VICTORY: TPUSA Humiliates Bad Bunny and NFL's Super Bowl Halftime Show, Sets RECORD | Ratings Are In

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Episode: VICTORY: TPUSA Humiliates Bad Bunny and NFL's Super Bowl Halftime Show, Sets RECORD | Ratings Are In

Host: Benny Johnson

Guests: Jack Posobiec, Mark Mitchell (Rasmussen Reports)

Date: February 9, 2026

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Overview

This high-energy episode of The Benny Show dissected the cultural and political battle over Super Bowl 2026’s halftime shows. Benny Johnson and guests celebrated Turning Point USA (TPUSA)’s alternative halftime show, led by Kid Rock, as a landmark victory over what they called the “woke” NFL program headlined by Bad Bunny. The episode delves into ratings statistics, cultural messages, economic ramifications, and the broader meaning in the context of America’s culture war.

The latter part of the episode featured pollster Mark Mitchell analyzing the cultural and political climate, emphasizing the demand for system change and Trump’s declining approval among young voters. The show wrapped with breaking news and commentary on Ghislaine Maxwell’s congressional testimony regarding Jeffrey Epstein, and a call for further leadership and alternatives in American culture and politics.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The TPUSA Halftime Show: Reaction and Significance

• Summary:
  TPUSA’s alternative halftime show, featuring Kid Rock and a family-friendly, patriotic lineup, attracted massive online viewership. Hosts and guests lauded it as a decisive win for "real American culture" over what they characterized as the “woke,” politically progressive, and alienating content of the official Super Bowl halftime headlined by Bad Bunny.

• Notable Stats:

  • TPUSA’s YouTube stream reached 6.17 million concurrent viewers, the second highest on YouTube ever, and the #1 YouTube entertainment livestream in history.
  • Over 25 million views recorded already, with final numbers possibly reaching 40–50 million across platforms (YouTube, Rumble, X).
  • By comparison, NFL/Bad Bunny’s official halftime performance had only 1.4 million YouTube views at the time of recording.

• Cultural Message:
  The guests asserted that Americans are hungry for entertainment that is wholesome, apolitical, faith-oriented, and celebrates US traditions and values.

Notable Quotes

• Jack Posobiec (01:47):
  “All those people are very, very quiet now because they realized that Americans didn't want politics. They wanted something that just showed them that, you know what, it's totally cool and actually good to just be an American and have something that's good, clean, family fun.”
• Mark Mitchell (02:43):
  "Kid Rock, just, like, from his heart, just, like, started preaching the gospel. Kid Rock, of all people, like."
• Benny Johnson (15:20):
  “This is a fork in the road. There are two different visions of America on your screen right here.”

Memorable Moments

• Kid Rock’s Gospel Message and Redemption Arc (01:47–03:00):
  The emotional moment where Kid Rock used his performance to talk about redemption, faith, and Christ, even surprising guests and moving Mark Mitchell to tears.

• Tribute to Charlie (09:40):
  Discussed honoring Charlie Kirk's legacy—“50 times harder” is the rallying cry to keep pushing for cultural victories.

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2. Cultural Battle: “Woke” NFL vs. Americana

• Comparison of Halftime Shows:
  Guests described the NFL/Bad Bunny’s halftime show as out-of-touch: delivered in Spanish, filled with “third world aesthetics,” and rife with “woke propaganda,” citing open borders and LGBTQ messaging.

  • Criticized lack of English and “traditional” American music, with complaints about the performance failing to energize fans.

• Economic Impact:
  Advertising ramifications discussed:

  • $10 million per 30-second ad at Super Bowl, but potential loss in value if large segments of the audience tuned out the NFL stream.
  • Prediction that advertisers may seek rebates or refunds.

Notable Quotes

• Jack Posobiec (05:25):
  “The NFL has decided to sabotage and betray their own fans… It’s like mumble rap, but Spanish, and no songs that anybody knows.”

• Mark Mitchell (07:21):
  "We've totally split. Where wokeness is left in the past, wokeness is left in the dust. People don't want it. They want one America. They want one flag. They want one national anthem. We're sick of the nonsense."

• Benny Johnson (22:14):
  “Ultimately, this was a large scale humiliation ritual, taking our biggest game, our biggest moment, the biggest stage that Hollywood in the entertainment industry… can offer you, and they give it to somebody who hates America, who doesn't speak our language, who's a cross-dresser, who used his opportunity on that stage for divisive politics, open borders messaging, queer messaging, who used it as an opportunity to show a bunch of open degeneracy to your children.”

Notable Moments

• Audience Disinterest in Bad Bunny Show (08:30):
  Cited fan videos of stadium audience “standing like statues” and lack of viral engagement compared to TPUSA’s show.

• Cultural Unity Against “Woke” Halftime (21:30-22:15):
  Viral TikToks and stories of fans across backgrounds, including a Black grandmother, expressing similar frustration with the official halftime show.

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3. The Ratings Battle: Stats and Symbolism

• Impact and Reach:
  • TPUSA’s stream not only shattered live records but also sent a message to advertisers and the entertainment industry about latent demand for “patriotic” content.
  • “We proved a god can bleed”—the idea that the NFL is no longer culturally unassailable.

Notable Quote

• Benny Johnson (30:50):
  “The only halftime show that anyone was interested in was our halftime show at Turning Point. The data shows this.”

• Jack Posobiec (34:50):
  “Seven number one hit songs were played last night... and also a call to Christ from an unlikely source, Kid Rock.”

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4. Political & Polling Analysis (With Mark Mitchell)

[44:19 - 70:52]

• 2026 American Political Climate:
  • Mark Mitchell provides polling context:
    • Split, fragmented culture, and declining trust in institutions.
    • Trump’s approval is dropping, especially among under-40s (only 34% approve).
    • Americans want not just new leadership but visible, hard reforms (“chainsaw to the federal government”).
    • The electorate responds negatively to harsh ICE tactics but support for e-Verify and targeting businesses hiring illegal aliens.

Notable Quotes

• Mark Mitchell (44:19):
  “This is the lightning rod. The lightning rod is if you do performative gay stuff, you're going to get struck by lightning. And that's what happened here.”

• Mark Mitchell (46:00):
  “The zeitgeist is people rebelling against clown World. And I think that's why Trump won.”

Notable Polling Insights

• Trump’s approval hit a low of 41%, worse even than during the most intense Russia-collusion media storm in 2017.
• Over 80% of Trump voters say the federal agencies (CIA, FBI) need major reform.
• Americans increasingly want change: “massive change” beats “business as usual” by 60 points.

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5. Epstein & Congressional Hearings [71:23–77:50]

• Ghislaine Maxwell Testimony:

  • Breaking news segment: Maxwell pled the Fifth Amendment in her congressional deposition on the Epstein investigation.
  • Commentary on public demands for transparency, particularly around powerful figures like Bill Clinton.
  • Both skepticism and agreement with Clinton's call for public hearings.

• Search Trends as Culture Barometer:

  • Epstein search spikes are at unprecedented levels, indicating simmering distrust about the elite and demands for accountability.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

| Time | Speaker | Quote / Description | |--------------|-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 01:47 | Mark Mitchell | "Americans didn't want politics. They wanted...good, clean, family fun. ...A proclamation of the gospel..." | | 02:43 | Jack Posobiec | "Kid Rock... just started preaching the gospel. Kid Rock, of all people." | | 05:25 | Jack Posobiec | “NFL has decided to sabotage and betray their own fans... It’s like mumble rap, but Spanish...” | | 07:21 | Mark Mitchell | “We’ve totally split. Where wokeness is left in the past, ... People don’t want it. They want one America.” | | 15:20 | Benny Johnson | “This is a fork in the road. There are two different visions of America on your screen right here.” | | 22:14 | Benny Johnson | “This was a large scale humiliation ritual ... give it to somebody who hates America, who doesn't speak our language…”| | 30:50 | Benny Johnson | “The only halftime show that anyone was interested in was our halftime show at Turning Point...” | | 34:50 | Benny Johnson | “Seven number one hit songs were played last night ... and also a call to Christ from an unlikely source, Kid Rock.” | | 44:19 | Mark Mitchell | “This is the lightning rod... you do performative gay stuff, you’re going to get struck by lightning...” | | 54:00 | Mark Mitchell | "The zeitgeist is people rebelling against clown World. And I think that's why Trump won." | | 77:23 | Mark Mitchell | "As expected, Ghislaine Maxwell took the fifth and refused to answer any questions. This obviously is very disappointing..." |

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Important Segments & Timestamps

• [01:47–04:01]: Emotional reaction to Kid Rock’s faith message and show structure
• [04:01–05:25]: Ratings impact; NFL and advertisers "freaking out" over lost audience
• [15:20–22:15]: “Two Americas” cultural analysis, harsh critique of Bad Bunny/NFL production
• [30:50–34:50]: TPUSA’s halftime show stats, ratings, and psychological victory over NFL
• [44:19–55:30]: Mark Mitchell’s polling breakdown, analysis of Trump, youth, and the “zeitgeist”
• [71:23–77:50]: Live reaction to Ghislaine Maxwell testifying and calls for congressional transparency
• [77:50–84:10+]: Closing remarks, listener appreciation, and cultural battle “call to arms”

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Tone and Style

• Language: Direct, passionate, and combative; colloquial and at times hyperbolic; heavy on symbolism.
• Tone: Victorious, defiant, at times conspiratorial (esp. on culture war, Epstein); pro-Americana, faith-driven, and anti-“woke.”
• Speaker Dynamics:
  • Benny Johnson leads with high energy, weaving storytelling with calls to action.
  • Jack Posobiec adds context and details; Mark Mitchell brings analytical, data-driven insights.
  • Frequent camaraderie and banter, punctuated by emotional moments around Kid Rock's performance and Charlie Kirk’s legacy.

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Conclusion

The episode framed TPUSA’s record-setting halftime show as not just a digital ratings win but a watershed cultural victory against the NFL’s “woke” direction. The hosts argued that Americans crave traditional, faith- and family-themed entertainment, and that the official Super Bowl halftime show’s progressive slant is both out-of-touch and actively alienating.

The conversation pivoted to the need for real political alternatives, not just angry tweets—a playbook for the ongoing culture war and a call for conservative leadership to seize moments, provide vision, and deliver change. The breaking news on Ghislaine Maxwell underlined broader public demands for transparency and the exposure of elite networks.

The show ended with gratitude to viewers “marching alongside” the movement, grounding the episode in faith, patriotism, and a renewed optimism that, with active engagement and cultural creation, “in the end, we win.”

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This summary covers all significant topics and memorable moments while maintaining the original energy and language of the speakers. It is structured for clarity and for those who did not listen to the full episode.

Transcript

[Benny Johnson]

Come on. Foreign.

[Jack Posobiec]

That was extremely dramatic. That was very, very dramatic. UFC fight between Bad Bunny and Kid Rock. We all know how that wound out last night. Today is Monday, February 9, 2026. We changed culture last night with the Turning Point halftime show. Joining us right off the top is Jack Posobic to talk about it. Let's freaking go.

[Benny Johnson]

Foreign.

[Jack Posobiec]

Yo, Jack. Hey, thanks for joining us in the car, man. Yeah, I don't know if you like. I think that was a very good description of what happened last night. Kid Rock vs Bad Bunny, UFC knockout, you know?

[Mark Mitchell]

Yeah, I watched that. I was like, man, I. I didn't realize the tail of the tape was going to go, but, you know, this really was a moment where Americans had a choice. And, Benny, you promoted the heck out of this. And I know so many of us, you know, the friends of Charlie that, you know, that knew him, we knew that Charlie always talked about the super bowl show. He always talked about culture. That's why he always supported everything that the Benny show was doing in terms of taking back the culture, fighting for cultural wins.

[Jack Posobiec]

And I know there are a lot.

[Mark Mitchell]

Of people saying, why are you doing a Super Bowl, a halftime thing? Like, what does that have to do with anything? And I think all those people are very, very quiet now because they realized that Americans didn't want politics. They wanted something that just showed them that, you know what, it's totally cool and actually good to just be an American to have something that's good, clean, family fun. And then, yes, at the very end, not only a tribute to our fallen friend, but also a proclamation of the gospel, proclaiming the name of Jesus. A show and a moment that were absolutely ordained and bringing people to Christ. And look, I gotta say, you know, having been there and in a. In a small capacity, welcoming everybody in, and I. I was. I was brought to tears in that moment. I was absolutely brought to tears. I didn't know he was going to do that. And. And when he went there, I just.

[Jack Posobiec]

It just.

[Mark Mitchell]

I just broke down, man.

[Jack Posobiec]

I just totally broke down. Kid Rock, just, like, from his heart, just, like, started preaching the gospel. Kid Rock, of all people, like.

[Mark Mitchell]

Like, I'm sitting there like, is this the same Kid Rock from, you know, like, Ball with the. And he played ball with the ball, you know, But. But I liked what they did because artistically.

[Jack Posobiec]

Right.

[Mark Mitchell]

He was. That's why he did the two introductions. He's. And people notice that. It's like they introduced him as Kid Rock. Then he went away, then Antonio and Allison came out. Incredible. By the way the violin cello piece, just so beautiful. And then they reintroduce him. Hey, this is Robert Richie. So it shows that path, it shows that redemption arc, that salvation arc. Like, here's a guy, you know, girls and rock and roll and drugs and drinking, whatever else. And now it's like, no, now it's. Now we're moving to Jesus. Now we're moving to the real stuff. Now we're moving to the deep stuff. And, and honestly, that, that stuff that they were singing about. Go fishing with your dad. You know, go, go work on that 65 Chevy or the Pontiac. Go work, you know, go spend time with your kids. It's all about again, faith, family, freedom. That's what we've been fighting for. And that's all people wanted to see. And the numbers speak for themselves, that there is a massively underserved portion of this country that hasn't seen a halftime show like that, not just in years, in decades.

[Jack Posobiec]

What's the tail of the tape, Jack? Like, what's the number? What's the, what's the numbers going to shake out to be? Is it going to be 40 million viewers?

[Mark Mitchell]

So this is what people need to know, is that the 25 million number that has come out already, that's just from the main YouTube and rumble stream. So that's just crunching the numbers there. We've already got just YouTube alone. Turning points. Main mainstream 6.17. And the one seven is significant because the one, the previous number two YouTube live stream of all time was 6.15. So that's the number two live stream in all of YouTube history. The number one in terms of entertainment because the, the first one was actually the Indian lunar probe. So number one in terms of entertainment on all of YouTube in all of the platform's history. I can't even boggles the mind to even think about those kind of numbers. And then we haven't even sat there. Andrew and I were chatting about this last night. You know, we might see 40, we might see 50. The sky is really the limit because we have so many partners and then we haven't even got into X and so many people were really restreaming it and putting it out there. So we are going to see a, a staggering number of views on this. And it's something where, and I'm sure you heard as well that the entertainment industry and the advertisers are very, very worried about this. And Cliff Maloney had a source inside NFL Networks who said they are freaking out over the size of this Audience?

[Jack Posobiec]

Yeah. I mean, why not? Because what it does is it ultimately shows that you've lost the culture war that the NFL has decided to sabotage and betray their own fans to do a program that is not in English, that has third world aesthetics, that's open borders messaging, LGBT messaging, woke propaganda. And I think the greatest sin of them all, you can't even listen to it. It's like mumble rap, but Spanish, and no songs that anybody knows. All the videos coming out, all the videos coming out from the stands, Jack, like, shows people standing like statues. Nobody was into it. Nobody liked this. And so, like, I know we're up against a hard out, but can you tell me, like, what does this mean culturally for the zeitgeist of the NFL? I mean, I think that this, you know, like this told Jay Z partnership has been a massive failure. I think this has exposed woke corporations even worse than the Bud Light boycott. I think that this is like so much worse than even Dylan Mulvaney Bud Light.

[Mark Mitchell]

Look, there's, there's been a lot of rumors going around that there might even be advertisers now because, because of the. Remember, $10 million just for 30 seconds up on the Super Bowl. But you're, you are guaranteed a certain number of ratings. There are going to be a lot of people picking up phones right now to their fifth Avenue advertising firms, all the marketing directors of every, you know, company that put up an ad there saying how many people were watching during that spot when my, when my ad ran. Because we might be talking rebates, we might be talking refunds, we might be talking the rest of it. This is money. This is economic warfare. Hit them where it hurts. That's why Bud Light. And you saw what Bud Light was doing last night, by the way. If you watch their ad, right back to the Dalmatians, the Clydesdales, you know, all the, the pro Americana, because they're still hurting from the effects of Dylan Mulvaney and Bud Light, and they're trying to build back that market share, but they haven't been able to do it. And so what the NFL and all the advertisers are going to do and put pressure on to say, hey, you.

[Jack Posobiec]

Guys have like, this is a conservative.

[Mark Mitchell]

Christian organization and they're putting up numbers that rival yours. And I notice. I'll just, I'll just say this, Betty, this shows we've. We've totally split. Where wokeness is left in the past, wokeness is left in the dust. People don't want it. They want one America. They Want one flag. They want one national anthem. We're sick of the nonsense. And you saw Bad Bunny around? You know, I did actually go back and watch. I watched this thing at, like, 2x.

[Jack Posobiec]

It was like.

[Mark Mitchell]

It was really weird, but, like, all the flags, you know, and it was just mumble rep. There's no choruses. There's literally no choruses at all. And don't tell me it's political.

[Jack Posobiec]

Don't tell me, by the way, that.

[Mark Mitchell]

It'S not political when he's running around with all of these flags saying, we.

[Benny Johnson]

Have this one and this one and.

[Mark Mitchell]

This one, and we're all America. Like, excuse me. No, no, no, no. We're all America. No, no. The United States of America. Okay, don't do that. Like, woke. Oh, technically, America is a cond. No, stop, stop. Just stop. You know, it's. It's. It's a joke. And I'll tell you this. Why is the NFL being so quiet as to what the number was during Bad Bunny? Why haven't they put that out immediately? You'd think that if the numbers were good, they would have put it out right away. Here we are.

[Jack Posobiec]

For Kendrick. They did it, like, instantly. For Kendrick. For Kendrick. They did it instantly. And then they put it up on YouTube. I noticed that on YouTube. They put it up and it. They. They. They ran it, like, at like, well past midnight Eastern standard time. And they. They, they. They get it up there and it has, like, maybe 1.4 million views. Is the last number that I saw. Turning Point halftime show has 20 million views. You know, this, of course, 20x the size just based on the YouTube platform alone.

[Mark Mitchell]

No, it's incredible. And. And Benny, it's. It's amazing. I do have to run, but, yeah, this was incredible. Win. I want to thank you for everything that you did to promote this. I don't think a lot of people got behind it. Benny Johnson did. That is definitely going to be remembered. And we did it, man. We did it. And we're going to do it again, and we are going to keep doing it. That's what people have to understand really quickly.

[Jack Posobiec]

Yes. And with this, what is going to happen next, Jack? It's going to happen every year.

[Mark Mitchell]

We're going. We're just going to go bigger. We're just going to. Yeah, we're going to do what Charlie would have said. Charlie. Because we all know, right? You would have gotten the call. I would have gotten the call last night that if Charlie were around, he would have called us up and he would have said, Next year, 10 times bigger.

[Jack Posobiec]

50 times harder. Yep, 50 times harder. That's what he.

[Mark Mitchell]

That's Charlie.

[Jack Posobiec]

Yep. 50 times harder. Oh, we got hit. We're down. Joe Biden stole an election. 50 times harder. We go 50 times harder.

[Mark Mitchell]

That's Charlie.

[Jack Posobiec]

I. I'll end with. I'll end with this, Jack. The people who know Charlie the best know that one. He was. He did love. He loves football. And he was obsessed. He would obsess with winning culture. He was obsessed with turning point, like, going and doing alternative things to win culture and to play in their arena, to go on attack. And so, like, there, I don't. I don't think I've seen actually a more beautiful, mechanized tribute to Charlie's vision, actually, than this. And so you deserve positive. You deserve so much credit. And I was expecting you to take the stage last night. The whole time I was watching, like, where's Jack? Jack was already on stage. He introduced everyone. He's going to come, clearly going to come out and ball with the ball. Like, he's going to come out with Kid Rock. I was expecting it. I knew it. You would have come with the flamethrower. So next year, Jack, I'm going to be there, and I'm going to force you to do it.

[Mark Mitchell]

All right, all right, I'll give.

[Benny Johnson]

Here.

[Mark Mitchell]

Here's what we'll do. You know, I'll go play bass, but I don't know, maybe we can ask the chat. Should I trust Benny Johnson with a flamethrower? And.

[Jack Posobiec]

Oh, that's that close to everybody.

[Benny Johnson]

Chat.

[Jack Posobiec]

What do you think? Chat, what do you think, man? They're loving it.

[Mark Mitchell]

Elon. Elon's got the flamethrowers.

[Benny Johnson]

We'll get some of those.

[Jack Posobiec]

They're loving it, Jack. The chat's melting down. I just popped them on. Just popped them on screen. Can you say. Can you shout out the chat and thank him for watching? And then you gotta go.

[Mark Mitchell]

Shout out the chat. Shout out to all the Patriots. God bless everyone. I know you had to be tech support for your parents and grandparents and your normies out there yesterday. We did it. Patriots stood in the gap. We sent a message. The entire world is looking at it. And the chat of the Benny show, the Patriots here played a huge part in that. God bless, guys. I really do have to run.

[Jack Posobiec]

Thank you, Jack. Thank you, Jack. See you, bro. See you, bro. Gentlemen, thank you so much for watching. Thank you for watching last night. What a rowdy and exciting moment for the country. What a victory for all of us. We also have Mark Mitchell on the program and Jack had to run. He's got school kids. Mark Mitchell from Rasmussen Reports will be joining us in just a moment to talk some polling on America and where we are as a country to keep our energy up as we talk about exactly what happened last night. Because what happened last night was more culturally relevant than I think many people realize. Our energy this morning coming from Cowboy Colostrum. Cowboy Colostrum. I have inside of my coffee right here, right there, the old vintage mug here. It is a wonderful source of energy. It's a wonderful way to keep your gut healthy. It's an incredible way to stay stronger. Cowboy Colostrum is one of the highest quality bovine colostrums in the United States. 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And we just sort of put our shoulders in when a lot of people were making fun of it. A lot of people were saying, why would you do this? A lot of people were saying this isn't going to work or it's going to be cringe or whatever. But they were wrong. The Turning Point halftime show was a breaking point in culture, an actual turning point. It gives me chills to even talk about it and think about it, the reason why this is so important. And even if you, yeah, pop that up, please. Even if you don't like Kid Rock or even if some of the bands weren't your favorite, which, by the way, there was like, it was like banger after banger after banger plan no matter who you were, there was a song that made you tap your foot. Turning point halftime show. Hopefully all of them is incredible. The reason why it is so culturally important is because this is a turning point. This is a fork in the road. There are two different visions of America that are on your screen right here. One vision of America is what legacy Americans would know and love. Flames. The American flag proudly displayed. Bourbon. You know, like kind of like the smell of like cigarette and cigar smoke. Ok. People having a good time. Rock and roll music. Country music. Banjos being played, Loud drums and people vibing nothing but love but pure patriotic grit. Rock and roll created in America. Country music created in America. Woven into the fabric of our legacy nation. When was the last time that a show like that appeared at the NFL? We actually did some research on this 32 years ago. 1994 was the last time that Travis Tritt played in the NFL halftime show. That's it. That was, that was the last time. And you know, I'm thinking, wait a second, well, why isn't the NFL, who's supposed to be America's football? Listen, other countries play baseball. It's not a knock offensive baseball, but they're Canadian baseball teams like in the major leagues. Other countries play basketball. Lots of countries play basketball. These are Olympic sports. There's not an Olympic football. There's not a world cup of football. It's called the National Football League. What nation does that mean? America. And this is American. Maybe it's not your aesthetic. Exactly. That's beautiful, dude. It was awesome. Play that B roll. Pop that up. Is that just B roll Event laugh. It's just like the, the, the, the vibes were on point. It was good hearted American fun. Now you'd assume that the NFL, which probably 99% of its fan base are also fans of these artists would align and lock in with that and say, you know, we're going to make sure that those fans are served by our halftime show performance. Doesn't have to exactly be these artists, but how about throwing in a country artist here and there? I mean, it is the most popular genre of music in the nation because it's our genre of music. We created it 32 years since a country act played the Super Bowl. How out of touch can you be with your fan base? Sure, there are fan bases that like Latin music or hip hop, but they've had plenty of that. We've had plenty of that at every single halftime show. I liken it to bud Light. It's so much deeper and so much more important. But the principles are the same, okay? The mechanisms are the same. With Bud Light, you have a light frat beer. It is a beer that old men, old Midwestern dudes with beer bellies sit in their lawn in creaky lawn chairs, and they watch the bug zapper and the sunset from their back porch, and they drink a Bud Light. That's. That's what Bud Light had. That and frat bros Cheap beer for fratty parties.

[Benny Johnson]

Cool.

[Jack Posobiec]

In what universe do you think that a transgender in a bathtub drinking Bud Light, like, taking your beer and literally making it bath water for transgender? Dylan Mulvaney. What? Like, in what universe does that ever even remotely reflect your fan base, your customer base? And it's a tale of all the time that has to be constantly relearned because wokeness is a mind virus, and wokeness is a cancer. And it is a cancer that affects not only Bud Light. Can you believe that this is actually real? It's like a fever dream that this actually happened. It looks like a caricature, looks like an AI character. They did this. They destroy their brands in this perpetual pursuit of something that is totally made up. The modern audience, the modern customer, the hardcore, you know, super queer, super woke. Well, you know, extreme progressive, like, aesthetic that doesn't exist. The customer base isn't real. It doesn't exist. Your brand can't go and create bigger customer bases by betraying their core customers and trying to, like, grasp at the wind as some mythical woke progressive Alphabet consumer. That doesn't work. I don't know how many times you got to learn that. Whether it's light beer, whether it's Star Wars, Star Trek, Indiana Jones, pretty much anything that Disney's created over the last 10 years and the vast majority of Hollywood. How many times must these lessons be learned? Cracker Barrel, a little company at least. Like the Dylan Mulvaney thing happened when Democrats controlled virtually all culture. The doj, the House, the Senate. Like, there was sort of like this, you know, this massive effort to woke ify all of culture. Right? At least they did it. Then Cracker Barrel did their shift when Republicans controlled the House, when Donald Trump won in a landslide. Cracker Barrel. Your company is a cracker on a barrel. It's a white dude sitting on a barrel. That's your whole company. And they decided to throw that in the trash. And I think that's ultimately what this is. White people. Americans are tired of being discriminated against. We're tired of having our culture thrown in the trash. We're sick of it. I say white people because it's the only group that's like, you can openly discriminate against, but all Americans. I think I've seen, like, actually a number of tiktoks go viral. Can you get me that one with Terrence Williams where you have this black grandmother sitting there? Get me that right now. You just black grandmother sitting there and she's watching it, and it looks like this might be her last Super Bowl. And she's like, get off the stage. Get off this. Oh, beautiful. Play me this. Play me this. Let me show you exactly how unifying the hatred of. Of the wokification and the humiliation ritual, which is what this was, a humiliation ritual on American culture. That's what this was. Ultimately, this was a large scale humiliation ritual, taking our biggest game, our biggest moment, the biggest stage that Hollywood in the entertainment industry, those Satanists, those demon worshippers, those occultists can offer you, and they give it to somebody who hates America, who doesn't speak our language, who's a cross dresser, who used his opportunity on that stage for divisive politics, open borders messaging, queer messaging, who used it as an opportunity to show a bunch of open degeneracy to your children. This is how unifying it was. Listen to this grandmother. Who is this man? I mean, like, what is this? God, please, this is ridiculous.

[Benny Johnson]

And got the American flag and all.

[Jack Posobiec]

These other flags and yeah, God bless you to get off the stage.

[Benny Johnson]

Please. Get off the stage.

[Jack Posobiec]

Get off. Put the game back on. I can't stand. Tell me that. We. I bet that lady would have loved some country acts. There are some great country acts out there. Absolute bangers. But instead she's responding the same way that all of us responded. By the way, Klein, that was unbelievable. Fast. That clip was up. Amazing. Amazing. What is this exactly? What is this? What is this photo exactly? What the hell was this? I don't know if we have, like, kind of general. General. Let's do like general B roll. But like, yeah, the bad bunny ending is perfect. Go there. What was this? Ultimately, ultimately, it was a humiliation ritual of your culture. If I had traveled back in time a decade ago and told you that the super bowl halftime show would be entirely in Spanish with foreign flags being waved above the American flag, that the entire aesthetic of the super bowl halftime show would be third world filthy aesthetics. Fruit stands hawking jewelry, grunge or filth orgies, muddy orgies. Look, flickering neon lights in dingy stores. And that the final act of that halftime show at the super bowl was some filthy, untalented Mumble rapper Marxist Latino parroting Marxist Latin talking points that have for a generation is the same talking points that Castro used for a generation. Said that Americans stole the name America, that all of Latin America is America, that they deserve open borders to our country because we're the true invaders. And this was Bad Bunnies final commentary. When Bad Bunny says God bless America, he doesn't mean America. He didn't mean our country. He means the continent of which he wants open borders for Latin people and Spanish speaking people to come and loot the treasure of our nation and steal our birthright. That's what he. That's what's going on here. This is what he said. If we could play, if we could play with, just with, with, with audio. Just a minute. He doesn't mean us. What does he do? He goes and lists all the nations that he considers America. This is who he considers America. See that? See how he listed every nation in the entire continent? That's what this was. And of course, the cringe messaging in the background. It was a repulsive display on of left wing Marxism and globalism that they are trying to foist upon you. Of course, Featuring Satan worshipper herself, Lady Gaga. You understand that Jay Z, you understand that, like the person who groomed Lady Gaga was Marina Abramovich. If you want to go back to the Epstein stuff, we can. Marina Abramovich groomed and tortured Lady Gaga. This was how Lady Gaga became an artist. She went through satanic ritual after satanic ritual. One time she was like stripped naked and like left in the woods. Was like physically tortured by Marina Abramovich. She talked about this. They talked about this openly. Spirit, cooking, dinners, everything, all of it. Marina Abramovich is also somebody that Jay Z, who's in charge of the NFL halftime show, made out with on stage in one famous little skit that Jay Z did amplifying one of the world's foremost Satanists. And then here we are, the protege Satanist protege of Marina Abramovic dancing on stage. Hmm, that's weird. The total and complete desecration of your culture. Is this a screenshot from, from yesterday? I don't know. You don't know? You have no idea. This is. This is Bad Bunny, though, who again has often and regularly goes in drag. Goes in drag to performances, has full performances as transgender. Here we go. This is what the NFL decided needed to be pumped into your home while your children were watching this. These are all Bad Bunny. You're wondering if these Satanists, like are controlling things. You wonder if that like, are they even ashamed of the abstinence? Is there any remorse at all for these people? No, of course not. So it's a practice in humiliation for our culture. And we needed to punch back. We needed to hit back. And that is why I'm so proud of the work that we did at Turning Point with this. I'm so proud of it. A lot of people doubted us, and a lot of people said, it won't work. Telling you, man, I know my people. I know you. And there's a reason why. If something bad happens to someone, something bad happens to someone, then we're going to set up a GoFundMe. You know, like Jeannie, right?

[Mark Mitchell]

She.

[Jack Posobiec]

She was attacked for a Charlie Kirk shirt. Lady in Cincinnati gets hit. Heidi, she gets hit. Holly's her name. She gets punched and knocked out in the street. We raise money for her, raise money for the church in Minneapolis. When people see something that makes them angry, they want to take an action. And luckily, we live in a very peaceful country and people want to act out peacefully and protest. But conservatives don't often give ourselves the venue to go peacefully protest. The left does this all the time to get the lead out for their people. We never give ourselves alternatives because, like, too cocked. Republicans are too weak. So if there's something that bad happens, you know, we'll, like, go to East Palestine, we'll give out money.

[Benny Johnson]

We'll.

[Jack Posobiec]

We'll set up a GoFundMe. We'll give people a pressure release valve. That's what we do on this program. I understand this about the human psyche. You know, our biggest viral hits are because, like, there's pressure that's been built up around Covid. Where did the virus come from? Jasmine Crockett, aoc You know, Kim Klasek. Like, these things go viral because people are, like, desperate for an alternative to the poison of popular culture. What they're trying to feed you Bad Bunny. And so what we did was leverage that knowledge, knowing that the people that people hate will hate this Bad Bunny performance. They'll be insulted. We didn't know who Bad Bunny was, but, like, the moment that we heard that he was going to do the super bowl halftime show, we're like, okay, let's give him an alternative. Because what would have happened without the. Without the Turning Point halftime show? It would have been just been a bunch of people complaining and bitching online. You need to give them something else. You need to give. We. It is our job as creators to create the alternative. That's what we did. We did The super bowl halftime show that the NFL should have done, and if they had done, it would have gotten enormous ratings. Meanwhile, Turning Point got all the ratings at time of recording. The Bad Bunny video on YouTube has 1.4 million views. The Turning Point halftime show has 20 million views, 25 million views across all social media platforms. I think these are early preliminary numbers. 10 million people concurrently watching, you know, that that pretty much makes it the most watched YouTube live stream of all time. That beats all other network broadcasts at the time. So all other network broadcasts were destroyed BY this at 10 million viewers, except the NFL. And nobody ever said that we were going to beat the NFL's ratings. It is the super bowl after all. They've been doing this for 60 years. What we said was we were going to create the alternative. Look at this. Look at these numbers. Look at the people searching these spikes in searches. The only halftime show that anyone was interested in was our halftime show at Turning Point. The data shows this. This is the only halftime show. Look at the Turning Point halftime show. Look at that. Look at the difference in size. Nobody cared about the Bad Bunny show. The NFL was humiliated over this. The numbers show total and complete dominance. And more importantly, more importantly, When you take a bite out of the Goliath that is the NFL, when you can take a piece off, in the words of, you know, Leonidas, prove that a God can bleed, you know, in 300 he hits him with the spear. Prove that you're just a mortal, that the world, to paraphrase Steve Jobs, is built by idiots. The world is created by people that are not smarter than you, they're not better than you. Just because they have the NFL and the super bowl doesn't mean you can't mog them swaggerjack them drink their milkshake. And that's what we did. It's the Steve Jobs paradigm. The world is not made by smart people. It's made by dumb people. And you're smarter than them. And you can just go, you can always go. You don't have to live inside their box. And what did we do? Well, created the alternative. Not just for people watching at home, even for people watching inside of the Super Bowl. Check this out. There's a chick watching, watching. There's the Bad Bunny super bowl performance going on, by the way, like, it literally looks like a border invasion. Has anybody ever called, has anybody ever deported a whole halftime show? Is that possible? Has in the history of America a halftime show been deported at this chick. This chick is just like vibing, listening to our Programming which, by the way, played actual hit songs. Number one hit songs. Seven number one hit songs were played last night at the super bowl halftime show. And also a call to Christ from an unlikely source. Kid Rock. Now, please grab my Kid Rock promo, because I want to tell you that we warned you, like, we warned you. I went up to Kid Rock's house. We were filming some other content, and I went there and I said, like, get ready, Kid Rock is going to be there.

[Benny Johnson]

It is?

[Jack Posobiec]

Yep. Kid Rock is going to be the one that I sent. Please, you can just pop up the tweet. He's going to be making this about Jesus. Did you catch the Easter egg here? Kid Rock. This is for the people who love America and who love Jesus. We told everyone what was about to happen. This is the most viral moment from the Turning Point halftime show last night. We go, a book that's sitting in your house somewhere that could use some dusting off. There's a book that's sitting in your house somewhere that could use some dusting off. There's a man who died for all our sins hanging from the cross. You could give your life to Jesus and he'll give you a second chance till you can't. So proud to be part of this, man. You get chills, man. You get chills. Look at this TMZ poll. Who did better? Bad Bunny or Turning Point? Bad Bunny or Kid Rock? Who did better? Well, it's live poll, Klein, so I guess we're gonna have to vote. Which one do you think, Klein, you're gonna have to click. No. Oh, boy. 66 to 33. Well, if this were a presidential election, this would be 450 electoral votes. That's what this would look like. This were a presidential election, this would be winning 40 states. Now, last night this was at 85%. So they might have bought it this a little bit, but doesn't matter. 309,000 votes. 10 hours left on this poll.

[Benny Johnson]

Woo.

[Jack Posobiec]

We won. We won. America first versus America last. The number two most watched thing in the history of all of YouTube. The most watched entertainment performance in the history of all of YouTube. President Trump, ladies and gentlemen, also sounding off. Super bowl halftime show is absolutely terrible. One of the worst ever. Makes no sense in the front to greatness of America. It doesn't represent our standards. Success, creativity, excellence. Nobody understands that what this guy is saying. And the dancing is disgusting. Especially for young children watching throughout the USA and all over the world. Ooh, man, this show is a slap in the face to our country. Thank you. That's what I'm talking about. Because that's what all this is. And that's why the fight against this is important. It's not just to rack up views. You know, Turning Point didn't make money off this. We spent money on this. It's in order to fight back against the humiliation ritual that has been ongoing for your entire life and mine, trying to undermine American culture. And they pushed it too far last night. They pushed it too far with their repulsive third worldism, spitting in the face of our national identity and language, promoting and platforming this degenerate, this cross dressing degenerate. But he didn't. But he didn't cross dress. Look at this photo. Look at this photo. No, look at this. This is the artist, the NFL. This is it.

[Benny Johnson]

Oh, he just wore.

[Jack Posobiec]

He just wore a white T shirt. No, dude, the NFL knew exactly what they were getting into. This is an access point for you.

[Benny Johnson]

Your.

[Jack Posobiec]

It's a gateway. They're not precisely Satanists know exactly what they're doing. And the only thing that will make them stop is to punch them as hard as we possibly can where it hurts the very, very most, which is their advertising dollars, which is the only thing that keeps all of it running. That's it. Without the ad dollars flowing, without the cultural value, they'll go elsewhere. I promise you this. There's going to be some massive ad spend on the Turning Point halftime show next year. You can believe that. Who wouldn't want to advertise in the number one YouTube live stream in history? And by the way, if they just done the live stream, if they'd done the live stream correctly and not allowed it to be streamed on other platforms and just done it, done one single stream, it would be without a doubt the single most watched thing in the history of all of YouTube. So lessons learned, victory at hand. I don't, I. Bad Bunny has now deleted all of his social media. Do you know this? Bad Bunny's deleted everything. He's gone from social media. Does that sound like. Doesn't seem like a victory for you. Seemed like a victory for you, NFL. So your performer just went completely blackout on all social media, has done zero promotion of this, has done zero defense of his despicable show and is instead deleting. Here's his 51 million Instagram followers. Deleting entirely his account. We forced Bad Bunny to delete his account.

[Benny Johnson]

Oh.

[Jack Posobiec]

The meme Mozart meme of the guy dropping the music. It's beautiful. Final thing, there's one other spike that is very Important, which is the spike in the ICE tip line, people searching for deportations, ICE denaturalization. These are the trends that we're looking for. So well done, NFL. You were trying to own Trump, you ended up playing yourself. And now people want mass deportations more than ever. Because what you did was you showed us. You demonstrated to us what the future holds, what the third worldism future holds for us and our nation. And America has rejected it and rejects you. And we got to give them something else. We got to give them the alternative. We got to show people that we can command culture and that we, we can create a better life for them, that we can preserve the life they already like. So that's what last night was all about. And that's why it mattered so damn much. All right, ladies and gentlemen, I didn't get any sleep last night. We were out. We were up ripping content till late in the evening and then early into the morning hours. And I apologize for being a hair late to the show this morning. We're again out here to like, own this moment. You have to own the moment. You have to see. You have to seize the field of battle when it is yours. When you have the opportunity, you must.

[Benny Johnson]

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[Jack Posobiec]

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[Benny Johnson]

Good news, bad news. Why not both? Maybe a little.

[Jack Posobiec]

You know what?

[Benny Johnson]

What?

[Jack Posobiec]

You know what I want, dude? I want honesty, right? Like I want honesty. And the numbers don't lie. Our numbers last night at the turn point halftime show don't lie. Right? So yeah, that was impressive for themselves.

[Benny Johnson]

Yeah, congratulations. And I think it shows that there is a very strong cultural movement here. It's not going away. And you know, the last year there's been some ups, there's been some downs, but I think people are still desperate to see this thing continue. And so thanks for that optics. I think it's really important and you know, hopefully you talk a lot about culture. We poll about it a lot. And some of these things are confusing and contradictory because it's hard to know what America looks like now that we're fragmenting. There's a lot more people here that don't assimilate. People's interests are being sort of like. Matt Walsh did a really good segment about how there's no cultural zeitgeist anym, there's no water cooler shows. We've all been dragged in different directions and increasingly politics has sort of filled the gap. And Trump won, in my opinion in 24 because the culture war was won already. The fact that these retards don't understand that and continue to do these performative ridiculous shows, I mean this is the America that by 2 to 1 margin, 40% to 20% said that they would buy less Bud Light because the Dylan Mulvaney. Have we forgotten that? And is all of America like that? No, but enough of them. Like this is the lightning rod. The lightning rod is if you do performative gay stuff, you're going to get struck by lightning. And that's what happened here. Is all of America against it? No, I mean 55% of America said that they were going to watch this Super Bowl. That's still a pretty high number. More young people than old people. It's still a cultural milestone. And looking at the party numbers, it was 62% of Democrats and 58% of Republicans. But then you guys got all those people that tune into something else. Right. Like that's what it is. And so I think that it shows, you know, there is power, but what is the zeitgeist? And that's what I've been trying to figure out. And I think that this is the most important Point right here. It's not a brand anymore. It's not like Disney, for instance, the favorability numbers for Disney pull. Just like your random national political figure. Isn't that weird? Like something that's brought so much magic to people's lives? It's not really movies anymore, you know, and again, with all this LGBT stuff, it's not really woke anti LGBT blowback. Like, people are actually okay with a lot of stuff in America, but it's like, okay, well, if you're going to have laws that allow transing the minors, then they dig in, right? So it's, it's the egregious stuff they don't like. And what Americans, in my opinion, think is most egregious is in a system that is ridiculous, that has failed, that is wrong. Clown World, we know this. The. The zeitgeist is people rebelling against clown World. And I think that that's why Trump won. I really do. Because look at the Doge stuff. Wildly popular, captured the. The zeal of the youth. In his inauguration speech, you know, when we were literally banging down the doors of USAID in his inauguration speech, he promised that this was the golden age of America. And who believed that Most was under 40 voters. 56 of them agreed with that statement. And then they saw Doge and his job approval rating got up to 60%. And the bad news here is that his numbers among the young people are just absolutely atrocious now. And people have freaked out over Donald Trump just in the last week or two in a way that's dangerous. Is it like the complete end of his political movement? No, but it's flashing warning signs dangerous. He hit a 41% approval rating on Friday. That's the lowest in all of our numbers going back to December of 2017. What did that look like? That was Rachel Maddow talking about tax returns and Russian collusion hoaxes on msnbc. And everybody was watching, like, what? What's happened? Our president is a Russian asset. We're at those numbers right now. When there is not an external exogenous shock like that. This is, in my opinion, people telling Trump, remember why you got in the system doesn't work. And we need that system attacked. We need that R word. We need retribution. And the under 40 voter now. I just did the numbers, we're releasing them today. 31%. Right direction, 34. Trump approval with the under 40s, 60 to 34. And I think he could recapture this. This was like the chainsaw to the federal government is what got us there. And I really do. If you look at the. If you look at the graph of comparing all the presidential approval ratings, like, very visibly, this is a plunge that kind of mirrors Biden's Afghanistan and Biden's. Turn that around to some extent. Like, we have to be realistic that there's things in polling called response bias. Donald Trump was beating Joe Biden during the Afghanistan crisis by like 12 points. And at the end of 2024, had Biden stayed in, it would have been probably about a plus four race. So obviously, people rebel. They don't want to answer the polls. They get upset. Pe people are upset right now, but the weird thing is, is because they want Trump war of what he promised. And remember what he ran on. And that was the cultural zeitgeist of reforming a broken system. And look at the energy. Look at the. This is what your halftime show showed people, is that there are a lot of people who will show that rebellion rebel against the system. It's like, yep, you know what? Everybody in my house is watching the super bowl, but I'm gonna make us turn this on because it's important to me. And, you know, we had that, like, we've done so much polling that shows us this. Has Trump done too much or not enough of what he promised? People say not enough, two to one, especially the younger people. Half of under 40 voters, half of them say Trump has not done enough of what he promised. It was only like less than 20% who said he's too much what he's promised. And I think there's a big question about how, like, there's. People are saying. And this is why I think this movement needs these truths and they need to be objective about how he's performing so that we can pivot and do this the right way. The ICE stuff, no bueno. It is not good. Bad optics has to get out of the headlines. And I've been saying for weeks, like, the. The way we went about this was wrong, and it created political friction. America is not a monoculture that wants to see everybody brutally deported. Most Americans want all illegal aliens gone. But shooting protesters in the face with tear gas, like, not good it. And so when we look at Min Minnesota, and we see all this systematic federal fraud, that's what people want attacked. And we made it about ice. And all of a sudden, even though fundamentally Americans still want illegal aliens gone by a strong majority, they say that ICE tactics are too harsh, and they're increasingly siding with the ICE pro anti ICE protesters and not ICE themselves. And so if there's pushback. Do you do more of that or you pivot? Well, no, you go after the businesses because that's what overwhelmingly people say has to happen. Of course we should use E Verify. It's almost a 70 position. Of course we should hold people that hire legal aliens accountable. That's a plus 20 position. So when Donald Trump is underwater 15 points, but holding businesses who hire legal aliens accountable is plus 20. That's a big difference. And then when 76% of America is angry at waste, fraud, abuse, this is the zeitgeist. The Americans we've tracked, we've talked about this. The level of fear of political violence, the mistrust of the federal government and the anger at waste, fraud and abuse. The, the biggest signal going into the election for Donald Trump was do we need business as usual in Washington, D.C. or massive change? And massive change won by like 60 points. Right? So change a broken system. And if Donald Trump could just focus on that over and over again, people will change the channel from the super bowl to watch that happen. They're begging for it. And, you know, people, again, I don't know if you want to go down the rabbit hole, but this Epstein thing is big because the system is broken. This is a signal, people. This is. If you look at the search trend volume, I know you trust the search trend volume like I do. Epstein's been in the news a lot over the last 10, 20 years. He was arrested, he was suicided. He was, you know, the case closed thing with Pam Bondi. Search trend volume for Epstein right now is multiples higher than it's ever been, ever. And if you just compare Olympics to Epstein, yes, Olympics, search trend volume is higher, but it's a global sports spectacle. It's a cultural touchstone. And Epstein is getting there. It's getting close. So again, it's like we could, we could say, no, there was nothing there. We could say, no, look at these other things I'm doing, which could be good or could be bad, but they're not systematic reform because people are discovering very dark things about the system right now. So this is building on the zeitgeist that things need to change. And I think that if Donald Trump were to continue to lean into this idea that we are changing things because we just had, you know, the, the bonino stuff, we had a very good example there about how that tactic didn't work. You know, trust in the FBI was destroyed. 53% of America said the FBI was Joe Biden's personal gestapo. FBI lost its favorability rating positive Favorability rating for the first time in the history of our polling, people like law enforce. It's obviously a popular thing. And if you're the FBI, the nation's preeminent law enforcement agency, and you lose your positive favorability rating, that's bad. That's really bad. And so Americans wanted a restoration of trust. Only 30 trust the federal government. So we took a very trusted figure, Cash Patel, we took a very trusted person, Dan Mangino, and said, okay, we're putting them in these roles. And so old politics would tell you that, okay, well, the Republicans will now trust the FBI because their trusted people are at the head of the FBI. But this isn't new politics anymore. This is the politics where people need the system burned down. And so we just asked a month ago, do you agree or disagree? Federal agencies like the CIA and FBI need major reform, and 83% of Trump voters said yes to that. And so Cash Patel and Dan Mangino, I don't. I don't know what they did. Like, objectively, they could have done a lot of stuff, but based on what Americans saw coming out of that and how they processed it and they voted, they gave a report card. And the report card from Trump voters, from Republicans, was, these agencies still need reform. And so that's the crazy thing you're seeing. And it's like, you can't brute force this anymore. Like, Dan Bongino can't brute force this into a successful story. And yet Americans want success. They will turn the channel from the super bowl to watch the system be torn down, to watch this rebellion against the parts of it that don't work, that are wrong. The bad bunny thing was wrong. And America, like, basically cuckolded him is what they did last night. Right? And it's like, let's do that to the federal government. Let's do that to the big business special interests that continue to rule our lives and supplant the will of the voter.

[Jack Posobiec]

This Epstein interest chart, this Epstein interest chart. We pulled it up. This is wild, Mark. I mean, I didn't know that it would be like this.

[Benny Johnson]

He has to get out in front of this now.

[Jack Posobiec]

This is the past five years. I mean, this is crazy. I mean, you're just going on Google search volume like I am. That is parabolic. I mean, this. This is more than you know. So. So Epstein gets suicided. You know, Epstein getting suicided, I guess wouldn't be on that because it was in 2019, so we just barely missed it. I don't know if we can go.

[Benny Johnson]

Back even further, but, yeah, it's all there. Yep. Okay.

[Jack Posobiec]

Yeah. Okay. So there you can see Epstein getting suicided right there. You see the. Like, the spike. This, This. I mean, I thought that that would maybe rival it if you were just asking me off the top of the dome, but not even close. Look at that. So what is. What are we to make of this?

[Benny Johnson]

I said. I said it in July. The second those words left her mouth, case closed. We were like, no. Like, I literally spurged out, went into the field, asked America, and America overwhelmingly agreed, no, the case is not closed. It was 16%, and yet 68% said there are wealthy and powerful predators that still need to go to jail. And it's like, if I wanted to be even a cynical, like, just political strategy guy, I would have said, you know what? We have an FBI. We could just make this go away by telling everybody the FBI is investigating these folks. And my advice was get out in front of this, because if you don't, you're handing the Democrats something that's going to hang over you and haunt you for the rest of your political term. And now here we are. And so the messaging needs to change, but it's like, okay, Trump, you're the retribution and change guy. We're draining the swamp. This is America about to realize which side of the fence you're on. You got to pick a side, and it's got to be the side that attacks the system, or it's multiples higher. Everybody saw the optics coming out of that jail, and a majority of America within a month was like, no, no, of course. Of course he didn't kill himself. So America, even back then, was smart enough. Everybody was watching. And now five times more people are watching. They're watching this instead of the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. And it's telling us things about our religious leaders, it's telling us things about our heads of state. It's telling us things about our business leaders. And the way the people at the top have absolutely no, absolutely no moral compunction about stepping on a little guy. And so this is only going to either make America. I've been using this analogy, and I think it's very helpful. America is a frog in a pot of water on a stove. And for decades, the water was increasing in temperature, and nobody knew why. Why? Why is it getting hotter in here? I don't understand. Why do we keep spending more? Why does China keep getting more powerful? Why is the American middle class keep getting hollowed out? And then Trump came along and Said, well, obviously it's because you're in a pot of water on a stove, stupid. There's the dial. I can see it right there. That's what happened in 2016. And then in 2020, you know, people were like, hey, I don't like being in a pot of water. Trump keeps messing with the dial. This is weird here. We need somebody else to turn down the dial. And they voted for Biden. And Biden cranked it to high. He literally just cranked that friggin dial to high. And we all saw it. The people who had eyes, right? And America said, no. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Well, we need the title turned down. We only trust one person to do this. And again, 2024, a lot of people love Trump. He expanded his base 100%. But Trump didn't win because of a cult of personality. He won because of blowback for Biden, overreach and a referendum on the lack of trust in federal government. That's why Trump won, to turn the dial down. And if Trump says, wait, what dial? I don't understand. That is not the right answer. The right answer needs to be turning the dial down. And so on. Every one of these major things, you can either increase the temperature or decrease the temperature. And if you look at like, okay, maybe we're ruled by a bunch of sick, demented, satanic pedophiles and the system is either going to protect them or not. Like, how do you turn the dial up on that? And how do you turn the dial down on that? And I mean, they turned it up. They turned it up. And we're getting to the point where we're going to just keep encountering even more egregious opportunities to turn the dial up or down.

[Jack Posobiec]

Yes.

[Benny Johnson]

And it's, and it's like, even, even the way he discusses these issues, there's a chance every single time to turn the dial up or to turn the dial down. And so when they say, like, sir, how are you doing on the economy? Okay, the, the dial up temperature, maybe it's just not touching the dial is, well, we did a great job and the Dow's at 50, 000 and we're going to have the best GDP ever. That's not a dial down answer. A dial down is, well, it's great that the stock market's up, but there's so much more to do. Here are the things we're doing to try and make housing more affordable, and look at what we're doing in the meat industry and blah, blah, blah, blah. Right? That's a dial down temperature that's hey, we see a vision of the future and we are currently taking action on all of these things and we might not see success because I think America has passed the point where we can all agree that everything's going to be fixed between now and November 2026. Right? And so this is what I'm, this is about vision, leadership and vision. And this is again people will say I'm a black pillar or doomer, I'm trying to offer a carrot because I think the, I think the bar is really super low right now is that if you look at your average Democrat voter and, and most of these people again will look at somebody like Mamdani under 40 and be like yeah, okay, sure, the guy really believes in me and I don't, you know, they say he's a socialist but we need to change and blah blah, blah, blah. But then your average Democrat like core Democrat voter doesn't need their elected representatives to have a vision for the future. And part of that is because they're less objective people. They're voting for the feels like all these things that we know about the left. But part of that is because they're fundamentally winning. Like they're getting what they're want, they want, they're getting an increasingly powerful administrative state, they're getting a corporatist system that can continue to, you know, redistribute wealth from the American taxpayer. They're getting their big government, they're getting their global homo. You know, they're winning, the left is winning and they're going to win by default unless the system's fixed. Now the way the right approaches these problems is it says well we have these values that have always worked and they're going to continue to work and people will someday see eventually that things have gotten bad enough that we, we can get back to conservatism of decades ago and that somehow the ghost of Ronald Reagan is going to come in and save us. And that's, that's backward looking and it's not vision. A vision is based on where we're at now, based on the stimuli, based on the temperature of the water that the, the frog is in on the, on the stove. What does the future of America look like when Republicans and conservatism wins? And if that isn't believable enough to make people think that the temperature of the pot is going to go down, then the Democrats are going to win because they, they vote by default, they win by default and the Republicans need to believe in their elected leaders in order to get that inertia, that momentum. And that's just how it is. They're the low propensity voter now. Trump built a big tent of a lot of first time voters, A lot of people that, you know, were showing up for the first time because of a referendum on institutional trust.

[Jack Posobiec]

And Mark, we just talked about, we just talked about this. Like, you need to show an alternative. It's not enough to just like sit there and bitch on, on Twitter about that. You don't like bad buddy. You have to give people an alternative. You have to give them something else to do. Like, you, you need that. This is, this is why it was so successful. And we've been doing that, by the way. Like, that's the core of my business is like every time that there's a news story, you know, if it's like the BLM story, I'll make the Kim Klasek ad, right? And if, if there's like a bunch of left wing Marxists on campus, you know, we can build Turning Point. And if it's East Palestine, you know, you can go there and you can just hand people cash and like, make them feel good. And if there's nothing else to do, then you can just go take it and do an alternative. It's gifts and go. You know, every time we do a gives and go, it's, it's about that. Like, that's the point. The point is like to give people who are frustrated and angry an alternate vision so they can feel good and like, take that pressure, use that pressure release valve, turn the dial down, as you say. And so, yeah, I mean, you're exactly right. Like, and you, you're, you're toast if you can't do that. If you can't present. Like, how much more, how much more. How much lamer would this current zeitgeist be right now, today if we hadn't done that halftime show? If it had just been a bunch of like, people saying, wow, like, you know, they can just do this to us and there's nothing else for us to do. We're gonna boycott the NFL, please. You know, like that. Yeah, I wish, I wish NFL fans were strong enough to like, to stand up and like, say, we won't. We, we will burn our gift. We'll be, we're done with our teams. You know, we, we, like, we're finished here. But until we crack into that, like, the best we can possibly do is show the alternative. I mean, that is use this, use this opportunity to call on the NFL fans, like, how much more of this humiliation ritual can you take? You know, they're doing this leadership.

[Benny Johnson]

Benny, you're talking about leadership. Like this is leadership and Donald Trump's the leader of the free world. This is leadership. And, and it's like angry tweets about this are not leadership anymore. They're not?

[Jack Posobiec]

No, no, it's not. It's not. It would be very depressing if all we had was a couple of rage bait tweets from me and Matt Walsh and Jack Posic. Right?

[Benny Johnson]

Yeah.

[Jack Posobiec]

And that's what it would have been without the halftime show and a bunch of people saying, wow, maybe we should have made like an alternative halftime show. Like that's what it would have been. But like instead you do it and then this is how you win. Right. And so a great example of this and last question that I have for you is the Save Act. You know, this seems like something that is obviously, you know, we've talked polling before on voter fraud, voter issues, voter id. That seems like such a no brainer. Republicans, however, are so cucked and are such little babies, such children now, they can't even get behind like trying to get this done. Although people do love that there's finally a piece of legislation that's getting something done that they wanted and voted for. So where are we at on the Save Act? What are the chances of this thing moving?

[Benny Johnson]

You know, I'm not, I'm not behind the doors in Congress and I don't know what the political calculus is, but I know that obviously, fundamentally, any like, core principle that increases accountability and rule law and, and fairness in America is going to be overwhelmingly supported by the mass majority of people, as is every, every election integrity measure. You know, we, we've covered this with you in the past. Everybody thinks the elections are stolen. Most people think the machines are connected to the Internet. Everybody wants voter id. And it's like this was the, this was the Trump that had the election stolen from him such that it even changed his movement's news consumption patterns. Right. Like everybody dumped cable on November. And it's like politically, anything around election integrity is the lowest hanging fruit the Republicans could ever be offered. Vastly bipartisan, you know, the zeitgeist of reforming a broken system. And it's like, if we can't even do this, like, I don't want to be too cynical and black pilled and stuff about this. Like there's an aspect of Donald Trump has not been handling the Republican Party correctly and has diluted his endorsement and hasn't been building a pro MAGA Republican party like it he could have potentially. And that I look at your elected Republican leaders and I say, well, they, most of them will just ditch MAGA as soon as they can because they're just looking for whatever like sort of cynical short term trend that they can hitch their wagon to in order to increase fundraising. And that's negative. But, you know, I try to give Trump like a positive path forward, which is like, hey, like back in November again, very like the, the what the what do we do should not be hard, brutal, visible government reform and restore the American middle class through economic populism. Like, those are the two targets. Very big, very easy to hit at. Right? But it's like when you're fighting with your own party, people don't think you're aiming at the target, they think you're shooting somewhere else. Right? And so the goal is like, how can Trump partner with the Republican Party in order to like get big wins that don't fix things everything, right? But that show that there's two hands on that dial turning the temperature down. That's what America wants to see. Trump and Republicans with both hands turning that dial in the correct direction. And this is the biggest and best opportunity. And there has to be a case made. And again, like fighting with the Republicans visibly outside where everybody can see it is not like this stuff with fighting with like, I want the filibuster nuke just as much as anybody else, if not more. I've been calling for it forever and I don't care what the Democrats are going to do with it. When you nuke the filibuster and pass the laws Americans want, the point is that then they vote for you again. And so the idea of Democrats using the nuked filibuster against America shouldn't even be part of the discussion. And by bringing it up, you're telling us all like, that you're not going to do what we all want you to do.

[Jack Posobiec]

Right, Great point.

[Benny Johnson]

But it's like we, we can't have these fights out in the public. And it's like if there, if there's a conservative at all, if there's a person at all within John Thune and Mike Johnson who care about the future of this country and winning, then they need to get at least one win like this. Just show us you can do it. America's. It's literally like the shield of booth meme. Like, just do it like, and they will be punished. 100%, they will be punished. And I'm telling you right now, America is rebelling on Donald Trump not because they don't like what he's doing. They want him to do more. And we just saw it like the numbers out today. When you come up, we just, we just asked, is America going to remember Joe, Joe Biden as a good president or as a bad president? And people say bad president, 47 to 38. But then we say, is Donald Trump better than or worse than Joe Biden? And 56% of America says the same game or worse than Joe Biden. And so again, this is the guy that won with maybe not potentially a mandate, but a mandate for his platform. And every single thing that he's promised is significantly more popular than Donald Trump is. We just have to do that. And it, I mean, a vision of the future, fighting with the Republican Party viscerally visibly in the near term to get long term wins doesn't paint a compelling vision of the future of Republican conservative governance. That's the catch 22. That's the situation we're in. And that's how Trump's got to figure out how to figure out how to do that with leadership. And it's like, make that halftime show. Look at Epstein, right? What's the Epstein equivalent of what you guys did with a halftime show? Trump needs to do that now, immediately. Or he could be like, this is a knife's edge. 41% approval.

[Jack Posobiec]

Mark Mitchell, who brings good and bad news, but always brings clear eyes to this. And along with, of course, a pedigree of being the most right pollster in all of America. Mark Mitchell, listen to him or not, but at your own peril. You can follow Mark here. Mark, well done. You've been, you've seen quite a tick up in following here. 150,000 subscribers on X. The great Mark Mitchell is also a huge Kid Rock fan. Thank you.

[Benny Johnson]

He's pretty great.

[Jack Posobiec]

Thank you, Mark. Ladies and gentlemen, we do have some other breaking news. It does have Epstein tie through this week. Expect more news from Jeffrey Epstein this week. He's sitting back and popping popcorn as Ghislaine Maxwell testifies. Or you could be eating a Masa chip. Not sure that this is something that you want to like sit there and watch with your kids or anything, but Masa chips is something that I eat with my kids, including at our little a family super bowl get together last night. Masa chips are delicious. They're good for you and they're the best that you can possibly get for your family. I have little kids who of course love to snack. It's just made with corn, salt and beef tallow. So get you some Masa chips if you can find them. They come in incredible flavors. Oh man. Try the churro chip like for a dessert chip and you'll never go back. Ready to give masa a try? 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The congressional investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein hits latest snag on Monday morning. Epstein's longtime associate Ghislaine Ghislaine declined to comment or answer any questions and sworn deposition. That's strange because she sat for days with Todd Blanche. Deputy Attorney General Maxwell, now serving a 20 year sentence for her partner Epstein's trafficking scheme, invoked her Fifth Amendment right over video from a prison camp in Texas. This is, by the way, a camp that she was moved to. It's like a luxury camp in Texas. No explanation as to why she was moved there months after she'd been subpoenaed by the House Oversight. A copy of Maxwell's lawyer's opening statements obtained by Politico David Oscar Marcus reiterated the grant of clemency would facilitate her testimony, a power only Donald Trump can bestow. He's not ruled out issuing a pardon. Only she can provide the complete account. Some may not like what she has to hear, but the truth matters, according to Marcus and prepared remarks. For example, both President Trump and President Clinton are innocent of any wrongdoing. Mrs. Maxwell alone can explain why, and the public is entitled to that explanation. You also notice some Maxwell's legal proceedings were still ongoing. Democrats accused Maxwell of using the deposition as part of a campaign for clemency from Trump House oversight. Comer told reporters he did not believe Maxwell should be granted clemency. Unfortunately, she had an opportunity today to answer questions that every American has, questions about what would be important. And she chose to invoke her fifth. Okay, we'll see what happens next with the Clintons. Bill Clinton here saying that he. Do we have that Clinton tweet. Let's grab it, please. Bill Clinton saying effectively that he's going to walk and he's not going to be testifying. This is a wild thing. So Jamie Comer was on our show last week. Was it Friday? Something like that? Jamie Comer's on our show. And I was like, listen, dude, you're dealing with the scum of them all. Bill Clinton dude's not gonna testify. And he's like, well, I'll tell you what he was saying. We put his ass in jail because you'd be in jail. I love Jamie Comer. I'm a big fan of him. But I said, this is what's gonna happen. Sure enough, lo and behold, here comes Bill Clinton on February 6th. I have called for the full release of the Epstein files. I have provided sworn statement of what I know. And just this week, I've agreed to appear in person before the committee. But it's not enough for Republicans on the House Oversight Committee. Now, Chairman Comer says he wants cameras, but only behind closed doors. Who benefits from that arrangement? It's not Epstein's victims who deserve justice. It's not the public who deserves the truth. It is partisan interests. And it's not fact finding is pure politics. I will not sit idly as they use me as a prop in a closed door kangaroo court. Republican Party is scared. If they want answers, let's stop the games and do this the right way. In a public hearing, the American people can see for themselves. Big, big, big deep breath here. Do I agree with Bill Clinton on this? This is a Jamie Comer's statement and we'll play that in just a second. But like, just take away from Bill Clinton. I mean, we asked James Comer about this. Like, why not? Why not just do it in public? Why not? Why not have him talk in public and then he can answer all the questions. Got all the photos of Bill Clinton, hot tub and all that stuff and Hillary Clinton and, you know, all the victims and the testimony. Like, why not? Why not do it in public? Why do it behind closed doors? You know, this is like. And sure, bend your rules. Like, these were the Clintons. He was president for two terms. She was the First Lady. She was the Secretary of State. She ran against Trump. Like, why not? Bill Clinton is such a scumbag, but he's not wrong here. He's out of line, right? Like, what's the meme? He's out of line, but he's right. Bill Clinton. This should be in public. James Comer seems like he wants it in public, but here we are, ladies and gentlemen. I agree with Bill Clinton. Sorry, clip it. You know, clip it. But I agree, should be in public. Jamie Comer just seconds ago talking about Jelaine Maxwell. Let's go.

[Mark Mitchell]

As expected, Ghislaine Maxwell took the fifth and refused to answer any questions. This obviously is very disappointing. We had many questions to ask about the crime she and Epstein committed, as well as questions about potential co conspirators. We sincerely want to get to the truth, the American people and justice for the survivors. That's what this investigation is about.

[Jack Posobiec]

Okay, well, shame. Jelane is the key to everything. And you know, she's alive and she had a front row seat to all of it. She was on the plane with the Clintons, sitting in Buckingham palace on the throne with them. She saw it all, she built it all. She's alive. She's literally sitting there. And she did do like a little testimony with Todd Blanche, but it does. We, like, we, like. A lot of this stuff happens behind closed doors. We need to hear from Jelaine. I mean, to put all of this to rest, you need to actually have the, the eyewitnesses explain what was all this? What was it all. Ladies and gentlemen, we will be locked in for this week. And the rest of this week we'll be actually traveling to D.C. and we've been covering the typing thing. We've been, we've been as honest as humanly possible with Epstein. We've been asking all the questions. Here it is with Jamie Comer, like, what will happen? Like, why not do a public hearing? We asked. They're moving the goalpost. 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