Senator Eric Schmidt warns Democrats may defund DHS, risking FEMA/TSA shutdowns while ICE funding remains secure, exposing alleged NGO fraud tied to anti-immigration protests. He pushes the Protect America Act, targeting sanctuary cities and voter ID restrictions amid claims of Democratic vote-import schemes—80% of Americans support voter ID. Listeners echo concerns: Brian criticizes protester behavior, Walter reports voter registration cards sent to non-citizens, Mike demands harsher penalties for attacks on ICE agents. The host ties this to the NFL’s "woke" Super Bowl halftime show, contrasting it with Turning Point’s 5M-viewer alternative, framing midterm elections as pivotal for election integrity and sovereignty. [Automatically generated summary]
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The battle over immigration continues.
And John Fetterman now predicting that he thinks Democrats will shut down the Department of Homeland Security.
And that includes FEMA and every other agency that I've been mentioning to you that will be impacted by all of this.
And if that's their choice, look, if their goal is to defund ICE, if their goal is to put such restrictions on them that they can't do their job, if they don't want voter ID, and that's their position, if Democrats, they're now on record voting for the largest tax increase in history, if they want to continue defund, dismantle, no bail, reimagine the police, and they voted against tax cuts for working men and women,
no tax on tips and overtime.
If they want to continue voting against no tax on Social Security for seniors, and these are the positions they want to double down on and they want to take, I'm willing to have that fight going into the 26 midterm elections.
I don't think you can look at a snapshot of today and have any real indicator of where these midterms are ultimately headed.
A lot will depend on the level of recovery, which I expect is going to be pretty spectacular.
However, I think as we learn more about corruption and learn more that these protests against ICE are anything but organic and that they're being well funded and that money spent, the billions of dollars in corruption that will be exposed in the next number of months, I think people have a very different perception of the Democratic Party in general and what they want, which is maintaining status quo, which is failure.
What I'd like to see Republicans do is set up a series of votes so that you get the Democrats on record voting against every insane policy that they obviously support.
Eric Schmidt, the senator from Missouri, is what he said.
He tells the head of the Soro-backed NGO that we're not going to, that we're going to accelerate mass deportations and denaturalize fraudsters, especially this institutionalized fraud in Minnesota in the Somali community.
Here's what he said.
Do you stand by these statements?
Well, I appreciate the depths to which you've gone of research in the context of all those statements.
Yes, sir.
So all of those things are racist.
If you want to go through them, we can talk about it.
So here's, I'm really glad.
No, no, hold on.
I'm glad for this moment of clarity because a lot of witnesses would try to sidestep that.
That's correct.
But what you have shown in the questioning we've seen before in just these examples, the public interest isn't your interest at all.
It is not your interest at all.
You use racism as an attempt to intimidate people to get your way.
And it's not 2020 anymore.
The American people are over it.
So what you're going to find is we are going to prosecute.
And it has nothing to do with race.
We're going to prosecute because fraud was committed on a level that is so offensive to this country.
Your words that don't mean anything aren't going to stop what's coming.
And I want you to take that back to George Soros and all these ridiculous funders you have to try to muddle the issue because justice is coming.
And by the way, if I have it my way, we will denaturalize all these fraudsters and send them home.
Senator Eric Schmidt, the former AG of Missouri, is with us, sir.
Welcome back.
Glad to have you.
What specifically were you talking about in terms of the NGOs and the monies involved?
Yeah, so we had a hearing last week on the Somali fraud in Minnesota specifically.
And what we know is that this vast NGO network is sort of fueling a lot of this protest and this movement that creates these confrontations in these cities.
And so we had a witness, of course, trying to muddle the issue that, well, this effort by the Trump administration is racist.
And I just went through it prior to that clip, like 20 examples of this guy and this George Soros network labeling everything as racist.
And you know this, Sean.
They try to use that term to intimidate people to get them to shut up, to silence them.
And I made the point.
It's not 2020 anymore.
I've seen this before.
I've seen this movie before.
I saw it in Ferguson when I was AG.
I saw it in the wake of the George Floyd riots all across this country.
And I see it now.
They try to find some viral moment.
They create the confrontation.
And then they want to, you know, use it to do all sorts of things.
And the way it's playing out now is they want to use what happened in Minneapolis, Sean, to kneecap ICE and stop the deportations and have de facto amnesty in this country.
And we're not having it.
And so Senator Graham and I have been very vocal about this the last couple of weeks to our Republican colleagues specifically.
We need to stiffen our spine.
We're not going to succumb to this moral blackmail.
We're not going to do the things that they want to do that limit ICE's ability to do their jobs.
So my proposal is, you know what, you want to have the debate?
Let's have that debate.
How about let's vote on the Protect America Act, which does a few things.
One, it gets rid of sanctuary cities altogether.
Two, it increases the penalties for illegal entry and illegal re-entry.
Three, it stiffens the penalties if you go after ICE agents.
And four, we're going to dismantle this NGO network behind fueling this kind of discontent and confrontation on the streets.
So I'm more than willing to have this debate.
It's fascinating now.
We have a convergence now of voter ID and illegal immigration right now.
This is a home game for us, Sean.
And Republicans have to be tough.
And we got to submit these proposals, make the Democrats vote on this stuff.
But we're not going to get blackmailed into funding FEMA and TSA to dismantle our immigration or deportation enterprise.
We're not doing that because that's what the American people want.
They voted for it with President Trump in 2024.
He was very clear about this.
The Democrats just don't like the election results, and it's their latest attempt to deny them.
So I want to go through this.
I mean, it was interesting.
Even Axios pointed it out.
While Democrats are taking a very public posture, and that is that they want Christy Noam fired, that they want ICE agents not to be able to wear a mask, that they want to defund ICE, et cetera, et cetera.
Behind the scenes, they're scared to death of having that vote on sanctuary cities and states.
Now, by definition, I view that, and you're a former attorney general, not me, as not only aiding and abetting in law breaking, but institutionalizing, obstructing justice.
Tell me how it's not that.
And why would anybody ever be against voter ID when you even have 71% of Democrats supporting it?
You know, Hispanic Americans, African Americans, 80% support it.
And why would they be against it?
The only thing I can think of is they have nefarious intentions.
Right.
So let's take the two issues as it relates to their concern now behind the scenes on immigration.
They should.
They let 15 to 20 million people here illegally.
President Trump said, we're going to fix that.
He's effectively closed the border.
He stopped the narco-terrorists really on the high seas and bringing it in.
So we have, you know, the deportations that he promised to conduct.
This isn't on President Trump and it's not on ICE because you know how you know that?
You take Minneapolis.
It's only happening in the blue jurisdictions.
There's deportations happening in red and blue states all across this country.
You don't see what happened in Minneapolis.
In 11 jurisdictions, 11 counties in this whole country, you're 500, in those counties, 590 times more likely to see an ICE agent assaulted because these sanctuary jurisdictions aren't allowing local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE.
So when you have a rapist being released from prison, that's an illegal immigrant.
That's where ICE would use one or two bodies and go get that person and deport them.
What they're doing is they're just releasing them, Sean, into the community.
And ICE has to go into those neighborhoods and get these bad guys.
But they don't want that.
They don't want the deportations.
And that's sad for them and it's bad for the country.
But ultimately, I think we're going to win this fight if we are tough enough.
Secondly, on voter ID, President Trump ushered in, I think 2024 stood for anything.
It was a return to common sense.
Over 80% of America, including 70% of Democrats, believe you should have to show an ID to vote.
You know, you have to vote.
You have to show an ID to buy alcohol, to buy a plane ticket.
You know, anything that you do in this country, you got to show an ID.
They don't want that because they want the 15 to 20 million people they brought here illegally to vote for them.
That's the God's honest truth.
And we should stop trying to sugarcoat it.
They want to import voters.
They don't want election integrity because they want these people who are here legally to vote.
And again, I think this is the reason why it's called a Save America Act on that one.
That's what this is about.
If we actually do that.
But the problem, too, is once you allow, once you have sanctuary city state protections, that then allows illegal immigrants to get legal driver's licenses, doesn't that then allow them to have an ID that if they wanted to register to vote, they likely could and nothing would stop them?
Yeah, that's the loophole that the Save America Act also closes, which it does three things.
First, it says you got to have a valid ID.
Second, it says you have to have proof of citizenship, right?
Because you're right, because people can show up if they're here illegally and get a driver's license.
And then you show that driver's license to register to vote.
And Democrats act like that's not a thing.
It is a thing.
And then we also have to restrict mail-in balloting to the limited cases where, you know, people should give a disability or you're elderly in your home and you can, you know, access voting by bill.
That's fine.
But this mass mail-in balloting where you send it to everybody in the state and you have these drop boxes, that is, of course, right for fraud.
So that's what that bill's about.
But I think this week, Sean, to set the stage, DHS funding expires at the end of the week.
The Democrats have ridiculous proposals.
We've got the Protect America Act.
Senator Graham's got his in sanctuary cities.
Let's vote on this stuff.
Let's put it all out there.
And I think.
So why aren't they voting on it?
When is it going to come up for a vote?
This week.
So the funding expires Friday.
So one or two things has to happen.
We have to extend that funding for DHS or that aspect shuts down.
But here's the thing.
That's FEMA and that's TSA.
And so do the Democrats really want to do that?
Because the ICE money, Sean, as you know, is already front-loaded from the one big, beautiful bill, the Working Families Tax Cut.
We've front-loaded money for deportations.
We've front-loaded billions for the wall.
We've front-loaded billions for detention centers.
So that's going to happen.
The deportations are going to continue.
All the Democrats will effectively do while they're grandstanding is shut down TSA and FEMA.
And I don't think they're going to do it.
So they should blink, not us.
Well, I'd like to see it.
But, you know, Republicans also have to make sure that the debate is on the proper issue.
Do you think you have enough Republicans that will vote the right way on these issues?
I would imagine it's unanimous.
No?
I think so.
I think so.
But that's why I think we need people to make the case right now and why I've been on the floor several times in the last two weeks in our conference lunches.
Senator Graham, we're pushing hard to make sure Republicans understand we can't yield on this.
This issue of illegal immigration, Sean, is the electrical cord that connects President Trump coming down that escalator the first time to his, you know, the greatest political comeback in American history.
He took it seriously.
They saw the problems that happened with the open border under Joe Biden.
They want it fixed.
And we're not going to allow the Democrats to thwart those efforts by holding up a funding bill to get some policy changes that would stop that.
What about all these cities that are not cooperating?
I mean, there was a story out today how they've identified 35,000 criminal illegals in the state of California alone.
Like, for example, West Virginia worked with ICE, 650 arrests later, and there was no chaos at all in any way, shape, manner, or form.
And then you look out in California and you see the exact opposite happening.
They don't want to cooperate.
Why is that?
And how do they get away with that?
And tell me what part of that not being obstruction is okay.
Well, it's not okay, but they know exactly what they're doing.
They don't want illegal immigrants to go back home because they want to turn them into voters because they don't have to show an ID and they don't need a birth certificate right now, or I should say, yeah, birth certificate or prove they're a citizen to get that ID.
That's why our changes are so important.
That's sort of the workaround that they have right now.
And so I do think that President Trump was very smart, in my view, to negotiate to isolate this issue.
So we had all the 11 of the 12 approach bills, appropriations bills were out there.
It's now isolated to DHS.
So the Democrats want to, in my view, on our home turf, make the argument that somehow we should stop deportation.
And that should not be our position.
We should say we're not, we're going to allow law enforcement to do their jobs.
They believe, Sean, that they can capture the American public.
They want to create these confrontations in these sanctuary cities, find some video that goes viral, and then everyone will say, we're not going to do this anymore.
Hundreds of thousands of violent criminals are roaming our streets today.
Lake and Riley.
I mean, you could, an autistic woman who was raped and murdered in her apartment, and the illegal immigrant took the $3 that he got from her and went to Target with his buddy.
These are the people that Biden and the Democrats let in, and these are the people they're defending now.
When they get in the way of ICE doing their jobs, that's who they're defending.
So like I said, we should be totally unafraid of this debate.
And so, you know, I think that every day that passes, more and more Republicans understand that.
But we have to be very clear.
I think there was a moment where some Republicans were maybe looking to cut a deal with the Democrats, and we can't do that.
We're not going to allow them to make law enforcement's job more dangerous or to not let them do their job in the first place.
So I feel pretty confident now that the wind is at our back.
If we've got the guts to stand up to the Democrats, they should not be able to hold this DHS funding hostage while they have ridiculous demands to effectively defund ICE.
Look, last thing I'll say about this, Sean, history doesn't always repeat itself, but it certainly rhymes.
And you and I both know in 2020, the defund the police movement was a thing.
They try to walk away from that now a little bit, but now we're with defund ICE.
So this is a huge mistake I think the Democrats are making.
And the polling would suggest that people still, not only do they support deporting the worst of the worst, a majority of Americans support deporting people who come here illegally because they think our sovereignty actually matters.
Senator Eric Schmidt, Missouri, we appreciate you.
And good luck this week.
We'll be watching very, very closely 800-941 Sean is our number if you want to be a part of the program.
Watching the Super Bowl Disappointment00:06:40
You know, as I said earlier in the program, I mean, I don't mind admitting that, I mean, I thought yesterday's Super Bowl game was as dull as anything I've ever seen.
And Linda said ahead of time, she's not watching it.
And you didn't really miss much.
I was half paying attention to it.
It was just a dull game all the way across the board.
And, you know, you sending me the interpretation of the lyrics of Bugs Bunny.
I mean, just vile.
It's meaningless to me.
It's not meaningless.
It's vile.
That means, I mean, people watch the NFL is an American pastime.
The Super Bowl is like, it's ridiculous.
You know, I read stats this morning that it was.
By the way, I want everyone to know because you get this.
If you get this analysis from Linda, remember about a year or so ago, she didn't know what crossing the plane meant.
But I do understand entertainment.
This is not how many points.
This is not football, Sean.
This is entertainment.
Real football players and real football lovers are not watching this game and saying, I feel intrigued.
I feel invigorated.
I feel like I'm watching a great game.
These are a bunch of very highly paid people with a bunch of other highly paid C-suite people that all get to sit up close.
And the guys in the nosebleeds are the true heart and soul of the sport.
They're nowhere near that field.
So all the disgusting things we're seeing really has nothing to do with football, in my opinion.
And Bad Bunny, his lyrics do matter because they're vile and repulsive.
And this is something that you sit and watch with.
Nobody understood it.
I mean, yes, they didn't understand it, but they don't realize what's being sung in front of their children.
So then if you send your kids to school and they're like, oh, do you know what he said?
Because they all have social media.
Some of them are able to speak Spanish and they know what he said.
And it's vile.
I had given up on it.
I mean, here's just the reality, unfortunately, for me.
You know, I think that it's kind of like the Bud Light situation.
It just is a bad decision.
And you have to wonder why they made it and why they don't go for the broadest possible appeal.
And there are plenty of artists that would fit that bill.
I'll give you one that you might disagree with.
Taylor Swift, for example.
Everybody would love Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl.
You know, most people would not care about her politics.
It'd be nice if she kept politics out of it.
That would be an example.
Or you just go for a classic rocker like they've done in the past.
But, you know, I think that the NFL must have made a conscious decision that they like controversy because they invite controversy all the time when it comes to these.
No, they made a conscious decision that they want to be woke DEI liberals.
And they made that decision a long time ago.
Well, they did.
And I don't think it helps them.
I mean, in the end, that's my humble opinion.
But, you know, it's not like anyone over at the NFL cares what I think.
Anyway, let's get to our phones, 800.
What did you make?
More importantly, what did you eat?
I made a brunch.
None of us watched the Super Bowl.
Our entire family boycotted.
It was amazing.
And we had a lovely brunch and it was great.
How many Bloody Marys did you have?
You know, I didn't drink Bloody Marys yesterday.
Nobody wanted them.
So I had mimosas.
It was kind of boring.
How many of you have?
How many loved a Bloody Mary?
I had about five.
How many?
Five.
I'm allowed to drink.
You know I can handle my liquor.
You know that.
Not as good as you think that you can.
I mean, I'm out of practice.
I don't drink as much as I used to, but, you know, five mimosas for me.
I'm fine.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
I'd love to see Linda.
Five mimosas in.
It depends.
If it's good mood, Linda, or bad mood, Linda.
I don't know.
It all depends.
Ew, it's always a good mood with Linda.
Really?
Yeah, unless we're talking about Bad Bunny.
Otherwise, I'm fine.
No, unless you're trying to piss me off to get ready for a show, which is like.
No, I'm even happier then.
It's even more fun.
Brian in Kentucky.
What's up, Brian?
How are you?
Glad you called.
Hey, thanks.
Thanks for having me on the show.
Glad I called as well.
Yeah, so, you know, there's a big message that was posted on the on the display board there at the Super Bowl during the Bad Bunny show that talked about love, not hate.
And when we, again, when we look at what's going on with these protesters, right?
I don't see a whole lot of love going on, especially when they're using foul language and kicking out lights out of the back of a nice vehicle or screaming profanities and banging drums and blowing whistles and just being very disruptive.
Not a lot of love going on there.
So I agree with the message.
Yeah, let's love, not hate, but I don't see that happening.
So, and on the bad bunny, I do speak enough Spanish that I was picking up words that he was saying.
I'm like, oh my goodness, this should be bleeped out.
This is in English.
This wouldn't be, they'd be bleeping every other word out of this thing.
And I thought that was very, very tasteless and very tacky.
Listen, it'll be interesting to see what the halftime ratings were.
I know that at least on their YouTube channel, Turning Point had an alternative show.
I was watching both simultaneously so I could talk about it.
And they had over 5 million people watching, which is not insignificant in any way.
And maybe on between all their social media, you know, all the different ways you can connect, we'll find out what their number was in terms of people that decided to watch an alternative halftime show.
I don't know.
You know, I had kind of given in to the idea that, you know, I wanted a better game.
I tune in to watch the game and halftime shows I just don't really care that much about anyway.
So, you know, at that point, I take a break, I go make a drink, I get some food, and, you know, but I watched it because I have to talk about it.
And after watching it, I don't really have much to say about it.
There's not anybody that I know that really loved it.
You know, the beauty about everything that you listen to or watch, and I urge this audience always to be selective because there's a lot of nutcases out there that now can, you know, like to portray themselves as great influencers that are pretty dumb and their ideas are pretty dumb and in some cases toxic is just be selective in what you decide to watch and don't watch.
The beauty is we live in a free country and you get to pick and choose what you want to watch and what you don't want to watch.
Selective Viewing00:06:13
Anyway, I appreciate the call, Brian.
Thank you.
800-941 Sean, you want to be a part of the program.
Michigan Walter's next.
Hey, Walter, how are you?
Sean, how are you doing?
I'm good, sir.
Happy Monday.
Sir, and a long time listener, happy Monday to you, too.
I do like your preference of fried French fries rather than beer-fried.
I got it.
Of course, they're better.
I mean, it's not even a question of whether they're better.
It's like it's not even a debate.
But I do love the way Linda says sauce.
Anyhow, I'm from Dearborn.
Boy, in which neighbors with.
All right.
How do you say sauce?
Sauce.
Thank you.
You say it the right way.
You don't see source.
How do you say coffee?
Because I love the accent, you know.
How do you say talk radio?
Talk radio.
Talk radio.
Coffee.
New York.
Detroit.
You know?
I think you got it down pretty bad.
I live in Dearborn Heights, which borders Dearborn, and you know the craziness that's going on there.
And I think our Secretary of State, Joslyn Benson, has not been a good steward of the election process.
I know for a fact that basically she has sent anybody with a driver's license a voter registration card.
And I had a Middle Eastern family that lived a house down from me that needed to have mama's driver's license renewed.
And they questioned the attendant at the Secretary of State, and they said, you know, we're not citizens.
We're here legally, but we're not citizens.
And we got voter registration cards.
And they were instructed by the associate at the Secretary of State that was waiting on them that if they had voter registration cards, they can go and vote.
Well, I mean, the problem is, is why would any Democrat be against, you know, the simple integrity measure of having voter ID?
Why would they be against it?
Now, the only thing I can think of is they have nefarious intentions.
That's period end of sentence.
Why would you support sanctuary cities and states?
The SAVE Act is very specific in what it's asking for.
It wants voting integrity measures, and I fully support them.
And I think Republicans need to get Democrats on the record not supporting it.
I think they should get on the record supporting sanctuary cities and states.
I think they should get on the record being against voter ID.
You know, they're on the record voting for the largest tax increase in history.
You know, put them on the record for defund, dismantle, no-bail laws, defunding ICE, put them on the record for all of it.
And then we'll get to November and we'll have a big choice election.
And hopefully Americans will wake up and show up and go vote.
I don't understand what they don't see and the craziness of what's going on.
But I tell you what, the other thing that's a big thing going on, Dearborn Heights has become totally Middle Eastern.
But I'm going to go back 20 years ago.
They actually were handing out and putting in everybody's mailbox Korans.
Now, my understanding is you can't legally put flyers or brochures or any other, quote, non-postage paid materials directly into mailboxes.
The Postal Service regulations placing unstamped items inside a mailbox actually is a federal offense, often referred to as mailbox tampering.
And anyway, you have to have the proper postage, et cetera.
Only authorized postal service personnel are allowed to place those items in mailboxes.
Anyway, Walter, appreciate it.
We'll stay in Michigan.
Mike, what's up, Mike?
How are you?
Talk with you.
Just had a quick background.
I've been a 17-year paramedic firefighter in the Michigan area, not working corrections.
So I've seen people at their best and I've seen people in their worst.
Obviously, I've got a deep passion for the military, first responders, that kind of stuff.
I worked in an industry at a time as a medic where I was told not to wear my uniform to work and on duty because they were targeting, there was a target on police officers, and they didn't want me to be misconstrued as accidentally identified as a police officer and assaulted or shot.
And what these protesters are doing, they're targeting people based on their uniforms, based on what they're wearing, based on what they're driving.
If you're targeting a select group, isn't that called a hate crime?
I think the actual penalties for people doing this should be higher.
The individual who went after President Trump, the attempted assassination, he got life in prison and never fired a shot because it's a specialized, unique, quote-unquote target.
Why wouldn't our first responders, our military, all that kind of stuff also be a unique target and maybe put a hate crime on these individuals who are going after them solely based on what they look like, what they wear, their uniforms, their dress?
Wouldn't that be an angle to look at to make these penalties sting a little bit more?
Because there's no pushback for these individuals to do what they're doing.
They get arrested, they bail out.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on this.
I really appreciate your opinion.
I'm total kick in the pants to be able to talk to you.
And I'd just love to hear what your thoughts would be on something like that.
I just think any assault on any officer, law enforcement officer, should always have a greater penalty.
And I think anything that you do to obstruct an officer from doing their job or puts their lives in jeopardy, even this nationwide app that they have that tips off people that ICE raids are coming is putting these officers' lives in jeopardy because you're taking away the element of surprise.
Whether or not the left likes it or not, we have laws in this country against entering our country illegally.
And what they are advocating for is to offer aid, quote, sanctuary.
And with that sanctuary comes taxpayer-funded benefits, the ability to get a license, and that ultimately could lead to the right, that ultimately can lead to them illegally voting, which is not good, benefits such as welfare benefits or healthcare benefits or education for your kids, taxpayer-funded.
Taxpayer-Funded Benefits Debate00:01:48
You know, if you want to know why these sanctuary cities and states, without exception, are having all these fiscal problems, this is a big part of their budget.
It's billions and billions of taxpayer dollars being spent that they are giving to people that didn't respect our laws, borders, and sovereignty.
Again, this should be universal, no-brainer.
And it's unfortunate that we even have to have this debate.
But this is why I'm asking everybody in this audience, pay attention.
And I know it's only February, but I'm telling you that in 10 months from now, it's going to be voting time.
And I'm just asking that everybody make it a commitment in their heart that they're going to treat this midterm like it's the most important midterm in their lifetime.
Because if Democrats get in power, it's going to be never-ending nonstop investigation and impeachment.
And all progress that the president has been making to improve the country is going to come to a screeching halt and it's not going to be good for anybody.
Anyway, good call, my friend.
800-941 Sean, if you want to be a part of the program.
All right, that's going to wrap things up for today.
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