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Grant Stinchfield
Well, good evening everyone. Welcome to Stitchfield. Disaster strikes in Texas. You know the battle for who will control Congress is now being waged through this redistricting war. So Texas takes President Trump's lead and says, you know what, we're going to redistrict. We're going to create a bunch of new congressional seats for Republicans. I love the idea. Great. That plan, though, sadly just got thrown out by a Texas court. It will now need to be appealed to the Supreme Court. All the while California, Gavin Newsom and the courts on his side, he goes out there and puts his plan to a vote because that's how the California Constitution calls for it. And his plan passes with flying colors and the courts say no problem here. Anybody surprised about that? No. We better hope and we better pray that the Supreme Court does the right thing because if we lose in Texas and they win in California, well, they all but take the House of Representatives. That would be bad. This is Mark Mitchell. He was on War Room this morning laying out the situation.
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Brian Harrison
To lose this war asymmetrically over years.
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Grant Stinchfield
And decades and then say, well, this.
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Brian Harrison
Is our plan A when gerrymandering looks.
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Grant Stinchfield
Bad, people don't like gerrymandering.
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Brian Harrison
I think we had a 70% signal that said that, no, this is not Democratic.
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George Papadopoulos
And then when we asked people, well.
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Brian Harrison
Which party is more likely to gerrymander.
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Grant Stinchfield
Guess, guess what the answer is.
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Brian Harrison
It's Republicans, because they're the ones talking about it.
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Grant Stinchfield
That may be what people say, but I will tell you this. Democrats gerrymander just as much as Republicans gerrymander. And I don't like the word, and in fact, I don't even think we should use it if we want to wage a PR war against them. The bottom line is elections have consequences. The lines are drawn in the Texas state legislature. The people of Texas overwhelmingly put Republicans into that Texas state legislature. So these are the lines you get Now. It is a very dangerous game we're playing here. And I warned about this game, even though I was willing to take the risk. My biggest fear, though, or that my warnings come true with this. Now, what's really interesting is that you have Republicans in California arguing that the judge throwing out the Texas case is legit because the Republicans in California want the judge there to use the same reasoning as in Texas. And you have Republicans in Texas saying, hey, we ought to look to California. They got through. Everybody's on different ends of this. This is Bill Assailee. He's the acting U.S. attorney in the LA area.
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George Papadopoulos
Evidence of that. And I'm not sure what the court based that on. Our lawsuit in California says just that California used race. They wanted to draw Latino districts, and they said that this isn't a theory or something. The legislators said that when they're passing this map that they wanted an initial Latino district. So if that is enough to strike down the Texas map, then this one should get stricken down as well.
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Grant Stinchfield
Now, here's where it gets complicated, because the judges in Texas says the Texas legislature used race. I don't think they actually did, though. And I think Bill of Sale is correct when he says the legislature who drew the maps and the public ultimately voting on it did do it based off of race. One's wrong, one's right, Texas is right. Go figure on that side of the fence. Right? But this is about the balance of power. Again. It could be catastrophic if Texas loses in California's maps are upheld. This is why Democrats are now gloating.
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Brian Harrison
Hey, this is Gene. Yesterday you saw a federal court in El Paso send a strong rebuke to not only Donald Trump, but to Governor Abbott as well, saying that their efforts to do this Illegal redistricting in the middle of the decade for no reason is against the law. It's racist, it's discriminatory, and it's unconstitutional.
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Grant Stinchfield
Look, politics is a dirty, nasty game. You do everything you can to win within the bounds of the law. That's what the Texas legislature did here in the name of America, not just Texas, but America, to make sure that we had the ability that we're the best represented because we are a very red state. And in the end, the country should benefit from that by sending more Republicans to the House of Representatives. So where does Texas go from here? I want to bring in someone who was involved in the drawing of these districts because he is a Texas House state representative here. He's our good friend, Brian Harrison. Representative, it's great to have you on the program.
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Brian Harrison
Hey, Grant, always great to be with you, my friend.
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Grant Stinchfield
All right, how concerned are you about this now?
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Brian Harrison
Well, I think everybody needs to be taking this with the utmost seriousness. I mean, we had. It was a three judge federal panel, one Obama appointee and surprisingly, one Trump appointee that teamed up to basically throw out the maps that we just passed. And I will say somebody asked somebody who voted on the maps conclusively. I had no reason whatsoever to think these maps were drawn on the basis of race. I voted on them, believing firmly that they weren't. And they were not. The judges got it wrong here. I hope now that the Supreme Court takes the case. This can go, this type of case can go directly to the Supreme Court on appeal. Our attorney general has said he will appeal it to the. I hope the Supreme Court takes it. The Supreme Court, I hope, will overturn what this three judge panel did. And we had a third judge, the one dissenting judge, a Reagan appointee, came out in an absolutely scathing dissent of the two judges who overthrew our maps and basically called it, I think, one of the most aggressive or egregious cases of judicial activism that he's ever. I witnessed in his 37 years on the bench. But I want to highlight something that. Or go back to something you glossed over almost, which is the stakes could not be higher. And I don't want people to be under the misconception that this is just a Texas problem. What we are talking about is quite literally could be the determinative factor in the future of our country. And by that I mean this could be the variable that decides whether the United States House of Representatives remains in Republican control or for the final two years of President Trump's administration, falls into the hands of the radical progressive Marxist leftist Democrats like AOC and Hakeem Jeffries. So this is not just a Texas problem, this is a national problem. And what I would advise right now and what I believe needs to be the case, the elected Republican leadership in the state of Texas needs to be bold, take nothing for granted. Do not sit around and just assume the Supreme Court's going to fix this. I think we should be making contingency plans right now. If the Supreme Court doesn't overturn this decision to immediately come back into a session, redraw another map. And this time though, let's be bigger and bolder. Let's five seats, let's add six seats, let's add seven seats, let's add eight seats. Because think about this, Grant. If Texas maps get thrown out, that's minus five for the Republicans. If California and Prop 50 happens, that's plus five for the Democrats. We're talking about a 10 seat swing for the Democrats very well could determine the outcome of next year's general elections. And who controls the United States Congress. The stakes really could not be higher here, Grant.
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Grant Stinchfield
Let me be very clear. This is the first story we're doing out of the gate. We're not glossing over anything. The reason I use the terms catastrophic and disastrous is because if we don't win, this does have the exact ramifications you're you're talking about. Now we have primaries in Texas.
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Harley Lippman
March.
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Grant Stinchfield
Excuse me, primaries. March 8th. Filing deadline is December 8th. That means if you're going to run for one of these districts for Congress, you've got to file your paperwork by December 8th. That is right around the corner. How do you think if the Supreme Court doesn't take it up and here's. I think that's a possibility. It's not that they uphold the decision. The Supreme Court may punt on it. They have a history of doing that. That would also be catastrophic and disastrous. Do you think Abbott can get the legislature back in time to redraw maps and re get him approved by December 8, the filing deadline?
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Brian Harrison
Well, the Constitution absolutely gives him all the power necessary to make sure that happens. And believe me, Grant, I know full well how seriously you take this. I think just for folks who maybe aren't inside Texas, it's hard for them to get their hands around like this is something could literally have dramatic consequences for the lives of everybody who calls the United States of America home. And here's what I would say. It's regarding the timelines because a lot of one thing that A lot of people outside of Texas also don't understand is our primaries are really early. Filing is going on right now for only three or three more weeks. And early voting in the Texas primary starts in the middle of February. So we are almost, and we're just a few months, short months away from voting starting here in Texas. But as far as I'm concerned, and I think, I know you're going to agree with me on this grant, the state of Texas needs to put every option on the table. And if that means we have to go back to another special session because the Supreme Court doesn't undo this, and if we, even if we had to delay the primaries, we have to do whatever we can as a, as a Republican government elected by voters who are overwhelmingly Republican. The reelected President Trump with a 14 point landslide into Texas. We have got to do everything in our power to make sure that the United States Congress does not fall to the radical leftists.
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Grant Stinchfield
Real quickly, before I let you go, do you think Abbott is aware of this? Are there those talks and do you have any line on when the Supreme Court might make a decision whether they'll take this case or not?
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Brian Harrison
So hopefully we'll know on the Supreme Court situation very soon. I mean, the same day that this went down, our attorney general announced he will be appealing it as fast as possible. And I know that in previous cases like this on redistricting issues, I think one of the more recent ones was at the Supreme Court within, I want to say, 10, 11, 12 days. So there is real precedent for the Supreme Court if they're going to take it, which I hope they will, to take it in relatively short order. So I would expect we'll know something in the next few days. But this is going to be a very fluid and dynamic story with lots of developments and potentially lots of twists and terms over the next next several.
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Grant Stinchfield
Days here we'll be watching it. And I'm glad you do hammer the point home. The ramifications for the nation are just off the charts right now. Texas state House representative, Republican, of course. Brian Harrison, always good to see you, my friend. Thank you for coming on.
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Brian Harrison
Great to be with you, my friend. God bless you. God bless Texas.
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Grant Stinchfield
Absolutely. Amen to that. All right, folks, so now we turn to Washington, where it is all Epstein, Epstein, Epstein. And I would respond to that with Democrats, Democrats, Democrats. This is a Democrat problem. I'm seeing the writing on the wall already. Here's Hakeem Jeffries holding members accountable, regardless.
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Wendy Rogers
Of party affiliation, if there were any misdeeds Related to the Epstein.
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Grant Stinchfield
Was that a serious question or a serious statement from malignant clown James Comer? That I had Jeffrey Epstein over for dinner? That I accepted money from Jeffrey Epstein? What's extraordinary to me about the clown show on the other side of the aisle is that they lie with impunity. I think I can call you a clown, Hakeem Jeffries, but I think when you're a sitting member of Congress, I'm not sure you should be calling another fellow member of Congress a malignant clown. You maybe call some names, but don't go that far. You're a rude, very bad person. As President Trump would say a low iq. I would put him right up there, to say the least. He was taking campaign money from Epstein. Jeffries was. Colmer's got the goods on him. They wanted the files released. They released the files. What did the so called malignant clown James Comer say about Jeffries watch? Hakeem Jeffries campaign was soliciting donations from Epstein. They called Hakeem Jeffries the Barack of Brooklyn. And that Hakeem Jeffries could have a private meeting with with Epstein if Epstein wanted. But they really wanted his full financial support. So again, it's not just Jefferies. You got the Stacy Plaskett character. She was literally texting with Jeffrey Epstein. Why? Because Jeffrey Epstein was a coach of the Democrats. He most likely was a fixer of the Democrats. So when you see these files start to be released, here's what my prediction is. You're going to get a lot of salacious, juicy stuff, but you're not going to get anything that you really want. I'm not convinced the DOJ even has the names of the abusers. I think we would have learned about them before now. And I think all the files we want are actually in the CIA and the State Department. But speaking of Stacy Plaskett, she's now having to respond to this. Taking text messages, getting coached while interviewing a witness during a testimony to, quote, get Trump here. She is responding to those allegations.
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Wendy Rogers
I believe that Jeffrey Epstein had information.
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Grant Stinchfield
And I was going to get information to get at the truth.
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Having a friendship with him is not something that I would deem to have. And so I'm just looking forward, I'm moving forward.
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Brian Harrison
And I think that that's what we.
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As American people should do is move forward.
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Grant Stinchfield
I hate to break the news to you, Stacey. You got stone cold busted, okay? You got busted carousing with a known child predator and that's who you were taking advice from. Quite frankly, it's disgusting. And you're an idiot to take advice from a guy like that anyway. Why would you want his advice? Well, they were so focused on getting Trump, it was derangement syndrome. So why isn't she being censured by the United States Congress? Republican controlled. Our buddy Tim Burchett, the Republican from Tennessee says just like always, backroom deals are being made. Four Republicans chose not to vote. Three Republicans voted president.
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Brian Harrison
President, excuse me.
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Grant Stinchfield
And three Republicans voted no. So it's failed. And what they did was they cut a deal, they cut a deal on another on a ethics vote on a Republican. And that's just wrong. Absolutely. He's, he's one of the few up there that literally calls the nonsense out as we see it. I know the name of who they were protecting. Nancy Mace is, is saying, I'm not going to throw it around, but it's one of their own, that's for sure. Um, Pam Bondi, she says she'll do everything she can to be transparent. Cover the victim's names up. Fine. Again, folks, don't get your hopes up out of this document release. I'm really playing it down. I don't think it's going to what, what you want is going to be there. Again. CIA, State Department, get the documents there. The DOJ doesn't have them.
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Wendy Rogers
We will follow the law. The law passed both chambers last evening.
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Grant Stinchfield
It has not yet been signed.
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Wendy Rogers
But, but we will continue to, to follow the law again while protecting victims, but also providing maximum transparency.
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Grant Stinchfield
And that's all anybody can really ask for. Again, start filing requests inside the CIA and the State Department. And that's when you start to see that Jeffrey Epstein was not just an operative for the CIA, was working for the State Department running foreign deals and influence peddling scheme. I think he was guilty of all of it, especially in the Middle east. All of it would come crumbling down. I'm not sure we're ever going to get the full answers to all of this. Now, the Democrats, I tell you, they engage in treasonous behavior and I don't like to throw the word treason around a lot, but if you want proof, they literally come out with what I think they believe is a public relations video that to me is pushing treasonous behavior to get the military to disobey standing orders from the Commander in chief or any one of the commanding officers. Watch this. They went and rounded up, by the way, a bunch of Democrat lawmakers who happen to be veterans. I'm grateful for their service to this country. I'm not grateful for their Dopey comments like us. You all swore an oath to protect.
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And defend this Constitution.
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Grant Stinchfield
Right now, the threats to our Constitution.
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Brian Harrison
Aren'T just coming from abroad, but from right here at home.
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Shane Harris
Our laws are clear. You can refuse illegal orders.
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Wendy Rogers
You can refuse illegal orders.
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Grant Stinchfield
You must refuse illegal orders.
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Wendy Rogers
No one has to carry out orders.
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Grant Stinchfield
There's not been one order that President Trump has given that violates the law or our Constitution. So what in the hell are you talking about? What you're talking about is urging members of the military to disregard a standing order. Quite frankly, you refuse orders, the military would start to fall apart. Who does that aid and abet Our enemy. Well, I want to bring in now Republican Arizona State Senator Lieutenant Colonel Wendy Rogers. Colonel Rogers, great to have you on. I know you're in Colorado, a great state there. Welcome, my friend.
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Wendy Rogers
Well, good to be with you. I'm in Crestone, Colorado, and we're en route to see family in Denver. I was absolutely aghast when I saw this. I put it out on social media last night that this absolutely needs to be looked into. We are borderline sedition here with what these lawmakers have done. They're nibbling around at the edges and they're inferring that our commander in chief is putting out illegal orders. I mean, I was in school, in grade school, during Vietnam, when we had the horrible atrocity of Lieutenant Cali and the civilians who were killed in Vietnam, and that was an illegal order. These orders that President Trump is putting out are absolutely legal. And what this does is it lays the predicate for the military to think and question orders. And it lays this foundation narrative that later on, if the military or civilians want to counter what President Trump is doing, the doubts have been laid. And I am especially disappointed and absolutely disgusted by our own US Senator from Arizona, Mark Kelly. Just absolutely awful.
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Grant Stinchfield
Yeah, I was going to ask you about Mark Kelly, because everything you laid out there, I have to imagine they all know exactly what you're saying. And if they know it, then it makes it even worse. This isn't some innocent mistake or confusion on their part. They know what they're doing. Do you think so, Senator?
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Wendy Rogers
I absolutely think so. And I think they. They think we're stupid. I think that they think they can manipulate the military. But those of us who have retired and those who are on active duty, they get it. And recruitment is up, woke is out, DEI is out. And I think they insult the military by inferring that we would question orders. But you will still have these certain people in the military who will excuse their behavior based on this. And they don't. You know, this comes up a lot in my line of work. People want us to assert and adjudicate. And I always tell people we are the legislature. We draft, create and get laws passed. We don't enforce laws. The executive enforces laws. And the commander in chief is our chief magistrate, is our commander in chief and is our president and executes those laws and lawful orders.
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Grant Stinchfield
Let me play one more clip for you from this video that they put out and get your response. Roll it, guys. That it's a difficult time to be a public servant.
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Wendy Rogers
But whether you're serving in the CIA.
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Grant Stinchfield
The army or Navy, the Air Force, your vigilance is critical.
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Wendy Rogers
And know that we have your back.
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Wendy Rogers
We need you to stand up for.
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Grant Stinchfield
Our laws, our Constitution, and who we are as Americans.
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Shane Harris
Don't give up.
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Grant Stinchfield
Don't give up. Don't give up.
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Wendy Rogers
Don't give up the ship.
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Grant Stinchfield
You know, Colonel, in the beginning they claim President Trump was dividing the military. That's about the most divisive game that you could play right there. They're literally trying to turn the military against the commander in chief.
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Wendy Rogers
And when they say we have your back, that's a farce because they don't have our backs and they don't declare war before we are sent into war. And, and what they do is they talk a big game and just because they served in the military, they have this sort of self assigned superiority complex when it's really the rank and file here on the ground who are the ones that bear the brunt and you know, do the right thing and stand up and don't give up. Give me a break. These people really anger me.
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Grant Stinchfield
Well, I know they do. And it's the reason why I have you on the program because no one can call them out quite like you can, Lieutenant Colonel Rogers. And we appreciate you coming on. We also appreciate you stopping. I'm sure you're going back for the holiday. Holiday week. Happy Thanksgiving. Give your family my best. And we appreciate you coming on tonight as always.
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Wendy Rogers
Well, thank you. And I am up for reelection, folks. So go to wendyrogers.org if you can help me out. I know you had the Texas representative on right before me. You know, we have to run every two years and it's hard and we're at the pointy tip of the sword in Arizona. It's ground zero. So appreciate your help. On Wendy Rogers Dot org. Thanks folks.
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Grant Stinchfield
What's your X account Real quick too.
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Grant Stinchfield
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Grant Stinchfield
Welcome back, everyone. So word is that President Zelensky of Ukraine is in the deepest crisis of his presidency. I actually don't buy it. I think the man has always been in crisis. This war has been bad from the start. Two corrupt nations going after each other that America has really no business being involved in. I told you American money would be used to line the pockets of these Ukrainian oligarchs. And it looks like I'm not wrong. A money laundering scheme of massive proportions is being investigated inside his inner circle. They're talking, they're calling it a, quote, golden toilet lifestyle that his inner circle has been leading. Now, do you think it's just the inner circle or do you think Zelensky runs Ukraine like Putin runs Russia, that he's got his hands in everything? That's my assessment, only speculation. But based off of some nice evidence, this is, I believe, the Energy Secretary. Roll this clip.
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Grant Stinchfield
Second, I believe the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Energy cannot remain in office. This, among other things, is a matter of trust. If there are accusations, they must be addressed. All right, so he's telling, oh, my inner circle needs to step down. You don't think Zelensky knew about all this going on? And now the Energy Secretary. Oh, by the way, wasn't that where Hunter Biden was involved in. Of course it was. I don't think Zelensky is going anywhere. He's not going to step down. His ties, apparently even to the United States CIA go very deep. This is Gavin de Becker on Joe Rogan's podcast. Kolomoisky's TV channel gave Zelensky's campaign endless airtime and favorable polls and went after his enemies, the U.S. intelligence agency, CIA and NSA helped us spending $5 billion, by the way, on democracy campaigns in in Ukraine, funneled through NGOs and USAID embeds advisors in his organization to help with the campaign. I'm almost done. And on election Day, zelensky wins with 73% of the vote. Probably a setup job. Sounds like to me. I want to bring in now former member of the Foreign Policy Advisory panel to Donald Trump and author of Deep State Target. Nobody knows that part of the world like George Papadopoulos. He is our guest. George, it's great to see you.
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George Papadopoulos
Thanks a lot for having me. Grant.
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Grant Stinchfield
All right, George, what do you make of all of this?
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George Papadopoulos
Yeah, I mean, this is really as astonishing as it is predictable, right? I mean, what's really being showcased here, Grant, for millions of people in the United States and around the world, is showcasing that Ukraine is truly one of the most corrupt countries on the European continent. The if what America first in foreign policy means is, is project Power sustaining alliances and promoting energy security, not underwriting corrupt regimes and their cronies, which are earmarking US Taxpayer dollars to not only purchase and to live in this lavish lifestyle, gold toilets, and to flee their country to go to other countries with hundreds of millions of dollars. But the United States right now, under President Trump, understands that they've already signed a mineral agreement with the Zelensky administration. They're guaranteeing security guarantees to Ukraine in exchange for. But what does Putin want in return? What he wants is recognition of the facts on the ground. That is for the United States and other countries to recognize Crimea as Russian territory and Donbas and to allow the Russian language to be spoken freely without persecution in Russia. This reportedly has all now been agreed to by the Trump administration. But what's happening here? Grant the Zelenskyy regime does not want the gravy train to stop running. They're going to their European partners and saying, we don't agree with this proposal. So now it's going to be very interesting to see how Zelinsky and Trump negotiate this with Putin. Whether the Trump administration accepts Zelensky or not, that's going to be the key moving forward.
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Grant Stinchfield
What do you think will happen?
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George Papadopoulos
George I think Zelensky and his cronies want the gravy train to continue. I think that over $200 billion in U.S. taxpayer money that has been sent does not even put into account the billions of euros that the Europeans have sent to Ukraine. But what's the end result here? Grant the more the fighting continues, the more men and civilians that the Ukrainians are losing. They're not actually taking back any of their land. Thousands and thousands of Russians are dying in the front lines. You have North Korean troops now entering the fight, and what's the United States actually looking at in this situation? How to stop the killing and how to bring US Business and investment to the region. You can't do that with war ongoing. So I think Zelenskyy is going to be forced to stop this one way or another. If not, the aid is going to run out, the US Military arms will run out, and the Ukrainians will keep dying and losing more territory.
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Grant Stinchfield
All right, so we have, as you've said, sent billions of dollars over there. Europeans have spent billions of dollars over there. Now we see his inner circle. I've got to believe Zelensky knew about this. My thought was always that Zelensky was lining his pockets too. Is there any evidence of that?
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George Papadopoulos
Yeah, yes, certainly. So I've actually traveled to Ukraine before the war broke out. My wife was working on this incredible documentary called Ukraine, Ukraine 30 years post independence. And what I learned on the ground before the war even started is that this country is really one of the most corrupt since its founding of 30 years after this collapse of the Soviet Union. So clearly with all of this money going into the Ukrainian oligarchs and the Zelenskyy administration, Zelenskyy's own pockets, allegedly, of course he knew what was going on here. This is just basically the modus operandi of how some of these most corrupt and nefarious organizations and individuals have been operating in Ukraine for decades. There's nothing new here, Grant, and unfortunately it's going to continue. The US Taxpayers are never going to see a return on their investments and more people are going to die if this madness does not stop.
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Grant Stinchfield
You know, it's interesting, a lot of this corruption is surrounding the energy industry. They had to protect these energy plants from Putin. And then all these kickbacks started from overflowing is is the allegations. But then I started to think, okay, well, energy and natural gas, well, wasn't that the Biden's play in there? Wasn't that Hunter Biden's play? Is there any leftover connections to the Bidens with any of this corruption going on now? Any evidence of that, George?
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George Papadopoulos
Well, this really all starts under the Biden and the Obama administration in 2014 when they basically instigated a coup and then installed people like Hunter Biden in these very cushy no show jobs being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in a sector which is rife with corruption, meaning the energy sector for somebody like Hunter Biden who was dealing with his own demons, his drug problems, and he had absolutely no experience whatsoever. Natural gas. Fast forward now. After that entire industry was basically corrupted from within. We now see once again that it is again the most corrupt enterprise and industry in all of Ukraine. And unfortunately, Grant, for the Europeans, most of these gas pipelines that actually go from Russia into the European continent traverse Ukraine. And that's why the Europeans now are being held hostage to the whims of the Ukrainian oligarchs in this shady industry. The American enterprises under President Trump are now exporting energy finally to the European continent. It's a disaster for the Europeans, for everybody involved. And fortunately, President Trump is going to end this.
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Grant Stinchfield
Yeah, let's hope so. George Papadopoulos, always great to see you. I appreciate you coming on your insights. Great on this and, and we're grateful. Thank you.
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George Papadopoulos
Appreciate it, Grant. Thank you.
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Grant Stinchfield
Yeah, absolutely. Great to see you. All right, folks, the Saudis have committed $1 trillion in investments to the United States, bringing jobs here and stabilize in the Middle East. You know, I'm still questioning, can they be trusted? We'll talk about all of this next.
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Grant Stinchfield
Well, the United States has, I guess, a stronger ally now. I mean, Saudi Arabia was always supposed to be our ally. I don't have a lot of trust for that nation. I really don't. I see a lot of problems there. But everything changes with President Trump at the helm, because people fear this man, President Trump, and they should. They also know they can make a lot of money with President Trump. Maybe that plays an even bigger role in making their decision. So Saudi Arabia and the United States are going to partner up, and this is a good thing. This is President Trump. Under the deals being signed this week, the world's two leading energy superpowers, American Saudi Arabia, are partnering on energy like we've never partnered before. American Saudi companies represented here today are joining on liquefied natural gas infrastructure constructions and making both of our efforts energy sectors. I mean, our sectors are becoming so strong a lot. So you got energy there. You also have a big tech aspect to this. So the crown prince said Saudi Arabia is going to invest $1 trillion. What does that mean for Americans? You know, it's a huge number. We throw around these trillions like it's no, no big deal. What does it mean? This is Stephen Miller. I trust this guy.
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Brian Harrison
So when President Trump was in the Middle east recently, in Saudi Arabia, he brought $600 billion of investment home. Today, the kingdom raised that amount to a trillion dollars. And as President Trump said, including in his remarks tonight at the dinner, that means more than anything else, jobs for Americans. This is the jobs president.
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Grant Stinchfield
All right, well, that's what we all want. Jobs, jobs, jobs. It drives an economy. I want to bring in now. CEO and founder of Genesis 10, member of the Dean's Advisory Board of Columbia University's Graduate School of International and Public Affairs. Harley Lippman is back with us. Harley, it's good to see you. Welcome to the program.
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Harley Lippman
Thank you for having me.
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Grant Stinchfield
All right, Harley. I'm happy about all this investment, but sometimes I'm still skeptical about Saudi Arabia. Should I be?
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Harley Lippman
No. I understand the feeling, though. It's legitimate given the past. But Saudi Arabia today is a completely different country than what it was 25 years ago or 20 years ago. Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince, has gone out of his way to destroy radical Islam in Saudi Arabia. I've been to Saudi Arabia, and the people there Feel liberated from radical Islam. That's a huge thing. And I think that's one reason why you should feel more comfortable. Second, they are a strong, reliable ally of the United States, and the United States is going to have a lot of control and influence. Even though we're selling them these F35 planes, they need spare parts, they need training. We're in the driver's seat at all times, and they won't get delivery of it for years. So they're very dependent on the United States, and it's a mutually beneficial relationship. As President Trump said in your newscast a moment ago, they're the two largest oil producers, United States and Saudi Arabia. So partnering on energy, mining, rare minerals, nuclear energy, AI is going to be huge because Saudi Arabia has emerged as a global power today. That's what a lot of people miss.
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Grant Stinchfield
All right, so the other aspect to all of this is Israel, the region, the unrest there. I thought this was a big moment. We mentioned the crown Prince has changed the way of thinking over there. Listen to what he says about the Abraham Accords, and then I'll get your opinion on what this means and the impact of his words. You know, I don't want to use the word commitment, but we've had a very good talk on the Abraham Accords. We talked about one state, two state. You know, we talked about a lot of things in a short period of time. We'll be discussing it further, too. But I think you have a very good feeling toward the Abraham accords. Yes, definitely, Mr. President. We want peace for the Israelis. We want peace for the Palestinians. We want them to coexist peacefully in the region, and we will do our best to reach that date. They say they'll do their best. Have they been helpful through this whole process?
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Harley Lippman
Very much so, especially behind the scenes. We want them to be more in front of the scene, so to speak, and to move things forward with the Abraham Accords. What Saudi Arabia is saying is that they want an irreversible path to a Palestinian nation to normalize with Israel. That's what they want. But the good news is they put no timeline on it. So I think that gives room for the Israelis, Americans, Palestinians and Saudis to come up with something that's a win for everyone. Even if Gaza ends up being, after all, it was a Palestinian nation, it was ruled by Hamas. So if Hamas is out of the picture and the Palestinians are in Gaza, that could go back to being where they were, just without Hamas. There you go. That could be a Palestinian nation. So I think there are many ways to skin a cat. And I think normalization with Israel is inevitable. We have to keep the pressure on Saudi Arabia. The reason why they're not doing it right now, in my opinion, is because they're very mindful of the Arab street. They saw a lot of demonstrations against Israel in the Gaza war. They are the guardians of the two holiest institutions in Islam, Mecca and Medina. And so they have a higher burden of responsibility to support their fellow Muslims. So they have to be extra careful that they have the people behind them before they could go forward. And I think that's a huge factor as well.
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Grant Stinchfield
All right. In the end, I don't want to let you go without asking you about this idea of $1 trillion. That's a huge amount of money. Saudi Arabia, a very wealthy country. If any country could do it, they can. This is really huge. And I hope President Trump gets the credit he deserves for bringing that kind of money here into the United States and investment here.
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Harley Lippman
Harley, it's extraordinary what Trump did. People don't realize. I don't know any American president that has ever come close to doing that. A trillion dollars. And by the way, you asked a question before. Trump's gonna have a lot of influence on where that money is being invested, and they already spoke about it going into infrastructure, which the United States needs, and job creation. That's incredible. So he's making deals, win wins, and he's thinking out of the box. He's creative, and that's what makes him a very effective and great president. And a lot of people just don't pay attention to that. We make deals historically around the world where a win win was not really visible. Maybe our people we were helping were getting the bigger win than we were. This is a case where it's more equal. He's being a really good businessman for the United States and for the American people. And history should recognize that and the press should acknowledge that today.
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Grant Stinchfield
Yeah, I'm not tired of winning. And that's what the president really has been doing a lot of. And he's not getting the credit. As, as you mentioned, huge investment here. We've got peace all over the place. I don't think there's been another president ever like that in our time. Harley Lippman, great having you back on the program. Don't be a stranger. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Absolutely. All right, folks, Democrats want to own the affordability issue, but they caused this issue in the first place. We'll talk about that next.
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Grant Stinchfield
You know, so often I feel like Democrats need a reality check. Remember when Joe Biden was president how expensive Thanksgiving was? How expensive everything was? Prices have started to come down. We still have some issues. Prices could come down a little more. Even President Trump will acknowledge that. But Thanksgiving this year under President Trump is 25% cheaper than it was last year. That according to Walmart. President Trump has been out there touting that stat because it's a good one. The media doesn't want to hear it. The Democrats scream and yell about affordability. But honestly, all the issues we have with affordability and you can go to gas prices on one issue is because of Democrat policies. And it takes a while to unwind that. Well, the folks over at AMAC magazine wrote an article about this very subject. I want to bring in now the chief for AMAC Newsline, Shane Harris is here. Shane, welcome to the program.
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Shane Harris
Yeah, thanks so much for having me.
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Grant Stinchfield
All right, what do we need to do to get prices down even further?
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Shane Harris
Yeah, well, I think to start off with President Trump is on the right track. Right. I mean, he passed the one big beautiful bill earlier this year. No tax on tips, no tax on overtime, locking in those tax cuts from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. So that's a huge thing. Right. The number one thing we can do to make life more affordable is put money back in the pockets of working Americans. So they're not giving it to the government. They're spending it on things like rent, like groceries, like gas. But secondly, you know, coming out of these November 4th elections, suddenly all the corporate media and the mainstream media wants to do is talk about affordability. And they act like Democrats own this issue, which is really kind of bizarre to me. And I think it caught Republicans on their heels a little bit, because you have to ask yourself, throughout all of modern political history in the United States, which party has done more to lower the cost of living, to cut taxes, to build the economy? And the answer is the Republican Party. If you want to stimulate the economy, if you want people to have more money, more disposable income, you vote for Republicans. This is just common sense wisdom that even most Democrats will acknowledge going back at least three, four or five decades.
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Grant Stinchfield
Yeah. You know, it's interesting because as President Trump works to get the cost of everything down, they want to throw this back on tariffs. It appears tariffs haven't really had a big impact on the cost of goods. There's other issues that have, and it's got to come down quicker. But I think this is a big unwinding of Democrat Biden policies. Overregulation, gas and energy prices up, high tax structure in so many states. And I hear people in California, and I know the great thing about amc, they've not forgotten about California. California complains about things I just don't experience in Texas. And I think they forget they live in what basically is another nation over there.
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Shane Harris
Yeah, absolutely. You know, the founders envision the states as laboratories of democracy, and that's a good thing because we get lots of good positive developments at the state level. But it works the other way, too.
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Grant Stinchfield
Right.
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Shane Harris
You have states like California, like Illinois, like New York that are just going down the toilet. Right? High taxes, high regulation. People are Fleeing families aren't moving. Their businesses, want to get the heck out. And yeah, so really what you see in California, California is just the Biden administration on steroids that's been going on for the last three or four decades. And so like you said, when you, when you look at the liberal states, you see one model, you look at Republican states like Florida, like Texas, like Tennessee that have cut taxes, cut regulations. What are you seeing? Incomes are going up, businesses are moving, their families are moving there. And so that's why to me, it really is so absurd to blame Republicans and, and President Trump.
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Grant Stinchfield
Shane, let me ask you before I let you go, and I know AMC Newsline's been covering this and you guys do such a great job on Capitol Hill as well. Are we going to have another shutdown here? I don't see how we get around it not having one.
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Shane Harris
Yeah. So it's interesting. I just put a piece out on this. I believe it went up today on our website. So go over to AMC US Newsline to check that out. I think frankly, it doesn't look good. All the fundamental problems that led to this last shutdown are still in place. The one hope is if Republicans can somehow cobble together enough Democrat support to pass some sort of health care reform. I don't know if that's going to happen because Democrats seem pretty hell bent on just handing out hundreds of billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies to the insurance companies. And Republicans have made clear that they're not going to do that because it just makes the premiums go up higher for everyone else. So that's definitely something to keep your eye on. And we may not be out of the woods on the shutdown front just yet.
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Grant Stinchfield
Yeah, well, I know you'll be covering it. We appreciate it. You guys do such a great job. AMAC Newsline, Shane Harris, thank you. I'm going to tell people how they can get your magazine find you. And here's what I want you to do, most importantly is do what I did and join AMAC. Right now you can save 33% on a five year AMAC membership. That's only a $20 a month. Go to AMAC, check us forward slash grant. You'll get AAC magazine access to real money, savings discounts and become part of a movement that is taking this country back. That's AMAC U.S. grant. All right. Democrats are now having an identity crisis as well. I'll show you what I mean.
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Grant Stinchfield
Welcome back everyone. I told you we had a real problem in America with a lack of men in society. We're like, we're losing alpha males. And alpha males do a really great job by the way of keeping America safe, healthy and prosperous. So maybe Democrats are figuring this out, but they don't know how to message this at all. This is Democrat Senator Alyssa Slotkin.
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Wendy Rogers
Democrats, if we are going to deal with the onslaught from the White House, need to a have a plan and B, get a little more alpha energy into our leadership.
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Grant Stinchfield
Okay, a little more alpha energy. More alpha energy. Yeah, that's what you need. Does anyone take them seriously? I do not. You know, by the way, I'm working on a course called the Maverick Mindset that gets all into how you have alpha energy and succeed at every level. I'll let you know when that course is finished, but that's how we take back our country. She will not be an instructor in the Stitchfield Maverick mindset course. I promise you that. Stitchfield's army rolls. We'll see you tomorrow night, everybody. Thanks for watching. This is the story of the One As a maintenance supervisor at a manufacturing facility, he knows keeping the line up and running is a top priority. That's why he chooses Grainger, because when a drive belt gets damaged, Grainger makes it easy to find the exact specs for the replacement product he needs, and next day delivery helps ensure he'll have everything in place and running like clockwork. Call 1-800-GRAINGER click granger.com or just stop by Grainger for the ones who get it done.
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