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[00:44] We've once again made contact with our [00:46] leader, Mark. Love them. [01:10] Heat up [01:31] here. [01:50] Heat. Heat. [02:08] Hello America, Mark Levin here. Our [02:10] number 877381 [02:13] 3811 8773813811. [02:17] I hope those of you who uh [02:21] celebrate I guess is the word. Yum [02:22] Kapoor [02:25] had a good uh great service and event I [02:29] know we did with our Kabad Rabbi Hayam [02:32] Cohen [02:33] who's fantastic and uh [02:37] as Jews know most Gentiles probably know [02:41] but maybe not is the holiest of the [02:44] holy holidays that we uh we Jews [02:48] you know abide by adhere to celebrate [02:52] great day of atonement. [02:55] So, here I am, freshly atoned. [02:59] All right, ladies and gentlemen, I want [03:01] to talk to you uh Mr. and Mrs. American. [03:04] Talk straight about a few things. Number [03:05] one, [03:08] when the war in Iran began, [03:11] spectacular things took place for a [03:13] period of about 3 or 4 weeks [03:17] in what was a massive military operation [03:20] with our allies, Israel, side by side [03:25] doing massive destruction to the Iranian [03:27] war machine. [03:31] Kmeni was taken out in less than 24 [03:33] hours. [03:36] as was much of the upper tier of the [03:38] regime. [03:41] For reasons [03:44] never really articulated and unknown to [03:46] a lot of us, particularly who those of [03:49] us who supported this effort and still [03:51] do. [03:53] There was a sudden stop to military [03:56] activities. I mean very sudden [04:00] and attempts to negotiate with the [04:01] regime which went on for a significant [04:04] period of time with a couple of [04:07] stops in between for two or three days [04:10] of military action. [04:15] General Cooper who is the head of [04:17] Sentcom and really who oversees direct [04:20] action there. [04:22] He'd said in two or three weeks they [04:24] would have hit all their military [04:26] objectives, but it was stopped and the [04:29] envoys were sent and the VP was involved [04:33] and we had negotiations. [04:37] As time went on, at one point we had a [04:39] memorandum of understanding. [04:42] Yours truly was one of the loudest [04:43] critics of this. [04:46] First of all, it was withheld from us. [04:50] And then secondly, [04:53] the details didn't make any sense to me. [04:55] And I went through them both here [04:58] and on television. [05:02] Theou eventually [05:06] eventually what how how do I even put [05:08] it? [05:10] It went the way of so many agreements [05:12] with the Iranian regime on its own. [05:14] really [05:17] on its own really. [05:21] And so we've we've gone back and forth. [05:25] Now we have uh for some time an economic [05:28] boycott [05:30] in many ways and sanctions and blockade [05:35] against the regime, hoping if we choke [05:37] it off enough economically, [05:40] they'll come to the table or it might [05:42] even collapse. [05:44] It's going on for a long time [05:49] and in part that has caused the price of [05:51] gasoline to go up and diesel fuel, [05:54] but not in and of themselves. There have [05:57] been other reasons for it, particularly [05:58] diesel fuel in the war between [06:02] Russia and Ukraine. As the president has [06:04] pointed out, [06:08] we've reached another point. As the [06:11] president stated at the UN today, he [06:12] says, "I have a big decision to make [06:15] and that decision is whether [06:17] negotiations can [06:20] can achieve something significant or I [06:22] obliterate them." [06:25] Now, we've heard this sort of thing [06:28] before right? [06:31] And [06:34] we now have a report that I've just [06:35] read, I believe it was in uh New York [06:37] Post, [06:39] that the Arab states again urging the [06:42] president not to take that kind of [06:44] military action. And they have urged the [06:47] president really from the from the [06:50] beginning not to take military action. [06:52] And I think they've had undue influence [06:55] on the administration on on the envoys [06:58] as has Turkey. [07:03] Now that said, the president has done [07:05] more to address the Iranian regime and [07:08] its nuclear program than any president [07:11] since 1979. [07:14] That is in in the history of this battle [07:17] where Iran has really fought a one-way [07:19] war against us and we barely reacted [07:23] as they killed American citizens and [07:25] American military personnel. We did very [07:28] little in response. That's not the case [07:30] anymore. That's very important to [07:31] understand. That's number one. Number [07:34] two, economically they are [07:37] in a grave situation. Certainly the [07:39] people are, but the people are different [07:40] than the regime. [07:43] The regime seems to keep plugging along. [07:49] There's that. Number three, the [07:51] president has been undermined by the [07:53] isolationists in our party as well as [07:56] the Democrats who have desperately [07:59] sought this result because they believe [08:02] and know that it helps them electorally [08:04] and in the polls. So when you hear these [08:08] things about well you know gas prices [08:10] are up and it's the war and so forth and [08:13] so on this is exactly what the Democrats [08:16] have been pushing for and why they have [08:18] given aid and comfort to our enemy. [08:21] Actually all of our enemies but this [08:23] enemy in particular [08:25] the isolationists have done exactly the [08:27] same thing. [08:30] When you start a war, you got to finish [08:32] the war or you wind up with a forever [08:35] war or you wind up with a defeat. [08:38] And this is what we've been trying to [08:39] avoid right? [08:42] You're not going to be able to contain [08:44] the Iranian regime. Not by economics by [08:48] themselves. It's not going to happen. [08:51] This is why I've said now [08:54] six, seven months, Mr. producer armed [08:56] the Iranian people [08:59] because we know in the past the Reagan [09:01] doctrine has worked and it helped even [09:03] bring down the entire Soviet Union. [09:07] It worked in our hemisphere, worked in [09:08] Northwestern Africa, [09:11] it worked in Afghanistan. [09:15] Armed the freedom fighters, armed the [09:17] people, armed the resistance, armed the [09:20] opposition. [09:22] But we haven't done it. [09:25] I think too many of the adviserss in the [09:28] White House and elsewhere are doves. [09:32] They're pacifists. They're [09:33] isolationists. [09:36] And I don't think their advice has been [09:38] particularly good. [09:40] I also think if we have generals who [09:42] choose not to win this war, don't know [09:44] how to win this war, and I'm not talking [09:45] about Cooper, I'm talking about Kane in [09:47] particular, then you replace them with [09:49] generals who can and will. [09:53] Presidents have done that in the past, [09:56] including Lincoln during the Civil War, [09:59] but even during World War II, [10:02] FDR via Marshall [10:06] uh might from time to time move generals [10:08] around and put them in different [10:11] priority positions based on their cap [10:13] their capabilities. [10:17] We have generals today [10:20] that have never won major wars because [10:22] we haven't won major wars in a long [10:24] time. [10:26] So many of them aren't used to it or may [10:28] not know how to do it. [10:30] I don't know if that's the issue. I [10:32] don't know if the lobbying [10:36] internal to the White House is the [10:38] issue. I don't know if it's the CIA and [10:40] other intelligence entities that we have [10:43] if if they're risk averse. I don't know [10:45] what it is, [10:48] but this situation cannot go on forever. [10:50] Even though we have think tank types all [10:52] over the internet saying, "We're [10:54] winning. We're winning. Let's keep doing [10:55] this. Let's keep doing this." Just be [10:57] patient. I will tell you this. We are [10:59] winning. [11:01] But why should we be patient? [11:05] Why don't we finish them off? [11:09] Being patient doesn't guarantee [11:11] anything. [11:13] defeating them guarantees victory. [11:17] And that's what I believe. [11:22] We're so close to the midterms now, 6 [11:24] weeks away. [11:28] And this isn't the only thing [11:31] that requires focus. [11:35] There are other things, too. [11:38] I'm noticing something I've noticed in [11:40] the past. [11:43] that some of the rhinos, [11:46] real rhinos, not what these fools call [11:48] rhinos, Republicans in name only. [11:50] Basically, those are liberal [11:51] Republicans. [11:54] I noticed that several of them are now [11:56] trying to find their own path. That is a [11:59] disaster. [12:01] There's no great demand in this country, [12:03] I don't think, in any district for a [12:05] rhino. [12:09] There need to be stark contrasts made [12:12] with the enemy. And the Democrat party [12:14] is the enemy. There need to be stark [12:17] contrasts made, [12:20] not confusing and confounding the voter. [12:25] I don't think it helps when we [12:28] talk up Mandami and [12:32] somehow highlight him when he is the [12:36] enemy. He's a Marxist Islamist. [12:40] He's a Jew hater. He's destroying the [12:42] city of New York. He's an American [12:43] hater. He's an Italian hater. He's a [12:46] Christian hater. He's all those things. [12:51] I really don't think [12:54] that that provides the stark contrast [12:56] that we need that we must have. [13:02] They're good guys and they're bad guys. [13:04] We're the good guys. are the bad guys [13:09] and the bad guys need to be defeated [13:10] whether it's the Iranian regime or [13:13] whether it's the DSA and the Democrat [13:15] party. [13:18] So we're starting to see some rhinos [13:22] who seem to think it's smart politics to [13:24] run on their own. [13:27] What should they run on, Mark? They can [13:28] run on a number of things. They can run [13:30] on solid conservative principles. They [13:34] ought to try that from time to time. [13:38] And there are many, many accomplishments [13:41] in this administration [13:44] economically as well [13:47] that can be highlighted and should be [13:49] highlighted. If you want to be a [13:50] senator, for example, you have to have [13:52] the ability to articulate your positions [13:56] and contrast them with the opponent. And [13:58] these opponents are really weak. [14:03] I just find it outrageous that so many [14:06] of them are incapable of it. But we can [14:09] get the sense of what's going on right [14:10] here on this program on the Mark Levent [14:13] program. [14:17] We've put out offers. I don't beg people [14:20] to come on this show ever. You have some [14:23] host and look at this and this and this [14:26] guy's here and I'm this and I'm that. I [14:28] don't focus this show. Look, [14:31] it's the Mark Levin show, but it's [14:33] really the American people show. That's [14:35] what it is. [14:37] So, you got people who want to be seen [14:39] and heard. I I'm not somebody that needs [14:41] to be seen or wants to be seen. I don't [14:44] need to prove myself. [14:48] Respect your audience. Respect your [14:50] audience's intelligence. That's the way [14:52] I roll. [14:55] That's the way I roll. [14:59] But I want you to understand, and some [15:01] of these people had been on this program [15:02] before, that some of these rhinos [15:08] who had been in touch with us are no [15:11] longer reachable. [15:14] They're no longer reachable. So what are [15:16] they doing? They're resorting to who [15:18] they are and what they believe will win. [15:21] And it won't win. [15:24] It's not going to help them. [15:28] It's simply not going to help them. Now, [15:30] while the left tries to create this [15:32] program and me is controversial and [15:34] that's what they always do to us, that's [15:35] what they do to did the Goldwater and [15:38] Reagan and Buckley and Trump and No, [15:43] what I say is [15:45] is factual. [15:48] What I say is is something that most of [15:52] you agree with. [15:56] But if somebody's trying to play clever, [15:59] they're not going to win this election. [16:01] It's not going to happen. [16:03] We'll be right back. [16:04] >> Mud loving. [16:21] The Arab countries have had way too much [16:23] influence on what we're doing in this [16:25] war [16:28] on multiple occasions and for reasons I [16:30] do not understand. We listen to them. [16:33] Obviously, they're worried about their [16:36] oil facilities and their populations and [16:38] so forth. But [16:41] the Iranian regime has killed an awful [16:42] lot of Americans, threatens us with [16:45] nuclear war. [16:48] What was that phrase the vice president [16:49] used, Mr. producer about alignment. [16:53] The Arabs are not aligned with us. [16:57] That's not our interest. [17:00] And they're going to do damage to these [17:02] oil facilities no matter what. And I've [17:04] told you this many times before. None of [17:06] this is new to you. [17:09] They're hoping the Democrats take one or [17:12] both houses of Congress [17:15] and then you'll have Republicans running [17:17] for the Hills [17:19] and that will put an end to the war. [17:21] That's the hope. You're going to have [17:22] isolationists, woke Reich types in the [17:25] Republican sphere doing the same thing. [17:29] everybody blame us for the you know the [17:32] the Trump administration and his war [17:34] effort for [17:37] so [17:39] personally this isn't the way I would do [17:41] this um [17:44] I I would just tell the Arab countries [17:46] that we'll do everything we can in a [17:48] defensive posture [17:51] but in ca in their case but that we need [17:55] to take this regime out there were no [17:58] real grave downsides to training and [18:00] arming the Iranian people. [18:03] And I think, as I've said for months, to [18:06] you, Mr. and Mrs. America, this will be [18:08] the greatest question [18:10] I think history will have if we've not [18:12] been doing it. [18:18] The Mark Leven Show, live and national, [18:22] at 877381 [18:25] 3811. [18:29] I'll just read to you what I just posted [18:32] or we're posting right now [18:35] and I speak with you uh because I tell [18:37] you what I honestly feel that's the way [18:39] we work here. [18:42] Certainly one of the questions military [18:43] historians will have in the decades [18:45] ahead is why we did not arm the Iranian [18:48] people early in this war. A tremendous [18:50] asset left out of the war effort. [18:53] There doesn't appear to have been any [18:55] great effort to undertake this and why [18:58] we sideline the Israelis, another huge [19:00] asset. [19:02] There was no reason to tap the brakes [19:04] early in this war and expectations of [19:06] negotiated settlements were overblown. [19:09] Then all the talk about non-existent [19:11] offramps. Maybe time for some new [19:14] advisors. It's worth a thought. [19:18] You think that's too uh too out there, [19:21] Mr. B? I don't. [19:23] And it's really consistent with [19:25] everything I've been saying for months, [19:27] for literally months. [19:30] So, um, there needs to be sort of a [19:34] counterweight to the isolationists and [19:36] the pacifists [19:38] in the administration and outside the [19:41] administration. [19:43] That's what I think. [19:46] US holds three hours of talks with Iran [19:48] on sidelines of the UN after Trump [19:50] threatened to drive them into hell [19:51] during a speech. [19:54] Well, [19:59] let's see how that turns out. [20:02] You know, every time we have this uh [20:06] challenge made, [20:08] we talk about it. We sit on the edges of [20:10] our seats and [20:13] they're not going to be driven into [20:15] hell. They have to be destroyed. [20:19] And in order to destroy them, it also [20:21] takes [20:23] people inside the country, [20:27] seeking to destroy them, being armed, [20:30] and overtaking them. [20:33] And one of the reasons I'm troubled by [20:34] the sidelining of the Israelis is [20:36] because they they knew where a lot of [20:38] these bodies were buried, [20:41] so to speak. And maybe they're still [20:43] providing us with that information, but [20:47] you know, I I'm not aware of too many [20:49] major military operations where we've [20:52] been incredibly successful, where we [20:54] have sidelined one of the most effective [20:56] allies on the face of the earth. [20:59] Why? Because Saudi Arabia doesn't like [21:01] it. Because Qatar doesn't like it. [21:04] Because Turkey doesn't like it. Who [21:06] cares? [21:07] Who cares what they like or don't like? [21:13] We need stark contrasts to win this [21:15] election. Stark contrasts [21:19] between us and them. [21:23] I was surprised the extent to which the [21:27] president Mandami met and talked [21:31] and I don't see Mandami patting the [21:33] president on the back. I don't see [21:35] Mandami [21:38] talking about certainly not publicly all [21:40] the wonderful things that he and the [21:42] president the Republicans can do [21:44] together. [21:46] The president continues to put his hand [21:48] out, pats him on the back and so forth. [21:50] I don't see [21:53] an equivalent response. [21:57] But that's not even my point. My point [21:59] is he's a Marxist Islamist. [22:04] Uh his Jew hatred is through the roof, [22:08] as is his wife. [22:11] Uh his attacks on Netanyahu being a war [22:14] criminal are just outrageous. [22:19] what he's done to the city of New York [22:21] already. And Republicans all over New [22:23] York and in the city are running for [22:25] office pointing out what a disaster he [22:27] is. It doesn't help them [22:33] when it is said how we can work together [22:35] and so forth and so on when he won't [22:37] work together. And if the Democrats win [22:40] the midterm elections, Mandami and the [22:42] DSA and the Democrats are going to go [22:45] full boore trying to destroy the [22:47] president, his family, the presidency, [22:48] and everything else [22:52] and everything else. He's again, he's [22:54] not somebody you can make a deal with. [22:57] He's a revolutionary [23:01] in my view. in his view. [23:08] Um, [23:11] you got candidates running. You got [23:13] Bruce Blegman, a tremendous candidate [23:15] running for governor who lays into this [23:18] guy Mandami lays into Hokll. [23:22] And so you've got people out there might [23:24] be on the fence, might go one way or the [23:25] other. Not a lot, but but a few and [23:27] that's enough. Or well, now wait a [23:30] minute. [23:31] You know, today this was said about [23:33] Montami regardless of what Blakeman says [23:36] or somebody else says. You see my point, [23:38] Rich? [23:42] So the Republicans, the administration, [23:44] they need to be on message, consistent, [23:47] pounding away, pounding away, exposing [23:50] these people. They don't even have to, [23:52] you know, deceive anybody about who [23:54] these other people are. They are they [23:56] are rabid revolutionaries. They are [23:58] extremists. [24:02] And you need to make that stark contrast [24:04] if you're going to win, especially if [24:05] you're going to win in a in a marginal [24:08] district, a marginal state, [24:11] or even in a purple or blue state or [24:13] district. You've got to make these [24:15] contrasts. Or why would a Democrat vote [24:18] Republican? They're going to say, "Okay, [24:20] well, if it's good enough for him, it's [24:21] good enough for me." [24:26] There need to be stark contrast, made. [24:28] So, what I'm seeing when I see the [24:30] rhinos kind of pulling out on their own, [24:33] I see some confusion about messaging and [24:36] a lack of stark contrast being made. [24:42] It's worrisome. It's troubling. [24:47] And we're going to do everything we can [24:48] to rally and to push, get the vote out, [24:54] but [24:56] everybody has to have their ore in the [24:58] water, going in the same direction, [25:00] paddling the same way. [25:04] Paddling the same way. [25:09] Circling back, the Iranian regime would [25:10] love nothing more than the Democrats to [25:12] take the House and the Senate and [25:14] Netanyahu to lose his election bid on [25:17] October 27th. [25:20] That will be a victory for them. And [25:21] there's no question about it. It will be [25:23] a victory for them. [25:27] No question about it in my mind. [25:33] And we have a lot of things to run on to [25:35] run on and against [25:38] with the Democrat party. Their [25:40] radicalism, [25:42] their policies, [25:44] plus the so many of the policies that [25:46] have been put in place by the president, [25:47] the Republicans have been absolutely [25:49] superb. [25:51] Absolutely superb. [25:56] And pick three, four, five of them and [25:57] ram them home. Keep hitting it. Keep [25:59] hitting it. Keep hitting it. But we can [26:02] have at the federal level, you know, [26:04] embracing Mandami, at the state level [26:07] trashing Mandami, at the local level [26:09] trashing him. Um, and then, uh, we can't [26:13] have these rhinos who go off on their [26:15] own [26:18] and uh [26:20] you know, undermine the [26:25] unity of the party and so forth and so [26:27] on. And this is what's happening. Then [26:28] we have another factor, the woke right, [26:31] re ei. [26:34] Many of them want a defeat for the [26:36] Republicans because they view it as a [26:39] victory for them. [26:41] They also view it as an opportunity for [26:43] them. And they are going to say, "See, [26:47] Trumpism doesn't work. Conservatism [26:50] doesn't work. This doesn't work. The [26:52] Republican establishment, everybody's a [26:54] rhino." They don't know what the word [26:55] means, so they throw it around. [26:57] Everybody's a rhino. Follow us, the [27:00] nationalist populists. [27:03] We're not that big on the Constitution [27:05] either. You know, they're not. We're not [27:08] that big on capitalism either. We think [27:11] socialism lights the way to go. You've [27:13] heard them. You've heard them. Forget [27:17] about Israel and the Jews. Embrace the [27:19] Islamists and Islamism. That's the [27:21] future. That's where the votes are. [27:25] That's their position. [27:28] That's who they are. [27:32] And they will view this a defeat for the [27:35] Republicans as an opportunity for them [27:39] to remake the Republican party, which [27:42] would be a complete disaster. We even we [27:45] have enough trouble as constitutional [27:47] conservatives dealing with the [27:48] Republican party. But that's their goal. [27:54] That's their goal. [27:58] Big problem. [28:01] We're steady Eddie here. I can't control [28:03] what the Republicans are doing. I can't [28:05] control what the White House does. I [28:07] can't control [28:10] what we do at the state level and so [28:12] forth. I'm not a general. I can't [28:14] control this war. I give you my opinions [28:16] on what I think are the best ways to [28:19] approach these things based on my [28:20] historical knowledge as well as [28:23] experience that you and I have witnessed [28:26] and whether it's the war or whether it's [28:29] the political process. [28:33] You know, I've I've witnessed a lot and [28:36] so have you. We've talked about it [28:37] together for nearly a quarter of a [28:39] century. We know how to win, [28:42] you and I. We know what it takes, [28:48] but do the others. [28:52] I'll be right back. [28:54] >> Love. [29:09] Now, the one thing that can change [29:11] everything in addition to what I've said [29:13] about what I feel the Republicans need [29:15] to do and the White House needs to do is [29:20] us. [29:24] That is we need to turn out and vote. We [29:28] we must not be dispirited. [29:31] the other side seeks to do grave damage [29:34] to our country, to our lifestyles, [29:37] to the lifestyles of our children and [29:39] grandchildren. That should be reason [29:42] enough to vote. Now, for a lot of [29:43] people, it's not, but for us, it should [29:45] be. [29:48] And we are not going to accept surveys [29:50] and polls [29:53] as the final [29:56] decision makers. We are the final [29:59] decision makers. Okay? [30:02] So we will make these decisions. [30:07] Now the truth is I can't reach 330 [30:10] million people. I can't reach 180 [30:12] million people. We can reach 14 15 [30:14] million people. [30:17] Not all of whom can vote [30:20] for a number of reasons, age or whether [30:23] they're citizens or not. [30:26] But when you think about it, if each of [30:28] you can convince 10 or 15 people or at [30:31] least talk to them, [30:33] then we're in business. [30:36] Then we're in business. [30:38] And that's why I've always said that [30:39] you're the Thomas Payes, you're the Paul [30:42] River, [30:45] you're the people, Mr. and Mrs. America, [30:47] that can that can make things work and [30:50] make sure the trajectory is right. [30:53] We are always underestimated on this [30:55] program in Conservative Talk Radio. [30:59] President doesn't underestimate us. [31:02] Governor DeSantis doesn't underestimate [31:04] us. I had a good talk with him today. [31:06] Senator Cruz doesn't underestimate us. I [31:09] had a good talk with him today. [31:11] I'm just pointing out [31:14] that the internet world and the podcast [31:17] world very very toxic, [31:20] very very focused on young people, even [31:22] many who can't even vote. [31:26] But we are focused on everybody. [31:29] Everybody. [31:32] And so it is important [31:35] that we win the midterm elections. It is [31:38] important [31:40] that we not be dispirited. It is [31:42] important that no matter what happens [31:46] overseas, no matter who meets with whom, [31:49] no matter if a candidate is going their [31:52] own way rather than the right way, [31:56] that we do what we must do [32:00] and vote for the Republican on the [32:02] ballot even if you have to hold your [32:04] nose [32:08] because the Democrat on the ballot in [32:10] virtually every single circumstance is [32:13] not only worse. They are going to vote [32:16] for leadership that will be a disaster [32:18] for the country. [32:22] What's on the ballot is the Supreme [32:24] Court of the United States and its [32:26] independence. What's on the ballot is [32:28] whether we maintain a secure border or [32:30] another open border. What's on the [32:33] ballot is whether they turn Obamacare [32:35] into a national health care program and [32:38] destroy all your private health [32:39] insurance and drive up costs that are [32:41] unbelievable. [32:43] What's on the ballot is your right to [32:46] vote and to have an impact if you live [32:49] in three4s of the other states because [32:52] they want to change that too. What's on [32:54] the ballot is whether there is a [32:56] permanent majority in the Senate by [32:58] creating four more Senate seats in DC [33:02] and Puerto Rico or whether you're going [33:05] to be able to have a Republican majority [33:07] at some point. [33:09] What's on the ballot is capitalism [33:13] versus socialism. [33:15] What's on the ballot is Americanism [33:17] versus Marxism. [33:21] What's on the ballot is whether you're a [33:22] constitutional conservative or a [33:25] national natcon [33:28] woke right authoritarianism. [33:32] All of this is on the ballot. All of it. [33:36] We'll be right back. [33:40] This segment of the podcast is [33:42] exclusively sponsored by Pure Talk. Pure [33:44] Talk offers great coverage and can save [33:47] your family money on your wireless bill [33:49] every single month. Go to purealk.com to [33:52] find the plan that's right for you. [33:54] Thank you again for listening and thank [33:56] you so much for this sponsorship. Pure [33:58] Talk. [33:59] >> He's here. He's here. [34:03] Now broadcasting from the underground [34:05] command post. Deep in the boughels of a [34:08] hidden bunker, somewhere under the brick [34:10] and steel of a nondescript building, [34:12] we've once again made contact with our [34:15] leader, Mark Leven. [34:20] Hello America, Mark Levin here. Our [34:23] number 877381 [34:25] 3811 877381 [34:29] 3811. The president at the UN today cut [34:33] one go. Since I took office, we have [34:36] created more than 1 million new private [34:38] sector jobs, and more Americans are [34:41] working today by far than ever before. [34:46] Last week, it was announced that the [34:48] poverty rate has reached its lowest [34:50] level in American history. We lifted 1.5 [34:54] million Americans out of poverty last [34:57] year alone, another record. The [35:01] AfricanAmerican and Hispanic American [35:03] poverty rates are at all-time lows. Real [35:08] household incomes for Americans have [35:10] soared to the highest level in history, [35:14] 87,000 on average, surpassing the prior [35:18] record that I set in my first term. From [35:21] day one, my administration has worked to [35:24] remove every single unnecessary [35:26] regulation and obstacle to doing [35:28] business in America. We passed the [35:31] largest tax cuts in American history. [35:34] And as a result, more money is being [35:36] invested in the United States right now [35:38] than has ever been invested in any [35:41] nation anywhere in the world. [35:45] His UN speech was fantastic on multiple [35:47] levels, by the way. Just fantastic. Cut [35:50] two go. [35:51] >> The United States also totally rejects [35:53] any attempt to construct a globalist [35:56] scheme to control for the artificial [35:59] intelligence being spoken of so much now [36:03] here and after officially called super [36:07] intelligence changing the name and that [36:09] the use of the word artificial makes [36:12] intelligence fake. It makes it sound [36:14] fake and it is not fake. It's actually [36:17] amazing. But we have to be careful. In [36:20] fact, it is exactly the opposite of what [36:24] it purports. From this point forward, [36:27] all of United States documents and [36:29] hopefully the worlds will be changed to [36:32] use the much more accurate term super as [36:35] opposed to artificial. So, it's super [36:39] intelligence. [36:41] >> Now, let me stop you right there and I [36:42] didn't really want to, but let me do it. [36:44] You might say, well, why does he focus [36:45] on this? I'll tell you why. Language [36:48] means a lot. The use of words [36:53] means a lot. [36:55] How you characterize things, how you [36:57] identify things, that means a lot. The [37:00] left does it all the time. And the [37:03] president is exceptional at it. Pushing [37:06] back in the other direction. Very, very [37:09] important. Go ahead. [37:11] >> The new world of super intelligence- [37:14] SI. [37:16] Let's see if that goes. It sounds much [37:19] better. It is much better. And it's much [37:21] more accurate. Let's see if I have any [37:23] power. Maybe I do and maybe I don't. [37:26] We're going to find out pretty soon. [37:29] All right, let's keep rolling here. Cut [37:31] three. Go. [37:33] >> Super intelligence. Every major new [37:35] technology brings challenges and super [37:38] intelligence is no exception. Yet the [37:42] very same people who said we'll all be [37:44] dead in 12 years because of global [37:46] warming. A name since reborn to climate [37:49] change because the planet was cooling, [37:51] not warming. And nobody was dead. These [37:54] are the same people that are now saying [37:56] that AI is going to kill us all, that [37:58] robots are going to attack us, and that [38:01] everything is going to be a total [38:02] disaster. Same group of people. [38:06] This is the group that came up with the [38:10] Russia Russia Russia hoax. The Ukraine [38:13] Ukraine Ukraine hoax. [38:16] Climate change. Open borders. [38:20] Whoever wins AI, you have to remember [38:22] this. And now I say whoever wins SI, [38:26] whoever wins super intelligent wins. [38:30] That's the group that wins. And we're [38:33] leading now over China by a lot and [38:35] everyone else. And we're going to keep [38:38] it that way. We're going to keep it [38:40] very, very straight and very strong. I'm [38:43] not going to stifle growth of something [38:45] that will be bigger than the industrial [38:47] revolution. Many say bigger than the [38:49] industrial revolution or the internet [38:52] itself. And we will be very careful and [38:55] that's why we have a Department of [38:57] Justice that we've already used it [38:59] having to do with this very subject and [39:00] used it very powerfully. Everything [39:03] worked out very well and very quickly [39:05] and other law enforcement bodies that [39:07] will re things in if we have to do that. [39:11] But we will only encourage [39:14] super intelligence. We're going to [39:16] encourage it, not rein it in. We're [39:18] going to watch it closely through the [39:20] Department of Justice. [39:23] Mhm. [39:25] Now, Iran cut four. Go. [39:28] >> I call on all nations to join us in [39:31] enforcing the complete economic [39:33] isolation of Iran until they stop their [39:36] attacks on commercial shipping, [39:39] relinquish their nuclear ambitions, and [39:41] cease their support of terror. The [39:45] terrorist regime is behaving badly, not [39:49] because they are strong and confident, [39:52] but because they are weak and desperate. [39:56] If we stand united, we will soon see a [39:58] world free of the last 51-year menace of [40:03] Iranian terror, and oil prices will come [40:06] plummeting down, even lower than they [40:08] were at the start of the conflict. And [40:10] they were very low. In the United [40:12] States, they were really low. With [40:15] courage and resolve, anything is [40:17] possible. Big changes can happen and [40:20] happen fast. [40:22] >> Cut five. Go. [40:24] >> The United States is equally opposed to [40:26] the outofcontrol institution known as [40:29] the International Criminal Court. We [40:32] will never allow US service members or [40:34] anyone else. [40:35] >> Let me let me explain what this is. It's [40:36] an international court with judges from [40:38] other countries, prosecutors from other [40:40] countries. It's in the HEG [40:43] and they assert the right to [40:46] indict [40:48] that is to charge our soldiers, our [40:51] politicians, [40:53] our president, vice president, the [40:55] secretary of war, the secretary of [40:57] state, [40:59] and to hold trials [41:01] overseas. [41:04] uh we have refused to sign up to that [41:07] for years. The Israelis obviously they [41:09] don't want anything to do with that [41:10] either. A number of countries don't but [41:12] some do. What's happening is complaints [41:15] are being filed like from Ireland and [41:18] South Africa against the Israelis and [41:20] then they open an investigation and and [41:23] you see what they tried with Netanyahu. [41:25] Turns out the prosecutor was busy [41:27] molesting women. Uh they had to take him [41:30] off the case. They never actually went [41:32] to Israel or went to Gaza to investigate [41:35] anything. Uh and this is where Mandami [41:37] is saying, "See that he's guilty of uh [41:40] or they are the country of Israel and [41:42] he's the prime minister of war crimes." [41:44] Well, that was never actually found. But [41:46] you understand what's going on here. The [41:48] president has said, "We're not doing [41:51] anything with this." Now, this is [41:52] globalism. You understand? When you [41:54] confer or surrender your sovereignty to [41:57] an international entity or another [41:59] country, a group of countries, that is [42:01] globalism. That is a disaster and it [42:05] certainly violates our constitution. Our [42:07] constitution is the law of the land, not [42:09] some international arrangement. And so [42:12] the president has rightly trashed it. [42:14] Now, Chris Van Holland, who is the [42:16] senior senator from from Maryland who [42:18] wants to be president, who was an out of [42:20] the closet Jew hater, an Israel hater, [42:23] Netanyahu hater, you know how it goes. [42:25] He was attacking our president and the [42:28] secretary of state, attacking them for [42:30] not accepting the International Criminal [42:34] Court, its jurisdiction and its [42:37] findings. [42:38] And he said the reason is that they the [42:42] president and the secretary of state [42:44] have provided effectively aid and [42:46] comfort to Israel and Netanyahu. So they [42:49] too should be held to account. So [42:51] literally he would have the [42:53] international criminal court [42:56] be able to take action against our [42:58] president and our secretary of state [43:01] which obviously is unconstitutional but [43:04] this is where these people are. He's a [43:06] traitor. Chris Van Holland is a traitor. [43:09] That's what he is. He's a traitor to the [43:12] country. And he's not alone. [43:15] Go ahead. [43:17] Or given show trials by an anti-American [43:20] tribunal with no jurisdiction over us. [43:23] They're an evil group of people. I call [43:26] on all nations that are members of the [43:28] ICC to officially resign from this rogue [43:31] institution immediately. [43:33] >> I told you this was a great speech, and [43:36] it is. [43:38] Then it is. We'll be right back [43:42] in. [43:50] >> You know folks, I've been telling you [43:51] for a long time that Pure Talk is the [43:53] best wireless company out there. I say [43:55] that because I actually use Pure Talk. 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[44:53] puretalk.com/lavvin. [44:55] And welcome to pure talk. [45:01] All right. [45:03] Explain something to me, America. [45:07] There's a poll here that says 87% of the [45:09] American people think the government's [45:11] corrupt. Do you see that, Rich? [45:14] Well, if you think the government's [45:16] corrupt, nine out of 10 Americans, then [45:17] why would you support socialism, [45:20] which is all about government? Why is it [45:23] that we can't articulate these things? [45:25] It drives me crazy. I don't understand [45:27] it. [45:31] the president talking about Greenland, [45:33] which is a massive, massive uh victory [45:37] on his part. Cut six, go. As I announced [45:41] just days ago, the United States has [45:44] also reached an unprecedented agreement [45:47] regarding the northern frontier of North [45:49] America, the large and strategically [45:52] vital piece of land known as Greenland. [45:55] This agreement made with the Kingdom of [45:58] Denmark, an incredible, beautiful [46:00] country, and the Greenland people [46:03] itself, gives the United States [46:05] permanent control over security and all [46:07] other needs on that territory. We will [46:10] have the complete ability to do what is [46:12] necessary to defend the American [46:15] continent and also Europe and other [46:18] places. No US adversary will ever be [46:22] permitted to establish a military [46:24] presence in Greenland anymore or make [46:26] sensitive investments there without our [46:28] express written approval. We will [46:30] immediately begin the process of [46:33] developing a large military presence in [46:35] the appropriate locations. We will be [46:38] building [46:39] two very major military bases. [46:43] >> Mhm. That is massive. And then when you [46:46] consider the Chinese no longer control [46:49] the Panama Canal, [46:52] we do [46:55] uh that Venezuela is no longer just not [46:58] just a hot bed for that Marxist regime, [47:00] but for the Iranians, the Russians, and [47:02] the Chinese. [47:04] I mean, huge, huge accomplishments by [47:06] this president [47:08] truly. [47:10] And he considered the Democrats that [47:12] preceded him, a Biden or Obama, what [47:14] disasters. Good God. [47:20] You know, there's a great man who's [47:22] going to speak [47:24] Thursday at the United Nations. His name [47:26] is Benjamin Netanyahu. He's a dear [47:28] friend of the United States. [47:31] Dear friend. [47:35] And um I think he's more right on about [47:38] his take on Mandami than we are [47:43] than the White House is. [47:46] and he is a courageous tough dude. He's [47:48] battleh hardened in many respects [47:53] and he doesn't give a damn what Mandami [47:56] tries to pull to stop him from speaking [47:58] and so forth and so on. Cut nine go. [48:02] >> Shame on you, Mr. Mandani. Shame on you [48:05] for supporting the Hamas terrorist [48:07] monsters who butchered our people. Shame [48:10] on you for inciting riots against New [48:12] York Jews. I'm coming to the UN. I'm [48:15] going to tell the truth about our heroic [48:17] soldiers and I'm going to tell the truth [48:19] about you. [48:21] >> That's it. See, doesn't that make you [48:23] feel better, folks? Makes me feel [48:25] better. [48:28] >> Oh, yeah. [48:31] Yep. [48:35] Mondami [48:38] at the U20 mayor's summit Saturday. [48:42] Cut 11. and go. [48:43] >> And we must contend with a moment where [48:45] authoritarianism and far-right movements [48:47] are ascendant, when anti-democratic [48:50] sentiment is on the rise, when leaders [48:53] both in the United States and overseas [48:55] make it their mission to demonize and [48:57] terrorize immigrants. [48:58] >> I assume he's talking about the [48:59] president, leaders in the United States [49:01] and overseas. Go ahead. accumulate [49:04] political capital by targeting our [49:06] LGBTQIA plus neighbors when they roll [49:09] back the freedoms that have been hard [49:10] won by the press or those fighting for [49:13] reproductive. [49:13] >> I I me I just speak for myself. I [49:15] couldn't sit down with this guy. I'd be [49:18] pulling my people together and say, "How [49:19] do we defeat him? Uh how do we confront [49:23] him? [49:25] How do we save the city of New York? [49:28] Um you know, give me a list of options [49:31] here." That's what I would do. That's [49:33] just me, you know. I'm not elected to [49:35] anything. [49:38] There's There's nothing I would want to [49:39] do with this guy. That's for sure. [49:41] Nothing. Zero. [49:43] And he's sending uh three of his [49:45] comrades who are every bit as crazy as [49:49] he is to the House of Representatives. [49:53] Now, you have leaders in the Democrat [49:55] party who are cowards who won't take the [49:57] guy on. And we can't have leaders in the [49:59] Republican party who talk about, you [50:02] know, working with them because then we [50:05] are paving the way for more of this. In [50:07] my opinion, just my opinion. [50:11] We're paving the way for more of it. [50:16] Mhm. [50:19] And Mandabi will be all in with [50:21] impeaching Trump when the time comes. [50:24] He'll be all in with kneecapping his [50:27] administration and trying to destroy it [50:28] when the time comes. [50:33] And again, we have people running [50:35] against him and Hokll, his policies and [50:38] Hokll [50:40] and we need stark contrasts that are [50:43] truthful and consistent from the top [50:46] down. Whoever's speaking about these [50:48] things, you know, that's where I come [50:50] down. I bet that's where most of you [50:52] come down. [50:55] Chris Van Holland in an event Sunday. [50:57] Listen to this. 12 go. [51:00] >> I'm not concerned about DSA candidates. [51:01] My view is the Democratic Party should [51:04] be a big tent party and that we should [51:07] welcome debate and people who want to [51:10] shut down debate, they're afraid of [51:12] ideas. [51:13] >> No, no, no. We're not talking about [51:14] ideas. [51:16] We're talking about racists and bigots [51:18] and anti-semit. You're such a punk. You [51:21] are so disgusting. Go ahead. [51:24] >> Should be a big tent party. We should [51:26] welcome different ideas. You know, we [51:28] ask Democrats, as we should, to say, [51:30] "Let's elect Joe Mansion in West [51:32] Virginia because he's the guy who can [51:33] get elected in West Virginia." That's [51:34] great. I don't agree with Joe Mansion on [51:36] everything. And we should elect other [51:38] candidates like Zoran Mandani. [51:41] >> So, so, so the analysis just show you [51:43] how sick this guy is. is between Mansion [51:45] who's a moderate Democrat and Zora [51:48] Mandami who is a Marxist Islamist who [51:50] hates our country and promotes Hamas. [51:53] Big tent you see we have both both in [51:55] there. Joe Mansion we did but he left [51:57] them. He's an independent now. And Zora [51:59] Mandami [52:03] seriously Marxist Islamists [52:06] in this guy's case who backs and [52:08] promotes Hamas [52:10] should be in our tent. See what I'm [52:12] saying folks? Go ahead. [52:15] I don't agree with them on everything [52:17] either, but they are bringing young [52:20] people and others. [52:21] >> You know, as adults, ladies and [52:23] gentlemen, it's our job to try and [52:26] to mold a future for young people that [52:29] try and get them excited about their [52:32] country and the founding and our to [52:34] become patriots and have allegiance to [52:36] the country. It's not to follow them. [52:41] Follow Tik Tok. [52:43] follow puker [52:45] to follow them? No, I don't think so. [52:49] I don't think so at all. And this is [52:50] part of the problem. The Democrats have [52:53] succeeded in taking over K through 12 [52:55] through these two radical Americanhating [52:58] unions, the NEA and the AFT. They've [53:00] succeeded in taking over 99% of our [53:03] colleges and universities with the 95 [53:06] 99% Marxist Islamist faculty. They've [53:10] succeeded in taking over most of the [53:12] media that gives voice to all of this. [53:16] And then we wonder, what's the problem? [53:18] What's the problem? [53:20] The problem is we surrendered the [53:22] culture or they took it from we normal, [53:26] regular Americans. I'll be right back. [53:32] You know, folks, I've been telling you [53:33] for a long time that Pure Talk is the [53:35] best wireless company out there. I say [53:37] that because I actually use Pure Talk. I [53:40] make calls. I send texts. I watch [53:42] videos. I use the unlimited data. So, I [53:44] can tell you firsthand that coverage is [53:46] phenomenal. But you don't have to take [53:47] my word for it. In a recent industry [53:49] survey of over 120,000 wireless [53:53] customers, Pure Talk was the only [53:55] wireless company in the country to get [53:56] five out of five stars in every [53:59] category. Coverage, support, value, and [54:01] data. Stop overpaying for subpar [54:03] service, folks. Join Pure Talk. Join me. 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And by the [55:13] way, MSNBC has not changed subly in the [55:16] least. They just changed their name. [55:21] And she's the multiple hundth member of [55:25] the House, the Democrats. [55:28] No problem impeaching members of the [55:30] president's cabinet. No problem [55:31] impeaching the president. Cut 13. Go. [55:34] >> But I actually very much disagree with [55:36] the idea that we shouldn't be trying to [55:38] use every tool we have in the toolbox. [55:40] In particular, we have cabinet [55:42] secretaries like Pete Hath who [55:44] Republicans think should be impeached at [55:46] this point. [55:46] >> No, Republicans don't think he should be [55:48] impeached. [55:51] And tools in the toolbox. You mean the [55:54] impeachment clause in the Constitution? [55:56] and you're an ignorant, pathetic hack. [56:00] And I'm sick and tired of them abusing [56:01] the Constitution, attacking it, trying [56:04] to use parts of the Constitution against [56:06] this administration [56:09] the way they are. The impeachment clause [56:11] is their biggest abuse, and it's not [56:14] even close. Go ahead. [56:15] >> Is illegal killings in the illegal war. [56:18] Um, [56:18] >> illegal killings in an illegal war. [56:24] Was Barack Obama impeached for illegal [56:27] killings and illegal wars? Was he? Was [56:30] Biden Did we declare war in Ukraine [56:32] versus Russia? Illegal killings and [56:35] illegal war. Did we? I'm just curious [56:40] because according to her, John F. [56:43] Kennedy would have been impeached. [56:44] Lyndon Johnson would have been [56:45] impeached. [56:49] According to her, virtually every [56:51] president where there wasn't a [56:52] declaration of war would have been [56:53] impeached, [56:55] would have been in illegal war [56:59] with illegal killings. [57:02] Go ahead. [57:03] >> Last year is that when Congress did file [57:06] impeachments, um folks like Christy [57:09] Gnome and Pam Bondi were actually fired [57:11] by the president because the American [57:13] people were clear they didn't want them [57:14] in those jobs of trust. [57:16] >> Okay. So, so we should impeach people [57:19] because quote unquote the American [57:21] people don't want them in jobs of trust. [57:23] Number one, that's not true. Nobody [57:25] there's no plebite that was taken. [57:26] That's number two, that's not the basis [57:29] for impeachment. High crimes and [57:31] misdemeanors. [57:34] God, I can't stand these people. [57:37] Go ahead. There's [57:38] >> a number of cabinet secretaries that [57:40] have blatantly broken the law, done [57:42] unconstitutional things. [57:43] >> No, they haven't. And you know, [57:50] isn't it amazing, America, how the [57:53] Democrats hate the Constitution, but use [57:55] it to destroy it and us. [57:58] But then, isn't it amazing that the [57:59] Republicans are so gunshy when it comes [58:01] to these things? The only way to stop [58:03] them is to stop them. That is to use [58:06] these things against them. I can think [58:09] of no other way to do it. [58:13] Senator Tammy Duckworth [58:16] with the center or speaking to the [58:18] Center for American Progress today. [58:22] I believe she's from Wisconsin. Is she [58:24] not Mr. Bus? I think so. [58:27] Cut 14. Go. [58:29] >> My sense what I will encourage my [58:32] colleagues to not do, especially those [58:34] who um have more fire in their belly in [58:37] this area, is don't be impeaching [58:40] anybody. don't we do let's just let's [58:42] just get back to work and maybe we can [58:44] come to compromises to actually I'm [58:47] sorry [58:47] >> fun [58:48] >> parts of USA ID maybe we can do some of [58:50] this work and be much more um able to [58:54] move the ball forward um and and get [58:57] through the two years after that I'm I'm [58:59] not interested in being in a [59:00] confrontation with Donald Trump I can be [59:02] I have been it's not going to stop me [59:05] but I would rather move the ball forward [59:08] in to the benefit of the American people [59:10] and if we can do it in a way that allows [59:12] him to save face and we and he doesn't [59:14] stop us then that's better for everybody [59:17] all around. [59:21] >> She had a moment of rationality there [59:23] which is unusual for her but it's nice [59:25] to know. Then we have Jamie Rasin [59:27] Center. This guy I've told you before [59:29] he's an absolute poison pill. Just [59:33] absolute po. He's a commie. His dad was [59:36] a commie and I'm not kidding. [59:38] Cut 15. Go. [59:40] >> The Republicans have given away the [59:43] congressional power over war. We declare [59:46] war according to the constitution. [59:48] >> I don't know how many more times I can [59:49] explain it, but they don't care. [59:52] You declare war. You don't make war. And [59:54] you declare war if you choose to declare [59:56] war. And you've only chosen to do it 11 [59:58] times, six times of which were World War [60:00] II. So that's the history. Democrat, [60:03] Republican, that's the facts. Make war [60:07] was language originally in the first [60:08] draft of the constitution. It was [60:10] removed because the debate was that [60:13] congress can't really have the power [60:15] over war per se. They can use the power [60:17] of the purse to cut it off or to fund [60:19] it. But a president, a single person [60:22] that they created, a commander-in-chief, [60:24] that that person needs to be in charge [60:27] of war making. That's the back those are [60:29] the the facts, your historical facts. [60:33] Go ahead. that power away. [60:36] >> By the way, this man will not come on [60:37] this show to debate me. He's not a [60:39] podcaster. We don't debate podcasters [60:42] because they're stupid or they're [60:44] bigots. Some of them are smart, but most [60:47] of them aren't the ones that we would [60:49] debate. Jamie Raskin's a smart guy. He's [60:52] the best they have in the house. I want [60:54] to debate him. He won't come on the [60:55] program. He won't. Go ahead. [60:59] >> And now we are in a disastrous, [61:01] catastrophic war that's already cost us [61:03] more than 400 catastrophic war. [61:07] What is a catastrophic war? [61:10] We've had casualties. [61:13] Compared to other wars, it's not [61:15] catastrophic. [61:17] And he didn't call the surrender in [61:19] Afghanistan catastrophic when we lost 13 [61:22] brave service members [61:25] in one explosion based on how Biden [61:30] chose to surrender. He didn't go to the [61:32] floor and or go to the media and talk [61:34] about how that is catastrophic. And here [61:37] he is campaigning for somebody named [61:39] Papass, the New Hampshire Democrat [61:41] Senate nominee. [61:44] Chris Cenounu is I believe it's Chris is [61:47] running for that seat and it's a tossup. [61:50] And by the way, I just saw the Ras Muen [61:52] poll and it's a little more positive [61:55] than the Fox information which has it at [61:57] about 4747 in the Senate with other ones [62:02] uh [62:03] you know some of these other too close [62:06] to call and so forth. Go ahead. [62:09] They've given away um our power over [62:12] tariffs and taxes. So Trump imposed an [62:17] illegal unconstitutional tariff, the [62:19] largest tax in American history. That [62:22] was [62:22] >> Isn't it funny that they're basically [62:24] doing Milton Freeman now? [62:27] Isn't it [62:30] largest tariff in history, the tax [62:32] increases, now they love tax increases, [62:34] so that's not really a problem for them. [62:37] And they love protectionism. That's not [62:39] really a problem for them. And they want [62:40] socialism. Socialism is all about taxes [62:44] and regulations and protectionism and [62:46] all the rest, right? They hate [62:48] capitalism. [62:50] So, it's they'll they will use any [62:54] argument they can whether they believe [62:56] it or not. Go ahead. [62:58] >> Even by Donald Trump's own jerrymandered [63:01] stacked and packed Supreme Court, they [63:03] >> How is the Supreme Court gerrymandered? [63:10] Doesn't he sound like Bernie Sanders? [63:11] Well, he is Bernie Sanders. [63:14] Go ahead. [63:16] >> The Republicans have given [63:17] >> That's enough, Rich. I want you to try [63:19] one more time to have this guy on the [63:21] show. Okay. [63:22] One more try. [63:25] Tell him I want to debate him on my show [63:29] on the Constitution [63:32] and a number of the things that he has [63:33] asserted. [63:36] It's that simple. [63:38] Let the best man win. Me. [63:43] >> I'll be right back. [63:46] Love. [63:53] >> You know folks, I've been telling you [63:55] for a long time that Pure Talk is the [63:57] best wireless company out there. I say [63:59] that because I actually use Pure Talk. 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[64:57] puretalk.com/loven [64:59] and welcome to pure talk. [65:05] I want to address something I waited [65:06] till now and that is Politico. [65:12] Politico [65:13] day in and day out is trashing the [65:16] president, trashing the Republicans. [65:20] Really is a mouthpiece for the radical [65:22] left Democrats. [65:27] and [65:29] is at a pinnacle of what I call yellow [65:31] journalism. [65:33] Yellow journalism, which is [65:36] trash journalism, [65:39] character assassination, and smears. [65:43] Now, ladies and gentlemen, I know there [65:46] are people out there who really hate me. [65:48] I know there are people out there who [65:50] are really evil. I know there are people [65:52] out there who would love nothing more [65:53] than for me to be hit by a truck when I [65:55] leave this program. I got it and I know [65:58] it. [66:01] But I've always told you, even when it [66:04] comes to Tucker Carlson and his son [66:05] Buckley, [66:07] leave the kids alone. [66:11] leave the family alone [66:13] because they can't defend themselves [66:17] and it's simply unjust and unfair. [66:23] But that didn't stop somebody named Adam [66:25] Ren Wre at Politico. I'd never heard of [66:28] him before, but he has a long reputation [66:30] of being a scumbag and a sleas ball. [66:34] Our [66:37] stepson David put aside a a business he [66:41] was beginning with the help of nobody. [66:44] He did it all on his own [66:48] to work [66:50] for President Trump and the [66:51] administration. [66:54] He did the same thing in the first term [66:57] and has the same position effectively [66:59] that he had then. He was working for the [67:01] ambassador to Israel from the United [67:03] States, the great David Freriedman. And [67:05] he's working for the ambassador to [67:07] Israel from the United States, the great [67:12] Mike Huckabe. [67:14] He puts in horrendously long hours, [67:20] working on small things and big. [67:23] When the fighting was really hot and [67:24] heavy over there and Americans wanted to [67:26] leave Israel, he was the go-to guy. and [67:30] he had to try and coordinate [67:32] flights out of Israel and other things [67:34] out of Israel. And this is what he does. [67:36] And he does it silently. He does it [67:38] without a pat on the head from any media [67:40] outlet. He just does it. [67:44] He works for spectacular boss Mike [67:47] Huckabe [67:51] in the promotion of America's principles [67:54] and policies in the Middle East. [67:58] over the last 17 months there, he's been [68:01] trashed [68:02] by the woke right. He's been trashed by [68:05] some in the media [68:09] because he's my stepson. [68:13] And because he's an Orthodox Jew [68:18] and I have about had it. I am sick and [68:20] tired of this. [68:24] You want to attack me, attack me. You [68:26] have something to say about me. Say it [68:28] to me. [68:34] And so he has found the love of his life [68:36] in Israel. [68:40] She's not an Israeli. She's an Aussie. [68:42] And they're going to get married there. [68:45] He works there. She works there. [68:49] And I'm not going to tell you exactly [68:50] when because I don't want any security [68:52] issues. [68:55] and they send out invitations to a large [68:57] number of groups, Americans, [68:59] Australians, people from Israel and so [69:01] forth and so on. [69:03] So family [69:06] and she has a very large family, [69:08] families in [69:10] South Africa and Australia and other [69:12] parts of the world and all over the [69:14] country. We have family all over the [69:15] country and people were asking what kind [69:18] of gift do you want? Do you have a [69:19] registry? So he puts out an email that [69:22] says rather than a registry you can give [69:25] your you know if you wish you can give [69:28] uh an alternative. [69:32] Now I'm going to pick it up from there [69:34] next hour [69:36] and tell you what happened as a result [69:38] of that. What Adam ran at Politico did. [69:42] how they try have tried to viciously [69:45] attack him because of the wedding [69:49] and because of that email. [69:53] I think it's going to stun the vast [69:55] majority of you. We'll be right back. [70:01] He's here. He's here [70:05] now. broadcasting them from the [70:07] underground command post deep in the [70:09] fowls of a hidden bunker somewhere under [70:12] the brick and steel of a nondescript [70:14] building. We've once again made contact [70:16] with our leader Mark Leavven. [70:24] Hello America, Mark Levin here. Our [70:26] number 877381 [70:29] 3811 877381 [70:31] 3811. [70:33] Let me pick up where I left off. [70:39] So my stepson David, they sent out [70:41] invitations of course to a number of [70:42] people from all over the world [70:47] in the United States, in Australia, in [70:50] Africa, other places in Israel. [70:55] And so they don't have a registry. [70:57] People are asking them family all over [70:59] the world asking. [71:02] And so he points out uh we're not going [71:04] to do a registry, but if if you want to [71:07] make a financial gift, [71:10] those can be accepted and so forth. And [71:12] you know, [71:17] Politico, [71:19] Adam Ren, [71:23] accuses him of illegally soliciting, [71:28] what was it, honey? illegally soliciting [71:33] money [71:35] from Israelis. [71:39] He wasn't soliciting anything from [71:42] anybody. He wasn't soliciting money or [71:46] gifts from Israelis. He was responding [71:50] to inquiries from family members who [71:52] said, "Are you registered somewhere? [71:55] We'd like to get you a gift." And when [71:58] he responded, as he did, [72:01] he sent it to a larger list on his email [72:05] list to include all the guests [72:09] accidentally rather than just to the [72:12] family and close family members. But [72:14] either way, it doesn't matter. He wasn't [72:17] soliciting anything from anybody. [72:21] Then this guy Adam Ren goes to quote [72:25] unquote anonymous intel experts like he [72:28] says a CIA intel operative and we don't [72:32] know that he actually did who says this [72:35] clearly is a violation of his of his [72:38] classified [72:41] you know that of his classification that [72:44] he received you know to receive secret [72:46] information. [72:48] It's a what? [72:51] It violated what? [72:54] First of all, the criminal act was [72:56] whoever they spoke to who gave away the [72:58] fact of his clearance. That's number [73:00] one. It's public that he's got top [73:03] secret clearance now thanks to Politico, [73:06] not me. [73:08] So, that's a crime. [73:10] But not a single name source for [73:14] anything. Nothing. [73:18] So, he didn't receive anything from [73:19] anybody. He didn't solicit anything from [73:22] anybody. Now, they're talking about [73:24] whether or not he should be able to keep [73:26] his secret classification. [73:31] And Phil Klein wrote a piece at National [73:33] Review that I posted where he says, you [73:35] know, this this happens because the [73:37] guy's a Jew. It's on Yum Kipper. Oh, [73:40] yeah. The story comes out on Yum Kipper [73:42] when everything's shut down. He's an [73:45] Orthodox Jew, so he's not [73:49] active on the internet. He's not reading [73:51] all of his emails and so forth. So, [73:53] Politico timed it knowing full well that [73:56] it would take him, if he chose to, to [73:58] respond 24 hours. But I'm not an [74:00] Orthodox Jew, even though I'm a [74:03] practicing Jew. And I did respond. [74:07] And not only did I respond, the [74:09] ambassador Huckabe responded with [74:12] absolute brilliance. [74:14] absolute brilliance. [74:18] Now, he also pointed out to the [74:21] ambassador that as did I that David's [74:23] been attacked [74:26] for a meeting with Pard. [74:29] Tucker Carlson has pushed that lie and [74:32] it was cited by Politico's Adam Ren. [74:38] He had nothing to do with a meeting with [74:40] Pard [74:41] as the ambassador pointed out. He had [74:45] met or bumped into him that is parded [74:49] away. [74:51] Ambassador Huckabe told Pard you know [74:54] how how sincerely sorry he was for that. [74:58] Pard, as the ambassador points out, [75:00] wanted to meet with him to thank him for [75:02] the sincere [75:06] comment. [75:07] That's what happened. Apparently, [75:11] Pard leaves, David's in the meeting, [75:14] says nothing, and Tucker Carlson says [75:17] he's conspiring with Pard. [75:21] Also, last week, Tucker Carlson accused [75:24] him of being involved in the arm sales [75:26] request. [75:28] to the Israelis from the United States [75:30] when he wasn't involved in the arm sales [75:32] rig. So, I'm trying to explain what's [75:34] going on here. So, Politico [75:37] takes the most [75:40] jewhating [75:43] sites like Quincy or yeah, the Quincy [75:46] Institute [75:47] basically [75:49] unleashes this attack on Yom Kapor, the [75:51] highest of the holidays when they know [75:53] he can't be involved. [75:57] lies about what took place, twists it [76:00] with some headline that suggests he [76:01] might even be a spy [76:06] and all for what? He's getting married [76:11] and they choose to attack him weeks [76:15] before he's getting married [76:18] with this yellow journalism. [76:23] Adam Ren knows every single thing he [76:26] wrote was a lie and he twisted it into [76:28] something it was not [76:34] appalling. [76:36] Absolutely disgusting. [76:39] A young man in his 30s. He's not running [76:42] around making money. If he wanted to [76:44] make money, he wouldn't be doing what [76:45] he's doing. [76:49] He's doing what he's doing because he's [76:51] a supporter of the United States, the [76:53] president of the United States. He's [76:55] supporting the ambassador. He's [76:57] supporting our agenda. [77:02] But he's a Jew Orthodox in Israel. You [77:06] understand? [77:07] So they attack him on Yum Kapor [77:11] when he can't even defend himself. [77:14] But he can't defend himself anyway. He [77:15] doesn't have a microphone. [77:18] He doesn't have a website. He's a [77:21] government official. What's he going to [77:22] do? So I am [77:25] as did Mike Huckabe. Now I want to say [77:26] one other thing. [77:30] There have been many wonderful people [77:32] who've gone online and have posted a [77:34] number of things [77:39] and I want to thank them. I can't thank [77:41] them all. There's too many. [77:44] people he's worked for, people he's [77:46] worked with, [77:48] people I never even heard of before, [77:50] talking about how earnest he is, how [77:52] when they needed somebody to speak to [77:54] students, when he needed somebody to go [77:56] to a funeral, somebody was killed. There [77:58] he was. David was. He just quietly does [78:01] his job. And you will not meet a more [78:05] decent and honorable young man in your [78:07] life. You won't. He has more integrity [78:08] in his pinky than this guy, Adam Ren, [78:10] has [78:13] in his whole life. [78:18] I want to thank people who stepped up. [78:21] And I'm going to remember you, [78:25] some of whom are quite famous, some of [78:27] whom are not. [78:29] But I'm also going to remember people [78:34] who I've defended over the years, [78:38] some of whom have claimed to be my [78:39] closest friends and I thought were my [78:41] closest friends, who posted nothing. [78:45] Zero. [78:49] I don't expect people to defend me. I [78:53] don't even ask people to defend me. You [78:56] read my Wikipedia page, it'll make you [78:58] sick to your stomach. You wouldn't even [78:59] recognize who I am. [79:02] I will defend myself [79:05] and I will defend my friends, [79:11] but when they don't defend my stepson [79:14] when even total strangers have, [79:20] that really strikes you. [79:24] It really, really strikes you. [79:30] And of course, you can't forget that. [79:33] But here's the point also. Somebody who [79:36] received a wedding invitation [79:39] took that invitation and ran to Politico [79:44] to try and create a non-controversy, a [79:46] controversy out of a nothing. [79:50] Now, imagine having a wedding and that [79:53] person's probably going to be there and [79:55] not knowing who that person is. [79:59] But I think I do know who that person [80:00] is. [80:03] I think I do. [80:06] More on that later. [80:09] But I wanted you to know. [80:12] I wanted you to know. [80:14] I wanted you to know because it was in [80:16] Politico. I can understand why the [80:18] president wants to ban it. Does that [80:20] sound like a press operation to you? [80:22] Politico, they got $8 million [80:24] laundered through government [80:26] subscriptions. They we didn't take any [80:28] money from there. Just subscriptions. [80:30] Yeah. $8 million [80:32] laundered through subscriptions went to [80:34] Politico, a private corporation. That's [80:37] okay. [80:39] That's okay. [80:42] But when a a groom responding to family [80:48] and some close friends [80:51] is telling people, "No, we don't we're [80:53] not registered anywhere. If you want to [80:55] give a gift, you can give a a money [80:57] gift." And so he's accused of soliciting [81:00] money from Israelis. [81:05] Sick. Really sick. I'll be right back. [81:09] Much love in [81:24] >> Well, it's a pleasure to have Trace [81:25] Gallagher on the program. Trace, I don't [81:27] think we've ever met or even spoken, [81:29] have we? [81:30] >> I don't think we have, Mark, but I but I [81:32] watch you all the time, so [81:33] >> Likewise. Isn't that weird? [81:34] >> Weird. I can tell you that. [81:36] >> Yeah. It's like it's like a dose of [81:37] common sense meeting the common sense [81:39] department. This is a a great meeting [81:41] long overdue. [81:42] >> Well, it's a great pleasure. You do a [81:44] great job every night. And you got a [81:46] great book here. Life lessons I learned [81:48] eventually. Turns out they were right [81:51] all along. And uh we're po posting it [81:53] immediately, ladies and gentlemen, to [81:56] Amazon.com and so forth. So, it's a very [81:59] good book. And I'll tell you why. It's [82:01] in plain English, number one, and you [82:03] really bear your heart and soul. Why did [82:05] you decide to write this? [82:07] >> Because I thought that, you know, some [82:09] of these stories needed to be told. I [82:10] mean, these are things that I've been uh [82:12] experiencing since I was a kid. And it's [82:14] always been about, you know, leadership, [82:16] people that had great wisdom and kind of [82:19] were kind enough to pass that wisdom [82:21] along with me. And as the title says, [82:23] sometimes I accepted it and sometimes I [82:26] waited. You know, when you're young, [82:27] you're like, "Ah, I got it. I can handle [82:29] this. I can do And then you kind of [82:31] think back and you, you know, you come [82:33] back around to that wisdom and you [82:36] accept it because you know it was [82:37] valuable and you should have accepted it [82:39] in the first place. And some of these [82:41] stories are about me and some of them [82:44] are about famous people that I've met or [82:46] just people that I've met who had an [82:48] enormous impact on my life. And I [82:51] thought it would be important to kind of [82:52] share these stories. is, you know, I I [82:54] often say, I kind of wish this was the [82:56] book I had when I was 25 because you [82:59] look at it and you check out the lessons [83:01] and it's it's some, you know, it's [83:03] something that stays with you and the [83:06] book, I mean, the stories are all told [83:07] in a compelling way [83:09] >> that that it's very relatable. Everybody [83:12] can relate to this stuff. Everybody's [83:14] had mentors and teachers and coaches [83:16] that have had a big impact on their [83:18] lives. [83:20] >> Well, let's pick a few. pick pick first [83:22] somebody who's not famous and then we'll [83:25] go into the list of some of the others. [83:28] >> Well, you know, I I I two coaches come [83:30] to mind in this book and and one of the [83:32] coaches I wrote about was my high school [83:34] baseball coach and he was an amazing guy [83:36] and he came from Iowa and he played [83:38] baseball at Whittier College and then he [83:40] came up to where where I'm from which is [83:43] Mammoth Mountain, California. And those [83:45] who don't know California don't know the [83:47] ski area in California. This is one of [83:49] the biggest ski mountains in the country [83:51] and for a reason. I mean, it gets 450 to [83:54] 500 inches of snow a year on average. [83:58] And this guy comes all the way up from [83:59] Los Angeles and he takes the job as the [84:02] baseball coach at Mammoth High School. [84:04] And he's got a baseball field behind the [84:05] gym, but he can't use the baseball field [84:08] because it's covered in snow until June. [84:10] So, in essence, he doesn't have a [84:12] baseball field. and he's got a baseball [84:14] program to run and all we do is practice [84:17] inside the gym. But he keeps telling us, [84:19] "Do as I say, do as I say, and we're [84:21] going to win." And without a baseball [84:23] field, this is a guy who came up and a [84:25] lot of these kids never played little [84:27] league or pony league. They had no [84:28] experience with baseball. And in the 27 [84:31] years that he coached at Mammoth High [84:32] School, he took his team to the playoffs [84:34] 22 times and once to the state [84:37] championship. And it was an amazing [84:39] thing. and he kept begging and pleading [84:41] and and and trying to petition to get a [84:44] baseball field and he finally got it, [84:46] but he didn't get it until after he won [84:49] all these games and all these division [84:51] titles and almost the state championship [84:54] and they finally gave him a baseball [84:55] field 20 miles south of the town where [84:58] it only gets about 35 to 40 ines of snow [85:01] a year. But but he just kept winning and [85:03] and he had the best the most optimistic [85:06] viewpoint of life. And that's kind of [85:08] what he what he implored us to have. And [85:10] he we did and he did and it turned out [85:13] to be this remarkable baseball program [85:16] in the middle of nowhere that just kept [85:18] winning. [85:20] >> And he's still on your mind. [85:23] >> And does he know does he know what you [85:26] wound up doing? [85:28] >> Oh yeah. I mean I still talk to him. I [85:30] mean, he was he was one of my great [85:31] mentors because he uh you know, he was [85:33] just he was such a good coach and he was [85:36] a teacher at Mammoth High School. And [85:38] this is a very small school [85:40] >> because you know, you had to play three [85:42] sports. We only had 240 kids and that [85:44] was 7th grade through 12th grade. I [85:46] mean, there were 40 kids in my class. [85:48] So, everybody had to play all the sports [85:50] to keep the high school going. And it's [85:53] still like that to this day. And so, and [85:54] and still he was the baseball coach. He [85:56] was also a football coach and he would [85:58] coach in anything that he could get his [86:00] hands on because it was needed. And so I [86:03] still talk to him. He still got great [86:05] advice. He still watches my show every [86:07] night and he'll send me good comments. [86:08] He'll send me bad comments. I mean, he's [86:10] the guy when I was a senior in high [86:12] school and I thought I was a big [86:13] somebody. And you know, I hit a home run [86:15] my first time up and the second time up [86:17] I hit a pop pop fly to center field and [86:19] you know, I was kind of bummed out so I [86:21] just tossed the bat and I jog down to [86:23] first. And of course, the center fielder [86:24] drops the ball and I'm sitting there on [86:26] first instead of running out the fly [86:28] ball and he stops and he calls the [86:30] timeout and he says, "Uh, five." He [86:32] goes, "Get over here. You're out of the [86:33] game." And I was a senior and you know, [86:35] this was trying to get us in the [86:37] playoffs and he's like, "You're on the [86:39] bench." And I I literally embarrassed in [86:41] front of my family and everybody else, [86:43] he pulled me out of the game and he [86:45] stuck me on the bench and when you leave [86:47] a baseball game, you can't go back in. [86:49] And he came over and he said, "At what [86:50] point did you get so good that you no [86:52] longer have to run out flyball?" [86:54] Amazing. [86:55] >> You're just so good you don't have to [86:56] run them out. And and he was right. And [86:59] my dad gave it to me double when I got [87:01] back home. And you know the bottom line [87:03] is is that to this day I still say you [87:06] run the fly ball out. You always [87:09] whatever it is in life, you always run [87:11] it out because it's important, right? [87:14] It's important not only to win the [87:16] fight, which is good. It's to show up [87:19] for the fight so that you show your [87:21] opponent you're willing to go toe-to-toe [87:22] and face to face and endure some very [87:25] uncomfortable consequences even if you [87:27] win. Mark, you're going to get your butt [87:29] kicked a little bit. [87:31] >> By the way, tell we only have a minute. [87:33] I want to hold you over, of course, but [87:36] tell everybody a little bit about your [87:38] background, how you got to where you are [87:39] as well. And and folks, get the book. [87:42] Turns out they were right all along. [87:44] Life lessons I learned eventually. You [87:46] know what? Let's follow up on that [87:48] question after the break, Trace. So, you [87:50] have some time here. [87:52] >> But, [87:52] >> okay, [87:53] >> I think people want to know more about [87:54] you personally. And by the way, if you [87:56] read the book, you're going to learn a [87:57] lot about you. And it it is a pleasure [88:01] to meet you and a pleasure to read this [88:02] book because it's very wholesome. You [88:05] know, a lot of books aren't wholesome. [88:07] It doesn't mean that we were all perfect [88:09] and well behaved, but you're explaining [88:11] the principles and the lessons of life [88:13] that you learned and that that matter to [88:15] you. Now, the book is called Turns Out [88:18] They Were Right All Along. Go to [88:19] amazon.com. You can grab a copy right [88:21] now. Life lessons I learned eventually. [88:24] We'll be right back. [88:28] >> Mark the [88:30] Thunder on the right. Call in now. [88:33] 8773813811. [88:37] >> First time ever. Trace Gallagher on the [88:39] Mark Levinch. The book is great. Life [88:41] lessons I learned eventually. Turns out [88:43] they were right all along. amazon.com. [88:46] If you're on my sites tonight, grab a [88:48] copy. You're going to love this book. [88:50] So, tell us how you got where you are. [88:53] Give us a little bit of your background. [88:55] >> Well, my background is I grew up for a [88:57] while in San Diego and then my parents [88:59] bought uh an old youth hostel in a ski [89:02] town called Mammoth and I went to [89:03] Mammoth High School and then I I played [89:05] football. I played junior college [89:07] football a couple of years. I played uh [89:09] football at the University of San Diego [89:10] after that and then I became a uh a [89:14] professional water skier and I would [89:16] water ski at these shows like SeaWorld [89:19] and Cypress Gardens and Great Adventure, [89:21] Six Flags, Great Adventure, New Jersey, [89:23] Marine World in Northern California. And [89:26] the trick was, Mark, that the more [89:27] tricks you could do, the more money [89:29] you'd make. So I killed myself trying to [89:32] learn things like front flips, right? [89:34] And the front flips were painful because [89:35] every time you would underturn, you [89:37] know, you'd go up a ramp and you going [89:39] 35 miles per hour and you try to flip [89:41] and then if you underturn a little bit, [89:43] the back of the skis kind of slap you in [89:45] the butt. And the first couple of times [89:47] it's kind of painful. But by the 50th [89:49] time you've thrown these, you literally [89:51] have to stick this water ski vest [89:54] padding in the back of your of your wets [89:56] suit pants so you can protect your [89:59] backside. And by the time I finally made [90:01] my first front flip, I think I had [90:03] thrown 150 of them. And there's a [90:05] picture of me skiing away. And I was all [90:07] excited, but but my my looked like, as [90:10] we say in the book, I looked downright [90:12] Kardashian from the backside because I [90:14] had so much padding in my wets suit. But [90:16] I went on and I announced ski show. I [90:18] mean, I announced fashion shows and I [90:20] put a tape together and I sent it out to [90:23] the uh NBC affiliate in Yuma, Arizona, [90:25] and they hired me. and I went from Yuma [90:28] to Boisee, Idaho, um to Las Vegas to [90:31] Orlando and then I started working for [90:33] Fox in Chicago as their first [90:35] correspondent where Roger Als the [90:37] president of Fox News brought me in his [90:39] office and he said, "You know, I watch [90:41] TV with the sound down, Trace." And I I [90:44] look at the TV and if I find something [90:45] compelling, I turn the sound up. He [90:47] said, "You know what I don't like about [90:49] TV? You know what I don't find [90:50] compelling?" And I said, "What is that, [90:52] Roger?" He said, "Curly hair. You You've [90:55] got curly hair." And it just makes me [90:58] not want to turn the sound up. And I I [91:00] looked at him like, I'm not going to get [91:01] this job, [91:02] >> but but he said, "Listen, we'll get over [91:03] the curly hair, but you maybe you trim [91:05] it a little bit. It's just distracting. [91:07] Curly hair is just distracting." And [91:10] that's how I started my career at Fox [91:12] News Channel. Almost October 7th, 30 [91:15] years ago, we will have been on the air. [91:17] 30 years. It's kind of been an amazing [91:19] run, but but that's the kind of the [91:21] quick nutshell version of me. And you [91:24] have your own show and you have a really [91:26] great insight. You have great guests out [91:28] there, too. So, you do it out of uh what [91:30] is it? Out of LA, I guess. [91:33] >> Out of LA. We're in West LA and we do [91:36] the show here every night. And that's [91:37] the whole goal. It's 8:00 here. I mean, [91:39] people are still outside having dinner [91:41] >> and uh we try to get guests on. So these [91:43] young compelling guests, right, that are [91:45] have run for office or are running for [91:47] office or have run campaigns or want to [91:49] run campaigns, young people who are [91:51] excited about what's happening in the [91:53] country and are eager to make their [91:56] mark. I mean, these young moms, as you [91:58] know, these young moms are compelling, [92:00] they're educated, they're greatlooking, [92:02] and they are, you know, and they are [92:05] angry at what's happening out here in [92:07] California and across the country. and [92:10] uh and they make for great guests [92:12] because the audiences love them. [92:15] >> Now, in the beginning of the book, Trey [92:17] lays out his background, how he got to [92:19] where he was, and he you seem to credit [92:21] everybody almost but yourself. You're [92:24] very uh you're very humble about this. [92:27] So, tell us a little bit more about pick [92:29] out another person who you would in the [92:31] book, and there are several. Pick out [92:33] another person who really uh had an [92:35] impact on you. Maybe somebody the public [92:38] might know. [92:39] >> Yeah. You know, I I uh when I was when I [92:41] was playing uh sports at Mammoth High [92:43] School, because I said it was small, we [92:45] had to play they wanted me to play [92:47] basketball and I was terrible at [92:48] basketball. But I thought if I could go [92:50] to the great John Wooden's basketball [92:52] camp in Southern California and at that [92:54] time, you know, in the mid70s, John [92:56] Wooden had just come off 12 seasons [92:58] where he won 10 NC2 Yeah. NC2A [93:02] championships. He was the greatest co [93:03] It'll never be touched. greatest college [93:05] basketball coach ever. But but the camp [93:07] in Southern California was 500 bucks and [93:09] that was real money back then. And my [93:11] dad said, "Listen, you get 250 and I'll [93:14] get the other 250. Go to the camp and it [93:16] might really change your basketball and [93:18] change your life." So I go down to the [93:20] camp and I get down there, there's a [93:21] couple of hundred kids and we show up in [93:23] the gym at this local college in LA and [93:25] we're not in the gym for two minutes, [93:27] Mark. And out walks the wizard of [93:29] Westwood, John Wooden. Every jaw in the [93:33] place dropped. There's John Wooden. He [93:35] walks out and he goes up to the [93:37] microphone and he taps it three times [93:39] and he says, "Boys, welcome. Welcome to [93:41] my camp." And he says, "I want you to do [93:43] me a favor. I want you to sit down. Take [93:44] off your shoes and socks. You should [93:46] have two pairs of socks. Take the first [93:48] pair and you put those socks on inside [93:50] out. And then you take the next pair and [93:52] you put those on the right way. And then [93:54] you take your shoes, you tie them up [93:56] nice and tight. And if you do that, you [93:59] will never have blisters. You cannot [94:02] play good basketball with drifters. And [94:05] then John wouldn't turn. He walked away [94:06] and we never saw him again. [94:09] >> That was it. Never saw him. Never. He [94:12] didn't teach me one dribble, one pass. [94:14] >> Well, but that was good advice, wasn't [94:16] it? [94:17] >> It was great advice. And you learn about [94:19] John Wooden and you learn he had the [94:21] pyramid of success and he had these [94:23] bullet points for life. And he was, you [94:25] know, he was a faith guy. He was just a [94:28] teacher. And he was he's like, "If you [94:31] do what I say, you will win." And they [94:33] did. And so I, you know, at first, like [94:36] I say, life lessons learned eventually. [94:38] At first, I thought I got ripped off. [94:40] 500 bucks. Are you kidding me? But as [94:42] you get older and you realize John [94:44] Wooden's about fundamentals. Life is [94:46] about fundamentals. Get the fundamentals [94:48] right. And and you will go on and you [94:51] will do great things. It's about faith [94:53] and and family and friends and fortitude [94:56] and then fun. and you can't get to the [94:58] last one until you've mastered the first [95:00] four. And so that's what the whole book [95:02] is about. It's leadership and it comes [95:04] from un it just comes from unexpected [95:07] places, but it comes and sometimes you [95:09] accept it and sometimes you don't. But [95:11] I'll tell you, you know, all of us, [95:13] regardless of what we think, we all [95:15] eventually have to ride the shoulders of [95:18] giants to get to places that we want to [95:20] go to, including at Fox News Channel. [95:22] You know, that's just the way it is. [95:25] >> It's a great book, folks. You're going [95:26] to love it. By Trace Gallagher. Life [95:29] lessons I learned eventually. Turns out [95:32] they were right all along. I'm telling [95:34] you, it's just uh it's also a lot of [95:36] fun. It's a lot of fun to learn about [95:38] you in this book. I I don't think I [95:40] could do that. There's not I don't think [95:42] I have a book that would be thick enough [95:44] to learn anything about me. But [95:46] nonetheless, very very good. Very very [95:48] uh intriguing. [95:49] >> Thank you, Mark. I appreciate that. [95:51] >> And you're a good guy. I mean, I can [95:53] tell just by watching you. And you're [95:54] also solid, if you get my drift. So, [95:56] you're also very, very good. [95:59] >> And God bless you. [96:00] >> I appreciate that. [96:02] >> Thank you for having me on, Mark, as [96:03] always. You're the great one. And and [96:05] and I appreciate those words from you. [96:07] And uh and thank you. I hope uh I hope [96:10] people enjoy the book. [96:11] >> They will. And take care, my man. You [96:13] take care, folks. You're going to love [96:15] this book. I'm holding it in my hand [96:17] right here. It's the right length. It's [96:20] the right style. You can tell he wrote [96:22] it. It's really incredible. You're going [96:25] to love it. Life lessons I learned [96:27] eventually. Turns out they were right [96:30] all along. He's got a lot of great [96:32] examples in here, too. And I think, [96:36] you know, if you're older, I think it's [96:37] a great book to get a son or a daughter, [96:41] a grandson or a granddaughter. I really [96:43] do. Uh, I mean it's everything from the [96:46] family uh ski trips and uh the the dogs [96:51] in his life and the people in his life [96:53] and I didn't know he was such a great [96:55] athlete. [96:57] It's a great athlete [96:59] and uh he's got a wife and daughters and [97:01] so forth. You're going to really enjoy [97:02] the book. Again, it's life lessons I [97:06] learned eventually. Turns out they were [97:08] right all along. And you've seen Trace. [97:12] You've seen him uh late nights on the [97:14] East Coast. Obviously, we're all over [97:16] the country. You've known him very, very [97:18] well. But you don't know him as much as [97:19] you might think. Actually, [97:22] not as much as you might think. [97:25] Let's take a couple of calls. I think I [97:27] owe you a sponsor in a moment, Mr. [97:28] Producer, but let's go to Ken, [97:30] Louisville, Kentucky, the great WK JK. [97:33] Go. [97:35] >> Good evening, Mark. Uh, it's a real [97:37] pleasure to talk to you again. [97:39] >> Thank you, sir. uh you know you have uh [97:42] over the years uh uh told us your call [97:45] your uh your your listeners your [97:48] favorite movie is uh Patton [97:50] >> it is [97:51] >> and there's a there's a scene in that [97:53] movie patent movie where Patton is uh [97:56] upset with a report and he's talking to [97:58] his aid that when he defeated Raml in [98:01] North Africa there was a report that [98:03] Raml was uh back in Berlin I think he [98:06] says with a sore throat or something and [98:09] Patton's aid tells him, he says, "Sir, [98:12] if if you defeat Raml's plan, you defeat [98:16] Raml [98:18] and everything you said first hour and [98:21] you've been saying for the last several [98:23] months about the upcoming midterm [98:24] election, Mark, you're right. Um, and [98:28] you're right about what the Democrats [98:29] are, who they are, and what they'll do. [98:32] Trump's name is not on the ballot, but [98:35] make no mistake, Trump is on the [98:38] ballot." Mhm. [98:40] >> His policies, his plans, everything that [98:44] he has done the last two years, and I'm [98:48] sure there's other things in the next [98:49] two years that he wants to accomplish, [98:52] that is all at stake and that is on the [98:55] ballot. and the people who have voted [98:58] for Trump in 2016 and 2020 and again in [99:02] 2024, [99:04] you know, these reports where they're [99:06] not motivated to get out and and vote. I [99:09] think a lot of that is just trying to [99:12] depress Trump supporters, Trump voters, [99:15] and you know, I can't imagine that these [99:18] people wouldn't get out and vote. And [99:19] you're right. Uh, get your family, get [99:22] your friends, get them to the polls, [99:25] vote early, but but get them to vote. [99:29] Uh, because again, as I said, everything [99:32] that Trump wants to accomplish and wants [99:34] to do, it's on the ballot in November. [99:38] >> Very well said, brother. Very, very well [99:40] said. Thank you. Very well said. [99:45] Yeah, I love that movie, Patton. There's [99:48] not a lot of movies I love. I just saw, [99:53] what's that movie called? With my wife [99:55] and my mother-in-law and my stepdaughter [99:58] in the house. It was uh the big uh fat
[100:01] Greek wedding or something, Miss Produc.
[100:02] You ever hear that one?
[100:05] Have you ever seen it?
[100:07] Long time. The first time I watched it
[100:09] was, I think, 10 days ago.
[100:12] It was a great movie.
[100:15] But you see, I normally just don't have
[100:16] the time nor the patience to sit down
[100:19] and watch a long movie, unless it's
[100:22] history or unless it's military.
[100:26] And my wife,
[100:29] she can be persistent. She's got a lot
[100:32] of energy. She was persistent. She said,
[100:33] "I want you to sit down and watch this.
[100:35] Watch it. I wanted you to watch this." I
[100:37] said, "All right, all right. All right."
[100:39] And uh it was great. We'll be right
[100:41] back. M love.
[100:55] Well, ladies and gentlemen, today's
[100:57] program, I think
[100:59] I've told you plain English what I think
[101:01] about a number of things that are going
[101:03] on because I want the country, I want
[101:06] those of us who are patriots and I want
[101:08] those of us who represent us in
[101:10] Washington and elsewhere, all of us to
[101:11] get our acts together
[101:14] to stay on
[101:16] focus
[101:18] to do what needs to be done to win and
[101:21] not to surrender this great country to
[101:24] of this horrible enemy. We salute our
[101:27] armed forces, police officers,
[101:28] firefighters,
[101:30] emergency personnel, truckers, our
[101:33] friends, our ICE friends, the men and
[101:35] women in Ukraine, the men and women in
[101:37] Israel, the men and women in Iran, and
[101:38] you, the men and women of the United
[101:40] States. God bless each of you, and I'll
[101:43] see you tomorrow.
