I Just Returned from Investigating Massive Fraud in California | What We Found Was Dark and Criminal

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Episode: I Just Returned from Investigating Massive Fraud in California | What We Found Was Dark and Criminal
Host: Benny Johnson
Guest: Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN)
Date: January 16, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this episode, Benny Johnson returns from a self-described investigative mission in California, examining what he calls the "homeless industrial complex" and broader government failures in the state. He details alleged criminal misconduct involving the misuse of federal and state funds, discusses homelessness, government corruption, and regulatory incompetence, and frames California as a warning to the rest of the country about left-wing policy consequences. The episode includes an extended interview with Rep. Andy Ogles about cyber threats from China, U.S. policy in Venezuela and Greenland, and failures of progressive leadership in cities like Minneapolis.

Tone: Combative, impassioned, and sometimes mocking, with a heavy focus on storytelling and commentary.

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Main Themes & Purposes

• Expose Alleged Fraud in California: Benny unpacks his recent investigation into the so-called homeless industrial complex, alleging "massive" and "criminal" fraud involving state and federal money.
• Critique of California's Leadership: Citing figures like Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris, Benny frames the current situation as the result of a self-serving political cartel looting public resources.
• Homelessness as Industry: He argues that homelessness has become a profitable enterprise for non-profit organizations and bureaucrats, incentivizing the perpetuation of the problem.
• Broader Warning: California is positioned as a cautionary example, claiming its policies are a blueprint for the rest of the nation if Democrats retain power.
• Interview with Rep. Andy Ogles: The conversation turns to cyber warfare, U.S. geopolitical strategy, and critiques of progressive governance in cities like Minneapolis.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Benny's Personal Connection and Motivation

• Benny briefly describes his family's move from California to Iowa following the Rodney King riots, using this personal story as context for his ongoing focus on California.

  “I've always had near and dear to my heart California. I've traveled back there many times…[but] the state consistently get worse over time. You've watched the state atrophy and slowly but surely collapse into madness.” (01:36)

• He frames L.A.'s instability and exodus as emblematic of broader progressive failure.

2. California as “Ground Zero” for Democrat Power

• Benny lays out why California is, in his view, the epicenter of left-wing power and corruption, calling out prominent political families:

  “It was ripe to be looted by an immoral criminal class. And that is exactly what was created with the Newsoms, the Harris's, with the Gettys and with the Pelosi's…” (11:33)

• He argues that federal dollars are being stolen, not just state money:

  “California spends billions and billions of federal dollars… Those billions of federal dollars, well, they're getting stolen too. And those are dollars straight out of your pocket. Those are dollars straight out of our economy.” (14:11)

3. The Homeless Industrial Complex Investigation

• Benny describes homelessness as a manufactured crisis maintained by for-profit interests:

  “If you have something as sickening and as blighty and as repulsive and dangerous as homeless vagrants outside of your business…you can actually get the taxpayers to cough up a lot of money… Oh, and solve it they. Have they ever figured out how to maximize the homeless problem without ever fixing a damn thing?” (22:54)

• He claims to have uncovered a “criminal pattern of misuse. Not just misuse, but like straight up illegal ... illegal use of federal dollars and state dollars.” (16:19)

• He notes the scale:

  “We're talking hundreds of millions per organization. And then you multiply that times thousands of organizations. You're talking billions of dollars and known criminality, proven criminality, indictable or have been indicted, criminality out in the open.” (25:06)

• He promises that future reporting will be sourced by multiple whistleblowers from inside the system.

4. Gas Price Showdown with Governor Newsom

• Benny relays his viral spat with Gavin Newsom over California’s gas prices, describing a “nuclear ratio” (his reply getting much more attention than Newsom's original post).
• He highlights supposed media manipulation by Newsom’s communications staff:

  “Gavin Newsom just got clowned. The entire time we were out there, Gavin Newsom was trying to snipe at us... We ratioed him every single day, multiple times a day.” (31:12)

5. On-the-Ground Contrasts: Riches and Ruin

• Benny describes visiting the Palisades, seeing burnt homes, and empty reservoirs supposedly left unfilled by government incompetence.
• He suggests that rebuilding efforts are stuck in regulatory purgatory while affected residents are left abandoned:

  “There’s nothing more depressing than driving through the Palisades and seeing all of the homes that have been just torched to cinders… Nothing has been rebuilt. Nothing has happened. Everything is stuck in regulatory red tape, purgatory.” (35:03)

• He decries government priorities, suggesting the state values “the vagrant over the family unit.” (37:51)

6. Encounters & Notable Moments

• Benny describes being attacked by homeless individuals near Randy’s Donuts in Los Angeles and being struck by the overwhelming nature of open-air drug use and tent encampments (30:40).
• Notes meeting with reality star Spencer Pratt in the Palisades, discussing the devastation wrought by fire and state failures.

7. Government and Society: A Broader Critique

• Benny argues that the problems in California are not limited to that state, serving instead as a model that risk spreading nationally:

  “It is unbelievably critical that we expose this because it'll happen at scale to the rest of the country… It is truly a warning to the rest of the nation. Do not export this model to the country. And that is what they're going to try and do in 2028.” (39:20)

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Interview: Rep. Andy Ogles (47:38–62:33)

Topics:

• Cyber warfare & China:

  “We are in a cyber war with China. They are trying to supplant us. They literally attack us every single day… Yes, you have Russia, yes, you have Russia's proxies … But the one that keeps me up at night is China…” (48:13)

• Venezuela & Monroe Doctrine:

  “It was about the drugs…it also sent a clear message to Russia and China. The Monroe Doctrine is back. This is our hemisphere, the Western hemisphere. And … America is back and it is America first.” (49:10)

• Greenland Strategy:

  “Why does that matter? … Oil, natural gas, diamonds, gold, rare earth minerals. … If it became a protectorate of the United States, we would have a 200 mile boundary into the ocean. That's significant because it keeps China and Russia at bay.” (52:48)

• Failures of Progressive Governance:
  • Ogles draws a sharp distinction between his state (Tennessee) and cities like Minneapolis, blaming crime and instability on left-wing leadership.
  • Benny emphasizes that “leadership matters” and that election integrity is essential. (56:12)
• On Riots and Law Enforcement:

  “If you assault an Officer, whether it's your hands, club, a chair or a car, you're going to get shot.” (58:58)

• On Calling Out Ilhan Omar:
  Ogles expresses strong support for congressional efforts to investigate Ilhan Omar’s immigration status.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

On Government Failure & Homelessness

• “California is the spawning center of left wing power because there’s so much money there… It was ripe to be looted by an immoral criminal class.” (07:39 & 11:33)
• “They have just destroyed California. And so we want to uncover it.” (11:09)
• “The scale here, we’re talking hundreds of millions per organization. And then you multiply that times thousands of organizations. You’re talking billions of dollars and known criminality… totally visible for everybody to see if you just started looking.” (25:06)

On Confronting Gavin Newsom

• “Dude, bro, you played yourself. This is not the gas station I was at. But you also show the gas is double the national average…” (31:40)
• “Gavin Newsom on suicide watch. Frankly, like on a, from a digital media perspective, because he is just, he just got clowned.” (32:25)

On Systemic Collapse

• “It is so insulting…To have your house burnt down by the incompetence of the state of California and then to just be left for dead.” (35:49)
• “A government that chooses decline or a government that has figured out how to profit off of the bum. That is what you have in California.” (38:17)

Rep. Andy Ogles on Cybersecurity & China

• “We are in a cyber war with China. … the one that keeps me up at night is China because they are intentionally attacking us day in and day out.” (48:13)
• “This is our hemisphere, and if you can’t protect it, Denmark, then we are going to do it…Europe can talk all big and bold, but, you know, if we withdrew from Europe, they’d all be speaking Russian in about two minutes.” (51:46)

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Important Segments & Timestamps

• Opening, investigation background, personal story: 00:00–09:00
• California as Democrat power base & metaphor: 09:00–13:30
• Homeless industrial complex exposé: 14:00–27:00
• Viral gas price spat with Newsom: 27:00–33:00
• Palisades, fires, regulatory failures: 33:00–39:00
• Broader government critique/warning to other states: 39:00–41:00
• White House press nuke (Caroline Levitt vs. reporter): 40:45–41:46
• Rep. Andy Ogles interview (cyber war, Greenland, enforcement): 47:38–62:33
• Closing, Trump Nobel Peace Prize, Brooklyn fraud case: 62:35–66:35

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Flow & Tone

• Language: Direct, sometimes inflammatory; often mocking of political targets ("Gavin Newsom on suicide watch", "the vagrant over the family unit"), generous with colorful analogies.
• Engagement: Stays energetic and urgent throughout, using personal stories and active investigations to drive home points.
• Purpose: Rally opposition to left/progressive leadership, highlight alleged government failure and fraud, and position California as the battleground for national politics.

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For Those Who Haven’t Listened

This episode lays out Benny Johnson’s ongoing investigation into California, picturing the state as a microcosm of what he calls the dangers of unchecked progressive power and government corruption. The discussion is driven by personal experience, active reporting, and heated interactions with political opponents such as Governor Gavin Newsom. The interview with Rep. Andy Ogles expands the conversation to national security and geopolitical threats, drawing a sharp distinction between "effective" conservative states and "declining" blue cities. The episode is a blend of investigative promise, polemic, and newsmaker interviews, suited for listeners seeking raw, right-leaning commentary and on-the-ground reporting.

Transcript

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Oh, man. Welcome back. We took a red eye last night into Tampa from California. Escaping California is exactly what we have just done. And we returned it to a freezing cold Tampa. It was very, very cold here. I couldn't believe it when I walked off on the plane. It was like 5am and it was like we were in Canada. We conquered Canada. This is what it's going to feel like when we get Greenland. We would swap California for Greenland in a second, ladies and gentlemen. So bear with us today as we talk through what we learned and what we are building out in California. Because everything will change with our expose on the homeless industrial complex superstructure that runs the state. It has been a wild ride and ladies and gentlemen, let's freaking go. Today is Friday, January 16, 2026. What we found in California was completely insane. And we're going to show you some of it and some of it we are building out. This is going to be a massive investigation. Ladies and gentlemen. We have certainly blown the lid off of what I think is possibly the biggest fraud on on earth. Trump also gets the Nobel Prize and accepted the Nobel Prize yesterday From a Venezuelan of all people. Representative Andy Ogles joins the program. My name is Benny Johnson and this is the Benny show, ladies and gentlemen. We made a few headlines last week, this week, I guess, last couple of days. And why don't we jump right into it? Benny Johnson hits LA and promises to blow the lid off of the biggest fan fraud on earth. The biggest fraud on earth, I mean, I guess you could technically argue is the way that California manages their state. And I just want to take a moment here and say something that I think will might shock all of you. I like California. I like California. I was born in California, right? So like, yeah, I know I didn't live there for long, but my parents were living in LA when myself, my sister and my brother were born. And it was actually because of LA and the fires that happened. No, not the Palisades fires. The fires from the Rodney King riots. You could say like sort of the precursor to a George Floyd DEI race riots situation that caused our family to say, this is too unstable out here. Things are just not being managed and run in a way that is going to represent safety for our family. And so my parents moved us to Iowa, which is where my father was from. But I have always had near and dear to my heart California. I've traveled back there many times. I have, as you have either from afar or near watch the state consistently get worse over time. You've watched the state atrophy and slowly but surely collapse into madness. I guess you could see, I mean, here, there you go. These are the, these are the Rodney King riots. We were living in Downey, California. Downey, California is right there in Los Angeles, one of those, you know, working class, poorer neighborhoods of Los Angeles where you could see the fires and hear the cop cars and the wails of the sirens and very much if you have a bunch of little children say I'm getting the hell out of here. And that is thankfully what my parents did. But this is something that has remained critical and a cornerstone memory of mine because you could, I guess argue this was again an appetizer for what was about to happen to the entire nation as the insanity, chaos, bloodthirstiness of the left and the instability of the societies that they create are now metastasizing in Minnesota, throughout cities, all in America. Now it's just called riot season, right? And you just expect Democrats to do this. It was shocking at the time and it's something that has always bothered me that families have to do this now. I had to do this with my family. I'm not trying to be like totally self referential and all this, but I didn't want to explain sort of my miniature obsession with California because, well, I mean, I know how destabilizing this is for families and millions and millions and millions of families have had to move. I had to move during COVID because they were doing the same thing to DC Dammit. I was living in dc. There were riots every single night. They were burning down blocks, they were attacking police officers, they were attacking civilians and citizens. And I had a little kid and I said to hell with this place, I'm getting out. And I hate that people have to do that in America. You shouldn't have to do that in the first world. You shouldn't have to do that in a functional country. Things should be stable and clean and orderly and the government should protect you. But in places like California, the government has failed and this is the major takeaway and this is why we're going to go so hard at California. California is the spawning center of left wing power because there's so much money there. At least there used to be so much money there. Still a lot of cash there to be looted, but it's fleeing the state quickly nonetheless. The Pelosi's Kamala Gavin, who's going to certainly run in 2028, like that's a guarantee. Like we are, we are got multiple phone calls from very high level people while out there that's a guarantee that is going to happen. You might as well take a bite out of crime now, right? You might as well go straight to the heart of darkness. Listen, Tim Walls career is over and I'm all for what's happening in Minnesota. I think it's great. I love the fact that we can go and do little exposes on AOC and Jasmine Crockett. Is AOC and Jasmine Crocketti the future of the Democrat Party? We can hope and pray. But I think strategically, for at least the next couple cycles, the epicenter of power of the Democrat Party lies squarely on the state of California. That's where the fundraising is. That's where the superstructures are. This is obviously where the criminal cartels have been built in order to export all that stolen money, the fraudulent money from these criminal enterprises that they run in that state, defrauding their taxpayers and us. Something. I'm going to get into it here in just a second. This is where it's all headquartered. Every Democrat donor lives in California. Every Democrat that wants to run for president or be president has to go to California. Remember that humiliating last fundraiser for Joe Biden where Barack Obama had to walk him off stage as he wobbled and wasn't even sure where he was? I think it was Jimmy Kimmel who was hosting that. Right. Humiliatingly. You know, like, you have to just accept that California is the center of the world when it comes to the Democrat Party. And so you have to go hard at it and you have to use it as an example of what they wish to do to the whole country. And this is why it is such an abject metaphor. Because, like, listen, Minnesota is not going to become the rest of the country. Minnesota is not the power center for the left. Neither is Massachusetts, and neither is Connecticut or these other, like, you know.

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Third.

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Or fourth tier states. It is California. And why is California such an apt metaphor? Because California should be the greatest state in the country. California has the most natural resources, is so gifted in beauty, is so rich in its God given gifts and in its creative capacity. There was a time in history not too long ago where if you wanted to be anything, you had to move to California. If you wanted to be in the movies or in the media business, in the tech space, if you wanted to be in the entrepreneurial space, if you wanted to be in the space space in the space race, you had to go to California. If you wanted to be somebody who built things, created things or explored things, you went to California. It was really the American dream personified Perhaps reaching a zenith with Ronald Reagan, who unfortunately married a liberal and that destroyed his legacy. That's a fact. But we don't have time to get into all of it. And so what happened like between the California golden age, which was really not that long ago, and now? Why are so many millions of families, including mine, you know, with my parents when I was a little, little kid, you know, barely out of diapers. Why are those families having to flee California? And that continues of course to today. And how do we fix this great state? Because I don't want to leave my fellow Americans behind. They should. The left shouldn't have a right to go and destroy things that are so God given, gifted and beautiful. And they have, man, I mean we were just in the Palisades. They have, they have just destroyed California. And so we want to uncover it. And I think that like sort of the too long, didn't read version of this is pretty simple. That there's so much money and there's so much profitability in the state, there's so much richness in California that it was ripe to be looted by an immoral criminal class. And that is exactly what was created with the Newsoms, the Harris's, with the Gettys and with the Pelosi's and the cartel of families that decided that they were going to take over California and just suck the place dry. And that is precisely what's happened. And that criminal cartel runs it to this day. It is a for profit enterprise existing entirely off of tax dollars, both federal and state and local. And that's what I think is critical. Because California, you have this like impression on the right where you can just glaze your eyes over and say, well that's just like a left wing s hole. Let's just let them light their money on fire. Who cares? They're a bunch of libs on the left coast. It's not the case. California spends billions and billions of federal dollars given to them by the Trump administration. Those billions of federal dollars, well, they're getting stolen too. And those are dollars straight out of your pocket. Those are dollars straight out of our economy. And we need to know. And that's why we went so, I mean it was written up. We had a lot of fun while we were out there and let me just like hit sort of the top line of what we found. And we'll then work backwards into how much fun we had ratioing Gavin Newsom on a nearly second by second basis while we were out there. What we found was a criminal pattern of misuse. Not just misuse, but like straight up illegal use of federal dollars and state dollars that we believe should result in massive federal investigations and should absolutely also result in major defunding of California programs out of the inability of them to spend their money wisely or legally. And that's what we believe. That's what we believe we found. We're still researching and investigating right now, but we have a lot of whistleblowers at our back. We targeted the homeless industrial complex, which is of course a multi, multi, multi billion dollar complex in Californ to solve the problem of homelessness. But what did we see every single second that we were out there, every single underpass, every bridge that we drove under, Klein, every single time we went down any road in California, you saw a tent, you saw a lean to, you saw a homeless person, you saw a shopping cart. Campers, filth, destruction, street corners that look worse than the third world because at least in the third world, they're not stupid enough to give their citizens who are already drug addicted a bunch of free drugs. And that's where the question really comes in. Like, wait a second, if you're trying to solve homelessness, why are you giving them free drugs? Why are you giving them free alcohol? Why are you giving them tents? Why are you allowing them to sleep out in the open like this? Why does this exist? Like, we got a parking ticket for being one minute late on a meter, yet people are able to live in campers for 30 years on the street, which is of course totally illegal. LAPD told us it was totally illegal. 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That's 888-528-1219americanfinancing.net Benny. They're allowing this to happen. Not only that, they're encouraging it to happen. So you need to ask the question, like, why? Because nobody likes this. Nobody wants this. There has to be a reason. That reason is the profit. There's a lot of profit to be made in the nonprofit industry. And if you have something as sickening and as blighty and as repulsive and dangerous as homeless vagrants outside of your doorstep, outside of your business, or you can actually get the taxpayers to cough up a lot of money, you could loot a lot of money out of the treasury to solve that problem. Oh, and solve it they. Have they ever figured out how to maximize the homeless problem without ever fixing a damn thing? So, no, nothing was fixed. Yes, an obscene amount of federal dollars get spent on this problem that comes directly out of your treasury and your future. And so it's something that we all have to fight against. And it's, I think, a very worthwhile investigation based on purely the scale. And I just want to say, like, the scale of this is like 10,000 Somali daycares in Minnesota, you know, because those daycares, sure, I mean, listen, they're alluding to a million bucks, $1.3 million. I mean, this is. That's crazy, right? That's awful. But the scale here, we're talking hundreds of millions per organization. And then you multiply that times thousands of organizations. You're talking billions of dollars and known criminality, proven criminality, indictable or have been indicted, criminality out in the open, totally visible for everybody to see if you just started looking. And so that's what we did. We started looking. And you wouldn't believe the number of whistleblowers that came to us and that told us from the inside what's going on. And so, man, it is going to be a wild ride. So get ready, buckle up, be patient with us as we make sure that we get this investigation right. But a heartfelt thank you to this show to you for helping us by watching and supporting and ensuring that we have the capacity and the energy in the tank to do an investigation like this because it takes a lot of doing and it's expensive, you know, and it takes a lot of time and resources. And that's a huge shout out to everybody who supports Nick Shirley and Nick Sotor. In fact, Gavin Newsom had a freak out on X. He had lots of these, but he actually mentioned me and Nick Shirley and Nick Sotor in a post saying we should go investigate the Trump phones, whatever that is, what the hell he's talking about. But yeah, whatever, whatever bro. Happy to be like. Like really, you don't understand what a compliment that is. Gavin Newsom doesn't understand much. Gavin Newsom doesn't know the difference between a man and a woman. That was proven yesterday. He also doesn't understand gas prices in his own state. Ladies and gentlemen, Gavin Newsom doesn't understand the concept of life. Of course in California they have the most liberal abortion laws in the country. Preborn is an organization and that assists in fighting the barbaric and demonic abortion laws of California and other states. The Sanctity of Life Month, which we are in right now, we honor over 67 million babies whose lives have been tragically ended through abortion since Roe. Since Roe was overturned, many babies lives are still at even greater risk as the left radicalizes on the abortion issue. You can see it reported that the abortion pill accounts for over 60% of all abortions making this tragedy available 24 7. But in the midst of darkness, there is light that shines. Preborn has helped rescue over 400,000 babies from abortion. These are entire generations. When you extrapolate them out, I mean 67 million babies killed, that's a whole generation. That's a giant generation wiped out. It's a generation as big as the baby boomers. Gone. Gone. So help us fix that, ladies and gentlemen, by donating to Preborn today for just $28 the cost of a dinner, you can sponsor an ultrasound to help introduce a mother to her baby for the first time. 100% of your donations go toward saving babies. Will you help us dial £250 today and say the keyword baby? That's £250, baby. To donate securely at preborn.com benny preborn.com benny Ladies and gentlemen, we're excited for what is to come. We're excited for the energy that, that we have leaving California even though we are sort of redlining it right here. You know, flew in flying, landed plane took off at 10, landed at 6am who boy got it about enough time to shower and get ready for the show. Ladies and gentlemen. We were able to roast Gavin Newsom because, well, he just set himself up. Here are the gas prices that we found in California. They were extremely expensive. We recorded multiple videos about how expensive the gas prices were. Here's one of them. Do you have the video? Prime example of how California taxpayers are being ripped off every single day by their incompetent and greedy, fraudulent state government. The average price of gas in America right now is $2.70 per gallon gallon in 14 different states. There is gas below $2 a gallon right now in America. Yet in California, you still have $5 a gallon gasoline, $4 a gallon gasoline. A whole two times more expensive than the rest of the country. And what do Californians get for this exactly? Do they get better roads? They get better services. And look at this gas station right across the street. You have like a broken down. You have a broken down car over here. You have a homeless encampment right in the corner. You have potholes and filth and garbage and refuse everywhere. It's like so sad. There's homeless people just standing, you know, in every direction. There's a guy right there going through the garbage, going through the trash at the, at the filling station. I mean, not to mention everything else wrong with this state and everything from the fires to the. Ok, so we like, we like did these little videos, you know, just to like keep the heat up on Gavin. And dude, did that dumbass take the bait. It's crazy. Look at this from Gavin Newsom's little press account here, which we just clowned the entire time we were out there. Benny could have saved $1 per gallon driving down the road instead of picking notoriously overpriced Chevron. This guy, all this guy does is mislead. Just see the map right here, right down the road. So a couple things. This right down the road is like a 25 minute drive. All right? We were stuck in traffic the entire time we were there. It was so obnoxious to go like two miles. It's an hour of your life gone. But then two. Look at this screenshot, yo. Even if he. Even if, even if we like accept what Gavin Newsom is saying here, which we don't, and we'll explain why in a second. There are multiple stations here with $4 plus gas. Nearly $5 gas. 477, 489. He circles a 399 gas station. He didn't even circle the right gas station that we were at. You can see in the video I posted, I was at an ARCO on Ash Avenue in Inglewood. I wasn't even at where Gavin Newsom claims I was posting that video from. Because Gavin Newsom can't read. And that is precisely what we said in our responses to him. But also, dude, bro, you played yourself. This is not the gas station I was at. But you also show the gas is double the national Average, the national average gas around the country is about 270. What is the gas price where you live? Gavin has ratioed himself here. Let's go ahead and check in on this ratio for Gavin. Okay? 700 reposts, 4.5 thousand replies. That is a nuclear ratio. And then also he got community noted. The community note says the original post is, is an ARCO station at the corner of Ash and Manchester Boulevard in Inglewood. This misrepresents that it is a Chevron station. ARCO is notorious, not notoriously overpriced. It's one of the cheapest top tier gas stations in California. Gavin Newsom on suicide watch. Frankly, like on a, from a digital media perspective, because he is just, he just got clowned. The entire time we were out there, Gavin Newsom was trying to snipe at us and we're just blowing up his spot. We ratioed him every single day, multiple times a day. Ratio, of course, is when our reply gets more engagement and comments than his original post or his attack on us. But also what an honor to be attacked like on a near hourly basis by the guy who's going to be the 2028 Democrat nominee for president. You know, it's become so humiliating that Gavin actually yesterday in a interview with Ben Shapiro, but clowned his own social media team and decided to like virtually disavow them. And so it's fun living rent free in Gavin's head. Gavin had a meltdown and boy, it was, it was, it was really, really great to be a part of it. Where are some of the other, where are some of the other responses? Okay, here we go. Here's another, here's another response. Here are some of our other viral responses to Newsom where we just, I mean, X is like working really not great for me today. Yeah, it's like, it's really, it's totally glitchy. Yeah, it's totally glitchy. Just, just pin him up on the wall. Just put them up on the wall like trophies. We're just freaking, just, just freaking absolutely nuking Gavin. I don't think his press count is going to try and snipe at us for, for a very long time. They just got destroyed. Anyway, we're really happy to, really happy to be a part of a system that is focusing on what's next because Tim Walls isn't next. I like that Tim Walls careers is destroyed, but he's not the center of power. Tim Walls was already yesterday's lunch. Tim Walls was already garbage. I like it. This isn't a criticism of Nick Shirley. I'm a massive fan of Nick Shirley. You saw Nick Shirley on this show. We. Way before anybody knew Nick Shirley. But I want to focus on the center of power and what's coming next. And that exists in California. And so that is why we're going hard at Gavin Newsom. That's why you need to start asking questions, big questions, and exposing what his real record is. And, well, it's destroying California. You know, as soon as you leave the airport there in lax, you have this iconic Randy's Donuts. And we try to get a donut there, and we were effectively attacked by homeless people. We had to step over homeless drug users who were actively using drugs and, like. Like frothing at the mouth and, like, spitting as we're trying to get our donuts. You know, this place, it's been, like, in a million movies. But you can see the drug addicts that are just sitting, you know, sitting on the side of the road. And in the course of us film, you can see them, like, just sleeping in the sidewalk. In the course of us filming this, multiple drug addicts had to be shooed away, Man. It's complete and total death spiral. The other thing that we wanted to expose is our fellow Americans who had their lives destroyed by California in the Palisades. We went to the Palisades, and we got up with Spencer Pratt, who I believe is going to be the next mayor of California. Spencer Pratt, obviously the famous reality star. We met him and his wife, Heidi Montag, and had a great chat and a really nice time. I did Spencer's podcast, and we had a lot to talk about. But the failures of Gavin Newsom and the leadership of this state is really where we targeted. And speaking of targeting, they were targeting independent journalists. You might remember that reservoir was empty that they were supposed to fill the hydrants with to fight the fire. They have now stationed security around the reservoir so you can no longer go up and see that is still criminally empty. Luckily, we brought a drone, and let's go ahead and check in. Have they refilled the reservoir to make sure that all the homes don't burn down again? And I got to tell you, there's nothing more depressing than driving through the Palisades and seeing all of the homes that have been just torched to cinders and burnt to the ground. And it's been a year out, and none. There's no construction going on. Nothing has been rebuilt. Nothing has happened. Everything is stuck in regulatory red tape, purgatory. Everything, everything has been just burned to the ground and has been left for dead. These people have been left for dead. They have destroyed this place. And it looks just like this. It looks like this. This is what it looks like. This is it. This is the Palisades. They haven't done nothing. Now this is right after the fire. Yeah, this is right after the fire. I mean, it's like technically still smoldering in this footage, but here you can. You know, I actually sent a bunch of footage of what it looks like today as we were driving around. I sent that to our shorts chat. But anyway, the point is that there's still just like lots. And no one can rebuild. No one is getting any variances. No one is getting permission to rebuild. No one is getting permission to get back into their lives and get their homes back. It is so insulting on a personal level. It hits so close, literally, to home. To have your house burnt down by the incompetence of the state of California and then to just be left for dead. This is one of the most beautiful places on earth. A perfect allegory to the leadership of California. They would rather, rather rule over the ashes and still rule than to have to answer or create a functional civilization. You can see here just nothing but lots wiped clean. This is it. This was filmed just a couple hours ago. Literally a couple hours ago. Dude, just. Gosh, what a crazy neck snapping ride. So anyway, this was something that we were going out to expose. You know, you can see here as you drive. Not a single house in sight. Right. This should be all houses, but it looks like the Midwest. You know, like there's just nothing. Not that there's nothing in the Midwest, but that's where I grew up. And, you know, you're used to seeing like giant empty fields. Not in California. Yeah. So there's just nothing. So we went out to expose that. Let me show you what we found when we flew a drone over the reservoir. So we're up here in the Palisades. The entire place just burnt to cinders. And there's a famous. We're here, of course, with Michael, who lost his house as well. And there's a famous reservoir. You can kind of see it right over our shoulders there. And you can't walk up to it. Yeah, right there. Can't walk up to it. But it was famously empty.

[B]

Can't walk up to it because security is guarding it from people trying to.

[A]

See that it's empty. Empty. Well, luckily we brought our drone. Let's go ahead and find out what's in the famous Palisades reservoir that was dry during the fire that burnt everyone's house down. That is bone dry. There's nothing in there. There's not a drop of water in the reservoir. What is wrong with them? They want it to happen again after all of this. There's nothing in the reservoir. Look at that. Completely bone dry. And we talked with multiple victims. They gave us tours of their dirt lots, told us about the regulatory hell that they are going through. The expenses now that are in the multi millions that they are forced to bear because of the burden of the state of California that they have put on them. The penalization of having their homes burned to the ground. This is just. It is a perfect metaphor for the leadership and ruling class of California that hates its citizens. What is the purpose of a government? Why wouldn't we have any government at all? Why do we have any government? The government is there to serve the people, not the other way around. That's the purpose of this country. The government is there to ensure you live in a stable, safe, clean environment where your children are prioritized over a homeless vagrant or criminal. Where the family unit is something that is held up high and protected. Your home is something that is secure and secured with force. Deadly force executed by the government to protect you. Your security is the number one priority. That is the sole purpose of a government. A godly government properly instituted. That is the only reason to have one. So there can be an organizing, centralizing force that wields the sword, as it says in Romans, for the terror of evil men on behalf of good men. In California it's the opposite. People's homes are getting looted, burned down. The vagrants are being promoted over the family unit. I keep talking, I can't stop talking about this, but it's so true. Governments make a choice. Mothers and children and families cannot coexist with drug using bums who are shitting themselves on the street. They don't coexist. They can't live together. Like one will thrive and the other will flee. And the government makes the choice which one? A government that chooses decline or a government that has figured out how to profit off of the bomb. That is what you have in California. The bum is a lot easier to please. The homeless person a lot easier to please. You give them a needle, you give them a shot of alcohol and they're good. You don't have to even worry about them for the whole rest of the day and they'll just slowly die. They don't need anything from you. They don't care about the potholes being filled. They don't care about ambulance response times. They don't. You don't need to fund a fire department or police department for the bomb. So much easier to run a city of ashes, a city of bums, than a city of citizens that actually demand that you have a functional society, that the government does its job and does the hard work of creating a functional, stable, secure society, clean society, and a world that is constantly spiraling towards chaos and entropy. That is the righteous goal of government. And California has completely abandoned it. Is why it is unbelievably critical that we expose this because it'll happen at scale to the rest of the country. You know, just. It just. Man, it really hurts seeing this up close because you get to see the pain with people in the Palisades. You get to talk to some of the people that we did interviews with that have homeless encampments all around their. Their house. They have children, they're fleeing, they're leaving. It's a. It is truly a warning to the rest of the nation. Do not export this model to the country. And that is what they're going to try and do in 2028. So we're trying to cut them off at the pass. We did this with Jasmine Crockett. We did this with aoc. Both of them are frauds. And now we're going to uncover the fraud in California. Okay. All right, Ladies and gentlemen, some of the resources that we have at the show were brought to you by ZipRecruiter. ZipRecruiter is a wonderful tool that we use in order to make sure our staff is rock solid at this program so that we can execute at scale ratio. Gavin Newsom Create so much content and break the media ecosystem. This is something that is a tool that allows us to hire the best and the brightest. We just don't have a lot of free time at this show, quite frankly. So who has the time to look through the thousands of resumes that we get when we open up a job here? Well, luckily, ZipRecruiter does that for us. ZipRecruiter is incredible at matching technology that works fast to find top talent. 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And so here we go, ladies and gentlemen, our nuke. Nuke of the day. I don't know, I think we need to, like, we need to take the cringe alert. We need to take the cringe alert and like, actually flip it around, right? And do like the good nuke from the White House press. Daisy, earlier you were just defending ICE agents generally.

[B]

And earlier on, Secretary Noem spoke to.

[A]

The media and she said, among other things, that they are doing everything correctly. 32 people died in ICE custody last year.

[B]

170 US citizens were detained by ICE.

[A]

And Renee Goode was shot in the head and killed by an ICE agent. How does that equate to them doing everything correct?

[C]

Why was Renee Goode unfortunately and tragically killed?

[A]

Are you asking me my opinion? Because a nice agent acted recklessly until we unjustify.

[C]

Oh, okay, so you're a biased reporter with a left wing opinion.

[A]

What do you want me to do?

[C]

Yeah, because you're a left wing hack. You're not a reporter. You're posing in this room as a journalist. And it's so clear by the premise of your question. And you and the people in the media who have such biases, but fake like, you're a journalist. You shouldn't even be sitting in that seat. But you're pretending like you're a journalist, but you're a left wing activist. And the question that you just raised and your answer proves your bias. You should be reporting on the facts. You should be reporting on the cases. Do you have the numbers of how many American citizens were killed at the hands of illegal aliens who ICE is trying to remove from this country? I bet you don't. I bet you didn't even read up on those stories. I bet you never even read about Lake and Riley or Jocelyn Nungray or all of the innocent actors, Americans who were killed at the hands of illegal aliens in this country and the brave men and women of ICE are doing everything in their power to remove those heinous individuals and make our communities safer. And shame on people like you in the media who have a crooked view and have a biased view and pretend like you're a real honest journalist.

[A]

Nice. Thank you. We'll work on the truth nuke. Yeah, Truth Nuke today. What a moron. You know, if you're going to pantomime being a reporter, then at the very least, when Caroline Levitt sets a perfect trap like she did there, at the very least, like, don't be so stupid as to vomit out your left wing talking points, right? So she goes, why was Renee Goode killed? Renee Goode, who is by the way, on camera ramming an ICE agent, causing internal bleeding, nearly killing him. Were it not for his reflexes, he would be dead and under the tire of the car. Renee Good, who committed attempted murder of a federal officer and got shot in the process. Because federal officers have the right to defend themselves, just like every American does. Renee Goode is not a hero. Renee Goode is somebody who behaved in a terroristic manner and tried to kill a federal law enforcement member. You can see it here. Thank God we have it from seven different angles at least. Has anything backfired more on the left than their rabid demands for body camera? So anyway, the reporter goes, you know, this is an unjustified shooting and the ICE agent murdered her. He just straight up blasts out. He can't help himself. That reporter, by the way, works for the Hill, far left wing media outlet. He's also British or Scottish there. He's extreme rabid left winger. And here we go. There, you can see it right here. By the way, the agent is hospitalized with internal bleeding because they were hit by the car. The point is, is that the reporter just walks right into it. If you're being smart as a journalist, you just say, hey, I'm just here to ask questions. I don't have an opinion. But he can't help himself. It's the incantation. He has to like scream it out. And then Caroline Levitt goes to full score shirt. I'm sure she slept great that night. Knowing that that was one of the most fire responses in White House history. I did not sleep great last night. 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Follow and listen on your favorite plat. Congressman, happy, happy Friday morning to you and thank you for coming back to the program. It has been a, it has been a wild one. I, I don't think I've ever seen a year start off as blazing.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

I mean, the longest couple weeks of January in history.

[B]

Yeah, absolutely. You know, you mentioned not sleeping well. I literally went on to check out Helix sleep because I didn't sleep well either yesterday. Now, that being said, I spent about four hours in a skiff, you know, the last couple of days. And like you said, there's a lot going on in the world, but thankfully, we have President Trump as our commander in chief and not the idiot that is Joe Biden. But, you know, hey, that's just my opinion.

[A]

What were you going to skip for? Yeah, let's, let's fill us in.

[B]

Well, so I'm chairman of the Homeland Cybersecurity Committee, obviously, now with the emergence of AI, one of the, arguably one of the most important committees in Congress now. And, you know, I get updated daily and sometimes several times a day on just the constant attacks that we are under. And so like, we had a hearing this week talking about cyber and AI. And I said publicly in the committee that, you know, we, the war has already begun. We're in a cyber war with China. They are trying to supplant us. They literally attack us every single day. So, yes, you have Russia, yes, you have Russia's proxies, like the typhoon conglomerate, yes, you have North Korea and Iran. But the one that keeps me up at night is China because they are intentionally attacking us day in and day out. So whether it's Verizon, whether it's X, when I see those types of things occurring, my mind immediately goes to was that China?

[A]

Well, this is why it's absolutely critical that we're able to take China's proxy state, Venezuela and their dictator out, correct?

[B]

Oh, absolutely. And keep in mind, so Maduro. So under the Biden administration, there was a bounty on his head and the left, you know, complimented a lot of the president for that. And then, of course, when President Trump actually does something about it opens a can of whoop ass, suddenly the left loses their mind because he's a man of action. But that also sent, you know, one, it was about the drugs. It was about those who have been victims of crime because of the Drug trafficking, because the overdoses. But it also sent a clear message to Russia and China. The Monroe Doctrine is back. This is our hemisphere, the Western hemisphere. And if you're taking actions here, whether it' in south and Central America or whether it's in Greenland, we are not playing games. America is back and it is America first.

[A]

Yeah. Okay, so what happens next in Venezuela? Donald Trump getting the presidential, I'm sorry, the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday from a Venezuelan.

[B]

Right, right.

[A]

Well, you know, you are on all these committees, you are in skiffs. And you know, there's got to be some very interesting conversations being had right now about this.

[B]

Well, I mean, let's take a step back. Let's look at the operation, you know, the things that we can talk about publicly. You had a very small force that went in country. They flew literally under the radar. So some of the most sophisticated, sophisticated Russian and Chinese equipment did not detect our presence. We got in, we landed, we landed under fire. Once they realized we were approaching, they never wavered. They, they went in with overwhelming force. They, they were against a force that was a multiplier times in size, you know, 10, 15 fold. They snatched him, they were out, suffered no casualties. And then here we are. And again, you know, when you look at those capabilities, when, when Russia and China think they've got their little sphere there in Venezuela protected and we go in like a ghost, it's a, you know, they were stunned. And again, it sends a message. And you know, this conversation about Greenland, why does that matter? You know, one oil, natural gas, diamonds, gold, rare earth minerals. But set that aside for a moment. Set that aside. When you look at the Greenland Sea, when you look at the Arctic Ocean, when you consider the fact that that literally is our backyard, some might even argue our back porch, that if I'm going to send a nuke into the continental United States, I'm not going to do it from Europe. I'm going to do it from a submarine in the Arctic Ocean, which is literally just minutes away. And so we have to send a message to the rest of the world. Again, this is our hemisphere. And if you can't protect it, Denmark, then we are going to do it. And oh, by the way, who protects Central America? It's the United States. Who protects South America? The United States. Who protects Europe? The United States of America. And so when people talk about socialized healthc, the reason why Europe can have socialized healthcare is because they don't spend 40% of their annual budget defending themselves because they have us to do it. So they can talk all big and bold, but, you know, if we withdrew from Europe, they'd all be speaking Russian in about two minutes.

[A]

That's a fact. I mean, I don't understand why we didn't just keep Denmark. If you go study the. I'm sorry, keep Denmark. Keep Greenland. When Denmark was conquered by the Nazis in World War II, when we became the administrators of Greenland, you know, we sent our naval vessels there, we effectively owned the island then. Denmark couldn't keep it then. Right. They effectively surrendered the Nazis without a shot being fired, and they just give up Greenland. And so we became the stewards of Greenland then, proving, I mean, I think pretty demonstrably that they can't control whatever little colonies they have left. It just makes perfect sense to me. So what are you hearing this? I hear that the White House is doing well. They have now a working group. Are we actually going to buy Greenland?

[B]

Well, I mean, I think there's conversations. Well, there are conversations going about going on about what that would look like, you know, what would be the technical steps to have some sort to make Greenland, you know, a protectorate or part of the United States. And look, there's some strategic. So if it became a protectorate of the United States, we would have a 200 mile boundary into the ocean. That's significant because it keeps China and Russia at bay. And look, you know, I have the bill make Greenland great again, which sets up a mechanism by which the President could purchase Greenland. But, but I've met with the Greenlanders. I'm not talking about the Danish folks who are in Greenland, I'm talking about the Greenlanders. And they want autonomy and they want a relationship with the United States of America. So they're going to have to pick a side. Keep in mind, Greenland is a very, it's, it's territorially large, but population wise is very small. Only has two cities. You can't get between the two. There are no roads unless you have a snowmobile or dog sled or a helicopter. And so Denmark hasn't done a great job of building out and capitalizing on the resources that are in Greenland. We have the infrastructure, we have the private industry that could go in there and quite frankly make the Greenlanders a very wealthy people. Not to mention our own national security, not to mention the golden dome, not to mention the strategic position. Keep in mind that the Earth is a globe. And so when you're getting to the top there, you're very close to essentially everywhere in that northern hemisphere.

[A]

So, yeah, here's the. Make Greenland great again. We love this, Congressman. That's perfect. Yeah. I mean, of course, Denmark has also committed some, what I would say, crimes against humanity in Greenland. When you go back and look at some of the eugenics programs they would run, there haven't been. They haven't been really great stewards of the island. And the people on the island, I think, hate Denmark for good reason. So you think this is going to happen?

[B]

I'm. I'm cautiously optimistic. And again, when you look at China's intent, they are the one nation that could, you know, stake a claim or have the ability to stake a claim in the Arctic. They're the ones that we truly need to be concerned about. And I want to. I don't want to discount any of our adversaries, but, you know, Russia hasn't been able to beat Ukraine. And so I don't consider them the same type of threat that China is. And I don't discount Iran, Iran or North Korea and some of their capabilities. You know, that being said, China is the existential threat. They're the ones that attack us every single day. They're the ones that have a navy that could stake a claim and a position into the Arctic. And so we have to, again, on the Western Hemisphere, make it clear this is our sandbox. Get the hell out.

[A]

Yeah, I mean, I think I find it just particularly ironic that you're having this conversation, which I completely agree with, Congressman, but then we can't even keep control of our own cities because there are federal forces that are getting attacked on a hour by hour basis in Minneapolis. They're getting their cars broken into by Somali pirates and getting rifles stolen, and they're stealing documents. It feels like we're trying to project all this power around the world. I love that. I like the American empire. I want to be part of an empire. I want to be a citizen of a superpower. I love that. But we have to be able to control our own home first right before we project power outside. So what should be happening in Minnesota?

[B]

Yeah, I mean, so, you know, that's an interesting conversation that, you know, you have foreign policy, and we have to have strength there, but you also have domestic policy, which includes security, but also the economy. So we can set aside that economic conversation for a moment. But it matters who leads. I mean, that was a slogan during my campaign when I, when I first ran, is that, you know, leadership matters. And so you look, you know, the United States of America is the greatest global power. We have the greatest economy, we have the greatest wealth. And Biden squandered that. And so nothing changed fundamentally except for the leadership. And so when you look at Minnesota, it's about the leadership. So you've got a horrible governor, you've got a wackadoodle mayor. They're totally sold out to this leftist activist type of mentality. And we have the same type of problem in Nashville, where you have a great city, it's a tourism mecca, it's a music city, usa, it's quite frankly, healthcare, usa. And this guy came out and was doxing ICE agents. Now, obviously I was outspoken. We called him to the map. Judiciary and homeland opened an investigation and suddenly he went quiet. But that's, that's why it matters who leads. And now the difference between Minneapolis is that they have Ilhan Omar, who arguably, you know, there's some evidence saying that she may be completely implicit in some of this fraud. And so she's not calling it out, she's actually defending them. Whereas in Nashville, Tennessee, I said, oh, hell no, I'm not going to let Nashville become Minneapolis. I'm going to step in, I'm going to be bold, and we're going to hold those folks accountable. So again, getting back to this idea that matters, who leads. But that's also why election integrity is so important. When you have waste or fraud and abuse of the, of the election system in Minneapolis, in Minnesota, and you get these wackadoodles elected mean the electorate is getting what they asked for. Now, hopefully what you see is in a Minneapolis, in a New York city, I mean. All right, I'm gonna pause for a minute. 9 11. The city of 911 just elected Mamdani. The guy should be deported first off. But that being said, I fear for what's going to happen in the city of New York over the next couple years. Hopefully it can be fixed when he's done because he is a complete idiot. I was gonna say something else, but I just stopped. I caught myself. But again, they're, they're, they asked for it, they got it. And you know what? Let's let them up that unwrap that present. But look to your point, we have to have law and order. I literally reached out to Stephen Miller last night and said, we cannot let these protests get unhinged and out of control because we cannot send the message that this is okay to a San Francisco. It's not okay in Chicago, it's not okay in any other blue city. We've got to shut this down. And look, I'm sorry that the woman was shot, but if you assault an Officer, whether it's your hands, club, a chair or a car, you're going to get shot.

[A]

So should Trump invoke the Insurrection Act? Seems very insurrectory, what they're doing.

[B]

I support that 100%. Enough is enough. They've had their opportunity. You know, again, people have the right to peacefully protest. So you go back in time when I was county executive, so the CEO of the county, and that was when all the defund, the antifa and the BLM stuff was at its peak. They came to my courthouse and they protested that our courthouse here is historic. It has some ties to some of the civil rights riots. It has a history. So that being said, I went out onto the steps, I explained the ground rules. I told them, you have a right to be here, but you have to do it peacefully, otherwise you're going to be arrested. You know what, they were there for a couple hours. I actually went out there and stood with them. I gave them water. I made sure that they were safe because it was a hot day. And when they were done, they left. And that was it. But we set the ground rules. And I had the support of the sheriff and I had the support of the district attorney. I had the support, quite frankly, if I needed it, of the governor of the National Guard. But we set the ground rules and we set the expectations. And that's the difference between Minnesota and Minneapolis. They're allowing this lawlessness there, is allowing these assaults. And quite frankly, if you're a victim of crime because of these types of riots and you're hurt or injured by these civilians, you know what? I think you should have a cause of action to be able to sue the government.

[A]

I agree. I mean, I don't know how Tim Walls gets out of, gets out of this without being in handcuffs. What about your favorite. What about your favorite member of Congress, Ilhan Omar? Tim Burchett now has a petition out there. He's demanding her immigration records. Why are these so why is this so hard to actually get a fair shot on Ilhan Omer's immigration records? Like, shouldn't we know this now? Shouldn't we settle this issue?

[B]

Well, so I'm not, you know, I don't know the status of where he's at with that request. But, you know, Tim and I are great friends. You know, we've, you know, he was a previously county executive in Knox County. I was an account executive here in Middle Tennessee. So we kind of have that brotherhood. We've had each other's backs on all these issues. And so, but that being said, you know, he's hitting the nail on the head, right? Like if you're here illegally, whether you're elected to mayor or you're elected to Congress and you lied on your naturalization form, there is a process, obviously has to be handled by the doj, the Justice Department. But I've been an advocate. I sent a letter to Pam Bondi that, that, that Mamdani should be go through their process. There should be an investigation and ultimately be naturalized and deported. And if that's the same facts are true with Ilhan, I think the same process could be invoked. Now, is there a statute of limitations? That's, that's well beyond my area of expertise, but I would encourage and support Burchett in his investigation 100%.

[A]

All right. All right. The state of Tennessee holding strong. It's Representative Andy Ogles of Nashville. He's got a. You got one of those tough seats, Congressman, and we're rooting for you and support you. And you should follow the great congressman who is a fighter for freedom and also somebody who speaks a lot of uncomfortable truths. The left hates them. That means you should like them. Godspeed, Congressman.

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Absolutely. Well, you know, the left has got me on their top five hit list as far as seats. And so. But look, I've beaten all my opponents by double digits because I simply follow the facts and speak the truth. And you know what? People appreciate that. That's why Donald Trump won the popular vote while we won the electoral College. And obviously with your support and our allies, I'll win again. But thank you.

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