Bucky, this is not nom, this is bowling, they're a rule. Hey, hey, hey, hey, junior, America! It's like... Whoa, fastest! So stand by! All right, everybody, welcome back to the state for breakfast podcast. I'm Roan Flying Solo for this edition today. If you're a first-time listener, welcome to the show. If you're a long-time listener, welcome back to America's fastest growing. And quickly becoming favorite political podcast. On a busy news Friday, if you're hearing us and you're hearing me right now for the first time, don't worry. We'll see you in a bit. Press pause. Head back and check out our first edition of the podcast today, episode 486. We talked about the concession season, which has officially been rolled out, and how America and the world is essentially continuing to respond to the huge election victory for Donald Trump and Republicans on Tuesday night. In addition, we caught up with the former Chief of Staff of the DoD, Special Assistant to President Trump and one of our great friends, Cash Patel, and rounded out the episode with the congressman who represents Tennessee's second congressional district, and that's Tim Burchin. We're going to be jumping into the show right here, and I'll be introducing to start off this interview, bringing in the former Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury. She's also the host of a podcast that bears her name. She is... How do I put this? The Queen of the Happy Warriors. Of course I'm talking about the one and only Miss Monica Crowley. Welcome to the show. Oh wow, it's great to be back, and thank you for that incredible introduction. Well, gotta give credit where credit is due, ma'am, and listen, congratulations. In addition to your podcast, which is amazing, I love listening to it, you have such a broad and diverse range of guests. They are all around America first, but you do stuff with the spiritual. You've interviewed President Trump a couple times, you bring in people who really have their pulse on the heartbeat of America. But in addition to that, you've been out working your tail off over the course of the last couple of weeks. I have a couple of friends. And maybe it was on the show previously, today, Cash Patel, I mean, you guys were doing bus tours in places like Pennsylvania and getting the people out to vote and saving these house seats, flipping a Senate chair, and getting Donald Trump back to the White House. So not only thank you for your service, but congratulations on an incredible job well done. Oh, well that is so kind of for you to say, Rowan, thank you, I really appreciate that. And I will say, you know, it was everybody. Everybody, I mean, look, Donald Trump is a singular personality and a singular leader. So so much of this was Donald Trump alone. You know, the other day I was talking about on the podcast, you probably heard that Kamala Harris had two former Democrat presidents working with her, right, and supporting her and out on the campaign trail, she had Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, both of whom I really believe have lost their fastball. Agreed. They used to be pure magic at their prime, but they're no longer in their prime. And Clinton is making mistakes saying, yeah, the economy was much better under Donald Trump. And you know, Barack Obama is out there basically insulting black men telling them their misogynists if they don't vote for Kamala Harris. So they both lost their touch, but she still had that firepower. Donald Trump didn't have any of that. Donald Trump did not have George W Bush out there promoting him and supporting him, nor would he want that, right, but it was such an honor to be a Trump campaign surrogate and to be out on the road for him with great people like former Attorney General Matt Whitaker and Dave Bossy and Corey Lewandowski and Governor Kristi Noem, Brooke Rollins. We had a fantastic time. We had a lot of fun, but I knew Trump was going to win because we were crisscrossing Pennsylvania. I'd also been in Arizona and Wisconsin and North Carolina, and I could just feel the palpable energy on the ground for Donald Trump. And I knew it was all anecdotal, but it really did have big 2016 energy, not 2020 2016 energy. And I just felt like as long as we worked hard, got out the vote, got the messaging right, especially on the economy and the border and world peace that we were going to win this thing. And I wanted to do everything I could to help President Trump. So I'm very proud of the small part I played. Oh, no. Everybody played a critical component in this big election victory, and you know, outside of that Monica, I think the best commentary is because we saw what happened with the Electoral College. It was called on election night. And you know, there's many of the mainstream media news outlets that are still keeping Donald Trump under 300 so they can continue to walk the narrative that this is not a landslide and historic and mandated victory. But winning the popular vote, that is something that I think a lot of people directly around the president thought could happen. But just about everybody else in the country was very wary of kind of campaigning on that. You know, we knew that there was a pathway to victory. We knew it states we had to flip and put back into the win column, even add ones for the first time. Let's just say in the case of Nevada, but when you see the people, the amount of people that come out, it replicates the 2022 election cycle, you know, vote total almost to a tee right now. By the time we're going to be all set and done and counting these votes, it's just amazing to see the way that people have really gotten behind President Trump. But also, you know, poses the question as well. Where did the 10 to 12 million other votes that Joe Biden supposedly got in 2020 mysteriously vanish as Kamala Harris sits around 68 million, well short of the 81 plus million that Joe Biden supposedly had in 2020 as well. Yeah, you know, I think the fraud from 2020, which was massive and real. I think that is all going to be exposed, Ron, because to your point, we are putting up numbers now and it's all over Twitter and other social media of 2012, 2016, 2020, and then 2024. And the Democrats are relatively stable at about 65 million votes in each election cycle. Well, in 2020, it was 81 million and then dropped back down to 65 in this last election cycle. So what does that tell you? It tells you that there are what 12, 16, 18 million ghost votes from 2020 that simply did not exist. Yeah. You can tell me that that Joe Biden beat Barack Obama when Obama had a real culture personality going, it just it did not happen. So I think with President Trump coming in, the fraud is going to be exposed big time. President Trump has said, we're going to lift the lid off of all of this, the weaponization of government, criminal activity in a whole array of areas. So I think we're going to learn the truth that Donald J. Trump actually did win 2020 and won by a lot. I can't agree with you more, Monica. We've already known it. Everybody has their 2020 election pronouns, whether it's rigged and stolen. Donald Trump used to say the diamonds need to be returned. There were so many things we've gone through over the year of listening to him say, and to watch him, I mean, complete the greatest comeback story in the history of modern politics, which is now going to transpire into the materialization of the Trump doctrine and that being finished and Donald Trump's legacy being cemented is one of the greatest, if not the greatest president that this country has ever known. It says a lot for the job that him and his team did. Kind of want your commentary on that. You know, throughout the course of the cycle, and Monica, I know you're always online. You've got the pulse of what's going on on social media as well. There were a lot of people in the Republican apparatus who were hyper critical of Donald Trump's team throughout the course. We know here because we talked to the Trump team that it was a lot of people who wanted, you know, exclusive access or they wanted to be a part of it and they were kind of froze out as they narrowed things down towards the end of the election. But there was a lot of abundance as well who said, oh, maybe he's not doing the right thing. Maybe some of the funny gag stuff he does isn't really resonating with the people. They were all wrong. Donald Trump and his team was right. We saw it yesterday in the form of the elevation of Susie Wiles to, you know, from campaign manager to going to be the first female chief of staff in the White House again, for someone that was, you know, ran out there by the mainstream press as a fascist, as Hitler, as the end of democracy, as the end of women's rights, as we know it, we probably won't even have elections anymore. It seems like he's already taken a pretty diverse step into returning to the White House. Oh, absolutely right. Yeah, he's got a phenomenal transition team and they are working on making sure that the right people get into the right positions. And it's, of course, it's about competence and, of course, it's about ability to execute. But Ron, it's also about loyalty and it's not just loyalty to Donald Trump. It's loyalty to the America First agenda. That's what they're all looking for. Susie Wiles is an inspired choice for chief of staff. She is phenomenal. She's really smart. She's a great strategist, totally loyal to President Trump and his agenda works really well with him. And it's been reported that her one condition in taking this job is that she had the ability to be an effective gatekeeper so that the Oval Office isn't just like a rotating group of people. There may be a little conflict there because President Trump loves a lot of people around him at all times, but it has to be people that have a reason to be in the Oval with the present in the United States. Not just bending his ear, no crazy agendas walking in there, no liars walking in there. So I think she's going to be excellent at this job. And I think it's a good, it sends up a good flair that the rest of the White House and throughout the administration, it will be populated with people who are Merrick first and loyal to this agenda and want to bring the country back. It makes perfect sense and you know, when you talk about the fight that's now ahead, 73 days before inauguration day, we're already starting to see it. Now I want to kind of lay this out there for you, Monica, we just completed the perfect storm of just about everybody in the Republican conference, checking their egos, checking their inhibitions, getting behind Donald Trump and completing one of the most historic elections this country has ever known in the face of every kind of piece of modern adversity that you could ever imagine and more. But we're already starting to see the leadership battles up on Capitol Hill kind of swirl up before we even get the session and the team back in the halls of Congress. You know, we're having a little bit of a tussle over who's going to be Senate majority leader. Obviously, we have so many guests from the Senate and the Republican conference down in the House here on the show. They had been warning heading into the selection cycle. Oh, I already tell you behind closed doors, people were getting into their little teams, their start and their factions are all trying to go for their power grabs for Speaker of the House, committee chairs, which are very important in regards to getting stuff done. But what we need done on day one is the start of the pasture of Donald Trump's agenda for the American people because that's what he was sent to Washington DC and back to the White House to do. What is some of the way that you're looking at this kind of develop in real time and what can you put out there as far as commentary to all of our friends in the Republican conference, both in the upper and lower chamber, who maybe need to take a look at the mirror and continue down this ego checked and inhibitions let go mindset into the 119th session of Congress. So we can get back to work for the American people because listen, two years before the midterm elections is a very short amount of time, especially when there's so much stuff going on the first 100 to 120 days of presidency as well. Yeah. So the first 100, 120 days are absolutely critical. We've got all three branches of government as conservatives. We've got the White House, the two houses of Congress and the Supreme Court. This is extraordinary and we've got to maximize the time. Donald Trump may or may not have a honeymoon period. He certainly didn't in the first term with the Russia hoax and everything coming at him. The system is not just going to go gently into that dark night. So he's going to be under assault probably is I mean, he never really stopped being under assault for nine and a half years. But the day he enters office, it's going to go next level. So he's got to be prepared for that and have the right people around him to fend off all of those assaults. And then when it comes to Congress, he's going to need America first as the agenda pushed all the way through. And I'll tell you something, the establishment tools who are still in there on our side better wake up and sell the coffee, right? Now we've got a nice influx of new America firsters. We've got existing America firsters in there. But there is still a lot of establishment types in the Congress. They better take a good look around themselves around the institution and around the country because the country is not with them. The country is with Donald Trump and America first. We got a resounding mandate this week for that. So if they want to survive politically, including possible primary challenges next time they're up for reelection. They better be very politically wise and astute and give President Trump what he wants legislatively including funding for the border wall, funding to seal the border, making his tax cuts permanent. Now a lot of this stuff does align with traditional conservative philosophy. So I don't expect a lot of resistance and pushback. But if they're going to work behind the scenes against him to torpedo certain nominees that he wants for high positions, if they're going to play those kinds of games, they're going to pay a price. You know, Donald Trump, as President of the United States, has the ability to make their lives pretty miserable in the Senate or in the House. He's got all of the leverage and they have little to none. So if they've achieved high office and they're up on Capitol Hill, they may be wrong, but they're not stupid. So I expect a lot of them to toe the line. And if they don't, there will be consequences. Yeah. I definitely agree with you. I mean, I think in the Senate, I think it's going to kind of resolve itself. We're probably not going to be happy with the Senate Majority Leader, but all he has to do is kind of push the conference to get the legislation to Donald Trump's desk as fast as the House of Representatives can legislate it. But in the House, I think there's going to be a little bit of screwing around. But I think there's enough loud and prominent, newer and stronger voices down there. People like Corey Mills and Byron Donalds and, you know, all the firebrand's Matt Gates, the ones that really kind of lead the party, who have no problem going and sitting on CNN MSNBC and talking about how bad of a job, you know, their congressional counterparts are doing when they're not toeing the line. I think to all the members of Congress, they have to understand the only reason we retain the House Majority is because Donald Trump was at the top of the ticket. If this was a midterm election based about how close it's going to be, maybe 222 seats, which would be too more than we have right now, we probably would have lost the power and gave it back to the Democrats. Again, as historically, it is traditionally Republicans just don't have Speaker of the House ship. But the fact of the matter is Donald Trump not only has a mandate, but he has almost 75 million people who voted for him again. And I really think the biggest thing that people take for granted, I know the mainstream media did. Obviously Kamala Harris and Joe Biden did as well. America really loves Donald Trump. He's like an extended family member, even though an overwhelming majority, 99.9% of the people who voted for him never met him and never will. They feel like he's a part of their family. They invite him in to their homes via his rallies. They follow him so exclusively on the news and seeing all the nasty things that have happened to him and his family over the course of the last decade. And we're very protective of that. And I think you're right. If the people in the House of Representatives want to screw around with the leadership and the speakership and all this other stuff, committee chairs, Donald Trump's going to put it out there. And I think America is going to be calling their congressmen and women a lot more than they had, even when they were going through all the garbage with Kevin McCarthy. Yeah, I think that's exactly right. I do. And look, the House is a very unwieldy institution and the founders designed it that way. It was the closest to the people. And it was also supposed to be where all the action is, Ron, right? Because it's closest to the people. But because the jurisdictions were smaller than the president, one man or woman, eventually, the right woman, represents all of the American people. Then you go to the Senate and it's too per state. The House is by nature very raucous and unwieldy. So if we have a slim margin, hopefully bigger than what we have right now, but it will still be slim to your point. It does look like the House speaker, Mike Johnson, will retain his seat. He works well with the president. Look, this is not Paul Ryan, right? Paul Ryan blocked the building of the border wall in those first two years, which was unforgivable in my book. Mike Johnson is not that. So while he may not be a Matt Gaetz whom we all love, Mike Johnson might be the right man at the right time to shepherd through making the tax cuts permanent, funding for the wall, funding for mass deportations. All of that stuff is going to have to be herded through and it's all about herding cat. So hopefully in the last two years, Mike Johnson learned how to do that more effectively. And dare I say, take notes from Nancy Pelosi, who was epically effective at herding her cats and getting stuff done. So I'm hoping that the same thing will abide here. And this is why the first year, first hundred days is so critical. Do it while they're still scared of Trump. Sure. Number one. And two, do it before you enter 2026, which is an election year and they're all focused on that. No, 100% makes total sense. And then in closing Monica, you know, again, this is a pleasure, but it's always an honor to host you on the show. You're such a powerful voice and someone who's done so much work for conservative politics, the American first movement over the years. You know, I just kind of wanted some of your back end commentary. You saw the way this race concluded. You were physically a part of it at the end. You've been along with President Trump since day one. I think you were the most prominent voice who endorsed him the first on cable news all the way back shortly after he came down the Golden Escalator and someone who also in his latter years and at the end of his political career and life, you worked directly with Richard Nixon as well. You know, there's so many people in this day and age who always say like Ronald Reagan was my favorite president or Donald Trump and Ronald Reagan are my favorite presidents. And, you know, we tend to forget how important Richard Nixon was for kind of the rebranding of the Republican Party in his own mind and then laying the seeds, which eventually would turn into things like the Tea Party movement, which are kind of evolved into America first and brought us to where we are now. When you see the way Donald Trump has finished this race and now is ready to cement his legacy over the course of the next four years, what can you say about the overall experience? And then watching it again with such a pivotal figure like Richard Nixon in Donald Trump. Yeah, you know, it's such an important question, Ronan. Thank you for it. My very first job out of college was with former president Nixon in the last year of his life, not when he was president, I was not born when he was elected president. But you know, to be a Trump OG is an incredible feeling watching this journey and having worked with president Nixon at the end because there are so many similarities. You know, they're both they were both disruptors. They were both. I mean, Richard Nixon was America first before there was America first. And in many ways, Papio Cannon was out there in the early 90s, giving voice to America first and they attacked him for being, you know, jingle with stick and xenophobic and all that crap that still comes at us today. But Papio Cannon was one of Richard Nixon's top speech writers for a very long time, even before he became president, certainly in the White House. So there is a thread of America first and the disruption that is required from political leaders to bring the country back to greatness and its foundational principles. That thread runs from Richard Nixon all the way through Donald Trump. So I feel very blessed to have worked with both great men at different periods in my life in different periods and theirs. And to watch the journey of Donald Trump, you know, the deep state got Richard Nixon, the way the deep state got John F Kennedy, people that they could not control. They have thrown everything at Donald Trump and that they cannot believe that the man is not only still standing, but that he has been reelected in a resounding win as president of the United States. They cannot believe it, but he has been shepherded through by the hand of God for this moment. And I cannot be more proud of both president Nixon for fighting the good fight as he understood it. You know, now everything or at least a lot has been exposed about the deep state and the corruption of the media and the corruption of the security state. We all now know that or at least big parts of it. Nixon had no idea what was coming at him. So things take time to be revealed. God takes his time in revealing things. But now we have so much more information. And so this second term of President Trump, he is a lot wiser, not smarter because he's always been brilliant, wiser, wiser about how the country works, the government works and how the world works. So I cannot wait for this second term. We're going to make America great again and we're going to have a hell of a lot of fun doing it and earn the golden age as we started to kind of lay out for our listenership here today. You know, and that's excellent points you make for the for the comeback story that was kind of incomplete in Richard Nixon for the probably greatest conservative politician that was never elevated to the office of the presidency in Pat Buchanan. And now the end of the big three right there, which will be Donald Trump, who seems like he is set to finish the job that they set out to do so many decades ago, Monica, you laid it out for our listenership today and what a treat that that is. Listen, we've got everything I've linked to the show description a obviously links to your podcast, which is amazing. It's it's in my down loadables and I listen to it every single time you put out a new episode, also your website and then anywhere else we can find out social media, tell our listenership now and we'll live link in the show description. Oh, thank you so much, Ron. Yeah. The podcast is streaming on rumble, so you can find it there at the Monica Crowley podcast. You can also download it from Apple, Google and Spotify. And on social media, on Instagram, I am at Monica Crowley underscore and on Twitter and to social at Monica Crowley. Absolute fantastic as it is every time we can catch up with the former assistant secretary of the US Treasury and the host of the Monica Crowley podcast, Monica Crowley. Thanks for joining us today. Have a great weekend. You too, Ron. Always a pleasure. Thank you. And governor, I appreciate your time. You know, last I know there was a time yesterday he had no idea how this would go and of course it has gone in a definitive way in his favor. He has won. Have you had a chance to talk to him today and and we talk about him being on the phone all day? What was his focus today? I did. I chatted with him for a few minutes, congratulated him again for doing so well and he was right to work. He was visiting with other world leaders, talking to folks about what this transition would look like and making a list of things that he wanted to get done as soon as he got back into the White House and what the American people told him was important yesterday. When these election results came in, they clearly said they want a secure border. They want their streets to be safe. They want to raise their families with more money in their pockets. When President Trump heard them loud and clear, he's anxious to get to work. All right. Jumping into the news portion of the show here on the second of two big Friday editions of the stake for breakfast podcast and listen, what better way to start off our second episode of two big Friday shows than with the former assistant U.S. Treasury Secretary Monica Crowley. She's got an absolutely fantastic podcast. If you ever have the opportunity to go and check it out on any platform, including Rumble and Apple Pods, do so. She has so many great guests on. She interviewed President Trump a couple of times during this cycle. She also brings on members of the Senate, House of Representatives, some of the biggest pundits, pollsters, spiritual leaders, et cetera. Her extensive knowledge over decades of public and private service to this country, she's one of the good ones. I really do hope that she's willing to make the sacrifices necessary to participate in this upcoming second Trump term. And we're going to be jumping into the news now and taking a look at how the Trump team, as you heard from South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem right there, is making the switch from campaign mode to transition mode as they're getting ready to reassume power, a federal government here when Donald Trump is inaugurated on January 20th and just 73 days now. And how the world is reacting, especially here at home in America in regards to some of the policies which they know are coming back bigger and better than ever before. I saw on the news yesterday the current governor of Massachusetts was out there and we all know one of the big ticket top two items that Donald Trump campaigned on over the course of this last cycle was repairing the economy and the immigration stuff, sealing the border, deporting bad people and getting the immigration system in this country fixed, which I do want to make a note of here. People need to understand the immigration reform issue and the deportation issue need to be should be and I believe will be two completely separate items. There are a lot of things that need to be fixed in regards to what Alejandro Mayorkas has done at the Department of Homeland Security and memoing unconstitutionally ways around the way people come into this country illegally. But when you're talking about the ICE portion and the ICE component of it, the way they're going to be collaborating with components of the military, with local law enforcement and state law enforcement across the country, and then the budget it's going to require to physically remove these people and send them back to their countries of origin, it's going to be two totally different things I believe. And while a lot of the things that need to be addressed immigration wise falls on the shoulders of Congress, it will come with heavy influence I believe from people like Tom Holman and Stephen Miller and Theo Wold and obviously at the behest of President Trump. So don't get all worried about, you know, when Republicans are talking about immigration reform, they're talking about not deporting anybody, that's not the case. I've already seen a lot of the major outlets including CNN taking the initiative to start providing fake news. I saw this screenshot today I took of a segment they were doing on mass deportations. They said that if one and a half million people were deported, inflation would go up 1.3% and the GDP would go down 2.1%. Then they went on to doom about if 8 million people were deported, inflation would go up nearly 7.5% and the GDP would go down 12% and that's just not true. We didn't see it with the removal of people in the last administration, we certainly won't see it with the implementation of the largest deportation operation in the history of our country in a second Trump term. So don't, don't, we've gotten away from the mainstream media. Obviously we're changing the way you consume your news here on State for breakfast. We're going to continue to do so as they pump out those fake numbers. Remember taxes and tariffs and new trade deals are all going to help weaponize the economy for the American people and not against it like Joe Biden has and Kamala Harris did over the course of the last four years. But getting back into this, the Massachusetts governor already put out a whole big virtue single interview about her not working with Donald Trump and this, that and the other thing. We'll hear it first and then we'll talk about the logistics of it. If the Trump administration requested, would the Massachusetts State Police assist in mass deportations? No, absolutely not. But you know, let me say this. I do think it's important that we all recognize that there's going to be a lot of pressure on states and state officials and I can assure you we're going to work really hard to deliver. Some realities also need to be noted and that is in 2016, we had a very different situation in the courts and while I'm sure there may be litigation ahead, you know, there's a lot of other ways that people are going to act and need to act for the sake of their states and their residents. There's regulatory authority and executive powers and the like, there's legislation also within our state. So I think that the key here is that, you know, every tool in the toolbox has got to be used to protect our citizens, to protect our residents and protect our states and certainly to hold the line on democracy and the rule of law as a basic principle, right? Oh my gosh, shut up. First of all, she's 40 and slipped there. A legal aliens who are in the, let's just say, state of Massachusetts are not citizens. They're not residents. They are illegals. And if Donald Trump orders stuff or decrees stuff or gets legislation passed on stuff, which starts fast tracking these deportations, including working with state and local outside of federal law enforcement, here's the deal. Everybody talks a big game. The minute he says all federal funding to the state of Massachusetts, that's everything from the money that they're wasting on illegals right now, all the way down through the education program and down to even the entities that fill and repair potholes in the street. It's all gone. Every federal dollar is on hold until they get on board. We'll see, albeit quietly, a lot different stories from a lot of these radicals who are in states like Massachusetts. Then next time they're up for election, there will be a huge referendum on them. They will be ushered out and you have somebody coming in who's more willing to work with the president. Much like you saw down the end of this election cycle, where Democrats were literally campaigning in states where they thought they were going to lose house seats or get their Senate seat flipped of their politician hugging Donald Trump, celebrating the border wall down on the US Southern border and things of that nature. So all this stuff is hyperbole, yet I digress. We're going to hear a lot of it leading up to and through the inauguration, but it's going to come in different tones. Donald Trump pointed out towards the end of his campaign and threw a bouquet at embattled New York City mayor, Eric Adams. And for someone who's fallen underneath the law fair, and again, we don't know what that situation is like. There are people in New York that tell us he is guilty of some of these things. There are people outside of New York who see it as, you know, he pushed back on hundreds of thousands of illegals being dumped in the city of New York, in the empire state overall. And he was punished by the Biden administration with these investigations that'll just, you know, organically go away as the new justice system and FBI are going to be ushered in in January. But that's neither here nor there. The fact of the matter is is that Eric Adams came in the crosshairs of the Biden regime because they crossed them on illegal immigration and now have made some announcements in the wake of Donald Trump's big victory in regards to a lot of the free shit that, you know, the big apple is on the hook for financially at the, you know, the heads of the taxpayers. So listen to this one is the mayor just announced that the city will no longer issue vouchers to migrants to pay for food, ending a controversial program that had repeatedly come under attack by conservatives and others. This pilot program in New York City drenched in both humanity and controversy, distributed debit cards to migrant families staying in city funded hotels and allowing them to buy their own food. I want to say as a reporter, Josh, I are following the breaking news for us. Josh. A bill. It's a program that, as you say, generated plenty of controversy, but now it's absence may raise even more questions. The so-called immediate response cards pilot program was designed to help feed migrant families who'd found themselves in New York with no way to afford food. The one-year contract provided what the city described as culturally relevant food, 2,600 migrant families, allowing them to basically buy what they wanted, a family of four with under two kids under, with two kids under five got about $350 per week to cover food in a program the city said would actually save taxpayers millions a year. It also reduced food waste. You may remember the food the city had been providing in migrant shelters was seen as not culturally sensitive to the need of some migrant groups and it ended up just going to waste. For more than a year, the city was groaning under the weight of more than 200,000 asylum seekers. Officials say the migrant population has actually reduced lately. In fact, a massive shelter on Roosevelt Island is in the process of closing. In the meantime, Mayor Adams spoke on the phone yesterday with President-elect Donald Trump, who had vowed during his campaign to mass deport migrants. Aside from congratulating him on his window, Adams today would not say what they discussed. Good for him. And listen, this drew the ire from all of the taxpayers and the hard workers within the Big Apple because here's the deal. Just imagine a family of four getting a free outside of what they're already given for free, food-wise, $350 a week. That's essentially the same amount of money that I spend to be able to put five breakfasts, five lunches, and five dinners a week on our tables and in their lunch pales and stuff like that. You know, in addition to the stores we run around from between the local grocery stores and Costco because I've got two kids that are entering their teenage years and they eat everything that's not nailed down in the house. Now if we were already here getting free food, I wouldn't have to spend $350 a week, but the migrants, the illegals, they were getting $350 on top of what the city or the federal government depending on their shelter was already given to them. That's the fact that they're also not having to pay any rent, no taxes on their kids' education. They're getting free health care and stuff like that and the people were just pissed off about it. So where we see Eric Adams talk about Donald Trump recently and then Donald Trump acknowledged what's going on with him. The fact that they talked behind the scene yesterday, it's going to take Democrats to cross the aisle here with Donald Trump to get this country back going in the direction it needs to. And in the majorists of cities, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Los Angeles, of course New York, Donald Trump is going to have to work with some of these Democrat mayors. And I think some of them are willing to do so because their constituents are so fed up with this bullshit, whether it's the crime, whether it's the tax-free work they're performing. You've seen in places like New York, you know, they're selling merchandise, they're having fruit stands, they have no permits, they don't pay taxes on any of this stuff. And they're just raking in the dough, which they're more than likely sending back to their home countries because they get everything for free here. It's just absolutely ridiculous. And to see Eric Adams step up in the fashion that he did, it's a good job. So again, those are two major cities and major states at stake here in regards to the ridiculous illegal alien crisis that's going on here in the United States. And you see the governor of Massachusetts and the mayor of NYC acting two totally different ways as reactions to Donald Trump's victory on Tuesday night. So you know, there is some other news as we're talking about the transition here, not sexually, but from campaign to presidential mode with Donald Trump. And there's been some news this week out of Trump world, you know, one of the big things I had heard is that Elon Musk won't formally head a government agency looking to provide insight on trimming government waste. What I've heard more accurately is that he's going to run something outside of the federal government because here's the deal. Donald Trump is obviously the head of the Trump organization, but when he's operating as an elected official here in Washington, D.C., he cannot sit as like the CEO, president, or owner of any of his companies. He therefore lends that responsibility to Don Jr. and more formally, Eric, who runs the Trump Corporation. Okay, Elon Musk doesn't have those adult children's to be able to take over Tesla and SpaceX and everything else, Starlink that he's got going on. So what's going to happen is I guess Elon Musk will run like a private agency that's going to be doing the exact same job, it doesn't allow him to have to, you know, sell off or have somebody else sit as a placeholder at the top of all of his businesses, which is a good thing because we don't want Elon Musk to not be, you know, the CEO of Twitter. We don't want him to not be in charge of Tesla with all the stuff that they're doing there or SpaceX because we're going back to the moon and Mars and we're dreaming big and thinking bigger right now, you know, but if he's going to be able to do the things he wants to do, like he did at Twitter with our federal government, then they're going to figure out a way for him to do it in the most accurate fashion possible. In addition, you know, there were rumors flying around that RFK Jr. might not be in a cabinet seat or might not be heading the agencies that he wants to head. And that came from one of the spokespeople and I believe the co-chair from the Trump transition team. However, that was walked back in the press this week and deemed to be not true according to the official Trump transition team. So that's good. We need RFK Jr. in there. And there are a lot of people on Capitol Hill legislatively that are going to be more inclined to do the work that Donald Trump needs to get done if he fulfills his promises of having these people working with him. You know, and then we've heard a couple of other things, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are going to be remaining in Palm Beach and not going back up to Washington, D.C., with their father in law for his second-term and office. Both of them have come out publicly said the times and the trials during the first administration, not the physical trials, but like the trials and tribulations were very taxing. And now they have a bunch of small children and want to be able to support President Trump and, you know, her father and his father-in-law in the best way that they can and pop it in and maybe doing some, you know, ambassador or dignitary work across the world, things that they look to, you know, get their hands in at some point might become an option. But to get things started, they're not formally going to be part of the administration as they both were in a much more formal context when Donald Trump was in office back in 2020. So that's some of the news I'm hearing out of there. World leaders continued to react to Donald Trump's big victory on Tuesday. And I saw a little news report clip there talking about some of the things some of the phone calls Donald Trump has been making and receiving from down in Palm Beach as they're trying to put his initial portions of his cabinet together. Let's check it out. Trey Yinks is live in Tel Aviv, Israel. Trey. Yeah. Hey, Brian. Good morning. Reaction is pouring in from around the world following former President Trump's projected election victory. We do know there will be major foreign policy decisions under this new administration that will affect countries like Ukraine, Iran, Israel, and everywhere in between. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted to X saying, quote, "Congratulations to Donald Trump on his impressive election victory." The party's over. The Ukrainian leader went on to praise Trump for his peace through strength approach to global affairs. The Amir of Qatar also posted a similar message saying, quote, "Congratulations to President elect Donald Trump on winning the U.S. presidential election. I wish you all the best during your term and look forward to working together again." Arguably, the most notable congratulations, though, came from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said, quote, "Congratulations on history's greatest comeback. Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and a powerful recommitment to the great alliance between Israel and America. This is a huge victory. Overnight Prime Minister Netanyahu fired his defense minister, Joav Galand, sparking massive demonstrations across Israel. And there you have it. So we've also heard, while I've seen, that there's been some press regarding Vladimir Putin who says, "Well, Donald Trump says he's going in this conflict. He says he'd like to do it before he takes the oath of office. Let's see what happens." And there's been some rumors flying around saying that Donald Trump has predrafted or is going through the final preparations of presenting a peace plan, which, number one, ends all the hostilities. Number two, cede some territory to Russia, which is historically disputed for hundreds, if not thousands of years, between them and Ukraine. And finally, having a 20-year ban from Ukraine entering NATO. So it's not something that officially has come out, but that's what I'm kind of hearing and I've seen on social media starting to percolate. So if something that looks similar to that is presented, but then again, you have all of these jerk-offs in DC who are like, "Oh, Donald Trump's talking to world leaders about government stuff before he's elected president. You know how to do that. You're only president of the elect." Hatch Act violation. Let's draft articles of impeachment before he's even sworn in. It's like, "Guys, come on." Hundreds of thousands of millions of people have died in that war that's been allowed to fester out of control for the last two and a half years. And nothing says, "Loving like Donald Trump being able to end that conflict in the swiftest manner possible." And then again, we always talked about what the crown jewel of this entire situation would be. We cannot let, like it always happens, shine it a walk in there after the war ends and say, "Oh, these are some nice rebuilding contracts that you guys got. We'll take them all to go." No, we help funded this piece of shit. We need to go in there and have American workers and American products rebuild that country and start to recruit some of the over a quarter trillion dollars we've poured into it since Joe Biden allowed it to start. And that's literally what we have to be working on and working towards. Hopefully, that's part of the piece deal proposed is that America will get an overwhelming majority of the rebuild contracts there because, again, we're going to be looking to get rid of all of this deficit that we're in, whether it's the annual budgetary one of now over $2 billion or the $37 trillion that we're in debt nationally. We got to start figuring out innovative ways, not just taxes and tariffs, but every way possible to start filling up the coffers again, even as Joe Biden is continuing to drain the strategic petroleum reserves down, close to 3 million more barrels pumped out across the country to make prices go down. Remember, he's already alluded to the fact that the economy, well, all of the great Joe Biden legislation that has been passed, we won't see the results of that for a couple of years. So we'll be able to take credit for it once Donald Trump gets everything fixed. I mean, everybody knows that that's complete garbage and bullshit and not the way the world works. And no matter what Joe Biden says, won't be the way anybody looks on it back on history because essentially we'll be getting rid of the green new scam and the inflation non-reduction act on day one as well. Guys, wherever you're listening to the show today, hope you're enjoying the second of two big Friday editions of the state director's podcast. Listen, do us a favor. 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You'll never miss out on all the great stuff we've got going on down here at the show like our incoming interview with Texas Congressman Keith South. So RFK Jr. sat down on election day as Tucker Carlson did coverage from, you know, when the poll started closing all the way up through the events of the night, you know, interviewing people from potentially the next administration, the past administration, those who have been with President Trump along the way, he sat down with RFK Jr. And you know, we just heard a clip about Donald Trump's future dealings in the Middle East and how people in the region are responding to his second reelection. And you know, when RFK Jr. talked about a time recently where they were traveling to campaign stops, something similar to this situation arose and it just shows a little bit of insight into the man preparedness level wise that Donald Trump really is a chicken help. When I was on the plane the other day with President Trump, we were talking about the mid-east and he took a piece of paper and he drew on it. The cap of the mid-east with all the nations on it, which most Americans couldn't kill. No. And then he wrote in each country the troop strength and he was particularly looking at the border between Syria and Turkey and he said, we have 500 men on the border of Syria and Turkey and a little, you know, encampment that was bombed. And he said, there's 750,000 troops in Turkey, there's 250,000 in Syria, if they go up against each other, we're in the middle and what, and he said to his generals, well, what's going to happen to those 500 men and his generals said to them, they're going to be cannon fodder. And he said, get them out. So we want a president who has that knowledge and he can ask those rational questions and then it's going to make good decisions for the American public. Make sure I got the straight. Trump on the plane the other day drew a map of the mid-east, an accurate map. Yeah, an accurate map of the mid-east. With troop strength. Yes. With troop strength in each of the nations. So, you know, I saw that and it reminded me of the Cuban Missile Crisis and I... Hey, here Tucker laughing there, listen, the man, the myth, the legend that Donald Trump is and the fact that he will let nobody make him look silly. And that's another thing you have to really appreciate about President Trump. I heard somebody the other day, I actually believe it was Tucker Carlson, he was talking with somebody or maybe even it was Joe Rogan. Joe Rogan was talking with one of his frequent co-hosts, one of the people that come in as contributors for the non-interview portions of the Joe Rogan experience. And he was going back through like, you know, talking about JD Vance and then he got on the subject to President Trump and talking about that interview and long story short, it's like, you know, Donald Trump hasn't always been the kind of guy who likes to be like the butt of the jokes and now he makes himself the butt of the jokes sometimes when he's out on the campaign trail, has done for a long time as part of the showmanship that he has to the complete presentation of what, you know, the Donald Trump experience is like as he's campaigning around the country. I beg to differ a little bit, you know, Donald Trump has been an amazing roast host. He's also been someone that has accented with skits, many award shows over the years. And I think he looks on it a little bit more in light-heartedness now in his grandpadom and the fact that he's really trying to connect with these people and show just how real he is and how organic these emotions and actions that he presented to the American electorate over the course of the last 10 years now have kind of evolved. But I mean, even when he was on Saturday Night Live, the skits there were just hilarious. I mean, he dressed up as a janitor who went to kind of face himself and once again, I could remember there was Donald Trump's House of Wings and, you know, the whole arc that he did throughout the course of his, you know, a little endeavor into WWE and I just feel like, you know, it's the Donald, it just is and that's the way that he is about it. So one of the biggest announcements that has come out in the last 24 hours came out in a press release, which we'll get to in a second, but it's about preparing what his future staff and administration through the transition period is going to look like. Now there are a lot of people I know personally and I know from talking to people around Trump world who were vying for this coveted chief of staff or the White House position and there were a lot of good candidates that were mentioned. Brooke who has been alongside President Trump for a long time was probably heavily considered as was people like Lee Zeldin, who might have wanted it as well. But when you look at the complete body of work and how they were able to navigate all the negativity, not just from outside of the political arena, but especially within their own party, you can't look much further than the quiet storm that is Susie Wiles. You know, I really think that she's done a job exceedingly proficiently than what was expected or what anybody could have given her credit for going in. And when the press release came yesterday, I was very pleased to hear that she was going to be named the White House chief of staff. Here's the press release. I'm going to read it. It's brief. This is out of Palm Beach, Florida where they're doing, you know, transition headquarters. The 45th and 47th president of the United States, Donald J. Trump announced today that Susan Summerall Wiles, the winning campaign manager for President Trump's highly successful 2024 campaign for president, will be named President Trump's White House chief of staff. That whole sentence right there is just a big FU to all the people that were hypercritical of people like her, like Chris Lasavita down the stretch here and for the work and the job that they were able to do. It goes on. Susie Wiles just helped me achieve one of the greatest political victories in American history and was an integral part of both my 2016 and 2020 successful campaigns. President Trump said, Susie is tough, smart, innovative and is universally admired and respected. Susie will continue to work tirelessly to make America great again and is a well deserved honor to have Susie as the first ever female chief of staff in United States history and I have no doubt that she will make our country proud end of quote from President Trump. Now, this might draw some ire from people even on our side of the aisle, but here's the deal. You know, you have to be able to look at the complete body of work. You have to be able to look at the things that people didn't think we were going to do. That's when the popular vote that was extended the Senate majority, not just when it back. That was retained the House of Representatives and the only reason that we are going to retain the House of Representatives is because Donald Trump had such a successful election. And that goes into messaging, that goes into strategy and a lot of that falls on the person who was the centerpiece of Donald Trump's campaign staff. She's nicknamed ice baby, not because she's cute or cold, it's because she acts in a manner that best describes that nickname. And listen, she's a toughy. And just based off of my personal experience, you know, we vied for an interview with President Trump during this campaign cycle. I feel that we were as close as just about anybody who got President Trump in this election cycle could have been. In retrospect, we've had people from the campaign, not her say that, hey, if this was a year ago, a year and a half ago, and we've been putting in our requests and it was going through a whole bunch of hands of people that were changing positions within the campaign, it could have happened, but the Trump team knew the job that we do. They knew the way we report the news here. We know in our hearts how strong a supporters we've been for President Trump and how we can do our littlest job possible to inform people accurately about what's going on. And at the end of the day, she had to turn down and say no dice to, you know, one of the staunchest supporters, albeit we don't have the capital that some of these heavy hitters have to go out there and expand the brand into the Theo Vons and the Aiden Rosses and the Joe Rogans, which consequently all factored into the equation, which led to unparalleled success earlier this week. So I was 100% cool then. I was kind of floored at the fact that, you know, they acknowledged some things and understood how long we've been around and what we've been doing and, you know, it makes you feel good that you've done it the right way. There's no reason to go out on places like social media, like a lot of these people within the conservative apparatus. And yes, I'm talking to the War Room crew as part of the hyper critical people that just say that because they don't like them or they get froze out or turned out for an interview or can't travel with them on the campaign trail to chronicle Donald Trump's story, they're just going to talk negatively about people that are running the campaign. There were a lot of things that led to the perfect storm, which happened on Tuesday night in the results of this 2024 presidential election cycle. However, when they needed to, they got the job done. And when you look at the scoreboard, it's better than we could have imagined. So it's pretty awesome to see the way that this kind of ended out. And I'm really happy for Susie Wiles as a lot of people who know her, just say she's a great person. And I'm really happy for the fact that she's been elevated to this position. The first female White House Chief of Staff in the history of our country, a lot of people also don't know. She's the daughter of former NFL great and a lot of people who are around my age know him as John Madden's co commentator, Pat Summerall, they usually don't do or pronounce or put out her entire name as Susie Summerall Wiles on the campaign trail. But that's his daughter. And when you look at them and get to learn that information, she definitely resembles her father. So it's just pretty awesome. That's a family that has done a lot of work in America, not politically, but is a common household name now. And not using the clout that her dad had as such an influence of an pivotal person in the sports world, as someone that's in politics, Susie is, listen, Donald Trump can't preserve every glass ceiling and much in the same sense as like with Kaylee McEnany in the first administration and Sarah Huckabee Sanders and having all of these women in his cabinets and his ambassadors and stuff like that. When the time is right and the person is qualified, Donald Trump will throw you right through the glass ceiling and let you enjoy, you know, being a part of history and really likes to empower. And it's again, it's not because of diversity, equity, inclusion, it's because these people are qualified or overqualified to do a great job in the position. I found a clip from the campaign trail on the winding weeks here where Donald Trump was talking about Susie. Let's hear it. She's low key. Her father was Pat Sumerol, great, great announcer, great football player. I would say this, a very good football player and a great announcer. Does that make sense? Yep. I mean, he was very good. I don't know if he was, I don't want to use the word O.J. No, no, no. I don't know if he was okay. And there's Stephen, Stephen Jones. We have the whole group. Where's Chris? Is he here? He's not here. He's buying food. It's a nice store though, isn't it? Good thing. Yeah. But turn the camera center. She's running the campaign. She's doing it. When I was growing up, Sumerol, she's got good genetics. And that's the thing. One thing I do know about Susie is she doesn't want the spotlight. She doesn't want the credit. She wants to be able to fulfill the job that her boss, now the president of the United States, who's going to be the chief executive of the world, task her to do, do it proficiently. Obviously, ahead of schedule and under budget, we'll be getting back to that, but she's going to be helping him navigate, fulfill the promises that he made out on the campaign trail. And when you look at how this election turned out, you can't unrationalize the fact that I couldn't imagine anyone better for that spot because now other people who may have been considered could be used in other contexts and in other positions to help make America great again. I saw the media pick up this story shortly after the press release came out yesterday. So before we jump in with the representative self, let's hear out broken the news. Donald Trump has just announced moments ago that he is going to name Susie Wiles, his campaign co-chair to be the chief of staff of his presidency once he gets to office starting in January. And I do want to read you the statement here. He says, Susie Wiles just helped me achieve one of the greatest political victories in American history and was an integral part of both my 2016 and 2020 successful campaigns. Susie is tough, smart, innovative and is universally admired and respected. Susie will continue to work tirelessly to make America great again. It is a well deserved honor to have Susie as the first ever female chief of staff in the United States history, I have no doubt that she will make our country proud. As we talked about earlier today, Susie had been the top contender going into this. She is someone who makes Donald Trump feel comfortable. She is also someone who has really lasted the longest in Donald Trump's orbit, a place that is known for knife fighting and backstabbing. She has been loyal to the former president, a constant by his side since he left office in 2021. One thing I will say, Jake, she had some stipulations that he clearly agreed to, telling one source that she didn't want the clown car to be able to have access to the White House at any time, meaning those people who they don't want near Donald Trump, she clearly won that argument. She will be the first female chief of staff in the United States history. That's huge news. I am interested in learning and maybe you can make a list of the people who would qualify as the clowns because I'm sure everybody has their different take on who might constitute the numbers of the clown car, but that is interesting news and she certainly ran Donald Trump's most professional campaign, Christian Holmes, with the breaking news. Thanks. Scott Jennings, still with us. Scott, your reaction? Oh, great pick. I think what was said in the statement is absolutely true. She's universally respected in the party. The organization of the campaign and the fact that he's stuck with the leadership team all the way through, I think, is a testament to just what a great job that she did. Having the first female chief of staff in the White House, I think, is a huge marker for both President Trump and the Republican Party. So I think if she can bring the kind of discipline and organization to the White House that she just ran this campaign with, Donald Trump's got a really good chance to get off to a great start and begin achieving objectives right out of the way. So you're going to get a lot of you're going to get a lot of attaboys from across the Republican spectrum for picking Suzy Wiles tonight. All right. And again, you need somebody with that filter. You need somebody with that discernment who knows that people who don't have their best interest in President Trump, his agenda, and our mandate, don't need to be anywhere near the White House or even on Capitol Hill. And I really feel like for people that were otherly considered, you know, some were member of Congress, some were former staffers of other administrations or campaigns. I mean, Suzy worked with Ron DeSantis down in Florida for a while and helped him win the governorship there. But look at the race that she was thrown into when he was getting his absolute ass kicked when the Trump endorsement came. So you want to talk about some of the biggest comebacks in political history. That governor's race in Florida was surely one of them. And with her intentions not looking to exceed the tasks that she's currently in right now, full steam ahead as we're looking to, you know, extend these numbers here. Remember, the House of Representatives sits at 216 with like 14 or 15 races left to be counted. All we need is to and we retain power in the house. We have retained power in the house. The U.S. Senate is at 46 to 53 with races in Nevada and Arizona, both too close to call both within one percentage point or less of each other. So we'll have to see how those shake out. And yeah, the transition team moves on, you know, there's been people thrown out there who are being looked at for the Attorney General, a well-e qualified candidate like Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxson, Missouri Attorney General, Andrew Bailey, you know, Whitaker, Matt, who was the acting U.S. Attorney General during the end of Donald Trump's first term in office. And things of that nature, heard Ratcliffe might be getting a sniff for the Director of National Intelligence. The good part about a lot of these names out here. They're all extremely loyal to President Trump. And they all are notoriously known for not being leakers to the media. So it looks like everything's off on good footing. I mean, we've got over 70 calls coming in or going out to world leaders in a congratulatory sense or even diplomatic when it comes to things like ending the war in Ukraine and the hostilities between Israel and Iran and Hezbollah and Hamas. So we'll see how this all continues to shake out, but at the same time, we're going to leave it at that and jump in with Texas Representative Keith's self. But before we do, we'll have another check in with one of our partners. Hi, this is Beardo over at BeardVet Coffee. What's wrong with America today is that Americans are putting convenience over values. We need to start thinking about our dollar as a vote. We need to start using those dollars to support companies that believe in our values and aren't afraid to take a stand. That's us at BeardVet Coffee. We're not another pretend conservative company that puts a pew pew on the packaging to take the line with our principles. We don't identify as America first. We live America first. 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We flipped the Senate into Republican control with at least 53 seats up there and obviously the big, big we have Donald Trump returning back to the White House in January of next year. Listen, I just got to get your initial reactions. Everybody was all hands on deck leading up to this election and that means not only making sure that your district and your constituents were in its best hands and that's what you represented them, but Republicans from all over the political sphere dispersed all over the countries to flip seats, retain seats, defend seats, et cetera. And I think we over performed in a way that, I mean, when you look at the popular vote total still racking up here, it gives us a mandate that I think we exceeded even our best expectations. We did. That was a resounding victory, a clear rebuke of the Marxist communist Biden-Harris administration. Well, look, people figured out that the threat to democracy was not Donald Trump. It was the Marxist communist Biden-Harris administration and let me tell you, this was a victory that it's astounding and that's breadth and depth when you get into the numbers. It certainly is incredible. And I mean, like I'm still trying to figure out where the 11 or 12 million Democrat voters that came out in 2020 have gone. I know you led me into that one, but that's either here nor there. Let's talk about President Trump, the greatest political comeback in the history of modern, if not all, American politics right here. Listen, Republicans did such a good job in getting out there and spreading the message that Donald Trump was able to do what he needed to do down the stretch, and that was only focus on campaigning and making sure that we got the big three in addition to having the Supreme Court right now and the majority there as well. And we crossed the finish line in sprint-like fashion. When you talk about the race that Donald Trump ran, the law fair, the assassination attempts, the former impeachment and all the investigations, the way they drug his family through the mud, whether they were just interviewing and throwing out the possibility of having committed treason, like what happened with Don Jr. in the first administration, or going through his wife's underwear drawers like they did when they raided Mar-a-Lago. It seems like Donald Trump was able to put all of that behind him. He connected with the American people that I haven't seen somebody do probably ever in modern politics, and it led to the, you know, electoral landslide and popular vote victory on Tuesday. Well, let's just review some of this that you kind of mentioned. He survived two assassination attempts. He's been indicted four times on 91 counts. He's been convicted on 34 felony counts. He went through two sham impeachments. It only made him stronger. And it made the people realize that absolutely they rallied around him. He pulled off what no Republican candidate has done since 2004. He won the popular vote 20 years since a Republican candidate has won the popular vote. He swept the swing states. I mean, this is a stunning rebuke of the law fair, the censorship, putting people in jail that the Biden-Harris administration did. It's a staggering rejection of those policies. No, it certainly isn't. And then when you talk about policies, I mean, we've been focused for the last longest while on this election coming up here and a lot to do with Donald Trump. But we are a political podcast and we are very insider when it comes to what's going up on Capitol Hill. We bring in so many great members of the conference, including yourself. We are statically looking forward to the 119th session of Congress. There are some amazing bills that are, you know, we got to dust off and get back out there. HR1, HR2, the D regulations on liquid natural gas and oil refineries in this country, stuff like that. But at the same time, I want to hear, you know, how optimistic you look heading into this session of Congress and looking to get to work for the American people. I'm very optimistic. It looks like we're going to have the same majority that we have today for seat majority. That's an arrow. But here's the difference. We have Donald Trump at the top. I think that people that complained and whined about voting for conservative bills in the past, I think they'll be falling in the line. They'll be supporting the Trump agenda because those of us that have supported Trump all along are going to be pushing them. I know the speaker and President Trump have a strong relationship and listen, he's already laid out at least 10 elements in dismantling the deep state. So I think his focus is going to be on the corruption and the dismantling of the deep state, the intelligence agencies, so they can no longer weaponize the federal government against the people. But we've also got other things to do. We have to close the border. We've got to stop the bleeding. But Ron, as you look around the international scene, people are already starting to respond to the fact that he's going to be the next president. I mean, you see it in the Middle East, you see it in Europe. You see it in the European Union. So we already see the impact of this force of nature known as Donald J. Trump. Before we get into rooting out the deep state, which I definitely want to touch on, it's some of these big things. And you know what the mandate, the popular vote and to the extent that Donald Trump won by that we're able to retain the House and flip the Senate in the same election, behind closed doors. And once you guys get back to Republican Conference, I'm not looking for to break any news here. But Congressman, is it for people that have that leader mentality like yourself? You're a veteran. You're a congressman. You're very vocal on some of these issues. To let some of your congressional counterparts know like, hey, you guys have been very reluctant to vote on or get on board with Republican legislation in the past, but here's the deal. We have a mandate like we've never been given in the last who knows how many years. And we have the opportunity to do it with someone that actually campaigned on it. America spoke when they brought you guys back and got Donald Trump back to the White House. So it's time to just kind of let some of those inhibitions and maybe egos at the door like we saw leading up to this election right here where everybody kind of got on the same page and continue that mentality into the passing of legislation up to the Senate at the very beginning of the 119th session of Congress. What do you think? Well, I think the first hundred days are going to be wild, absolutely wild and absolutely and I'm not going to speak out of school here, but I've already made my position known on the people who have been complaining and whining in the past. Good. I think that these people are going to fall into line. They should. They better because I don't think President Trump minds naming names and calling names. So I think that we're going to see a completely different Congress when we can convene in January. That's the thing. If you guys have his legislative back, he's going to have your back in the media. He's going to have your guys back when it comes to, you know, going around. I mean, the midterm election is only halfway through, you know, his four years in office. There's a lot of, you know, back scratches, backs here. And I think, you know, again, the mandate for me, the huge popular vote victory outside of the electoral landslide, which we're seeing is going to be well over 300 votes by the time it's all said and done. It's just amazing for you guys to get off on the right foot and I really think that we have some of the leadership aspects there to be able to do so. And then, you know, that video is recirculated online. It's about eight months old, but it's when Donald Trump would do his, like, videoathons when he was off the trail or stuck in court, where he would put a whole bunch of campaign-related videos together. And the one about rooting out the deep state and the way we're going to go through this, I mean, there's a lot of different additions, especially with the people he's brought under the MAGA tent, like Elon Musk, who looks like he's going to run alongside the government because of SpaceX and Texas, but also Tulsi Gabbard, RFK, Jr., and then all of the conservative people are going to come on to be part of his cabinet and think of that nature. I mean, listen, there is a lot of rot to get out of there. We caught up with Representative Burchett today as well, and he said that sewer is deep and it runs deeper than anybody knows anything about. But I think we have the right people for the job, whether you're talking about Congress, whether you're talking about the president. But what do you think? How do we do day one to get that mandate going and rooting out the deep state? Well, he's got to reestablish some. First of all, I want to go back. I want to make crystal clear that Donald Trump needs to make sure he gets the right people in office. Yes. People love a winner, so everyone is pandering. Everyone is trying to get their space on the cabinet, on the administration, and I want him to be very careful. Look, being in the house is my last job. I don't have a dog in that fight, but I want Donald Trump and Tulsi Wiles to do a great job getting people who think like Trump. That's most important. We can't just assume that's going to happen because everybody and his brother is now clamoring for a position in the administration, and I say, just make sure you're vetting them properly. Right. But listen, day one, I think you ought to reestablish the 94 executive orders that Biden overturned through the, I think his first 100 days on the border. We need to reestablish that immediately, and that will make a difference because people will start, they won't come, they'll start self-deporting. He's already threatened 25% tariff on Mexico, so things are going to change immediately, and that's the first day, I think he needs to really establish the border, the security of the United States. Does it make sense to have people, I mean, there's going to be four and 10,000 day one hires that are going to start work when Donald Trump's inaugurated. Does it make sense to have some of these long-standing, unelected bureaucrats being ushered out and having fresh faces go into the tops of these agencies, obviously under the agency heads and their immediate cabinet, but the ones that are going to be there for long-term to be America first and to be people that line up ideologically with Donald Trump, and what's going to be the 119th mentality when it comes to legislation and how things are enacted. I mean, we've seen so many violations of the Constitution just this morning. I saw another one of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris's debt forgiveness thing shot down by a court. I also saw where they were trying to give amnesty and status to people who come into this country illegally and find a U.S. citizen to marry, also shot down as unconstitutional in court, but it all starts with these agencies. I mean, things like the Department of Homeland Security, CIS, et cetera, they've just been complete failures with the whole open borders thing, and we're going to need people in there who bring some fresh ideas to the table as well. Well, I'm not at all concerned about throwing out the corrupt, older bureaucrats. We can do without them, throw them out, show them the door, give them their retirement package. Absolutely. We've got to do that. I'm not all concerned about losing expertise because I want people who understand the Constitution and they will say that's what the Constitution says, that's the way we're going to run business. And when the laws are passed by the U.S. Congress, they say we will execute the intent of the law that Congress passes. We're not going to write rules that are diametrically opposed to the will of Congress. We're going to obey the Constitution and we're going to execute the laws of the land as passed by the U.S. Congress. Sure. We're not going to go rogue. We need to put a stop to that now. Yeah, we certainly do, and I think you don't have to look any further. The Department of Homeland Security, obviously, the Secret Service is a big black guy after this presidential election cycle and moving forward, or you just need a lot of refitting going on and changing of the drapes, if you will, throughout a lot of these agencies. When you could even find out where they're working, most of them don't even work in D.C. They're all over the country and working from a laptop dictating things that are outside of the Constitution, and we need to get back to basics here. So, Congressman, you've painted a great picture, and we are really excited to be catching up with you. We'll be looking forward to catching up with you again when you travel back to D.C. at some point in the near future. But we've got everything live linked in the show description today when it comes to websites and stuff. Where can we find it on social media? Well, social media is whatever the format is, plus, rep, Keith's a self. And you'll find me, and I appreciate people following me, because I'm going to be a voice for a reason, for this mandate that we've got. We've got to produce. That's the thing we've got to do. Now that we have the mandate, let's produce. American people want results. They voted for it on Tuesday. You're fully expecting that that happened in the near future. This is the Congressman who represents Texas III. Obviously, you saw over the course of this cycle, he was out there fighting for all of America first. Representative Keatself, thanks for joining us on the show, sir. Have a great weekend. Okay. Thank you. Take care. This administration message to millions of Americans that they're going to wake up dafter the election of Trump won and have their rights stripped away, that democracy would crumble, and the president said today we're going to be okay. So how do you swear that? I can't square that. I'm going to square that in a way that hopefully makes sense, because I've been answering this question multiple times. The American people made the decision. There was an election two nights ago. There was. And it was a free and fair election, and we respect the election process. We do. And Americans spoke. And so the job of the president is to make sure we respect that. The job of the president is to make sure that we have a peaceful transfer of power. That is what the American people deserve. And that's what we're going to, it's really, it's not complicated. It's truly, truly as simple as that. As simple as that. The president called the president-elect, invited him to the White House. You know why? Because that's customary. That is customary. That is what you do. If you respect what the American people decided, that's what you do. And that's what the president is going to make sure that the Trump transition has what it needs. Asshole. Which is being led obviously by our chief of staff here. Why? Because the president wants to lead by example. It's not complicated. It really isn't. And you know, that's important. It's the message to people who are fearful based on what the messaging was about the statement. Well, you're just twisting everything around and that's really unfair. No, it is unfair. No, no, no. Jackie, it's unfair. Because I've been standing here trying to be very respectful to what happened the last two nights, two nights ago. Being respectful. I've been standing here saying that we respect the decision that the American people made. I've been standing here and saying that the president's going to put the American people first. I've been standing here talking about how the president's going to make sure that they get what they deserve, which is a peaceful transfer of power. I do not appreciate having my words twisted. That is, I have been very clear, very, very, very clear about what the president wants to do and the vice president. We want to make sure that we deliver for the American people. They deserve. They deserve a peaceful transfer of power. And that's what you're going to see. All right, Joe Meghan in the news portion of the podcast here. Last news segment on the back end of two big Friday editions of the stake for breakfast podcast. And that was Fox News's Jackie Heinrich, having her traditional back and forth with soon to be dearly departed, a White House press secretary, Korean Jean Pierre. And yeah, there's her giving a complete and total not answer to something that the American people deserve a little bit transparency. And remember this, according to KJP is the most historic and transparent administration in the history of administrations. Therefore, she wants to know why democracy didn't end on Wednesday morning when we all woke up, why everyone's not in jail. And it seems like Donald Trump is now the president elected. It's not Adolf Hitler or a fascist or a totalitarian dictator with all these stupid ass shit they try to affix to Donald Trump. None of that stuff came to fruition, none of it will. And now they have to walk back looking like complete ass hats because in some way, shape or form, Kamala Harris, completely and totally failed at the task that she was given. So yeah, expect a little bit more of that as the press is getting hostile with this administration on their way out the door and probably a whole lot less of the White House pressers. And then we've been accustomed to heading down the end of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris's term in the White House and as president and vice president of the United States, someone who's looking extremely optimistic about getting back to work already is RNC co-chair Lord Trump, who we've reached out to and hope to have back on the show, her chairman, while the Elizabeth Pitco, Tommy Piggett, everyone that's working and worked on behalf of the RNC throughout the elections, we need to have them back, not only to have a little bit of a congratulatory segment here on the podcast, but talk about the work that still lies ahead. She was on with Boomer sweats, Sean Hannity last night, let's check it out. What about is it possible, you know, proof of citizenship, voter ID, signature verification, custody controls, updated voter rolls, paper ballots, and partisan observers in every precinct in the country watching the voting all day, the vote counting all night, and we have an answer by the end of the night. Can we not implement that nationally? Can that be done? Well, I think if, look, we have a lot of things going our way right now, don't we? We have Donald Trump will be the next president. We have a Senate majority, obviously, and we're very -- looks pretty promising for the House. So I think you're right. Look, those issues you just discussed are what 90% plus of Americans agree on. You should be an American citizen to vote in American elections. That's the law, by the way. You should have some form of voter ID. It's amazing to me, Sean, that you have states like California where they say, please don't take out an ID. We don't want to see it. How outrageous is that? I've said for a long time, and I think you've said the same thing, too. We don't have a perfect system right now. We had to get through this system, and we had to play the hand that we were dealt. You have election season now instead of election day, and a lot of nuance around the country that makes it very confusing and really concerning for a lot of people. Yes, maybe now is the time once Donald Trump is inaugurated, we go forward and maybe we have something that passes so that we can have a blanket federal election process that every state abides by, and we feel really good about it all across the country. Every American deserves to know that in the United States, when you cast a vote, your vote matters and your vote counts. I get it, boomer sweats, but why would you even bring up legislative measures with the co-chair of the RNC? That is an interview, best tailored for someone from the House of Representatives or the Senate. If Laura Trump decides to come back on, we will talk about the great job that they did, the changing of the game they were able to achieve in regards to getting Republicans to vote in ways that they never had before. Early, chase ballots and do all the great stuff that led to this huge victory on Tuesday, but we won't ask her about potentially what kind of legislation should be passed in regards to immigration reform. I mean, come on, boomer sweats, that was terrible. You know, and I have some questions for Laura Trump and Chris Watley and Elizabeth Pitco regarding what's the off-season look like for the RNC. Now that the election is over, what preparations are being made for the midterms already? What does winner ball look like down at the Republican National Committee? We'll try to catch up with Christina Bob next week to maybe she give us a little bit of insight as we're switching gears here and talking a little bit about the focus, not just being on the presidential election victory and the start of the transition period for Donald Trump as they segue away from the campaign and into what will be your government in January. Speaking of which, already starting with the bigger and up on Capitol Hill, we've heard from Congressman Burchit and Congressman Self. They gave two very differently opinion, but rounded up to finish at the same place in regards to leadership battles, both in the House and Senate, and what it means to have a mandate of this size and magnitude. So what we're seeing right now is a three-pronged attack to take over the leadership chair of Senate, well, it's going to be majority leader. It's been minority leader for the last session, recently held by Mitch McConnell. And that's John Thune, John Cornyn and Rick Scott, who are vying for the seat right now. I saw John Thune was on the news yesterday and was asked about what's it going to look like in the leadership race, because I do believe they have their secret ballot closed door vote next week and was asked if Donald Trump had like a horse on this race, his answer really didn't sit well with a lot of people who are still feeling pretty good after this major victory on Tuesday night. Let's check it out. President-elect Trump involved in, does he have a chosen preference in the Senate? Do you know Senator, and will that come into play? I don't, well, I don't know that he does, I'm staying in regular contact with him and with his team, and obviously if he wants to, he could exert a considerable amount of influence on that, but honestly, I think my preference would be, and I think it's probably in his best interest to stay out of that. These Senate secret ballot elections are probably best led to senators, and he's got to work with all of us when it's all said and done, but whatever he decides to do, that's going to be his prerogative, as we know. How many others? We're going to have that election next Wednesday, and we'll have a new leader. Correction, you all have to work with him. Now remember, the only reason that we were able to flip the Senate and retain the House of Representatives was because Donald Trump was at the top of this ballot. Let's make no bones about it. I mean, if we're going to have the exact same number, 220 to 213 in the House, or extended by maybe a seat or two, and we went from, you know, 51 to 49 to 54 to 47 or 53 to 48, and this election cycle right now in the Senate, there's nothing to do with the races that these guys ran. A lot of these candidates across the country, although they do bring a lot to the table and had to run spectacular races in their respective states. They're mid at best. I mean, they don't have the caliber or the charisma as some of the long-standing senators, especially the America First ones up on Capitol Hill do, and they've got a lot of work to do to come together as a conference and get their shit together. So one of our favorite guests, frequent contributor on the show and Wisconsin's very own, Senator Ron Johnson was on the news yesterday. He was talking about the upcoming Senate majority leader debate and vote, and I wanted to play you guys a clip. Let's check it out. So, Jess, if you've got any influence with President Trump, ask President Trump to come up publicly and say he wants to work with the somebody who's accomplished as Rick Scott to follow up to his agenda. We've got to do big things. We have to deliver. We need to outside the box paradigm shift and type of thinking in the United States Senate and working with President Trump, he's going to need something like Rick Scott. So urge the president to come out and endorse Rick Scott publicly. It's probably what risks are going to need to become a majority leader. Yeah, that would be wonderful to see. I will see what I can do on that front. I think you probably have a bit more influence there than I can. You don't have any pull when it comes to that conversation, Jesse Kelly. So shut your bitch ass up. But no, in all seriousness, Rick Scott has aligned himself up with Donald Trump for a long time. He kind of had a Senate, you know, promises to America, which stood on almost all of Donald Trump's agenda 45 and some of agenda 47's, biggest policy point pillars. And I really do think that he wants to do good things, not just for President Trump, but for this country. And when you look at John Thune and you look at John Cornyn, there's one big thing that ties them all together. It's their relationship and loyalty to Mitch McConnell, who's no fan of Donald Trump to say the very least. I mean, Donald Trump was talking shit about Mitch McConnell and Joe Rogan's podcast the other day and even joked about how it was hilarious that for has tumultuous as their relationship had been over the years, he got McConnell to endorse him and support him and then, you know, he could really care less about what he thinks now, you know, like he was able to get the most out of him. And even if it was just, you know, Turtle McConnell saying that we need to support Donald Trump and who's the leader of the party, who's in presidential nominee and now the president elect. Yeah, that was another art of the deal moment right there. So yeah, can't be caught up on all this leadership BS, can pick a leader in a boat-based system next week, even though it's secret ballots behind closed doors, and then start to publicly come out and raise dissent within the August, whatever happens going to happen, it'd be cool if President Trump endorsed Rick Scott and hopefully would have an influence in a fashion that's, you know, a little bit more than the 11 votes that he got last time against Mitch McConnell, but here's the deal, whatever happens happens, and until that person proves out of the three of them, they're going to be unloyal in this process moving forward, we're just going to have to roll with whoever the Senate Majority Leader is going to be. And we can't really do anything about it. It's just the way that they do things up on Capitol Hill. You guys, wherever you're listening to the show today, hope you're enjoying the second of two big Friday editions of steak for breakfast. 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And out of all the candidates that are running for Senate Majority Leader, Rick Scott brings the most America-first-ness to the table, let's hear it. You are going to run to other, I'm going to run, Larry. I'm going to win. And here's why. I've been talking to my Republican colleagues, guess what? They want change. They know that Trump has a mandate. They want to be part of that mandate. They want to be treated as equals. They want to be part of a team. They want to have a working relationship with the House. They know I've got a great working relationship with Trump. We speak here, Mike Johnson. They know I'm a business guy. Business guys get things done. We create a plan. We work our mission. We measure things. We create teams. That's exactly what we want in the Senate. And that's why I'll be the next Majority Leader, and we're going to get Trump's agenda accomplished. So what I like to hear, I'd like to hear the same out of John Thune and John Corden. I don't want to hear President Trump needs to keep his mind and his business and his preference out of our sacred, senatorial, closed-door, secret ballot elections. And I don't want to hear anything about me. I want to hear about us. I want to hear about all of us. I want to hear about the same ego-checked inhibitions dismissed and togetherness that we used to make history on Tuesday night, moving forward into Donald Trump's inauguration first hundred days, and the kickoff of the 119th session of Congress. We'll see what happens. Remember, we're dealing with actual human beings here, and no, no, no, no, I'm staying optimistic on it. I'm not even going to do a little bit. It's been too great of a week to even think about doom and much like the way they've been doing on CNN. And as we're getting pretty close to the rapid here, there was a epic meltdown on CNN. It came as an argument between some of the commentators and, of course, Scott Jennings who was pointing out that he wishes. And much like we just talked about with all the going ons about ready to happen on Capitol Hill. And unlike in 2016, everyone is excited and willing and enthusiastic to get to work for the American people and get to work with President Trump. He didn't have that opportunity in his first session. The disaster of the Paul Ryan-led coup with all of the back going ons by people like Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer read to a disastrous start to Donald Trump's administration, switching out of cabinet members, an inability to work with the House and Senate, this, that and the other thing. And we all know what happened in the midterms back in 2018. We don't want to see that. We don't want to see nothing but success and moving forward, be able to continue with the same Congress, the same majorities, and the same American plan to return our country to greatness that Donald Trump was able to campaign on. Let's check it out. I think it's been on my mind for several months. There was an article in The New York Times in June that said, "Resistance to new Trump administration already forming," and it was this long article about all these groups that were already out there at that time they thought he was going to beat Biden, but already planning to try to tie up the administration in court. You've had Jamie Raskin out there already saying, "We've got to try to tie him up maybe even before he's sworn in. Today, Sheldon Whitehouse and the Senate put out a press release saying, "We're going to focus not on progress, but on containing Donald Trump." My political advice to all these people is, please pick up the election results today and see what happened. The American people want this president and his administration and his party to make progress on the things they promised to do. This is exactly what happened last time. They were plotting to impeach him before he ever took office back in 2016. Let us not have a replay of this. And we just have a couple of years of peace for the Republicans and President Trump to do what they promised to do because the American people clearly are asking for. You know, nobody wants to hear Anna Navarro's push back because she's the fat slob and just as a speaker box for the Democrat party and all the libs who are coping in season all week. But, you know, as we're getting ready to break and jump in with Sean Parnell and wrap the show as our last audio clip of the week, we take a look back to CNN and one of its most teary-eyed commentators, especially for the past few days, Fan Jones, who is finally starting to realize it wasn't CNN and MSDNC and Fox News and Newsmax and all of these Wall Street Journal and New York Times and Washington Post podcast. It was the alternative media. It was the podcasting apparatus. It was the way people are now differently consuming their news at places like State for Breakfast, which helped deliver the message that Donald Trump was putting out there on the campaign trail accurately and in a responsible manner to the American people. And as they continue to deal with that harsh reality, I'm just going to enjoy listening to the clip again. Let's check it out. Here's how we got beat. We got beat because the Republicans and conservatives built a different media system that had to do with online, had to do with podcasts, had to do with streaming platforms and they were spending their money there. We were laughing at them and knocking on doors and throw it down for you and you're trying to say, "There's no Trump people. They're not dropping literature. They're not dropping, knocking on doors." Well, in fact, it was laughing like, "Oh, Elon Musk and Charlie Kirk, let their packs know what they're doing." We were making fun of Donald Trump for having thrown away his ground game. They were doing some weird stuff online. We thought that they were idiots. It turned out we were the idiots. We woke up in a body bag because while we were knocking on doors, they were making these phones into 24-hour-a-day political weapons for themselves. And so we got outflanked, outplayed, out beat by people who told us a whole time that they knew what they were doing. Yes, we did. Yes, we most certainly did. Every time I see an Apple Top 100 and we're ahead of all these ass hats on these major networks that have their independent podcasts and little, you know, a fireside chat with people that aren't really their constituents and we're ahead of them, it's a big win. For not just America First and not just Stake for Breakfast, but for you, the listener. I touched on it in our first episode. I'll touch in it again in closing right now. Thank you very much for all the positive messages and comments and quote posts on all of our social media talking about how we helped contribute to what happened on Tuesday night. I can't thank all the people who have been with this show since day one and all of our new listeners who are coming in every single week, how much we appreciate you, how much we love you and how much we will continue to do, the things that we need to do here on the show to make sure the same way you've been changing the way you consume your news for all these years will continue, we'll be doing it in even a better fashion. And I'll leave it at that as we're getting ready to jump in with the one and only Sean Parnell. But before I do, how about a final check-in with one of our partners? It's an unpleasant truth that 42% of Americans are obese and 79% of Americans are overweight. 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Alright, joining us next on the show today to speak for out of the edition of the State for Records podcast, he's a combat veteran, New York Times bestselling author, former Congressional candidate and one of Pennsylvania's first sons. Of course, we're welcoming back the one and only Mr. Sean Parnell. Thanks for coming on with us today. Hey, thanks brother. It's great to be here. Great to have you and before we get anything started Sean, congratulations to you and the whole team and everyone that you worked alongside so diligently throughout the course of this election cycle to bring Pennsylvania home for Donald Trump and the Republicans in this election. Listen, there was one house seat that the Democrats absolutely wanted to take away from us in this election and that was Scott Perry's. Obviously, they took Bob McCormick for granted and didn't want to give up Casey's Senate seat. And then when you look at Donald Trump flipping Pennsylvania back red, there was a lot of people who thought he was going to have to go through other avenues to win the Electoral College and not only did he sweep the entire East Coast before anybody went to bed on election night, he wound up finishing up winning all of the battleground states and purple states bringing the election home for him and what is turning out to be a pretty big landslide. So why don't you just tell us a little bit about how the glow is still resonating from the big night? Oh, yeah, it is. I've probably had 48 hours of sleep in the last week and a half. Like last week, I spent the majority of my time being on offense, stopping these Democrats from cheating. And yes, that's exactly what they do. We busted these voter registration fraud schemes and Montgomery County and Delaware County and York County and Lancaster County and we stopped that before they were actually registered and then fraudulent votes, having voted, you know, so that was that was just one scheme. But Ron, we built this program, this early vote and then mail in ballot machine. I call it like our shadow campaign. Remember the Time Magazine article, the shadow campaign that fortified the 2020 election? Oh, yes. Well, we, yeah, I call it fortified, caught rigged, whatever you want, um, secret cabal of wealthy and powerful people fortified the election. Well, we built our own shadow campaign starting 18 months ago and I would just give you some context here. I ran for Congress. I watched that election be stolen and yes, it was. I don't care what anyone says. I witnessed the fraud with my own two eyes and, you know, I won't get into that, but we can get into that later. If you want, it seems like many and even liberals now are waking up to 20. The fact of 2020 was not on the up and up. Um, but then I went through, I turned around and said, you know what, I'm not going to let that give me down. I'm going to run for Senate. And part of that with that plan came just a kernel of this idea of building this program that we rolled out now in 2024. Well, Democrats waged lawfare against me and during my Senate race after I got the Trump endorsement. And by the way, they stole President Trump's race in 2020 lawfare against me in 22 law It's the Democrat playbook. It's just what they do. So after the Senate primary between McCormick and Oz, I went to Dave McCormick and this was after the primaries over and after after the general election was over and Federman had won. I went to Dave and said, listen, we, you clearly care about Pennsylvania. I really liked Dave McCormick. And I said, we got to figure this out. And I showed him the plan. And he said, yeah, this, this, I love this. And I said, listen, I think this is outcome determinative. And if we don't do this, we will basically seed Pennsylvania to the Democrats for the rest of our lives 100%. No questions asked. I know each county by the numbers in this state and the Democrats were just crushing us on the early vote and the mail-in vote. In 2020, Ron, they had a 1.1 million mail-in ballot firewall and in the 2022 cycle, Federman had over 500,000 early votes banked before election day even started. Correct. We were losing. So my plan from the very beginning was to build an early vote machine and build a mail-in ballot machine, the likes of which rivaled what the Democrats had done. And this all started 18 months ago. And then I came into contact with a couple of other, you know, great Republicans from great Republican groups. And we had this constellation of people all chipping in and throwing in dollars to make this happen. All told in the end, we raised close to $16 million. But you don't see that reported anywhere because we never talked about it. And that was the, that was what I said to the team. This is, we do not brag. We don't go on social media. Don't tell the Democrats what we're doing. We're not posting numbers anywhere. I want the Democrats to think that we're a mess like we have been for the last several cycles. I want them to be complacent. And my friend, when those numbers, and I'm sure you saw them, when those numbers of mail-in ballot requests started trickling in and then mail-in ballot returns started trickling in, you can see that we had shipped into their firewall by over 700,000 banked votes. And by then, Ron, it was too late for them. The die had been cast. And I knew at that point that the program, well, I knew all along that our program was wildly successful. But I didn't know how the Democrats were going to perform, but I knew at that point, Pennsylvania, if we had a turnout, what I knew based on the numbers, Ron, is that if we had a turnout even close to 2020, we were going to win Pennsylvania. And as you saw on election night, it was the very first Rust Belt state to fall. Sean, I'm looking at the numbers right now. As of today, back in 2020, Donald Trump got 74,223,975 votes. As of today, he's at 74,257,244 votes. Meanwhile, Kamal Harris is hovering around 68ish, 69ish million. Where did a dozen million votes cross? Listen, when you have to preserve democracy, when the women of this country are getting sent back to the Handmaid's Tale, and the candidate at the top of the Republican ticket is literally Hitler, where did 12 million votes go? I had been screaming this from the rooftops, and here's the interesting thing. I haven't really talked about this yet, but you'll understand what I mean. First of all, those votes never existed in the first place. Correct. They just didn't. And what's interesting about that is the Democrats are their own worst enemies in so many ways. It's not cheated in 2020 and let Donald Trump win, the Republicans, they didn't control the House, they didn't control the Senate at the time. And Donald Trump's last four years of his presidency would, I mean, he would still get things done because that's what the guy does, but it would be a lot more difficult. Sure. But because they cheated, they put themselves in a scenario where now Donald Trump is one in historic fashion, we control the Senate, we likely, I think we all, but certainly control the House. The Supreme Court and we got state houses all across the country and a popular vote landslide. And here's the other thing. The reason why liberals are starting to wake up to the fact that 2020 was a hundred percent rigged and stolen is because all of these Democrat operatives, Ron, they spend hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars on the data from the previous cycle. That's how they base their get out the vote campaign. That's how they base their marketing. That's how they base their outreach, who they send mailers to, who their campaign messaging. And they based it all on corrupted data and turnout models that were completely fabricated. And so in 2024, you heard the Democrats in Philly, a seriously Brady, who is the leader of the Democrat party in Philadelphia saying, we're going to have probably 50% turnout over 2020, and I heard that and I laughed because I knew that they were using data that was corrupted in fraudulent to begin with. And not only did they not get turnout in 2020, their turnout in Philadelphia plummeted, and what's interesting about that is the media, the adults that they are, were like, well, Kamala just didn't get the turnout in Philly. No, you're missing the forest of the trees. Those voters never existed in the first place, and they were never going to turn out for her. They were never on the show. Joe Biden might have gotten 81 million ballots, but he didn't get 81 million votes, and that's just the nature of the business. And congratulations to everyone, including yourself, Sean, that got this big, huge victory. I mean, we're going back up to DC. We've got a mandate with the popular vote. We have an electoral landslide right now. The House of Representatives 216 to 204 looks like we're going to finish out 222, 223-ish with 15 races still to be called, but it's impossible for the Republicans not to retain the House, obviously flipping the Senate back with a newly minted Pennsylvania Senator in the 119th section of Congress coming up. You know what I want to ask you about next, Sean, because you ran into these races, both for Congress and in the Senate run here. You're starting to see the back room leadership. Power grabs start to happen. There's factions forming. We've had many members of Congress on here over the last couple of weeks that said, listen, everybody's working together now, but if we are able to win everything, you're going to see the power grabs growing on, and it might slow down the agenda on day one. Now what the American public is sending Donald Trump with to Washington, DC is obviously a mandate, but how much of this leadership, you know, vowing over back and forth on who's going to be the speaker, who's going to be the Senate majority leader, moving forward? Could it slow down Donald Trump's day one agenda, or do you think he'll be able to iron things out over the course of the next 73 days? Well, leadership matters a lot, and I don't like what I'm hearing from Senator Thune when he's on the media saying that he hopes Donald Trump just kind of stays out of it, essentially. Oh, it doesn't benefit him at all. I'm paraphrasing, but either here's the reason why I don't like that. Republicans would not have a majority in the Senate were it not for Donald Trump. And it's isn't just me talking. All these idiots, these idiot Republican political consultants are, oh, Donald Trump in the suburbs, blah, blah, blah, blah. Well, guess what? Donald Trump overperformed Senate candidates, both incumbents and challengers in the suburbs all across the country, especially in the critical swing state of Pennsylvania. So all of these Senate candidates and these Senate majority leader wannabies, or if they want to be the majority, they should all be taking Donald Trump out for dinner. And the idea that he shouldn't be involved in the process when he's the reason they have a majority in the first place, look, I don't like that. I don't like that at all. And so absolutely leadership matters. Absolutely Donald Trump should have some input, at least at a seat at the table, because the truth is whether it's in the House or the Senate, the American people did not give speaker Mike Johnson. I'm sure he's a really great nice man, and I don't mean any, any ill intent towards him. But they did not give, they didn't vote for speaker Johnson's agenda. They didn't vote for Senate majority leader Thune's agenda. They voted for the Trump agenda. And whatever their priorities are, need to reflect that. Yeah. No, I completely agree. I think Donald Trump's mandated because of enough to at least have input on the situation. I mean, I heard through yesterday on the news, we played the clip in our last news segment of that. We've also read posts from, you know, Senator Cornyn that said, just over the last two years that he thinks politics is not the correct game for Donald Trump. And he should, you know, after the last election, pick up his ball and go home. So you know, it's going to be really interesting to see, I know loyalty means everything to President Trump, but there is going to be some kind of a process here. There's a lot of people who don't love Mike Johnson as the speaker, but if he's going to be the guy that gabbels in the session, drafts the legislation that Donald Trump wants drafted and get it sent up to the upper chamber, will so be it. You know, like you said, everybody wants to be a committee chair. Everybody wants to be, you know, in house leadership and, you know, the person that represents the party up in the Senate as well. So we'll see how this shakes out over the course of the next couple of weeks. I'd like it done pretty much as fast as possible heading into. I mean, I know they have their secret vote next week for the Senate, and then obviously we're going to be deliberating down the house for a couple of weeks before Mike Johnson figures it out. But, you know, other than that, Sean, you got to just tell us in a wrap up here, like the feeling of going through the last couple of weeks of this election cycle and then seeing it all culminate on election night and being able to be called on election night is something that traditionally we haven't, you know, really come to expect over the course of the last couple of cycles. But here we are. We have President Trump with his historic landslide victory. We've got all four now with the presidency, house, Senate, and Supreme Court, as you mentioned. And what do you think this means for as we're returning to American greatness and entering what Donald Trump campaigned on as a Golden Age for this country? Well, I'll tell you what, to your point about leadership, we cannot rest on our laurels. Ron, we have to go in with our act together. We have to go in with a plan and we have to act on this mandate. The American people have bestowed upon us a mandate, the likes of which we may never see before. See, see again. And if we don't act on this, we could sure as hell guarantee that we ain't ever going to see this again. Sure. So Republicans have to honor the people that put them there in the house in the Senate. And I know that Trump's going to do it because he keeps his promises. But this is, it's very important for us to start getting things done on the first day. And, and so we've got to go in there. I mean, look, this is an historic victory is the point. We should celebrate it. It should be celebrated with revels, no doubt about it. But we have to keep our foot on the gas pedal. We can't let up even for a second because yes, the Democrats are in chaos and they don't know what the hell's happening to their party. They don't know why their base is leaving them. They don't know why there's a lower percentage of Democrats voting in this cycle than it ever before. Fine. Great. But we need to be default aggressive while they're in the midst of that chaos so that we can unravel this communist Democrat agenda, not just for the next four years, but for the next 400. Right. You know, when we're in power, we should make it more difficult for the Democrats to get elected. That's what they do to us. We should do the same damn thing to them, but we have to have a plan. We got to keep the pedal to the metal. And I know Donald Trump will do just that. Oh, absolutely. I mean, you look at it this way, you know, they have only got 18 months to get their crap together. There's a lot of defiance of the media right now saying people don't understand how much of women's rights are at stake here. You know, how we're returning, you know, to all the darkness that was Donald Trump's first term in office, even though America achieved so many great things, they're out the course of his first presidency and a lot of finger pointing. So you know, we'll have to see how the messaging changes. I mean, they're going to literally have to roll out. I mean, in regards to the presidency, some kind of cookie cutter, husband and wife, very American, that actually has a family in the next election cycle, where they're going to be running into the same problems. I think Kamala Harris was like a physical embodiment of every single thing that they promoted themselves to be. And the electorate really couldn't put their finger on what they wanted to vote on. You know, if she's just representing wokeness and DEI and cultural appropriations, well, what about no safety and security in the streets? What about my empty bank account? What about these wars happening all over the world? What about the southern border? Like, sure, she addresses a lot of things for the party, but she doesn't address anything for the country. And I think that's where they, you know, made their biggest mistake with. They thought they could just go so hard with the diversity stuff that America was going to fall for it again. And in historic fashion, they certainly did not. So Sean, as always, great catching up with you today. You're always welcome here on the show. We absolutely love everything about you. We got your show, live link in the show description today, the rumble channel, also your website. If we want to find out on social media, where can we check you out as well? I'm at Sean Parnell USA on X, I'm on Facebook and Instagram as well, and I think I'm also one getter and truth at Sean Parnell USA. Well, we'll find it and if you're there, we'll tag you in our show posts today. Okay. My friend, thank you very much for all the hard work that you've done and we'll be catching up with you again soon. This is the Combat Veteran, New York Times bestselling author and the host of Battle Ground Live. Mr. Sean Parnell, thanks for joining us on the show today, sir. Have a great weekend. Thanks, brother. Take care. So much news, so much transition, and without even one Trump rally to cover, I think we absolutely nailed it. If you enjoyed this episode of the podcast, I want to hear the now nearly 409 other editions of the show. You best be subscribed to us across every downloadable podcasting platform. Find us on Apple, Spotify, iHeart, Samsung, Amazon podcast, or wherever you listen to your shows. Make sure you're subscribed. 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Guys, don't worry, we're heading into the weekend, but the news cycle will keep on a churning and we'll be back on Tuesday with two all new additions to the show and an absolutely packed America First lineup already scheduled. Roger Stone, Jesse Bernal, Congressman Andy Biggs, Kingsley Wilson of the Center for Renewing America, maybe Tom Holman, maybe Corey Mills. So on behalf of the PAW team, I'm Ron. Thanks for listening. Have a great weekend. Good job, America. Take care. [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] Make America safe, strong, prosperous, powerful, and free again, and I'm asking every citizen all across our land to join me in this noble and righteous endeavor. That's what it is. It's time to put the divisions of the past four years behind us. It's time to unite. And we're going to try. We're going to try. We have to try. And it's going to happen. Success will bring us together. I've seen that. I've seen that. I saw that in the first term when we became more and more successful. People started coming together. Success is going to bring us together and we are going to start by open. Putting America first, we have to put our country first for at least a period of time. We have to fix it. Because together we can truly make America great again for all Americans. So I want to just tell you what a great honor this is. I want to thank you. I will not let you down. America's future will be bigger, better, bolder, richer, safer, and stronger than it has ever been before. God bless you and God bless America. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. (applause) [BLANK_AUDIO]
On today’s (Friday 2 of 2) Episode of the Steak for Breakfast Podcast, we are covering:
The Trump Team switches gears from campaign to transition mode and we’ve got the latest on the hires, the hopefuls and who might be out of the Trump 47 Administration
As Republicans are set to return to The Hill next week, we preview the incoming storm surrounding the Wednesday vote for who will claim the Senate Majority Leader championship belt
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