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From the wild world of D.C. politics to America’s culture clash, brace yourself for the reality check you’ve been waiting for. The one and only Mike Gallagher.

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I wish you could see the things that take place off the show, away from the show. We ought to have our own reality version of the Mike Gallagher Show and Team Gallagher. Poor Tracy right now is hanging ties in my office because I went on a tie-buying spree last night on Amazon. I haven’t had to wear a suit and tie for a long time. But now I’m back to wearing suits and ties every day on Salem News Channel. And look, I’ll give you a little behind the scenes intel. This stemmed from the night that we covered Charlie Kirk’s assassination. And I came flying in here. It was all last minute. We slapped everything together. We went into like one in the morning broadcasting because it was such a seismic event for Salem media and for our world and certainly the country at large. that they actually killed this, you know, immensely popular, powerful influencer. And so I spent hours on the air in the Salem News Channel studios, and I got a text from one of the bosses because I didn’t have a tie on. And I haven’t typically worn a tie since Salem News Channel began. You know, I’m a radio guy, and then we added Salem News Channel as another platform But I like the open collar look. I’ve always been an open collar guy since Salem News Channel was born. Now, admittedly, back when I was a Fox News Channel contributor, I always wore a suit and tie. So the night that we were doing Charlie Kirk, one of the bosses texts me, you should have a tie on. Now, look, this is a reminder, we all have bosses. We all report to people, and I’m like, well, okay. You want me to put a tie on? Well, of course, I didn’t have any ties in the building because I always have a bunch of dress shirts and suit coats. So Roger P. Shulman, his studio and office is down the hall from mine, and we raided his office, and he had a bunch of ties hanging on the wall, and I slapped on one of his ties, and I kind of liked it. I like the way it looks. So I guess now I’m a suit and tie guy every day. And I hope you like it. I don’t know. You can give me your feedback. Not a big deal. I mean, it’s not going to change the world here. But, you know, it’s Friday. I’m in a mood. I’m getting ready to head to Israel. We’re going to be over in Jerusalem next week. I’m thinking a lot about good versus evil today. I’m thinking about our ICE officers under assault from people like J.B. Pritzker. I’m thinking about the meltdown over the ballroom at the White House, and I’m thinking a lot about this sports gambling controversy, which is what I want to bring to you. here in just a moment. But hey, give me your feedback. Let me know what you think about the new suit and tie mic every day on Salem News Channel. And of course, check it out, snc.tv. We’re streaming on tons of platforms now. You can get the app. You can make sure you download Salem News Channel from any of the places where you get your apps. And we’re also over the top and we’re live on Samsung TV Plus 1177 and Pluto and Roku and Apple TV. I watch it on Apple TV. I’m an Apple TV guy, and now I’m having the guys come back for the third time to fix the big screen TV I had installed in my home this week. It’s still not right. They get me a new stand. It’s a whole thing. I’m not going to bore you with that. But anyway, wherever you watch TV, I hope you appreciate the Salem News Channel because, look, we try to be everywhere. We’re on hundreds of radio stations around the country, which, of course, we so deeply appreciate. We’re digital. We’ve got our podcast every day, the Mike Gallagher Show Week in Review podcast, our exclusive conversations with newsmakers and newsbreakers that get real in-depth, gives us the— The benefit of going more in-depth with people that fascinate me, that’s available as well. And, of course, Salem News Channel. For all things Team Gallagher, go to MikeOnline.com. MikeOnline.com, that’s a good place for you to start. All right, so here’s the issue of the hour. And as is always the case, when I’m flummoxed, I turn to you. I’m going to give you my initial, I’m not a gambler. The closest I come is if I go to Las Vegas once every five years and I play a little bit of the slot machines. I mean, I’m a baby. I’m a piker. I’m nothing, okay? I’m certainly not a high roller. I don’t like blackjack because every time I play blackjack, I get yelled at. I play blackjack because I don’t play by the book. I always win at blackjack, but I tick off everybody at the table because I take a hit when I shouldn’t take a hit. When I take the hit, I almost always hit 21, and it just ticks off everybody at the table, and it’s uncomfortable, and it’s unpleasant. Forget it. I’m going to sit at a slot machine once in a while, and I’ll blow $50 or $100 on a slot machine. That’s the extent of my gambling expertise. Okay? Yesterday, the Justice Department announced that they arrested some 30 people in illegal gambling, particularly sports gambling. One of those that was arrested, the Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, allegedly used inside information to set up fraudulent bets online. In 2023, for example, he’s accused of letting gamblers know he was going to fake an injury and leave the game early so they could make hundreds of thousands of dollars, and then some of that money allegedly wound up in his pocket. Here’s the debate. As somebody who is not into that world of gambling, thanks to a Supreme Court decision in 2018, there has been a widespread legalization of sports gambling. And so that’s why a lot of my colleagues are now saying, well, nobody should be surprised. We told you this was coming. And legitimizing gambling in America leads to this kind of illegal behavior. Now, I’m going to give you my reaction first, and then I want yours. Here’s my reaction first. All right, 30 people did terrible things. Prosecute them. Hold them accountable for their actions. Should that mean that gambling should go underground again? Should that mean that people aren’t allowed to play a lottery or bet on a game? You could argue that gambling is something that is an unhealthy addiction. That’s like saying if you have a drink, a glass of wine on Friday night, you’re an alcoholic. Aren’t there plenty of people who gamble responsibly? I’ve got a real problem with the Puritans in America who want to tell other people how to live their life. Maybe I’ve got a libertarian streak. But this narrative and my friend Hugh Hewitt, I hate to pick on, this is like pick on Hugh week. Because Hugh writes a big column over at FoxNews.com. Here we go. This is what happens when you legalize gambling. You can’t legitimize gambling or we’re going to have these kinds of things. Well, what kinds of things really are we talking about? 30 people? Great. Prosecute them. If they’re guilty, convict them. But in a nation of 370 million people? You want to throw the baby out with the bathwater? I don’t think so. At least that’s my initial reaction. But as usual, I turn it over to you. 800-655-MIKE. Call or text or join us any way you can here in the Relief Factor studios for this Friday, October 24th, 2025. 800-655-6453. I understand with these 30 people arrested, the mafia is involved. I didn’t even know that was still a thing. The Genovese crime family, the Bananos, I guess they’re still around. I didn’t know that. I thought they kind of went by the wayside. So be it. But I think we better guard against what could be an overreaction to these arrests yesterday as announced by the Justice Department. Are you a live and let live kind of person when it comes to an issue like gambling like I am? Or do you think we should crack down and… make gambling, particularly sports gambling, verboten.

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SPEAKER 10 : 10:52

From the wild world of D.C. politics to America’s culture clash, brace yourself for the reality check you’ve been waiting for. The one and only Mike Gallagher.

SPEAKER 09 : 11:04

I hope you know I never, ever, ever… Stop losing a sense of appreciation for what I get to do every day with you here on the Mike Gallagher Show. I hope you never think I don’t appreciate you deeply. Sometimes I have to remind myself when somebody calls the show to argue with me that that person, whether they like it or not, you’re supporting me too. And you’re supporting this team. And you’re supporting our company. And you’re supporting our advertisers. And I just, I never, ever want to lose sight of that. I mean, I walk into the studio today and I look up at the text line, which I often do. Every talk show host in America ought to use a text line. People love to text. I text my kids. My kids text me. We all enjoy texting. And I walk in to a text from Rockwell City, Iowa. Hello, sir. Thank you for the smile on my face and the confidence in my heart, Mike Gallagher. Keep the faith and be blessed. Actually, it’s George from Sherwood, Iowa. So George in Sherwood, Iowa, thank you for putting a smile on my face and reminding me how blessed I am to be able to do this for a living. that I can in any way, shape, or form make a difference in anybody’s life, it just changes everything. How much do you love President Trump having a hard time understanding a foreign accent? I swear, Donald Trump and I are doppelgangers. We are both doppelgangers. He likes Big Macs, I like Big Macs. He likes Diet Coke. I like Diet Coke. He likes Broadway musicals. I like Broadway musicals. And he likes the classics. He loves Les Mis and Phantom of the Opera. That was kind of when I started loving theater. And like me, President Trump has a hard time understanding accents. It’s Friday. We made it through another week. I have to start with sharing this hysterical exchange he had yesterday in the White House.

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Yesterday, there was a vote at the Gnesset on annexing the West Bank. Do you see it as a challenge to your peace efforts?

SPEAKER 07 : 13:40

Could you say that louder, please?

SPEAKER 02 : 13:42

Yes, yesterday there was a vote at the Knesset in Israel on annexing the West Bank. Do you see it as a challenge to your peace efforts?

SPEAKER 07 : 13:49

Will you answer that, please? Because I cannot understand a word she’s saying. Where are you from? Where are you from? You’re from France, beautiful accent, but we can’t understand what you’re saying.

SPEAKER 13 : 14:01

She said a vote at the Knesset on the West Bank.

SPEAKER 07 : 14:09

The West Bank? Yes. Don’t worry about the West Bank. Israel’s not going to do anything with the West Bank, okay? Don’t worry about it. Is that your question? They’re not going to do anything with the West Bank. Don’t worry about it.

SPEAKER 09 : 14:24

Is Pam Bondi translating? That’s Pam Bondi whispering in his ear. She’s asking about the West Bank. He can’t understand a word. I can’t understand a word you’re saying. You have a beautiful accent. I can’t make a word. This is me. Peg and Joey, my friends, the Hudson’s, they have Downton Abbey on a loop, and they keep urging me to watch Downton Abbey. I’m trying to watch Downton Abbey, and I can’t understand a word they’re saying. I don’t know what the heck they’re talking about. I guess they’re downstairs, upstairs. The witch people are upstairs and the maids and the butlers are downstairs. But they’re all talking. I don’t understand them. The dialect is too thick. But I can understand American accents. There’s nobody more waspish and American than Anderson Cooper over on CNN. I swear to you. This meltdown over the new ballroom at the White House is one of the most hysterical things I have ever witnessed in my life. I can guarantee you, you could give a rat’s rear end about a ballroom being built at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. And they’re acting like they’ve had their hearts and lungs ripped out of their bodies. Here’s Anderson Cooper last night on CNN.

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It just took about three days from start to finish to demolish a structure that first went up in 1902 under President Theodore Roosevelt and had been added to and refurbished several times over the last almost century and a quarter since. These are photos taken earlier today from a different angle. The East Wing was home to America’s first ladies. Betty Ford, that’s her at her desk. She once famously said, if the West Wing is the mind of the nation, then the East Wing is the heart. Well, it has been ripped out.

SPEAKER 09 : 16:27

It has been ripped out. The heart of the nation just got ripped out by the tyrant Donald Trump. Now, Anderson Cooper is a very serious man, right? A very serious guy. He is dutifully reporting that the East Wing has been demolished to make way for Trump’s big, beautiful ballroom. Check out Chuck Schumer. Chuck Schumer is equally apoplectic about the East Wing being demolished.

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Donald Trump doesn’t want America to see. This is the picture Donald Trump told his people to hide from the American people. And do you know what the picture represents? It’s not just the desecration of the White House. It shows that Donald Trump is not focused on fixing health care, but rather on vanity projects like this one that don’t do anything to benefit the American people. They only benefit Trump and his ego.

SPEAKER 09 : 17:31

This guy’s got some audacity. He doesn’t want to pay the military. This guy’s party and the Schumer shutdown has led to children of veterans, apparently, who are set to see the SNAP benefits expire going hungry. And that’s what he’s mad about? Building the ballroom? Are you kidding me? Here was David Urban last night, a little bit of common sense, a little voice of reason in an otherwise hysterical meltdown on CNN over the new ballroom and the demolition of the heart of America, the East Wing.

SPEAKER 08 : 18:18

The White House has been renovated numerous times. I mean, going back to Tim Natale, the historian here will tell us, but there was no Oval Office for a long time. There was no West Wing. It was added. The East Wing was added to the executive mansion. There were major, major pieces that were added, parts added. Major renovations done when David Axelrod was there, the $300 million that our network reported on. Now, that was underground. It was plumbing. But it went on for years. When President Truman was president, he actually moved out of the White House, moved across to Blair House for the entire second term of his presidency while they gutted the place. So… It is a living building. It’ll continue to survive. It’s not the world. The republic’s not going to collapse. And I suspect that presidents in the future will greatly enjoy and benefit from having a much expanded space.

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Here’s Anderson Cooper looking at David Urban like he’s just constipated. Anderson’s got a constipated look on his face because he can’t believe that the heart of America, the East Wing, has been ripped out of the building. I used to watch that TV show all the time years ago on NBC, The East Wing. Oh, I loved The East Wing. That was such a dramatic. Remember that? Martin Sheen and President Josiah Bartlett? The East Wing. Da-da-da-da-da. The East Wing. Oh, my gosh. Here’s a text message. Look, you’ve got to stop with the compliments on the text line. This is very funny, though. New Jersey. Mike, I was a pharmacy tech for a while. An Indian pharmacist was training me. I couldn’t figure out what he was saying to me the whole day long. I’m telling you, I cannot understand accents. I’m like Trump. I’m telling you. Give me a Diet Coke, please, and a Big Mac. And here’s Arkansas. Mike, you’ve got an awesome show. Your presentation is always spot on. Thank you, Mike. God bless you, your family and staff. South Carolina, I’ve listened to you for 25 years. I don’t know what my day would be like without you. You’ve got to stop with the compliments. Give me a big head. I want some hate mail. Send me some hate mail. I’ll read your hate texts. 800-655-MIKE. Come on, balance me out a little bit here. There’s too many nice text messages pouring in on the MyPillow text line. So go ahead and send me some hateful texts, please. 800-655-6453. And I’ll read every one of them. I want you to humble me. I want you to bring me back down to earth. Look, I’m pretty cocky these days. I lost 53 pounds on the PhD weight loss program. How can I not be pretty full of myself? Now, I didn’t really do it myself. I had the whole team from Dr. Ashley Lucas on down helping me. PhD is the only program that guarantees your success. It’s simple. You’re going to know when to eat, what to eat, what not to eat. I lost 53 pounds, and I’ve kept it off. And I’ve got a special offer for you in the month of October. This is the program, incidentally, where you can use their food, use your own food, or use a combination of both. But when you call today and you get on the program, they’re going to cover the cost of your food during the program. You’ll also have the consultation fee waived. You’ll get two extra weeks free, and you’ll get Dr. Ashley’s new book, Five Steps to Reset the Scale. What’s not to love? You’re never going to be hungry. This is science-based, data-driven. You’re not going to get a shot in the belly for the rest of your life. Now, look, this offer, the two free weeks and the food included, only good during the month of October. So call today. Mention the code NEWYEAR. When you call Ph.D. Weight Loss, you’ve got to use the code NEWYEAR. Here’s the number, 864-644-1900. 864-644-1900. Or visit MyPhDWeightLoss.com. MyPhDWeightLoss.com. All right, here they come. Here comes the hate texts. South Carolina, Mike, you suck. All in caps. Keep them coming. That’s it. Here’s Connecticut. The show you are referring to is the West Wing, not the East Wing, you moron. Hey, Connecticut, that was part of the joke. Who’s really the moron now? Every single day, it’s a joy to remind you that portions of our show are sponsored by MyPillow. As you know, our friend Mike Lindell, big legal victory last week. He’s been in a ton of hot water, as you know, because he believes in election integrity. Of course, due to his friendship with President Trump. Well, last week, there was a $5 million… judgment against Mike that was overturned by the courts. Good news for MyPillow. So you keep praying for MyPillow, and you keep supporting this great American company. The premium MyPillow, limited time, great price, $18.98. If you go to MyPillow.com, this pillow is a godsend. Look, I bring the MyPillow products with me when I’m on the road. Here at the hotel in Washington State, I got the MySlippers with me. Those unbelievable slippers because I pat around in the hotel room. I don’t know what’s on that rug. I bring the MyPillow with me. I roll it up into the suitcase. I’ve even got my MyPillow loungewear. Tons of great products. If you haven’t been to the site in a while, go check it out. Go to MyPillow.com. Look for the Mike Gallagher specials. Click on that box. And with anything you order, enter the promo code MikeG. You’re going to save big. The slippers, the doggy beds, and the Giza dream sheets. MyPillow.com. Promo code MikeG. MyPillow.com. Promo code MikeG. Or call 800-928-6034. 800-928-6034. Like we love to sing.

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Hillary criticizing someone for denigrating the White House. I mean, at least when Trump wanted the floor stained, he got a professional. And it’s true, Trump is building a ballroom. But for Hillary’s husband, every room was a ballroom.

SPEAKER 10 : 24:40

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SPEAKER 09 : 24:45

Yeah, Hillary weighed in on the ballroom and… Greg Gutfeld does make a pretty good point. Hillary might want to sit this one out, considering some of the stuff, the antics that took place in the Clinton White House. Yes, I know. I’m sorry. It’s the Biltmore House. The Biltmore Estate. You know, Vanderbilt, Biltmore. But there is apparently a Vanderbilt mansion, Tracy said, somewhere in Hudson Valley, I think. Hudson Valley, New York. But, yeah, the estate in Asheville where I’ve been to see the Christmas decorations is the Biltmore estate. But the Vanderbilts, boy, they had some money. They had some big bucks. Portions of our show brought to you by the original Superfood. 25 years ago, naturopathic Dr. Dennis Black invented Texas Superfood. Texas Superfood is the original Superfood. 55 vine-ripened fruits and vegetables, probiotics and enzymes. You can build your body’s defense from the inside out with this great, great product I take every day. Look, busy schedule, travel, run all over the place. We probably are not getting enough fruits and vegetables in our system like we need to. That’s what Texas Superfood was made for. Use the discount code MikeG. I’m going to get you 35% off your first order. Now, I love the fact that there are 55 vine-ripened fruits and vegetables within Texas Superfood, but I also appreciate the probiotics and enzymes because you want to build your immune system. You want to boost it. You want to make sure that you’re feeling your best and you’re ready to take on anything that comes your way. Visit TexasSuperfood.com. Enter the promo code MikeG. Again, 35% off. There’s nothing quite as important as a strong and powerful immune system. And guess what? You’ll get it done with Texas Superfood. TexasSuperfood.com. Discount code MikeG. I’m glad that Malcolm is going to bring this up in Detroit. Incidentally, in the spirit of the hate text messages on the MyPillow text line, Mike, your show is so terrible, I have to tune in for every minute of every single day just to feel how terrible you’re going to be next. Just kidding, obviously. Keep fighting the good fight. Jonathan from Charlotte. Thank you, Jonathan, very much. And I appreciate the MyPillow text line. Great instant feedback. MyPillow.com. Like, for example, this text from Rhode Island. There’s a Vanderbilt mention, too. A Vanderbilt mention here in Newport, Rhode Island. Thank you, Rhode Island. Make it a MyPillow Friday. If you got paid today, you want to treat yourself a little bit, how about a pair of those MySlippers? Most comfortable slippers you’ll ever put on your feet. $39.98 with promo code MikeG. The Giza Dream Sheets, 50% off. The pillow that started it all. And best news of all, the bath towels are back. They’re normally $69.98. When you enter the promo code MikeG, you’ll get them for just $39.98. And they’re towels that are thirsty. They actually work. They absorb the water. They’re smooth. They’re durable. And they absorb the water. MyPillow.com. Look for the Mike Gallagher Special Square. Click on that box. And then enter the promo code MikeG. MyPillow.com. Promo code MikeG. Or call 800-928-6034. 800-928-6034. Promo code MikeG. Malcolm’s in Detroit. Hey, Malcolm, thanks for your patience. How are you today, sir?

SPEAKER 13 : 28:18

Thank you for asking. I’m well. God bless to you. God bless you. Happy Friday.

SPEAKER 09 : 28:22

Thank you. Happy Friday to you as well. What’s up?

SPEAKER 13 : 28:25

My only question, I was curious if you saw Steve Bannon’s comments on Trump’s third term. So just curious your thoughts.

SPEAKER 09 : 28:33

I have, and it keeps coming up for some reason. I mean, I like Steve, and I listen to the War Room podcast or see it every chance I get. I don’t understand it. Do you? Why does he continue with this weird nonsense about a Trump third term?

SPEAKER 13 : 28:51

Okay, so… I have one theory, one hypothesis is – because I didn’t – I don’t know, obviously, Steve Bannon or President Trump, but I thought there was a contentious relationship between them. So I think my theory, my hypothesis is Steve Bannon is trying to get this out there to drum up more – You know, like fearmonger, right? To get the next wave of whatever going.

SPEAKER 09 : 29:15

Well, no, I mean, but let me, well, look, that makes a little bit of sense because it doesn’t help Trump. There’s nothing helpful about somebody running around saying that Trump’s planning to figure out a way to subvert the Constitution and come up with a third term. So there’s nothing helpful or productive about that whatsoever. But… Bannon is a huge Trump supporter. He doesn’t want to hurt Trump in any way, shape, or form. He’s a smart guy. Maybe he’s playing like 3-D chess, Malcolm, and he thinks somehow this, I don’t know, thinks this helps him somehow?

SPEAKER 13 : 29:50

I don’t get it. Me neither. That’s why I wanted to come with the question.

SPEAKER 09 : 29:55

Well, I’ll ask him. Look, I’ve known Steve a little bit off and on. Not well, but I kind of know him a little bit, and I certainly know he knows of me. We don’t know each other. I wouldn’t call us friends, but I’d like to find out what that’s all about because it’s a mystery to me. And every time it comes up, I kind of cringe because I know he’s brought it up on a few occasions, and I don’t get it. So it makes zero sense to me whatsoever, other than you first think about maybe trolling. Maybe it’s just a troll, and he wants to get people fired up. 21 before the hour. Look, I want you to meet the mayor of Boca Raton, Florida. Why? Because he’s been writing some columns, including over at Town Hall, about what it takes to be a mayor of a city like New York and why he’s sounding the alarm about Zoran Mamdani. You’ll meet Mayor Scott Singer from Boca Raton next here on the Mike Gallagher Show.

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SPEAKER 09 : 31:18

I want to stay with us a little bit as we continue here this Friday episode of The Mike Gallagher Show. Good to have you here. I’m just fascinated by how so-called mainstream people continually assault law enforcement with not only the physical violence that we’re witnessing with all these anti-ICE protests, but people like Pritzker, people like Lori Lightfoot, people who are disgusted with these ICE officers who are just doing their job. These are law enforcement. And I guess when I see a Democrat who I know votes against my wishes most of the time sound normal, I’m grateful. I’m thankful. It’s like manna from heaven. This John Fetterman guy, this senator from Pennsylvania just continues to astound. Let me give you Fetterman yesterday, also on Fox News. pointing out how insane it is to enforce federal immigration law. This is what it boils down to. Like we pointed out yesterday with Byron York, who was talking about what’s been happening with the ICE agents. Look, all they’re doing, all they’re doing is enforcing immigration law. Period. End of sentence. Check out what Fetterman said yesterday on Fox. This is what I’m saying.

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I will never understand why it’s controversial to round up and deport all of the criminals here in our nation right now. And I’m proud to just agree that we need to secure our border. I don’t know why these other kinds of things. And if they want to run me out of the party for these kind of abuse, I mean, that’s really there. It’s up to them.

SPEAKER 09 : 33:12

I mean, there’s the end of the segment music is playing on Sean Hannity’s show, and Fetterman just wants to sound off and say, why is it controversial to enforce the law? Do you know that the big Canal Street brouhaha in New York City the other day? They did get nine violent, dangerous, criminal illegals. Sex traffickers, drug traffickers. People who are assaulting other people. And let’s be real here. They want to put these ICE officers’ lives in danger. And I am terrified that we’re going to wake up one day and hear the news that some ICE law enforcement officer has been killed. Here was Caroline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, addressing that very point yesterday.

SPEAKER 01 : 34:05

This is actively putting the lives of our ICE agents at risk. We’ve seen media outlets, in fact, in this room also write stories about ICE tracker apps that Democrats and other left-wing activists have created to track the location of ICE agents on the ground in our communities. Again, I’ve said this repeatedly, and I will continue to say it. The men and women of ICE are outstanding people. I wish a Democrat on Capitol Hill would actually have the courage or the guts to stand up to their party and sit down with some of these men and women who are doing this incredibly difficult job of enforcing our federal immigration laws.

SPEAKER 09 : 34:41

And finally, let me give you our colleague, Salem’s own Scott Jennings, who is like a Christian facing the lions every night on CNN. Here’s what he had to say last night on CNN about the doxing of these ICE officers.

SPEAKER 03 : 34:57

Masks should be banned in law enforcement. What kind of world can we have where cops come into your door and they’re masked? Scott?

SPEAKER 05 : 35:04

Counterpoint, the reason they’re wearing masks, which, by the way, their director, Todd Lyons, he doesn’t want them to have to wear masks. He’s against the masks. The reason they’re wearing them is because you have a dedicated group of people out there, and some of them, unfortunately, are Democrat political officials. who are doxing them and their families and putting them in harm’s way. They face a thousand percent increase in violent attacks this year. These people are in harm’s way every day and they are protecting themselves.

SPEAKER 09 : 35:28

That’s it. A period. I mean, they shouldn’t have to wear masks. As usual, Scott makes a brilliant point. Even the ICE agency director doesn’t want. You know what I think the problem is, incidentally, calling them ICE agents. That’s why I always say officers. And I don’t know if that’s even the technically correct term, but it’s literally correct. They are law enforcement. And I think people hear agents and they think there’s some kind of a subcategory of law enforcement. I don’t know.