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🚨James Comey in Court LIVE Right Now on Criminal Charges | Portland Anarchy Against ICE EXPOSED
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lucas tomlinson
Good early morning, Carly.
Former FBI Director James Comey set to be arraigned this morning in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, just outside the nation's capital.
The judge writing, quote, Because there are multiple previously scheduled matters that are expected to draw large numbers of people to the courthouse at the same time as the arraignment, and because it is necessary to ensure the security of the court, the parties, and the public, it is hereby ordered that the defendant is summoned to appear for Raymond before this court on Wednesday.
That's today, of course, October 8th at 10 a.m.
Now, yesterday at a contentious hearing on Capitol Hill, President Trump's attorney general was asked about the prosecution of the former FBI director.
richard blumenthal
What conversations you've had with President Trump about the indictment of James Comey?
unidentified
Senator, I am not going to discuss any conversations I have or have not had with the President of the United States.
Comey was indicted by one of the most liberal grand juries in the United States.
lucas tomlinson
And here are the two charges that the former FBI director faces.
A false statement within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch of the U.S. government, an obstruction of a congressional proceeding.
Now, this largely stems from an exchange Comey had with Senator Ted Cruz at a 2020 Senate judiciary hearing when Cruz asked Comey if he had authorized someone at the FBI to be an anonymous source to leak information to the media.
Comey denied the accusation at the time.
The current FBI director, Cash Battelle, spoke about the indictment in Chicago yesterday to our colleagues at Fox Digital.
kash patel
The mainstream media wants to take the eye off the ball and create theater.
We're not about theater.
We're about producing our results in court.
And that's what you're going to see tomorrow start: the revelation of details.
And it will be forthcoming in the judicial process, as everyone in America is entitled to, including Mr. Comey.
And we want him to have his day in court.
lucas tomlinson
Now, Pattell and the Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, you saw sitting there, told our colleagues at Fox Digital there will be no perp walk today or frog march for James Comey.
There will be no parade in front of the media.
They both said Comey will appear in court.
It is unclear, though, if an arrest is also planned, Carly.
unidentified
Life Big Mike, a honeypot.
No better operation cross-dresser.
Life Big Mike.
They went off the books.
benny johnson
We are cooking with our caffeine this morning.
Ready to rock.
I mean, we might as well just tell you right now that we are redlining straight in from Portland.
We spent all day there with Christy Noam, and it was a fascinating day.
We will bring you many highlights of that day.
We stared down Antifa.
We stared down some pederists, criminal alien, violent offenders.
Man, we watched Christy Noam herself interrogate them.
We stood on top of the ice building with a sniper position and also stared down Antifa in chicken suits.
It was a wild day.
Got some great questions in for the secretary and spent the entire day sort of traveling around with her.
It's been an incredible couple of days.
And you know what?
We are here with the energy.
We didn't sleep last night.
We went straight home, got a workout in, drank our caffeine.
This is too much.
It's too much.
Okay.
It's too much.
Half the team here is on little Zin Alp pouches.
I'm trying to abstain.
unidentified
All right.
benny johnson
They keep pushing them on me.
It's a very high peer pressure environment around here.
We're trying to abstain.
We're not there yet.
Tucker Carlson talking about how he did 60 on one flight, 60 pouches of nicotine on one flight.
Okay.
Well, maybe I should have used that last night on the red eye from Portland to Salt Lake City back to here.
But we got in at 5 a.m. and we are ready to rip roar.
Let's go this morning.
I wouldn't miss this show.
I wouldn't miss this show for the world.
They were like, you want to hotel room and stay in a hotel and I don't want to stay in Portland.
No offense, but I don't want to stay down there.
I want to come home.
I want to be here.
I want to be able to rock and roll with you as James Comey arrested live on the program today, October 8th, 2025.
unidentified
James Comey is getting arrested.
benny johnson
We'll see, ladies and gentlemen, we'll see.
Klein, we got a fun little shot, like a live shot of what may or may not happen.
Have you ever known James Comey to be shy of the cameras?
I think that James Comey will make an appearance today.
I think that James Comey will cry today.
I think he'll do it live on TV.
I think he'll do it live on camera.
We'll see, ladies and gentlemen, what happens next?
There are multiple live shots at the courthouse where tens of people have shown up in favor of James Comey.
ALX just sent a photo here.
We'll show it to you.
This is the United States courthouse, and you can see literally there are dozens of us.
If you're a fan of arrested development, these are the never nudes.
There are dozens of us.
They're all in their jorts.
So here we go.
James Comey arrested today.
And we'll see what happens next.
Our greatest on the internet production team is locked in and ready to go.
Wow, look at this other image.
This is incredible.
Breaking right now from outside of the courthouse.
This is going to be a live-breaking news show.
So this is a live photo from outside of the courthouse defending James Comey.
Look at this.
James Comey holding the sign right there right in the front.
We demand to be taken seriously.
This is a great point.
And I can't believe that this is happening live.
We'll see if we can get a live feed of this.
It looks like there's going to be some magic.
Maybe they'll try and make James Comey's charges disappear.
We'll see.
We'll see.
You got the.
It actually got what looks like Portland Antifa here.
This was what we stared at.
It's hard to take these people.
I know they're trying to beat, like, I know they're literally capable of killing us.
More to come on that.
Believe that.
But this does look actually like Portland Antifa.
As we were driving through the waves of Antifa yesterday in Portland, this is exactly what they look like.
Minus the sign, but they might as well have a sign.
You know the sign that they were holding for us?
The sign they were holding for us yesterday as we were driving through to Christy Gnome is a giant sign that says, we have the guillotine.
Yeah.
Hard to take you seriously when you're in a chicken or a wizard outfit.
Anyway, ladies and gentlemen, James Comey will be arraigned live on the show today.
We'll see what happens.
Best in the entire producer ecosystem in the world works on this program.
We won't miss a second live, although some of the seconds may be inside of a courtroom outside of our cameras.
We will gather all that information and synthesize it for you live on the show.
Anarchy in Portland and Chicago.
We were there to witness Chicago and Portland with Christy Gnome.
Fascinating days.
We got some exclusives we've made worldwide and international news.
And maybe we'll do that again today on the program.
Ladies and gentlemen, let's go.
Senator Dave McCormick from Pennsylvania will be on the show today to talk about how important that swing state is.
We'll be going to hopefully the swing state of, I say hopefully, we will be going to New Jersey this week to do a big rally for Jack Chitterelli.
It's going to be amazing.
Apparently, the graphic that's been made here, the graphic that we made for the show is going to be like printed off in big banners along and hung up on the side of the stage.
So that'll be great.
Load the graphic if you guys get a chance.
Also on the program, Lauren Boebert, we were just in Mountain Country, flew right over her district.
So we'll say hi to Lauren.
And Madison Cawthorne will be live on the program.
He has some breaking news.
He said he's running for Congress again.
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Let's go.
All right.
This is going to be a, this is going to be, okay, so I'm seeing some breaking news here, boys.
What, what is, uh, what's going on?
Let's go.
All right.
Breaking news.
Is it worth, yeah, this is totally worthy of the breaking news stinger.
We don't do this enough, Klein.
Let's do the breaking news stinger because we're just going to be dramatic today for James Comey.
chris cuomo
we go.
unidentified
Tell me, he says, I'm not going to hate.
benny johnson
Too bad he wasn't charged for being a Swifty because he would be pleading guilty as charged, Your Honor.
Put me in cuffs and send me the next Taylor Swift show.
He is absolutely a Swifty.
James Comey has pled not guilty to his charges.
Ladies and gentlemen, breaking news.
He's officially pleaded not guilty to two felony charges, making false statements and obstructing a congressional proceeding.
An army of geriatric protesters are outside of the court.
Let's go ahead and watch, shall we?
And then ALX, can you get me that army of Portland protesters that are singing again?
Because I have a feeling they're going to have some similarities.
Let's go.
unidentified
High director James Comey in front of a judge moments ago in a hearing that we did not think would last long.
And apparently that is the case.
He has entered a plea of not guilty to two charges federal level now.
Our producers inside the courtroom say the former director accused of lying to Congress, obstructing aggression, a congressional proceeding, ended the plea moments ago in front of the judge, Michael Nachmanoff, appointed by Joe Biden.
Not guilty on both federal charges.
He's accused of lying in front of Congress back in 2020.
So that is the update inside the courtroom.
And while that's happening in one part of Northern Virginia, this is happening across.
benny johnson
All right.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, Klein, would you mind putting back up all of those Comey supporters?
Let's go ahead and look at them, shall we?
Look at the energy to support James Comey out there in the streets.
You know, Klein, look at these.
Look at this.
Strong showing.
Let's read ALX's tweet.
Obviously, everyone go follow ALX.
He has millions of followers now.
Strong showing outside of the courthouse this morning.
Shall we Zoom?
Let's go ahead.
Let's do it.
Well, well, well.
There we go.
So here's my working theory on the modern left-wing protest.
You know, left-wing protesters were supposed to be like young, full of vitality and piss and vinegar, you know, as they say.
60s and 70s, right?
The youth of America, you're not going to send me to NOM, right?
Creedon's Clearwater Revival blaring in the background.
unidentified
I ain't no fortunate son throwing their medals, burning their bras.
benny johnson
This is not that.
Or maybe it is that, just aged 40 years.
And it's really sad.
Now, this is my working theory.
So that's pretty good.
That's good.
Great, Jack.
Maybe you can load that.
My working theory is that the left obviously has lost the youth.
All available evidence and data shows that the youth of America is on our side and it is supportive of the right and is supportive of Charlie Kirk.
And this is just the way it goes.
The pendulum like swings, you know, swings back.
But they do us such great favors by showing up and showing us who they actually are.
Jack has an interesting little interesting little clip here of the Democrats of who they are and what.
All right, so here we go.
I got to tell you by actual theory.
My theory is that the nursing homes are looking for things to do for activity hour.
And you got to have something that's safe for the elderly.
You have to have something that won't get anyone in any trouble, flat surfaces, you know, but still has a little bit of a little bit of spice, you know, the spice of life.
And so they empty out the nursing homes in order to fill in the gaps for these left-wing protests.
Because otherwise, it would just be like a, you know, pederist in a chicken suit.
That would be it.
That would be the modern day left.
That'd be it.
One guy with an ankle monitor can't go within a thousand yards of school in a chicken suit.
That's what we saw yesterday.
So they have to empty out the nursing homes, give all these people their medications, tell them all that Trump's going to cut Medicaid or whatever, you know, Social Security, you know, Medicare plan Part B or whatever, and shove them into the streets.
And they don't know what they're protesting.
They don't know what they're doing.
We have so many examples of this.
Hey, Alex, you remember the sidewalk one?
You remember the sidewalk one?
It's so funny.
It's just a nursing home.
So the nursing homes are like that, you know, the Haitians who run the nursing homes are like, man, what do we do with all these old farts, right?
What do we do with all these degenerate, diseased old boomer hippies?
You know, they're like, you know, they're all like just pining on, thinking about Jane Fonda.
You know, what do we do with them?
Ah, roll them out to the, you know, woke lib, smooth brain, whatever the thing is.
unidentified
Roll them out to the current thing.
benny johnson
And that's what they did.
That's what they're doing.
Give me some of these.
Like, here, here's a good one.
There, give me that.
Give me some of the, because some of these are great.
You know, roll them out to the next.
unidentified
Fascism's got to go.
We say no.
We say no.
Fascism's got to go.
Don't trash the cuts.
eric trump
All right, that's the scene in New Jersey.
unidentified
I love it when they love it when they sing.
Did you do the other one, Clyde?
benny johnson
Which side are you on?
unidentified
Which side are you on?
Tell me which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
We'll fight against Josh.
We'll fight Elon Musk.
No evil skin within our walls.
We'll fight from dawn to dusk.
benny johnson
Okay, you're going to fight Elon Musk?
You can't even fight when your rascal gets stuck at Walmart.
You can't fight reaching up to the shelf.
All your stuff has to be on the lowest shelf so you can reach it.
unidentified
Well, fight Elon Musk.
benny johnson
You can't even fight your flatulence in public during the blue light special at Arby's.
Where would they go?
Golden Corral.
I don't know.
It's like, right?
Whole foods.
I don't know.
What do lives even eat?
I don't know.
This is a good one.
Oh, man.
This one.
This one's tough.
Here's your explicit warning label, right?
NC17.
This one's going to be tough on the ears.
unidentified
Sorry.
benny johnson
Sorry, I have to do this to you.
Here we go.
unidentified
Look back what he stole from us.
Took it back, took back, took it back to our humanity.
Well, we went down to the rich man's house and we took back what he stole from us.
Took it back.
benny johnson
What did he steal from you, you walker?
unidentified
What did he steal from you?
Out in the streets.
benny johnson
Your diabetes medications.
Oh, he's so dangerous.
So hopefully the streets don't have any stairs.
You know, hopefully there's no curbs on the street, right?
Because otherwise you will be in the streets on your face because you can't walk unassisted.
They really are cooked.
It's just so funny.
Do we have the sidewalk one?
It's the last one I'm missing here.
It's the only one.
It's the one that makes me so happy.
It's so funny.
Do we have it?
It's like, even no.
The sidewalk one where they're like all they're all like yelling at the sidewalk.
They're like singing on behalf of the gay sidewalk.
Anything?
I mean, this is what they had in Portland.
Yeah, this one.
This is what we saw in Portland.
Here we go.
unidentified
Is unbelievable what's going on in Portland.
benny johnson
This is without the degenerate.
Well, I'm going to senior citizen boomers.
This is all they'd have.
But here, here in Portland, the boomers have arrived in order to sing songs and tell Donald Trump, give Donald Trump a message.
Okay, here's the message that they're singing.
This, by the way, was posted very proudly by members of Congress, Democrat members of Congress in Portland.
Clown as that one.
Have a chat.
I'm not trying to be ageist.
Look at the guy with the Ukrainian flag.
Isn't that amazing?
Wait, can we like just pause and appreciate for a second that they're singing this land is my land and they're holding a Ukrainian flag?
This land was made for you and me.
And the dude's holding up a Ukrainian flag higher than the American flag, actually.
What does that tell you about libs?
And where they think their home is?
What does that tell you about libs and what they actually, what they actually value in this country?
But can we also just take a look at this and just say, again, my contention is correct.
I'm not wrong on these things.
I'm right on these things.
There's plenty of nursing homes in Portland.
Look at that.
There's the walk.
Look at this.
This is the lady, the lady in the red walker.
And I'm not trying to be mean.
And there's the guy and the rascal.
There's a dude and a rascal.
I'm telling you that this is elder abuse.
This is exactly what they did to Joe Biden.
The Haitians who run, the Haitians and the Cambodians, the Guatemalans who run all the nursing homes in America are just are just like pushing them all out in order to like put in order to get like an easy activity for them because they're annoying and the bedpans are full.
That's what's happening here.
It's elder abuse.
Somebody needs to investigate this.
Somebody needs to investigate it.
Yeah, okay.
So here's the final one.
Yeah, that's right, Klein.
Okay.
Well, I just want to say thank you.
Thank you specifically to Jack.
Good old Jack.
He's awesome.
We don't shout out Jack enough.
Jack found the one I was looking for.
Here are the here they are.
Allegedly protesting gay sidewalks.
unidentified
Say for sidewalks.
benny johnson
So, no kids can afford homes.
You know, no, no young people can afford to like have babies.
That doesn't mean you shouldn't.
You should.
You must, in fact, is your righteous obligation by God.
And a moral society and civilization demands that you fall in love and get married and have a million kids and let God's wonders happen to your life.
But like there are huge crises out here created by this generation hoarding all the homes and wealth, quite frankly, that they were able to effectively like vote themselves, steal, right?
Like through policy designed simply for this generation and this generation alone.
And instead of like, if you're going to protest, like protesting about the insane price of a starter home today, the devaluation of the dollar or the national debt, all of which the boomers created, they're laying on the ground to tell you that the number one thing in their life for activity hour at the nursing home is the gay sidewalk.
That is the number one concern in their life.
They're like getting in the middle of the road with their walkers to talk about that.
So when somebody tells you who they are, believe them.
That is quite the photo.
Yep, that's the photo.
There we go.
Here are the priorities of the left-wing boomer class.
Now, this is not me being ageist, okay?
Until you know, okay, I can already feel in the back of my neck, the comment section, how dare you?
You know, I'm older.
I love you.
Okay.
I love you.
There are like little kids who come up that are fans of the show.
There are older people that are fans of the show.
I love everyone equally.
Telling you that, you know, I'm not trying to be ageist here.
I'm trying to say that polling shows that Democrats, especially Democrat like cable news viewers, Democrat voters, are like aging out and aging out specifically.
That our movement is the party of the young.
So if you're an older person, that should actually excite you because our movement has a future.
If you're an older person and you love freedom and liberty, then you should love this moment because it proves that we actually have a future in this country.
This, there is no future here.
All right.
That there's no, there's no future here.
This is the opposite.
These are like degenerate libs that, again, like thought they were really cool during the civil rights era or like the protests of the 60s and 70s.
They're stuck in that mindset forever and they're just trying to like spin the oldies one last time while asking like, how do I get on a Wi-Fi?
Can somebody please, how do I change from US USBC one to USB C2?
What is the Wi-Fi password?
Don't know.
Better go lay in a sidewalk, right?
With me and my chicken soup.
Peter is friend.
I'm saying that because that's all we found for Antifa in DC.
Okay.
People are waiting outside of the courthouse.
I'm sorry.
You guys didn't like tune in to hear me go off on that.
But I'm telling you, if you're a boomer and you're watching this, or if you're 90 and you're watching this, I have nothing but love for you.
I'm talking specifically about the left flank of your generation, which, by the way, was the only population that voted.
Is that true, ALX?
It's like the only population that like that voted, the vote share increased for Kamala Harris in the last election.
That might not even be true.
Alex, if you can find some of that, some of that data.
But I think that, you know, and so that's all I'm trying to say is that the boomer population is going to be a problem because as they age, they're going to like calcify and vote, you know, more goodies.
I think most generations do this, try and vote themselves more goodies and cling on to what they got.
And so they're going to be scared to change.
They're going to be scared to revolution.
That's okay.
Anyway, ladies and gentlemen, we got.
Oh, no.
Now the team is like coming up with all these, coming up with all these old hippie boomer.
Yeah, all these old hippie boomer clips.
Okay, we don't have enough time.
We don't have enough time.
People are waiting outside.
Donald Trump losing baby boomers and the silence generation to Kamal Harris.
Yes, this is what Danny was able to snack him.
Whoa, boys, are we going to get some Comey comments here?
Yes, we will.
Yes, we can.
Do it, James.
Looks like people are running right now.
Make sure, of course, this is live.
Make sure, of course, look at everyone's like running.
Is James Comey coming out of the courthouse?
It looks like that's where the stakeout is.
Goodness gracious.
Look at this live camera.
Looks like they're running over to potentially goodness.
Okay, this is exciting.
They're running over to the courthouse.
This is the courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia.
Is James Comey there?
Boys, do we have a better live shot?
I mean, it sure looks like there's some major action going on.
Production team, make sure that we are locked in.
All right.
Is James Comey coming out of the courtroom?
He pled not guilty.
Okay, here we go.
Now there's audio.
This is live.
I just heard someone say, there he is.
So you're watching live.
James Comey exit the courthouse after being arrested.
The arrest was not in public.
Boy, do I have a good Eric Trump clip for you, by the way?
unidentified
Okay.
benny johnson
Producers are telling me that this is the best.
Because it's happening live, this is the best that we got.
This is the best feed.
Right now you're able to hear room tone, as they call it.
Just kind of the murmuring of what's going on.
There was a stakeout position, right, with the microphones and stuff where it'd be easier to hear.
But I guess everyone just abandoned that.
And here we go.
The doors are moving.
Let's see.
Okay.
Some yokel getting yapped at.
Dude, is that the guy?
Is that the guy with the black freedom tours of DC?
Danny, is that the guy?
The guy that's always standing out there doing like black history tours of DC?
It's so funny.
This guy like sneaks into every single live shot in all of Washington.
Hey, Alex, you know this dude, too.
I mean, listen, everyone went.
Everyone went running.
So I just assume.
Sometimes these things are like, you know, chickens with their heads cut off.
I mean, they don't know what they're doing.
But I just assume that perhaps there is a James Comey imminent imminently exiting the courthouse.
Producer is telling me that they got a podium shot.
Okay.
No, Danny, the reason I said your name is that I, there's like a dude that does black history tours of DC and I see him sneaking in there.
He dresses like a train conductor.
And he's like all over DC.
He's like all over DC, and there he is right there.
He sneaks into every major live shot.
Oh, look!
It's a wheelchair.
unidentified
It's exactly what we're talking about.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
benny johnson
All right.
Yep.
It's literally a retirement home.
Look at this.
The live feed of a retirement home.
This is a shot of the Old Town Alexandria courthouse, ladies and gentlemen.
Old Town Alexandria courthouse.
While we wait.
Why not?
I'm sure they'll love it.
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I mean, the lies are on camera, right?
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Rock and roll.
Okay.
Apparently, MSNBC is live outside of the courthouse.
Boys, just let me know.
James Comey did appear.
Felony charges.
Here.
He will appear for correction in court on January 5th, 2026 on felony charges.
So Comey's court date.
January 5th, 2026, right after the new year.
What a way to ring in the new year, ladies and gentlemen.
So if you're just joining us, what happened?
What you're looking at is the courthouse in Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia.
This courthouse is a federal courthouse.
James Comey has been federally charged.
He pled not guilty to two charges, one charge of lying to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding.
And so James Comey presumably will be exiting the courthouse in just a moment.
What's happened is that all of the cameras unhooked from their XLR cables and went sprinting up to the front of the courthouse.
Now, right now, it looks like they're just filming an episode of the Golden Girls.
I don't know.
Gilligan's Island.
I don't know.
The olds are just standing there.
James Comey has dozens less, half dozens of supporters standing outside of the courthouse.
And what everyone says is that he's going to be appearing here and he'll be making commentary.
There's also a podium shot with a bunch of microphones.
So they don't do that unless they've been given word by like the lawyers that Comey wants to yap.
Do you know Comey to be a yapper?
Oh, yes.
James Comey is a yap, yap, yapper.
So we do want to make sure that we cover that.
Here is the MSNBC report on what happened inside of the courthouse.
This is our first reporter that was actually in the courthouse with James Comey.
It's MSNBC's Kendallanian.
Let's go.
ken dilanian
Well, before I answer that, I should tell you: we have some notes from our reporters inside the courtroom now.
And I guess the news out of this is that a trial date has been set for January 5th.
Now, of course, that is very preliminary, and I personally do not expect that to hold, but that is the current trial date.
I'm just seeing some details and some color from our producers who are inside the courtroom that the EDVA attorneys entered the courtroom at approximately 10 minutes before the hour, shook hands with the Comey team.
Lindsay Halligan was wearing a black suit.
Members of James Comey's family filed in a minute or so later, followed by members of the press.
Our folks saw Pat Fitzgerald, James Comey's lawyer, former prosecutor, in an animated conversation with the prosecutors in the case as the press came in.
And Fitzgerald addressed the court and said, It's the honor of my life to represent Mr. Comey.
And Pat Fitzgerald, we should remember, is a longtime Justice Department prosecutor.
He was a special counsel.
He actually prosecuted Dick Cheney's former chief of staff for lying to investigators, got a prison sentence.
That man, Scooter Libby, was pardoned.
So he's a guy that's been around the legal system for decades, and he is now representing James Comey in this matter.
Okay, we're watching that federal courthouse.
unidentified
Ken, we've got our cameras trained on the podium that's set up.
benny johnson
My team has told me just right now that we have an exclusive clip of James Comey's opening statement to the court exclusively to play on this program.
I can't believe it.
This is how James Comey opened his commentary to the court today.
james comey
Hey, everybody, welcome back to my Substack.
Last week's cold turns out to have been COVID, quite a flashback.
And Donald Trump is still president and still humiliating America on a national stage standing next to Vladimir Putin.
It's like a dream, a bad dream you can't wake up from.
But I don't want to talk about that bad dream this week.
I want to talk about a truly inspirational public figure named Taylor Swift.
Of course, I watched her podcast interview with the Kelsey brothers.
Of course, I watched the whole thing, although on YouTube, Patrice and I got kicked off for the last 15 minutes and finished it on her phone.
But I watched it.
You see, Taylor Swift and I go way back.
I went to my first concert of hers 15 years ago.
I've been to a second.
benny johnson
This is not AI.
james comey
I've helped financially support the attendance of a lot of family members at others.
unidentified
Jerry could make this in a family's Swifty group chat.
james comey
I know all her music.
I'm going to listen to it in my headphones when I cut the grass.
So, yes, I have a favorite of hers, although honestly, for me, it's a tie between All Too Well, 10-minute version, and Exile featuring Bonnie Ver.
benny johnson
Doesn't it make sense now?
james comey
Taylor Swift has grown up with my family.
benny johnson
Doesn't this make sense?
james comey
And provided us a soundtrack, really, as we've grown ourselves and learned and adapted and dealt with.
benny johnson
All right, all right, enough joking.
Enough joking.
We got the jokes.
We don't, I don't think Comey, like, I think Comey probably just said not guilty.
You know, how do you plead not guilty?
I think that that's all he probably said in the courthouse.
Okay, let's go ahead and pop up to the shot of the courthouse just one more time and see what's going on there.
I obviously don't want to bore you.
Everyone ran with purpose as though they knew that James Comey was coming out of the courthouse and was going to address everyone.
Here you can see the shot of the podium dais where James Comey allegedly will be addressing all of the media.
That's going to be fascinating and fun.
We got every angle here.
We're hitting them angles, as they say.
Maybe Comey will sing a Taylor Swift song.
Have no doubt that he probably is listening to Taylor Swift right now and crying in a fecal position inside of the court.
And so we wait, ladies and gentlemen.
We have incredible guests on the program.
I mean, listen, I don't want to miss this, and I guess we won't.
But we're just going to like, I suppose, keep watch.
Nonetheless, the best production team on the entire internet is locked and loaded.
We won't miss a second, but I just don't want to bore you.
We have too much to get to today.
I don't want to bore you to tears with endless, with an endless waiting cycle.
ALX, we don't even know.
I mean, listen, it's not guaranteed that he's going to come out and make a comment.
I don't want to promise that.
It just seems like everybody knows something that are there in front of the courthouses and every camera in the world is like trained on this courthouse and all the reporters were running with purpose to the door as though they had gotten like an announcement, you know.
His lawyers will probably talk with him.
Okay, that is what ALX is telling me.
So that is the word that James Comey and his lawyers will be speaking.
The Comey version of Alina Haba.
Ooh, that's going to be interesting.
Ladies and gentlemen, I would love to see that debate.
So here we are.
We wait.
James Comey.
So here's what I can promise you.
That if they go wobbling out here, that we're going to cut to it.
And so we'll just like, we'll just like let this play out.
We just don't know how long it's going to be before they come out.
And so I don't want to just stand here and filibuster and make James Comey jokes, even though they are extremely funny.
And I am a father of four.
Maybe five.
Who knows?
And so I am entitled to a dad joke here and there, right?
Speaking of somebody who defended his father, I want to play this clip.
I mean, if there's one clip that I must play in this block, it is Eric Trump.
It's not a long clip.
But for those who are saying, wow, Donald Trump is locking up his political opponents.
Speaking of the relationship between a son and a father, Eric Trump did such a remarkable job defending his dad yesterday from this lie.
And the lie was from Chris Cuomo saying, yo, your family is prosecuting their political enemies.
To which Eric Trump, and he actually literally texted me this, is like, I can't believe you're giving me this opening because I am going to destroy you and watch Eric Trump freaking salt, salt the earth here.
In fact, this should be our salt that lib because James Comey was actually, I'm sorry, James Comey and Chris Cuomo.
Very, very salty in this moment.
So here's, so, so the setup is Chris Cuomo goes, how dare you attack your political opponent?
And then the rest is just pure salt, just the pouring out of salt.
And so ladies and gentlemen, get your salt shakers ready.
Pour salt into the comment section here as you hear the single greatest defense of President Trump and law and order ever given on camera.
Let's go.
chris cuomo
Do you think that it is fair to say it looks like the administration is going after its political opponents now and doing exactly what you say you oppose?
eric trump
Uh-oh, that's that what Comey?
Because I mean, it seemed very clear to me in the congressional testimony.
I don't know, just watching it.
I certainly seem like he lied to me.
I mean, I'm also wondering what an FBI director is doing, taking memos from the FBI and leaking them to the New York Times.
I mean, Chris, I'd be a guy that hopes that the FBI director would be keeping planes from flying into buildings, you know, keeping our country safe, keeping the Western way of life safe.
Instead, this guy is communicating every single day with the New York Times.
I mean, I'd hope a lot better, but I find it so ironic that you're literally one that's pushing back on the weaponization of government when the very same people that were coming after us, you know, went after your brother, you know, like hounds.
I mean, they did everything they could to destroy his governorship.
They did everything they could to destroy his life.
They did everything they could to destroy you.
I sat in that same seat.
The only difference is my last name wasn't Cuomo.
My last name was Trump.
They were trying to destroy my father.
And by doing that, they were trying to destroy me and they were trying to destroy the Trump organization.
They were trying to take all our assets and strip our name off of every building in New York City.
You've been on the receiving end of the very same people that I've been on the receiving end of.
And so to play Koy with me as if this isn't happening in the United States of America just seems ironic and foolish given what you've been through more so than anybody.
chris cuomo
Hold on a second.
What did you just say that you think I'm doing?
I'm asking you questions about whether or not if something is wrong, it is also wrong to do the same thing when you get back in power, which certainly happened the first time the administration came in.
You went right after Biden.
And I don't mean you.
You weren't part of the administration.
I'll get to you in a second in terms of what's going on right now.
But if you think I'm playing Koy, you don't know me as well as you should.
I'm not playing Coy.
I know what happened to me.
eric trump
Chris, did we?
chris cuomo
I'm saying that.
And it was happening now looks like what was done to you.
That's why I'm asking the question.
eric trump
Did we raid Biden's home?
You know, did we?
Did we try and bankrupt Biden?
Did they come after us?
Did we weaponize every AG and DA against Biden?
Did we do that against Hunter Biden, who had a laptop from hell, pictures of cocaine, illicit drug use, prostitution?
Did we do that?
Did we make up a dirty dossier about Biden?
Did they try and destroy Biden's marriage?
Was any of that true?
I mean, did we make up stories that Biden had secret servers in the basement of his home communicating with the Kremlin in Russia?
Did we strip Biden off the ballot of multiple states?
Did we take Biden off of Twitter and Instagram and Facebook and try and silence his voice so he couldn't communicate?
Did we put Biden in a courtroom every single day?
91 felony counts that have all been overturned for my father now, right?
For nonsense to try and keep him off of a campaign trail and to try and destroy his life.
Did we do any of that?
benny johnson
I'm looking at that post right now.
Last night, Eric Trump texted me and said, Yo, yo, I just went scorched earth on Chris Cuomo.
And he was like, he was left visibly stunned.
I was like, I got to see that clip.
And I was in the airport at the time after a long day in Portland, and I looked it up and I was like, bro, you did not oversell that.
So right now on X, that has 2.3 million views on our account, 21,000 reposts, 96,000 likes, 9,000 saves.
Goodness gracious.
Just a scorcher.
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Okay.
Well, Jerry is now sending cursed images of James Comey as Taylor Swift.
I did literally see that person at the Antifa protest yesterday.
I saw this somebody dressed like a man dressed exactly like this at the Antifa protest.
It's weird.
It's weird.
It's giving me the heebie-jeebies.
unidentified
Okay.
benny johnson
Ladies and gentlemen, moving along to Madison Cawthorne.
Madison Cawthorne has announced that he's running for Congress again.
Remember, Madison Cawthorne, who's an epic member of Congress, big fan of everything that he was doing.
He was the youngest member of Congress.
He's somebody who really loves our country a lot.
He moved down to Florida a while ago, and Madison Cawthorne has now announced that he'll be running in the 19th District of Florida.
He's a candidate for that seat.
And that is a seat that will be vacated by Byron Donalds.
Byron Donalds is running for governor, our dear also friend of the program.
So, ladies and gentlemen, welcome back, Madison Cawthorne.
unidentified
go.
benny johnson
Yo, Madison, what's going on, man?
How are you?
madison cawthorn
Benny, it's been too long, brother.
Good to see you again.
benny johnson
Congratulations.
I forgive us for a little bit of the delay in the show.
James Comey is being arraigned right now.
He did plead not guilty and he may be making his statement to the camera.
It's pretty wild that in the timeline of things that happen in DC, James Comey, it takes this long for him to get punished and barely.
But you, just like kind of telling the truth about how DC operates, was enough for everybody to like turn on you.
Isn't that fascinating?
So tell the truth and everyone will attack you.
Lie professionally, and you're like everyone's best friend.
Six city, man.
madison cawthorn
It's disgusting.
I mean, look at the difference between a guy like Roger Stone, another truth teller.
When he was prosecuted by the FBI, he was perp walked out of his building.
All of his devices were taken from him.
They were cloned and mirrored.
He had all kinds of ridiculous stuff going on.
James Comey still has all of his hard drives and his cell phones in his possession.
He had a very, you know, just subtle, hey, why don't you go ahead and come on in to this to your pre-trial.
Let's see how it's going.
You can claim if you're guilty or not guilty.
It just shows that even into this day, and it's because the deep state is still so well-rooted, that there is a two-tiered justice system.
And thank God for the President Trump's administration trying to right that and correct that.
But it is just two-tiered.
It's disgusting.
It's rules for thee and not for me.
benny johnson
You were arguably one of the staunchest supporters of President Trump when you were serving in your first term.
Now you want another crack at it.
And I guess the question, and we've known each other for a long time, the question is why?
Like, you know what I mean?
Like, you know, can it be fixed, right?
I suppose.
Elon Musk is like, man, I've had it with DC.
Can it be fixed, Madison?
madison cawthorn
You know what, Benny?
This is something you and I have discussed before.
And just seeing, actually, Benny, let me backtrack for a second.
You know, when I found out Byron Donalds was deciding to run for governor, I was juggling if I wanted to do this because as you said, DC probably can't be fixed.
It almost certainly cannot.
It's almost too corrupted and almost too evil.
And it's not a fun place to live.
It's not a fun place to be.
Much rather be down here in the free state of Florida.
And as I was juggling that, I went to D.C. I talked with a bunch of people.
I was talking about, but should I run?
Should I not run?
What do you think?
And, you know, I got a warm welcome.
I was trying to decide what to do.
But there were some things that really pushed me to it.
One, seeing the political violence, the asymmetric warfare that's going on in the country right now against the right perpetrated by one side.
And then seeing that culminate in the death of you and I's friend Charlie Kirk, that greatly pushed me to it.
But then especially, Benny, and I'm not just trying to blow smoke, but your speech at his memorial, I thought was extremely moving.
And although DC might not be able to be fixed, although we might have to radically change the way our government operates, if you don't get involved in politics, then you are destined to be ruled by left men.
And I believe that we all have a duty to stand up and do what we can to save this country.
You know, in Charlie Kirk's place, 10,000 more should rise.
And I hope everybody has the courage to do what they're capable of doing.
And so although I think DC is a vile, sick, and twisted place, and it's probably beyond repair, we have a duty to try and save this for the general welfare as we're called to in the Bible of our country and also for the next generation.
That is why we need to do this.
Because if we don't save this country for our next generation, this country will be lost.
It's not passed down the bloodstream.
It's something we have to fight for every single generation.
It's your nice turn in the barrel and it's time for us to fight.
benny johnson
Yeah, I mean, that's a great point.
And there's an old Teddy Roosevelt speech that's arguably, I think, my favorite speech ever given in American political history about in the arena.
And it's like, there's, there was almost a instinct to retreat, right?
Like during the Biden era by a lot of people to just say like, you know, it's over and it's time to just go make something new or maybe like get out to the hillside, you know, and like get our, get our Tesla batteries and just get out to the hillside and nothing can be saved.
I hate that mentality.
I'm like, I really do.
This is why we were in Chicago and Portland over the past seven days.
We've been in Chicago and Portland with ICE going on ICE raids because there's no such thing as a permanent blue city.
And when you go to these cities, it's wild, Madison.
I know that you've had the same experience.
There are Trump supporters everywhere waiting at the gate.
We're like four or five Trump supporters that worked at the airport, like working men that were there.
And they were like, when I was coming off my plane, right?
And just flying commercial there out of connecting through Atlanta.
And you come out and there's like the dude there, the manager of Delta was there.
And it was really cool.
And they're like, no, man, we love Trump here and we need to save Oregon.
And I don't like that defeatist attitude that like something is like beyond repair.
I actually like appreciate that because we're all Americans.
It's like our country.
It's our birthright.
And it's our job to defend it and protect it and to make sure that it doesn't get taken over by Trantifa Marxists.
madison cawthorn
No, you're absolutely right.
I think people that want to run away from a fight, you know, I always say the face of a coward is the back of their head as they run away from a battle.
And that is just not who we're called to be.
You know, we're called to not have a spirit of timidity, but to have one of courage and to be able to go forth into the battle and the fray and be willing to get down the muck and mire.
But I'll tell you, I watched the videos of you with Secretary Noam.
I thought they were incredible.
And I've experienced the exact same thing in so many Democrat cities.
But the left wing, you know, just cabal has created these machines inside of these cities that has been designed to make people, the majority of people, either vote for leftists and create more leftists, one, because they're taking away homeownership from people.
So they don't actually have any ties to the land.
Two, they're making sure that they're calling for abortions and the murder of children in the womb so that they have no ties to the next generation of this country.
And so that way, of course, if you don't care about how the country is going to be going because you're not tied to the land, if you don't care about the next generation, why would you not want to say, oh, give me everything I can get, especially if you have zero morals like these people do.
And I've noticed inside of these blue, deep blue cities, there are unprecedented number of Trump supporters.
And I think it's because we've moved the overtime window so much during the Trump era that people have realized how just morally and intellectually bankrupt all the leftist ideas are.
And they're starting to say, you know what?
I am not, my life is not getting better.
We've been voting for the left-wing Democrats for probably six decades now, and nothing has gotten better for us or for our city.
Maybe it's time to start trying something new.
And I think with the actions going on with ICE, trying to get rid of all of the illegal aliens that are voting inside of these cities, I think it's going to make a giant difference.
Then also, when you start looking at what ICE is doing around the country, you look at Alligator Alcatraz, you know, it serves dual purpose: one, to get these terrorists out of our country who hate our country.
And two, it serves as an American jobs creator, getting these people away to allow Americans and hardworking citizens the ability to be able to compete in this marketplace and be able to get jobs that they would do better and do happily because American people like to work.
The American people are not a lazy bunch of just losers.
That's just the people on the very far, far left.
We want to make this country better.
Everyone wants to get their hands dirty and it gives you a sense of honor.
There's dignity and hard work.
And, you know, I always say pressure is a gift.
Go out and get into the fray.
benny johnson
So, quickly here, Madison, what would you be bringing to DC?
What have you learned over the past couple of cycles?
Obviously, you've been plotting this and thinking about this great political return for quite a while.
And what does that look like?
madison cawthorn
You know, I think I can offer several things in Southwest Florida.
You know, right after I moved here, about three weeks later, I got hit by Hurricane Ian.
So I always say I got baptized as Florida and got to see the values of the people inside of this district, how much they love their neighbors, how much they want to take care of this America that we live in and our community.
And as I was looking at the field of who's trying to run for the seat, I realized that it's going to happen what happens to so many congressmen who have good intentions when they first get to D.C.
They get corrupted and co-opted by the leadership because when they start trying to explain things to you during freshman orientation, it sounds like it makes sense, but it's designed so that the leadership can lead you around like a puppy.
So you'll go vote against your values and vote for whatever special interest has their say.
And now I love Mike Johnson.
I think he does a credible job.
He was my mentor in Congress.
And so I'm happy to work under him, happy to support the America First agenda.
But you need someone who can go to Washington, D.C., who's not going to be manipulated, whose price is their life.
They can't be bought.
And someone who is shrewd enough to make sure that we know how to actually get bills across the line, not just have great pontifications of aggressive speech, but actually be able to deliver real results for the American people.
You know, you look down here in Florida, housing prices have gone insanely through the roof.
And now you might be asking, what can you do in the federal government?
Well, first, tackle the EPA.
The EPA has ridiculous mandates on home building products that have caused prices to go through the roof.
And then also, although it might be outside of NAP conservative doctrine, we have to do something to lower insurance costs in the area.
We need better infrastructure all across the world.
And I'll tell you, the thing that I want to bring to the table the most is to get our federal government back to its constitutional basis.
The federal government should be involved in making sure we never lose a war and also that we never have to fight a war, that we have amazing trade deals overseas and that we have great interstate systems.
Aside from that, send it all back to the states where people know what their communities actually need.
And when I get to Washington, D.C., I will be unapologetically aggressive against the left because, again, they are turned to violence.
They're trying, they want to get rid of our guns because they use guns to murder people.
We want to keep our guns because we use our guns to defend ourselves.
You know, there is no middle ground against evil.
These people have to be completely defeated.
Their ideology has to be shown to be bankrupt both financially and morally and intellectually.
And we have to root out every single member of the deep state that still exists there.
That's why I'm actually kind of happy about the shutdown.
I think Russ Vought is going to have an amazing opportunity to cut away so much of the pork that is allowing the left-wing Democrats and people like Comey to even still almost be able to have a cushy way to go through this trial.
benny johnson
Yeah, you know, it's funny, Madison, the way that you describe it, it's kind of, I really like Trump 2.0.
I like Trump coming back with vengeance, a little bit wiser, a little bit sharper, and a little bit saltier, more of a chip on his shoulder.
And that may well be you.
So Godspeed in your race.
And we'll be following it very, very closely.
Not too far from where we live.
Little South.
Little South.
But yeah, we love Naples, man.
Godspeed.
madison cawthorn
Benny, I appreciate you so much.
Tell your awesome wife I said hello and that she's raising those babies so well.
I love you, brother.
Talk soon.
benny johnson
That's right.
Everyone follow Madison Cawthorne right here.
570,000 Americans.
Can't be wrong.
Thank you, Madison.
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Ladies and gentlemen, without further ado, Lauren Boebert, back by popular demand.
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lauren boebert
I'm a little looper in there.
benny johnson
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lauren boebert
Where you fell and I had to save you?
Or the camera guy fell.
That's the one.
benny johnson
The camera guy totally ate it.
Yes, this is Lauren Bober, packing a heat, walking through Washington, D.C.
And I don't think, I don't think, I guess a lot has changed and maybe nothing has changed.
I'm not sure.
Do you still conceal carry in the capital?
lauren boebert
I do.
And we work to get new members of Congress their concealed carry permits in Washington, D.C., so they can protect themselves and defend themselves because D.C. wasn't always as safe as it is today.
Now that President Trump has federalized our nation's capital and brought in the National Guard, it is much safer now.
I walk a lot alone, even at night in Washington, D.C.
And now, when I walk home, I see pockets of National Guard on my journey.
And it's really ensuring and encouraging that those streets are finally safe.
benny johnson
So those streets are shut down right now.
Maybe like a top line on what's going on here.
Nobody has been better than you in Congress on not giving criminal aliens goodies from the taxpayer treasury.
Democrats are saying that's all we want to do, but that's been proven to be a lie, correct?
lauren boebert
Over and over and over again, it has been proven that Democrats are lying about not wanting to give illegal aliens free health care.
They have been on the presidential debate stages, raising their hand, saying that their health care plans would absolutely include illegal aliens health care.
And of course, you know, they try to get out of it just kind of by fiat and say, well, there's no federal dollars directly going to Medicaid.
But they leave out the part that says your state health care programs actually get money through the federal government through these programs.
And then that's where illegal aliens are getting free health care.
Now, we stopped this in the Big Beautiful bill.
We also said that the parolees who came in under Joe Biden or under the Autopin, whoever the heck was letting them in, and they were just rubber stamped in as a parolee.
So technically, they have some documentation.
That's why you hear Democrats say no undocumented immigrant is getting illegal health care, even though those without paperwork are as well.
But they were allowed to sign up for these programs at a state level and get these health care dollars.
We took that out in the Big Beautiful bill, and now they are demanding that we put this back in.
Chuck Schumer has been in Congress probably since before I was alive.
And Nancy Pelosi was elected the year I was born, still there, still ruling and reigning.
And Chuck Schumer is so afraid of AOC that he is going against his own words that he just spoke this year on the same exact spending bill saying that we cannot justify a government shutdown.
And now he is shutting it down because he doesn't want to lose his forever seat to AOC.
And of course, illegal aliens' health care is what they want put back in.
benny johnson
Do you think that the sombreros will finally break all of these blockades from the Democrats?
Do you think that this strategy will work?
Do you think the meme strategy will work?
You're good on social media.
You have millions and millions of followers.
You do share the occasional meme.
You have a good sense of humor.
So do you think that the sombreros and funny waxed mustaches will work?
unidentified
So it's definitely just getting at them day by day.
lauren boebert
And our great and wonderful vice president, JD Vance, very early on made the promise that once the government shutdown is over, the sombrero memes will stop.
But they are continuing to hold Americans hostage here.
Look, we're starting to see air traffic control that is impacted by this.
Workers that are saying, hey, we're not going to get paid anyway.
So we may as well take our sick days.
We're already forced to work overtime.
It's a field with a shortage of employees as it is.
And now we're starting to see those impacts at major airports throughout our country.
And, you know, the Democrats say, sorry, to heck with y'all.
We want illegals to get your hard-earned tax dollars.
We want them to get health care to overrun our hospitals, our schools, and all of our government programs.
So we're going to keep doing this and we're going to keep meming sombreros in the meantime.
benny johnson
I don't know.
I mean, speaking of immigration fraud, I don't know if Ilhan Omar has gotten a sombrero and a waxed Mexican mustache yet.
She's certainly deserving of one, but I wanted to ask about a slightly different topic here, given that Ilhan Omar has been trotted out to be the person who says what probably all Democrats believe about Charlie Kirk.
And she's just been like desecrating his legacy.
She says it was a tragedy that Charlie Kirk was killed in that way.
Alluding to like, it wouldn't be a tragedy if he was killed some other way.
Yeah, I'm not exactly sure.
She says that Charlie Kirk here in this in this post, thank you, please pop it up, that Ilhan Omar says Charlie Kirk's legacy should be left in the dustbin of history.
What is your response to Ilhan Omar?
lauren boebert
First of all, in talking about illegal immigrants, this is someone who needs to be investigated, someone who married their brother to come into our country to gain citizenship and now holds one of the highest offices in our country and has spoken so ill of our country and always is talking about how she wants to go back to Somalia and Somalia first.
Honey, go, get it, girlfriend.
I will buy the ticket.
Get the heck out of here and go home to the land that you love.
But then to be so disgusting and vile towards such a righteous man, Charlie Kirk, and his grieving widow and their children who are now fatherless, this is absolutely disgusting and appalling.
You know, on the House floor, I had wanted us to pray for Charlie Kirk.
I didn't want a moment of silence.
It had not been announced that he was gone yet.
So I still had hope, was still believing for a miracle for healing.
And there was a moment of silence.
And I said, this isn't what I believe as a Christian.
Of course, you can silently meditate on the word, but God is a speaking God.
We don't serve a dumb idol.
We serve the living, speaking God who spoke the world into existence.
And faith speaks.
And if your faith isn't big enough to move your mouth, it's never going to move your mountain.
So I don't believe in silent prayers when you are really getting after something and wanting to see God move.
And so I wanted us to collectively pray out loud.
And of course, the Democrats shouted me down for that.
And then it was followed up by Hakeem Jeffries not even attending the prayer vigil in the rotunda.
It was a followed up.
I mean, Hakeem Jeffries said he had a meeting, you know, and it's been followed up by all of this rhetoric, Ilhan Omar being the leader of it, these vile, disgusting attacks.
And they're unrelenting.
AOC going on the floor and making excuses why she won't vote for a resolution honoring the life of Charlie Kirk and condemning his assassination.
It's just inexcusable, but these people absolutely show us who they are every single day.
They show us what is in their heart and what their motives are.
Charlie Kirk was an amazing man.
His legacy is living on, and many people are coming to our side and to our movement because of his words, even today.
benny johnson
That's a beautiful answer.
And you're exactly right.
And I know that it comes from a very passionate place for you.
I was constantly crossing paths with you at turning point events.
Charlie loved you, and you were speaking at everything from the young women's events to, you know, the large 10,000-person events in Phoenix and in Tampa and in Palm Beach.
You're beloved by the Turning Point organization.
And so you like, you knew Charlie personally.
Maybe just like a moment to reflect on, you know, what happens next, Lauren.
lauren boebert
Yes.
Well, the Turning Point family is my family.
You know, we go and speak and travel with them and meet all sorts of people throughout the nation.
And Charlie Kirk really did give me and many others a platform.
Your story is absolutely beautiful and what Charlie did in your life.
You know, that was a really hard week for me.
I was supposed to see Charlie the next Friday on September 11th.
He was coming to Colorado.
And, you know, there were three or four times that I had picked up my phone to send him a message.
And each time I said, I'm going to see him Friday.
And, you know, so I never sent those messages.
The following week, he was coming to Colorado State University in Fort Collins.
It was arranged for my boys to be there as I was going to be in D.C.
But then CSU, that turning point chapter and their amazing president of the university allowed for the football stadium to be used and 10,000 people showed up for Charlie Kirk that evening that he was supposed to be there in person holding his events.
And that same passion is growing.
There are more people turning into the Charlie Kirk show every single day.
I hope your show is getting more views as more people join this movement.
But they're seeing how radical and how evil the left really is.
I mean, you even have people like Bill Maher who are just like, these people are absolutely nuts.
I'm a liberal and I can't stand what the Democrat Party is doing.
He's a liberal who has donated to the Clintons, to Barack Obama, to Joe Biden, and they would never even come on his show.
Donald Trump invited him to have dinner with him in the White House and give him a personal tour.
And this is someone that Bill Maher criticized.
And so I think there are many, many people who are waking up and seeing that we truly just want to put America first.
We want our hard-earned tax dollars to go towards things in our country.
And we want to keep more of our tax dollars.
We don't want them going to free health care for illegals as fentanyl was pouring over our southern borders, killing our youth, killing our people.
Colorado is, I think, we're number three in the nation for crime right now.
Number one in the nation for auto thefts, number two in the nation for fentanyl overdoses.
So, you know, maybe when President Colorado, that is what leftist policies have done.
And so maybe when President Trump and Secretary Noam clean up Portland, Oregon, they could come down to Denver, Colorado.
benny johnson
That seems like an invitation.
I'd be happy to join in on that.
We've been having quite a roll, actually.
And last time I was in Denver, goodness, I can't remember what it was for, but it was like criminal aliens everywhere.
It was like going through Gotham.
I just couldn't believe it.
Denver was just one of these sparkling crystal cities when I was a young kid growing up in the Midwest.
And you drive over there and do some skiing, right?
lauren boebert
Well, this is where Trende Aragua, we were told it was a feature of our imagination that Trende Aragua was present in Aurora, Colorado.
We have a brave councilwoman, Danielle Jarinski.
She's currently running for re-election right now.
And she was going to the apartment complexes that Trende Aragua gang members from Venezuela had overtaken and were harassing and assaulting the residents who lived there and was completely being ignored.
Our governor said it was a feature of our imagination.
The attorney general Phil Weiser, who is now running for governor, did nothing about this.
And it's why President Trump had a rally in Aurora, Colorado during his 2024 campaign, because this was real.
And this is taking place right here in Colorado.
And now there's been so much news that has come out about actual Trende Aragua gang members and the violence that they are committing here in Colorado.
And each and every time we're like, wait, we were told that that wasn't real, thought it wasn't real.
But turns out we know exactly what's happening in our neighborhoods, in our communities, and in our state.
benny johnson
Yeah.
Man, I can't wait for you to run for governor.
I know you don't want to make the announcement.
unidentified
Oh, we got a great guy running for governor right now in Congress.
Really?
Okay.
benny johnson
All right.
lauren boebert
Well, we got a loaded primary field in the Republican Party, but Victor Marks, he is a friend of Turning Point, and he is an absolute hero.
benny johnson
He's a legend.
I'm sorry that I haven't been following the race, Lauren.
I apologize.
lauren boebert
Benny, let me tell you.
So he had an announcement here in Colorado launching his gubernatorial run.
More than a thousand people, standing room only, showed up to show their support for Victor Marks for governor.
benny johnson
Charlie loved that dude, by the way.
unidentified
Yes.
benny johnson
And he would regularly speak at Turning Point.
lauren boebert
Yes.
benny johnson
That's amazing.
You are the only person I know that could disarm somebody faster than Victor Marks.
Okay.
So really quick.
lauren boebert
I'm going to do a video of that.
benny johnson
So really, really quick, because there's something that you said two answers ago about Ilhan Omar that was repeated by the president.
And I just want to get your take on this, given the fact that you sit on multiple committees that could like, you know, oversee Homeland Security and so forth.
President Trump here, Untruth Social, it's about a week ago, saying, you know, going after Ilhan Omar, obviously, for being so nasty to Charlie, but he says, Ilhan Omar tells us how to live as Americans and how to run America.
Wasn't she the one who married her brother to gain citizenship?
Well, like, can we please have an investigation into this?
unidentified
Yeah.
benny johnson
Because I got like, I'll, maybe I'll break a little news on this.
I'm pretty close with a lot of people at Homeland Security, and allegedly there's a considerable amount, demonstrable amounts of evidence that the government has that proves this.
And perhaps they're like trying to figure out which way to go around it.
I know it's got to be a touchy issue, obviously, you know.
But what do you say to this, Congresswoman?
lauren boebert
A little too touchy for family.
But, you know, in Congress, it's going to be really difficult to have a real investigation like we should.
Look, Nancy Mace bravely put a privileged resolution on the floor condemning the remarks made by Ilhan Omar.
And Ilhan Omar was trying to troll everyone in the process leading up to the vote.
And she just simply wanted to censure her.
She said, you should not be on the foreign affairs committee with the rhetoric that you have.
And then, of course, it went against our congressional code of ethics that we agree to when we are signed in as members of Congress.
And we have-you have a code of ethics.
benny johnson
You have a code of ethics that says you can't marry your brother.
lauren boebert
You know, that might need to be put in, but we definitely have a code.
benny johnson
I think that's in the Bible.
lauren boebert
Yeah, yeah.
Our Bible.
And so, anyway, you had Republicans block that.
You had Republicans table this motion.
Maybe some making excuses for the First Amendment.
The First Amendment doesn't protect you from consequences.
And when you have a code of ethics that you are using your office to absolutely defy, there needs to be accountability there.
And, you know, maybe some were just covering their own backs to keep other stories down.
I don't know the reasons why people were voting to table this motion, but to have an actual investigation, I don't know if we have a strong enough Republican Party at this time to actually commit to that and get it done.
But this is someone who absolutely should be investigated.
I think she should be sitting in prison or at least sent back to Somalia rather than George Santos being put in solitary confinement for telling a fib years back.
This is, you know, that was gross that he was expelled from Congress and the charges that he got.
I'm advocating for Santos's pardon.
And I would much rather see Ilhan Omar having consequences for her conduct rather than him.
benny johnson
Yeah.
I mean, it's just, it very much does reveal the soul of a person, how you treat somebody who's deceased.
Like that tells you everything.
Like how she's treated Charlie Kirk after his horrific death at the hands of a you know left-wing radical is sickening.
And just a post here from U.S. Immigration Services: Marriage fraud is a crime.
They're just reminding us here.
They've sent a number of posts, a number of bangers actually out about this.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know if they're trying to send a message.
I don't know.
Report marriage fraud here.
lauren boebert
Interesting.
I think we need to make some reports, Benny.
You have quite a following.
I think we could get a few reports made on this one.
benny johnson
I guess we'll see.
Thank you.
Thank you, Congresswoman.
Obviously, this is something all of these topics are very interesting, but man, Victor Marks, I'm going to hit him up, man.
This is awesome.
Very exciting times.
lauren boebert
Amazing man.
benny johnson
Very exciting times.
lauren boebert
His wife is going to be right alongside of him, and she's even more powerful and really the encouraging voice behind him going into ICE, into ISIS territory, rescuing women and children because he told her it was a suicide mission.
And she said, I would rather be a widow than married to a coward.
benny johnson
What a what a line.
What words to live by.
lauren boebert
Yes.
benny johnson
Godspeed, Congresswoman.
Everybody go follow Lauren Board.
You probably do.
She's got millions of followers.
You got 5 million followers already, you know?
But like, go follow Lauren.
If you don't, she's just one of the best and keeping it giving us hope in Colorado again.
All right.
That's right.
lauren boebert
Cheers.
benny johnson
Thank you. God bless you.
Gentlemen, joining us for the first time.
And we're very honored because we were able to chill with Senator, newly minted Senator Dave McCormick at an epic Penn State versus Oregon game.
We actually have a great photo of that where we were on the field right here.
And Dave McCormick was flexing his Charlie Kirk freedom shirt and obviously defending Charlie's legacy.
He has some beautiful, he had some beautiful story actually about Charlie.
And maybe we should ask him live right now because he's joining the show, the proud, new, fresh-faced senator from the state of Pennsylvania.
Dave McCormick joins us live.
It was awesome.
I'm sorry about the result, by the way.
dave mccormick
Man, that was a tough, that was a tough loss, Benny, but great to spend time with you on the field for the whiteout, 117,000 fans.
And, you know, that was a special day, but in large part because you came and there was a huge turnout, as you know, for Charlie and an incredible turning point rally that you created.
I think you said 5,000 people lined up there.
I came up a bit late and saw you there, but incredible.
And it just shows the lasting impact and legacy.
I mean, there were hundreds of people registering to vote, an enormous turnout for Turning Point, enormous turnout for Charlie.
And I think we're going to see a dramatic shift in the country just based on what we saw that day in Pennsylvania.
benny johnson
It was beautiful to see in Pennsylvania.
I've never understood.
We have employees in Pennsylvania, people that we love on our team.
The amazing Ashley on our team lives in Philadelphia.
And I get it that there are obviously Democrats in Pennsylvania, but when you travel to Pennsylvania, man, they love Trump.
It's a strong family values state.
I hope that it becomes like Florida.
Can you talk to me about that?
Is Pennsylvania on the track to getting Florida?
Can you give people hope in that?
Because again, the idea behind this is that Florida was, of course, a squishy purple state in 2020, right?
And remained that way until Republicans got serious and started delivering.
And now it's like a just very dark red state.
And we love that.
dave mccormick
Yeah, we're on the journey here.
We're on the path.
If you go back to 2022 versus 2024, the registration gap closed by something like 600,000 voters.
And it's about 100,000 voter advantage and registered voters.
But that's gone from a million four years ago to 100,000.
So the registration's moving dramatically.
And I give President Trump a lot of credit for that.
I give Charlie, Scott Pressler, you lots of credit for folks that came in and really helped get out the vote.
College campuses used to be solidly blue.
They've moved dramatically now in our direction in Pennsylvania.
Penn State's a good example of that.
That's the first thing.
Second thing, what happened in Pennsylvania in 24, the coalition President Trump built, I was able to be part of that, was incredible.
And we have to solidify it.
In Philadelphia, more than 20% of African Americans voted for Trump and for me.
Across the state, more than 40% of Hispanics voted for Trump, voted for me.
In the trades, the building trades, where the nationals endorsed Trump, endorsed Harris, rather, endorsed Casey.
Two-thirds of the rank and file, two-thirds.
These are welders and pipe fitters and steam fitters and electricians.
They voted for Trump.
They voted for me.
So that coalition is a huge part of the future of the party.
You know, very hard to win the presidency without winning Pennsylvania.
And I think we're on a path here that we can really lock it in as red, but we got to keep the pressure on.
benny johnson
Yes.
So what about the vote in Pennsylvania?
What has been done in order to make sure that the vote is safe and secure?
What's been done from a federal or a state level?
What do we still need to fix, Senator?
dave mccormick
Well, as much as had been done on this, and Michael Watley at the RNC had brought a huge team of folks on the ground for the 24 cycle.
But as much as had been done, at the very end in my race, when there was a recount, there was literally votes getting turned.
And there was this famous.
benny johnson
Oh, we remember.
Yeah, we remember the election deniers.
dave mccormick
You were on the ground, Benny.
And in Bucks County in 2024, there's this classic video of this county commissioner saying, I don't care what the law says.
You know, we're not going to follow the law.
Those votes are not going to count, or they are going to count rather.
These were votes that have been, these ballots have been kicked out because they had been inappropriately filled out and they were going to be counted by the Democrats.
So we got a lot of work to do.
And the mail-in ballot effort, which I know is controversial, but one of the reasons we won in 24 is President Trump came in and said, listen, that mail-in ballot is one way to vote.
Scott Pressler pushed that in a huge way.
And we closed the gap on mail-in ballots dramatically.
We got to have observation at these polling sites.
We've got to flip the courts.
And we got a retention race coming up here in November where we've got to win that race.
And by winning, get some of those liberal judges thrown out.
That's the path and progress, but there's a lot more to do.
benny johnson
And Senator, speaking from experience, people said, Dave McCormick, he'll never win.
You know, you got an incumbent.
You got a Democrat powerhouse state in Pennsylvania.
And you won.
And they were kicking and screaming about it to Chuck Schumer's eternal shame, right?
He's been muling about election denialism for four years.
And then here he is like refusing to congratulate you on your win.
I'll never forget that, Senator.
But anyway, it was like embarrassing.
Yeah, it was very embarrassing.
But we're going to head to New Jersey.
And I know that there is a ton of people that love Pennsylvania sports in New Jersey.
There were a ton of people from Jersey at the Penn State game.
They're very close, like brotherly states.
And tons of just crossover there.
And we're going to go there for Jack Chitterelli, who's running for governor and doing like, he's neck and neck, kind of like your polls.
We're neck and neck.
So can New Jersey flip red?
I don't think there's a better person to ask than you, Senator.
dave mccormick
No doubt about it.
No doubt about it.
And Jack can win.
He's a great guy, as you know.
He's a common sense.
The reason I won, I believe the reason that President Trump won, but certainly the reason I won, and I think the reason Jack can win is common sense.
Common sense.
Listen, whether you're a Democrat, a Republican, or an Independent, you don't want 4,000 Pennsylvanians dying last year from fentanyl because of wide open borders.
You don't want 20% inflation, which is killing.
I had somebody in my office today who's on Social Security.
She's still dealing with a horrible challenge.
If you're on fixed income and prices are up 20%, right?
They don't want disorder on the city streets.
You walk through Philadelphia these days and we was just in Kensington last week.
I mean, it's unbelievable.
And Trump ran on common sense policies to fix those problems and he's delivering on those.
And so you can, you know, in places like Pennsylvania, man, they just want people going to solve problems.
And they look at President Trump and say, holy cow, there's a guy who actually made promises and is delivering on them.
And that's, I think, the mantra for winning here.
I can't speak for other states, but we just want to solve problems.
We want to work with anybody we need to to solve the problems.
And the president is leading the charge on that.
And, you know, I'm proud to support those efforts.
benny johnson
I just wanted to give you an opportunity here as we close out to comment on the shutdown, given the fact that you just rattled off all these agenda items that were able to deliver a devastating for the Democrats victory, right, for you in the 2024 election.
Probably the surprise, probably the biggest surprise in the entire nation and a wonderful one at that.
But you talk about how like, hey, listen, I'm just going to serve my constituency.
I'm just going to serve the working man and woman of Pennsylvania, the citizens of Pennsylvania.
And now Chuck Schumer is shutting down the entire government to give criminal aliens more money from our treasury.
How do they even sell that, Senator?
Like, how can you even go to the American people with your head held high and say that's what you're planning on doing?
It seems like the sombreros and the wax mustaches are very merited in this scenario.
dave mccormick
Honestly, it is disgraceful.
And I think the Democrats are in a cul-de-sac.
They have gotten themselves in a mess they can't get out of because the thing we're asking for, this is the Schumer shutdown.
The thing we're asking for is a very simple thing, which is, believe it or not, Benny, the actual appropriation process is moving in the right direction.
We're trying to get back to regular order where the Congress does its job rather than these huge big omnibus bills every year that just advance all sorts of crazy spending.
And what Schumer and his team have done is essentially say, we're going to stop the government because we don't like President Trump.
We don't like the fact that he's winning.
We don't like the fact that we got the Working Families Tax Cut Act in place.
He is fighting Trump and he's doing it at the expense of the American people, at the expense of the military, expense of the Border Patrol, at the expense of our services.
And the thing he's asking for is so ridiculous.
It's to essentially allow for illegal immigrants to get health care, undo many of the reforms that we put into Medicaid and advance the Obamacare stimulus, essentially the subsidies that have been put in place during COVID.
And COVID's been over for years.
So it's an indefensible position that's going to harm the American people.
And there's only one explanation, which he is bowing to the extreme left of his party.
I know there's a bunch of Democrats in the Senate that think this is a terrible idea.
They told me, but Schumer is in the cul-de-sac and he can't get out.
And I think they're going to pay for it.
benny johnson
Anybody from the Midwest or from places where it gets icy and snows, like understands exactly how nightmarish it is to be stuck in the cul-de-sac and not be able to get there, man.
I've been there where it's like, you just got to cancel plans until it gets warmer.
You can't get up the driveway.
All right.
Really quickly, I hope you don't mind.
Just a quick, it just came to the mind of me and my producers.
Jim Banks, your colleague, it's a fascinating, fascinating post here.
It says, yo, the census robbed a bunch of states by overcounting in some places, by undercounting in other places, scrambling data, including criminal aliens and handing Democrats extra seats and extra power.
Obviously, something they wanted to do, which was steal your election victory away from you.
Turns out that they did it in the census.
He has quite a compelling case here.
Since he's one of your colleagues, I just wonder, like, have you ever chatted with him about this?
Like, what do you think about this?
Should we redo the census, Senator?
dave mccormick
You know, I haven't chatted with him about it, but this is something I said during the campaign.
It was so obvious because if you allow 20 million illegal immigrants into the country and you count them in the census, which they explicitly do, that changes congressional seats and it changes the electoral college.
Look how close these presidential elections have been.
So if you change the electoral college change of seats, it changes the composition and the power politically.
And it was absolutely transparent at the time they were doing this.
And I do agree with the gist of what you just said that Senator Banks is calling out.
And we probably do need to think about how to not have the census reflect something that isn't representative of American citizens.
Just think about it.
They're counting people in the census that by definition can't legally vote.
That's un-American.
It's undemocratic.
And it makes no sense.
And so Banks is smart and he's a good man.
He's a great senator.
He's on the right path.
benny johnson
Yeah.
It's like it does, it is a really perverse incentive, just like giving criminal aliens free health care.
It's a perverse incentive to pack as many criminal aliens into your municipality as possible, right?
In order to gain power.
It's a really bad system.
dave mccormick
It just may answer the question because I always ask myself, what's behind the wide open borders?
Is it ideological?
Because it's creating a lot of problems for the Democrats.
What is it?
What is the driver of this?
Well, I think part of it is this.
Part of it is that the political benefit of having this enormous inflow of illegal immigrants is indisputable.
It's indisputable by definition through a census that counts folks that are largely Democrats, going to largely vote with the left, and ultimately isn't in the best interest of the country.
benny johnson
Oh, man.
My team just sent me the coolest photo.
Okay, fine.
We're just going to pop it up.
You don't need to tell us what you were discussing here, but they sent us an amazing photo, the christening of the Rose Garden Club.
It looks like you really had Trump's ear here.
Goodness gracious.
Never seen Trump listening so intently, Senator.
Maybe you were just making this point about the census.
You can tell us if you'd like.
dave mccormick
Okay, I'm going to tell you.
I'm going to tell you, it's going to be maybe disappointing.
benny johnson
It's a dad joke.
dave mccormick
No, this was he was looking at his iPad and he was deciding what song he was going to play next because he was DJing.
benny johnson
You can see it there now.
unidentified
Okay.
Yeah.
Okay.
benny johnson
Now that I'm like, now that I'm taking in the photo.
dave mccormick
Much to my disappointment, he wasn't seeking my advice on what he should do next.
benny johnson
Got it.
unidentified
All right.
benny johnson
Well, what song did you tell him to play?
I know you got to go, but what song did you tell him to play?
dave mccormick
He was going, he was, he was unbelievable.
The great thing about him when he's DJing is he not only knows the songs, he knows the artist.
So he calls up Poverati and he says, let me tell you about Pavarati.
And then he calls up Frank Sinatra.
He said, let me tell you about Frank.
So he has relationships with a lot of these folks.
I think right around that time, it was an old favorite, which you'll know well because we heard it every time he campaigned.
Lee Greenwood came up a couple times.
benny johnson
I mean, that is a very easy bingo right there.
Yeah.
unidentified
All right.
benny johnson
Well, that's amazing.
Ah, geez.
One of these days, Senator, man, that's an awesome seating right there.
Everybody follow the senator, obviously.
And a massive rising star, a very good man, and somebody who is flipping Pennsylvania red.
And that is just a wonderful thing.
And maybe you can join us at one of these campaign stops in New Jersey.
Senator, I'm sure everyone would love to see you.
Godspeed, Senator.
dave mccormick
Same to you.
Thanks for having me.
benny johnson
Would you look at that?
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And then the senator just straight up confirmed it.
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Right there.
benny johnson
Ding, ding, ding.
Ladies and gentlemen.
Ding the bell for our next surprise guest.
And our last guest, goodness gracious.
Boys, we are just tearing through today.
Amazing.
We were tearing through Portland yesterday.
We didn't even get to it because we had so much going on with James Comey and the arrests and everything like that.
It turns out, am I wrong?
James Comey did not speak in front of the cameras.
James Comey's lawyer did not speak in front of the cameras.
Is that correct?
Okay.
Feeds were ended.
So it's not like we would ever deprive you of breaking news.
We've obviously interrupted anyone and everyone.
We make sure there's a news show first.
James Comey did not make an appearance.
His lawyers did not make an appearance.
I'm glad we didn't just sit here and play the Jeopardy music, ladies and gentlemen, and all the feeds have ended.
So I guess that'll be, we'll see what happens next.
Our next guest, though, saw what happened yesterday in Portland.
His name is David Medina, and he was our Sherpa.
He is an absolute rising superstar in Oregon politics.
He's like the MAGA master of Oregon.
And most importantly, he is a friend of the program, a great independent journalist, and a voice for truth.
David joins the show live now.
David, what's up, homies?
Like crazy that it was like less than 24 hours ago.
We were staring down Antifa and child predators, criminal aliens, like with Christy Noam up on the sniper's nest on top of ice.
It was an insane day.
What were your major takeaways from yesterday?
david medina
Well, my first, Benny, thanks for having me on, by the way.
This is freaking amazing.
And by the way, I don't know how you have more energy than me this morning.
You literally hopped on a plane from Florida to Portland, killed it yesterday in Portland, and then literally flew right back.
Did you get any sleep?
benny johnson
Bro, caffeine, man.
Caffeine.
We just let it rip.
We got the caffeine.
It's probably not healthy, the amount of coffee that I drink.
Not nicotine yet.
I'll have my teams like trying to get me on nicotine, but no, not yet.
We'll see.
We'll see as we get older, David.
But yeah, that and the love of Jesus Christ, actually, and the love of my children and our families that like motivate us, you know, to save the country.
david medina
Yeah, I love it.
Well, thank you for coming to Portland, Oregon yesterday, man.
You inspired so many people.
I don't know if you saw the comments on the posts of us meeting in the airport, but so many Oregonians were like, oh my gosh, this is amazing.
Benny's coming here.
Secretary Noam's coming here.
You guys inspired a lot of people.
And it's about time that the nation saw the corruption of the far-left Democrats and the chokehold that they've had on our community here and across the state.
They have destroyed this state.
But the good news is, as you saw yesterday, Benny, there's a lot of great people here.
And it's actually, and I can say this across the nation too, but especially in Oregon, it is really easy to beat these Democrats if we just get out and vote and do our job.
Like we had 120,000 Republicans sit out the gubernatorial election.
We would have a Republican governor in Oregon right now.
And we only lost that race by 67,000 votes.
So yesterday was inspiring having Secretary Noam there, having you there, having everybody else there to support us.
It was inspiring.
It rejuvenated a lot of us fighting on the ground here in Oregon.
And we're just super grateful, man.
So thank you for coming.
benny johnson
What was your favorite part of the day?
This was probably mine when Chrissy Noam took the rooftop and then looked down at the protesters.
She also went hot on Zach Bryan for singing an anti-ICE song.
She also interrogated two criminal aliens.
We could just cycle kind of through the B-roll here.
It's all mine.
They've all done millions of views.
David, what stuck out to you?
Was this your first time rolling with Chrissy Noam, by the way?
david medina
Yeah, this was.
And thank you, by the way.
I mean, you definitely, you hooked us, you hooked us up here and you made it so many people have because we have a huge following here in Oregon and a lot of people that put their faith and trust in us to get the real story out.
And so I appreciate you letting us tag along, man.
I just, it meant so much.
But my thing, my favorite part was her tearing apart at Zach Bryan.
But also the favorite part was also a sad part was when she was talking to these illegals, as you see in this B-roll here.
She was talking to these illegals.
One was a child predator, a pedophile that had crimes against children and was released back into the community by these Democrats in Oregon.
How can people not be outraged by this?
And you know what?
A lot of people are.
There's a lot of moderate Democrats here that talk to me and they say, look, I can't support you.
I'm not there yet, but I do not like where this party's going.
And I'm glad that Trump is shedding some light on what's going on here.
How in the hell do we allow pedophiles to just run out just because we're a sanctuary state?
I don't want to ever hear these Democrats talk about compassion or democracy ever again when they're doing this kind of garbage.
benny johnson
Yes.
It was remarkable to see this is going to sound like, you know, this is going to sound like really flattering, but it's true.
She's fearless, dude.
You know, she doesn't have to do this.
You never say Maorca is ever doing this, right?
Kamal Harris famously never visited the border.
The fact that she goes right up to these convicted criminals and tells them, you're getting deported.
You're a criminal.
You're a monster.
And we will deport you.
You're here illegally.
And we watched her do that time and time again.
The guts, the balls to straight up do that.
This is the second time in a week, bro, that I've seen her up on a ICE facility in a sniper's nest, like just staring down mobs of protesters that were protesting her.
It's great.
I think that law enforcement, you know, this is like a rough and tumble career and law enforcement needs to see that kind of strength to be inspired.
And I think that's what a lot of this is about.
What do you think?
david medina
Yeah, absolutely.
And man, she has more balls than our own mayor and our governor, who's a chick, by the way.
But Christy Noam was inspiring you.
Like I said before, she came in, she confronted these guys face to face.
She confronted our mayor.
She confronted our police chief.
You saw the mayor leave that meeting yesterday, pissed.
I mean, he was so upset.
I could see the disgust on his face.
Our feckless, weak radical left might as well be Antifa mayor here in Portland.
And if people think I'm being too hard, Benny, I'm not.
These people have destroyed our great city.
They've destroyed our state.
They just passed a record 4.3 billion new taxes in new taxes to fix their problem in transportation.
So on top of the crime problem, which is well above the national average here in Portland, which is why we're grateful that you came and Secretary Noam came, they are taxing us to hell and back.
And it's about time that the spotlight is put on us here in Portland, man.
It shows if there's any place in the United States to show how far these corrupt Democrats will go, it's Portland, Seattle.
It's the West Coast.
They're all in collusion together.
And so, yeah, super grateful that you guys came.
But Christy Noam laid down the law, baby.
I loved it, man.
And you were there too.
You were there right in the trenches, man.
My other favorite part, by the way, Benny, was rushing you to the airport.
You like those driving skills?
benny johnson
Yeah, dude.
I'm so glad that you brought up that point.
And yes, of course, your driving skills are like, it was straight up Grand Theft Auto.
But like, she doesn't have to meet with the woke governor or the woke mayor or the police chief.
And she did.
Tristan Noam sat and met with Democrat officials in this Democrat city for hours yesterday.
And it sounds like she made some real progress and she stood her ground.
And again, it was just really remarkable to see up close.
You were in the motorcade with us all day.
There were some people who we didn't get a chance to meet.
I've never met this individual.
Maybe you can close us out here because David, you continually tell me like how wonderful the people are in Portland.
Based in Portland is an account that I did not get a chance to meet.
And I look forward to returning to Portland and we'll be doing that soon.
We'll announce it soon.
We'll be coming back.
Apparently, Basin Portland wanted to come meet me at the airport.
I'm sorry that this didn't happen.
Do you know her?
You tell me that this individual like goes out and actually is the one.
And if you wouldn't mind clicking on the account there, Klein, you should follow based in Portland.
Like this is her walking the streets of one of the most Democrat controlled hellscapes and she does it with her children and she drapes herself in the American flag with her family.
It's like so awesome.
It's so brave.
I mean, it'd be brave to do it in Tampa, I guess, but like, you know, Republicans control the state.
To do it in Portland is just remarkable.
We met so many amazing Americans and she was outside of the ICE facility with her family thanking ICE all day long in the face of Antifa.
She didn't have Secret Service.
She didn't have a motorcade like we did.
You know, she was just out there, like, she was just out there being based literally in Portland.
david medina
Absolutely.
benny johnson
The floor is yours, David.
david medina
Yeah, I really appreciate you spotlighting this family because they are a perfect picture of the patriots here in Oregon.
They are fearless.
And there's nothing like a blue state conservative, Benny.
There's nothing like a conservative or a MAGA supporter in a godless city like Portland.
I don't know if you know, but Portland has the most strip clubs per capita.
I mean, it is a godless city up and down, left to right.
And this family right here, I do know them.
They are amazing people.
They are amazing, amazing patriots here in Portland.
And I don't know if you saw the videos, but Christy Noam actually invited them in to have pizza last night.
benny johnson
Yes, that's right.
That's right.
We have some of these photos right here.
unidentified
Yep.
benny johnson
This is them.
david medina
So good.
benny johnson
Meeting Christy Noam.
david medina
Yes.
And this is, I just want to tell parents out there, you're not to be your kids' friend.
You're to be their parents.
It's exactly what this, what based in Portland is doing with her kids.
She is raising them right.
She's raising them with love.
I've seen videos of them out there protesting right across the street from Antifa when they were the only ones a few months ago.
This is how you should raise your kids here.
Fearless, because we're living in a time like we've never seen before, Benny.
We're living in a time where our country is under attack from every institution.
Every fabric of our founding principles is under attack.
And this right here, I'm not saying you have to send your kids out like this, but this bravery right here, you need to start teaching your kids this.
This is amazing.
Thank you, Based in Portland.
Love this family.
Thank you for highlighting them, Benny.
benny johnson
So awesome.
Klein, if you would, as we're closing here, would you mind going back to that photo of them sort of in a grassy area?
I just want to explain to people what's going on here.
There it is, right there.
You had it up.
Thank you, Klein.
unidentified
This is why we call them killer clients.
benny johnson
This is across the street from the ICE facility.
I just want to give you context here now that I've been there.
This is across the street from the ICE Detention Center.
This is amongst, she has her family, her beautiful family there.
God bless ice signs and Charlie Kirk quotes and Crisis King.
She has her family there.
There are mobs of literal Antifa demons roaming the streets.
And here she is, light in the darkness.
Oh, so inspiring.
And it's just something, it was just a takeaway from me yesterday, which is that there is nothing beyond the power of God.
There's nothing that God cannot do.
Through God, all things are possible.
There's no such thing as a permanent red state or permanent blue state.
You must be ever vigilant.
And most importantly, if you have light and salt on your side, then you can win.
And this is what light looks like.
So, David, thank you for showing us and introducing us to so many amazing people there.
We got a heart for Portland and for the state of Oregon.
It is a naturally gifted and gorgeous state.
There's so many great Americans there.
And we look forward to being back with you very soon.
david medina
Benny, we love you, man.
Thank you so much for helping us out here when I'm standing on your shoulders, my friend.
Thank you so much.
benny johnson
Everybody, follow David Medina.
Here's his account right there: 60,000 Americans do.
And there's more than 60,000 Trump supporters in the state of Oregon.
It can be flipped, ladies and gentlemen.
It can all happen.
Thank you, David.
Godspeed.
david medina
Thank you.
benny johnson
Howdy, an exciting show.
And we end, as ever, with our verse of the day from Micah 6-8.
Let's go.
He has shown you, oh, mortal, what is good and what does the Lord require of you to act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
We do our very level-headed best to simply be Christians on this program.
It is impossible because we're all sunken and fallen.
But it's good to like humble yourself and say, you know what?
We are just simple Christians.
We believe in Jesus and we're going to do what the Bible says, right?
And so here we go from Micah.
Like, what does the Lord ask?
He saved us already.
Like, God is perfect.
We can't be perfect, but God is perfect.
And through him, we have salvation.
unidentified
So be just, it says.
benny johnson
Show mercy, it says, and be humble before God.
These are things that we can be every single day in our own way.
And ladies and gentlemen, as we march forward, a reminder that in the end, we win.
It's your boy Benny.
unidentified
See ya.
david medina
Just go around.
unidentified
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