U.S.A Hockey Team Wins Gold At The Olympics

Summary

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Podcast Summary: The Five

Episode: U.S.A Hockey Team Wins Gold At The Olympics
Date: February 24, 2026
Panel: Dana Perino, Emily Compagno, Jessica Tarlov, Jesse Watters, Greg Gutfeld

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Five centers on the dramatic and triumphant U.S. Men's Hockey Team win over Canada to clinch the Olympic gold medal—46 years after the “Miracle on Ice.” The panel recaps the action, the significance for American pride, reactions (from joy to controversy), and the broader political and media responses. The conversation later expands to breaking national stories, including political gaffes, Mexican cartel violence, and local government oddities. The tones range from patriotic exuberance to sharp satire and pointed debate.

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Key Topics and Discussion Points

1. U.S. Men's Hockey Team Wins Olympic Gold

(00:19–07:07)

• Recount of the Golden Goal:
  Jesse Watters and Dana Perino excitedly describe Jack Hughes' overtime-winning goal, his resilience (losing teeth in the process), and the emotional post-game interview.

  • Quote (Jack Hughes):

    “This is all about our country right now. I love the USA. I love my teammates... The USA hockey brotherhood is so strong... I’m so proud to be American today. That’s just a ballsy, gutsy win. That’s American hockey right there.” (00:54)

• Patriotic Emphasis and Controversy:
  Dana highlights the pride and unity, but also notes left-wing media criticism (HuffPost headline about discomfort with “USA” chants).

  • Discussion on the FBI Director celebrating with the team and President Trump inviting them to the State of the Union.
    • Quote:

      “Apparently not everyone was feeling the red, white, and blue. The liberal outlet HuffPost putting out this headline: ‘If waving the American flag or chanting USA turns you off right now, you’re not alone.’” — Dana (01:20)

• Jesse’s Take:
  He describes the game as a unifying moment for America, sharply criticizing the left for politicizing it the next day.

  • Quote:

    “One of the greatest moments in American sports history... I wake up and the left is just dumping all over the game. This is why we can’t stand you.” — Jesse (02:19)

• Team Effort and Personal Connections:
  Emily Compagno praises the blood, sweat, and team spirit, highlighting contributions from multiple players, especially the Hughes brothers.

  • Quote:

    “This exemplified blood, sweat and tears... Getting faces bashed in and teeth on the ice. Literal blood, literal sweat, and then the tears... That was an incredible team effort.” — Emily (05:15)

• Jessica and Backlash:
  Jessica Tarlov brings nuance, emphasizing pride in both men’s and women’s teams and highlighting the quick pivot to politics—especially after President Trump's call where he jokes about inviting the women due to fear of impeachment.

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2. Olympic Politics, Social Media Backlash, and the Women's Team

(07:09–10:14)

• President Trump's Phone Call Flap:
  Jessica and Emily discuss Trump's on-air joke about inviting the women’s team for “impeachment” reasons, calling it inappropriate, given both teams’ accomplishments.

  • Quote:

    “President Trump said, ‘I also have to invite the women because I’ll get impeached. It’s not funny. It’s disgusting.’” — Jessica (08:34)

• The “Beer in the Locker Room” Controversy:
  Jessica raises issues about the FBI director’s celebration and taxpayer anger over government-funded travel.

  • Quote:

    “It is not normal for the FBI director to be pounding beers in the locker room like that. He’s also a person who has been out there criticizing...” (08:44)

  • Others (esp. Jesse and Greg) mock these concerns as overblown.

• Patriotism Debate:
  Greg Gutfeld and Jesse assert the left can’t celebrate national triumphs without injecting politics, but the right is willing to celebrate any athlete, “woke” or traditionally patriotic, for their achievements.

  • Quote:

    “Their response reveals that they can’t celebrate a person unless they are... on their political side. But we can, we can. We don’t care.” — Greg (12:11)

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3. AOC’s Foreign Policy Gaffe & Gavin Newsom's “Stupid Signaling”

(14:18–22:29)

• AOC's Viral Video:
  Panel discusses Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s awkward defense of a foreign policy misstep, complete with snoring in the background (thought to be her Frenchie dog).

  • Quote:

    “Who is the audience for this? Why does she think they care?” — Dana (18:35)

  • Greg jokes about the snoring:

    “It’s like rhythmic farting. That little dog. It’s amazing.” (16:13)

• Gavin Newsom’s SAT Line in Atlanta:
  Newsom’s attempt to relate by citing his low SAT score is lampooned as pandering and “stupid signaling.”

  • Quote:

    “His strategy is, ‘I’m just like you. I’m stupid.’ And this is his way of subverting his reputation as a silver-spooned elitist. But it says something worse.” — Greg (17:02)

  • Further speculation about who his audience really was and whether he’s effective with minority voters.

• Disability as a Political Tool:
  Discussion over Newsom’s repeated references to dyslexia. Jessica notes he similarly frames challenges in memoirs and speeches.

  • Quote:

    “It is not going to deter people... to try to go with Gavin Newsom as a big racist. That's just not going to resonate.” — Jessica (23:22)

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4. Violence in Mexico: Cartel Kingpin Taken Down

(26:07–31:46)

• News on “El Mencho”:
  The killing of the notorious cartel boss brings both relief and fear as cartels retaliate.

  • Jessica and Emily highlight collaboration between the U.S. and Mexico, as well as the underlying risks to tourists and issues with cartel-government entanglement.
    • Quote:

      “If you think there’s a separation between the Mexican government and the cartels, then you are a fool. Not you. I just mean in general.” — Emily (28:46)

• Security Concerns:
  Jessica points out heightened worries ahead of the World Cup in Guadalajara.

  • Jesse quips about what happens to cartel bosses visiting mistresses, and jokes about U.S. intelligence being key in the operation.

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5. New York: Shoveling Snow Requires More ID Than Voting

(32:08–34:45)

• Bureaucratic Irony:
  The panel laughs at New York City’s requirement for multiple forms of ID to become a snow shoveler while decrying voting ID laws.

  • Quote:

    “It’s just so obviously funny... how ridiculous it sounds to need two forms of ID to shovel, but not to vote.” — Dana (32:32)

  • Greg notes how bureaucracy invents hurdles and jokes about using it as an excuse to avoid work.

• Social Commentary:
  Emily and Jessica riff on the unintended consequences for women and minorities and mock the flawed, overregulated system.

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6. Did President Trump Prank Call C-SPAN?

(35:32–38:09)

• Speculation:
  C-SPAN is forced to deny rumors that Trump called in as “John Baron.” The panel enjoys the concept, joking about prank calls and celebrity impressions.
  • Quote:

    “I wanted it to be real, because I was like, that would be so funny if it was real.” — Dana (37:19)

  • Greg on crank calls:

    “This is the only way we can do it now, cuz everybody has cell phones.” (36:55)

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7. Lighter Moments & “One More Thing”

(38:51–41:10)

• Jokes and News Oddities:
  – Greg presents a walrus video as “Governor Pritzker exercising.”
  – Jesse spotlights international traditions for Lent and conspiracy theories about flat earth.
  – Dana shares fun American history facts (the Blizzard of 1888).
  – Jessica provides a visual of a giraffe and ostrich “stare down,” comparing it to post-show banter.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Patriotism in the Victory:

  “That’s a great Canadian team, but we’re USA. We’re so proud to be Americans. Tonight was all for the country.” — Jack Hughes (00:54)

• National Unity vs. Political Cynicism:

  “It was just a great unifying moment for the country... And the left is just dumping all over the game. This is why we can’t stand you.” — Jesse (02:19)

• On the Left’s Response to American Triumph:

  “They can’t celebrate a person unless they are... on their political side. But we can, we can. We don’t care.” — Greg (12:11)

• Bureaucratic Nonsense:

  “So obviously funny... need two forms of ID to shovel but not to vote!” — Dana (32:32)

• Political Pandering:

  “His strategy is, I’m just like you. I’m stupid.” — Greg (17:02)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Hockey Win & Reaction: 00:19–07:07
• Political Spin on Olympics: 07:09–10:14
• AOC/Gavin Newsom Discussion: 14:18–22:29
• Mexico Cartel News: 26:07–31:46
• ID Law Ridicule: 32:08–34:45
• Trump Prank Call Segment: 35:32–38:09
• “One More Thing”/Lighter Moments: 38:51–41:10

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Takeaways

• The U.S. Olympic hockey win is celebrated as not just a sports triumph but a testament to American resilience and unity.
• Even national celebrations get caught in cycles of political sniping—some see patriotism as exclusionary, others as unifying.
• Panelists oscillate between earnest pride and caustic satire when discussing media, political leaders, and policy.
• Issues ranging from border security to local bureaucratic absurdities receive The Five’s trademark blend of humor, indignation, and political critique.
• Ultimately, victory on the ice became a prism through which to view—and debate—the state of American culture and politics.

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This summary provides a comprehensive guide to the episode, capturing its energy, main points, and memorable lines for anyone who missed the broadcast.

Transcript

[A]

Hello everyone.

[B]

I'm Dana Perino along with Emily Compagno, Jessica Tarlov, Jesse Waters and Greg Gutfeld. It's five o' clock in New York City and this is the five.

[C]

Now Jack Hughes puts it around the car. United States with numbers rock across it comes. Jack Hughes wins it. The golden goal for the United States.

[B]

In your face, Canada. 46 years after the Miracle on Ice, Team USA did it again. The US men's hockey team taking down Canada to win the gold medal. And an American star was born. That's Jack Hughes fresh off scoring the game winning goal. After losing a few front teeth to it as well. He delivered a post game interview that's sure to make you proud to be an American.

[D]

Watch.

[C]

This is all about our country right now. I love the usa. I love my teammates. It's unbelievable. The USA hockey brotherhood is so strong and we had so much support from ex players. I'm so proud to be American today. That's just a ballsy, gutsy win. That's American hockey right there. That's a great Canadian team. But we're usa. We're so proud to be Americans. Tonight was all for the country, but

[B]

apparently not everyone was feeling the red, white and blue. The liberal outlet HuffPost putting out this headline. If waving the American flag or chanting USA turns you off right now, you are not alone. But Kash Patel clearly disagreed. The FBI director celebrating with Team USA in the locker room. And he put President Trump on the line with the players with an offer they couldn't refuse.

[C]

We're giving the State of the Union speech on Tuesday night. I could send a military plan or something, but if you would like to. It's the coolest night. It's the biggest. We're in. Can you pick us up in Miami on Tuesday morning?

[B]

Maybe they'll get a ride. And get this. Team USA is going to go to D.C. tomorrow. So we already know who will be in the U.S. capitol. That's, that's good. Good vibes after the hockey game, Jesse, it'll be great.

[C]

I watched the third period. I didn't even realize it was on till late. And then we were getting dominated. The goalkeeper was keeping us in the game. We go to OT and great assists. Jack scores this goal and the place just goes crazy. I was yelling, little tear to my eye, Jessica, but that's fine. It was one of the greatest moments in American sports history. Guy gives an amaz interview after the game. Makes you so proud to be an American. And then they do the medal ceremony and the guys are doing the thing where they bite the gold medal. And Canada was just totally classy in defeat. It was just a great unifying moment for the country, and I was really glad I was able to capture it. So I wake up the next morning, and I look at my phone, and the left is just dumping all over the game. And I'm like, this is why we can't stand you. This is why we don't go around with you guys. You guys make everything political. It's a hockey game, and it's not like the Bruins versus the. It's like American hockey, and they're trying to create a scandal. I love how Democrats are like, why have we lost men? Oh, I don't know. This. Maybe this is the reason you lost men is because the FBI director's drinking a beer in the locker room after the. Oh, he's drinking a beer. Oh, he's drinking a beer. Cash. Patel puts the phone on speaker. The president invites him to the State of the Union to show him love in the greatest night of the year. Everyone's watching the whole country. It's going to be great. And the Democrats are complaining. Why? I don't know. They say he's. They're upset because it costs money. It costs money.

[E]

Wait.

[C]

Every single presidential administration sends a delegation to the Olympics. Obama sent his Homeland Security secretary twice. Obama sent Biden to the Olympics.

[E]

It's like special.

[C]

It's like the biggest. It's like the super bowl of the world. It's the biggest security event of the year. You get every security chief in Europe in there. There's conferences. Everyone's talking. He goes. And he's a hockey guy. The guy is in a men's league at his age in D.C. loves hockey. I'm not sure if Democrats realize this, because they don't watch a lot of sports. Usually when there's a VIP game. Well, usually when there's a vip. Listen, I watched it. Did you know?

[A]

Yes, I did. I watched more than you because I knew it was on. Because I'm an American.

[C]

Okay, Jessica.

[E]

Barely.

[C]

Barely. So when you're a vip, an event, you get invited back to the locker room or you get invited backstage at a concert. He's friends with the coach. He got invited back there. It's all good. And we're gonna have a great time Tuesday night celebrating the first men's gold since, what, in 46 years?

[B]

1980.

[C]

It's an amazing accomplishment.

[B]

I'll give Jessica a second and talk to the other hockey fan here, Emily, who loves it. And you actually have the jersey.

[D]

Yes. So I wear number 30 from Craig from 1980 team. I think it brought everyone good luck. Clearly what I loved about this so much is that this exemplified like blood, sweat and tears. I mean, you know, getting faces bashed in and teeth on the ice. Literal blood, a literal sweat and then the tears. For the team that acknowledges and includes Gaudreau, number 13, and brought his kids on the ice this entire time, not just in that winning celebration, but this entire time recognizing him and including him and his family in the celebrations. And also, you know, to that point, it took the team getting there. Like Quinn Hughes made the overtime shot against Sweden and obviously Hillebuk got like all of the new Secretary of defense, as per Pete Hegseth. Like, this was an incredible team effort. And I think what I love about it too is that while there's nothing wrong with seeing legends on the ice like Crosby getting it for Canada, all these golds and all these years, I love seeing a 24 year old make that winning shot in OT. I love that America loves this kid who's incredible along with the entire team who got them through the entire thing and the quarterfinals and the finals. That's a win for us all. And I was in a great mood all day Sunday. And I agree with you that to see it as like and appreciate it as a win for us all and to have Jack's comments. Immediate comments. I love this country. I love being an American. I love Team usa. It's a brotherhood. The celebration aspect. I mean, I think when you've won the gold at the Olympics, you can invite whoever you want in the locker room. And it seems like the more the merrier. And it seems like there's a lot of, you know, armchair party quarterbacking going on of who they would want in it or up. But I mean, who. Look, my tiny slice of the pie in the NFL, when we would win games, which is obviously rarely because it was Raiders, but there was, there was no, you know, list at the door for who could or could not party with us. Like, the more the merrier for sure.

[B]

All right, Jessica, you watched early?

[A]

I did. I watched on time all three periods. It was incredible. I have enjoyed so much about this Olympics. I'm usually a Summer Olympics person, but Alyssa Liu had wrote me in and the figure skating and just following her entire story and, you know, her retirement and her comeback and just the way she does it her own way. You should read about how she added like another ring to her hair dye as she was going.

[C]

We're talking about Hockey here.

[A]

Well, I'm talking about the whole experience because of the other gold medals, men's hockey. We hadn't won a figure skating gold in a long time. Also, we're talking men's hockey. Also the women's hockey. They won gold too.

[B]

That's true.

[A]

And I, the Hughes boys, the story about their mother who works now for the women's hockey team, the Johnny Goudreau stuff, obviously crying, watching the grief and joy on the Goudreau parents faces. They weren't originally going to go and they decided last minute they felt like Johnny would have wanted them to go. I'm into all of it. In terms of the backlash that you saw when you turned on your phone, it wasn't at all about the game itself. I think everyone is monstrously proud of what they accomplished and loved what Jack Hughes had to say. I don't think you would find a negative thing about that. I think the two big issues were one, on that call with the men's hockey team, President Trump said, I also have to invite the women because I don't. I'll get, I'll get impeached. It's not funny. It's disgusting.

[E]

It's disgusting.

[A]

The same. They accomplished the same thing as the men. They won the gold medal. They were then invited as well. They aren't going because of scheduling conflicts. I don't know if that, if that is because they don't want to go or generally because they're starting their season up again. But I think that was really bad. And on the Cash Patel front, it is not normal for the FBI director to be pounding beers in the locker room like that. He's also a person who has been out there criticizing.

[C]

Oh, no, fear.

[A]

Just hear me out. There are people who have problems with how much people in this administration are flying all over the place on government funded jets. That is on our D like Hunter Biden. Nice try. It's honestly the deflection on this cash. Patel went after Christopher Wray saying he doesn't need to go on a G5 jet to go on vacation. It's 15k every time that he goes. He's been under scrutiny for going to visit his girlfriend. He goes to Vegas I think nine times. And the taxpayer angle thing matters. And then also that he said we're going to focus on $100 trillion every day. Now you just say you don't care. Nancy Guthrie is missing. A guy was arrested trying to shoot up Mar a Lago.

[C]

He literally just bagged six of the 10 FBI most wanted. And crime is down to levels not seen since 1900.

[A]

How about regular?

[C]

Perhaps he deserves a beer.

[A]

Including the Sean Ryan's of the world. If they think that Cash Patel is doing a good job executing the things he said he was going to do, just ask them. I know you love him.

[B]

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[E]

I couldn't watch the Olympics because when I look at it, all I see is ice. And then I look at the goalies and I'm like, they're wearing masks. Ice Masked. No, thank you. Could you imagine if Kamala Harris were president, how political this would have been? She would have sent Rachel Levine to the locker room to celebrate gold and trans in the locker room at the same time. I like Jack Hughes. I think it's hypocritical though, that why is missing teeth appealing in hockey? But not when I fall down and smash my teeth. That's why I quit meth. You want political? We loved Alyssa Liu, right? She won the gold and people were saying, how can the right celebrate her because she's woke. And it's kind of a self own to them and a compliment to us. Their response reveals that they can't celebrate a person unless they are somewhat or definitely on their political side. But we can, we can. We don't care. And why would you want to be on that divide? I don't like you. I won't celebrate your win because you're not as woke as me. I think we should all feel good about her. And if you can't, there's something wrong. The shut in bloggers at Huffington Post would kill, you know, would kill to win something in their lives. And also when they say shame on America, they don't understand that many people, most people in the world want to come here. There was a couple that fled the United States to Canada and there was a piece on them that when they got there, it was too expensive to live there. They can't find a home and they can't find a job. What happens with a lot of these wokesters is they have no context, right? America is bad. America is the worst country ever, except for the rest of the countries. That's the part they leave out because, and this is the great myth that somehow the left and the woke are more cultured, more aware than we are. Like that. We're shut ins. We're dumb rednecks. No, they are not worldly. They don't even know how the world is. They think that thinking globally is visiting that ethnic restaurant in their neighborhood. They know nothing about the actual world or they would love this place. When you actually travel, like a lot of these athletes do around the world, you know how great it is to be here. You'll go to another country, you'll experience their limitations, and then you'll be happy to get home. But the left, they get their African history from Joy Reid. They don't know shit. Excuse me, I'm just emotional over the Olympic win. But lastly, this has got to drive the media crazy because they spent their time grilling US Athletes. How do you feel representing the United States? Well, get this, they feel great. You feel bad because you've never won anything, you've never worked hard for anything, and you'll never know what it's like to be proud of anything. You're alone, you have three cats, you're blogging for the Huffington Post. I mean, it's sad. I would right now. We should print the suicide hotline

[B]

that we definitely ended on a high note. Yes, thank you for that.

[A]

Just put up the Nancy Guthrie coming up next.

[B]

AOC is blaming President Trump, of course, for her foreign policy flub heard round the world.

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[D]

Here we go again. The Democrats are already acting like petulant children, gearing up to boycott President Trump's State of the Union address tomorrow night. As others in the party make fools out of themselves, AOC is defending her foreign policy flub scene around the world. And listen very closely. It appears that someone or something is snoring in the background. If you think that I don't understand foreign policy because out of hours of discourse about international affairs, I paused to think about one of the most sensitive geopolitical issues that currently exist on earth. I'm afraid the issue is not my understanding, but rather the problem is perhaps you've gotten adjusted to a president that never thinks before he speaks and doesn't care about the implications of his words before he speaks. On matters like these, everything audio about that was agonizing. All Right, guys? And Gavin Newsom is doing some elite pandering, trying to relate to a crowd in Atlanta by saying how stupid he is.

[C]

I'm like you, I'm no better than you. You know, I'm a 960sat guy. And, you know, and I'm not trying to offend anyone. You know, trying to act all there if you got 940, but literally a 960sat guy. I cannot. You've never seen me read a speech because I cannot read a speech. Maybe the wrong business to be in.

[D]

Clearly. Meanwhile, President Trump is on a roll. The latest Washington Post polling showing that more Americans trust President Trump versus the Democrats on major issues like immigration and the cost of living. Greg Gutfeld, so much to unpack. What's your favorite topic of all of these?

[E]

Well, first, you know, I have to, I have to talk about the video of AOC doing that very intimate TikTok video while there is snoring in the background. You know, some of us are exhausted. We don't like videos being done while we're sleeping. And I thought it was just really rude that she just went ahead and did that because she has a Frenchie. That was her little Frenchie. I have her Frenchie. I know exactly. Their snoring is exactly. I could tell it's probably a 19 pound dog just by the snoring. I know exactly what that's like. It's like rhythmic farting. That little dog. It's amazing. I think Gavin is, is. Where's my notes? Oh, here it is. We've had so many identity groups that were running out of them. And I think, you know, whether it's gays, trans, blacks, Latinx, Asian Pacific Islanders, it was time for the polys, people of limited intelligence. And I think that's what he decided. The polys are rising up. They're rising up. They're tired of all the smart people. And his strategy is, I'm just like you. I'm stupid. And this is the way, this is his way of subverting his reputation as a silver spooned elitist. But it says something that's worse. I think it says, I got this far despite my bad grades, despite my laziness, despite my womanizing, I am a true elitist. Because whenever this rich kid partied too much, got kicked out of I wear ever, Mommy and daddy pulled strings, I'm the rich white guy that didn't have to work that hard. Look, my SATs, the number is rarely more than me just signing my name. I think you get what, 600 for that, I don't know. It's stupid signaling. We used to have virtue signaling. Now we have stupid signaling. And so the thing is that him being dim is a sign of depth, which is insulting to the audience. Right. I would never do that. I compliment the audience by expecting them to keep up with me. I will not dumb anything down. Unless, of course, kill me. Does on.

[B]

You have to.

[E]

Then you have to. You have no choice.

[D]

Yeah, he's getting a lot of blowback for. For being condescending and lightweight racist, according to a lot of criticisms. What did you think about either that or aoc?

[B]

Well, the one thing I would say about Gavin Newsom is that if you look at his, like, his approval rating with blacks and Hispanics, it's really low. And if you compare it, especially to Kamala Harris, now, maybe that's name id, but actually, I think he has a lot of work to do. So I think one of the things he was trying to do on his book tour is to test the waters there. I don't know if it'll work on aoc. I do think we finally found something that is her Achilles heel, because she usually will get up off the map pretty easily and punch back or laugh or do another video or do something else. But this being made fun of at the Munich security conference has really gotten to her. If you're putting out a video like this where you sound like you've been out all night smoking two packs of Parliaments, and somebody or some dog is snoring in the background and it's in the middle of the night, who is the audience for this? Why does she think they care? Does she think they know about it? And maybe it's because the left also would say, well, that was embarrassing, but if I were her, I would move on. I would make fun of it. Or you could say, I had a terrible answer. I should have done better. On my mind was making sure that I didn't get in the way of what President Trump needs to do. I don't.

[D]

You don't want to.

[B]

You want to make new foreign policy when you're overseas. And I was giving deference to President Trump, and that might have gotten her a little bit of blowback, but she feels. So she has this requirement in order to get out there and defend herself. And it's a weird choice because she's usually better at it than that.

[D]

Jesse, what do you think?

[C]

Well, AOC is crashing out hard. She choked, and she says she was being thoughtful and taking her time. This question about Taiwan has been Asked to every single major politician, and none of them acted like that. None of them froze like Joe Biden and stumbled. Okay. She's obviously very insecure about her intelligence, especially on foreign policy. And as someone who is very insecure, I know insecurity when I see it.

[E]

What are you insecure about? Yeah.

[B]

Really?

[C]

How long do we have?

[E]

I don't.

[C]

For Gavin, 35. I don't want a president who scores poorly. I don't want a president who struggles to read. I want a really smart president. Now, Gavin says he had dyslexia, and he's overcome his dyslexia, and he's become governor, and he should be proud of that. It's great, a great accomplishment. But he was a terrible governor. And they're saying that, like, you know what? He wasn't talking to black people. There was a lot of whites in the crowd. He went to Atlanta. He's talking to a black gentleman, and he's looking right at him. Now, I don't know if he was talking to blacks or whites, but Greg is right. He's trying to pander, and that's dumb. He doesn't need to do that. Why does he do that? Dana's right. His numbers with blacks are atrocious. He's like the straight mayor. Pete Kamala has, like, 55% approval with African Americans. He has, like, 13%. Halle Berry hates him. Kamala Harris hates him. This guy has a history of doing this. He went on this other podcast with two black guys. He goes, you know what? Grew up poor. My dad was never around. Played basketball all day, stuffed my face with Wonder Bread. He's very nervous around African Americans. And if you want to win the Democrat nomination, you have to win blacks, and he's not even close.

[D]

I feel like he's. He's doing the same thing that Biden did when he said, if you don't vote for me, you ain't black. Like, he's reducing it to a hideous, reductive phrase and, like, racial signaling. Instead of being like, here's how. My experience leads by example here. How are my policies affects Americans positively. And the intellectual dearth of all of them reminds me of Kamala Harris failing the California bomb multiple times. To your point, I want whoever's in office and all of the leaders to be surrounded by the best of us, not the most embarrassing of us.

[A]

So the only thing that had a racial element to it was just that he was talking to the mayor of Atlanta, who happens to be black. There was nothing about what Governor Gavin Newsom was discussing in that section. I didn't listen to the entire thing, but I listened to the whole part about his dyslexia that had anything to do with race. And then a bunch of conservatives jumped online to say he was just talking to a black audience like he was at an hbcu, which was not the case. And you've now seen the cameras panning across the crowd, and it was heavily tilted. White, actually. So if you want to make the argument that you don't want a dyslexic president, that's your right if you're going to go out there and vote in the Democratic primary. But that is a line that he has used over and over. He had a conversation with the late Charlie Kirk on his podcast where he used exactly the same line. And it is not going to deter people, I think, at this point, three years out from when we are going to elect our next president to try to go with Gavin Newsom as a big racist. That's just not going to resonate. And showing these edited clips, I've even seen people saying, he said, I can't read. When he said, I can't even read a speech. He's someone who has to memorize things. He can't stand up there and read a teleprompter. He actually has to freestyle a lot of this stuff, which I think actually speaks to a level of intelligence, not being stupid.

[C]

He can't read a teleprompter.

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I think he struggles with it because he's dyslexic. And there are dyslexic people who get to very high places in the business.

[E]

We always have to lead. Do Democrats always have to lead with their disability?

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No, he didn't lead with a clip of.

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Doesn't that strike you as phony that you go like, hey, play up your dyslexia? No one's okay, Will I.

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It's a.

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It's a seminal part of his memoir. He is on book tour right now. That's why they were talking about it.

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I did not laugh at it.

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There was a lot.

[C]

I didn't get it at first.

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I was just doing Yoda. Anyway, go ahead.

[C]

I didn't even get that.

[E]

No, but you know what I mean, it does bug me after a while that, like, every time we have some kind of special thing, it gets worn out. And then you guys introduce another. Well, we're gonna do Tourette's next week or whatever. What's the next thing? You know, I'm short. Oh, tell me about it. I've Been short all my life, Jessica, and you don't offer me any special dispensation.

[C]

You just.

[A]

I'm very. Even when you're mean to me, you

[E]

stack things on my head.

[A]

I have never done that or considered it.

[E]

You ate a corned beef sandwich on my head.

[A]

I would have been pastrami if it was going to. I saw the picture. The Katz's was like empty today because of the weather. And I totally should have gone.

[B]

No, Carnegie Deli was packed.

[A]

I did see that. We love him.

[B]

Get in there.

[E]

Well, you know who controls the weather?

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The Jews. Like Jack Hughes.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

Bar mitzvah and a golden goal. The only Jew.

[C]

Wait, he's Jewish?

[A]

Yes.

[D]

Amazing.

[B]

Put him in the halftime show.

[D]

All right, guys, next up. Oh, this is terrible. Sorry. Next up, a scary knows a good dentist. American tourists urged to shelter in place after the Mexican military kills a wanted drug lord.

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Chaos erupting in Mexico. American tourists at the resort town of Puerto Vallarta are under a shelter in place order. After the Mexican military killed a cartel kingpin known as El Mencho. The takedown was part of a joint US Mexico operation and now cartels are retaliating, wreaking havoc in towns across the country. President Trump has been pushing hard for a crackdown on these deadly narco terrorists. Jessica. The cartel kingpin, El Mencho. So he's Jewish.

[A]

That's related to Jack Hughes and I saw him at Cats's.

[E]

Yes.

[A]

This is cool. Yeah, it's. I mean, it's scary if you're just in the Guadalajara airport and this is happening if you're on vacation in Puerto Vallarta. But I love to see the cooperation between the US and Mexico and President Sheinbaum. Apparently there was some discussion the U.S. another Joe, there you go. That the U.S. was just going to do this on their own. And she said let, let us take care of it. There was intel assistance, but I think it's fantastic. One concern, and I've been thinking about this a lot just as we go through our news cycles. The summer is coming, World cup. One of the stops is in Guadalajara. There are many major security concerns around this event that obviously matters a lot to all of North America to get right.

[C]

Maybe Cash Patel should go there.

[A]

I'm sure he will. And crush some beers. That's it.

[B]

Make sure he knows the coach.

[E]

So that's. That's your tennis. Emily, you are like the criminal expert here. You're a lawyer. Should Americans hold off from any Mexican vacations, like, in the next few weeks?

[D]

I think that would be wise. I also think that the tourism attraction there and that regular industry that we all participate in and people like me from California go all the time. It's a really thin veneer. This is not new. And the power vacuum that is currently being exploited and sort of fought over has been happening for decades. We know that there are billions of dollars of this illicit industry, multiple illicit industries that the cartels are engaging in, like human trafficking, drugs, the green gold of avocado farms. Like, all the things they've been doing that forever. It just morphs based on how much they make and what policies are in place. That's why right now, they're trafficking everything through Canada. Who has different drug statistics and tracking mechanisms. My point is, if you take away a dollar from a cartel, believe me, they will do anything to take it back. So right now, of course, the immersion is important and the working together, but the reality is that if you think there's a separation between the Mexican government and the cartels, and then you are a fool. Not you. I just mean in general.

[B]

Right.

[D]

And there's strong allegations of Sheinbaum and Sinalo. Like, this is so deep and complex.

[E]

We get it. You blame the Jews. All right, Emily. Dana. Refugio en el Luger, which is Spanish for shelter in place. They're advising tourists to hide under large objects. Or Ana Navarro, but only if she's in Guadalupe. Whatever's available. Where do you see this going? Good thing. Dangerous.

[B]

I think the one thing is that we could all say is that doing the same thing over and over again, which was nothing, was going to get you nowhere. And when you decide to take on cartels like this, yeah, there's going to be a reaction. And also there's the feuding of the cartels. Like, getting the cartels to fight each other is very good, but when you see how violent they are in response to this, it makes you cringe. Makes me cringe thinking about how terrifying it was when President Biden let the cartels just send in all these people, take over hotels.

[E]

I mean, apartment complexes.

[D]

Right.

[B]

And sending them across in order to hurt us. And now that border is sealed. And so the pressure points on all these cartels are coming from a lot of different places. I expect President Trump Will speak to this tomorrow night in the State of the Union. He said I was going to take on the cartels. And this guy in particular, El Mencho, he was a big time fentanyl dealer.

[E]

Ah, there you go. Awesome. Jesse, these cartels have military grade weapons. So it's pretty much of a terror network that they're taking down.

[C]

Say Puerto Vallarta one more time.

[E]

Puerto Vallarta.

[C]

I liked it better the second time.

[E]

I believe in pronouncing things the way they are intended. Taco.

[C]

Taco. Or as Jill Biden would say, I'm not the barro. We should just do a whole show in Espanol. Yes, that would be like the half halftime show with Bad Buddy. All right, what are we talking about here?

[E]

I don't know.

[C]

All right, so this guy was visiting his mistress and got smoked. What is the lesson here, Greg?

[E]

Infidelity.

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Don't cheat on your wife.

[C]

Be more discreet. No, but this was US Intelligence that we gave to the Mexican military. Mexican military. Sorry, sorry. I'm just kidding. I love the Mexican military.

[B]

There's 25 National Guard.

[C]

I know. No, there was a very brave operation, but we're doing a lot of intelligence sharing. We have drones overhead. We obviously have sources on the ground. Ground. And during these reprisal attacks, which everything looks like they're on fire. If one single American tourist is hurt, I'm going to have to call for a travel ban on Mexico. Just like we destroyed the country of Dominican Republic from one poisoning. We are not afraid to do it to Mexico. And I'd say we. I mean the President of the United States will launch land attacks into Mexico proper if one single hair on the

[A]

head of any Mexican Trump or cash.

[C]

I'm just talking. I'm just talking.

[E]

All right.

[D]

So ridiculous.

[E]

Coming up. Zoran wants your papers before you touch a shovel.

[C]

Due to the historic nature of this blizzard, we've increased pay to 30 bucks an hour. And you can walk into any sanitation garage until 8pm this evening and starting again from 9am tomorrow morning. All you need to bring is two forms of ID to ensure you get paid. Call it the Socialist State. Zo Ron the Destroyer says you don't need ID to vote, but need five forms to touch a snow shovel. Dana.

[B]

I mean, it's just so obviously funny. And what's great is that I know that he is an intelligent guy and he's like quite charismatic and everything that he doesn't realize as he's saying the words out loud how ridiculous it sounds to need two forms of ID to shovel, but not to vote, Greg.

[E]

Yeah, it is contrast between bureaucracy and reality. A kid knocks on your door and offers to clear your sidewalk, you're not going to ask for an id. He might ask you for an ID if he recognizes me from the post office. But bureaucracy doesn't work that way. Every single thing that you do or say meets a layer of bureaucratic redundancies. Five IDs. That is redundant for shoveling snow. Now he brought it back to two, which is good, but it's a great way to get. I thought it was a great way to get out of shoveling. It's like, I don't have five IDs.

[C]

Stay at home.

[E]

Sorry, guys.

[C]

How many ideas are there?

[E]

I'm not giving that lady CPR on the street.

[C]

I'm not gonna.

[E]

I'm not taking any risks. I don't have. The tree falls on somebody, I'm not going to push it. I have. I don't have enough.

[C]

Now, if you actually present five ideas and then you give a shovel, can you just go to the bar for a couple hours and come back and get paid?

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I know, I would think so. I mean, I don't. I don't know If I have five IDs. Three of them would be credit card, whatever.

[B]

Take your FOX id, they'll let you

[D]

write in my student id. I think what I. What I. This is one, like, I love the Internet because everyone is so clever with the comments and just like, skewering him and all of the jokes. Although a rightly made point, which is, as a married woman, aren't I disenfranchised by two forms of ID being required as a person of color, aren't I disenfranchised? I'm saying that.

[E]

No, but you're right. Well, married women can't shovel.

[D]

Oh, my God.

[E]

That's what. That's what. That's what he said.

[B]

That's exactly right. That's what he said. We don't have to.

[D]

The other thing is that how can

[E]

you shovel in a burqa?

[D]

Also, the other thing is, like, New York gets shoveled no matter what. We've been seeing all day, every day, just normal people out there helping, like shoving, shoveling the steps and the sidewalks and all the things, whatever. Except for in front of the Venezuelan Consulate, obviously, on, like, right across from the cfs. Whatever. The point is that it happens no matter what. So him going out there doing social media, asking for two forms of ID like it doesn't even. We're going to do it no matter What? Because we have to get to work, right?

[C]

No, Jessica.

[D]

Legally work.

[A]

It goes without saying that there's no voter. Voter fraud, so this isn't really an issue. The same act would disenfranchise women who have changed their names. That's not the kind of idea they're asking for. This is a historical thing that you do this. I think they should do away with it. You want anybody who wants to pick up a shovel to get out there. And for those who are concerned, and Jesse is my husband, will be going back out to shovel our pathway to get to school tomorrow morning to make sure the moms and some of the dads. There is a good amount of dads that drop off can get to school.

[E]

Well, you don't have two forms of id, Jessica.

[A]

What do you mean?

[E]

Well, you don't obviously don't have a driver's license.

[A]

I do. I'm just out now. What? Yeah.

[C]

Your husband lets you drive? Oh, my gosh.

[A]

I don't live in Saudi Arabia. I live downtown.

[C]

Same thing coming up next. Did President Trump just prank call C Span? Listen. And you have Hakeem Jeffries, who.

[E]

He's a dope.

[C]

And you have Chuck Schumer, who can't cook a cheeseburger. For you here.

[D]

And now I'm on tv.

[A]

C Span is denying that President Trump secretly called into one of their shows under his old alias, John Baron. But you be the judge.

[C]

And you have Hakeem Jeffries, who.

[E]

He's a dope.

[C]

And you have Chuck Schumer, who can't cook a cheeseburger.

[A]

I woke up to this and I was like. Like, if this is real, I actually love it. It wasn't real, though, Greg, but it sounded pretty good.

[E]

The only reason why C Span had to shut this down is because apathetic media created the speculation. Of course it's not Trump. We know that, but it was no offense to you, Jessica, but it was like low IQ clickbait for people who believe that it might be real pollies. This was for Polly's, but I love crank calls. This is the only way we can do it now. Cuz everybody has cell phones. We see. This is the only way we can do it.

[A]

Is that what you do, Jesse? You fall into C Span?

[D]

No.

[C]

I used to love the Jerky Boys. You remember the Jerky Boys we used to prank all the time. I think everybody that does a nice Trump impression should call C Span. Yes. Or any impression. Chuck, Hakeem, Gavin Newsom, the cross legged messiah. Anybody that's got a good Impression call C Span.

[A]

All right, Dana, what do you think?

[B]

Well, mimics are usually very intelligent people. They're not polishing. Actually, mimics are really super smart because I can pick up on things. I'm not a great mimic, so it must be a poly. I wanted it to be real because I was like, that would be so funny if it was real. Also, if it was real, it would be very funny.

[C]

Is it something he would do?

[B]

Yes.

[A]

He's definitely sitting there fuming and is like, I should just call in Emily.

[D]

I love prank calls, but I hate impersonations because we have to deal with it in that way because we have to do this all the time where people are like, oh, my gosh, Emily, my fiance, we zoomed with you and it was your voice. And I'm like, no, it's not. It was obviously AI. So I like a great prank, but I hate when people use software as impersonation to get to.

[C]

I didn't know that was gonna happen.

[B]

Oh, well, like scam.

[D]

So I love this, but I hate

[E]

that that's how I drained your bank account.

[D]

And propose to me.

[A]

Greg is your Nigerian prince. One more thing's up next.

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Before we get to one more thing, don't miss the Five. Tomorrow we will be live from Washington, D.C. previewing President Trump's State of the Union address. Okay, now, time for one more thing.

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Greg.

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Tonight we've got a great show. Kat Tymp is back. Johnny, Joey Jones, Deborah, Leia, first timer Tom. Salud tonight. Hey, let's do this. Great celebrity sighting with Brett Hume. All right, let's go to the video. Sean. Yes. Governor Pritzker, as you know, has been losing a lot of weight. He's been doing a lot of exercise. Here he is doing some half push ups. Very good. Look at that. I'm rolling around, Rolling around. Getting ready for the 2028 presidential candidacy. Dana, he's gonna try to get that weight off. That's actually a walrus at the Indianapolis Zoo. Lovely walrus.

[B]

Lovely walrus.

[E]

Good morning. Audio intelligent.

[B]

Let's get Jesse in here.

[C]

All right, we got around the World. Let's go. Let's go for a ride. Those are pencils. You remember pencils? All right, let's go to Greece. Orthodox Christians celebrating clean Monday today with a flower war. It's a tradition. Marks the beginning of Lent. You know what Lent is, Jessica?

[D]

Yeah. Oh, my.

[C]

The Orthodox Church. What are you giving up? We'll talk about that. I have a lot of things I could name. Participants are all colored flower at each other. They wear goggles. There's music. It goes all the way Back to the 1800s. Tonight, Jesse Waters primetime Johnny asks people about conspiracy theories. Is the earth round or flat? Flat, bro. How the could it be round? Look, the earth is flat, y'.

[E]

All.

[C]

Well, the ground is flat.

[B]

I'm gonna tune in for that one, dude. Okay, I have a new amazing American fax thing. Here we go. America 250. We had a snow day here in New York. I'm gonna tell you, the historic blizzard that slammed the east coast is finally coming to a close. The one that gave us the most Snow. I'm sorry, 1888. It dumped over 55 inches of snow across the Northeast, including in Saratoga Springs. Got 58 inches, believe it or not. Amazing fact, Jessica.

[A]

Okay, we only have 10 seconds, but look at this giraffe and ostrich giving each other these terrible stare down.

[B]

It's like you and Jesse after the show.

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It literally is what they wrote.

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