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John Solomon - November 20th, Hour 2
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Hour two, Sean Hannity Show.
Happy Thanksgiving, by the way, to everybody.
It's Thanksgiving week.
We have so much to be grateful for.
We do have breaking news as it relates to the Joe Biden, what I call the Joe Biden uh money laundering and bribery scandal allegations that are out there.
Uh just the news.com's and of course our friend John Solomon has been doing a pretty deep dive into what he believes is new evidence that the committees have, talking about ways and means, oversight, judiciary, and the amount of money that has been flowing to Hunter Biden from various sources that in fact uh have helped Hunter pay off his tax debts,
child support, high dollar rent, uh when I guess he wasn't even really working in any any real capacity.
Um it's pretty interesting as we you know as this whole thing unfolds here.
Uh but anyway, joining us now is John Solomon with the br latest news uh he has, editor-in-chief, founder of an investigative reporter of uh just the news.com.
Sir, how are you?
Happy Thanksgiving.
Yeah, good to be with you.
Happy Thanksgiving, Sean.
Yeah, you're right.
Loans, more loans, and more loans, as uh House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer told me on Friday.
The latest evidence, how Hunter Biden has survived since his father became president.
The answer is predominantly from $5.3 million in loans that his friend, uh, the Hollywood lawyer and donor to Joe Biden's 2020 campaign, Kevin Morris has given him their promissory notes going back to 2020 all the way through the end of 2022 that provided that level of assistance to Hunter Biden that allowed him to pay off his tax debts,
pay off his child support in some cases, pay off most of his living expenses, including a $20,000 a month uh rent that he had for a while in California.
So when the foreign money shut off, the Democratic donor money began to.
Well, let me ask you about this, because I read your piece, and to your credit, you did include a comment for the uh for the lawyer for this person and you know, and these claims, and apparently he's they're taking issue with what they say is a a potential source for the claims, accusing this quote, source, and I'm not really sure who they're talking about, maybe that you know uh a campaign of harassment against Mr. Morris.
And by the way, is there any that I I if somebody wants to give somebody money, I guess that's up to them.
Uh I I would assume that there are tax implications associated with gift giving.
Uh but that would be, you know, a tax issue.
But of course, you know, I'm sure the statute of limitations will run uh uh run out by the time, you know, prosecutor Weiss ever gets into it.
But so they're they're claiming that this is some type of setup of this guy, but do we I mean, do they have direct evidence that he paid him.
Is he denying that they they paid him?
Oh, there's no denial.
No, there's no denial whatsoever.
In fact, there can't be a denial.
I've seen the documents.
I've actually seen the actual documents that show how this loan worked, what it was, what the So it was it was officially called a loan.
It was, yeah, promissory note.
There are four prominent four or five.
I can't remember the total number right here.
Four or five promissory notes that roll up to a total of five point three million dollars.
Uh, and they all have an interest rate in five percent.
Uh, they have due dates.
Interestingly, that uh the the beginning of payments don't have to start until October 2025 through all the way into 2029.
So after Joe Biden's second term, if he were to get one, had already begun.
Uh but one of the most important things about this story that I wrote it was it wasn't a single source document.
It was numerous documents.
There are documents from the Arizona court case that were in public that talked about these promissory notes.
There are notes of the IRS agents who actually thought this gift from Kevin Morris might have amounted to an improper receipt of a gift by the Joe Biden campaign.
They weren't accusing Kevin Morris of anything.
They were saying, hey, the Joe Biden campaign benefited from having Hunter Biden's tax issues taken care of during the campaign.
This should be considered uh a campaign finance gift, and the FBI and the IRS argued with prosecutors about this.
So there is scores of documents.
I've made most of the documents available.
They're embedded in my story.
This is a multi-sourced large story uh all because well, let me stop you here.
Because my understanding is if if I'm correct on the law, is that you're allowed to loan anybody any amount of money, but there are certain restrictions in terms of yes, there has to be interest associated with it.
That box seems to have been checked.
What the reason, the rationale, the wherefore, the rest of the terms, I would imagine that that is between the two parties, correct?
Uh so but the question is Okay, so did they give money did were there donors that gave money to Hunter to help him continue to live his lifestyle, which was pretty lavish, I guess, up to that point, uh, based on all the money that James Comer has identified and and all these you know shell corporations, etc.
And the question is I'm not suggesting anything beyond what I reported, which is that there is this arrangement and that when the foreign money ended to Hunter Biden, uh the democratic donor money began flowing.
And there are another part of this, which is the art sales.
We were able to show that the art sales were negotiated by uh um at least the original deal that got him the uh an art gallery deal so he could start selling his art.
By the way, he sold about a million dollars gross in sales on his art, uh, that that was set up by another fundraiser/slash donor to uh Joe Biden's campaign.
So there's a similarity to the assistance that Hunter Biden got during this time in 2020, 2021, 2022 when his father's becoming in.
Before, when he was vice president, Joe Biden's vice president, the money's coming in from foreign corporations that want to influence um uh the Biden administration, Obama Biden administration, U.S. policy.
We know that because the laptop establishes it.
After that, uh Hunter Biden is basically able to live because of the gratuity and the loans and other things that Democratic donors and Democratic connected people did.
And the question that people have is what do they want for that's not a question I asked.
Actually, James Biden wondered about it in his interview with the FBI, the brother of the president, the uncle of Hunter Biden.
He said, I don't know what this what the what's going on here, what he wanted.
The only thing that James Biden said is at some point Hunter Biden asked him, James Biden to send a thank you letter to Kevin Morris for giving him so much assistance.
So we know that's out there.
I think the big uh uh theme that is beginning to develop.
If you take the last six weeks, Sean, there's been one very common theme that James Comer and other people have been digging up.
Loans, loans, loans.
There's loans from China.
There's loans from Kevin Morris, Democratic donor Hollywood lawyer.
There are loans between Joe Biden and James Biden.
There's uh Hunter Biden trying to disguise Barisma income as a loan so he doesn't have to pay taxes on it.
So many different loans.
I think I tracked six loans in a story I had this morning.
Uh a family, and and James Comer says the total dollar figure of these loans in the Biden family, about ten million dollars.
That's a big number.
He says he wants to get to the bottom of that.
But we're now beginning to see that loans were a big part of how the Biden family operated, how it moved money around, and in some cases, in Hunter Biden's case, how he survived for a period of time when he had fallen on hard times with uh addiction and what uh whatever happened to the big loan, apparently from China uh that was forgivable with no interest rates.
Did we ever do a follow-up on that?
Is that all accurate?
We we know for sure, uh that because James Comer's third memo, uh, the third memo that he released on the uh the Biden family finances confirmed that that loan occurred and that it's something that they're still looking at.
That's part of that $10 million of loans that uh James Comer was talking about on Friday after this story, broke.
So yeah, we know that's there.
We know there's another small loan, a 250,000 dollar loan that comes from Jonathan Lee, a Chinese businessman associated with CEFC, that energy company.
Remember, that's the big guy deal.
Uh, in 2019, it's one of the last foreign monies that we know, at least in the public, that Hunter Biden got 250,000 loan in the summer of 2019 after Joe Biden has already announced he's running for president, and then what happens to that loan as part of a deal in 2021 where Hunter Biden transferred.
It goes to Kevin Morse.
It goes to Kevin Morse.
So let me ask you this, because after attempting in the case of Weiss to let Hunter go without any charges, that was the original plan, and letting serious tax violations expire or allow the statute of limitations to expire.
And then, of course, the the plan B was the sweetheart deal.
That failed in spectacular fashion.
Uh, it seems now that Hunter is in much bigger trouble overall as we look at all of these these issues together.
And uh, I'm just it's just to me that we never seem to be able to put the whole thing together.
You believe now that Hunter is in trouble for the financial dealings with the shell corporations, et cetera.
Well, uh, there was an interview that I got to look at, uh the uh the actual uh contents of uh from Mr. Weiss himself, the U.S. attorney, the special counsel now on the Hunter Biden case, and he made a very strong statement that my investigation is ongoing.
It is active right now.
And he said that even though there were some frustrations, he did confirm that the statute of limitations was allowed to expire on Hunter Biden not paying taxes and about 400,000 of income he got from Barisma in Ukraine back in 2014.
Confirmed that, said yeah, it did expire, but don't think I can't come back and charge that as part of a broader case, he told uh Jim Jordan staff.
I'm sorry, uh yeah, Jim Jordan staff uh last week.
That is a very ominous sign.
If you're Hunter Biden's lawyer, you're worried about a statement like that from U.S. Attorney Weiss, special counsel Weiss.
There's clear activity going on at a grand jury in Los Angeles.
Doesn't mean there's going to be charges yet, uh, but there's clearly activity.
His legal jeopardy is clearly not over.
Don't forget, he also is facing three felonies on the gun charges, which are a pretty big deal.
Those are very serious charges.
So Hunter Biden has a difficult road ahead of him.
There's no doubt about it, and that is on the legal front.
All right, quick break, right back more with investigative reporter, editor in chief, just the news.com, John Solomon.
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All right, we continue with editor in chief and founder and investigative reporter John Solomon, just the news.com.
Let's talk about Joe and any potential liability he has here.
I mean, it seems like, and this has been confirmed by both Kevin McCarthy and by the news speaker as well.
Uh, and that is, and that's Speaker Johnson, that in fact uh this investigation into Joe Biden.
We know he lied as a candidate.
We know he lied as a president.
We know that according to Devin Archer that he took uh calls with Hunter and foreign business partners.
We've learned about Cafe Milano.
We've learned an awful lot.
We know that James Comer's identified 10 Biden family members paid.
We know about the show corporations, we know about the suspicious activity reports.
And so where does this end at this point and politically in terms of what Congress is eventually gonna have to decide on?
Well, I think the big question that everyone needs answered is did uh Joe Biden benefit from the financial business arrangements that he, his son and his brother were doing in the midst of them.
It's not in doubt anymore that there was the fight the Biden family name was being sold to foreigners, and not any doubt about that.
The brand, as um Hunter Biden's old business partner, uh Eric Schwab um uh said Congressman.
Yeah, not Eric Schwerin.
I'm sorry, I have a mind blocked now.
It's terrible, but uh his right hand man, Devin Archer.
And so uh he said that, and it's not in doubt.
It's not in doubt that Joe Biden uh lied about a lot of different things, from the laptop to whether his family got China money, they did get China money.
It's now not even in doubt that sometimes when money came in to James Biden, it went then directly to Joe Biden.
Now, they say it was a long time.
Now, up to uh if I can interrupt you, up till recently, they didn't have James Biden's bank records, was my understanding.
Have they now gotten those?
Yes, uh, they've gotten some.
They're still working on others, and that's why the subpoena went out last week for James Biden.
And uh James Comer said to me on Friday night, James uh uh Biden and his lawyer are signaling that they will cooperate, just like James Biden cooperated with the FBI in the ongoing investigation.
We see IRS and FBI interviews that were made public recently by Congress of James Biden.
But so they're still trying to get some of the pieces.
One of the things they don't have is any proof beyond the marking of the checks and the wires that they were loan repayments, that there truly was a loan between James Biden and Joe Biden.
That's still one of the missing documents that James Comer is trying to get.
But uh the real question at the end of the day is is did Joe Biden benefit from some of the money that his son.
But that's not the most important question, right?
Because the statute, the bribery statute does not does not call for an individual to take an official act and the that person benefit, but if somebody around him benefits, that still meets the standard.
That's correct.
But keep in mind that we now have the first indication that Joe Biden was getting in mind.
That's why it's become so much more important to James Comer right now.
When you see money come in directly from a healthcare company that was one of his clients, and it immediately is turned around and goes to Joe Biden.
When you see money come in from a China deal, it immediately hops through a couple accounts and then it goes to Joe Biden.
There is now a growing suspicion among these house investigators that Joe Biden either directly or indirectly was getting some of this money as a benefit.
And by the way, that goes back a very long time.
Remember, there's a 2010 email that we wrote about.
You brought me on your show a long time ago to talk about, where Eric Schwerin, the man who sat between Joe Biden and Hunter Biden, a lot of financial things, business associate, very well respected guy.
He once told Hunter Biden, hey, your dad owes you so much money, he's going to sign over part of his Delaware tax refund in 2010 so you can get paid back for some of it.
That means Hunter Biden was using some of his money to help his dad.
But also we know that is a fact as well, because there are email exchanges uh from Hunter and Mr. Sherwin that talk about which accounts should we pay for Pop's home repairs for.
Is that correct?
That's right.
There's no doubt.
That's all stuff that we documented a few years ago.
So you take that, plus now the James Biden transactions.
Congress has a much larger interest in saying, hey, there maybe there was a larger flow of money to Joe Biden we don't know about.
So they're focused on that.
Now you're right.
Even if there's no more money, uh, could the family have been involved in a bribery scheme?
Certainly.
That's what the FBI 1023 and Well, this is I only have a second here, but the one thing that we've not been able to show, or they've not been able to show is any work that they've done for the tens of millions of dollars that Comer identifies.
That's a big problem.
James Famous.
And these and and the shell corporations don't show any business activity except to move money around, according to James Comer.
I think those are two big points, too.
Uh anyway, you do amazing work.
I want to wish you and your family, John.
I know how hard you work.
Um, a very happy Thanksgiving.
Thank you as always for your sharing your good work with us.
We appreciate it.
We're going to stay on it and and pursue the truth wherever it lies.
Thanks, Sean.
Really appreciate that.
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you know, it's kind of fascinating to watch what is going on in the country as it relates to states.
Linda, I don't know if you've read the papers over the weekend.
Of course, I'm a loser and I do.
You know, but this this headline about the mayor of New York, who, by the way, is looks like he might have some trouble brewing around him as it relates to campaign finance issues and people close to him now, apparently having raids by the FBI.
His own phone taken by the FBI.
So he's got his own legal issues emerging, which are going to be interesting to follow.
But the mayor of New York.
now all of this is Joe Biden's fault.
I know he likes to blame the the governor of of Texas Abbott but I'm going to tell you something it's not Greg Abbott's fault that you know all these illegal immigrants came to New York.
As a matter of fact of the total number about 13% were sent by the governor of Texas the reason the governor of Texas sent some of the illegal immigrants to New York was because New York was you know holding out their arms they were they were so welcoming.
And that included the mayor, Mayor Adams himself.
That included Governor Hochul.
Well, now that they have come and now we're seeing costs about, what, nearly $500 million a year.
And I think those costs are going to go dramatically higher.
But when you look at food and shelter and housing and education, especially the kids that, you know, are taking English as a second language.
and the amount of pressure it is putting on the ground.
on social service systems they can't afford it.
So what is mayor Adams' answer he actually is begging residents the rich in New York their richest residents to pick up the slack for New York City agencies because they have to have all these dramatic cuts I talked about them last week to the fire department, educational department, social services department, you name it the all of these services are being cut.
And anyway it goes you know he says the way it goes is New York goes America goes.
Now what where it may become every New Yorker's problem is they're now talking about an illegal immigrant special tax.
Linda did you see that one I know you moved to Pennsylvania but I mean as goes New York and California so goes the rest of the country.
Pennsylvania's under Shapiro we're no better.
Well you know you actually are a little bit better you're not paying as high a taxes but you're not you're not doing great.
I think certainly a move to a red state like Tennessee, Florida, Texas, the Carolinas would certainly be better for you but I find this pretty rich coming from the people that you know hate the rich now they're begging the rich for money and now it's sort of like their proposals in states now where even after you leave the state, you are no longer a resident.
They want to be able to hit you with a state income tax bill for as long as ten years after you've left the state.
And of course, then we have crime is out of control, and and then we have all these stores closing down.
Did you read this a survey of a third of Gen Zers steal from self-checkout aisles?
Now everybody makes fun of the fact that I talk so much about going grocery shopping, but I do my own grocery shopping.
And a third have no problem stealing items when they check out themselves.
Yeah, because they've been told that they're entitled to it.
It's the it's the age of entitlement.
These are a bunch of people who know A, I'm not going to get arrested.
B, if it's a below it is I think it's a thousand dollars, they're not even allowed to be approached.
And if it's over a thousand dollars, they're allowed to call for the police.
Oh, by the way, that don't have enough cops on duty anyway.
And then they won't even come because it's considered petty theft.
I mean, you could rape somebody, stab somebody, a minor assault, all these things, they'll let you out.
They don't care about somebody swiping a couple bucks from a store.
They could care less.
So we watched Harvard and the 31 student groups uh come out and publicly blame Israel and only Israel for being a victim of the terrorist group, Hamas.
Well, look at this.
Nearly half of Harvard freshmen don't even believe in God.
Wow.
Don't you find that number spectacularly high?
Because I do.
Um so I think the answer is obvious, right?
Like they took God out of school.
They told you you weren't allowed to pledge allegiance to say the line under God.
They said we can't talk about God anymore.
I mean, even in my youngest school, they say now, oh, you can go to Bible study or learn about God, but it's after school, which I'm like, that's fine.
It's a public school, it is what it is.
At least they're trying.
But people don't go to church, people don't take their kids to church, people don't go to Bible study, they're they're not reading the they're not reading the book.
They're certainly not.
They think they're in charge.
It's a very scary time.
I've been very unfair to Linda lately, and I've been saying that I I thought you were backsliding.
I think you're getting back to your center.
Oh no, I'm always in the center.
I'm always right here.
No, I didn't say center, I said getting back to your center.
You mean the center.
Okay, and all right, so what I mean by that is I don't know, I just sense that that edge that you were carrying for a little while seems to have calmed down.
I don't know if you had a conversation with your pastor, because I know your pastor listens to this program.
Oh, no, I'm still feeling with rage and hate.
Uh, it's it hasn't gone nowhere.
It's uh it's just that I appropriate so there's anything.
But doesn't he doesn't he tell you about the need for forgiveness?
Yeah, he's just like he says all those things.
He's a pastor.
That's his job.
He says all the right things.
Good for him.
That's awesome.
I'm not a pastor, you know.
I'm here, I'm doing my best.
You know, I give to charity, I help people across the street with heavy bags, you know.
I love the shelter dogs, all the things, you know.
But uh I'm not a big fan of people who want to walk down the street and castrate little boys and talk about killing Jews because they don't believe the same things they do, you know.
I'm not about it, and I'm not gonna be nice about it.
Mayor Adams, by the way, had to set up a legal defense fund uh because uh the FBI seized his cell phones and iPad after raiding his offices.
Unbelievable.
Uh what's going on here?
Well, you know what happened there.
You know what's got happening to Adams.
Adams has spoken out against the administration, and he is saying, hey, sorry, not sorry.
My city's underwater.
We need some help here.
It's your government that did this.
He's stepping out of line.
So this is their message.
Oh, you don't think that Biden's doing a good job?
You think you can go out and talk trash about the administration?
No problem.
Let's remind you who's in charge.
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Uh, let's say hi to uh Richard is in Hawaii.
Richard, how are you?
Glad you called, sir.
I'm fine.
Thank you, Sean.
Okay, I have an example to show that all this talk that has been brought to the fore on the classified document situation.
It's a funny issue, especially pertaining to former President Trump.
Because for those of us who remember on April 9th, 2003, when former President Bill Clinton revealed what must have been highly sensitive classified information through word of mouth when he told the University of Florida audience that his predecessor, George H. Bush, had drawn up plans to invade North Korea.
And I find it hard to believe that Bush Sr. would have declassified that kind of information, considering what could have been North Korea.
I I don't recall any of this, but I I'm I'm not doubting what you're saying about what was classified or not classified.
A president has my understanding, and it's been my understanding from the beginning.
The president has the ability to declassify anything.
You know, a lot of people took an issue with a comment that President Trump made in one of my interviews where he said, I could just think about classifying it.
And that's declassified because that's what was what my attention is.
There is no formal procedure about declassification.
What stands out the most though, especially in light of what we learned last week, is that Joe Biden's special counsel is doing nothing about Joe Biden's documents in four separate locations, is the double standard when it comes to application of our laws, and that goes to the heart of a weaponized DOJ and a weaponized FBI.
So that's what I'm most concerned about, and every American, I think, should be too.
Anyway, appreciate the call, my friend.
God bless you guys in Hawaii.
I know there's still a lot of devastation, a lot of people displaced, a lot of loss.
It's just so sad.
Um, let's say hi to Andy in the Buckeye State, Ohio.
What's up, Andy?
How are you?
Hi, Sean.
Good to talk to you.
Well, you guys got a big game coming up.
I guess it's gonna be Ohio and Michigan.
Uh I guess I I'm not sure what the current rankings are.
I think it's two and three.
That's gonna be pretty interesting.
Uh, you know, it's Buckeyes all the way.
All right.
Say that to the go blue crowd.
Good luck with that.
I had two children graduate from Ohio State recently, so we're big fans.
It's a great school.
I both schools are great schools.
Uh, what's on your mind today?
Well, uh I want to appreciate uh let you know that we appreciate your common sense, you know.
It's it's nice to listen to you.
Uh but my thing is I'm I'm a retired law enforcement officer.
And thank you for your service.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Very appreciated.
I'm wondering if uh when they do eventually, and I think they will, I'm hoping, that they'll bring him to trial to justice, uh, President Biden, um, for everything that he's done.
But I'm wondering if his defense lawyers won't use as his defense due to his uh how do you say that?
Mental cognitive decline, right?
Decline if they will not use that as a form of defense to say that he's not mentally capable to Well, here's here's the problem he has.
He was vice president the entire time uh uh uh for most of these deals.
Uh that was not even an issue being discussed at the time.
I mean, the real issue of his cognitive decline came, you know, later when he was running for president in 2020, and then it was it was very obvious to me from the beginning, even though I was criticized from day one.
It wouldn't shock me if they use that defense.
But remember one other thing.
You're talking about a criminal case.
You can't indict a sitting president.
You just can't.
That's that's what I said.
When they eventually do bring him to trial, will that be their defense?
Will that be their way out?
I I think the when it comes to a good lawyer, they're gonna try anything.
Let's put it that way.
Yeah.
And I hope I just didn't put that idea in their head.
All right, Andy.
Thanks for your service, my friend.
All right, quick break right back to the phones.
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Look, uh, we saw what happened on October 7th in Israel.
We see Israel now in a fight for their very survival.
Uh we saw how many 1400 plus people murdered, hundreds taken hostage, and and I hope some of these rumors that that some of these hostages may be released are true.
But there's something else that's been going on, and that is you have so many people, hundreds of thousands of people that have been displaced, and that means you have schools in Israel along with so many businesses are closed.
Uh, so many people displaced from their homes, hundreds of thousands.
But thankfully, there are great groups out there on the ground as we speak in Israel, like the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, and they are trying to fill the need on the ground, providing critical Essentials, food, medicine, water, clothing, you got emergency supplies for so many hundreds of thousands in need.
Now, uh, I don't think you're gonna get help from the UN.
I don't think you're gonna get help from a lot of the world community that has shown itself to be anti-Semitic.
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Douglas next, Sean Hannity Show.
Uh happy Monday, happy Thanksgiving, sir.
Thank you, Sean.
Thank you for having me.
I've listened for years, and this is the first time I've been able to talk to you.
And uh being in the holiday spirit, I want to give you something, but I want to ask something of you.
What would you like?
Why don't you ask something of me first?
What do you got?
Okay, I got a message I want to share with you, and then I'm hoping that you'll carry it forward.
But you know how you always say, but that's not the main question.
That's not the main question.
And uh I was kind of baffled by the fact that I haven't watched a single minute of the Republican presidential debate.
And I just wondered why.
So I thought the other day when I was walking, and I realized I know why.
And the reason why is because none of those debates are touching the main question.
And that in my mind, we're in a fog.
I've been in a fog, but we're in a fog because we've had so much drama that you reported on accurately.
And the main question of the 24 presidential election is whether the average American is going to stand on their heels and tolerate the miscarriage of justice or not.
And the reason I I I can't watch those debates is because by being there, those people are saying it's okay to have a justice system out of line targeting a private citizen, and maybe I can benefit from that.
Well, I think there are a lot of people that absolutely know the things.
My criticisms are valid, accurate, and true.
Uh certainly the mainstream media mob is is never going to tell you the truth.
Look, I I think what 2024 will come down to.
Uh, and I don't know what to make.
A lot of comments have been made by people about this fiery populist libertarian in Argentina winning the presidency and promising drastic changes.
And, you know, you got to look at the the economy.
I mean, I think they have 124% inflation rate in Argentina.
Um, I don't know if this is a sign of things to come.
My question is, how bad do things have to get in this country before people realize they need somebody competent that knows what day of the week it is.
All right, very quickly, what did you want to offer me?
You said you want to offer me something.
All I say is that I just hope we can get out of this fog and realize what's at hand here and the rest of the world's watching the average American voter.
And are we gonna be on our heels like the rest of the world is and tolerate injustice?
Are we gonna stand in our time?
And you know, if the election comes down to that issue, I think we'll win.
I think the American the average American voter is strong.
And it's time for if it comes down to Joe Biden and his record, he will lose.
The media and Democrats will try to make it all about Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Donald Trump.
Regardless of, and it appears he has a significant lead that's gonna be really difficult for anybody to overcome, but that's their strategy.
You know, MAGA extremists, MAGA extremists, MAGA extremists.
That's what you'll hear all election year.
Anyway, my friend, we love our friends in Ohio.
Uh, the heart and soul of America there.
Uh, we love you guys.
Thank you.
Have a great Thanksgiving.
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