In this episode of The Mike Gallagher Show, we dive into the unsettling political climate both domestically and internationally. Mike discusses the recent political assassination in Minnesota, addressing the need for accountability and the dangers of blaming political ideologies for acts of violence. The conversation shifts to the escalating tensions in the Middle East, with insights from Scott Jennings who shares his harrowing experiences from Israel amidst the ongoing conflict with Iran.
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He’s the happy conservative warrior. Mike Gallagher. Broadcasting across hundreds of radio stations nationwide. And seen on your trusted conservative TV network. Salem News Channel. Here’s Mike.
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I was glad to wake up today and see that the earth is still spinning on its axis. We’re still here. We’ve got war in the Middle East. President Trump. saying, I think it’s time for a deal with Iran. The Israelis, it is reported, have achieved air superiority over Iran’s skies. We continue to pray for Israel. You don’t want World War III? Then you better hope that Iran doesn’t complete their efforts to possess a nuclear weapon. Because they’ll do one thing. If they get their hands on a nuke, and they will… wipe Israel off the face of the earth. And that is not something that I think normal people want to be a party to, anywhere in the world. The violent, vicious people who hate Israel, who likely hate the United States, I guess are okay with that. But meanwhile, here at home, there was an unspeakable… horrifying political assassination, apparently, over the weekend. I don’t know if you want to call it political or not, but this crazed killer with some kind of a grudge against Democrats allegedly donned a police uniform and a creepy latex mask. If you haven’t seen the surveillance pictures of this guy, it’s something right out of a horror movie. He shot one Minnesota state lawmaker to death, killed her husband, shot the family dog. The poor dog reportedly had to be put down by the grieving orphaned children of this poor former Democrat House Speaker Melissa Hortman. And nothing about this makes sense. This story is so bizarre. Of course, you know that by now the guy’s name is Vance Belter, some kind of weird former pastor, owned a security company, worked for a funeral home, had a wife and five kids and a big, beautiful home, but had a couple of roommates, including the Papa John’s delivery guy who’s sitting on the stoop reading Vance Belter’s text messages? And I’m just looking right now at the charging document from the state of Minneapolis, Hennepin County. This makes no sense. He’s been charged not with first-degree murder, but second-degree murder with intent not premeditated. Not premeditated? How’s he not charged with first-degree murder? I’m no lawyer, obviously, but does that make sense? Does it make sense that the pizza guy is on the stoop, insisting the guy is a Trump supporter? And what difference does it make if he’s a Trump supporter? What difference does it make if he was a Tim Walz appointee? I was disgusted. over the weekend in watching social media start out, oh, he’s a Tim Walz appointee. Oh, look at that. He’s one of them. Then apparently the manifesto is released. He’s targeting nobody but Democrats and abortion providers, abortion clinics. And according to the roommate, he’s a Trump supporter. Who cares? Who cares? And, you know, I’m just going to say this, and I’m going to turn it over to you, because if you think I’ve got the wrong take on this, I don’t mind welcoming dissent on how I feel. When the crazed, maniacal, would-be killer of all the Republican congressmen he could kill, who nearly killed Steve Scalise when he shot him, and tried to kill the Republicans on that baseball field… When it was revealed he was a Bernie Sanders supporter, I don’t remember any of us blaming Bernie Sanders. I don’t remember any of us blaming Democrats. There is no purpose, there is nothing productive of trying to blame one side or the other. And I think we’ve got to knock it off. I really do. And I would urge our side to do the same thing. Look, I can’t stand Tim Walz. I think the guy is a disaster. And he likely was a big contributing factor to Kamala losing the election. So I’ve got nothing good to say about him. And yes, it seems… Very notable that Tim Walz is now calling for, you know, peace and love and unity after he went and said you need to go out and bully the blank out of Donald Trump. We all got to be bullies if you don’t like Donald Trump and we got to be meaner. Well, adults in the room can recognize Tim Walz didn’t mean go out and kill people you disagree with. It doesn’t matter that this guy was a Tim Walz appointee. And by the way, he was also appointed by the Dayton, the Mark Dayton administration. He was a Republican. We’ve got to knock it off. We’ve got to knock it off. Remember, the Bernie Sanders shooter. We didn’t do this. And I don’t know if this means lowering the temperature a little bit. I don’t know if it means… cooling down the rhetoric a little bit? I don’t know. All I know is to blame an ideology, to blame a political party for the violent actions of a killer. Yes, I know the Democrats have lifted up Luigi Mangione. I understand that they seem to be, frankly, a pretty violent bunch. But if we don’t stop blaming one side or the other for the actions of one twisted, evil lunatic, things are going to just get worse. 800-655-MIKE. We’ve got a lot of breaking news today. You know, some would say that the political violence in Minnesota leads to the lawmaker’s death. I sort of reject that. And I believe we’ve got to be careful in blaming a political ideology as awful as we might find it to be for the murder, the murders committed. of Melissa Hortman and her husband. Let’s see what you think here in the Relief Factor studios. Join us, 800-655-MIKE, 800-655-6453. One number does it all. Text us on the MyPillow text line. Call us so we can put your voice front and center. However you get here, please get here on this Monday episode of a breaking news edition of The Mike Gallagher Show, 800-655-6453.
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Morning. First of all, I’d like to send my condolences to the lawmakers’ families and friends, of course. I thought it was pretty interesting watching Tim Walsh, the AG, the DA, police chiefs all standing there giving accolades to the cooperation of interagency, bipartisan, to bring this guy in. And it seems like these are the exact things that our sanctuary cities are against. And I just find it extraordinarily hypocritical.
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Well, there’s tons of hypocrisy going on right now. I mean, it’s also fairly hypocritical to say, well, let’s all be unified and let’s have, you know, kumbaya moments when just a couple of weeks ago Tim Walz was saying they need to be meaner and they need to bully the S out of Donald Trump. Here was, of course, Tim Walz holding a press conference and attributing the death of this woman and her husband to… meanness.
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It’s not about hatred. It’s not about mean tweets. It’s not about demeaning someone. It’s leading with grace and compassion and vision and compromise and decency. That was taken from us in Minnesota.
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Well, did you check out Eric Swalwell, one of Tim Walz’s fellow Democrats? You want decency? You don’t want meanness? You don’t want to dehumanize people? Isn’t it funny when they say those kinds of things, they always exempt Donald Trump from that list. Eric Swalwell is a very prominent California Democrat in the House of Representatives. He attended one of the No Kings rallies on Saturday. Here’s what he said. Donald Trump is America’s Hitler. How about that? Now, I get kind of stunned. You want to talk about not being mean? Tim Walz, like, actually said we got to get meaner. Am I hallucinating? Because I feel like I’m in a weird, like, Twilight Zone episode. Again, nobody should blame Tim Walz for what this guy did. Nobody should blame Democrats for what this guy did. This guy needs to be blamed for what he did. But I also have eyes to see with and ears to hear with. You want me to pull the clip from Tim Walz saying we need to get meaner? How does that work? Look, I call on Tim Walz to say all of us need to cut it out. And it’s going to be difficult for the Tim Walzes of the world because by cutting it out, we mean stop calling Trump Hitler and stop calling us fascists. Stop it. Just cut it out. If you believe that, if you want to lower the temperature, well, you got to start. And I do believe, and this is difficult, but I do believe there’s some level of, or there is a measure of lowering the temperature. Am I wrong? 800-655-MIKE. Hope you join us. Portions of our show brought to you by MyPillow and Big Deal. Two sales in one. First, they’re having a closeout sale on the percale bedsheets. Any size, any color, $25. You can get Queens, Kings, Split Kings, California Kings, any size, any color, $25. It’s a crazy sale from MyPillow.com. Look for the Mike Gallagher Special Square. The second sale, Mike Lindell has introduced a brand new energy drink called Rev7. It’s a premium energy drink that’s good for you. It tastes great, gives you energy all day. I sampled it yesterday for the first time. It is delicious. No sugar, no caffeine. Rev7 is so special because it’s powered with a premium nootropic that helps fuel your mind. MyPillow is so confident you’re going to love Rev7 that for a limited time you can try their introductory three-pack absolutely free. Now, these offers aren’t going to last long. So go to MyPillow.com. Use the promo code MikeG. MyPillow.com. Promo code MikeG or call 800-928-6034. 800-928-6034. Sing along with me.
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It’s been reported that Israel now controls the skies over Tehran. This is obviously a scary time. We’ve got war in the Middle East. And we have a military conflict between Israel and Iran where we hope, of course, that Israel gets the upper hand. And this is a fact that all of us who are debating whether or not the U.S. should be involved, we are involved, certainly to some extent. Iran is an existential threat to Israel, America, and the world. as long as this evil regime remains in place. They’re committed to the destruction of Israel and, of course, the United States. I’ve been thinking a lot about Scott Jennings, who’s one of the lone voices of reasonableness over on CNN. And he went to Israel. on a uh on a visit there and of course now is sort of stuck and i’ve been watching and been fascinated by scott’s journey and we’ve been praying for him let’s welcome cnn’s scott jennings the one-time guest host on the mike gallagher show and i have to confess he was a hit everybody loves scott and scott welcomed uh you’re in israel now are you in jerusalem
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No, I have some news. I have made my way out of Israel. Finally, I’ve been there for the last nine days. And this morning I woke up and made my way out of Jerusalem over to Amman, Jordan, where I just just arrived in Amman. And I’m trying to fly out of here tomorrow morning to get back to the United States. But I’ve been in Israel for the last nine days. I’ve been all over the country and seen more missiles and missile intercepts than I care to report.
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Well, Scott, I texted you the other night, are you getting much sleep? And you said, well, the bombs come at night, and you’ve got to be up for that. I just can’t imagine what you must have been experiencing all this time when this war broke out, and you’re thinking, here I am, kind of stuck in Israel.
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Yeah, I was in the city of Tiberias the other night when it started, which is on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, actually. And I watched missile after missile fly overhead. I also watched a lot of Israeli fighter jets going that direction. And it was – I mean, of course, in the United States, we don’t experience – These kinds of things happen far away. We watch them on our television. For people of Israel, this is more daily life for them, dodging rockets and this sort of thing. But even this kind of war where you’ve got these cruise missiles, these intercontinental ballistic missiles coming in, It’s crazy. I mean, it’s hard to describe the feeling when you see one of these missiles and then you see the interceptor go up and then you see the missile break up in the atmosphere and the debris comes down. It’s a wild feeling. It’s been a surreal experience.
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Well, of course, I’ve followed your journey from your posts on social media and your reporting from over there. And I think I was probably at the same hotel you were at in Tiberias. I know you went to near Oz. You went to the kibbutz. You were at the Nova Music Festival. It’s so, so important for people to get their eyes on the Holy Land as they’re under siege. And, you know, Scott, I know you’ve made some news over the weekend because you’ve been quoted as saying, we’ve got to take the evil regime out. But what other option do we have? I mean, as long as they’re committed to the destruction of Israel… And yes, the United States, nothing’s going to change. I mean, what do you think the next steps are? And I don’t know if you’ve seen this reporting. The Wall Street Journal is saying that a battered Iran is now sending a signal that it wants to de-escalate hostilities with Israel and negotiate.
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Well, yeah, I did see that report, and of course they do, because Israel has the evil regime on its knees. I mean, what Israel has done in the last few days, creating complete air supremacy over Iran, taking out the senior military intelligence leadership of the country, and they’ve got this regime on the run, and for good reason, because they’re on the brink of developing a nuclear weapon. And for Israel, this is an existential threat. This isn’t a philosophical exercise. They cannot live with this regime with a nuclear weapon. Why? Because the regime’s principal aim is to destroy Israel. They chant death to Israel. And you know what else? They chant death to America. They believe Israel is the little Satan, and they believe the United States is… is the big Satan. That is what propels this regime every single day since they came to power in 1979. So I don’t blame Israel for what it’s doing. Of course, Iran also fuels all these terrorism groups, Hamas, Hezbollah. These are all proxies of Iran. So for Israel right now, they’re in a fight for their very existence. They’ve got the regime on its knees. And to be honest with you, I think it’s time they finish the job. The president of the United States, Donald Trump, who you know I support strongly, has said that we can have no peace if Iran has a nuclear weapon. And I think he’s exactly right.
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Okay, now Scott Jennings is joining us from Amman, Jordan. Before I ask you about what role the United States should play in this war, actually, between Israel and Iran, I don’t want to give anything up that I’m not supposed to ask you, but may I ask you how you got from Israel to Amman, Jordan?
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Sure. Well, I got up this morning and had arranged for some transportation to take me to the Allenby border gate. which was quite an adventure, I have to tell you. It was a little bit of a chaotic journey to get out of the country, get into Jordan, and get over to Amman. It took me virtually all day to do it. A lot of people are trying to get out because the airspace is closed over Israel. The airport, Ben-Gurion Airport, is closed. So really the only way to escape is to drive into Jordan. You can’t drive into Lebanon. You can’t drive into these other places. The only way to get out is to go to Jordan and get over to Amman, and that’s what I’m trying to do. It was a little bit of a chaotic experience, but we did make it today.
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That’s the understatement of the week. I know your family. I’ve just been praying for you. I’ve just been following everything you’re doing on social media and just praying for you and making sure that you get out of there safely because it is obviously a very, very challenging time. Let me get your wisdom before we let you go about the role that the United States should play, must play. You know the debate that’s raging. I’m sure you’ve seen the pot shots taken between Mark Levin and Tucker Carlson, you know, Tucker is big. We can’t let them fight it out. This is their war. What do you think about the role of the United States and what we should be doing? Because I’m sure you’re hearing the same pushback I’m hearing from my audience. A lot of people are saying, we don’t want boots on the ground. We don’t want to be really an integral part of this war. But in many ways, Scott, I think we have to be, don’t we?
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Well, we don’t have to put boots on the ground. I mean, my understanding is the principal nuclear enrichment facility is so far underground, we apparently are the only people with the bunker buster bomb big enough to get to it. And we should either use it or somehow allow Israel to use it. That’s my opinion. And I’m following the president’s lead. He has said that America first foreign policy will not allow for Iran to have a nuclear weapon. And I think he’s exactly right because they’ll use it. I mean, they will use it immediately. And it’s bad for us. It’s bad for Israel. It’s bad for the world. So how do you stop them from using it? Well, you destroy it. Or you have some negotiation. But negotiation here, if you leave this regime in charge, I’m just telling you, they’re not going to stop. They can say they will, but you can’t trust these folks any farther than you can throw them. And my view is not only the nuclear weapon is a problem, but look what they’ve done. I mean they’ve killed Americans, okay? This regime has killed Americans. They plot to kill Americans. They plot to fund and unleash terrorism against Israel and America’s interests around the world. I don’t have any reason to believe they’re going to change their stripes after a negotiation. So I think when you’ve got the head of the octopus in the position we’ve got it in, we should just finish the job or let Israel or help Israel finish the job. And when we do, Donald Trump, the president of the United States, will deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. They should have already given it to him for the Abraham Accords. finish the job on Iran, and he’ll deserve it again because he’ll have made the world a safer and better place. The fight for Western civilization is happening now. The president, Donald Trump, is the leader in that fight, and I think beating Iran right now and cutting off the head of this octopus, eliminating radical Islamic terrorism, and saving the free world, it’s on his shoulders, and he has the power to do it, and I believe that he will.
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Scott, did you know that today is the 10th anniversary? It was 10 years ago today. that Donald Trump came down that golden escalator at Trump Tower and announced he was running for president?
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I read that, and look what’s happened in the world. Look at what we’re on the brink of here. The Middle East has been remade. In the last few days, the Middle East is being remade. October the 7th was the biggest foreign policy blunder in the history of the radical Islamic jihadists. They made a huge mistake because I’ve been traveling Israel. They have so much resolve to defeat radical Islamic terrorism, and now they have resolve to stop them from getting a nuclear weapon. And Donald Trump, I think, was part of this amazing, elaborate ruse to trick the Iranians into a false sense of security enough for Israel to begin to take them out. I think the president has been integral in all this. His leadership is allowing us to make the world safer for the American people, for our special partner. Israel. The fight is now. We’ve got the enemy on its knees, and you don’t have to put boots on the ground, and you don’t have to engage in nation building. You just have to engage in a little bit of smart play here, which Donald Trump is really good at and he’s known for. I trust the president. I know there’s a debate raging, and whatever decision he makes, I’ll back him. But my strong opinion is he’s right. Allowing them to have a nuclear weapon is not possible if you believe in america first foreign policy that’s the president’s statement so however he decides to go about doing that i’ll support it uh but i think i think the people who want us to look the other way here it’s just it’s not possible allowing iran to get a nuclear weapon it’s bad for the united states it’s bad for israel it’s bad for the free world scott jennings we’re grateful for your voice but more importantly we’re grateful that you’re safe please get home safely thanks for checking in with us and uh and godspeed keep fighting the good fight okay All right, thanks for having me on and for praying for me, and thanks for keeping Israel in your prayers. This is a special partner for the United States. This isn’t just another country. This is Israel, and they deserve our support.
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Amen. Thanks, Mike. Thank you, Scott. Safe travels. Scott Jennings, CNN, joining us from Amman, Jordan. I didn’t know that he managed to get out of Israel, thank the Lord. And again, I feel so terrible for those who are in Israel right now, but it’s a way of life to go into the bomb shelters over the years. Many of you have supplied bomb shelters for Israel thanks to our partnership with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. We hope to check in with Yael Eckstein sometime this week. So a lot going on. And I’m with him. No way to boots on the ground. And that isn’t necessary. But we must, must support the state of Israel in its battle against Iran. If not… We absolutely face an existential threat. You think Iran wants to stop at Israel? And honestly, do you think any of this would have been happening if it weren’t for President Trump’s election? If Joe Biden was sitting in the White House, would Israel have felt the ability to be emboldened enough to go after Iran? Iran’s nuclear capabilities. Let me get your take on all of it here in the Relief Factor studios for a Monday. I’m glad you could join us. Our number is 800-655-MIKE. Give me your take on the things that Scott said. Does President Trump deserve the Nobel Peace Prize if they can establish some level of measure of peace between Israel and Iran if Iran comes to the table? 800-655-MIKE. Give me your take on all of it as we welcome you in. I hope you join us.
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I think on Army 250 and with the world at war, I think the main Trumpian thing was to almost pay no attention to this. I think that’s been identified as fakery. But high-quality fakery these days. It’s good fakery. It certainly captured his tone.
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It sure did. And speaking of the No Kings protest, I loved listening to you. I started to go over to St. Pete. They had one over by the Tyrone Square Mall, and I thought, nah. So what? They had a few hundred people in St. Petersburg.
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Do you believe the five million national figures?
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Let them march. But here’s what’s fascinating. When you look at all the video of all the crowds that gathered to protest No Kings, which is rich coming from a political party that anointed Kamala without one vote cast.
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With no votes, no primaries, just elevator. Oh!
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And speaking of that process, by the way, where Joe Biden was forced aside like I predicted he would be. You did on the back here. I finished a book last night that is so good, so riveting and such a good. And for dummies like me, it’s not too long a book and it’s an easy read. Large print and pictures. Pictures. Big pictures, big – no, it’s called Uncharted, How Trump Beat Biden, Harris, and the Odds. Chris Whipple. And wow, is it a good read, Mark, because it’s – and you know who they give credit to as far as Trump’s presidency and the victory and the discipline? Yeah. Susie Wiles. I totally believe it. The book absolutely – and I do too. I mean, it’s very well sourced and reported.
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She ain’t kidding around.
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She’s a staffer that you don’t know. Mm-hmm. Yep. Susie Wiles, daughter of Pat Summerill, you know, which is fascinating. But, you know, just an incredible, strong-willed, tough lady and first female chief of staff in American history for the White House.
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And they say she holds it all together. How is that possible? Oh, I know. But the Trump world hates women. It’s very anti-woman. It’s very dismissive toward women. Oh, Tulsi Gabbard, Susie Wiles, Kristi Noem.
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For a misogynist, he doesn’t do a very good job of it. But I love this. Vince Langman, who I follow on X, said this. When you look at the video of all the protests, he said, is it just me or were all the people who showed up at the No Kings protests old, angry white women and their low testosterone husbands? I mean, but you know what? You want to play a game with the No Kings protests? Yeah. Try to find the black guy.
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Try to find the Hispanics.
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Where’s Waldo? There’s no people of color in any of these.
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Why is that? Angry white leftist cranks.
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And they’re all boomers. They’re all like 60 and older. It’s the craziest thing I’ve ever seen. And they don’t even ruffle me at all because what did they accomplish? Mark, what did they accomplish?
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Sound and fury signifying nothing.
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Nothing? What did they do? I saw that kid, that Harry Sisson, the young Democrat influencer. He said, oh, there were 20 billion people all over America. America is done with Trump. Well, what exactly does that mean, Harry? Done how? He’s still your president, kid. He isn’t going anywhere, and he’s doubling down on ICE. That’s the other thing we’re going to have to navigate. All right, so over the weekend, he signals he’s going to let his foot off the gas when it comes to illegals who work in the farming industry or the hospitality industry. And people were losing their minds saying, no, no, no.
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But it’s a complicated thing, Mark. This is nuanced. I know it is. I mean, go where they are. I mean, if it’s like the old Willie Loman, why do you rob banks? Because that’s where the money is. It’s a clumsy connection. But you go where the illegals are is never a bad idea.
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It’s not a bad idea. And then we’ve got to talk about Minnesota because I’ve got to get this off my chest. Go for it.
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For those who don’t know, a monster has been caught. I’m surprised he was caught alive. He, over the weekend, shot a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband. They are dead. Shot another Minnesota lawmaker and his wife. They are alive. Since they were the only Democrats to sort of break ranks and go along with a law in Minnesota that would have impeded a certain amount of aid to illegals, a lot of people went, ha, ha. There you go. They were killed for not being Democrat enough, and they found like a No Kings poster in his car. But they also found a track record of a lot of pro-life stuff, a lot of anti-LGBTQ stuff. So that’s real murky, but everybody instantly went into it. He’s one of yours. No, he’s not. He’s one of yours. No, he’s one of yours. It was a huge mess. Go.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, and we didn’t do this when a Bernie Sanders supporter tried to kill all the congressional Republicans at the baseball field. We didn’t do that. We didn’t blame Bernie Sanders. We didn’t blame the Democrat Party. We blamed the guy with the gun. We blamed the person that pulled the trigger. I was really sickened. And this was a good weekend for me to kind of stay off social media. Not really stay off. I was watching, but I wasn’t posting because I thought… Let the game come to us, as you always say. Let’s find out the facts. But we’ve got to knock this off. And look, they’re not going to knock it off on the left. Now, of course, they’re blaming Trump because the guy appears to be, and incidentally, nothing about this story makes sense. The Papa John’s delivery guy that’s the roommate, the big, fat, sweaty guy who’s giving these weird interviews about… Trust no one.
SPEAKER 07 :
Believe nothing.
SPEAKER 08 :
Believe nothing, but something about this seems so kooky. He had a wife and five kids and a big, beautiful home, but he had two roommates, including this Papa John’s guy, who’s reading the alleged killer’s texts on his phone. Wait a minute. Didn’t the police confiscate this guy’s phone? Why is he getting to read the texts? And then he says, oh, he he was a Trump supporter and I like Trump and he listened to Infowars and I followed Alex Jones. I’m thinking, no, no, no, no, no. Something about this.
SPEAKER 07 :
But what gave it what gave some energy to some on our side is he was a Tim Walz appointee to a business council. And listen, that sometimes happens.
SPEAKER 08 :
He was also a Mark Dayton appointee. He was also appointed by the Republican predecessor. But that’s folly. That whole business of, you know, what’s the idea? Forget it. Did you see Eric Swalwell? Trump is America’s Hitler. The day these two people were murdered in cold blood, the day enough… Trump is America’s Hitler. And that’s a prominent Democrat. There’s your Democrat part. Look, it’s rich hearing Tim Walz say, well, now he’s saying turn down the temperature. Now he’s saying we’ve got to… What? You were just saying bully the crap out of Trump a week or two ago. You were just saying we’ve got to be meaner. I mean, but I’ve got to resist that temptation, Mark, because I don’t want to blame Tim Walz for what this guy did either.
SPEAKER 07 :
No, and there are people who said, you know, Tim Walz should resign. One of his appointees… appointees. What? No, just no. And even if this guy winds up to have a big heaping helping of your politics and mine in his heart and in his head, that’s not what made him kill people.
SPEAKER 08 :
The people that are responsible are the people who are responsible.
SPEAKER 07 :
And we would say the very, very same of a leftist inclined killer.
SPEAKER 08 :
I will conclude with this in my Pollyanna Mother Teresa moment, because I am feeling this today. It wouldn’t hurt all of us to lower the temperature a little bit. I don’t think it would kill this country to sort of lower the temperature. By the way, especially Democrats… But our side, too, let’s just ramp it down a little bit. I worry about the safety of all of these elected representatives, Democrat and Republican. There are a lot of kooks out there, a lot of nutty people who are real revved up right now.
SPEAKER 07 :
Which, by the way, is why, just to tie a bow around the whole no kings idiocy, but at least it was idiocy without a death toll for the most part. I don’t think somebody got shot in Salt Lake City. But generally speaking, it was a bunch of people. They’re all upset, yada, yada. And they came, they went, and there you go. And it seemed like free speech on parade, which is a good American thing.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, I agree with the fake Donald Trump and the fake post. The king was kept from taking his place. There are no more kings. And so we can breathe a sigh of relief and get ready to take on another week.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, by the way, I think it’s Guy Benson. You know what the real No Kings Day is? July 4th. Fourth of July. You better believe it.
SPEAKER 05 :
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SPEAKER 08 :
Wow. What will tomorrow bring? I guess we’ll find out tomorrow. And I hope you’ll join us. Thanks for being a part of the Mike Gallagher Show for a Monday. Keep it here all day long for news, opinion, passion. Have a terrific day. Be safe and keep fighting the good fight. I’m Mike Gallagher. God bless America.
