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	But I have something really important coming up right now because this August 26th marked the two-year anniversary of Biden's botched Afghanistan withdrawal, and he was criticized heavily, and rightfully so.
	He was criticized then and then again this week as gold star families were present for Tuesday's hearings.
	One of those who were present during the hearing is a gold star dad that said that Biden was a disgrace and he did not bite his tongue or hold back on what he had to say.
	Please listen to this soundbite of Mark Schmidt.
	Not a single person has been held accountable.
	Our so-called leader can't seem to even utter their names in public, not even once.
	Mr. Biden has run his entire political campaign for 50 years as the family man.
	Well, I've got news for you, sir.
	The curtain has been lifting, and that campaign slogan will never work again.
	We have seen what's going on in your family, and even worse, we've seen how you've been treating us as gold star families.
	And there couldn't be anything more disgusting and cowardly than the way you have treated us.
	You are a disgrace to this nation.
	You have no business having ultimate command over our military, and I regret not saying that to your face when I had the opportunity in Dover.
	I felt it more like more important to bite my tongue.
	But I also had more important things on my mind at that time, like receiving my son's lifeless body stateside.
	Well, I stood there on the tarmac watching you check your watch over and over again.
	All I wanted to do was shout out, it's two firty.
	But out of respect to the other grieving families, I bit my tongue once again.
	Well, as you could probably tell by now, I'm done biting my tongue.
	You, sir, stole their lives, their futures, their dreams.
	And have ripped apart 13 families.
	You cannot even man up and admit that.
	You, sir, gave us all the title Gold Star Family.
	You, sir, discredit honor and integrity.
	The father of Marine Lance Corporal Jared Schmidt is joining us right now, Mark Schmidt.
	He is the one you just heard right now.
	And I'll tell you what, first of all, Mark, I am so sorry for your loss.
	I can't even imagine it has to be the greatest lost ever, loss ever to lose a child, and I'm very, very sorry.
	Thank you.
	You did not hold back.
	Did you know that you were gonna just let it rip?
	Uh because I could feel your hurt, I could feel your frustration, I could feel your anger.
	Did you know that you were gonna just let it go like that?
	Had you planned that, or is it emotions just drove you?
	Well, I absolutely knew I was gonna do that because for one, I've been having this build up for two years.
	Two years I've listened to one excuse after another.
	Two years I've watched uh State of the Union address, and our our kids are Afghanistan for that matter, aren't even mentioned.
	I mean, this president is a is a joke and a disgrace, as I mentioned, but I spent a month writing that speech, and I've had many, many veterans and many other American patriots reaching out saying, you know, you guys have a unique platform.
	I mean your voices can be heard, and you're gonna be speaking for yourself, but for so many others as well.
	And so I tried to accommodate the veteran's voice as well within my speech, and my son growing up used to always have a phrase that he would always say, and I know a lot of kids use it, but he would always say send it.
	So I felt like I came prepared to do a full send.
	Oh, you didn't proud.
	I mean, Mark, I was so impressed, and you you know it just breaks my heart, particularly when I heard you Talk about no one being held accountable.
	And and and and that's the truth, isn't it?
	There has been no accountability for what happened there in Afghanistan.
	No, though most of the people either still have their same positions, nobody has resigned, nobody has been fired, and heck, even some of them have been promoted.
	You know, it's just absolutely ridiculous.
	Um there's no other job in the world that you could screw up at that uh at that level in that magnitude and still have your job, but apparently except for this one.
	You know, Mark, a lot of us remember seeing those photographs two years ago of President Biden looking at his watch while you're while on that tarmac.
	And that was one of the things that just I mean, as a grieving parent to see him looking at the time instead of being in that moment, that solemn moment.
	It's just I almost want to cry right now just thinking about it.
	And and I think all of us remember that photograph.
	Well, there's uh I watched and witnessed the four four the first four caskets coming off that uh that plane.
	And after each one would pass by him and they were loading it into the van, I would look at him and he would look at his watch the first four times.
	After that, I don't know if he did anymore because I refused to look at the man.
	I leaned into my my ex-wife, Jared's mother, and that's exactly what I said.
	What I'm not gonna hear.
	I know we can't say it again, but yeah, I mean you let him know exactly what time it was and and exactly what kind of person he was.
	You know, uh you had to be that had to be the most astounding moment to stand there as the bodies were being received and and to watch this man making note of the time.
	It's like I gotta go, gotta go.
	How much longer is this going to be?
	That's disgusting.
	We were all in shock.
	Uh absolute shock.
	I was looking around like, am I the only one?
	And I could see it in the eyes of most of the other family members, like they couldn't believe what they were seeing, you know.
	And I just wanted to to run across the tarmac and just stick my watch in his face and be like, here it is.
	I mean, you don't have to keep checking yours.
	Apparently you've got something important to do.
	You know, it was just it was unbelievable timing um for him to to do something like that.
	Uh and then never to even talk about it, you know, and excuse it or apologize for it.
	I mean, it's it's it's pathetic.
	Yeah, and you know, there and you you talked about their involvement.
	They intentionally left uh the uh air base and all of the assets, right?
	And and aiding known terrorists, all while abandoning U.S. civilians and allied partners.
	This is and not no one ever even talks about this anymore.
	We we barely spoke of it when it happened.
	Well, I'm not an attorney, but I was I've been doing a lot of research the last couple of years.
	Um I've had a lot of time on my hands to to look into this.
	And you know, that's why I mentioned Article 3, sections two and three of the US Constitution.
	I think need to be hard have a hard look, um, because that's exactly what they did.
	They intentionally armed uh terrorists, and then they left Bagram in the middle of the night, regardless if they thought it was gonna fall that fast or not, they left the Americans behind and then were willing to do it again when he had his withdrawal date of the thirtieth of August.
	Yeah.
	I mean, it's uh they and they've there's still people back there, you know, that the uh there's nonprofit groups and and private citizens trying to get these people out.
	You know, it's I don't know what else you have to do to be to uh to have a a tribunal brought against you to to look at articles of impeachment as well as treason.
	I mean it's it's absolutely despicable.
	My son, you know, he enlisted under Trump.
	I know for a fact he never would have enlisted under under Biden, but obviously you can't control who you're in chief is when you've got a four-year commitment.
	But I know my son was excited to be there and to to contribute and do his part.
	Um I've had a a little bit of pushback.
	I've had a ton of support after that uh that speech, but I've had a little bit of pushback about it.
	Um, you know, it must be a Trumpster and all this other stuff.
	And I mean it's that's irrelevant.
	It's got nothing to do with anything.
	Right.
	It was not a political statement whatsoever.
	This was whoever was in charge screwed up and they're they need to uh they need to own it.
	We're talking about the lives of thirteen young men.
	I tell me about Jared a little bit.
	We w let's honor him for a moment here, Mark, if you don't mind.
	Tell me about him.
	How old was he?
	Uh when he died.
	Um what do what you remember most?
	What makes you smile when you think back on the time that you had with him?
	Everything makes me smile when I think of him.
	He was he was our a golden boy.
	I love all my children, but Jared was always just had a special knack to him to to know exactly when to push and when to to pull and w when to uh to cave in.
	He was uh just a a great kid.
	I mean, he he kind of held all the other kids together.
	Uh he was the second oldest in my house and uh just just a wonderful kid.
	I mean, he looked out for everybody.
	I don't think the kid ever hadn't met him.
	I don't know a single person that didn't like him.
	His uh his laugh and his smile infectious, you know, just an incredible young man and huge uh huge life ahead of him.
	It's just so unfortunate that we're never gonna see that.
	I'm so sorry.
	I I just I i i it breaks my heart.
	And I I could feel your frustration and I and how old was he, did you say?
	Twenty.
	Twenty years old.
	God.
	Yeah.
	Mark, I am so sorry, but you know what?
	He has an advocate in you.
	And uh he was an thank you for raising an eagle.
	Thank you for raising such a brave and courageous young man at twenty.
	That speaks volumes about you and his mother.
	Yeah.
	Yeah, he was he was an awesome job.
	And if you knew him then you're a better person for it.
	I'll bet.
	And and from here on out now, this what what do you hope is going to come out of these hearings?
	What what is your greatest hope right now, Mark?
	Well, I hope for one, and again, it's not political.
	I hope we have a change in administration this coming election because I I hope and pray that whoever comes in can finally hear the cries and the desperation of us Gold Star families and what we deserve to know, and that is to uncover the veil behind this cover up.
	I mean, I know Biden's never gonna do it.
	Someday we'll be able to say told you so.
	Mark Mark Schmitz, I hope I hope you get that day.
	Um we will all be praying for you.
	Continued prayers for you and the other twelve families.
	God bless you.
	Thank you for your courage, sir.
	We can certainly see where Jared got his.
	Thank you for joining us today.
	Thank you.
	Take care.
	Please keep Mark, his family, and the other twelve families in your prayers.
	How how frustrating, how sloppy that job was.
	It's just it's it's a shame.
	It really is.
	It's shameful.
	We'll be back with your phone calls.
	Let's see.
	Oh, there's a ton of them already waiting to get on.
	So I promise you we are going to join you when we come back.
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	It's been a pleasure spending the afternoon with you.
	I cannot believe how quickly it goes, though.
	Too fast.
	It really does.
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	All right, we've been taking phone calls.
	Real quick, since we had Schmidt's on Mark Schmidt's, let's have Dave in Idaho.
	Dave, thanks for calling in.
	And just, you know, I had somebody text me that they had tears in their eyes as they were listening to him right now on the radio.
	I mean, doesn't your heart just go out to him?
	Absolutely, ma'am.
	Uh I was calling because I'm the founder of a 501c3 nonprofit.
	And it's called the Heroes on Helmets Foundation.
	And I was one to let Mr. Schmidt as well as the other twelve families who lost their warriors that day know that their warriors' names are on American flags.
	That are the same size as the NCAA regular issues that you see on all the college and NFL helmets.
	But they're being carried as we speak into a game by Mountain View High School out of Mountain View, Wyoming.
	All thirteen are being honored, as well as uh a host of other of our fallen uh heroes as well.
	But I wanted him to know that they're not forgotten that there's a player playing football today that is wearing his son's name on the back of his helmet, proudly.
	Oh, that's so beautiful, sweetie.
	Thank you so much for that.
	God bless you for what you're doing.
	I appreciate you.
	Thank you.
	That's beautiful.
	Oh my gosh.
	All right, um, let's go to Tom in Maryland.
	Hey Tom, how's it going?
	Hi, Rose.
	I uh I'm going great.
	I heard you talking the last half hour about how people can use their palm to check out at the store.
	Yeah.
	Well, the problem with that is whenever you hear about these these extra uh security measures where they need your palm print or your fingerprint or your eye scan or your voice pattern, they never talk about the possible unintended consequences.
	Right now, the thief just needs to they just need your credit card or your cash so they can steal your wallet and take off.
	But once they need you, I I I predict that if this catches on, the more it catches on, you're gonna see a possible increase in kidnappings, and then if the kidnappers need to really cover their tracks, you might see an increase in murder.
	You know, I I mean Tom, nothing would surprise me, but that's that's intriguing.
	That's intriguing.
	Yeah, I mean, why not?
	God knows, why not?
	You know?
	And and and as I said before, this is all supposed to be for a matter of convenience uh for some convenience, pull the wallet out of your pocket, get your wallet out of your purse.
	You can handle this.
	Okay, step up.
	Oh god, I'll tell you, Tom, it's crazy, isn't it?
	But you make a very good point, and it's just it is a slippery slope, as you said, very slippery.
	Thank you, Tom.
	I appreciate you calling in all of you.
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	So that's all coming up on the other side.
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	Yes, it is the Sean Hannity show.
	My name is Rose.
	It's been a pleasure to be with you all this afternoon.
	We're talking about, you know, AI today, and we were talking about poem scans at uh whole food stores and iris scans and and then like if that weren't weird enough, right?
	Then there's also talk about you know lab grown meat.
	You know, why what's wrong with real meat?
	Is it can somebody tell me what's wrong with real meat?
	Every once in a while, I love a real steak, okay?
	I don't want it processed and made out of a big steel vat and God knows, you know, what all goes into all of that.
	But why?
	Well, I know.
	They're saying that, you know, this is more eco-friendly and blah, blah, blah.
	Yeah, but then you know what?
	And then we hear, oh, it it turns out in the end that these lab grown meats have a carbon footprint that could be worse than retail beef.
	Okay, so give me my beef.
	Remember that lady, where's the beef?
	Remember her?
	Boy, I'm showing my age, aren't I, right now?
	Why can't I just have a steak?
	A real steak.
	Nothing that you took the sales for the cells from one animal and then you processed it in this big old vat and then you cut it up and maybe dye it to look like me.
	Come on.
	Does anybody else think this is nuts?
	Or is it just me?
	And then and then, you know, I used to anybody that would talk about UFOs, but we don't call them UFOs now.
	Okay, they're UAPs, okay, because if you talk about UFOs, then you're a little weird, I think.
	So that's why they changed it to UAPs.
	What is that?
	Unidentified aerial phenomena, I think, something like that.
	Anyway, so now they're talking about you know, having this the Pentagon said on Thursday that they're launching a new website with the all domain anomaly resolution office, and it's gonna provide the public with declassified information about UFOs or now what the government wants to call UAPs.
	And they um th this is like I used to think people that talked about this stuff was you know, they I thought they were a little kind of like you'd like to say, okay, yeah, sure, whatever you say.
	Now I'm thinking, uh and wasn't it Marco Rubio, and I paraphrased, so forgive me.
	But I thought Marco Rubio said something interesting, and it was to this effect.
	You know, e one of two things are true.
	Either these guys that are really, really smart and high positions are telling us that there's something to be concerned about, or are telling us that there is something, period, or we've got really we've got all these guys in really high positions that are just crazy.
	I mean, one or the other has to be true, and both could be scary, right?
	So, and I paraphrase, I forgive me, Senator Rubio, but he makes a good point.
	So now suddenly we've got all of this.
	I just want everybody out there to know, let it be said right now.
	If I suddenly disappear one day, okay, vanish, they did not beam me up.
	Something else happened.
	So just keep that in mind, okay.
	If I ever suddenly disappear.
	Let's take the call from Manuel from Tennessee.
	How are you?
	I'm fine.
	Uh actually it's Manuela, because I couldn't see the rest of the screen.
	I'm sorry.
	Um I I wanted I wanted to cover something that I have not seen.
	First of all, I call him my son-in-law because my daughter loves him.
	But most people called him son-in-law.
	He reserves combat medic.
	And what many people don't know is that when Biden said he was reducing the number of troops, he actually reduced the number of active duty troops, and they called up his reserve unit to go to Afghanistan.
	Wow.
	On that day, happened to have been his birthday of the car bomb.
	He now has a hundred percent disability.
	Uh PSD from that explosion and the mess that they had to clean up.
	And unfortunately, our son in love, one of the guys that he tried to save, turned out to be from his hometown in Notchale, Tennessee.
	And um the part that upsets me also is that everyone talks and and I'm saying the 13 is not is not um discounted.
	But what has been said and done for the twenty nine that were injured.
	And ones like my son in love, who has a hundred percent disability now.
	And it took him until I think it was last week, he finally got it.
	100% disability for his PTSP and dealing with that.
	And then add on top of that, it just happened.
	That car explosion happened to be on his birthday.
	Oh no.
	For the one year anniversary, he wouldn't even honor his birthday.
	He he took on our anniversary, which was the fifteenth and um and this year he said, No, I I I think I'm gonna take my birthday and consider it you know as an honor to those that we tried to save.
	Oh my goodness.
	Oh what about the twenty nine?
	I have what about yes and I yes and I'm sure that on the top of mind for all of those thirteen families that lost someone is is the other families that uh had someone return home with a disability or injuries.
	So you are absolutely right Manuela.
	In fact, hey could you stay on the line and I was wondering Katie if you could get her phone number for me please.
	Sure sure but thank you for bringing that up and our prayers go out to those twenty nine as well then who have suffered through this.
	And thank you for calling that in and and serving as a reminder to all of us.
	God bless you, Manuela.
	Yeah thank you so much.
	Absolutely you bet.
	I'm gonna take some more phone calls here.
	Oh real quick I gotta ask you guys this tip fatigue.
	They're talking about this now they're saying it's real and people are getting really like you know like a little tired of all the little cans out that say tip here please.
	I gotta ask you a question.
	I mean every morning I say to Tucker and I'll post his photo in fact on Facebook uh Rose unplugged.
	He's the cutest thing.
	I I'll do it like during the break here right now.
	Because I took a picture of him with me.
	Now we go to McDonald's now for our coffee in the morning because they have deals and like you can get it for a really good price.
	Not only that, but I happen to actually really like their coffee.
	So anyway we pull up and I always tell him after our walk in the morning hey are you ready to get coffee and he goes nuts absolutely nuts.
	He's this beautiful golden doodle white goes absolutely crazy when I say let's go get coffee the reason why is at our McDonald's they give him a biscuit every time he comes through he gets a little treat.
	But but they don't have a can out in fact they give us a tip with the biscuit and they're not asking at McDonald's or other places like that for a tip, right?
	And yet you go to uh Starbucks or other places and it's like five times more money, right?
	And then every they want a tip.
	Do you tip someone for giving you a cup of coffee?
	Why aren't you tipping the person at McDonald's but y you are the person in Starbucks.
	I sometimes actually give them a tip anyway but but you understand what I'm saying, right?
	Like this tip fatigue, it's a real thing.
	We're all suffering from it I think.
	And you know and I don't mind and I love like 20% up absolutely I I serve tables.
	I loved being a server years and years and years ago.
	So I 20% if that's what it is now, that's what I give.
	But but when you go to pick up a takeout order or something, are you supposed to tip?
	I mean it just seems like everybody wants a tip right now.
	Now I can understand servers because they're not getting they don't their pay is a lot less because they depend on your tips to make a living but I mean is there anybody else out there tired of you know tipping everywhere you go everywhere you go absolutely everywhere.
	Alright I can take one more call real quick and then let's do um let's see who's there the longest.
	Just give me whoever was there the longest.
	It looks like it's Andy from Kentucky.
	Hey Andy Hi Rose.
	Hi Friday or happy Friday.
	Yeah I'm like yay yay yay it's Friday.
	Yeah what's going on Well first first of all not a fan of AI.
	So okay.
	But um I heard you mentioning the f your your fear of AI and I don't know if you actually afraid of no yeah.
	But I as with any other subject, you know, politics, foreign policy sports, whatever there's no need to fear and at at the risk of sounding like a Bible something deplor Oh go ahead.
	Just sound like it's frankly in West Virginia right now, but um anyway um quoting Sean who was quoting Jesus let not your heart be troubled um all this is supposed it's ex is expected according to biblical prophecy and of end times and walking around with a sandwich board that says repent for the end of me or anything, but not that repenting would wouldn't be a good idea.
	But uh but yeah, God's not standing next to us, throwing ringing his hands, wondering how he's gonna solve this whole AI problem.
	No, he's not, sweetie.
	Andy, that's such a good point, and I love your attitude, I really do.
	And you know, I gotta I just want to address what Sean always says, let not your heart be troubled.
	I remember many years ago, um, because I've known him for at least twenty years, but many years ago, something was going on in my life, and he's like, Okay, let's take it to the you know, final conclusion.
	Um can this happen?
	What's the worst can happen?
	What's the worst after that?
	What's the worst thing that could happen after that?
	And then finally it's like, well, I could die.
	And he's like, Yeah, and how is that bad?
	You're gonna go to be with Jesus.
	I'm like, Okay, you're right.
	Okay, I'm good.
	Thank you.
	But so he lives what he preaches, trust me.
	But thank you, Andy.
	That was a sweet phone call, and I appreciate that very much.
	And you know what, I'm gonna take a break here real quick.
	During the break, I'm going to post Tucker at the McDonald's waiting for his treat.
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	I can't believe we're almost done though.
	We had so much fun together.
	Thank you.
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	Oh my gosh, I hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend.
	I really do.
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	Hey, Sterling.
	Rose, I just wanted to compliment you on your opening monologue and wondering where I'd get a copy of it.
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	You bet, thank you.
	All right, take care, sweetie.
	Have a good weekend.
	And here is my closing monologue, if you don't mind, because I want you guys to think about this because it's coming from my heart.
	And I know that you're gonna agree that not only is our nation showing signs of great distress, but there's a tangible growing global unrest as well.
	You know you can feel it, you know you see it.
	And some of us are experiencing our own personal hardships.
	A lot of people experiencing unemployment, family disputes, health issues, and a whole lot of other disappointments.
	Even if we're not struggling personally, we certainly know of at least one person who is.
	And when I think about all that's happening around me, my only hope remains in God.
	And I truly believe that we have an opportunity to turn things around, but I also believe it's a fleeting opportunity.
	So for our sakes and the sake's sake of our country, we've got to keep the faith.
	In Reagan's farewell speech, we see that he also believed as our founders did.
	They saw America as that city upon a hill that John Winthrop often spoke of.
	And here's what Reagan said.
	He said, as an early pilgrim and early freedom man, John Winthrop journeyed here on what today would call a little wooden boat.
	And like the other pilgrims, he was looking for a home that would be free.
	I've spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don't know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it.
	But in my mind, it was a tall, proud city built on rocks, stronger than oceans, windswept, God blessed.
	So now, to all of you, dear sweet people, I love this audience.
	It's our turn to keep that faith.
	Reagan, like you and I understand that without the pilgrim's faith, the faith of our founding fathers, we wouldn't have the free country that we became.
	But I gotta remind you that before we became that great country, that free country, a very significant and in my opinion, absolutely necessary event occurred.
	And that was the Great Awakening.
	That led up to the revolution.
	It was a general feeling among all the people at that time that there must be a declaration of freedom from tyrannical rule.
	No more would our fathers tolerate a ruler mandating how they would worship their God.
	They didn't want to be told how to worship, where to worship.
	They believed that God and God alone was the author of their faith.
	And John Adams often talked about this in his later years.
	He said the revolution was affected before the war commenced.
	It was in the minds and the hearts of the people, a change in their religious sentiments and of their duties and obligations.
	The people that gave us this great nation experienced a change in sentiment that was so powerful, so widespread, and so influential that it served to shape the most significant event in our history.
	And Benjamin Franklin said of the Great Awakening, he said it seems as though all the world were growing religious.
	So one could not walk through the town in the evening without hearing psalms sung in different families of every street.
	Can you guys even imagine that?
	Walking through the streets of a town and hearing the residents singing praises to God from inside their homes.
	There's historical accounts of that time that tell us that whole towns were literally converted to God.
	In fact, a lot of churches saw their memberships more than double during that time.
	So that's I that's why I believe that a return to our spiritual roots is absolutely the key to a restored America.
	And I also believe that the journey towards restoration begins within each one of us.
	Because for a country to become whole again, we must do, as people like Adams spoke of, those people.
	We have to become whole again.
	And we have to start to change our hearts and our minds and take a very, very serious look at where we're headed.
	And maybe we have to get a course towards a renewed religious attitude of our duties and obligations.
	And it begins with our personal walk and commitment to God, every bit as much as it did for those who lived over 200 years ago.
	I believe God wants us to do something great here.
	Shouldn't we all desire to be a part of that?
	God bless you all.
	Have a wonderful holiday weekend.
	Thanks for sharing these hours with me today.
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