Beset On All Sides (Ep. 2544)

Summary

The Dan Bongino Show — “Beset On All Sides” (Ep. 2544)

Guest Host: Vince Colonnade | June 29, 2026

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Overview

In this episode, guest host Vince Colonnade (filling in for Dan Bongino) delivers a no-holds-barred analysis of the mounting pressures surrounding election integrity in the U.S. Senate, with a particular focus on the Save America Act and the obstacles it faces from both Democrats and establishment Republicans. The show features incisive commentary on recent Supreme Court decisions, insider insights on party dynamics, and a behind-the-scenes account of grassroots activism and establishment resistance.

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Main Themes

• Election Integrity and the Save America Act:
  An urgent push for the passage of federal legislation mandating voter ID, proof of citizenship for voter registration, and stricter limits on mail-in ballots.
• GOP Establishment Resistance:
  Hostility and apathy from Republican Senate leadership (John Thune, John Cornyn, Thom Tillis, Bill Cassidy) towards grassroots and legislative change.
• Supreme Court Decisions:
  Live reaction and analysis of a crucial mail-in ballot case and the anticipation of a birthright citizenship ruling.
• Grassroots Activism vs. Party Elites:
  Chronicling the exclusion of activist Scott Pressler from a GOP convention and the groundwork of everyday Americans fighting for election reform.
• Immigration Policy:
  Reactions to the Supreme Court upholding Trump’s right to rescind Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians and Syrians, and debate over the role of new arrivals in American communities.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. The Save America Act & Election Reform

[04:03–13:00, 16:55–29:00, 30:35–46:21]

• Purpose of the Act:

  • Proof of citizenship required for voter registration.
  • Mandatory voter ID for voting.
  • Purging of non-citizens from voter rolls.
  • Limiting mail-in ballots, a “primary vector for fraud.”
  • Preventing men from competing in women’s sports.

• Resistance from Republicans:

  • Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Whip John Barrasso described as passive and unmotivated.
  • Notable opponents: John Cornyn (“keyboard warriors and grifters”), Thom Tillis (“Thumbelina”—accused of laziness and excuse-making), Bill Cassidy (downplays the act’s urgency).
  • Quote (Justin):

    "They prefer vacation. I want your ass back in Washington immediately. And I want election integrity immediately." [09:19]

• Grassroots Frustration:

  • Callers, emails, and activists are told to keep up the pressure.
  • "It’s now officially a litmus test for Republican voters... Do you support credible elections? Will you pass the Save America Act? That’s it." [45:41]

Notable Quote

"Have you tried for them? Have you put in any effort to get them?... John Thune has not exerted any of the levers necessary to actually get this thing passed." – Vince Colonnade [06:14]

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2. The Scott Pressler Incident: Grassroots Shut Out

[11:28–18:34]

• Pressler’s Attempt to Advocate:

  • Activist Scott Pressler, famed for voter registration drives, was blocked and insulted attempting to attend the South Dakota GOP convention.
  • The exclusion was explicitly requested by John Thune or his staff, admitted by local party chair Jim Eschenbaum.

• Response and Fallout:

  • Public apology by SD GOP; sergeant at arms relieved of duty.
  • Grassroots energy emphasized as critical:
    "There’s nothing astroturfed about this... everything about this is from the bottom up." [45:07]

Notable Quote

"You can't handle Scott Pressler, it's time for you to leave. You definitely shouldn't be the leader of the Republicans in the Senate." – Vince Colonnade [16:35]

• Party Censure Effort:
  • A resolution to censure John Thune for obstruction narrowly failed by voice vote after the Pressler exclusion.
    "When nearly half the room is saying the sitting Republican senator... needs to be censured, that’s a pretty big deal." [24:16]

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3. Supreme Court Mail-In Ballot Decision & Birthright Citizenship

[26:00–29:28, 30:35–31:18, 46:22–57:58]

• Mississippi Mail-In Ballots Ruling:

  • The Supreme Court rules 5–4 that states may count mail-in ballots postmarked by election day but received up to five days later.
  • Barrett and Roberts side with liberals; Alito dissents.
  • Host laments erosion of clarity and opportunity for fraud.

• Host’s Analytical Guidance:

  "If you see that Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Alito are on the same exact page, go with them." [29:46]

• Discussion of Upcoming and Recent High-Court Decisions:

  • Expectation of a ruling on birthright citizenship.
  • Review of Court upholding Trump’s authority to end TPS for Haitian and Syrian nationals.
  • Debate on the humanitarian and economic impacts; local Ohio officials and media react with panic or disapproval.

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4. Passive and Defiant GOP Senators

[33:10–44:25]

• Thom Tillis’ Complaints:

  • Whines about pressure from North Carolina constituents regarding the Save America Act.
  • Attempts to deflect by arguing the bill is unfeasible before midterms.

• Bill Cassidy’s Position:

  • Shrugs off the urgency, pivots to healthcare.
  • Reiterates “there aren’t the votes” as an excuse for inaction.

• Media's Complicity:

  • CBS’s Margaret Brennan expresses regret over the loss of establishment Republicans, rather than concern for election security.
  • Critique: The legacy media is “abusing” its First Amendment function.

Notable and Memorable Moments

• Margaret Brennan:

  "Will anyone else hold the President accountable once Cornyn’s gone and Tillis is gone and you’re gone?" [39:20]

• Host Response:

  "Trump voters voted not just for the man, Donald Trump. They voted for the agenda... They voted for the Save America Act." [41:31]

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5. Immigration: TPS, Deportations, and Local Panic

[46:37–57:58]

• Supreme Court: Legal Basis for Deportation:

  • Upholds Trump’s power to end TPS for 350,000 Haitians and Syrians; Springfield, Ohio’s population would lose 20%.
  • Left and local Republicans, like Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, claim it’ll devastate communities and essential workforce.
  • Host counters: U.S. generosity has limits, now time to restore original communities.

• DHS Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen’s Comments:

  • Offers advice to TPS holders on legal avenues to stay.
  • Host questions his loyalty and focus on U.S. sovereignty.

  "He's not their lawyer. Your job is safeguarding our homeland." [55:39]

  • Insists: Always remain vigilant of those in power, even appointees of trusted presidents.

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Introduction & Episode Focus: [00:47–04:02]
• Save America Act Explained & Context: [04:03–07:27]
• Trump’s Statement on Election Integrity: [07:35–09:00]
• Hostility from Republican Leadership: [09:31–13:39]
• Scott Pressler Blocked from GOP Event: [11:28–16:58]
• SD GOP Chairman’s Apology: [17:09–18:26]
• Supreme Court Mail-in Ballot Ruling: [26:00–29:28]
• Analysis of Thune Censure vote: [23:08–24:40]
• Thom Tillis & Bill Cassidy on Save America Act: [33:10–37:39]
• Media and Establishment’s Response: [39:02–43:54]
• Grassroots as the Driving Force: [44:56–46:21]
• Supreme Court: Deportations & Local Backlash: [46:37–52:56]
• DHS Secretary on TPS, Host’s Critique: [53:00–57:58]
• Conclusion & Call to Action: [58:00–59:20]

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Memorable Quotes

• "Not passing the Save America Act...That’s a great way to demoralize your base." – Vince Colonnade [10:41]
• "They may as well have blocked each and every one of you and me from going into that meeting." – Vince Colonnade [16:32]
• "If you can’t handle Scott Pressler, it’s time for you to leave." – Justin [16:55]
• "You cannot fly into Port-au-Prince today...they shoot at the planes..." – Mike DeWine (Gov. of Ohio), criticized heavily by the host [49:32]
• "Always be vigilant. Always keep your head on a swivel and always give these guys scrutiny. No matter how much you like them." – Justin [57:58]

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Conclusion & Takeaways

Vince Colonnade’s guest-hosted episode of “The Dan Bongino Show” is a passionate and, at times, indignant call-to-arms for election reformers frustrated with both Democrats and the GOP establishment. He highlights the grassroots fervor driving the Save America Act, the resistance and outright hostility from Republican leaders, and the unpredictable landscape shaped by Supreme Court rulings. The episode is defined by real-time news reaction, memorable soundbites, and a tone of urgent activism.

Action Items from the Host:

• Contact GOP senators and demand passage of the Save America Act.
• Stay engaged and keep grassroots energy high; reject establishment inertia.
• Always scrutinize political and bureaucratic leaders, regardless of party.

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Transcript

[Dan Bongino]

All America, all the time.

[Vince Colonnade]

Sit down, buckle up and get ready

[Dan Bongino]

for the Dan Bongino show.

[Vince Colonnade]

Oh, my goodness gracious, look at this audience. It is. Well, it is nice to see you again. Holy cow, it's been a while. It's nice to be back with you

[Justin]

right here filling in for the great Dan Bongino.

[Vince Colonnade]

I'm Vince Colonnade.

[Justin]

Dan is off this week and, well,

[Vince Colonnade]

I've got the ship today.

[Justin]

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[Vince Colonnade]

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[Justin]

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[Vince Colonnade]

It is so good to see all of you.

[Justin]

Are you having a nice Independence Day week as we head into it?

[Vince Colonnade]

I hope you are as we're headed

[Justin]

into the 250th anniversary of our great country. This audience is incredible.

[Vince Colonnade]

It is so nice to be back with you Here at the 10 o'

[Justin]

clock Eastern Time Time slot, at least for today. With you.

[Vince Colonnade]

For those of you who join me

[Justin]

each morning on my program at 8am Eastern, thank you. I'm on rumble.com Vince each morning and we, we love doing the show there. It's been such an epic success. Thank you for making it that way. And I promise you we've got a great episode ahead. I need to talk to you about an issue that is near and dear to my heart and I am certain is near and dear to yours. Election integrity, the Save America Act. Yes, we'll gavel in today as we talk about that. Super important for us to get this conversation underway today and a lot to discuss on that front.

[Vince Colonnade]

Also, we are kind of keeping a

[Justin]

side eye on whether or not we get breaking news out of the United States Supreme Court today.

[Vince Colonnade]

We might, we may or may not on the issue of birthright citizenship. What a big case. We've gotten a lot of good decisions from the Supreme Court in the last week.

[Justin]

But I'm on guard here, as I'm sure you are too, that maybe they were just fattening us up before the slaughter. I hope not. I hope we get another big victory here. It should be 9 0. There's no way that Chinese nationals should be able to pour into our country, pop out a baby, have an American citizen and then we're screwed over.

[Vince Colonnade]

What kind of system is that?

[Justin]

That's insanity. So hopefully the court is on the side of decency in the United states, constitution and the American people. Uh, we'll see. We'll see if that decision even comes out today. But keeping an eye on that as well. So in other words, we've got a lot to get to on this mighty Dan Bongino show. Also, of course, Dan, in case you're wondering, maybe you just arrived.

[Vince Colonnade]

Dan's on vacation this week.

[Justin]

A well earned break.

[Vince Colonnade]

Uh, you'll hear from Sean Farish on Wednesday.

[Justin]

Isn't that right, Justin? We have Sean Farish on Wednesday on the program, correct?

[Vince Colonnade]

He'll be. Yes, that's correct.

[Justin]

He says. So you'll be able to hear from the great Sean Farish on Wednesday as well. So we've got content for you, don't you worry. And as always, please subscribe to my program. I'll keep delivering for you all week long this week.

[Vince Colonnade]

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[Justin]

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[Vince Colonnade]

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[Justin]

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[Vince Colonnade]

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[Justin]

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[Vince Colonnade]

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[Justin]

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[Vince Colonnade]

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[Vince Colonnade]

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[Justin]

Let's dive in. Let's dive right into this, the Save America Act.

[Vince Colonnade]

And as I do it, you should know that one of our favorites, a

[Justin]

favorite here for Dan Bongino's audience and a favor for my audience, producer Jim

[Vince Colonnade]

Verde with our radio show. Producer Jim keeps the meeting minutes.

[Justin]

Every time we have this meeting on the Save America act, we have to gather together again to do that today. And here's why.

[Vince Colonnade]

John Thune is a problem.

[Justin]

John Thune, the Senate majority leader is a big problem.

[Vince Colonnade]

In fact, he is one of the

[Justin]

primary reasons you and I don't get to have nice things.

[Vince Colonnade]

And in this case, nice things is election integrity.

[Justin]

Is the Save America Act. Now, for those who haven't followed the details closely, a tight summary of the Save America Act. You need to prove you're an American citizen when you register to vote. Simple. You need to show an ID when you do cast a ballot. Simple. Non citizens should be purged from the voting rolls. Very simple.

[Vince Colonnade]

And we should have fewer mail in

[Justin]

ballots because those are the primary vectors for fraud.

[Vince Colonnade]

And the President has added other things

[Justin]

like no men and women's sports.

[Vince Colonnade]

In other words, it's an anti cheating bill. No cheating in elections.

[Justin]

No cheating in women's sports.

[Vince Colonnade]

No cheating.

[Justin]

Pretty simple.

[Vince Colonnade]

And yet it's very hard to get it passed.

[Audience Member]

Why?

[Justin]

Well, Democrats refuse to do it. And too many of these rhino Republicans refuse to do it too. John Cornyn stands in the way. He pretends he doesn't, but he does, which is why Texas voters just fired him. Bill Cassidy stands in the way.

[Vince Colonnade]

He pretends he doesn't, but he does, which is why Louisiana voters just fired him. Thumbelina Thom Tillis of North Carolina stands in the way. He pretends he doesn't, but he knew North Carolina voters were about to fire him, so he announced his retirement. A lot of these guys are standing in the way, but nobody deserves more

[Justin]

focus and pressure than the leadership of the Republicans.

[Vince Colonnade]

And that would be John Thune and

[Justin]

John Barrasso, the two Johns.

[Vince Colonnade]

Thune, the majority leader, keeps acting like

[Justin]

he's just a weatherman or some sort of play by play commentator.

[Vince Colonnade]

Oh shucks, we just don't have the votes.

[Justin]

Have you tried for them?

[Vince Colonnade]

Have you put in any effort to get them?

[Justin]

Have you twisted any arms? Have you threatened committee assignments?

[Vince Colonnade]

Have you threatened to shut down any

[Justin]

of the fundraising dollars from going any of these senators as they run for reelection?

[Vince Colonnade]

Have you threatened to take away their vacation time? Oh wait, you're on vacation right now. The answer to those questions is no. John Thune has not exerted any of the levers necessary to actually get this thing passed. It can get passed.

[Justin]

He just refuses to do the work. He refuses.

[Vince Colonnade]

And in fact, the President has been, I would say, too kind to the guy.

[Justin]

He keeps treating him very nicely. But at some point that niceness will go away.

[Vince Colonnade]

And President Trump's going to get very

[Justin]

tough with John soon.

[Vince Colonnade]

Johnson is not going to like that. So why not get ahead of it,

[Justin]

John, and pass the Save America act, twist the arms and get it done.

[Vince Colonnade]

John Barrasso is the majority whip. That's his job. His job is to whip the votes.

[Justin]

There's no evidence he's doing that. So, yeah, we've got problems.

[Vince Colonnade]

And many of you have been calling

[Justin]

these senators, have been calling John Thune, have been emailing him, have been telling your own state senators you want this

[Vince Colonnade]

done, please keep that pressure on.

[Justin]

It has to continue. It has to.

[Vince Colonnade]

But let me start with the President

[Justin]

of the United States today. It's usually a good way to frame a conversation.

[Vince Colonnade]

Here's the President talking about the fact that he has to fight both Democrats and Republicans. And in this case, he calls out Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who's another one

[Justin]

who's a big headache in this whole process. Cut five. Watch this.

[Donald Trump]

And now we have to pass the Save America act to protect our sacred American elections.

[Justin]

Have to pass.

[Donald Trump]

Hard to believe, right? Hard to believe that we even have to fight for this. We have to fight for everything. Nothing comes easy. Nothing. All voters must show photo id. Not so bad. All voters must provide proof of citizenship. Is that so hard? And you're fighting the Democrats and a few Republicans who are doing a tremendous disservice to this country. We have a few Republicans that are fighting it. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, you should call her and tell her to get on the ball. She'll never win another election, I can tell you. She has got to get. She's got to vote. It's called the Save America Act. It's voter id, Ideally, photo id. Right. So you can look and you can say, oh, that person's okay. Or for lots of reasons, that person is not the same person. We want proof of citizenship.

[Vince Colonnade]

Yeah.

[Justin]

We want the Save America Act. The President says we need election integrity.

[Vince Colonnade]

He called out Lisa Murkowski in particular,

[Justin]

but he could have called out any of these other guys. Thune, Barrasso, Cornyn, Tillis, Cassidy.

[Vince Colonnade]

This is, unfortunately, a long list of people who pretend like they support election

[Justin]

integrity, but when push comes to shove, they prefer vacation. I want your ass back in Washington immediately. And I want election integrity immediately.

[Vince Colonnade]

And I'm not alone. I'm not alone.

[Justin]

John Cornyn is whining about this, by the way. He's whining and he's calling us keyboard

[Vince Colonnade]

warriors and grifters, Keyboard warriors and grifters, saying that we are ignorant of the Senate rules. Meanwhile, I would say that the American

[Justin]

people in many cases have a better grasp on what the rules of the Senate are than many Republican senators, actually. But here's What John Cornyn said.

[Vince Colonnade]

I marvel at the keyboard warrior geniuses and grifters who are ignorant of Senate

[Justin]

rules and precedents, who have miraculously become

[Vince Colonnade]

experts in its arcane rules, promising the moon and the stars and yet destining Republicans for failure, and is a very effective way to demoralize our base and

[Justin]

elect more Democrats in the midterms. No doubt John Cornyn is including President Trump among the keyboard warrior geniuses and grifters because President Trump is very loudly pushing for the Save America act, saying nothing else should pass until that does. Here's John Cornyn attacking him and the people who support him and the people who want election integrity with friends like these, John Cornyn, he says this is

[Vince Colonnade]

an effective way to demoralize our base and elect more Democrats. Do you know what's a very effective

[Justin]

way to demoralize our base and elect more Democrats? Not passing the Safe America Act. Yeah, that's a great way to demoralize your base.

[Vince Colonnade]

We send you to Washington to do something, you fail to do it.

[Justin]

That'll demoralize the base.

[Vince Colonnade]

And then when Democrats can get elected

[Justin]

on fraud, that's how you get Democrats more elected.

[Vince Colonnade]

John Cornyn has it exactly backwards, which is why he was just fired by

[Justin]

the voters in Texas. He can't leave soon enough, but for

[Vince Colonnade]

now, we have to deal with him. And so long as we have to

[Justin]

deal with him and so long as he holds that office, the pressure should continue on him. Despite the fact that he's whining at you for being a keyboard warrior because he doesn't like all the email that's coming into his office. Well, continue to fight the war on your keyboards. Keep sending him these messages.

[Vince Colonnade]

Something has to break free here.

[Justin]

John Thune, for his part, is treating the grassroots like grassroots like crap. Scott Pressler has been absolutely heroic on a number of fronts. He's been working very hard to get people registered to vote, to turn out Republicans in elections, to help win elections. When it comes to just the elbow grease of getting things done, you've had Scott Pressler, in a very public way, doing that pretty aggressively.

[Vince Colonnade]

And more Americans should take Scott's demeanor. They should.

[Justin]

They should be like Scott and fight very hard to stop the left. That's what Scott's been doing. Scott just showed up this past week in South Dakota. He wanted to go to the Republican Party's conference there in the state to meet with John Thune if he could, to encourage him to get the Save America act passed. Now, Scott is not a threat to anybody. I can't imagine Scott posing some sort of physical threat to. To John Thune, yet he was treated like he was a terrorist or something when he arrived.

[Vince Colonnade]

I want you to see how the South Dakota Republican Party treated Scott Pressler when he tried to attend this event

[Justin]

where John Thune was cut six. Take a look at this.

[Scott Pressler]

Hey, guys, this is Scott Pressler. I'm here at the South Dakota State Convention. I have a ticket, and they are saying that I can't come in. So we're gonna find out very shortly why I am not being allowed as one of the biggest supporters of President Donald J. Trump.

[Justin]

I'm big on Facebook, too, and I'm the asshole saying you can't come in because guess what? You're posting this little piss and moan session on Facebook. So you just get the hell out of here.

[James Bialato]

Thank you.

[Scott Pressler]

You see, you see how that. You see how the grassroots are welcomed in Senate Majority Leader Thune's territory? Interesting. My friends, I. I don't think this is a good reflection of the South Dakota gop, but I thank him for his honesty, though. What's your.

[Dan Bongino]

What's your.

[Scott Pressler]

Matthew Bruner, Sergeant at arms.

[Vince Colonnade]

That was.

[Justin]

Yeah. Matthew Bruner, Sergeant at Arms. The tool in the cowboy hat who said that Scott Pressler is not welcome inside the event and treated him like crap. You don't have to treat him like crap.

[Vince Colonnade]

What are you treating him like crap for? Scott Pressler's been rowing one of those

[Justin]

oars like crazy on behalf of advancing the President's agenda and the well being of this country, and you're gonna treat him like garbage? Bad idea, dude. Very bad idea.

[Vince Colonnade]

Now, why was he treated like garbage?

[Justin]

Who blocked him from coming in?

[Vince Colonnade]

Well, turns out the answer to that question is John Thune himself, or at least John Thune staff, because the chairman

[Justin]

of the South Dakota Republican Party is

[Vince Colonnade]

a guy called Jim Eschenbaum, and he

[Justin]

was caught on camera explaining that John

[Vince Colonnade]

Thune barred Scott Pressler from going into the event.

[Justin]

Watch this.

[Jim Eschenbaum]

Did Jonathan specifically ask that Scott Pressler not attend this event?

[Donald Trump]

Yes.

[Jim Eschenbaum]

Okay. Is John Thune a member of the convention committee? No. So how does he have the authority to remove people from events? He has a.

[Vince Colonnade]

Please let Scott Pressler in.

[Jim Eschenbaum]

He has a lot of security in there. And is. Is Mr. Pressler considered a security threat? Not to me, but I'm not going to go in there and argue with the Secret Service.

[Vince Colonnade]

Thank you, James.

[Justin]

Well, first of all, the Secret Service doesn't protect Jonathan. That would be Capitol Police. That. That's incorrect.

[Vince Colonnade]

But also he made it really clear

[Justin]

that it was Thune or Thune staff

[Vince Colonnade]

who made a request to keep Scott

[Justin]

Pressler out of that room. And they did it as a courtesy to him.

[Vince Colonnade]

Now, it's not surprising that Thune would

[Justin]

wield influence in the South Dakota Republican Party. He's the majority leader in the Senate, after all. That's a big feather in the cap for the Republican Party in the state. And if Thune sends a request like that, it looks like they're going to

[Vince Colonnade]

rush to do it. But Thune owns this. The head of the South Dakota Republican Party said that it wasn't like some

[Justin]

weird game of telephone where some low ranking member said it.

[Vince Colonnade]

It was the head of the party in the state who said, yeah, it was at Thune's request.

[Justin]

We're keeping Scott Pressler out.

[Vince Colonnade]

And if you need further evidence of the fact that Scott Pressler was kept out on that basis, look no further than the fact that they had a photo of Pressler on a table there so they could stop him. Cut 8. Look at this video. Watch this.

[Jim Eschenbaum]

So this is James Bialato with dead on, where it looks like there's a memorandum with Scott Pressler's picture on the first table to identify him at the door to prevent him from entering. This is the doors at the Rushmore Hall.

[Vince Colonnade]

So they had a picture of the guy.

[Justin]

They planned ahead of time to block him.

[Vince Colonnade]

Now, Pressler was going there on behalf

[Justin]

of the rest of us.

[Vince Colonnade]

They may have, well, may as well

[Justin]

have blocked President Trump from going into that meeting.

[Vince Colonnade]

They may as well have blocked each

[Justin]

and every one of you and me from going into that meeting.

[Vince Colonnade]

Scott Pressler was going as our emissary, just to raise a polite but insistent point, pass the Save America Act. That's it. Is that so complicated? Are you that scared of that kind of pressure? Well, then in that case, you shouldn't be a United States Senator. You can't handle Scott Pressler. It's time for you to leave.

[Justin]

You definitely shouldn't be the leader of the Republicans in the Senate.

[Vince Colonnade]

It's just pathetic, actually. And rather than have a real conversation with him, he treats everybody like crap. So here's step one this week is get in touch with, with Scott Pressler

[Justin]

and try and make this right.

[Vince Colonnade]

And step two, and most importantly, even

[Justin]

more important than step one in that

[Vince Colonnade]

sequence, pass the Save America Act. Get it done. Now, this has been a source of

[Justin]

immense embarrassment, as it should be. The South South Dakota Republican Party, the

[Vince Colonnade]

chairman of the party who you just

[Justin]

heard a moment ago, Jim Eschenbaum say

[Vince Colonnade]

that it was John Thune who demanded

[Justin]

Scott Pressler not gain access, has since apologized and he did this.

[Vince Colonnade]

Let's see, this would have, this would have been into the wee hours of

[Justin]

the morning right after it went down. Here's what he said on X.

[Vince Colonnade]

He said, scott, I want to personally

[Justin]

apologize for how things were handled tonight at the South Dakota Republican Convention.

[Vince Colonnade]

I haven't watched the video yet, but

[Justin]

Matt Bruner, that was the guy in

[Vince Colonnade]

the cowboy hat, has been relieved of

[Justin]

his duties as one of our sergeant at arms by the lead sergeant at arms.

[Vince Colonnade]

I also apologize for denying you entry. You were exactly right when you said

[Justin]

it wasn't Senator Thune's staff that was running the event. And I failed you in that decision. And I'm sorry and I own it completely.

[Vince Colonnade]

As I stated, I appreciate and respect

[Justin]

all that you have done for President Trump and the Republican Party.

[Vince Colonnade]

I truly wish this hadn't gotten so

[Justin]

out of hand before someone let me know. We will talk more about this tomorrow when I have time to.

[Vince Colonnade]

So the South Dakota Republican Party, or

[Justin]

at least part of it, thinks, you know, this was a mistake, but they

[Vince Colonnade]

still have not fully come to grips

[Justin]

with the fact that John Thune is a problem.

[Vince Colonnade]

In fact, for a moment on Friday, there was an effort by the South Dakota Republican Party to issue a formal

[Justin]

censure of their own Senator John Thune.

[Vince Colonnade]

A formal condemnation by the state party.

[Justin]

That's a big deal. The South Dakota Republican Party to censure John Thune. I'll tell you how that went. Just a moment as we continue here on the Great Dan Bongino Show. Vince Colonnade is filling in today for Dan. Always appreciate the chance to, to talk to you. You find people. We've got a lot to talk about. We've got to talk about this Save America Act. We've got to get it done. More in a moment. Hey, we wouldn't be celebrating America250 if it wasn't for a strong foundation set by our framers. Hamilton built America's financial foundation on the principle of sound, stable money, a principle later embodied by the gold standard.

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[Vince Colonnade]

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[Vince Colonnade]

possible as always and free. And free. By the way, while we're talking about the shows, if you don't mind, if

[Justin]

you'd head on over at Some point to rumble.com vince and subscribe to the program there.

[Vince Colonnade]

Even if you can't join me at

[Justin]

8 o' clock in the morning each morning Eastern time. I know it's early, especially for some of you west coast types. Totally fine.

[Vince Colonnade]

It's VOD video on demand.

[Justin]

Anytime you want to, you can watch it. Rumble.com Vince and you get the the massive Spillover benefit of also getting access to Haley Karenia's fine show. We're both there on the Bongino Report channel. You can get us [e-mail]. vince, I appreciate you for doing that.

[Vince Colonnade]

And by the way, it's so nice to be back with you here, isn't it? I, I don't know if you feel the same way. I feel great about this. I love being back with you. What a nice year we had together

[Justin]

when Dan was doing his thing at the FBI.

[Vince Colonnade]

It was such a joy to get

[Justin]

to know all of you and, and I feel, I feel very good being back with you here at this time right now as Dan's on his well deserved vacation. It's, it's great to see. And you look as good as ever. Holy cow. You look phenomenal.

[Vince Colonnade]

Okay, let me get back to what's

[Justin]

going on here with, with Jonathan. So Jonathan's kind of in a world of hurt here.

[Vince Colonnade]

Kind of in a world of hurt. Now he's got the south there South

[Justin]

Dakota Republican Party in chaos because these idiots decided to try and block Scott Pressler at his behest.

[Vince Colonnade]

So it came to Friday and they were contemplating a censure. We're going to censure John Thune because

[Justin]

he's failing to get the Save America act passed.

[Vince Colonnade]

The thing finally goes up to a vote.

[Justin]

And it looked like a pretty sparsely attended event when the vote took place.

[Vince Colonnade]

And when they cast the vote, well,

[Justin]

they rejected the censure, at least for now.

[Vince Colonnade]

Listen to this by voice vote. Cut 9.

[Justin]

The South Dakota Republican Party considering and rejecting a censure of John Th.

[Vince Colonnade]

Title of resolution. Again, the adoption of the resolution rebuking Senator John. All those in favor will say I. Now I will say and you.

[Justin]

I listen to that audio a couple times. He's probably right that the, the nose had it, that the volume was slightly louder on the voice vote. Voice votes are very interesting, but that

[Vince Colonnade]

is not a good thing when nearly

[Justin]

half the room is saying that the sitting Republican senator, the majority leader, the

[Vince Colonnade]

guy who represents the state needs to be censured. That's a pretty big deal. Wouldn't normally be like that. And yet it is. Why? Because we want the Save America act, that's why. So keep up the pressure. For those of you in South Dakota, God bless you. Keep up the pressure on Jon Thune. We could really use your help.

[Justin]

We could really use it.

[Vince Colonnade]

Now John Cornyn is as I, as

[Justin]

I mentioned, whining about all of this. He remember he called you a keyboard warrior. He said it's not even possible.

[Vince Colonnade]

Can't happen now.

[Justin]

He's wrong about that. He's lying about that.

[Vince Colonnade]

There's a Senate expert by the name

[Justin]

of Clint Brown responded to Cornyn's claims about this subject.

[Vince Colonnade]

And he said, sir, I've got some

[Justin]

expertise in Senate rules and precedent.

[Vince Colonnade]

In fact, at one time, you were one of a dozen senators who paid me for my expertise. The talking filibuster will work. Senators who refuse to do this to pass the Save America act are the ones demoralizing their own base.

[Justin]

That's exactly right. Senator Mike Lee has walked us through this a bunch of times, but here's how it works. Fundamentally, you just need to get the debate started.

[Vince Colonnade]

Nominally.

[Justin]

Right now we've got 50 Republicans. 50 Republicans here who are saying that

[Vince Colonnade]

this thing should pass.

[Justin]

Or at least they've said it. They've suggested they would pass it.

[Vince Colonnade]

Okay, let's prove it.

[Justin]

Let's get it done.

[Vince Colonnade]

And yet it ain't passed yet. We'll get the debate started. There's a lot of debate about ending debate. We need 65.

[Justin]

We got some news here.

[Vince Colonnade]

Okay, let's start it.

[Justin]

We've got some news here.

[Vince Colonnade]

Give me a second here. Give me a second here.

[Justin]

Everyone's telling me we have news. What's the news that I'm looking for here, Justin? Supreme Court ruling.

[Vince Colonnade]

Supreme Court Rules 5 to 4 that

[Justin]

federal law does not prevent Mississippi from counting mail in ballots that are postmarked by election Day, but received up to five days after. With Chief Justice John Roberts joining, an opinion written by Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

[Vince Colonnade]

Federal law.

[Justin]

Okay, we're processing this together, ladies and gentlemen, but at its core, what this means is that states can continue to accept ballots after Election Day. This makes no sense whatsoever. None. None.

[Vince Colonnade]

In every. In every other important thing, can you get your birthday card five days after your birthday? Is that how it works? If somebody sends you a birthday card? Let's do this. Let's just thought experiment. Someone sends you a birthday card and they fail to send it on time, and it arrives five days after your birthday and you get it. You're like, well, it's kind of belated. Thanks. I mean, I'm glad you thought of me. But you couldn't send it in order to make it to my house on time. And that's just a birthday card. How about a vote? Isn't Election Day supposed to be Election Day? You can't get a ballot in by Election Day.

[Justin]

We're giving people months to send in their ballots, get it in on time.

[Vince Colonnade]

What a pile of garbage. In states like California, you know what they do with their mail in ballot situation. We just saw it play out with Steve Helton and, and all these guys, Spencer Pratt. They had a situation where you could set even if the ballot didn't have a postmark, you could hand write a

[Justin]

postmark date on it in order to

[Vince Colonnade]

satisfy the requirement, handwrite it. Doesn't that seem like it's ripe for fraud?

[Justin]

Yes, is the answer. The more ambiguity and the more nonsense you allow, the more nonsense you're going to get in elections.

[Vince Colonnade]

This is precisely why we need the Save America Act.

[Justin]

This decision that the job that they just dropped again.

[Vince Colonnade]

Again, only reading the headline here.

[Justin]

I'll, I'll believe me. I'm going to dive into this in detail on the big national radio show today as after I get a chance to read the opinion.

[Vince Colonnade]

But a decision like this is ratification

[Justin]

for why we are pushing so hard for the Save America Act.

[Vince Colonnade]

One of the things it would do

[Justin]

is it would limit the use of mail in ballots.

[Vince Colonnade]

Jimmy Carter, as a part of the

[Justin]

Carter Baker Commission in the early 2000s,

[Vince Colonnade]

a bipartisan commission studying elections said that mail in ballots are the primary source

[Justin]

for fraud in elections.

[Vince Colonnade]

We need to limit the use of mail in ballots, said Carter.

[Justin]

Democrats won't say that anymore.

[Vince Colonnade]

They were concerned about it a time

[Justin]

ago, a while ago. But now they're perfectly content with fraud being the state of play because that's how they get power.

[Vince Colonnade]

Ok, so the Supremes drop a big

[Justin]

decision that seems like a big steaming pile of crap.

[Vince Colonnade]

And did I read that right?

[Justin]

It was John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett joined the libs on the court.

[Vince Colonnade]

Not a shock, but definitely appalling. And what does this say here?

[Justin]

This is Fox's summary.

[Vince Colonnade]

The Supreme Court rejects a Republican led

[Justin]

challenge to counting some mail in ballots that arrive after election day.

[Vince Colonnade]

It's a 54 decision.

[Justin]

The court ruled the states can continue counting ballots received after election day if

[Vince Colonnade]

state law allows it and the ballots

[Justin]

meet requirements, including being postmarked on time. Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote the majority opinion.

[Vince Colonnade]

She was joined by Chief Justice John

[Justin]

Roberts and of course, the liberal justices. Justice Samuel Alito dissenting, calling the ruling

[Vince Colonnade]

inconsistent with federal election law and two

[Justin]

centuries of historical practice.

[Vince Colonnade]

All right, let me give you a

[Justin]

cheat sheet on how to read a Supreme Court decision without knowing much more about it.

[Vince Colonnade]

So even before you dive into the details, if you see that Justice Clarence

[Justin]

Thomas and Justice Alito are on the same exact page, go with them.

[Vince Colonnade]

Okay, that's the tip. Today, that's the tip of the day

[Justin]

as I fill in for Dan Bongio.

[Vince Colonnade]

You ready?

[Justin]

Go with Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.

[Vince Colonnade]

If those justices who. On one side of this.

[Justin]

That's the side you want to be

[Vince Colonnade]

on, in the rare occasion that they

[Justin]

have different opinions, that they're split against each other, then read both of them and figure out who you prefer. But, you know, I tend to be a Justice Thomas guy, but whatever.

[Vince Colonnade]

The point is, if Thomas and Alito are against it, then I'm against it. And they're on the right side of

[Justin]

the Constitution in American history without even

[Vince Colonnade]

reading the opinion yet.

[Justin]

I know that. I know that. You can say that with confidence. It's. It's amazing. It's amazing. All right, so we'll keep our eyes on the Supreme Court.

[Vince Colonnade]

Again, we await the birthright citizenship decision

[Justin]

that may be a case we get today. And again, this is.

[Interviewer]

This is.

[Vince Colonnade]

We're kind of in a weird situation

[Justin]

because I'm doing the live show with you right now. Those of you watching rumble.com bongino. So we're processing live news, but of course, we're also making this into a tremendous podcast for consumption later on, which, of course, if you're listening, thank you. Thank you. God bless you for it. Appreciate you doing that. All right, More in a moment as we get into a little bit more.

[Vince Colonnade]

Is you guys. You guys cool with more Save America conversation? I feel like this is a very

[Justin]

important conversation, and I know Dan is very concerned about this as well. So I figured, you know what, we should service this issue because it matters a great deal. And so if you.

[Vince Colonnade]

If you'd like, we'll keep.

[Justin]

We'll stick on it. Let me know if you want that as we continue. But first, I want to thank another tremendous sponsor of the program. Our final sponsor of the day is All Family Pharmacy. It's a pharmacy that's doing something most companies just don't have the guts to.

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[Vince Colonnade]

First of all, I'm trying to follow

[Justin]

Dan's role on don't get that. Thank you, Rebecca. You're right about that. I'm going to keep trying. That Save America act is a must. Yes. Okay, so people want the Save America Act. Yeah, I do too. I really do.

[Vince Colonnade]

All right, so let me give you some more then. You ready for Thumbelina?

[Justin]

Thumbelina sucks. Isn't he the worst?

[Vince Colonnade]

Here he is from North Carolina. He's saying that North Carolina voters are pressuring him too much. Now pay attention. If you're in North Carolina right now,

[Justin]

this is for you.

[Vince Colonnade]

This is your senator saying you are

[Justin]

annoying him too much because you want the save America Act. Cut 10. Watch this.

[Thom Tillis]

I am concerned that we're going to continue to cast doubt on elections in November and and erode what has been a 250 year tradition of a peaceful transition of power. You know, I have people telling me I need to implement the SAVE act immediately in North Carolina in a state that has voter ID. It was passed when I was Speaker 1. We've enhanced it even since then. And the President's won three times. Why do I, over the next four months have to try to pursue the impossible task of implementing a bill that simply can't be implemented in that time frame? Why are we doing more things to undermine our confidence in elections rather than getting the strong message out that we'll win for Republicans this year? Talk about the emergence and the rise of the Democrat Socialists of America. Accept the that the voting laws are gonna be fundamentally what they are today. Win by them, win by the good results that Republicans have produced and stop undermining the confidence in the elections. This is a bedrock of our 250 year history of success as the democracy that changed the world. Let's not mess with that between now and November.

[Vince Colonnade]

You're a psycho.

[Justin]

You are a complete psycho.

[Vince Colonnade]

You sound like Chuck Schumer. Why are you undermining confidence in elections?

[Justin]

That's what you are doing, Thom.

[Vince Colonnade]

And this whole straw man, like, we aren't going to be able to pass it in time for the midterms. Let's assume that that's the case because the Senate is too lazy and won't

[Justin]

get off its rumps to actually do the job.

[Vince Colonnade]

Let's just assume that it takes beyond

[Justin]

the midterms to get this thing passed.

[Vince Colonnade]

Okay? Do I want that outcome?

[Audience Member]

No.

[Vince Colonnade]

Do I want the Save America Act?

[Audience Member]

Yes.

[Vince Colonnade]

And so if you start this clock, if you actually take the Senate floor, if you face a ridiculous Senate filibuster that drags all the way through the midterms, if we get the Save America act at the end of it, even if it's after the midterms, that's a

[Justin]

better outcome than not getting the Save America act at all.

[Vince Colonnade]

So stop wielding the midterms as some sort of ridiculous red herring to prevent

[Justin]

you from doing your job.

[Vince Colonnade]

We wouldn't have to have this conversation

[Justin]

if you had actually done your job months ago, a year ago, and yet

[Vince Colonnade]

they still haven't done it.

[Justin]

And we've had to try them, to drag them kicking and screaming into doing their jobs at all. The truth is, they're not doing it because they're lazy. That's the biggest truth in this at all.

[Vince Colonnade]

They're just lazy. He doesn't want to do his job.

[Justin]

He likes being on vacation right now.

[Vince Colonnade]

He likes that they have very few

[Justin]

weeks left this year doing any business for the American people whatsoever.

[Vince Colonnade]

He likes it like that. The last thing he wants is for

[Justin]

you to be focused on what he should be doing.

[Vince Colonnade]

What do they make with $200,000 a year?

[Justin]

Whatever ridiculous amount of money it is

[Vince Colonnade]

to do nothing, to be on vacation the whole time, to spend all their time fundraising. How about doing the work that we

[Justin]

sent you to Washington to do, like pass the Save America Act?

[Vince Colonnade]

Then he attacks you.

[Justin]

He's whining that you're pressuring him.

[Vince Colonnade]

You're undermining confidence in elections.

[Justin]

That's you, you jerk. Bill Cassidy, bitter Bill from Louisiana, is also whining about this.

[Vince Colonnade]

You can tell that we're getting to

[Justin]

these guys because they're all whining in public about it now. All of them. Blocking Scott Pressler whining on Twitter, whining on television.

[Vince Colonnade]

Here's Bill Cassidy whining on television.

[Justin]

Cut 11. Watch this.

[Dan Bongino]

I want to make health care more affordable. So I can't tell you what his priorities are beyond the SAVE Act. I can tell you what I think they should be. And how do we make life more affordable for the average American?

[Margaret Brennan]

The SAVE act, he wants to put in place more restrictions around federal elections. But it's already federal law that noncitizens can't vote scam.

[Dan Bongino]

Yeah, but in federal rescue is that people have to show an id.

[Margaret Brennan]

Yeah.

[Dan Bongino]

And showing an id, I think is a reasonable thing. We've done it in Louisiana. There's been no disenfranchisement at all. But we had a reputation for corrupt elections. And now everybody acknowledges just our elections are pretty straightforward.

[Margaret Brennan]

But, but you agree with leaders and there just aren't the votes.

[Dan Bongino]

They're not the vote.

[Justin]

They're not the votes. I don't know what the President's priorities are other than this Save America act thing. And then you hear the woman with resting Democrat face be like, well, it's

[Vince Colonnade]

already illegal to vote to commit fraud in elections, yet it's illegal to speed. But if nobody puts a radar gun out on the road to track whether or not someone's doing it, people are going to speed. If nobody's enforcing the law, then people are going to break it. That's the problem is Margaret Brennan's like, well, it's already illegal for non citizens to participate in federal elections. Nobody's enforcing the freaking law. And don't give me this nonsense from Speaker Johnson who said, oh, well, well,

[Justin]

we're going to make a little a

[Vince Colonnade]

pool of funding and then any state

[Justin]

that wants election integrity can get money from the pool of.

[Vince Colonnade]

That's not going to work. That's not going to work. Democrats are not going to take money from your pool of funding in order to have election integrity. In fact, if anything, they'll just steal the money and not have election integrity. How many times do we have to go through this? Why do I have to run the affairs of the United States Congress just to get everything headed in the right direction? I'm getting nonsense from Speaker Johnson, I'm getting no effort whatsoever from John Thune, and I'm getting really ticked off about it. And I'm not alone. You're ticked off about it. We're ticked off about it, which is why these guys are going on national

[Justin]

television to whine about it. That's what's happening right now. Cassidy.

[Vince Colonnade]

In fact, in that same interview, the

[Justin]

resting Democrat face woman on cbs, Margaret

[Vince Colonnade]

Brennan was whining about the. She was whining that the Senate is losing John Cornyn, Thom Tillis, and Bill Cassidy. Now you and I are cheering that fact establishment.

[Justin]

Washington is very sorry that they're headed out the door.

[Vince Colonnade]

Watch this.

[Justin]

Cut 12.

[Margaret Brennan]

Will anyone else hold the President accountable once Cornyn's gone and Tillis is gone

[Dan Bongino]

and you're gone, the simple answer will be yes. The men and women who serve in Congress, by and large, love our country. I mean, they all love our country deeply. And by and large, they will do what it's required. Now, when you're running for office, you have to be aware of what your voters are interested in. You have to talk about what your voters are interested in if you want to get reelected. But in the Senate, at least, there's that space of four years prior to that. And I think you see every, every, every period, there's senators that step up and say, we need something different, we need more. The Senate is a separate bill. Body, separate from the presidency. I think we're seeing that.

[Margaret Brennan]

Do you think the President understands that?

[Dan Bongino]

I don't know. If the president does, sometimes he acts as if Congress is merely an appendage. And frankly, sometimes Congress acts like it's an appendage. But that said, I think he got the message yesterday. Congress wants to be read in. And Congress has our rules and procedures that our founding fathers set up, and they set it up precisely so that there would not be. Be too powerful of an institution of a presidency designed to reflect all of the American people, not just the will of one person.

[Margaret Brennan]

That's being tested right now.

[Dan Bongino]

I suppose it's being tested.

[Justin]

Appendage. You're an appendage. A vestigial tail got to remove you.

[Vince Colonnade]

Yeah, no, this is.

[Justin]

This is insanity.

[Vince Colonnade]

Look, chat.

[Justin]

Help me out here. Would Republicans have control of the Senate were it not for Trump voters right now? Yes or no, Would they have control of the Senate right now? Yes or no?

[Vince Colonnade]

Would Republicans have control of the United

[Justin]

States House of Representatives right now were it not for Trump voters? Yes or no? What's the answer to that question? It's no, it's no, it's no. It's no. There's no's. I see no's in the chat. No, no, no, no, no, no, no,

[Vince Colonnade]

no, no, no, no, you moron. You wouldn't even be in power were

[Justin]

it not for Trump voters right now.

[Vince Colonnade]

Trump voters voted not just for the man, Donald Trump. They voted for the agenda. That's what they voted for. They voted for securing our border. They voted for making it possible to afford to live in America for unleashing American energy. They voted to bring peace to our planet wherever we can do that, and

[Justin]

to focus on America first.

[Vince Colonnade]

They voted to restore order to our country, and that includes restoring order to our elections. They voted for the Save America Act. That's what voters wanted. You think election integrity was a small concern to Trump voters? No, it was a preeminent concern,

[Justin]

like, oh, he's just got to learn that,

[Vince Colonnade]

or a different body and blah, blah, blah. No. And he makes these sort of like. Like, weirdo appeals to, oh, the founders wanted us to be separate.

[Hailey Carney]

Of course.

[Justin]

The founders wanted a separate branch of government. The whole concept is checks and balances. No question about that.

[Vince Colonnade]

But right now, the American voter has to wield its power over you, which is why Bill Cassidy was just fired.

[Justin]

Talk about a check and balance.

[Vince Colonnade]

Louisiana voters are like, I'm done with your crap. It just happened for Cornyn as well in Texas.

[Justin]

John. Sorry, Thumbelina Tillis saw this coming. The writing on the wall in North Carolina. He got out before voters could throw him out.

[Vince Colonnade]

So, in other words, yeah, that's a

[Justin]

check and a balance.

[Vince Colonnade]

And I want you to pay special

[Justin]

attention to the fact that Margaret Brennan was lamenting losing the establishment hacks. She wasn't concerned at all about the vulnerability of our elections. Why aren't you fighting harder?

[Vince Colonnade]

Why is this so difficult for you

[Justin]

to get this done?

[Vince Colonnade]

80% of the American people support it. Just put yourself in her role for a minute. How easy would the questions be? They'd be like, why aren't you doing

[Justin]

the job the Louisiana voter sent you to office to do?

[Vince Colonnade]

Like, theoretically, she could ask Bill Cassidy, don't you realize that the reason you

[Justin]

were fired was because you haven't achieved something as simple as election integrity?

[Vince Colonnade]

And so she's sitting there bandying about

[Justin]

all sorts of, like, nonsense about, like,

[Vince Colonnade]

oh, it's already illegal to do this,

[Justin]

so why would we have safeguards against it? That doesn't make any sense.

[Vince Colonnade]

Or, oh, it really sucks that John Cornyn and Thom and. And you are leaving.

[Justin]

No, it doesn't. It's a great thing.

[Vince Colonnade]

Imagine if we had a legacy media

[Justin]

that was actually working to fulfill what the First Amendment was designed to do, which is to work on behalf of

[Vince Colonnade]

the people, to speak truth to power.

[Justin]

Imagine, instead, she's abusing the rights that she has under the First Amendment. It's pretty contemptible,

[Vince Colonnade]

but that's the.

[Justin]

That's the state of play. That's the state of play. And this is who we have to deal with in Washington.

[Vince Colonnade]

It's a.

[Justin]

It's a nightmare. It's a total nightmare.

[Vince Colonnade]

But keep up the pressure.

[Justin]

It's working here. Let me.

[Vince Colonnade]

Let me tell you the good news.

[Justin]

In the midst of all of this,

[Vince Colonnade]

these guys, I promise you, thought this

[Justin]

debate was going to be over six months ago.

[Vince Colonnade]

They did not think that this would go any further. They thought this was going to be yet another random messaging bill. Oh, that's right. We're all co sponsors. And then it goes nowhere. Sorry. Those are the rules of the Senate. And then they just barrel forward without

[Justin]

actually achieving anything for you. And the great thing about this moment has been there's been a grassroots initiative

[Vince Colonnade]

to say, to hell with you, to hell with your stunts.

[Justin]

We want this and we want it now.

[Vince Colonnade]

And we're going to stay on you

[Justin]

until we get it passed.

[Vince Colonnade]

And if you're not going to do

[Justin]

it, we're going to replace you until we get the people who do this energy. Please keep it going. Please.

[Vince Colonnade]

There's nothing astroturfed about this.

[Justin]

I don't know a single person, truly, I don't know a single person who's being paid for Save America act advocacy.

[Vince Colonnade]

Everything about this is from the bottom up. This is as grassroots as anything you

[Justin]

and I have ever seen.

[Vince Colonnade]

But that means it's incumbent upon us

[Justin]

to keep this energy alive.

[Vince Colonnade]

There's not. It's not like there's going to be

[Justin]

a bunch of big donors to come flying in to help us.

[Vince Colonnade]

There's not going to be a bunch

[Justin]

of big money that comes pouring in to help us.

[Vince Colonnade]

This is going to be grassroots generated

[Justin]

all the way until it gets done.

[Vince Colonnade]

And it is now officially.

[Justin]

Here's the other good news.

[Vince Colonnade]

This is a litmus test for Republican

[Justin]

voters in the United States.

[Vince Colonnade]

No more do any of us go forward when we get to choose who our. Who our candidates are without this understanding in our minds.

[Justin]

Do you support credible elections? Will you pass the Save America Act?

[Vince Colonnade]

That's it.

[Justin]

So can something good come of this? Yes. Something already has. You and I are more dialed in on the United States Senate, more dialed in on election integrity, more dialed in on how to make America great again than we've ever been before. And that's not going to change.

[Vince Colonnade]

Sorry, Cassidy.

[Justin]

Thom.

[Dan Bongino]

Soon.

[Justin]

The rest of you.

[Vince Colonnade]

Sorry.

[Justin]

We have your number. It's great.

[Vince Colonnade]

All right.

[Justin]

Hey, there's some other big elements going on today. We're keeping our eyes on these Supreme Court developments going on right now. So we'll. If we get any news on the birthright citizenship thing, I'll tell you about it.

[Vince Colonnade]

But on that front, what it takes

[Justin]

to be a United States citizen. It's probably worth taking a glance at all of the chaos around the fact that the Supreme Court last week said that Haitians and Syrians have got to go. It's time for them to leave the United States of America.

[Vince Colonnade]

The court last week ended temporary protected

[Justin]

status, or at least that's rather they agreed that President Trump can end temporary protective status for Haitians and Syrians who've been in our country now for decades.

[Vince Colonnade]

Boy, we are a generous people, aren't we? Well, that's all over, but it's causing

[Justin]

immense panic on the left. They're really upset about this.

[Vince Colonnade]

They're freaking out about it. In fact, here's a, here's a clip over on Miz now. Cut 14. Take a look at this. This is on MIZ Now.

[Justin]

This is a little watched left wing kind of lesbian cable network where they're

[Vince Colonnade]

upset that Springfield, Ohio is about to

[Justin]

become a lot more American. Cut 14. Watch.

[Audience Member]

Of the 350,000 Haitians in the United States with TPS, a little over 10,000, close to 15,000 live here in Springfield. The population of Springfield is about 58,000. So with this decision from the Supreme Court, 20% of this community in Ohio overnight has lost their status. That is going to have huge ramifications for the community as a whole.

[Justin]

20% of the population is invaders, 20% of the population, foreign nationals, 20%.

[Vince Colonnade]

So one out of every five people

[Justin]

doesn't even belong in Springfield, Ohio.

[Vince Colonnade]

And of course, Miz now is framing

[Justin]

this as some sort of like, oh,

[Vince Colonnade]

what a, what a tragedy.

[Justin]

It's not a tragedy. It's a restoration of Springfield, Ohio.

[Vince Colonnade]

Springfield could get its city back.

[Justin]

That's not a small thing.

[Vince Colonnade]

And again, this whole TPS thing, talk about how generous we are as a country. We let you stay here for a very long time and now you're going to try and stay here forever. How about no, now it's, yeah, they're eating the dogs, they're eating the cats, they're eating the pets of the people who live there.

[Justin]

I don't think the original. Thank you, Dems or whack jobs for reminding me of that. I don't think President Trump originally sang it, but they did.

[Vince Colonnade]

They did in that banger AI version. It was great. Yes, that Springfield, the same Springfield from the debate. And look, you've got the Ohio governor.

[Justin]

This guy's a supposedly a Republican. His name's Mike the wine.

[Vince Colonnade]

Speaking of whining, we're coming a lot of people whining today, Ohio's governor wants them to stay forever. Like, what are you talking about? Listen to this. Cut 15.

[Justin]

Watch.

[Vince Colonnade]

Governor, you just heard Secretary Mullen defend the decision.

[Justin]

You say it's a mistake.

[James Bialato]

What's your take?

[Interviewer]

You cannot fly into Port au Prince today. U.S. carriers are prohibited from going in there. They've extended that ban. Federal officials, United States have extended that ban into September now. And, you know, it's been there for a long time. The reason they can't go in there is because these gangs, leaders who control a good part of Haiti today shoot at the planes when they, when they come in. So that's, that's certainly one thing you've pointed out. You know, advisories, heavy advisories. U.S. citizens do not, do not go into Haiti. But the other point is it is not in the United States's interest, certainly not in Ohio's interest, to have people who are working every single day, who are supporting a family, who are buying houses, fixing up old houses, starting businesses, and then put deep roots in this country and really are contributing and yank them out. I mean, look at, look at what the, the mayor of Springfield says. Mayor says that is a huge, huge mistake. They're contributing. Rob Rue says they're contributing. Greatly mistake to do that. What I would hope that the Trump administration would do is reconsider this. Look at how it's going to impact states like Ohio. In Ohio, the Haitians are working primarily in manufacturing. They're also working in, in the food area. But if you look at where they're working across the country, probably the most important area they're working is in healthcare. It's Haitians who many times are taking care of your mom or your dad who has Alzheimer's, taking care of family members who might be in a nursing home. And to say we're going to pull all those out, it's just not in our own self interest.

[Justin]

Yes, it is.

[Vince Colonnade]

Yes, it is. What a liar.

[Justin]

How weak is that guy? It's entirely in our interest. So we protected Haitians for a time.

[Vince Colonnade]

Now you can go back. The earthquake ended in 2010. And so, you know, last week, some

[Justin]

reporter asked Stephen Miller about this.

[Vince Colonnade]

He's like, hey, is Haiti safe?

[Justin]

It's like, yeah, for Haitians.

[Vince Colonnade]

The reason the United States advises Americans

[Justin]

not to go there is because of risks that are directly related to being American and arriving in Haiti.

[Vince Colonnade]

But if you're Haitian, that's where you're from. The left. Wasn't the left up until like 8 minutes ago for reunifying Families.

[Justin]

We got to keep families together.

[Vince Colonnade]

Let's get them back together. Go back to Haiti. Go back. And the, the, the argument that Mike

[Justin]

DeWine is making is like, well, these

[Vince Colonnade]

people are very productive. 350, 000 people all across the country, the building. And they're in the food industry and they're in healthcare, and they're creating communities, and they're so wonderful. Well, if that's the case, that's 350,000 talented people all batting, heading back to Haiti to make it less of a bleep hole. Okay? Which President Trump apparently said it was a bleep hole. The media went apoplectic that he called it a bleep poll. And the second you want to send Haitians back to Haiti, they're now saying it's a bleep hole.

[Justin]

So they agree with President Trump in the end, Trump is always right somehow. How did he do that again?

[Vince Colonnade]

He's always right. And it's time for you to go back. You've, you've long overstayed your welcome, and that's fine. You, you were here, now you can go. It's temporary. Now, that is the message from the

[Justin]

administration, fundamentally, that it's temporary. It's time to go home.

[Vince Colonnade]

But I am concerned today about a

[Justin]

guy called Mark Wayne Mullen. He's the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security chat. Did you see his remarks this weekend?

[Vince Colonnade]

He was on television and he said

[Justin]

something that I did not like.

[Vince Colonnade]

He started telling Haitians, well, if you want to stay, there's these other ways

[Justin]

that you can stay in the United States.

[Vince Colonnade]

I recommend that you apply to the following programs to attempt to stay here. And I'm sitting here going, wait a second. What are you with their lawyer, an immigration lawyer.

[Jim Eschenbaum]

Now?

[Vince Colonnade]

You're trying to keep people in the United States. I thought you were the Department of Homeland Security. I thought your job was to safeguard our sovereignty. Why are you giving them advice on how to stay? Watch Mark Wayne Mullen in what I consider to be a suspicious. I'm suspicious of him. I don't like this, and I hope he gets it in check pretty quickly.

[James Bialato]

Cut 18 watch temporary protective status was never intended to be permanent. And there's a lot of people that came over here 15, 20 years ago underneath TPS that's already changed their status the whole time these individuals have been here underneath the temporary protective status, they could have applied for a visa, they could have applied for lpr, they could have applied for different directions. But the status itself can be ended in its name itself by Saying temporary. So these individuals have a couple of choices. They can try to apply for a permanent residence here. They can apply for a temporary visa if they choose to, or they can choose to go back. And if they want to go back, we'll help them with that. If I would. If I'm talking directly to the individuals with the temporary protective status, either try to fill out the paperwork and be here underneath a permanent status, or we'll help you get back to your country. We'll actually give you a plane ticket, plus roughly $2,100 to help you reestablish when you get there. But temporary protective status, according to the, to the, to the courts and in its name itself is not permanent status.

[Justin]

What is he doing? Why is he telling people, you could apply for a legal permanent resident or apply for a visa, apply for these other ways if you want to stay. If I was talking to them, I'd be giving them this advice.

[Vince Colonnade]

Here's the advice you should be giving them.

[Justin]

It's time to go home. It's time to make Haiti great.

[Vince Colonnade]

If, if you've made America great.

[Justin]

If that's, if that's the frame up, well, then, go make Haiti great. Go make Haiti great.

[Vince Colonnade]

We gave you time to get on your feet. Here you are, now you got a full head of steam. Go use it to make Haiti great.

[Justin]

What's the DHS secretary doing again? I've seen some people mount up a defense for him and they're saying things

[Vince Colonnade]

like, oh, well, he's just telling people what the statutes are.

[Justin]

It's just a recitation of the statute.

[Vince Colonnade]

Good. He's not their lawyer.

[Justin]

Why are you doing that? Your job is safeguarding our homeland, protecting our sovereignty, and helping push forward the president's agenda. I'm not asking how it's possible for them to get amnesty under the law. Why would you even recite things like that? It's too much. And you know, Mark Wayne Mullen apparently figured out that this was a foot and mouth moment on national television. And he wrote, let me be abundantly clear, he said later on Sunday, temporary protected status is just that, temporary. Democrats tried to turn this into a de facto amnesty program. President Trump put a stop to it. If you're in the country without status, you're here illegally. Illegal aliens have true choices. They can either accept the $2,600 stipend and a flight home to self deport, or they will be removed. You know, look, I've got a lot of trust in the President of the United States. Not everyone who's ever worked for him, has been an all star. There have been some duds. There have been people who put in half the effort that they should have. There have been people with other agendas who thought that they could keep their head down and kind of pretend to work on the Trump agenda. I'm not saying Marquis Mullen is in any of those categories specifically. I am saying that regardless of who's in office, regardless of how much you

[Vince Colonnade]

like them, you should always be attentive to the people who are wielding power

[Justin]

over whether or not your country goes in the right direction, all the way

[Vince Colonnade]

up to the president of the United States. One of the great things about President

[Justin]

Trump is he takes feedback, including when people disagree with him on things, especially if you are on this. If you want to reach the same destination but disagree with the strategy, wonderful. The president welcomes that kind of feedback.

[Vince Colonnade]

But Markway Mullen, we're on guard, dude. We're on guard for you. And one other thing, just, you know,

[Justin]

because in my perpetual honesty, I'm always thinking about these things.

[Vince Colonnade]

You do wonder, you ever wonder if

[Justin]

President Trump gave him the job because he thought, you know what? I think he'll be good at this, or at least good enough. And because maybe he's not the most ironclad America first senator ever. Like, in other words, like, he kind of took Mark Wayne Mullen out of the Senate because he thought, well, maybe somebody else should take that job and I'll have him as DHS secretary for a time.

[Vince Colonnade]

I don't know.

[Justin]

I don't know the answer to that question, but I've definitely thought about it. Definitely thought about it.

[Vince Colonnade]

So remain vigilant. That's the point.

[Justin]

Always be vigilant. Always keep your head on a swivel and always give these guys scrutiny. No matter how much you like them, it's always worth giving them scrutiny all the time. As always, I want to thank you for just like hanging out with me. It is such an honor to be here with you on the Dan Bongino show again in this time slot. Again with you. What a, what a nice experience.

[Vince Colonnade]

For those of you who want to

[Justin]

check out my, my program each morning, you should do it. Rumble.com Vince to get my program each day, that's at 8am Eastern live.

[Vince Colonnade]

But if you can't get up that

[Justin]

early, you should try it, though, see

[Vince Colonnade]

if you can do it. But if you can't get up that early because you're on the west coast especially, that's okay. Or Hawaii.

[Justin]

We love Hawaii. Six hour difference. That's a big deal.

[Vince Colonnade]

Then get us later.

[Justin]

Rumble.com/Vince, you can watch us on demand

[Vince Colonnade]

or subscribe to the podcast. Love to do it. I'm always giving you a daily news

[Justin]

update and my takes on all of it.

[Vince Colonnade]

Haley Carney is on a noon Eastern

[Justin]

each day on the Bongino Report channel. Same channel, rumble.com Haley that's how you get to her.

[Vince Colonnade]

She's great.

[Justin]

She really is great.

[Vince Colonnade]

Haley with two Y's. Why?

[Justin]

Because she is great. Rumble.com Haley Noon Eastern each day.

[Vince Colonnade]

And also I've got the big national radio show that's coming up at noon Eastern. Holy crap. There's so many great options. Noon Eastern today I'm on my big national radio show.

[Justin]

You get your local radio [e-mail] and you can also watch us live. We're on Rumble.com Vince from 1 to 3 Eastern.

[Vince Colonnade]

Is that enough things for you to do?

[Justin]

I feel like that's enough.

[Vince Colonnade]

The most important thing today though is

[Justin]

to bug the hell out of the United States Senate. That's the most important thing. And then when you're done with that, check out rumble.com/bongino. As always, if you're listening on the

[Vince Colonnade]

podcast, God bless you.

[Justin]

You guys are really the best. I'll see you on the big radio show today. And we got a lot to do this week. A lot to do.

[Donald Trump]

Hey there.

[Justin]

I'm Vince.

[Hailey Carney]

I'm Hailey Carried out, host of Vince, host of Scrolling with Haley.

[Justin]

You can always catch my show right here.

[Hailey Carney]

Right here on the Box Gina Report

[Justin]

Live, 8am Eastern weekday mornings, weekdays at noon.

[Hailey Carney]

If you miss it, no worries. The show will always be right here

[Vince Colonnade]

and anywhere you find a podcast.

[Hailey Carney]

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