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RFKage Match! Kennedy Destroys Corrupt Senators In Wild Hearing | Episode 119

The Dan Bongino Show

Fri Sep 05 2025

RFK Jr.'s congressional hearing goes viral for all the right reasons; DOD officially becomes the Department of War, and Trump's crime crackdown pays off.

Summary

VINCE Podcast Summary: "RFKage Match! Kennedy Destroys Corrupt Senators In Wild Hearing" | Episode 119 | September 5, 2025

Overview

This episode of VINCE, hosted by Vince Coglianese, dives into the explosive Senate hearing featuring RFK Jr. on health agency corruption, COVID policy reversals, and the “Make America Healthy Again” agenda. Vince also covers President Trump’s aggressive cartel policy, escalating U.S.–Venezuela tensions, military rebranding news, and discusses controversial DOJ moves on gun rights. With his signature wit and unfiltered political takes, Vince delivers sharp commentary, vivid play-by-play, and choice clips from the week’s wildest developments.

Main Segments & Key Insights

1. RFK Jr. in the Senate "Cage Match"

[04:50–30:53]

The Main Event: Kennedy Confronts Corruption

RFK Jr. appeared before the U.S. Senate and energetically confronted lawmakers and health officials over failures in health policy and the influence of pharmaceutical companies.
Vince lauds RFK’s “battle-hardened,” “alpha male energy,” blunt honesty, and refusal to comply with standard Senate hearing obfuscations.

Key Moments & Sparring Partners:

On America's Rampant Chronic Disease
- [06:07] RFK Jr.:
  “76.4% of Americans now have a chronic disease…When my uncle was president it was 11%. 1950, it was 3%. ... If we don't end this chronic disease, we are the sickest country in the world. That's why we have to fire people at CDC.”
- Vince highlights the shock, and notes that firing corrupt officials has infuriated the left and the media, who have a vested interest via pharma ad dollars.
Confrontation with Senator Ron Wyden
- [07:57] RFK Jr.:
  “You've sat in that chair for how long? 20, 25 years, while the chronic disease in our children went up to 76%. And you said nothing. … Today, for the first time in 20 years, we learned that infant mortality has increased in our country.”
- Vince revels in Wyden’s confusion and the rare reversal of the typical power dynamic.
COVID Data & Politicization: Sparring with Mark Warner
- [09:21] RFK Jr. to Warner:
  “You want to talk about politicizing covid data? ... They fired Dr. Grub. They fired all the people who questioned the orthodoxy.”
- Vince: Calls out government dishonesty, particularly over masking and vaccine efficacy early in the pandemic.

Memorable Quotes and Exchanges

On Vaccine-Induced Myocarditis
- [13:12] RFK Jr. to Bennett:
  “Are you saying that the mRNA vaccine has never been associated with myocarditis or pericarditis?”
- [14:02] RFK Jr.:
  “They deserve the truth. And that's what we're going to give them for the first time in the history of that agency.”
On Parental Choice and Health Data
- [15:11–16:13] Sen. Maggie Hassan & RFK Jr.:
  Hassan accuses RFK of denying parental choice; RFK pushes back, bluntly calling her a liar.
  - RFK Jr.: “You are lying now, Senator.”[16:10]
Calling Out Pharma Money & Hypocrisy
- [17:56] RFK Jr. to Elizabeth Warren:
  “You’ve taken $855,000 from pharmaceutical companies, Senator.”
- Vince: “You're trying to hurt them. No, I'm trying to help them. You're trying to line your pockets.”
Bernie Sanders’ Rage & Rationalization
- [19:48–20:36]
  Bernie attempts to deflect, arguing everyone (including himself) takes pharma money.
  - RFK Jr.: “Are you saying the pharmaceutical industry was supporting my presidential campaign?”
  - Bernie, flustered: “No, I'm not saying that.”
  - Vince mocks this as self-justifying and hypocritical.

Notable Moments

Senator Ben Ray Lujan attempts to trap RFK over a contractor’s credentials—Kennedy has airtight rebuttal, leaving the senator grumbling and “withholding” his starfish pin in a bizarre public gesture.
- [30:09] Sen. Lujan: “I was going to give it to you today, but after your questioning today, I don't think you deserve it.”
- Vince: Lampoons the childishness and lack of Senate gravitas.

Autism Data Scandal

[24:06] RFK Jr.:
Details CDC data destruction concerning higher autism rates in vaccinated black children, implicating institutional cover-up.
- “The chief scientist ... was ordered to destroy that data. And then they published it without that fact.”
Vince predicts media will dismiss any findings as “pseudoscience”—given their pharma ties.

Overall Take:

Vince calls RFK’s forthrightness, data mastery, and anti-corruption crusade a breath of fresh air and “alpha male swagger” rarely seen in Washington.

2. Trump’s Drug Cartel Crackdown & Venezuela Tensions

[35:07–42:00]

Vince discusses President Trump’s direct military action against Venezuelan gang affiliates involved in drug trafficking—a move cheered by Vince and his audience, but harshly criticized by MSNBC and left-leaning pundits.
- [35:19] MSNBC Critic: “It's alarming, it's unprecedented, and it's dangerous … Not only did they kill 11 people, allegedly, they put American troops at risk.”
- Vince rebuts: “This is obviously a good move because it directly affects the United States of America.”
Describes Venezuelan F-16 jets’ provocative fly-by over a U.S. Navy ship and the U.S. response—deploying F-35s to Puerto Rico.
Highlights the absurdity of Venezuela thinking its military could threaten the U.S.

New “Department of War” Announcement

[42:00–47:56]

Trump to restore the Pentagon’s historical name, “Department of War,” part of a “Warrior Ethos” campaign.
- [47:23] Sec. Pete Hegseth: “We won World War I and II—not with the Department of Defense, but with a War Department. ... We're not just defense, we're offense.”
Vince supports this as an honest reflection of the military’s purpose, not a warmongering stance.

3. DOJ Floats Transgender Gun Ban

[48:00–End]

DOJ considering prohibition of gun sales to trans-identifying individuals following a school shooting by a trans person.
Vince notes the underlying risk—government overreach on mental health—potentially used to disarm not just trans people but also military veterans.
Satirical Take:
Trump’s move forces the left into an awkward corner; historically anti-gun activists now must defend gun rights for groups they champion.
- Vince: “The President has figured out a way to make the left into Second Amendment purists... Lefties arguing that maybe they need to become Second Amendment absolutists to protect those they want to see armed.”

Policy vs. Mental Health

Vince’s bottom line: treat and support mental health, don’t punish law-abiding citizens, and prosecute harmful doctors rather than target patient populations for disarmament.

Notable Quotes

RFK Jr.:
“If we don't end this chronic disease, we are the sickest country in the world. That's why we have to fire people at CDC.” [06:07]
Vince:
“Senators are not used to this. … RFK is like, no, I’m not playing that game. I’ll just tell the truth in the face of all this insanity.” [05:45]
RFK Jr. (to Maggie Hassan):
“You are lying now, Senator.” [16:10]
RFK Jr. (to Elizabeth Warren):
“You’ve taken $855,000 from pharmaceutical companies, Senator.” [17:56]
Bernie Sanders:
“Everybody is corrupt but you. Is that what we’re looking at? I don't think so.” [19:48]
Sen. Lujan:
“I was going to give it to you today, but… I don’t think you deserve it.” [30:09]
Secretary Pete Hegseth:
“We won World War I and we won World War II—not with the Department of Defense, but with a War Department.” [47:23]

Conclusion & Episode Tone

Vince wraps up with praise for Kennedy’s refreshing candor, critiques government and pharma corruption, and injects plenty of humor and pointed asides. He ties policy debates back to core conservative principles—personal liberty, transparency, and an “offensive,” unapologetic approach to American interests both domestically and abroad. The episode is high-energy, combative, and laden with Vince’s trademark sarcasm.

For listeners who missed the episode:
This whirlwind VINCE installment serves up a detailed blow-by-blow of the RFK Senate “cage match,” offers insight into shifting U.S. policy and political maneuvering, and provides a lens into conservative grassroots sentiment on some of the most controversial stories in 2025.

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Transcript

Vince (0:00)

Hey, everybody. Welcome to Vince on a Friday. It is so good to have you with us. The best audience anywhere. Nice to talk to you as always. We have a massive, massive show for you today. I'm gonna get into all of the details of what happened yesterday with RFK Jr appearing before the United States Senate, smacking them around in a way that only he can was wonderful stuff. Also, the President of the United States is going after the drug cartels. Finally, somebody is taking out the people who keep killing us. I'll get into the details there, including the deranged reactions coming out of the left right now, which are always fun to cover, and so much more, all ahead on this edition of Vince. It is really good to have you with us today. Hey, what you do online isn't private. Data brokers are tracking and creating a profile of your online activities. And in the United States, they're legally allowed to sell that information to whoever wants to. 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I'm dressed like I'm going to a beach wedding. No, I just, you know, I figured I'd dress up for you. We do a lot of dark colors on the show, so I looked in my closet today. I was like, let me grab the white shirt. Let me see how this does. So, you know, thank you. Thank you, ladies. Thank you for scoring me well today. I appreciate you for that. Let's see, I've got RFK Jr. Man, this guy is unreal. I love everything about RFK Jr. I love that he is confronting the corruption in our healthcare system, that he's finally cracking some skulls in an industry that it's long overdue to crack some skulls in. He's breaking up kind of the mindless health cartel that's inside of our government that's taking all of this cash from the pharmaceutical companies. And he says, I'm not playing that game. I'm looking at the health data here, and I'm going, man, Americans are really sick. They've never been sick or chronic diseases all over the place. Kids are not doing well. The last thing we should do is continue to do the same insane stuff we have been doing. So let's change that, shall we? In fact, this is one of the reasons President Trump won by the margin he did. He had the Make America Healthy Again coalition supporting his return to the White House. It was too big to rig because the President ran on all sorts of really important issues to the American public, especially to mothers who want to watch after their children and make sure that the things that they're putting in them, the drugs that they're being given, are actually to their benefit and not to their detriment. So RFK has been undertaking this effort, which has been really good news, and that includes the recent decision to revoke the, quote, emergency use authorization for Covid jabs. How many years ago was the COVID pandemic? Do we really need an emergency use authorization anymore? The answer to that is quite obviously, no, we don't. And so RFK has ended all of that, and he's made it really simple. Look, if people want to go get the COVID jab, go to your doctor, just like every other jab people get. And talk to the doc, and the doc will give you the COVID jab if that's what you and the doctor agree to. Whatever happened to, you know, making decisions between myself and my doctor? That's what RFK is, restoring the freedom of choice and a much sensible, much more sensible system. But that's outraging the left. In fact, it's outraging anybody who's taking pharmaceutical money. And yesterday we saw that on display in the United States Senate in just a ridiculous hearing. Now, rfk, I will tell you right up front, has a unique ability to confront these senators for a number of reasons. One, he's by and large, maybe smarter than all of them. He's a bright dude. He's very bright. Two, he's just sort of unflinchingly honest about what he's encountering. He doesn't have to deal in this world of lies. He's just telling the truth about what he's seeing. Another piece of this is he's kind of been going through the ringer. His entire career he's been the subject of all sorts of attacks. And as far as battle hardened people, he ranks up there with the President of the United States. He's accustomed to taking all sorts of ludicrous attacks and fighting back against them. So there is that. And then finally, honestly, he just has alpha male energy. He shows up yesterday, he's courteous when he needs to be, of course. And then when people are giving him guff, he doesn't take it. He just straight up just says, you know what? You're lying. You're distorting the facts. You're not telling the truth. You're intentionally misleading people. Senators are not used to this. They're, they, what they normally get is a lot of compliance they get. People who are just trying to survive Senate hearings, who don't want to say anything that might get them into trouble, don't want to say anything that might, you know, might draw attention to them in some sort of negative way. So people kind of sit and they keep their mouths shut. RFK is like, no, I'm not playing that game. I'll just tell the truth in the face of all this insanity. And so good for him yesterday. Now here's what we had. We had a bunch of moments like this yesterday. Let's just begin with RFK unloading on the health establishment, shall we? Here's cut one. RFK junior Just immediately going to. Our country is sick as hell and we're not going to take it anymore. Take a look.

Vince (9:34)

Yeah. Anybody who raised concerns about, say, myocarditis, the inflammation of the heart, especially in young men, and anybody who is raising concerns about the efficacy of the COVID jabs, the failure for it to stop the transmission of COVID Anybody who's raising questions about. Really, it's a good idea for us to recommend cloth masks. That's doing something. It's not doing anything. Why don't we stop lying to the American people? One after one after one, gone, gone, gone, gone. So what you have is RFK Jr going. You want to talk about corrupting the agency? This isn't the pursuit of actual science. This isn't about helping people and better health outcomes. It was about protecting a political cartel that was in bed with the pharmaceutical industry that was absolutely crushing the American people with a reckless abandon and lying to them, patting us on the head like we can't understand the data, that we're not entitled to it. You remember the beginnings of. I mean, my God, the nightmare of the beginning of COVID And you've got. You had. What's his face? Foushee. Foushee coming out and lying to the American people about natural immunity, hiding details that he was aware of, lying frequently about things like masking as they were trying to preserve the mask supplies. So they at first told Americans, none of us need any masks whatsoever. N95 or any other ones, and then later insisted, against all of the data, that somehow cloth masks were gonna help. Do you remember people wrapping bandanas around their face like that was gonna do anything. That all came to us from idiotic recommendations from a corrupt government that did not have our interests at heart at all. And then we were put through the COVID mandate phase, where the whole country was forced to be strapped down to a table and jabbed. Total insanity. You drove people out of the American military for that. People who volunteered to serve for their country, having their lives upended and destroyed for that, I just can't get over. You know, it's so amazing to me that they can sit there and they can lecture him. Oh, you're so crazy. Oh, you. You. You shouldn't be telling anybody what to do with health. You want to remember something crazy? Here's. Here's. This is a great. This is a great tweet from a columnist over at Town Hall. Dustin Grage. You ready for this? Look at this. Take a look. Take a look at this. This is. You remember the kids who were forced to sit inside of little tents to play instruments at band during COVID They were. It was. There was no health justification for this. They're sitting inside of these insane little tents to play instruments for their band class. It was crazy. You had people being arrested for paddleboarding by themselves in the Pacific Ocean. Spare us the lectures about health when you absolutely bent this country over. You wrecked this country. And now they have the audacity to lecture the rest of us for being angry about that. It's unreal. So good for rfk. I want to see him go in every day. If this wasn't so much of a distraction from the important job that he should be doing. I wish he was there every day reading these guys the riot act. And it continues was just Mark Warner. It was also Senator Michael K. Bennett yesterday who didn't want to admit that Covid jabs were indeed and have been indeed swelling the hearts of children. Cut for Senator.

Vince (20:36)

All right. I mean, correct me if I'm wrong here, but am I understanding this Bernie Sanders argument correctly? His position is that everybody here is taking pharmaceutical cash. So that's just how the game is played. So why are you hassling me over all the pharmaceutical cash that I took? Secretary Kennedy, I take so much pharmacy. I do whatever they want all the time, just like everybody else on this Vegas. So why are you attacking me? Because I constantly think, Klamakash. That's the position. You stick with that Bernie. That makes a lot of sense. That makes about as much sense as you combing your hair with a balloon every morning. That makes no sense at all. Unreal. So that's great. Any hearing where Bernie Sanders goes absolutely crazy is a. Is a great hearing. We've got more ahead, including one Democrat senator who said that he wanted to give RFK Jr. His starfish, which is a weird thing to say. He's like, I was going to give it to you, but now I'm not going to give it to you. I'm sorry, what? What are you even talking about? More ahead on this wild RFA. RF cage. Is it RFKage? Yeah. RF cage match edition Events. Great to have you as always. We got to thank the great sponsors who make this all possible, including Patriot Mobile. You've got a lot of choices for cell phone service. New ones are popping up all the time. But here's the truth. There's really only one that boldly stands in the gap for every American that believes that freedom is worth fighting for, and that's Patriot Mobile. The good news is you can switch to Patriot Mobile today without sacrificing quality or service. Now, if you're worried about your coverage at all, don't be. Don't be. You shouldn't be. Because Patriot Mobile uses all three major US Networks. If you have service in this country today, you're going to have as good or better coverage with Patriot Mobile. You think switching is a hassle? It's not. You can keep your number, keep your phone or even upgrade. Patriot mobile is 100% US based team will get you activated in just minutes from the comfort of your own home. Are you stuck in a contract or owe money on your phones? No worries. Patriot Mobile has a contract buyout program. Look, this is how we went. You align your spending with your values and every dollar that we spend truly matters. So go to patriotmobile.com vince or call 972 Patriot. Just use the promo code, Vince, and you will get a free month of service on me. So switch today. That's patriotmobile.com vince or call 972-patriot patriot mobile. Thank you to Patriot Mobile for being awesome. Okay. All right, so just a couple, couple more quick ones. But I just think that the RFK hearing, it just was so thrilling. I loved everything about it because you had all these Democrats who were put in their place yesterday. RFK did a great job. There was, here's, here's RFK explaining that there was a CDC scientist who was actually destroying data in the agency related to the incidence of autism among black boys. Clear. Clearly. Because the researchers wanted to keep administering a vaccine and used this idea that if people found out that black children in particular were being hurt even worse, then it'd be a big scandal. So let's just erase the data. That was the conclusion. Listen to RFK detailing a pretty horrific thing. Here he is, cut eight.

Vince (25:12)

That is horrifying, totally horrifying and par for the course for a corrupt government health establishment that again, has led to an America that's a lot less healthy now than it's ever been. So what are we to conclude from all of that? RFK has promised that this month he is going to release information on their findings within his agency about whatever sort of impact medicine and all these treatments may have on autism numbers. He said, we're taking a close look at the causes of autism, which, as he's pointed out, has exploded in the United States over the years and they'd like to figure out why. And they believe that they already have some of the answers on that subject. So he'll be releasing a full report on that. I will immediately tell you what's going to happen, which is the media is not going to treat this report with any degree of seriousness. They're going to condemn it as pseudoscience. They're going to call it a hoax right away. And meanwhile, all of their segments are going to be sponsored by pharmaceutical companies. So, of course you have this inherent, ridiculous conflict of interest that makes you the absolute worst mediator on whether or not there's truth and accuracy to this government report. So you're gonna be served a huge dose of hysteria and lies immediately. But I look forward to whatever it is that RFK presents. And as always, no matter what. And this is the message that he keeps laying out there. So, of course I expect him to live up to it. It needs to simply be guided by gold standard science. It has to be guided by accuracy, credible, replicatable science. That's the key here. And so, yeah, I'll approach this with all the sobriety in the world. I'm looking forward to what RFK wants to share with the rest of us. But the media will not be sober about this. They will be drunken and hysterical. Expect that, as usual. All right, we've got another clip here that is so crazy. I've got a couple of. Let me see here. I just want to make sure I've got the right thing here is. Let's go to cut 11. This is RFK smacking Senator Ben Ray Lujan around yesterday. That that sets up the next clip, which is even crazier. Here's RFK and Democrat Senator Lujan.

Vince (30:53)

I can't even believe that happened. Yesterday. I was going to give you my starfish, but now you don't get to have it. Okay. How did you become a United States Senator? That's what I want to know. This. That's wild. All right, so that's what happened yesterday. That was the RFK hearing, which was just completely absurd. I've got some other elements that I want to get to today. We've got. The President of the United States is taking on the cartels. They're killing the people who are killing Americans. This is all I want the military to do, is to kill bad guys who are trying to kill us. That's. That's great. So we're doing that, and I've got that for you. Also, the Department of Justice is apparently flirting with banning transgender mentally ill people from acquiring guns in the United States. I will dive into this with you in a moment, get your reaction to all of it. Chat, see what you think. But we've got. We've got a lot more to get to here on this edition of Vince. Before we get there, though, thanking the sponsors who make this possible. Fall is planting season. Did you know that many plants and trees actually do better when planted this time of year? But you do have to know where to start. And this is why I love fast growingtrees.com doesn't matter if you live in the sunny south or if the air is getting chilly where you are, their plant experts can help you find the perfect fit for your space. They have all the plants that your yard needs, like fruit trees and privacy trees, flowering trees, shrubs, and so much more. Order online, get your plants delivered directly to your door in just a few days without ever leaving home. And I gotta say, as someone who has received fast growing trees by mail, they do such a good job in packaging these things. They get there and they're in perfect shape, well packaged. They arrive at your doorstep ready to be planted right away. You're gonna love them this fall. They've got the best deals for your yard. Up to half off on select plants and other deals. And listeners to this show get 5.15percent off your purchase when using the code Vince at checkout. That's 15% off your first purchase at fast growingtrees.com using the code Vince at checkout. Now's the perfect time to plan. Use Vince to save today. Offer is valid for a limited time. Terms and conditions may apply also. Thank you to Blackout Coffee, a great and durable sponsor of this program. Proudly the official coffee of all of us here at Silverlock. And there's a very good reason for that. You see, Blackout Coffee is proud of this country, just like we are. They're America first coffee roasted fresh right here in the United States. It's not grocery store junk. Blackout Coffee delivers rich, high quality roasts that actually taste like freedom. Now you can set it and forget it with auto refill and recurring delivery. This means no more running out, no more watered down backups. Just your favorite roast delivered fresh on your schedule. Pick your favorite roast how often you want it delivered and not only will you get a discount, but you're also going to get double the rewards and free shipping to your doorstep. In fact, I'm waiting right now on my next shipment of blackout coffee. I can't wait. It's going to be very exciting. All the beans are going to be arriving at my house. Here's what you need to do. Go to blackoutcoffee.com Vince. Use the code Vince. That's V I N C E. And you'll get 20% off your first order. Whether you're into bold, dark roasts, flavored coffee or even instant blackouts. Got you covered. Real coffee, no compromise. Blackout coffee.com/vince, get yours now. Blackout coffee. So good. All right, let's see here. We have been killing terrorists. Isn't that fun? We've been. We've been killing the bad guys and rightfully so. You know, look, there's the Venezuelans who were trying to Venezuelan trende Aragua gang members trying to bring drugs into the United States. And earlier this week, the Trump administration, President Trump ordered a strike on that fast boat, destroying it and then sharing the footage with the world. This is obviously a good move because it directly affects the United States of America. We're losing over 100,000Americans a year due to these drugs. The president would like to see that stop. So would everybody who voted for him. But the left is raging about this. Take a look at cut 12. Here's MSNBC. Absolutely raging that President Trump took out some people who are killing over 100,000Americans a year.

Vince (36:02)

What a maroon. Okay, so he's angry about this. Why would you be angry about this? The. Oh, the president didn't explain it. The president broadcast the footage to the planet. This wasn't a secret. They revealed that we struck these guys and why. It is squarely in the American interest to defend the American homeland. It is the principal use of the United States military. So I don't know what this guy's going on about, but that's the quality of guests that they've been bringing on msnbc. Meanwhile, MSNBC never raised any objections to Barack Obama drone striking American citizens in faraway lands. That never came up. But here, when the president of the United States is killing off terrorists who are bringing drugs into our country to kill over 100,000Americans a year, now it's a problem. Spare us the lectures. It's. It's a little much. It's a little much. Things with Venezuela are getting. Venezuela is getting chippy, let's just put it that way. Venezuela is getting a little chippy right now because their position is that what we shouldn't defend ourselves. So here's what we have. Yesterday, the Venezuelans buzzed one of our naval ships. Let me show you a New York Post story of this effect. Here is. Here's the piece. The two Venezuelan military aircraft flew over a US Navy ship in what they're referring to as a highly provocative move. A highly provocative move. The Pentagon says a U.S. navy ship conducting counter drug operations was interfered with Thursday when two Venezuelan military aircraft flew over the vessel. This is according to the Department of Defense. The maneuver described by the Pentagon as highly provocative comes two days after U.S. forces attacked that Trende Aragua drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean killing 11 narco terrorists. The Pentagon released a statement. They said today two Maduro regime aircraft flew near a US Navy vessel in international waters. This highly provocative move was designed to interfere with our counter narco terror operations. The cartel running Venezuela is strongly advised not to pursue any further effort to obstruct, deter or interfere with counternarcotics and counterterror operations carried out by the US military. The aircraft involved were reportedly F16 fighter jets, according to CBS. So F16s from Venezuela. Keep that in mind for a moment. That'll come. They'll, that'll be important in, in just a second. The outlet also reports that the USS Jason Dunham, an Aegis guided guided missile destroyer, was the vessel being harassed by the Venezuelan military. All right, so we get Venezuelan F sixteens that think they're going to somehow threaten us, put on a show that they're going to make us rattle in our boots that they're flying near us because what, we killed off a bunch of gangsters who have been killing Americans? I don't think that's going to happen. In fact, the update this morning is that the Trump administration is now moving F35s, F35 jets into Puerto Rico to stage them in operations against the drug cartels. Two sources briefed on the matter have said, in a move likely to, quote, inflame tensions in the region. That's, that's what Reuters claims today. Let me just break this down in, in my understanding of what we're dealing with, and for those of you in the chat, you'll have a much better understanding than I do. But here's what we know. An F35 versus an F16 is not a close contest. There is no situation here where an F16 is going to win. The F35 can detect and destroy that plane over the horizon. Let me put it differently. Before the F16 can even see the F35, the F16 is gone. That's what we're talking about here. There is nothing like the American military. There is nothing like American air power.

Vince (40:16)

And if the. If, yeah, you know, if these guys want to play that game, it's going to end very poorly for them. So the Venezuelan government, the Venezuelan military, should be very careful about the game that they're playing right now. Because the whole point of this operation that the United States is undertaking is to defend the American homeland from the threats that are killing Americans. What else is the military supposed to do? What is the job of the American military? It's to kill bad guys who would do us harm. And that's what we're up to right now. So this is, this is the developing story this morning, worth keeping an eye on as Venezuela thinks they can get a little chippy with us. That is not going to work out well. And obviously the president decided right away, okay, fine, I'm sending F35s to Puerto Rico. They're on the move. We have a lot of naval vessels floating in that direction as well to fight off these cartel operations. Meanwhile, more of these gangsters are being designated this morning as terror organizations. Marco Rubio coming out overnight. The US has added two more gangs to the terror list in the war against these vicious animals, says Marco Rubio. The US Added two more foreign drug gangs to the foreign terrorist organization list the State Department announced Thursday. I'm quoting here from the Daily Caller. Two Ecuadorian gangs, Los Chaneros and Los Lobos, will now also be treated as terrorist organizations by the US Government. According to the State Department, quote, the United States, in partnership with Ecuador and its president, Daniel Noboa, will continue to protect our two nations by keeping illicit drugs off of our streets and disrupting the revenue streams funding drug cartels, terrorism, and criminal activity. That's the State Department in its announcement. Today's action further demonstrates the Trump administration's unwavering commitment to eliminating cartels, ensuring the safety of the American people. You know, I, I know that one of the obvious open questions that we've had is when are we going to see military action against the cartels? This is definitely something that's been on the mind of Trump supporters and the president himself, clearly. And now we're beginning to see this. The, the left, of course, has instantly taken the 3% position here. The 97, 3, they're going, they're going with the 3. The 99. 1, they're going with the 1. If Trump is for it, they're against it. If it involves protecting Americans from the cartels, the left is against it. So we're just gonna have to barrel on without their support, as usual. But fascinating. Fascinating to watch. And good to see that the, the, if we're gonna flex military muscle, that we do it directly for the interest of Americans. So that's the, that's the update on that. Now, speaking of the United States military, I do have another big piece of news for you today. It appears that we will get an official announcement today to rename the Pentagon. We're not going to be calling it the Department of Defense anymore. Instead, we're Restoring it to the name that it held for most of its existence in our country, to the Department of War. We're getting the Department of War back now. Here is, here's the Fox News headline on the subject. Trump to rename the Pentagon restoring historic Department of War in latest military move, which is pretty epic. And they say the president is signing an executive order today, Friday. And he's got, by the way, an announcement from the, from the Oval office at around 4pm Eastern Time today. And I assume that this is what that will be, as well as another press conference of swooncon. He's signing the executive order. He's gonna alter the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War or reverting the agency to its former name. Both Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth have recently indicated they do want to change the name of the agency. It's one of several initiatives that the Trump administration has spearheaded as a part of its Warrior Ethos campaign. A White House official just confirmed to Fox on Thursday that Trump would roll out the name change today. That executive order does call for using the Department of War, they say, as a, quote, secondary title for the Department of Defense. So we'll see whether or not there's some sort of statutory limitation that gets in the way of everything being fully changed. And they want to use the phrase Secretary of War for Pete Hegseth, according to a White House fact sheet. So that's fun. So we'll have now War Secretary Hegseth going forward and the Department of War is restored. Now. One of the insane critiques I've seen of this already from the left and from rhino types is there goes President Trump. I thought he wanted to keep us out of wars. Why is he calling it the Department of War? He loves war, doesn't he? Lied to us. He's such an authoritarian. What a fascist. He wants to get us involved in war. That's why he's calling it the Department of War. No, you idiots. You complete morons. That is not the point of this. First of all, the Department of War is a true statement. It is a reflection of reality. What job does that agency engage in war fighting? So why don't we just call it what it is, War. Department of Defense is a euphemism for what it really accomplishes, which is fighting war. So let's start by telling the truth. Secondly, the Department of Defense euphemism, this idea that we just say that it's, oh, this innocent defensive organization and just, let's just call it that. Diminishes the human toll of war. It doesn't make you think as sincerely about the costs of war. If you name the agency accurately, it has the effect of reminding the American people of the gravity of its purpose, that human life is on the line, that human life truly matters. These are our fellow citizens who have volunteered to wear the uniform and perhaps pay the ultimate sacrifice to defend their country. If we're honest about what this agency does, then we will be able to reckon with the human cost that goes along with it. Call it the Department of War. It's good. It's a good thing. And it's not about becoming ludicrously hawkish or engaging in ridiculous foreign adventurism. It's about reminding the American people of what this, what the job is. So the Department of War is good, and it's a restoration of what it was called for almost its entire history up until after World War II. Which, you know, just in case you were wondering, we won the wars while it was called the Department of War. That is, that is the case. We do have the, we do have here. Cut 10. There's a now Secretary of War Pete Hagseth talking about this on FOX this week. Take a look. Cut 10.

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That's great. Yeah. And also, you got to wonder what it's going to do for morale and for recruitment and for the sorts of dudes that you want to welcome into the United States military encouraged to join up and be a part of war fighting efforts. So anyway, today, another restoration to the country that is so sharp. I love it. The Department of War. Good to see you coming back. Good job. By the president of the United States. So we expect a big announcement today from the White House on that subject. Let me now go to this, this thing about whether or not we can stop transgender mentally ill people from being armed. That brings us to a story today. The Department of Justice is considering a transgender gun ban. Reportedly after that Catholic school massacre last week. I'm gonna give you the Daily Caller version of this. Here we go here. The DOJ considers transgender gun ban after Catholic school massacre. And Chad, I'd love to get your take on all of this because you can kind of see where there's some peril in this move. And I'll get into that in a moment. But what they say is this. The Department of Justice is considering blocking those identifying as transgender from buying firearms after a trans identifying male opened fire on children at a Catholic school in Minnesota on August 27th. Multiple outlets reporting on Thursday, Robin Westman. A man identifying as a woman killed two children while they attended mass at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, wounded 21 others, and then fatally shot himself. That massacre, along with other recent attacks carried out by trans people, has heightened concerns about that connection between transgenderism and mental illness and violence. So the goal of the potential ban is to, quote, ensure that mentally ill individuals suffering from gender dysphoria or are unable to obtain firearms while they are unstable and unwell. A DOJ official told cnn Court records show that the alleged gunman's mother, of course, signed off on a name change from Robert Paul to Robin M. While he was still a minor. And they go on and on. They say that he blamed his transgenderism, weed and disapproval from his mother for his mental illness, according to writing that was translated by the New York Post. So let me, let me just cover some of the issues that exist here. One, we don't want the government to broadly assess what they think qualifies as mental illness to disarm you. Okay? So that's one area. Because you know what'll happen if Democrats control the government and they desperately want to take your guns away by any means necessary. But if Democrats control the government, they will use any vehicle, including vehicle that we create, in order to disarm you. And one population that the left has wanted to disarm for a long time is American military veterans. Military veterans, some of whom experience the traumas of war and then come home and have things like ptsd. If the left can try and exploit that to disarm Americans, they will. They're going to do it. So, one, I'm always on guard for anything that begins with how do we disarm a certain category of American Always on guard immediately. Another piece here is you want something common sense to control. How about we get common sense, hormone control. How about we get common sense doctor control. Common sense medical industry control. There is no excuse for chopping up human beings inside of medical facilities for no reason. That has to do with health and everything that has to do with exacerbating mental illness. Let's stop that in its tracks. Let's stop injecting people full of cross sex hormones that have nothing to do with health and everything to do with enhancing their delusions and driving them into a state of unhealth. Let's stop that. Let's stop demonizing mental help that is designed to help people out of a situation where they think that they were born in the wrong body. Why would we do that? So if we want to tackle something for real that stops all of this mental illness from getting worse, let's cut it off at its source. Let's stop the establishment from enabling it. That's what we need to do desperately. Now. One thing, one kind of hilarious effect of this suggestion where the Trump administration comes out. This is so classic, and they say we want to ban trannies from getting guns. There's an amazing thing that's happening right now. The left are debating how they push back on this. Because remember that the corner the left has backed itself into, they want to disarm everybody. Their goal is to disarm everybody. But they have carve outs for mentally ill lefties. They do. In fact, the position of the left is that transgender people should serve at war. I was just talking about people who are deployed to war. The left wants transgender people, people who have these crazy delusions about which body that they were born into, to be handed actual weapons of war. Actual weapons of war and serve in combat. They say that has to happen. They're angry that President Trump is stopping that. That's their position on this subject. And so right now, one of the debates that I'm seeing already online is that you have lefties who are arguing that maybe they need to become Second Amendment absolutists to protect the. Who they want to see armed. Isn't that wild? It's. It's unreal. So suddenly, the President of the United States has figured out a way to make the left into Second Amendment purists. What if we ban from getting guns? No, no, no. Shall not be infringed. The left starts screeching. I, I think that, I mean, it's so funny. You know, even everything the Trump administration does every single time, including the things where you're like, whoa, whoa, whoa, what are they doing? Whatever the debates are, people debating about whether or not burning a flag should be entitled to free speech protections, all of that, every single time the Trump administration steps forward, they do it under the guise of, look, people hate flag burning. Flag burning is disgusting. You're a scumbag if you're burning the American flag, unless you're doing a reverent disposal the way, say, the Boy Scouts do, or local veterans organizations, but if you're burning it out of contempt for our country, you're a scumbag. Everybody agrees on that point. And so the President will put out a policy about this. And it just reminds people of how valuable the Stars and Stripes are to normal Americans who love their country and how vile it is to destroy it. And then the left proves that they're vile by doing the thing the President condemns is that that shouldn't happen. The left instantly goes out and they burn flags. And then the effect of that is that people are like, well, I know I'm not with the crazy people. I'm with Trump. I'm with defending the Stars and Stripes. That's the effect of this. And so now, yet again, when the President steps forward, when his administration steps forward, he goes, hey, how can we ban trammies from getting guns? And then the left instantly exposes itself and then instantly starts taking up pro Second Amendment rights positions. It is. President Trump is one of the great clarifiers of our time. It's just amazing. I know we talk about things like 4D chess. He is outmaneuvering the left like crazy here. So again, I don't think the government should be in the business of picking what they think is a mental health condition to prevent people from exercising their second amendment rights. I do think that we should be absolutely prosecuting any doctor who is doing this disgusting stuff where they're chopping up children, chopping up humans, injecting them full of hormones and not doing anything to advance their health, and working against the Hippocratic oath, which is do no harm. Which of course these left, These, these lefty doctors are doing harm, supported by lefty medical organizations. That needs to stop. You want to stop mentally ill people from shooting up schools? Help mentally ill people before things get too far. Don't make things worse. That's the answer to this. And in the meantime, do everything you can to support law abiding citizens being armed and of course, safe and well trained to protect themselves and their families. That, by the way, that latter part, that's on us. We have to be safe and well trained. You have to, you know, take your kids to the range, teach them how to shoot, give them respect, proper respect for a deadly weapon, all of those things. But the answer here is clearly to stop the transgender, transgender cult in its tracks. That's the answer here. Not to. Not to further make excuses for it of any kind. Stop mental illness. Ban all Democrats, says, says Al John. Thank you, Al John, I think you summarized it nicely. As always. Thank you so much for being here with us on the program we had. That was a great week. That was a great week. It was awesome being with you, as always. We'll be back again next week with another exciting series of episodes of Vince. We do have the big national radio show coming up later today. You can check that out at. Well, first of all, just on your local radio station, go to the vinshow.com we have your local listings all set up there. So anytime you are in America, check to see if it's in the local listings@thevinshow.com if it's not, you can always join us on rumble rumble.com Vince, we do the live show. We've got a great audience there, too, just like we have here on the podcast. Everyone's highly engaged and, you know, people. People pick me apart being on camera. They're like, hey, is it time for you to take a bathroom break? How long was that bathroom break? What were you doing? Yeah, great. You can join me for that. That's wonderful. Why do they even have cameras in these, in these radio shows? I don't know. I just agreed to it. At any rate, thank you as always for joining us. It's been awesome. You guys are so good.