Untitled Document

[00:00:00] The Trump administration shifts tactics [00:00:02] in Minneapolis, making nice with [00:00:03] Governor Tim Walls, Minneapolis Mayor [00:00:05] Jacob Fry, and moving Gregory Babino of [00:00:07] Border Patrol out of his position and [00:00:09] Tom Hman in. Plus, Kanye West takes out [00:00:11] a full page ad apologizing for his [00:00:13] anti-semitism and Nazi support and [00:00:15] blaming his bipolar disorder. We'll get [00:00:17] into that first. If you're not a Daily [00:00:18] Wire Plus member yet, now is the time to [00:00:21] join. As a member, you get access to [00:00:22] episodes one and two of the Pen Dragon [00:00:24] cycle, Rise of the Merlin. The Daily [00:00:26] Wire's premium seven-part cinematic [00:00:27] series, three years in the making, [00:00:29] filmed across two continents, built for [00:00:31] people who care about real values and [00:00:32] real storytelling. You also get episode [00:00:34] one of Matt Walsh's brand new series, [00:00:36] Real History with Matt Walsh. And beyond [00:00:38] entertainment, you get the news, the [00:00:39] actual facts, the real story, plus [00:00:41] opinions from the most trusted voices in [00:00:43] conservative media. All of it adree and [00:00:45] uncensored. Join right now at [00:00:46] dailywireplus.com. Save 35% with code [00:00:49] DW35. It appears that the Democrats [00:00:52] chaos attempt in Minneapolis has now [00:00:55] borne fruit and that is the result of [00:00:57] legacy media coverage. Of course, it's [00:00:59] also the result of a couple of tragic [00:01:01] incidents and it is indeed the result of [00:01:04] mishandling of those tragic incidents by [00:01:06] people inside the Trump administration. [00:01:07] That combination meant that the chaos [00:01:09] attempt by Democrats in Minneapolis has [00:01:12] actually worked to some extent. It is [00:01:14] now driven action by the Trump [00:01:15] administration. in the Trump [00:01:16] administration yesterday announced that [00:01:18] Gregory Bevino has essentially lost his [00:01:21] job. Gregory Bevino is the border patrol [00:01:22] chief who is the commander at large and [00:01:24] will return apparently to El Centro. [00:01:26] Christine Gnome who's the head of [00:01:27] Department of Homeland Security is also [00:01:29] on thin ice at this point given her [00:01:31] mishandling of a couple of tragic cases [00:01:34] in which American citizens were shot [00:01:35] under disputed circumstances. One, Renee [00:01:38] Good was attempting to obstruct federal [00:01:40] operations and then she hit an agent [00:01:42] with her car and was shot to death. And [00:01:44] Alex Prey, who was again obstructing [00:01:47] federal operations, resisted arrest and [00:01:50] was disarmed, but apparently the officer [00:01:53] still thought he was armed and shot him [00:01:55] to death. The mishandling of those [00:01:56] situations by both Gregory Bevino and [00:01:59] Christy Gnome has put the administration [00:02:00] in particularly poor position. But let's [00:02:03] not forget that this begins with [00:02:06] Democrats attempting to obstruct federal [00:02:07] law. And because Democrats have been [00:02:09] obstructing federal law, because they've [00:02:11] been attempting to dissuade the [00:02:13] administration from enforcing the law, [00:02:16] this has meant that the administration [00:02:18] has been forced to actually change its [00:02:19] tactics with regard to deportations in [00:02:22] large measure. The Wall Street Journal [00:02:24] has a really interesting and important [00:02:25] piece today talking about the Trump mass [00:02:29] deportation policy. So, let's be real. [00:02:32] The Trump mass deportation policy, which [00:02:34] has been part of Trump's stump speech [00:02:36] since 2015, [00:02:38] has suggested that all illegal [00:02:39] immigrants have to go. The reality is [00:02:41] that Americans are much more focused [00:02:43] when it comes to actual deportation from [00:02:45] the United States of America. They're [00:02:46] much more focused and much more on board [00:02:48] with deportation of illegal immigrants [00:02:50] who have committed independent crimes. [00:02:53] They may be fine with the idea of mass [00:02:55] deportation, deportation of people who [00:02:57] are illegal immigrants but have [00:02:58] committed no other crime aside from the [00:03:00] illegal immigration. But the place they [00:03:02] really want to focus and the easy call [00:03:04] for them and the politically easy call [00:03:06] is the people who are committing and [00:03:08] arson and sec and and assault and [00:03:10] murder. Right? Those are the people that [00:03:12] the American people are positive they [00:03:14] want to see gone. And early on the [00:03:16] administration did an amazing job of [00:03:18] targeting specifically those people. And [00:03:19] in red states they are still targeting [00:03:22] those people. The problem is that blue [00:03:24] states have done a good job of not [00:03:26] working with ICE and obstructing federal [00:03:28] law enforcement. And that has meant that [00:03:30] ICE has become more unargeted in its [00:03:33] pursuit of criminal illegal aliens. So, [00:03:35] as the Wall Street Journal points out, [00:03:37] at the beginning of 2025, 80 87% of ICE [00:03:40] arrests were immigrants with either a [00:03:42] prior conviction or a criminal charge [00:03:44] pending, according to ICE data obtained [00:03:46] by the deportation data project. Only [00:03:48] 13% of those arrested at the beginning [00:03:50] of 2025 didn't have either a conviction [00:03:52] or a pending charge. But the criminal [00:03:54] share of apprehensions has declined as [00:03:56] the months have gone on. By October [00:03:58] 2025, the percentage of arrested [00:04:00] immigrants with a prior conviction or [00:04:02] criminal charge had fallen all the way [00:04:03] down to 55%. That is a reflection of [00:04:06] blue states not working with ICE. [00:04:08] Because one way you guarantee that [00:04:10] people who have been arrested for [00:04:11] criminal charges end up out of the [00:04:13] country is when you don't have sanctuary [00:04:15] states and sanctuary cities refusing to [00:04:17] work with ICE and Border Patrol. Because [00:04:20] if you work with ICE, then you pick [00:04:23] somebody up for rape. You check their [00:04:24] immigration status. If they are here [00:04:26] illegally, you call up ICE and that [00:04:28] person ends up being deported. If you [00:04:29] don't work with ICE, maybe that person [00:04:30] ends up in jail. Maybe that person ends [00:04:32] up in the system and then is acquitted [00:04:34] or is released for lack of evidence and [00:04:35] ends up running around the countryside. [00:04:38] And that's what's been happening in blue [00:04:39] states since October. 73% taken into ICE [00:04:43] custody had no criminal conviction. Only [00:04:45] 5% had a violent criminal conviction [00:04:47] according to a KO Institute review of [00:04:49] ICE data. [00:04:51] Now again, what this means is that ICE [00:04:54] when it goes to actually try and do [00:04:56] deportations, it ends up picking up [00:04:58] people who may or may not have committed [00:05:00] a crime, but fewer of them will have [00:05:01] committed a separate crime than if they [00:05:03] were just going into the jails. And this [00:05:05] is the point that's been made by the [00:05:06] White House of Borders are Tom Hman. He [00:05:08] said, "If they let us in their damn [00:05:09] jail, we could arrest the bad guy in the [00:05:11] safety and security of the jail." And [00:05:13] what that also means is that when ICE [00:05:15] does pursue a criminal illegal [00:05:17] immigrant, they now have to go and knock [00:05:19] down a door. They now have to go into a [00:05:21] neighborhood in order to do all of that. [00:05:25] And this makes ICE confrontations more [00:05:28] likely. It makes protests more [00:05:30] plentiful. It means uglier pictures on [00:05:32] your TV. And this is being facilitated [00:05:34] and driven again by Democrat sanctuary [00:05:36] city policies. [00:05:38] But what that means is that also those [00:05:41] ugly pictures on on your TV change how [00:05:43] people think of the issue in general. [00:05:46] People like when the law is enforced. [00:05:47] They like law and order. They just don't [00:05:49] like to see law and order in progress. [00:05:51] They don't like to see it happen. By the [00:05:52] way, this is not just true for illegal [00:05:54] immigration. This is true for normal [00:05:56] police operations. Policing is a very [00:05:58] messy and difficult job. This is why you [00:06:01] will see many circumstances in which [00:06:03] somebody takes a video of a police [00:06:04] officer having to do his job and the [00:06:07] entire online crowd will jump on the [00:06:09] police officer for having to do the [00:06:11] kinds of stuff police officers have to [00:06:13] do. Because pretty much every person who [00:06:16] is dealing with a cop is experiencing [00:06:17] the worst day of their life when they [00:06:19] deal with the cop. And the cop all day [00:06:22] long has to deal with people who are [00:06:23] experiencing that. And so he is likely [00:06:26] to encounter people in their most [00:06:27] violent state. [00:06:29] And that means that the pictures on your [00:06:31] TV when the stuff gets broadcast on your [00:06:32] TV is ugly. And just like everything [00:06:34] else ugly in life, people don't like to [00:06:36] see the ugliness. They just like to see [00:06:38] the result. If the result is good, [00:06:42] war, domestic law enforcement, all of [00:06:45] these things, when people see ugly [00:06:46] pictures on their TV, they get very, [00:06:47] very upset, even though they want the [00:06:50] results from the ugly pictures. [00:06:53] And well, when those ugly pictures [00:06:55] involve American citizens being killed [00:06:56] under disputed circumstances, at the [00:06:59] very best, very checkered circumstances [00:07:01] for the deaths of Renee Good and Alex [00:07:04] Prey. When that happens, that allows [00:07:07] legacy media actors to treat all of law [00:07:10] enforcement as an exercise in brutal [00:07:13] tyranny. If you want to see how legacy [00:07:15] media are twisting this chaos operation [00:07:17] into a story about the evils of ICE, all [00:07:19] you have to do is look at Jimmy Kimmel. [00:07:21] We'll get to that in a moment. First, [00:07:22] it's sometimes difficult to get sleep. [00:07:24] You know, there are a lot of stresses in [00:07:25] life, but you need sleep if you're going [00:07:27] to be there for your family, for your [00:07:28] job, for all the things that are [00:07:29] actually important. Well, that means you [00:07:31] need the right mattress. And finding the [00:07:32] right mattress doesn't have to be [00:07:33] complicated. Our sponsor, Helix, [00:07:35] actually makes it incredibly [00:07:36] straightforward with their sleep quiz, [00:07:37] which matches you to the perfect [00:07:39] mattress based on your specific [00:07:40] preferences and sleep needs. They're not [00:07:42] just another mattress company either. [00:07:43] Helix is the most awarded mattress brand [00:07:45] out there with glowing reviews from [00:07:47] major publications like Forbes and [00:07:48] Wired. Folks, it's not just marketing [00:07:50] hype. A study they conducted found that [00:07:51] 82% of participants actually saw an [00:07:54] increase in their deep sleep cycle while [00:07:56] sleeping on a Helix mattress, which is [00:07:57] pretty impressive when you think about [00:07:58] how crucial quality sleep is for [00:08:00] everything else in life. And I've got [00:08:02] that Helix Sleep mattress. I've had it [00:08:03] for years. They personalized it for me. [00:08:06] I I have one for my parents. Actually, [00:08:07] they personalized it for my It's very [00:08:09] easy. You go and you take the quiz and [00:08:10] then you get a mattress delivered [00:08:11] straight to your door. Free shipping, [00:08:14] 120 night sleep trial, so you can [00:08:15] actually test it out in your own home. [00:08:16] And they back everything up with that [00:08:18] limited lifetime warranty. Start [00:08:19] sleeping right tonight by ordering a [00:08:20] Helix mattress today. Head on over to [00:08:22] helixleep.com/ben for 20% off sitewide. [00:08:25] That's helixleep.com/ben [00:08:27] for 20% off sitewide. Make sure you [00:08:29] enter our showame after checkout so they [00:08:30] know we sent you. helixleep.com/ben. [00:08:33] Also, there's a lot going on in life and [00:08:36] and from time to time, you know, you may [00:08:38] contemplate your own mortality. I know [00:08:39] dark thoughts here on a Tuesday, but the [00:08:42] reality is that at some point all of us [00:08:44] will plot. We got to make sure that our [00:08:45] family is taken care of. And the best [00:08:47] way to do that is life insurance. It's [00:08:49] really important. I spent a lot of time [00:08:50] actually pondering this and then taking [00:08:51] care of it. You should do the same. But [00:08:53] you don't need to spend that much time [00:08:54] and you can make it easy and efficient [00:08:56] with Policy Genius. It's an online [00:08:58] marketplace where you can compare quotes [00:08:59] from top insurers side by side. [00:09:01] Completely free. No jumping around [00:09:02] between websites. No endless phone [00:09:03] calls. What really stands out is their [00:09:05] team actually works for you. They're [00:09:07] licensed agents who help you figure out [00:09:09] what you actually need, not what some [00:09:10] company wants to sell you. They walk you [00:09:12] through coverage amounts, prices, all of [00:09:13] it. No guesswork, just straight answers. [00:09:15] They handle the paperwork, answer your [00:09:16] questions, and honestly just take that [00:09:18] weight off your shoulders. You have [00:09:19] clarity on what you need and can move [00:09:21] forward fast. With the new year coming [00:09:23] up, it's the perfect time to lock this [00:09:24] in and start 2025 with real peace of [00:09:26] mind. Check out Policy Genius. They've [00:09:28] got thousands of fivestar reviews from [00:09:29] people who finally found the right [00:09:30] policy for their needs. You'll thank [00:09:32] yourself later. Plan the year knowing [00:09:34] you've protected what you've built. With [00:09:35] Policy Genius, real users have gotten [00:09:37] 20-year $2 million policies for just 53 [00:09:39] bucks a month. Head on over to [00:09:40] policygenius.com/shapiro [00:09:42] to compare life insurance quotes from [00:09:43] top companies. See how much you could [00:09:45] save. That's policygenius.com/shapiro. [00:09:48] So, just to take an example of this sort [00:09:50] of propagandizing, Jimmy Kimmel did this [00:09:52] last night. Here was Jimmy Kimmel going [00:09:54] off on pretty much all ICE agents, all [00:09:57] border patrol, and suggesting that they [00:09:59] are masked thugs, terrorists roaming our [00:10:01] streets. Here he was last night on ABC [00:10:03] News. I I spent the weekend, like [00:10:06] probably a lot of you did, looking at my [00:10:08] phone and just feeling shocked and sick [00:10:10] about what is happening in Minneapolis. [00:10:12] sees uh one video after another, [00:10:14] screaming, people being torn from their [00:10:16] families, Americans, people who are born [00:10:19] in the United States being pulled out of [00:10:20] their cars for the crime of having an [00:10:22] accent or whatever, children, uh small [00:10:25] children, babies being teargassed, taken [00:10:28] into custody, separated from their [00:10:30] parents, just one atrocity after another [00:10:33] being committed by this gang of poorly [00:10:35] trained, shamefully led maskwearing [00:10:38] goons. And that is what they are. Are [00:10:39] there goons committing vile um heartless [00:10:42] and even criminal acts? And it it's [00:10:44] sickening to watch and it's frustrating [00:10:46] to watch. It's like we're all being [00:10:48] forced to play a game that has no rules. [00:10:50] They just make up the rules as they go [00:10:52] along. [00:10:54] When you hear Kimmel label our law [00:10:56] enforcement, they are ours, right? I [00:10:58] mean, we we pay their salaries as jack [00:11:01] booted thugs, mass thugs who are out [00:11:03] there pursuing atrocities against [00:11:05] Americans. That is the story that the [00:11:07] left would like to tell. And they've [00:11:09] facilitated that story by obstructing [00:11:11] federal law enforcement. This is the [00:11:13] game. This is the game. And then Kimmel [00:11:16] goes on to lie about the circumstances [00:11:18] under which, for example, Renee Good was [00:11:20] shot. They won't even admit that it was [00:11:23] a mistake. They I mean, they say that [00:11:25] the Honda SUV Renee Good was driving was [00:11:28] weaponized. They say the gun Alex Prey [00:11:30] had a license to carry in an open carry [00:11:32] state. All right. Many of these same [00:11:34] people screamed very loudly about when [00:11:36] it was Kyle Writtenhouse carrying the [00:11:38] gun. A gun that Alex Prey did not even [00:11:40] draw, did not touch. A gun that was [00:11:42] taken from him by one of the agents [00:11:44] before he was shot dead by the other [00:11:46] ones. Uh they fired 10 times on an ICU [00:11:48] nurse. They're telling us, well, it was [00:11:50] justified. You know, is that the law and [00:11:53] order that you voted for? If you voted [00:11:56] for this, notice what he's doing there. [00:11:58] So, he takes some facts and then he [00:12:00] wraps a giant fiction around it. Okay? [00:12:02] So it is true that Renee Good, they [00:12:05] claimed that she was a domestic [00:12:06] terrorist. DHS, it is true they did the [00:12:09] same thing with Alex Freddy. This is why [00:12:12] I said at the very top that failures [00:12:14] inside the Trump administration have [00:12:15] made Democrats job easier for them in [00:12:18] order to shut down law and order. But [00:12:20] notice how he wraps that into a [00:12:22] generalized critique of all law and [00:12:24] order in the United States and the [00:12:25] suggestion that the only possible [00:12:27] solution is to simply allow our [00:12:29] immigration law to go uninforced. [00:12:31] My wife and I have family in Minneapolis [00:12:33] are afraid to take their kids to school. [00:12:35] They're afraid to go to work. And I can [00:12:37] only imagine how people who aren't white [00:12:39] feel about this. How does this end? [00:12:41] What's the plan here? Is the plan to [00:12:43] just keep doing this in every city that [00:12:46] didn't vote for Donald Trump? Does [00:12:48] anyone on any side believe this is good [00:12:51] leadership? [00:12:52] >> What he is doing there is also a lie. [00:12:54] Right? This is only happening in blue [00:12:56] cities because blue cities are the [00:12:57] places that are not working with ICE. [00:12:59] Red cities are working with ICE. So it's [00:13:01] not a problem. Blue cities are not [00:13:03] working with ICE. So it is a problem. [00:13:05] Okay. Now this is all incredibly [00:13:07] frustrating to watch. If you are [00:13:08] attempting to be objective-minded about [00:13:10] the very difficult realities of [00:13:12] enforcing the law and you recognize that [00:13:14] there has been a mechanism set up by [00:13:16] blue states in order to obstruct the [00:13:18] enforcement of that federal law and that [00:13:20] the people attempting to enforce that [00:13:21] law are then blamed when things go [00:13:23] wrong. It's deeply deeply frustrating. [00:13:26] The problem is that frustration does not [00:13:29] change the facts with regard to public [00:13:30] opinion. When it comes to public [00:13:32] opinion, because of the ugly pictures on [00:13:34] the TV, as I warned last week, when you [00:13:37] look at those ugly pictures on your TV, [00:13:39] opinions on whether people want to see [00:13:41] the operations continue drop. So CNN's [00:13:44] Harry Anton looked at this. He says, [00:13:45] "This is turning into a political [00:13:47] disaster area for President Trump." ICE, [00:13:50] DHS, Christine Nome have been a [00:13:52] political disaster because just take a [00:13:54] look here. I mean, ICE's net approval [00:13:56] rating during Trump's terms. You go back [00:13:58] to term number one. Look, it was it's [00:14:00] pretty even at zero points. You go to [00:14:02] June 2025, right? That was when all that [00:14:04] uh stuff was going on in Los Angeles. [00:14:06] They dropped down. Look at this. Minus7 [00:14:09] points way in the basement. But then [00:14:11] after Minneapolis, it's even lower. [00:14:14] Minus 27 points on the net approval [00:14:17] rating of ICE. Of course, this all being [00:14:20] done under Christy Gnome. So, no. What's [00:14:22] going on in Minneapolis is not popular [00:14:24] at all. What's been going on during this [00:14:26] second term under ICE under the Trump [00:14:28] administration under casino has very [00:14:30] much not been popular and it's only been [00:14:32] getting more and more unpopular. [00:14:34] >> Okay, so this is why yesterday the Trump [00:14:37] administration attempted to change [00:14:39] course. The way they attempted to change [00:14:41] course is by honestly assessing what has [00:14:43] been going on, recognizing that there [00:14:45] are people attempting to obstruct the [00:14:46] law and also attempting to change some [00:14:49] of the staffing decisions that they have [00:14:51] made with regard to heads up very [00:14:53] contentious efforts and these are the [00:14:55] right moves by the Trump administration. [00:14:56] I encouraged them to do this actually [00:14:58] yesterday on the show. So yesterday, [00:15:01] Caroline Levit was asked about Alex Prey [00:15:05] because obviously Secretary of Homeland [00:15:08] Security Christine Gnome had suggested [00:15:09] he was a domestic terrorist who was [00:15:10] attempting to inflict mass casualties. [00:15:13] The the same line was trotted out by [00:15:14] Gregory Bavino who is the official in [00:15:16] charge of of of border patrol agents in [00:15:19] Minneapolis. President Trump was asked [00:15:20] about that earlier in the day yesterday [00:15:22] and he refused to give a green light to [00:15:26] that description and so Caroline Levit [00:15:28] over at the White House did the same. [00:15:30] Um on on Steven Miller's comments, um [00:15:33] will Steven Miller be apologizing to the [00:15:34] family of Alexi for calling him uh [00:15:37] quotes an assassin who tried to murder [00:15:39] federal agents despite the fact that as [00:15:41] you say this is still under [00:15:42] investigation? [00:15:43] >> Look again this incident remains under [00:15:45] investigation and nobody here at the [00:15:47] White House including the president of [00:15:48] the United States wants to see Americans [00:15:51] hurt or killed and losing their lives in [00:15:53] American seat uh streets. Uh and we we [00:15:56] mourn for the parents. As a mother [00:15:58] myself, of course, I cannot imagine uh [00:16:00] the loss of life, especially losing [00:16:02] one's child. Um and that same uh empathy [00:16:06] from the president goes for the parents [00:16:09] of angel families uh and parents of [00:16:12] victims of illegal alien crime across [00:16:14] our country as well. And that's exactly [00:16:16] why the president continues to be [00:16:17] wholeheartedly committed uh to deporting [00:16:20] the worst of the worst criminals from [00:16:21] our country. [00:16:22] >> Okay. But the thing she doesn't do there [00:16:23] is defend Steven Miller's language and [00:16:25] calling Alex Prey a potential assassin [00:16:27] or the language of Gregory Bavino or the [00:16:29] language of Christy Gnome. And then she [00:16:32] says what is obviously true. Obeying law [00:16:34] enforcement used to be a sort of [00:16:35] normally accepted part of American life. [00:16:37] This is true. Of course, [00:16:39] >> they have also used their platforms to [00:16:40] encourage left-wing agitators to stalk, [00:16:43] record, confront, and obstruct federal [00:16:46] officers who are just trying to lawfully [00:16:48] perform their duties, which has created [00:16:51] dangerous situations threatening both [00:16:53] these officers and the general public [00:16:56] and motans alike. This is precisely what [00:17:00] unfolded in Minneapolis on Saturday [00:17:02] morning. obstructing federal law [00:17:04] enforcement and inciting violence [00:17:05] against officers is wrong and illegal. [00:17:08] This used to be a universally accepted [00:17:11] position in the United States. [00:17:14] >> So, of course, that is true. And then [00:17:16] she added that President Trump is [00:17:18] fulfilling the will of the people when [00:17:20] it comes to deporting criminal illegal [00:17:21] immigrants. Again, notice the focus. [00:17:23] Criminal illegal immigrants. Illegal [00:17:24] immigrants who have committed another [00:17:26] crime. As the dulyeleed president, the [00:17:29] president is fulfilling the will of the [00:17:31] people by arresting and removing these [00:17:33] threats from our country in cities from [00:17:36] Los Angeles to New York and yes, [00:17:38] Minneapolis. Yet, Democrat leaders in [00:17:41] Minnesota with sanctuary city policies [00:17:43] have actively defied federal immigration [00:17:45] law and the will of the people. And as a [00:17:49] result of that defiant defiance, two [00:17:51] motans have now tragically lost their [00:17:53] lives on the streets. Okay, again, this [00:17:56] description is how the Trump [00:17:57] administration should have been covering [00:17:58] this in the first place. And then she [00:18:01] laid out President Trump's path to [00:18:03] restoring order in Minneapolis. All of [00:18:04] which is the policy that should be [00:18:06] followed. [00:18:08] And he has outlined a clear and simple [00:18:11] path to restoring law and order in [00:18:13] Minnesota. Number one, Governor Waltz, [00:18:16] Mayor Fry, and all Democrat leaders [00:18:18] should turn over all criminal illegal [00:18:20] aliens currently incarcerated in their [00:18:23] prisons and jails to federal authorities [00:18:25] along with any illegal aliens with [00:18:27] active warrants or known criminal [00:18:29] histories for immediate deportation. [00:18:32] Number two, state and local law [00:18:34] enforcement must agree to turn over all [00:18:37] illegal aliens who are arrested by local [00:18:40] police. And then thirdly, local police [00:18:43] must assist federal law enforcement in [00:18:45] apprehending and detaining illegal [00:18:48] aliens who are wanted for crimes, [00:18:50] especially violent crimes. If Governor [00:18:53] Walsh and Mayor Fry implement these [00:18:55] common sense cooperative measures that I [00:18:58] will add have already been implemented [00:19:00] in nearly every single other state [00:19:02] across the country, Customs and Border [00:19:04] Patrol will not be needed to support ICE [00:19:07] on the ground in Minnesota. ICE and [00:19:09] local law enforcement can peacefully [00:19:11] work together as they are effectively [00:19:13] doing in so many other states and [00:19:15] jurisdictions. Additionally, President [00:19:18] Trump is calling on the United States [00:19:19] Congress to immediately pass legislation [00:19:22] ending sanctuary cities once and for [00:19:24] all. [00:19:25] >> Hey, this is good policy and this is the [00:19:27] policy the Trump administration should [00:19:29] be pursuing. They're also again changing [00:19:31] some of the personnel who are in charge [00:19:32] of implementing this policy instead of [00:19:35] essentially leaving this in the hands of [00:19:37] Christine Gnome over at DHS who I think [00:19:39] has not done a good job as I've made [00:19:41] clear over and over or Greg Gregory [00:19:43] Bavino who seems to not be PR-wise or [00:19:46] capable of handling difficult situations [00:19:48] like this he is sending the person who [00:19:49] should have been in charge all along the [00:19:51] borders are Tom Hman who since the [00:19:53] beginning of this has been the law and [00:19:55] order let the full investigations take [00:19:57] place we're enforcing the law guy Tom [00:19:59] Hman has always been the adult in the [00:20:00] room on this policy. According to the [00:20:03] Washington Post, Caroline Levit said [00:20:05] that Trump maintains full confidence in [00:20:07] Christy Nome, but he is sending Tom H. [00:20:10] Home. Homeman to Minneapolis, and [00:20:12] Homeman will report directly to the [00:20:14] president. He is taking over from Greg [00:20:16] Bavino, the border patrol commander, [00:20:18] who's been the face of the operation in [00:20:19] Minneapolis, as well as previous foray [00:20:21] into LA and Chicago. [00:20:24] Levit said that Bavino will continue to [00:20:25] lead operations around the country, but [00:20:27] this is pretty clearly a demotion. [00:20:30] According to The Atlantic, Gregory Bo [00:20:33] has been removed from his role as Border [00:20:34] Patrol commander at large and will [00:20:36] instead return to his former job in El [00:20:38] Centro, California, and he is expected [00:20:39] to retire soon. That's according to The [00:20:41] Atlantic. Again, kind of disputed [00:20:43] reports from the Trump administration on [00:20:45] all of that. [00:20:48] Now, this also comes amid President [00:20:50] Trump changing some of his language with [00:20:52] regard to, for example, Tim Walls. So, [00:20:54] yesterday the president put up a [00:20:56] statement on Truth Social, quote, [00:20:58] "Governor Tim Walls called me with the [00:20:59] request to work together with respect to [00:21:01] Minnesota. It was a very good call and [00:21:03] we actually seem to be on a similar [00:21:04] wavelength. I told Governor Walls I [00:21:06] would have Tom Hman call him and that [00:21:08] we're looking for are any and all [00:21:09] criminals that they have in their [00:21:10] position." The governor very [00:21:11] respectfully understood that and I was [00:21:13] speaking to him in the near future. He [00:21:15] was happy that Tom Hman was going to [00:21:16] Minnesota and so am I. We have had such [00:21:18] tremendous success in Washington DC, [00:21:20] Memphis, Tennessee, and New Orleans, [00:21:21] Louisiana, and virtually every other [00:21:24] place that we have touched and even in [00:21:25] Minnesota, crime is way down. But both [00:21:27] Governor Walls and I want to make it [00:21:28] better. President Trump. So that is [00:21:29] President Trump being consiliatory [00:21:30] toward Governor Walls. Now, yesterday on [00:21:33] the show, I recommended that actually he [00:21:35] throw the issue in Walls's lap and say, [00:21:37] "Listen, it's our job to enforce federal [00:21:39] immigration law. you tell us what we [00:21:42] have to do and what you have to do to [00:21:43] make sure that federal immigration law [00:21:45] is enforced in the most efficient [00:21:46] possible way since you seem to think [00:21:48] that you can both obstruct federal law [00:21:50] enforcement and encourage people to [00:21:51] obstruct federal law enforcement. The [00:21:54] president seems to think that [00:21:57] he is going to win over walls and and [00:22:00] Democrats more with honey than with [00:22:01] vinegar, which is a fair approach. The [00:22:03] president then made a similar statement [00:22:05] with regard to Jacob Fry of Minneapolis. [00:22:08] quote, "I just had a very good telephone [00:22:09] conversation with Mayor Jacob Fry of [00:22:11] Minneapolis. Lots of progress is being [00:22:12] made." Tom Hman will be meeting with him [00:22:14] tomorrow in order to continue the [00:22:15] discussion. Thank you for your attention [00:22:16] to this matter. Well, Tim Walls, for his [00:22:19] part, then put out a statement afterward [00:22:23] in which he said, quote, "Governor Walls [00:22:26] had a productive call with President [00:22:27] Trump earlier today. The governor made [00:22:29] the case that we need impartial [00:22:30] investigations of the Minneapolis [00:22:31] shootings involving federal agents and [00:22:33] that we need to reduce the number of [00:22:34] federal agents in Minnesota." The [00:22:36] president agreed he would talk to his [00:22:37] Department of Homeland Security about [00:22:38] ensuring the Minnesota Bureau of [00:22:40] Criminal Apprehension is able to conduct [00:22:41] an independent investigation as would [00:22:43] ordinarily be the case. The president [00:22:44] also agreed to look into reducing the [00:22:46] number of federal agents in Minnesota [00:22:48] and working with the state in a more [00:22:49] coordinated fashion on immigration [00:22:51] enforcement regarding violent criminals. [00:22:53] The governor reminded President Trump [00:22:54] the Minnesota Department of Corrections [00:22:55] already honors federal detainers by [00:22:57] notifying ICE when a person committed to [00:22:59] its custody isn't a US citizen. There's [00:23:01] not a single documented case of the [00:23:03] departments releasing someone from state [00:23:04] prison without offering to ensure a [00:23:06] smooth transfer of custody. Now, in a [00:23:07] second, we'll get to the lie that is [00:23:09] inherent there because there is a lie [00:23:10] that is being told by omission in that [00:23:12] statement by Governor Walls. But [00:23:14] clearly, what is happening here is the [00:23:16] Trump administration is reorienting [00:23:18] toward the better parts of the [00:23:20] administration in terms of handling this [00:23:21] and trying to deescalate the situation. [00:23:24] Whether that deescalation is possible is [00:23:26] going to be at least in large part up to [00:23:28] the state of Minnesota and the city of [00:23:30] Minneapolis. [00:23:32] With that said, the Trump administration [00:23:33] is doing the right thing by handing more [00:23:35] power over to Tom Hman inside the [00:23:36] administration. Apparently, this has [00:23:38] been a battle brewing internally inside [00:23:39] the administration for quite a while. [00:23:42] According to Jenny Ter reporting for our [00:23:43] Daily Wire, there have been dividing [00:23:46] lines drawn inside the administration [00:23:48] already. On one side, Homeland Security [00:23:50] Secretary Christy Nome, Bord Patrol [00:23:51] Commander Greg Bevino, and Cory [00:23:53] Luwendowski, a top Trump adviser and [00:23:54] temporary government employee who has [00:23:57] had a long rumored relationship [00:23:59] allegedly with Christine Gnome. On the [00:24:01] other side, our borders are Tom Hman and [00:24:02] acting ICE director Todd Lions. Gnome's [00:24:05] camp is focused on aggressive and showy [00:24:07] tactics, fiery press conferences, and [00:24:08] Bavino marching through town with a [00:24:10] squad of Border Patrol agents in tow and [00:24:11] is fixated on increasing arrest numbers. [00:24:14] home inside is focused on the quality of [00:24:15] arrest and getting the worst criminals [00:24:17] off the street, which they feel is a job [00:24:19] best suited for ICE rather than border [00:24:20] patrol. [00:24:22] And again, that split into the open when [00:24:25] Gnome and Bavino started making [00:24:27] statements that were not backed by the [00:24:28] facts with regard to the killings of [00:24:31] Alex Prey and Renee Good. [00:24:33] Officials inside Nome's own department [00:24:35] slammed her rush to judgment. According [00:24:37] to sources who spoke with the Daily [00:24:39] Wire, one official said it was a [00:24:40] horrible response. Many people I've [00:24:42] heard say it was unprofessional. She [00:24:44] doesn't know what she's doing. The [00:24:45] people in DHS are frustrated with [00:24:46] Secretary Gnome and the way DHS is [00:24:48] handling the media. The employees want a [00:24:50] more professional response, not memes [00:24:52] and oneliners. [00:24:54] So I I highly doubt that the changes at [00:24:58] the top of DHS have stopped. It seems to [00:25:00] me that Christine Gnome is in a very [00:25:02] vulnerable position given her failures [00:25:04] on this topic among others. And frankly, [00:25:07] I think that that's appropriate. I think [00:25:08] that she has not done a credit to the [00:25:11] president as DHS secretary, which is her [00:25:13] job. If you are a secretary working [00:25:15] under the president at the pleasure of [00:25:17] the president, then you really should be [00:25:19] facilitating the success of his [00:25:21] administration, not undermining it with [00:25:24] photo ops and bad statements. [00:25:28] Gnome, for her part, seems to be giving [00:25:30] up the ghost to Homeman. She said on X [00:25:32] Monday, "It's good news for peace, [00:25:33] safety, and accountability in Minnesota [00:25:35] that Homeman is going to Minneapolis. [00:25:37] quote, "I have worked closely with Tom [00:25:39] over the last year. He's been a major [00:25:40] asset to our team. His experience and [00:25:42] insight will help us in our widescale [00:25:44] fraud investigations which have robbed [00:25:45] Americans and will help us to remove [00:25:47] even more public safety threats and [00:25:48] violent criminal illegal aliens off the [00:25:50] streets of Minneapolis. We continue to [00:25:51] call on the leadership in Minnesota to [00:25:53] allow for state and local partnership in [00:25:54] our public safety mission. So again, [00:25:57] we'll have to see how far the fallout [00:25:59] goes. House Democrats are looking at [00:26:02] Christine for possible impeachment. [00:26:05] Apparently, they are set to open an [00:26:06] investigation as early as next week. [00:26:09] Democrats are going to conduct their [00:26:11] investigation, according to the [00:26:12] Washington Post, without the majority [00:26:13] party. [00:26:15] They acknowledge they're unlikely to [00:26:17] remove Gnome in the short term, but they [00:26:19] want to signal obviously to their own [00:26:20] constituents that they are taking the [00:26:22] problems with Gnome and with DHS and [00:26:24] with this entire illegal immigration [00:26:26] cleanup operation seriously, [00:26:29] which brings us to the Democrats. So, [00:26:30] Democrats are clearly sensing blood in [00:26:32] the water here. They clearly sense [00:26:33] momentum. They do. Which is why this [00:26:35] entire chaos operation run by the [00:26:37] Democrats is a disaster area. If you can [00:26:40] politically win by obstructing federal [00:26:42] law, that is a massive problem. It's a [00:26:44] massive problem. And it's why the [00:26:46] president is right to seek consiliation. [00:26:47] But obviously consiliation with red [00:26:49] lines. Federal law must be enforced. And [00:26:52] if the state of Minnesota and the city [00:26:55] of Minneapolis refuse to allow the [00:26:56] enforcement of actual federal law, then [00:26:59] we have an impass. [00:27:01] I think the president is right to [00:27:02] replace Gnome with H Homeman in this in [00:27:04] this position. Homeman again is the [00:27:06] adult in the room and I think that the [00:27:08] president is not wrong to reach out to [00:27:09] Walls. But I think that has to be the [00:27:11] predicate to an actual conversation with [00:27:13] Walls because Walls is fibbing now. So [00:27:14] Walls put out an opinion piece in the [00:27:17] Wall Street Journal in which he [00:27:19] suggested federal officials are lying. [00:27:22] He said the Trump administration's [00:27:23] assault on Minnesota long ago stopped [00:27:25] being a matter of immigration [00:27:26] enforcement. It is a campaign of [00:27:28] organized brutality against the people [00:27:29] of our of our state. It isn't just. It [00:27:31] isn't legal. And critically, it isn't [00:27:33] making anyone safer. Okay. Now, again, [00:27:35] the notion this is a campaign of [00:27:36] organized brutality against all the [00:27:38] people of Minnesota is a lie. It is [00:27:39] untrue. And this sort of posturing from [00:27:41] walls is utterly inappropriate. Utterly [00:27:44] inappropriate. [00:27:46] Immigration law is enforced or should be [00:27:48] enforced. There's a duty to enforce it [00:27:50] under the law by every executive branch [00:27:52] head. Every president has a duty to [00:27:54] enforce immigration law. Just because [00:27:56] Joe Biden refused to do it doesn't mean [00:27:58] he now duty to do it. Donald Trump is [00:28:00] doing the thing that all these other [00:28:02] presidents said they were going to do. [00:28:04] And it is in fact the job of state and [00:28:05] local officials not to get in the way. [00:28:08] So what Hman does, he says that he's [00:28:10] working with the feds, but he isn't [00:28:11] really. He isn't really because there is [00:28:12] a fundamental lie that is being told [00:28:14] here. So Wall says the pretext for all [00:28:17] this is the Trump administration's [00:28:19] insistence that our immigration laws [00:28:21] would otherwise go uninforced. This [00:28:23] federal occupation of Minnesota is [00:28:24] administration officials insist about [00:28:26] our predelection for releasing violent [00:28:27] criminal illegal aliens from state [00:28:29] custody. I can't stress this enough. The [00:28:31] Trump administration has it facts wrong [00:28:32] about Minnesota. And then Walls claims [00:28:35] the administration claims that Minnesota [00:28:37] jails release the worst of the worst. In [00:28:39] reality, the Minnesota Department of [00:28:40] Corrections honors all federal and local [00:28:42] detainers by notifying ICE when a person [00:28:44] committed to its custody isn't a US [00:28:46] citizen. There's not a single documented [00:28:48] case of the department releasing someone [00:28:50] from state prison without offering to [00:28:51] ensure a smooth transfer of custody. [00:28:54] Yet, the lies persist. This week, ICE [00:28:56] tweeted that rural Cottonwood County had [00:28:58] refused to honor a detainer for an [00:28:59] alleged child. That's not true. The [00:29:01] county sheriff followed procedure and [00:29:02] contacted ICE when the subject posted [00:29:04] bail, but ICE agents were too busy [00:29:06] wreaking havoc in the Twin Cities to do [00:29:07] their actual job and pick the prisoner [00:29:09] up. [00:29:11] Some of the administration's claims are [00:29:12] ridiculous on their face. For example, [00:29:14] it claims 1,369 US citizens are in [00:29:17] Minnesota prisons. The truth, our total [00:29:18] state population in the prisons is [00:29:20] roughly 8,000. Only 27 of them are [00:29:22] non-citizens. [00:29:24] And then the administration, he says, [00:29:26] published what it claimed was a list of [00:29:28] people who have been arrested as part of [00:29:29] the ICE sweep, asserting this list [00:29:31] represents the worst of the worst [00:29:32] criminals, implying we have been [00:29:33] protecting them from capture. [00:29:36] Minnesota Public Radio investigated and [00:29:38] found most had been transferred to ICE [00:29:39] custody at the end of their time served [00:29:41] in Minnesota prisons. And then he says, [00:29:43] "Everyone wants to see our immigration [00:29:44] laws enforced. This isn't what's [00:29:45] happening in Minnesota." Okay, so here [00:29:47] is the problem. Here is the lie. [00:29:51] Yes, it is true that Minnesota [00:29:54] on the state level, the state department [00:29:56] of corrections honors ICE detainers, but [00:29:58] you know who doesn't in Minnesota? City [00:30:01] and county jails. They do not honor ICE [00:30:03] detainers. So, in effect, Walls is [00:30:06] pointing out that if you go to prison [00:30:08] having committed a crime and being [00:30:09] convicted, then they will honor an ICE [00:30:11] detainer. [00:30:12] If they pick you up for sexual assault [00:30:15] before you've gone through all of the [00:30:17] rigoral of a trial, they will not notify [00:30:19] ICE. If they pick you up for an alleged, [00:30:22] ICE is not notified. And so, unless the [00:30:25] case goes all the way through to [00:30:26] conviction and then time in the jail [00:30:28] system, ICE is not notified. Well, there [00:30:30] are an awful lot of people who have [00:30:32] experiences with law enforcement who [00:30:34] don't end up going to jail, who ends up [00:30:37] with traffic violations, multiple [00:30:38] traffic violations. This is why you'll [00:30:40] see people with a record as long as [00:30:41] you're arm who've been picked up by the [00:30:44] police over and over and over who never [00:30:45] ended up in the state department of [00:30:46] corrections. They never went to actual [00:30:48] prison. They were in jail temporarily [00:30:51] and then they posted bail or they were [00:30:52] released or whatever it is. That is a [00:30:55] much larger number than the number of [00:30:56] people who end up in the state [00:30:57] department of corrections. President [00:30:59] Trump and ICE are asking for people to [00:31:01] work with ICE to allow for the [00:31:04] deportation of migrants who are arrested [00:31:06] for crimes. According to CBS News, the [00:31:09] jurisdictions of Minneapolis and St. [00:31:10] Paul will not hold someone for ICE [00:31:12] because they say they lack the legal [00:31:14] authority to detain people on ICE [00:31:15] detainers, which are administrative [00:31:17] warrants, not judicial warrants. But [00:31:19] that's not true. It happens all over the [00:31:20] country. Not only that, the Minnesota [00:31:23] Secretary of State, Steve Simon, [00:31:25] according to care 111.com, has refused [00:31:27] all requests for driver records, [00:31:29] Medicaid data, and voter roles citing [00:31:31] privacy laws. So they're attempting to [00:31:33] block fraud investigations, for example, [00:31:34] into illegal immigrants. [00:31:37] Meanwhile, Keith Ellison, the attorney [00:31:38] general of the state, wrote that DHS's [00:31:41] operations in Minnesota were quote, "a [00:31:43] federal invasion and cited the [00:31:44] administration's fraud claims as a [00:31:46] pretext for political targeting because [00:31:47] of the viewpoints of the state's [00:31:49] leaders." So, Walls is attempting to [00:31:52] kind of, you know, edge around the [00:31:54] reality of the situation. And this is an [00:31:56] issue that came up when I was talking [00:31:58] with Governor Gavin Newsome of [00:31:59] California. He made the same claim. Oh, [00:32:00] no, we work with ICE all the time. Well, [00:32:02] then what is the point of you being a [00:32:03] sanctuary state? What does that [00:32:05] designation mean? [00:32:07] And the answer is what the designation [00:32:08] means is that they will not work with [00:32:11] ICE unless the person is fullon in the [00:32:13] Department of Corrections. That's what [00:32:15] it means. And sanctuary cities will not [00:32:18] allow, for example, [00:32:20] their police departments to gather [00:32:21] immigration data on the people that they [00:32:22] arrest, [00:32:24] which is a massive problem. It is a [00:32:26] huge, huge problem. And it means that [00:32:29] people who are repeat criminals are are [00:32:30] in fact being allowed back onto the [00:32:32] streets if they don't do actual hard [00:32:34] prison time. [00:32:36] If there's a plea agreement that ends [00:32:37] with house arrest or if there is some [00:32:39] sort of fine that is paid, those people [00:32:40] just end up back on the street and ICE [00:32:42] is never notified. So, this is where the [00:32:45] Trump administration is going to have to [00:32:46] be careful. Now, maybe they go for the [00:32:48] titular victory here. Maybe they say, [00:32:50] "Well, you know, Tim Walls has given up [00:32:51] the ghost. He's no longer going to [00:32:53] pursue his sanctuary state policies with [00:32:55] such elacrity. We seem to have come to [00:32:56] an agreement." They look for an offramp. [00:32:58] That that's possible politically here. [00:33:00] But again, if the message that comes out [00:33:01] of this for Democrats is obstruct [00:33:04] federal law and get away with it, that [00:33:05] is going to be a massive problem. And by [00:33:07] the way, that does seem to be what [00:33:10] Democrats are aiming for. So, it's quite [00:33:12] possible here that Democrats win the [00:33:14] battle but lose the war. Meaning that if [00:33:16] they win the battle against ICE, if they [00:33:17] get Americans to briefly see ICE as the [00:33:20] problem and illegal immigration as a [00:33:22] secondary issue, if they get all of that [00:33:25] to happen in the in the short term, [00:33:29] that may not be the result in the long [00:33:30] term. We saw the same exact thing happen [00:33:32] in 2020 when the police briefly were [00:33:34] treated as an invading army by the [00:33:36] Democrats and for a moment the police [00:33:38] were wildly unpopular. And then it turns [00:33:40] out that when you do that, crime rates [00:33:41] radically skyrocket and people get mad [00:33:43] and then they don't like the Democrats [00:33:45] for that. Which is why the Democrats [00:33:46] have been underwater on the immigration [00:33:47] issue and also on policing for years on [00:33:50] end. So Democrats theoretically here [00:33:52] could win the battle against the Trump [00:33:54] administration in Minneapolis, but lose [00:33:55] the war politically. So again, Democrats [00:33:58] seem to want to take this too far. As [00:34:00] always, when the pendulum swings, it [00:34:01] always swings too far in one direction. [00:34:04] Roana who wants to run for president for [00:34:06] some odd reason. The Democrat from [00:34:09] California, he was out there on the [00:34:10] streets of Minneapolis pandering. [00:34:13] >> The New York Post is saying this has [00:34:15] gone too far. You know, it's gone too [00:34:17] far. [00:34:18] >> Gone too far. [00:34:19] >> They're killing American citizens. I [00:34:21] mean, no one signed up for this. No one [00:34:23] who voted for him thought they would be [00:34:24] killing a 37year-old American nurse. [00:34:27] >> It's tiresome. Again, this is what's so [00:34:29] annoying about this situation. Many [00:34:30] things can be true at once. The Trump [00:34:32] administration is right to want to [00:34:33] enforce the law. The Secretary of [00:34:35] Homeland Security and the Border Patrol [00:34:37] Chief botched the handling of bad [00:34:39] situations. Democrats have set up a [00:34:41] chaos operation to obstruct federal law [00:34:44] and our legacy media and Democratic [00:34:46] politicians are attempting to facilitate [00:34:49] the obstruction of federal law. Like all [00:34:50] those things can be true at once and [00:34:51] also it can be politically advantageous [00:34:53] for Democrats. Un I wish that weren't [00:34:55] true. All of that is true. But are [00:34:57] Democrats going to go too far? Probably. [00:35:00] Probably. The only sane Democrat again [00:35:03] is is John Federman. Again, I don't [00:35:05] agree with Senator Federman when [00:35:07] Federman says that the operations in [00:35:08] Minneapolis should end. But he also [00:35:10] opposes, for example, a government [00:35:12] shutdown over ICE. He put out a [00:35:13] statement saying, "The operation in [00:35:14] Minneapolis should stand down and [00:35:16] immediately end. It has become an [00:35:17] ungovernable and dangerous urban theater [00:35:19] for civilians and law enforcement that [00:35:20] is incompatible with the American [00:35:22] spirit." He says, "I believe our nation [00:35:24] deserves a secured border and that we [00:35:26] should also deport all criminal [00:35:28] migrants. I believe there needs to be a [00:35:29] path to citizenship. [00:35:31] But then he says, "I will never vote to [00:35:33] shut our government down." [00:35:35] And he says, "A vote to shut our [00:35:36] government down will not to fund ICE. [00:35:38] DHS already has 178 billion in funding [00:35:41] from the one big beautiful bill act, [00:35:42] which I did not vote for. I want a [00:35:44] conversation on the DHS appropriations [00:35:46] bill and supports stripping it from the [00:35:48] minibus. It is unlikely that that will [00:35:50] happen and our country will instead [00:35:52] suffer another shutdown." So again, [00:35:53] Federerman is trying to sort of have the [00:35:55] baby here. [00:35:56] that that that is that is the the I [00:35:59] think most sane Democrat position that [00:36:00] I've seen articulated although obviously [00:36:02] I disagree that quote unquote all [00:36:04] operations should end in Minnesota. [00:36:05] That's just nullification of federal [00:36:07] law. Many more Democrats are going way [00:36:09] further than Senator Federman. So [00:36:10] Governor Wes Moore who wants to run for [00:36:12] president despite all of his [00:36:13] protestations to the contrary the [00:36:15] governor of Maryland he supports a [00:36:16] government shutdown over ICE funding. [00:36:19] The idea that we should have a [00:36:21] government shut down it hurts my state [00:36:23] more than any state in the country. But [00:36:24] I also know this. We cannot continue to [00:36:27] allow to of this funding of the 13th [00:36:30] largest military force by funding in the [00:36:34] world to continue to exist. And [00:36:37] meanwhile, Senator Chris Van Holland [00:36:38] says the real domestic terrorists are in [00:36:40] the White House. [00:36:42] >> This has become part of the disgusting [00:36:44] White House cover up of these killings. [00:36:46] Uh they said the same thing about Renee [00:36:49] Good. They really think the American [00:36:51] people are stupid. I mean, we can all [00:36:53] see the videotapes. We saw the [00:36:55] videotapes with Renee Good. We've seen [00:36:57] the videotape today uh with Alex Prey. [00:37:01] It is clear that Steven Miller in this [00:37:04] White House are engaged in a cover up [00:37:07] and it's criminal to try to cover up uh [00:37:09] a killing like this. Um look, the [00:37:12] reality is that the the real domestic [00:37:14] terrorists, they're in the White House [00:37:16] right now. They're people like Steven [00:37:18] Miller. They're people like Donald [00:37:19] Trump. They're the ones who are [00:37:21] terrorizing the community, these [00:37:23] communities, having nothing to do uh [00:37:25] with public safety. [00:37:27] >> That's Senator Chris Van Holland of [00:37:29] Maryland, who is indeed a stupid person. [00:37:32] He is the same person who went down to [00:37:34] El Salvador to visit with Kilmer Garcia, [00:37:37] as you recall, a man who was deported [00:37:39] having allegedly committed a wide [00:37:41] variety of crimes, including domestic [00:37:42] violence against his his spouse. So that [00:37:45] that is Chris Vanhal. Again, Democrats [00:37:46] are going to go too far in this [00:37:47] direction. That that is very very [00:37:48] likely. Ilhanna Omar of Minnesota. She [00:37:51] of course is going the furthest of [00:37:53] anyone. She says ICE is beyond reform. [00:37:56] She put out a tweet. Voting no on the [00:37:57] DHS funding bill is the bare minimum. [00:37:59] Backing Christy Gnome's impeachment is [00:38:00] the bare minimum. Holding lawbreaking [00:38:02] ICE agents legally accountable is the [00:38:04] bare minimum. ICE is beyond reform. [00:38:06] Abolish it. Right. So some Democrats, [00:38:08] the most radical Democrats are going all [00:38:10] the way here. Are Democrats going to [00:38:13] follow that path? The sort of Zoran [00:38:15] monification of their party? I think [00:38:16] it's unlikely. Instead, Democrats seem [00:38:18] to be coalesing [00:38:20] around a set of demands for the funding [00:38:22] of DHS. According to Axios, when Senate [00:38:25] Minority Leader Chuck Schumer returns to [00:38:27] Washington this week, he will have a [00:38:28] growing block of Democrats demanding [00:38:30] significant concessions from President [00:38:31] Trump. A group of around 10 Senate [00:38:33] Democrats is coalesing around a list of [00:38:35] demands for changes at DHS, including [00:38:37] requiring warrants for arrest. I say [00:38:38] they mean judicial warrants, not [00:38:40] administrative warrants, and mandating [00:38:41] that federal agents identify themselves. [00:38:43] Multiple sources said they also want to [00:38:46] demand that DHS cooperate with state and [00:38:48] local investigations into incidents like [00:38:49] the shootings of Renee Good and Alex [00:38:51] Petty in Minnesota. Some moderate [00:38:53] Democrats might not be willing to go [00:38:55] that far. Presumably that would be [00:38:57] Senator Federman, for example, who [00:38:58] doesn't want a government shutdown. [00:39:01] So, be interesting to see the Democrats [00:39:02] fight it out over what is quote unquote [00:39:04] enough for their base on this subject. [00:39:06] It is quite possible, as I said again, [00:39:08] that Democrats are going to win the [00:39:10] battle in Minneapolis, but lose the war [00:39:11] as Americans actually reject their [00:39:14] anti-law and order positioning in [00:39:16] general because there are lots of ugly [00:39:18] pictures coming out of Minneapolis and [00:39:20] and they're not all about ICE or Border [00:39:22] Patrol. Yesterday, local PD had to [00:39:25] arrest protesters at a hotel who decided [00:39:26] that they were going to vandalize the [00:39:28] hotel, break in, harass people. [00:39:32] You piece of [00:39:34] >> freedom of speech, right? [00:39:38] >> People being arrested. Again, this is [00:39:39] local PD. [00:39:41] >> This is Minneapolis PD arresting people. [00:39:43] all sitting down here for now. [00:39:46] system. [00:39:49] I want to speak. [00:39:51] >> I I will say that, you know, one one [00:39:53] thing that we are watching across the [00:39:55] country is a a bored society, a truly [00:39:57] bored society with a lot of young people [00:39:59] with not enough to do, who are spending [00:40:01] their days fulminating about basic law [00:40:04] enforcement operations and deciding that [00:40:06] that heroism requires they stand up in [00:40:09] the streets against the allegedly jack [00:40:11] booted thugs. and Democrats facilitating [00:40:14] that sort of stuff will end in more [00:40:15] violence. It just will. That is the [00:40:17] reality. The sort of unhinged language [00:40:18] that's being used about law enforcement [00:40:20] will end with more confrontations. It [00:40:22] will end with more death. And I do not [00:40:23] think that that is going to end with the [00:40:25] Tom Hman deployment to Minnesota so long [00:40:29] as Democrats see the political gain in [00:40:31] attempting to radicalize an entire youth [00:40:34] population against law enforcement. [00:40:36] Okay. Meanwhile, [00:40:38] in cultural news, Kanye West has now [00:40:41] apologized for his anti-semitism in a [00:40:43] full page ad in the Wall Street Journal, [00:40:47] he he basically says what we all [00:40:49] suspected about Kanye and almost ripped [00:40:51] up and down for saying it at the time, [00:40:52] which is that he suffers from bipolar [00:40:54] disorder. And because he's bipolar, he [00:40:55] says crazy things. And when he's on a [00:40:57] manic high, he says things and he can't [00:40:59] be stopped. This has always been my take [00:41:01] on Kanye West anti-semitism. doesn't [00:41:03] justify the anti-semitism, but his [00:41:05] anti-semitism and and his craziness is [00:41:07] significantly more justifiable than that [00:41:09] of his sane followers, people who are [00:41:11] not bipolar, who have decided to follow [00:41:13] him down that primrose path because they [00:41:15] see the clicks and the giggles and all [00:41:16] of it. [00:41:18] Again, whether you choose to forgive [00:41:20] somebody for their actions or not is up [00:41:23] to you. Certainly, I've always felt that [00:41:26] that Kanye West's mental illness, [00:41:29] knowing people who are schizophrenic, [00:41:31] knowing people who are bipolar, when [00:41:33] people are in the throws of this mental [00:41:35] illness, they say and do things that are [00:41:37] are truly unjustifiable, even by them. [00:41:41] That is just a reality of life. And [00:41:43] recognizing that truth doesn't obiate [00:41:45] fighting anti-semitism, obviously. But [00:41:47] again, I actually blame Kanye West a lot [00:41:49] less than all the people who decided to [00:41:50] host him on their podcast and treat him [00:41:52] as a sane and rational human being or [00:41:54] chop out sections of his schizophrenic [00:41:57] nonsense in order to make him appear [00:41:58] more rational to a broader population so [00:42:01] that when he actually started spewing [00:42:02] his Nazi trash, this suddenly seemed [00:42:05] legitimate alongside all of his other [00:42:07] commentary or all the people who decided [00:42:08] that that he had now opened the Overton [00:42:10] window to Nazism enough that they were [00:42:12] then going to capitalize. I blame those [00:42:14] people much more than I blame a bipolar [00:42:15] man who has always suffered with [00:42:18] significant psychic breaks. [00:42:21] Again, I think Kanye is less to blame [00:42:23] for this than a lot of the people [00:42:24] surrounding Kanye, for sure, who [00:42:25] continued to make money off of him and [00:42:27] make clicks off of him and all of the [00:42:28] rest. His statement in the Wall Street [00:42:31] Journal, he says, "Bipolar disorder [00:42:33] comes with its own defense system [00:42:34] denial. When you're manic, you don't [00:42:36] think you're sick. You think everyone [00:42:37] else is overreacting. You feel like [00:42:38] you're seeing the world more clearly [00:42:40] than ever when in reality, you're losing [00:42:41] your grip entirely. Once people label [00:42:43] you as crazy, you feel as if you cannot [00:42:45] contribute anything meaningful to the [00:42:46] world. It's easy for people to joke and [00:42:48] laugh it off when in fact is a very [00:42:49] serious debilitating disease you can die [00:42:51] from. According to the WHO in Cambridge [00:42:53] University, people with bipolar disorder [00:42:55] have a life expectancy shortened by 10 [00:42:57] to 15 years on average and a two to [00:42:58] three times higher all-c cause mortality [00:43:00] rate than the general population. [00:43:03] Said, "The scariest thing about this [00:43:04] disorder is how persuasive it is when it [00:43:06] tells you you don't need help. It makes [00:43:07] you blind, but you're convinced you have [00:43:09] insight. You feel powerful, certain, and [00:43:10] unstoppable. I lost touch with reality. [00:43:13] Things got worse the longer I ignored [00:43:14] the problem. I said and did things I [00:43:16] deeply regret. Some of the people I love [00:43:17] the most, I treated the worst. You [00:43:19] endured fear, confusion, humiliation, [00:43:20] and the exhaustion of trying to love [00:43:22] someone who was at times unrecognizable. [00:43:24] Looking back, I became detached from my [00:43:26] true self. In that fractured state, I [00:43:28] gravitated toward the most destructive [00:43:29] symbol I could find, the swastika, and [00:43:30] even sold t-shirts bearing it. One of [00:43:32] the difficult aspects of having bipolar [00:43:34] type one are the disconnected moments, [00:43:36] many of which I still cannot recall, [00:43:37] that lead to poor judgment and reckless [00:43:39] behavior that often times feels like an [00:43:41] out-of- body experience. I regret and am [00:43:43] deeply mortified by my actions in that [00:43:45] state and I'm committed to [00:43:46] accountability, treatment, and [00:43:47] meaningful change. It does not excuse [00:43:49] what I did, though. I am not a Nazi or [00:43:50] anti-semite. I love Jewish people. [00:43:53] Again, [00:43:54] bipolar people are bipolar and and [00:43:57] recognizing that reality means that yes, [00:44:00] we should have sympathy for them. I have [00:44:02] zero sympathy for the people who decided [00:44:04] that the worst excesses in which Kanye [00:44:07] West was engaging were somehow [00:44:09] justifiable or good or brilliant [00:44:12] insights. Those people being sane, [00:44:14] cynical, and disgusting. That's the part [00:44:17] that is truly egregious and [00:44:19] unforgivable. Not the ramblings of [00:44:21] somebody who clearly has a mental [00:44:22] disorder and who has admitted as much. [00:44:24] Some of us said this at the time several [00:44:26] years ago, I will point out. [00:44:29] And meanwhile, speaking of people who [00:44:31] are unhinged, but like, you know, not [00:44:33] crazy, just just politically unhinged. I [00:44:35] don't know why Democrats have decided [00:44:36] that their response to Joe Rogan is an [00:44:38] obnoxious white lady who just says crazy [00:44:40] It's confusing to me. So, Jennifer [00:44:42] Welch is apparently the the hot new [00:44:46] thing. I guess hold Jennifer Welch. I [00:44:49] don't think that any of those [00:44:50] descriptors actually apply. In any case, [00:44:53] here she was yesterday suggesting that [00:44:54] white evangelical Christianity is a [00:44:56] cancer. White evangelical Christianity [00:45:00] is a cancer. These are the worst of our [00:45:05] country. These are the worst people in [00:45:08] our country because they use their [00:45:09] religion in two ways. As a weapon and as [00:45:12] a shield. They weaponize it whenever [00:45:14] they want to and say, "We're on the [00:45:16] moral high ground. You're a lesbian. You [00:45:18] deserve to die. You're a lesbian. The [00:45:20] cops shouldn't have uh revived you. Oh, [00:45:23] your parents are Mexicans and they [00:45:25] brought you over here. Yeah, you should [00:45:27] go to jail and eat worm food. And then [00:45:30] when you call them out on it, oh my god, [00:45:33] they're after the Christians. How dare [00:45:36] they? How dare they? Uh we're so [00:45:38] oppressed. White Christians are so [00:45:40] oppressed in this country. [00:45:42] >> God, these obnox Okay, this is a great [00:45:44] way to win back. Great job, Democrats. [00:45:46] Really excellent stuff. That that that [00:45:48] seems very very rational and and well [00:45:51] articulated. If this is the direction [00:45:53] Democrats want to go, if this is their [00:45:54] their response, which is to I guess [00:45:56] drive harder into the wine non-moms with [00:46:00] this sort of uh with this sort of [00:46:01] appeal, good luck to them. Okay, on the [00:46:04] economic front, meanwhile, [00:46:06] it turns out that Obamacare is a giant [00:46:08] fail. So, a brand new article from the [00:46:11] Wall Street Journal points out that [00:46:13] Obamacare has actually now started to [00:46:15] cost people more than their mortgage. [00:46:18] According to the Wall Street Journal, [00:46:19] millions of Americans are starting to [00:46:20] see their monthly health insurance bills [00:46:22] rise, a new pressure point for a nation [00:46:24] still frustrated with the high cost of [00:46:25] living. Expanded subsidies again for [00:46:27] Obamacare expired on December 31st. Now [00:46:30] those newly calculated insurance bills [00:46:32] are coming due. Americans are having to [00:46:34] figure out how to pay up or go without. [00:46:37] So Lenny and Mandy Wilson, who are 47 [00:46:39] and live in Charleston, West Virginia, [00:46:40] paid 255 bucks a month last year for a [00:46:42] low-end ACA plan. Last year, they [00:46:45] learned their bill would be going up to [00:46:46] $2,155 [00:46:48] a month. That is a sum nearly triple [00:46:50] their monthly mortgage payment. So, [00:46:51] great job Obamacare again, which [00:46:53] continues to have to survive on the [00:46:55] basis of federal subsidies and taxpayer [00:46:58] dollars, gigantic infusions of taxpayer [00:47:00] dollars. [00:47:02] Now, will that blow back on Republicans? [00:47:04] Again, this is the beauty of Democratic [00:47:06] programs. When you fail, you simply [00:47:07] blame lack of spending on the [00:47:08] Republicans. Which is why you've seen [00:47:11] some Republicans in moderate states call [00:47:13] for a temporary revision of the [00:47:15] subsidies at least for a year or two [00:47:17] while other measures are implemented [00:47:18] that bring down costs. That's sort of [00:47:21] the transitional plan here. Suffice it [00:47:23] to say, as always, Democratic subsidized [00:47:26] programs end up costing people a [00:47:28] gigantic sum of money, and the only way [00:47:30] out of it is is further subsidization. [00:47:33] That is the only way. [00:47:35] No wonder then that voters feel less and [00:47:39] less secure. [00:47:40] According to a brand new New York Times [00:47:42] Sienna poll asked what they feel is [00:47:45] affordable. It's sort of fascinating. [00:47:48] All of the areas that are most [00:47:50] subsidized by the government are the [00:47:51] areas that are least affordable [00:47:52] according to Americans. That is not a [00:47:54] coincidence because every area of [00:47:56] American life subsidized by the [00:47:58] government, the price has gone up [00:47:59] radically. Education 58% say [00:48:02] unaffordable. Housing largely subsidized [00:48:04] by the government, 54% say unaffordable. [00:48:07] Health care subsidized by the [00:48:08] government, 47% say unaffordable. [00:48:13] When you get to say groceries, 28% say [00:48:15] unaffordable, [00:48:17] which again groceries are up because of [00:48:19] inflation. But groceries are plentiful [00:48:21] and you can still get them. And again, [00:48:25] compared to the the sort of cost of food [00:48:28] historically, you can get a lot even [00:48:30] though the the prices are really really [00:48:32] inflated. Transportation, 22% say [00:48:35] unaffordable, [00:48:36] as opposed to 47% who say somewhat [00:48:39] affordable and 28% who say mostly [00:48:41] affordable. So the pressures are all in [00:48:44] the areas that the government has stuck [00:48:45] its grubby fingers into. And the [00:48:47] Democratic solution, as always, and this [00:48:49] is the mistake that you see Republicans [00:48:50] making too, is that government solves [00:48:52] that problem. And government does not [00:48:53] solve that problem. Government creates [00:48:55] that problem. Have a transitional plan [00:48:57] to get the government out of these [00:48:58] programs. A transitional plan for the [00:49:01] people who are in trouble and the people [00:49:02] who are reliant on the subsidies. And [00:49:04] then create better incentive structures [00:49:06] because capitalism makes things more [00:49:07] plentiful and cheaper. And government [00:49:09] subsidization. It makes things more [00:49:11] scarce and more expensive. All right, [00:49:14] folks. Coming up, we'll get into the [00:49:17] great California wealth exodus. people [00:49:19] leaving California because of all of the [00:49:22] bad policy over there. Remember, in [00:49:23] order to watch, you have to be a member. [00:49:24] If you're not a member, become a member. [00:49:25] Use code Shapiro at checkout for two [00:49:26] months free on all annual plans. Click [00:49:28] that link in the description and join [00:49:29] us. [00:49:32] What was it like, Merlin, to be alone [00:49:35] with God? [00:49:38] [screaming] [00:49:41] >> Is that who you think I was alone with? [00:49:47] Meridin, I knew your father. I am yet [00:49:50] convinced that he was not of this world. [00:49:54] >> All men know of the great Talesin. [00:49:58] >> You are my father. How the gods should [00:50:00] war for my soul. [00:50:02] >> Princess Garis, savior of our people. [00:50:08] >> I know what the bull god offered you. [00:50:10] >> I was offered the same. [00:50:12] >> And [00:50:14] there is a new pirate work in the world. [00:50:16] I've seen it. [00:50:18] >> A god who sacrifices what he loves for [00:50:20] us. [00:50:20] >> We are each given only one life. Singer. [00:50:23] >> No, we're given another. [00:50:28] >> I learned of Yazu the Christ. [00:50:30] >> And I have become his follower. [00:50:32] >> He's waiting on a miracle. And I think [00:50:34] you can give him one. [00:50:36] >> Trust in Yazu. He is the only hope for [00:50:39] men like us. [00:50:40] >> Fate of Britain never [music] rests in [00:50:41] the hands of the great light. [00:50:43] >> Great light. Great darkness. Such things [00:50:46] mattered to me then. [00:50:48] >> What matters to you now, mistress of [00:50:50] lies? [00:50:52] >> You, nephew, [00:50:57] >> the sword of a high king. [00:51:00] [screaming] [00:51:01] >> How many lives must be lost before you [00:51:03] accept the power you were born to wield? [00:51:08] >> So clinging to the promises of a god who [00:51:10] has abandoned you. I cannot take up that [00:51:13] [music] sword again. [00:51:15] >> You know what you must do. [00:51:18] >> Great light, forgive me. [00:51:27] The time has come to be reborn.