0:00

Dan Bongino. Welcome

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to the Bongino Brief. I'm Dan Bongino. I

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was a different person after I

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ran for offer because you just see so

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much. It's kind of like, you know, hearing

0:11

about the Promised Land and then someone dropping

0:14

you in it and you're like, oh my

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gosh, look, it's so much different being here

0:18

and experiencing the fruits of the whole thing.

0:20

Like you have to experience in this case,

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it's the opposite effect. It's the Unpromised Land.

0:25

Once you enter the wish for right,

0:28

be careful what you wish for because you just may get

0:30

it. I think I want to be

0:32

a politician and then you go and surround yourself with

0:34

politicians. You're like, holy these

0:36

people suck. These are like

0:38

the most mercenary me first

0:41

one-way a-holes I've ever met my

0:43

entire life and they magically all

0:45

found themselves in politics. I

0:47

can't get past this impeachment

0:49

vote the other night and

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how these weak need Republicans

0:54

Ken Buck, McClintock and Mike

0:56

Gallagher keep trying to explain

0:58

away how somehow follow me.

1:00

They don't want to set

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a precedent by impeaching a

1:04

cabinet official for what

1:06

they call maladministration. What I call high

1:08

crimes and misdemeanors assisting in the invasion

1:10

of the United States. Here's

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what I mean. Go to

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Wall Street Journal piece here. This is

1:17

Mike Gallagher again, this weak need Republican

1:19

from Wisconsin. I use this guy's tried

1:21

a thousand different ways to explain away

1:24

why he was a no

1:26

vote and he had to go and write

1:28

a Wall Street Journal op-ed about this thing.

1:30

And here's the most comical

1:32

part of this whole op-ed. He

1:35

says, but I disagree with my Republican

1:37

colleagues who voted on Tuesday to impeach.

1:39

Mr. My orchis, but obviously you

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voted no to impeach my orchis impeachment.

1:44

Not only would fail to resolve. Mr.

1:47

Biden's border crisis, but would also set

1:49

a dangerous new precedent that would be

1:51

used against future Republican administrations. Just

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dumb as a freaking rock. A

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dangerous new precedent. Yeah. Joe,

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what precedent meaning this was—so

2:09

Joe, let's speak English for you. Joe's

2:11

a very smart guy. He's done a

2:13

lot of stuff. If

2:15

it's a new precedent

2:17

impeaching an official for

2:20

what he calls maladministration but what's clearly

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here high crimes and misdemeanors, right? Yeah.

2:25

That would mean it was unprecedented, right, because

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it's a new precedent, Joe, correct? Yes,

2:30

correct. So if you and I are

2:32

setting a new precedent in podcasting by

2:34

reaching a listener number, that means it's

2:36

unprecedented, correct? Just follow my—Joe, which means

2:38

it hasn't happened before, right? With

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you so far, bro. Okay. Joe,

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has anyone been impeached?

2:45

Let's just—you know what? Let's not say anyone.

2:47

Let's just say in the last 10 years. Wait, keep

2:50

me—has anyone been impeached in the last

2:52

10 years over

2:55

what politicians would call maladministration? I—

2:59

What? I—

3:01

Yeah. He's like, I've

3:03

seen him before. I know. Nice

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hair, flowing mane. Yeah. He's

3:08

a real estate guy. Yes, Donald Donald Trump. Yeah,

3:10

that guy. Just

3:12

checking, man. See, do

3:14

you understand how these people think you're stupid? Number

3:16

one, Mike Gallagher spends the—and I'm not even

3:19

going to show you the whole op-ed because

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it's a waste of your time—spends the entire

3:23

op-ed in The Wall Street Journal of Republican

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arguing against the impeachment, claiming

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and pulling out legal

3:29

penumbras how assisting in an invasion

3:32

of the United States, clearly against

3:34

his protect and defend the Constitution

3:36

role, is somehow not a high

3:38

crime and misdemeanor. He

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spends the entire time arguing

3:43

against the Republican cause. This

3:46

is a Republican. And

3:48

he then claims—is this guy stupid? That

3:51

it would set a dangerous new precedent

3:53

as if impeachment of Donald Trump twice

3:56

On maladministration hasn't already

3:58

happened. Both.

4:01

Listen, if you call my radio show yesterday

4:03

caught in the forgive me for telling this

4:05

story game but this is critical. You understand

4:07

this. The. Tsunami Everybody ready.

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Sky. Be one of the most important things: a

4:13

retelling. It

4:15

is time to get the book.

4:17

sandbox. play time, romper, room it

4:19

over and throw it out. If

4:21

you're not ready to play bare

4:23

knuckle politics, they get the hell

4:25

out of office. Politics.

4:28

Is about the projection of power.

4:31

Do. You understand that? Politics

4:33

is not to see times. It's

4:35

not third grade mass. It's not

4:37

an S A T prep course.

4:39

Get your head or your it

4:42

is about the projection of power.

4:44

That. Is it? How

4:47

do we take our conservative

4:49

principles? And

4:51

use our administrative political power

4:53

granted to us by our

4:56

elected office to project bad

4:58

power. And. To move

5:00

the country and now more

5:02

constitutionally oriented direction. How

5:06

do we do that? This.

5:08

Gallagher spends all time argument against

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is. Claiming. Ridiculously

5:13

that there's no precedent for an

5:15

impeachment of an official. The only

5:17

be we are so we have

5:19

high crimes and misdemeanors year. posters,

5:23

of towards his story before. But.

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You want you to listen me a while?

5:28

You'll understand the projection of power. Projecting.

5:31

Power Being able to use power to

5:33

projected to make it work. It

5:36

has to be based on

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a reputation. There is no

5:40

power in people not being

5:42

at least. In

5:44

some way Afraid that you're going to do what

5:46

you say you're going to do. I.

5:48

don't mean that the nasty way i

5:50

mean if you say here's my hundred

5:52

point plan as a republican candidate to

5:54

run for president and then you get

5:56

elected and you do absolutely none of

5:58

it you have no power because nobody

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freaking trusts you to project that power.

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Does that make sense? This is important

6:04

man. Folks in the chat, tell

6:07

me to shut the **** you don't like this. But

6:09

this is important. Nobody gets this. I

6:11

didn't spend six years in school studying psychology

6:13

to waste your time. I know the education

6:15

they may sound like a moron but it's

6:17

important. It's about projecting power and

6:19

there is no power with a ****

6:22

reputation. I don't know any other way to say it. If

6:26

people trust you're going to do what you

6:28

say you're going to do and when people

6:30

toy with you, you're going to fight back.

6:32

There is power in that and they stop

6:34

**** with you. I

6:38

told the story many times that

6:40

famous Chinese general, the

6:42

guy had a reputation for being an ****

6:45

kicker. A war strategist to the highest

6:47

order. It's a true story I

6:50

read about in this book. He

6:52

gets holed up in a castle. He's got like 500 guys with him.

6:54

20,000 soldiers. I think they were Mongols

6:57

or outside the gate. They

6:59

feared this guy so much. These

7:02

20,000 soldiers had no idea how

7:04

many people this Chinese general had in

7:07

the castle. None. Could have had nobody.

7:10

This Chinese general had a reputation

7:12

for balls of freaking stone.

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Says, I'm going to go up to the top of the tower in

7:17

this castle and I'm going to play the harp. His

7:20

soldiers were like, we're going to get killed, general. What are you

7:23

talking about? There's 20,000 people outside. He

7:25

says, watch. He

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goes upstairs, watch tower, starts

7:31

playing the harp because it's up there high.

7:33

The sound projects out. These

7:35

20,000 soldiers look up

7:38

and they go, what the ****? This

7:41

guy's playing the harp. He's

7:43

got to have 50,000 men in there. He's

7:46

so cocky, Joey's playing the harp. You

7:49

know what they did? It's a true story. They

7:51

walked away. This

7:55

Chinese general won this battle without

7:57

ever firing a shot despite being

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out. numbered, I mean, 20,000 to

8:01

500 or less, because

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his reputation saved him. When

8:09

your reputation, which Mike Gallagher does

8:11

not understand, is that you

8:13

not only don't want to project power when you

8:16

have it, but fight against it by writing long

8:18

op-eds in the Wall Street Journal about why we

8:20

shouldn't do what we should do, you

8:22

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Here's another colossal dipshit along with Gallagher.

9:45

Here's Ken Buck, Ken Buck, a

9:47

guy who is a legitimate imbecile. Here he

9:49

is on a left-wing station, His

9:52

cable news station. Here He is

9:55

again, falsely and ridiculously claiming that

9:57

there is somehow no precedent for

9:59

impeachment. On again what they call

10:01

maladministration. Which. Is by the

10:03

way, totally false? The. Irony Ice

10:06

I say that because we actually have high crimes

10:08

and misdemeanors. Is no

10:10

precedent. did he miss Trump Puppies room

10:12

one or two facilities moron. Well

10:15

this is not a high crime or

10:17

misdemeanor is not an impeachable offense. This

10:20

is a policy difference of the me

10:22

from the outset say there is a

10:24

crisis on the border of the the

10:26

law needs to be enforced arm. But

10:28

if we start going down this path

10:30

of impeachment with a cabin and official

10:33

or we're opening a door as republicans

10:35

and we don't want to open the

10:37

next president was a republican will face

10:39

the same. The scrutiny from democrats is

10:41

wrong and and we should not set

10:43

the precedent. And

10:45

eat you understand how the Democrats

10:48

have a reputation. For democrats, have

10:50

a reputation for kicking people swear

10:52

in the nuts. Your.

10:54

I Tony Windsor. Dow.

10:57

Was a. Oh I was

10:59

at tony play like a podcast as he listened until

11:01

I'd he can't. By

11:04

the way, we look a little different

11:06

today because of the cameras. You so

11:08

so panicked folks. It's the same show

11:10

I promise You'll have to understand the

11:12

Democrats. They've got a reputation for grabbing

11:14

you go by the balls and crossing

11:16

them into San so people are afraid

11:18

of them. And the Republicans have a

11:21

reputation for doing what we can Bachar

11:23

Gallagher doing which is apologizing for acting

11:25

like Republicans. and when you have a

11:27

reputation for caving, you will. Never have

11:29

power, Ever. Power.

11:31

Is built on a reputation. As

11:35

a powerful story. And story the

11:37

Chinese General you should remember. You.

11:40

Can win battles without ever fired a

11:42

shot. Or not only

11:44

metal mean an actual vial of, I mean,

11:47

like, even a rhetorical shot if you have

11:49

a reputation. That. When people toy with

11:51

you. You. Are going to win. Post.

11:55

Is sums up this impeachment vote

11:57

and this border bill sums up

11:59

the disk. Act between American

12:01

voters, you all out there, close

12:03

to 90,000 people watching right now.

12:06

We fill a football stadium every day

12:08

on this show. I want

12:10

to hear about the Taylor Swift phenomenon,

12:13

we fill a football stadium every day

12:15

at 11 o'clock and a

12:17

damn big one too of

12:19

people who give a s*** and

12:22

the people out there who give a

12:24

damn about this country are not attached

12:26

ideologically anymore to the people in D.C.

12:28

They are lost. This border bill and

12:31

this impeachment thing is a perfect example

12:33

of what I'm talking about. Ken

12:35

Buck, Mike Gallagher, and McClintock have totally

12:38

misread the room. They think the voters

12:40

out there are interested in getting back

12:42

to regular order. We were years ago

12:45

until we realized there is no regular

12:47

order. The Democrats want chaos. And until

12:49

you have a reputation of fighting chaos

12:52

with chaos, the chaos will end when

12:54

you develop a reputation for fighting back.

12:56

And you and the chat know that

12:58

and Mike Gallagher does not. He

13:02

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13:04

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rate supply. Wake up, brother. Wake

13:50

up. Open your freaking

13:52

eyes, man. What do you

13:54

need, the clockwork orange things? I'm

14:00

really out of touch. And I asked you

14:02

in the beginning of the show, and I'm going to move on to

14:04

the second part of this segment about this border bill thing. I

14:08

asked you a question. Have you been thinking about it? Do

14:11

any of you out there, chasters, I'm curious

14:13

about your response here. Are any

14:15

of you out there looking for

14:17

Washington, D.C. to solve your problems?

14:20

I mean it. You have a

14:22

business. You sell widgets. You

14:25

add a 10% decrease in your business. Are

14:27

you looking for Washington, D.C. to bail you

14:29

out? What the f*** do they know

14:31

about your widgets? Your

14:34

kid's having a problem learning in school. You think

14:36

a D.C. bureaucrat's going to help them? No.

14:39

No. No. No.

14:42

No. Hell no. No.

14:45

Bocino, I think it's 100%. You've got a heart problem.

14:47

You called a government? Hey, you guys got a heart

14:49

surgeon for me? The answer is we don't want them

14:51

to solve our problems. Just do us

14:53

a freaking favor along the way. What

14:55

is it? Don't

14:57

cause us any nuance. Here's

15:00

what I mean. I want you to listen to this

15:02

speech by Langford. Langford, James Langford

15:05

is a Republican senator from Oklahoma.

15:07

He was the point man who

15:09

unbelievably negotiated this disastrous border bill

15:11

that went down in absolute flames

15:13

thanks to you. So why are

15:15

we still talking about it? Because

15:18

the speech he gives yesterday, this

15:20

I'm a victim speech, is pathetic.

15:24

But it pretty much again sums up

15:26

the D.C. mentality that they think we

15:28

want them to do something. We

15:30

don't. We just don't

15:32

want you doing something worse. Just shut up and

15:34

stay the hell out of our lives. Listen

15:37

to him give this big eloquent speech.

15:39

I got this pen and people send

15:42

us up here to do something. We

15:44

did not send you up there to

15:46

do something. We sent you

15:48

up there to leave us alone.

15:53

Let this out. This

15:56

is the pen that

15:58

I was handed at that desk

16:01

when I was sworn in to the United

16:03

States Senate. And

16:09

I signed a book that was at that desk

16:11

with this pen because

16:15

I was becoming a United States Senator because

16:21

the people at home sent me here

16:23

to get stuff done and to

16:25

solve problems. There's

16:27

no reason for me to have this pen if

16:30

we're just going to do press conferences. I

16:33

can do press conferences from anywhere, but

16:36

we can only make law from this room.

16:39

And to do that, you need one of these pens.

16:44

There's a hundred of them in this room and

16:46

60 of us have to agree to

16:49

solve a problem. And

16:51

I'm determined to sit down with anyone who wants

16:54

to solve the problem, regardless of what side of

16:56

the aisle that they're on to

16:59

figure out how we solve these things. I'm

17:04

watching the chat as this thing is playing. Yes,

17:06

you all are thinking what I'm thinking. Pro,

17:09

just shut up. This is not the hill

17:11

to die on. Nobody's asking you to solve

17:14

anything. You guys are idiots. You

17:16

hate us. We don't like you. No one's

17:19

asking you to do anything. No,

17:22

we don't want you to do anything. I know

17:26

I got to take a break. Oh,

17:28

gosh, this pisses me off. Every

17:31

freaking problem, Joseph, the

17:33

government has tried to solve the

17:36

language. I know they have f***ed up. I'm

17:38

sorry. Can you solve the retirement

17:41

problem? Social Security is bankrupt. Can

17:43

you solve the healthcare access problem?

17:45

Medicaid, Medicare, going bankrupting the government.

17:48

Can you solve the current high

17:50

taxation problem? What Taxes are

17:53

going back up? We've got a tax code that

17:55

actually benefits the rich at the expense of the

17:57

poor. What

18:00

else that we do A lot of itself? The

18:03

Education prop. What was your public schools there that

18:05

worse than the A. We see the world. It

18:08

would just sort of. Nobody

18:11

wants you to solve anything. You.

18:14

Got a boner. You've. Got

18:16

section two twelve Evo. Get to add a second.

18:18

You have the ability to solve this Fox News's

18:20

don't want to do with. Saddam.

18:24

This is the entire Dc prob. The next

18:26

time you were out of Town Hall with

18:28

one of these idiots and they say I'm

18:31

up there to solve problems Every wanted you

18:33

to sit, know. You're

18:36

still prefer to solve problems. You're.

18:39

Up there to guess the government

18:41

out of my life and stop

18:43

asking my life up. You understand,

18:45

you understand your job. Look at

18:47

me. Fix your upstairs to get

18:49

the government out of our lives.

18:52

That said, You're. Too

18:54

stupid to solve problems you

18:56

understand. You.

18:58

Are too stupid to solve my

19:01

problems? You. Don't know Me:

19:03

you're probably dollars and me nobody

19:05

likes you. We'd all like you

19:08

Euro like us. Shot to. Get.

19:11

Out of my life spectator

19:13

my my money. Putting stupid

19:15

red tape on my business

19:17

is telling my kids they're

19:20

my girls, their boys stop

19:22

bankrupting my grandmother Zoradi Dad's

19:24

is a stop. Just.

19:27

Shut up. Nobody.

19:29

Cares about your pen? Nobody cares

19:32

about your self aggrandizement. All about

19:34

some of the. Any

19:37

posts appear to solve problems.

19:40

Nobody dancers, It's. Just.

19:43

Say the else. Is.

19:46

Just. Go away, burrow.

19:49

Shows. Stowaway. Member.

19:52

The saw what was it

19:54

mildly through. Girls, don't go

19:56

away mad. Just go away

19:58

you guys kids. Already day

20:00

we've a hobby. Here's the borders.

20:03

Yeah, I see some guy semi

20:05

urban, you know, baseball? got steers?

20:07

the border? Beers Mexico. Here's the

20:09

United States boosted. Can't even figure

20:12

out how to solve that problem

20:14

itself. Border. You.

20:16

Guys are here where they are. They

20:18

can't even figure that out. So.

20:21

Sad I. Just

20:23

get out of our lives. Just

20:25

move along. To. Stone.

20:29

Cold. Steve Soup bones you

20:31

know you know your moves describes

20:33

his them on here soon as

20:35

he did. you find.