, you did. You exactly did. You say you blamed the assassin. You said the assassin MAGA was trying to figure out how not to claim responsibility when the assassin was maga. You lied. You completely lied. Right? Look, words have meaning. Remember when you didn't like Trump on the left, you said words have meaning. You tried to get him not elected president because of the words he was using. Words have meanings. We're seeing antifa. We're seeing anti ice on bullets that are killing people. We see catch fascist catch on Charlie Kirk's assess words. The left is calling Trump Hitler. They're calling us Nazis fascists. Words have meaning. Kimmel. Your words had meaning. First Amendment protection. I don't know. It's close. Whatever. Bob Iger, the president of Disney, CEO of Disney, owns cbs. You know, I know something. You should have, you should step down too. Iger. Forget Kimmel. Kimmel should go and you should step down as well. Meanwhile, Wes Gavin Newscomb the spreading blatant lies as always. This week he's telling people that Trump's trying to rig midterm elections. As a Democratic Party, we have a lot of work to do to make up for our failures in the past. We got crushed in this last election and now we're in a position where we are struggling to communicate. We're struggling to win back now the majority in the House of Representatives. And that's a big part of what I'm doing. Not just today in terms of the work out here, raising money, but also raising awareness around how Donald Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections and how I fear that we will not have an election in 2028. I really mean that in the core of my soul. Unless we wake up to the code red, what's happening in this country and we wake up soberly to how serious this moment is. You are so full of crap. You are unbelievable. You fear there's not gonna be election in 2020. What do you think's gonna happen? Trump said declare himself dictator for life, you moron. Of course we're gonna have election. Election. It's in the Constitution. Gavin, stop it. You're just looking for applause lines from your stupid little appearances on late night television. More from Newsom, who's explained why the state of California has decided to implement its own vaccine schedule. Listen, what's happening at the NIH and the CDC is heartbreaking to me. My dad was an immunologist who was at NIH under Kennedy. And, and I love seeing this, you know, personally. But tell the people why it's important that, that there are governmental institutions that actually are going to certify and say these are the proper treatments of these drugs. What does that mean in terms of people's insurance? Well, and we required, we just required that insurers provide insurance and cover the cost of all of these vaccines as well. And so we are. We're not. Again, it's because normally they would use the CDC guidelines. Yeah, they're going to use the CDC guidelines that are automatically default. And as a consequence, if they're making those recommendations, they're not going to come the costs of those treatments or those vaccines. And as a consequence of that, millions and millions of people potentially can lose that coverage. So in California, we're requiring our health plans, we're requiring those insurance companies to provide access. And we're making sure that our own independent analysis provides a list of recommendations based on facts, based on science, not based on bull and fear. California should just secede. Just, just, just go become another California Stan. How's that? California Stan? Not part of the US anymore. 49 states. I don't make Canada replace. Maybe we don't even want Canada either. Let's take Mexico, make it the 51st state, get rid of California. I'll take that trade. The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, just responded to Trump who called him a very bad mayor. Of course, he took a few pages from the Democrats playbook during his response, calling Trump all sorts of names that have nothing to do with his stances or comments. Listen to this baseless defamation people who are wondering what it is about this Muslim mayor who leads a Liberal, multicultural, progressive, successful city. That means I appear to be living rent free inside Donald Trump's head. Are those comments Islamophobic? Listen, when people say things, when people act in a certain way, when people behave in a certain way, you've got to believe them. So you're saying he is Islamophobic? I think, you know, President Trump has shown he is racist, he is sexist, he is misogynistic, and he's Islamophobic. How's London doing there? Saddy Khan, how's it doing? You guys are failing. You guys are failing. But. But good news. Nigel Farage is there. He can save the day. All right, we'll be back. Two and a half minutes.

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Well, look, I'm not at liberty to talk about an ongoing investigation like this, so I don't really have any details to share. But what I can say is that we've seen escalating rhetoric against our federal law enforcement officials, including ICE agents, for some time now. And that has come from people including Governor Gavin Newsom and other very powerful people who should know better than to be egging on hatred and targeting our federal law enforcement. And so I think a lot of people should be doing some introspection here as to whether it is appropriate for people who've sworn to uphold the Constitution to be putting targets on metaphorical targets on the backs of our law enforcement who are doing their jobs. And it's not consequence free. We're seeing the normalization of this kind of violence in multiple different settings. You see antifa targeting ICE facilities on the West Coast. You see the government of California trying to strip ICE officials and officers from wearing masks to be able to do their job safely. And now you're seeing this. So I think regardless of the facts of this particular circumstance, I'm a federal law enforcement official and I will say I think we're all concerned about the normalization of violence against those of us who uphold these oaths and do these jobs.

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You know, Trump 1.0, the left, the Democrats are going crazy. They're saying, words matter, words have meaning. And they hated what the words that Trump was using. And now it's almost like the script has flipped on them because words do in fact matter. We saw it in Minnesota or the shooter when he killed the two kids had killed Donald Trump. Antifascist comments on his honest his shell casings on his magazines, et cetera. And then we have Charlie Kirk's murderer, assassin who had written, hey, fascist, catch on the shell casing that he used the bullet they used to kill Charlie Kirk. And now we hear this guy in in Dallas has anti ICE written on shell casing. So words matter, heightened rhetoric matters. And yet the Democrats keep pointing the finger this way. Let's play the sound bite referring to exactly what Harmony just said. Gavin Newsom, I'll be signing a bill, the first in the nation saying, enough ICE unmask. What are you afraid of? What are you afraid of? What are you afraid of? You're going to go out and you're going to do enforcement, provide an id, tell us which agency you represent, provide us basic information that all local law enforcement is required to provide. Can you, by the way, this went on as Charlie Kirk was being laid to rest. Can you believe this? This moron, this lunatic governor in California wants to basically, in essence, dox ICE agents.

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This preening hypocrite forced millions of us in California to wear masks against our will on a frankly Scientifically dubious basis. He is unaccountable, doesn't want to people to have to provide ID to vote. And yet he thinks federal law enforcement officials doing a dangerous job. We can see how dangerous it is. Should have to like you said, be doxxed so that there could be targets on them from these crazy left wing groups. Look, I don't think it's an accident that we have the spate of engraved shell casings with these messages in different places. I think that there are online groups that we're gonna find out about and the public's gonna find out about that are egging people on to do these kinds things of, of things. We know this, there's been reporting about some of the potential sources of this. So I think this is a critical situation. Every American who has a leadership position, including Democrat governors, have a responsibility to keep the peace and not put targets on the backs of anybody, much less people who are carrying out law enforcement, state or federal. So they need to be more responsible and then we all need to really be vigilant about this increased threat.

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Tell us, you mentioned something there, there's some information, possibly a group suggesting to engrave things on shell casings before they commit crime.

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Not specifically. What I said was there are groups that are egging people onto violence and to violence that is political in nature. There are discord groups, I mean I think that's been widely reported. There are groups that are antifa related, they're trans related groups. You're seeing perhaps coincidentally multiple instances of these engraved shells out there, different messages, but it's a fairly new thing and so we're investigating these things.

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I love you. You're one of my close friends. You said not coincidentally. Can you just expand on that?

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I said I don't think it's a coincidence. That's what I said. That's my hunch. Okay, we're going to find out the results.

Eric (43:29)

I would agree with you. Just for the record, I would agree with you. I think you'll probably find groups and you'll probably find groups that are funded by, I don't know, maybe people we've spoken about in the past. Could be not saying it is, but could be a sorrow story and we're.

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Not going to get ahead of ourselves. But I think it is very strange that suddenly there have been several fatal incidents in our country that have had this type of a common theme. So I'm sure we'll find out more about that.

Eric (43:54)

And you know, one of the most effective tools in the law enforcement quiver arrows in the quiver, so to speak, is the ability to hide your who you are staking out. Just hiding who your identity. Can you imagine if the CIA had identified themselves as CIA wherever they went? What is Gavin Newsom trying to accomplish here?

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Well, Gavin Newsom is politically illiterate because the fact that state officials are required to show badges is completely irrelevant to the fact that federal law enforcement has supremacy over state law enforcement on areas that are for the federal government to handle, namely border security, immigration, deportation. California's laws simply do not apply. They can have press conferences distastefully during an important time of grieving in this country and grandstand and be fake. But it doesn't matter, Gavin, your law is not constitutional. It will not be upheld in court. It is silly. It is silly virtue signaling and it is embarrassing for a state legislature to waste its time doing this instead of doing its job to keep its citizens safe.

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So how does it work? Harmey is it's kind of like, is it like kind of marijuana laws where each state says decides whether it's legal or not and the feds still have it illegal so they don't necessarily enforce it, but if you piss them off enough, the feds will come in and enforce it. My point is so Gavin can say ICE can't wear masks. ICE clearly will be wearing masks instead of of California. I'm guessing Tom Holman is going to cave to California and Gavin Newsom. So does there become illegal arrests or illegal detentions? How does it work?

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I would like to see that arrest. I would like to see the California Highway Patrol or what have you or whatever cops try to arrest ICE agents. I don't think it's going to happen. That's what I mean. I think this is all just silly virtue signaling. And I, and both I and Bill Asale, the United acting United States Attorney out there in Los Angeles, have both publicly stated that this law is a legal nullity and should be ignored by federal officials doing their jobs in California.

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Trump has said he's going to or has, I don't know if he's actually done it yet. Deemed antifa a terrorist organization. Tell us how that changes the game.

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Well, you know, it's kind of a new thing, but it is overdue in my opinion, for federal law enforcement to be treated antifa as a domestic terror threat. Now, there are various ways that can be done. Again, I don't want to tip off people as to what the exact details of it are, but the president has laid out in his executive order some very accurate facts. I've been following and suing and dealing with Antifa for the better part of a decade now. And what I can tell you is his order is exactly correct. It is a paramilitary terror type organization that is loosely organized deliberately into little cells. Each of those little cells doesn't know what the other cell is doing. They report up through a management structure. There are national leaders of ANTIFA who travel around fomenting violence at different functions and riots that they have. They evade capture, yes, they are armed like military. They are issued with weapons including hardened gloves and things like that. And they regularly wreak may against ICE facilities on the west coast. And so it is way past time for the United States to take this very seriously and put resources behind it, learn about it. ICE is kind of an out. I mean, sorry, ANTIFA is kind of an outgrowth of black bloc and other type of political left wing Marxist movements in Europe. And there's a lot of study about what they're doing over there. So we just need to do our homework, learn and devote the necessary resources to this. I for one am relieved this is happening because this is a national terror threat.

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Good having you on the show. Get you back again very soon. So much, so much on your plate, my dear. Thank you so much for your time.

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All right, yeah. Are we back? So here's the deal. What we're going to do is we're going to do some voicemails, but I want you to go and sign up right now for the Edge because that's going to come out tomorrow. That, that whole episode's coming out tomorrow. Wait, no, don't hold up your screen. I have the voice. Well, yeah, just see what this is. You gotta see what it looks. Oh, you have it. You made it. You're amazing, man, though. You're amazing. Put it up. So I'm counting, I'm gonna see how many people you guys sign up. When I ask you to voicemails, you. You absolutely come through with hundreds of voicemails. Sign up, see how many we can get you to sign up on the Edge. Tomorrow we're gonna have that doctor talk about break down all the myths about testosterone, creatine, ice plunges, workouts, what works, what doesn't. Joe Rogan will talk, Huberman Labs. All of it's tomorrow. Last week's fav. Tomorrow we're breaking down the health hacks. All right, Mad Dog, thank you. Let's do a couple of voicemails. We got a bunch of them. I know I got thousands to get to, but throw me one right now, dog. First one is condemn the UN Building. Do it. Yeah, this is Cliff in Illinois. It's almost three in the morning. Watching your show, comment about the U. N. Speech and that. Listen, as soon as Trump and the first lady hit that escalator, you should have stopped right there, looked into the camera, say I'm condemning this place, and walked out. They had a boarded up deport. Everyone that's in that building, you had to renovate it, turn it into education, trade a technical center for training, have companies do it. They had to have the. Have chef training that they can have cafeteria. They could make money out of that building and teach our young kids for the future only. Just the thought. Thanks for your time. Bye. That's a great idea. I am the biggest advocate of getting the UN the hell out of New York. In fact, get us out of the UN as well. Great. Great call. How about another one? Mad Dog Mary from Kentucky has a punishment for Charlie's assassin. Good. Hello, Eric, this is Mary from Kentucky. I'd like to say that what I think the punishment for Charlie Kirk's assassin should be is he should be made to watch as many Charlie Kirk episodes as possible until it gets to his conscience so bad that he has to beg the. The Lord's forgiveness. Because I believe this is what Charlie would want, that Charlie would want him to ask the Lord's forgiveness because he, Charlie, is and was a true Christian. All right, Mary, you're right. And may I just add in here while they're playing Charlie's words and sermons and content into the jail cell. They put it on 20. They just blasted. And by the way, 24 7. I love that idea, Mary. I know. Not a very Christian thing to say. Sorry. I'm still mad. Very, very mad. Mad seeing a mad, mad dog. You got another one? Yeah. Vera wants you to help Oscar in Mexico. Ah, go. Hey, Eric, Stephen Needham here. I'm in Ohio and I missed your show during the day, so I'm watching it tonight. I couldn't sleep and I just saw your interview with Oscar. Brother, do me a favor. Help him get out of Mexico, please. You know, some people, administration and Rubio, they're all good people, but talk to whoever you can, bro. And please get Oscar on the. Over here out of that. Yeah. I'm so afraid for him. He's such a good man. Anyway, it's all I got to say this time. I'll call again, but I just. I saw that and it just touched my heart. Good. Get brother Oscar out of Mexico. All right, man. Love you. Take care, man, with this great, great call. And you know, we had Oscar on yesterday. He was. It's. It's an Oscar I haven't seen. He's very, very. He's concerned. He's scared. He's scared for his. Probably his own safety. More so than. More so. He's scared for his wife and his kids safety. We could see that. And he has the decision to make to leave or not. So I did. I reached out to Department of Homeland Security and. And to their credit, Trish McLaughlin got back to me. We're gonna try and get her on the show tomorrow. She said, absolutely. Have Oscar reach out. And I've got connected the two. And if we're. If there's any possible help for Oscar, we're gonna get it we'll, we'll get it. Mad Dog, we're gonna get Oscar some help and you know, he can choose to stay if he wants to. He's, he's Mexican national. But if he wants to leave, I'm guessing we're going to be able to help him out. And we get, we're going to get Trish on who works directly under Christine N, which is fantastic. So to their credit, Mad Dog, great show. And guys, please keep sending me these. I know I haven't gotten to many, many, many, many hundreds of maybe thousands of the voicemail. We took a little bit more than a week off out of respect for Charlie Kirk and the TPUSA folks, but we will get back to him. War Room is coming up next. We have a big show planned for you tomorrow too.

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