Mike sounds the alarm on what’s at stake in 2026, warning that Republican infighting over the SAVE Act could hand power back to a radical left determined to dismantle election integrity. He calls out GOP holdouts siding against voter ID, exposes the media’s refusal to credit Trump for plunging crime and stronger job numbers, and argues that complacency now would invite chaos later. From border enforcement to ballot security, Mike makes the case that losing the midterms wouldn’t just shift control—it would unleash policies that fundamentally transform the country.
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Going to be a big day today on Capitol Hill, a chance to save our elections. Apparently, Mitch McConnell doesn’t think that’s too important. Mitch McConnell, Lisa Murkowski, there’s about four of them, the usual suspects, Tom Tillis, Republicans who are absolute… betrayers of the American people. How do you not? Mike Pence, throw him in there. He’s not voting, but he’s against the SAVE Act. I guess he wants Democrats to cheat. I saw a ridiculous article this morning in USA Today. Oh, married women aren’t going to be able to vote because when married women get married, they take their husband’s name and somehow it won’t match up. And yeah, yeah, yeah. Give me a break. You think married women have problems getting on an airplane? Flying overseas? Your ID’s got to match who you are or you’re not going to get on the airplane. Your ID’s got to match who you are. You can’t get a suit of fed. But for crying out loud, let’s not make sure your ID confirms that you are who you say you are when you go cast a ballot. Because if it does, you can’t cheat. Right? And they want to cheat. It’s the only chance they got. Headline today at Axios. This is so funny. This cracks me up. The state of the legacy media is so comical. Headline over at Axios. And they do this big story about how crime is plunging in America. Hmm. Wonder what changed in the last, oh, I don’t know, year? Since 2025 and beyond… Crime in major cities all across the country has plummeted. What was different in January of 2025? I’m trying to think. What did we do differently in 2025 from what happened in, oh, I don’t know, 2024, 2023, 2022? What’s different? Axios headline. Crime plunges in major cities despite Trump’s crackdown rhetoric. That’s a pretty complicated way of saying crime went down under Trump. Scott Jennings posted that on his ex-account. He posted the Axios headline, Crime plunges in major cities despite Trump’s crackdown rhetoric. And Scott writes, funny way of saying crime went down under Trump. They just can’t do it. They can’t give him credit. They won’t give him credit. Crime is plummeting in America. Thank you, President Trump. But Axios says it’s plunging despite Trump’s rhetoric. It just cracks me up. Speaking of Scott Jennings, he and I are going to co-host The Cruise in November. And a lot of people are signing up. But I want to warn you. I’ve got to give you a cautionary tale. Okay? I got an email, or the show got an email, from a poor lady who thought she could save a couple of bucks. And she booked The Cruise. directly with Holland America and didn’t book it through us. Now, there’s a conference fee that’s built into the trip. And, you know, we think it’s a great bargain. I mean, you’re going to get all kinds of onboard ship activities. You want to be in our exclusive group, right, for the Gulf of America cruise, November 14th through the 21st. Please don’t try to book around us because you can’t participate in our events. You’ve got to have your badge. to get into the theater for all the fun, exhilarating, compelling onboard activities. You know, there’s a lot of exclusive benefits to being part of the Gulf of America cruise with Mike Gallagher and Scott Jennings. You know, this is an interesting phenomenon. A few years ago, I did a cruise with Seb Gorka, and we got on the ship, and so many people were saying, hey, Mike, hey, Mike, can we get a picture? Let’s get a selfie. And they weren’t in our group. And I thought, well, this is weird. I don’t get recognized that much. It was people who thought they could save some money, book the cruise directly through Holland America, and then be part of our event. Sorry, that’s not fair to the people who book with us. And it’s not a whole lot. It’s a little bit more, but there’s, again, conference fees and accommodation. All of that is in the package. So we’re going to set sail November 14th out of Fort Lauderdale, one week. Grand Cayman Islands, Cozumel, Jamaica, Bahamas. It’s called the Gulf of America Cruise. Scott Jennings and I will be on board with you. Lots of meet and greets, photo ops, town hall style events. And please don’t make the mistake of trying to book directly with… Holland America, because it won’t work. You won’t be able to come into any of our events. And we don’t want to have you on the outside looking in. And they’re pretty strict about it. We want to honor people who have booked the trip with us. So reserve your cabin today. Just text the keyword CRUISE to 94878. We’ll send you back a link with all the details. Just text the keyword CRUISE to 94878. You can visit MikeOnline.com. You’ll see the Gulf of America information all there for you. So go to MikeOnline.com or just text the keyword CRUISE to 94878. And a lot of people want to call and talk to a live person. The Inspiration offices are on the West Coast, so keep that in mind as far as what time zone you might be in as you’re listening or watching the show today. But here’s the number if you want to write it down, you want to talk. to a real person at Inspiration Tours, and they do tremendous work. Inspiration’s number is 855-565-5519, 855-565-5519, or again, just text the keyword CRUISE to 94878 or visit mikeonline.com. So many weird things. I went to bed last night thinking, well, they’re going to make an arrest. Maybe they’ll find Nancy Guthrie, hopefully alive. They got a guy, and it was an innocent guy whose eyebrows matched the eyebrows of the surveillance. Look, this is a rabbit hole of all rabbit holes. But what’s intriguing to me is how they got the surveillance video. Are you ready for this? Nancy Guthrie had a Nest camera on her front porch. Now, again, I know people are going to get mad at me. You’re going to text me. Don’t go. We’re tired of talking about it. I get it. I get it. I get it. But there’s an interesting aspect to this story about surveillance. She had a Nest camera, didn’t have a subscription, didn’t have it connected to anything. I mean, in terms of, you know, being able to have a monitoring system. You know, it wasn’t like she was part of a monitoring service with her Nest camera. But she had it, and it was operational. Well, yesterday, they figured out how to retrieve the surveillance video that shows the bad guy with a scary-looking, the gloves and the mask and the gun in front and everything. I mean, it’s pretty terrifying. That poor woman, for her to see that guy come walking into her bedroom at 2 o’clock in the morning, if she had a heart condition, I’m not sure she didn’t die of a heart attack right on the spot. And there’s all kinds of speculation about the surveillance video. And the guy, Jesse Waters called it amateur hour because the guy didn’t have the gun holstered properly on his waistband. And he was trying to use bushes to cover up the camera when he saw that there was a camera. Didn’t look like the cartel. Doesn’t seem like it’s organized. Doesn’t seem like it’s a professional job. But here’s what fascinates me. Again, she had no subscription, apparently, with this Nest camera. They went to Google, and they managed to extract that video from her camera in a scenario where she wasn’t subscribing or having that expectation that that kind of video would be retrievable. In other words, like my pal Joey Hudson pointed out, you got a camera? They can watch you. You’ve got a camera. It doesn’t matter if you’ve opted out. It doesn’t matter if you’ve opted in. It doesn’t matter if you’ve got a subscription service. It doesn’t matter what you’ve arranged. If you’ve got a camera in or outside of your house, clearly they can access that video. Now, you okay with that? I don’t know how to feel about it. On the one hand, if it helps get bad guys, okay. If it helps lower crime, great. On the other hand, is this really what we want from our government? You talk about Big Brother. You want to talk about George Orwell? Here we are. You got a camera? And if they… And look, and incidentally, not for nothing, it’s Nancy Guthrie, Savannah Guthrie’s mother. If this is your mother or my mother, they ain’t going to access that video. But this is a high-profile case involving a very public person. And President Trump has pledged to dedicate the resources of the federal government to try to bring Nancy home. That’s why they got it. But the fact is, they got it. The truth is, you got a camera… Well, they can watch. You okay with that? I’m a little bit undecided. You’ll help me make the decision. Let’s find out. Flood the zone. I want your phone calls. 800-655-MIKE here in the Relief Factor Studios. 800-655-6453. One number does it all. Call or text. But tell me what you think of the surveillance state that clearly is already here in the United States of America. Is it okay with you? Are you all right with it? Or do you have some big reservations about the government, sort of like the CCP? That’s what they do in China. You’ve got a camera. The government’s watching. You okay with that? I want to find out. 800-655-MIKE. Join us. For years, I loved to break down the news, calling out Washington corruption, standing up for the values that make America strong. That means secure borders, limited government, economic freedom. Look, if you’re worried about what’s coming, and a lot of people are, you need to think about protecting yourself and your family with something real, something that can’t be printed out of thin air, something that doesn’t depend on corporate greed or government debt. That’s why I want to tell you about American Independence Gold. They’re a veteran-owned company that stands strong for patriots. 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Richard, you see that ad too? I did not see the ad. I read about it this morning.
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I didn’t watch the Super Bowl. Kind of didn’t want to. I hear you. Yeah, this Ring ad was all innocent. It was about finding lost dogs. But This could evolve in, and the controversy is this could evolve into facial recognition. So if you have a lost dog, you can post it on this app on Ring, and it gives you access to to anyone else in your neighborhood or around that is on this app.
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Exactly. Well, Richard, here’s the ad. We pulled it. I played it, I think, on Monday’s show, but let me play it for everybody again so that people understand exactly what Ring, you know, was bragging about. I mean, they took out an expensive Super Bowl ad to promote their search… I think it’s called Search Patrol. You’ve got a missing dog. Well, everybody with a Ring camera… can get in on trying to find the dog. Here’s the ad that aired during the Super Bowl.
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Now you understand how that works. So you, you, you know, have the, and we’ve all been there. Terrible experience. You lose your dog. I remember when I was a kid, my dog, Thumper, Thumper the first, we were moving. And my mom and dad had the door propped open. And we were moving from Fairfield, Ohio, to Hamilton, Ohio. It was like 30 miles away, or maybe not that far, 15 miles apart. And the poor dog, once we moved into the new house, he was trying to, I guess, run away and run back to the original house. And he ran away. I was heartbroken. I mean, he was my buddy. He was my best friend. And my mom said, sorry, Thumper’s gone. It’s sad. It’s too bad. But then we got a call from the animal shelter. Thumper had been found. He had a collar on his neck. And he was like halfway between those two cities. He was trying to get back to our original home. Beautiful black cocker spaniel. And my mom said, told me, we got a call. Thumper has been found. And I cried tears of joy. I mean, I was like eight, nine years old. I was a little kid. And we had gotten rid of the leashes and the dog bowls and everything. So we went back and got all the… Well, my mom was supposed to go pick Thumper up like on a Wednesday. And she didn’t have time. She had too much stuff to do. So she didn’t go until like Thursday. Well, you know the ending of this story, right? I didn’t find out until many, many years later what really happened. My mom told me that she came home and she was crying and she said, it’s just so sad. I went to the animal shelter and Thumper was so tired from having run so far that his little heart gave out and he died, Mike. We’re so sorry. And I cried and I cried. I found out years later, he didn’t die of a heart attack. They put him down. They put him to sleep because my mom waited a day to go pick him up. And instead of going to get him and bringing him home. The animal shelter euthanized him. Now, I didn’t find this out until like 20 years later. My mom’s dead, my dad’s dead, and my evil sister told me all about it. That was how I learned what really happened to Thumper. And you want to know why I am the way I am. You want to know why I’m goofy. My issues have issues. So anyway, we can all relate to a missing dog. So Ring’s point is we take the image of your dog, we put it into the computer, put it into AI, and then everybody in your town has Thumper’s face embedded in your camera. And if Thumper goes wandering by your camera, you’ll get a hit. You’ll be able to be part of this network, and we’ll be able to return Thumper to poor little Mikey. Well, if they can do that with dogs, they can do that with people, to Richard’s point. You can absolutely surveil people. And if you’re a demon Democrat, I’m not saying all the Democrats are demons, but some of them are. If you’re a demon Democrat and you’re the mayor or the city manager or a governor or a president… You don’t think you could surveil conservatives, gun owners, registered Republicans? Want to find out what you’re doing, what you’re up to? This is kind of problematic. 800-655-MIKE. Brad’s in Katy, Texas, getting a lot of calls from Texas today, which is great. Hey, Brad, welcome back. How are you? Hey, I’m good.
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Good. What’s up? Oh, is this Mike? This is Mike. Is this go right ahead, Brad. Hey Mike. I’m sorry. This is Brad and Katie.
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I really appreciate you reading my text from time to time. Say, um, I’m thinking about how the, the Haitian that might backfire on the Haitian community with the ring cameras and stuff, but that’s not why I called. So, um, I have a friend, you know, that is on the police department in Houston, and he said they got a proposal a couple of years ago from a drone company that would fly over the city and track everything that moved. And then when a crime was committed, they would just push rewind and find out who did it, where it went, where they came from. And they supposedly rejected it because of the Constitution. But if you think that that’s not happening… now with satellites.
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Think again. You’re right. Well, and here’s the thing about China. Now, this is the flip side of that. And you and I are probably on the same page here. You think there’s any crime in China? There’s an article here about China’s dominance in the surveillance market. China’s citizens… live under the most oppressive surveillance regime in the world, according to worldfinance.com. Each day the Chinese are monitored by more than 200 million cameras, many of which have been installed since President Xi became the paramount leader of the Asian nation in 2013. You see, the CCP is utilizing the literally hundreds of millions of cameras in China to keep tabs on its citizens. But, again, flip side for what it’s worth, no crime in China. Ain’t a lot of homelessness in China either. I guess that’s one of the few benefits of communism, huh? 800-655-MIKE.
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On Capitol Hill, the House is set to vote today on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act. It’s known as the SAVE Act. It would absolutely strengthen election integrity. voter honesty in America, and yet there are four Republican holdouts so far in the Senate. Susan Collins, who just announced she will run again for re-election, and the establishment Republicans are salivating at her running for re-election. They love her. I saw a clip of Susan Collins when she ran, when she first ran. She promised she would not run for more than two terms, that that’s way too much. I will never exceed two terms. That was about 100 terms ago. Now, the argument is, the conventional argument is, or the thinking is, well, better her than some lunatic. It is the state of Maine, after all, so who knows what you could get. But there’s a big part of me that distrusts the rhinos more than I do the goofy progressive leftists. I really think I have more contempt for people who pretend to be a Republican and they vote against… Republican policy over and over and over again. So the four Republicans against, in the Senate rather, against the SAVE Act, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, who’s absolutely the queen of the rhinos up there in Alaska, Senator John Thune happens to, oh, he’s only the Senate Majority Leader, he’s against voter integrity. He doesn’t want the SAVE Act. And Mitch McConnell, poor guy, they’re wheeling him around in a wheelchair. He’s hanging on. And he doesn’t believe, I guess, in securing our elections. And it really does come down to that. You got to show that you are who you say you are in order to vote. And it’s an 80-20 issue. The vast majority of Americans are on board. Why aren’t the Republicans? Because that’s how some of these Republicans are. I am convinced they want to torpedo the Trump administration. I am absolutely convinced of that. Give me another argument. Why would Mike Pence be against election integrity? Why in the world would any… Have you heard the Democrat arguments against the SAVE Act? USA Today this morning had a pathetic article, some mamby-pamby bullcrap about how married women who take their husband’s name might have trouble producing identification at the voting booth. Are you kidding me? How ridiculous. That’s stupid, but that’s all they got. It’s either that or pretend that black people are too stupid to know how to get a photo ID. That’s their other argument. Black people, who was it the other day, said women are too basically dumb to figure out how to get ID. We all know that you’ve got to present photo ID to exist in life. Good luck getting through your day without a form of ID. Get pulled over in your vehicle without a form of ID. See what the police officer is going to do. Go try to pick up a cold medication that’s got certain ingredients at the drugstore without photo ID. Go to the bank. Go to the grocery store. Enter a building. It’s not hard. It’s not difficult. This country needs to be saved. from voter irregularities. And I use that word generously. Meanwhile, look around. There’s a lot of great things happening in this country. I got the biggest laugh this morning out of Scott Jennings reposting an article by Axios about crime in major American cities. Something very exciting happened in 2025. Violent crime, according to Axios, dropped sharply across America’s biggest cities in 2025, according to new data reviewed by Axios. Now, do you want to know how Axios framed that? Because you don’t need me to tell you what was different in 2025 from 2024, right? or 2023, or 2022, or 2021. Hmm, what changed in 2020? What happened in January of 2025 that set this course on a different path? Hmm, wonder what’s different. Wonder what’s new about 2025. Oh yeah, that’s right. Donald Trump is back in the White House. And in 2025, under President Donald J. Trump, Axios studies crime data and determines that crime, it didn’t just reduce, wasn’t just reduced minimally, it’s dramatic. I mean, big time drop. How did Axios frame it? Are you ready? Here’s their headline. Crime plunges in major cities despite Trump’s crackdown rhetoric. Right? That’s an actual headline. They just can’t do it. They can’t bear to give him any credit for anything great that’s happening in this country. And there’s tons of things happening great in this country. Axios’ takeaway, crime plunges in major cities despite Trump’s crackdown rhetoric. As Scott Jennings posted on his ex-account, that’s a funny way of saying crime went down under Trump. You think? Speaking of Scott, don’t forget the cruise is coming up in November, and I got a little bit of a disturbing email last night from a lady who went directly to the cruise company to book the Gulf of America cruise, but she didn’t book it through us. And unfortunately, she’s not going to get to be involved in all the onboard activities that Scott and I are going to host. It’s a great cruise. Hundreds of patriots on a cruise ship. We’re going to sail through the Gulf of America, Caribbean waters, blue, blue waters and sandy beaches. All kinds of great shore excursions. And then every evening, Scott and I are going to entertain you on the world stage with all kinds of political discussions and town hall meetings. It’s going to be a cruise of a life. You’re going to have a great time. November 14th through the 21st. But here’s the problem. If you don’t book through us, well, you can’t… gain access to all the exclusive events that our group will participate in. Because it’s not fair to people who book through us. This was a couple years ago I did one of these cruises with Seb Gorka. And I got on the ship and everybody was like, hey Mike, hey Mike. And many people booked the trip thinking they could get into the events with us. And of course, sadly, you can’t. You’ve got to have your badge. You’ve got to be part of the Inspiration Travel Salem Media Cruise Group. So, and it’s a little more, but there’s conference fees added in and you’re paying for the exclusive experience of being with us and we’re going to give you a lot of added benefits. So I’m sorry to the poor lady in North Carolina who booked the trip because we can’t give you, sorry we can’t give you access. to the stage and all the onboard ship events because that wouldn’t be fair to the people who booked with us. How do you book with us? Just text the keyword CRUISE to 94878. Scott and I will be your co-hosts. We’ve set sail out of the port of Fort Lauderdale on November the 14th. and we’re going to have a vacation that you’ll never forget. It’s a great experience to be with hundreds of like-minded patriots. The Gulf of America Cruise, November 14th through the 21st, with Mike Gallagher, Scott Jennings, Jennifer Horns coming from L.A., and more special guests. Again, to get the information on the trip and to reserve your stateroom, just text the keyword CRUISE to 94878, text CRUISE to 94878, or go to mikeonline.com. MikeOnline.com, get all the details. Looks like the, and I’ve got more good news to share with you, a little breaking news. The first monthly employment report of 2026 came out moments ago. Well, it turns out the economy added 130,000 jobs in the month of January. You know what they predicted? Seventy. Seventy. President Trump posted on Truth Social, we are again the strongest country in the world. We should be paying the lowest interest rate by far. Great job numbers, far greater than expected. Now, I’m sure Axios will try to figure out a way to spin that it isn’t Trump’s. He doesn’t get any credit for that, right? None whatsoever. I don’t like to speak ill of fellow Republicans. I hate it. But for the life of me, I can’t get to the bottom of why some of these Republicans are going to try to block the SAVE Act. If Republicans were unified, the SAVE Act would become a reality. You would have to show your identification in order to vote. Again, who’s against that? Why would you be against that? Under the Republican legislation, all you have to do is show your driver’s license, you know, a real, what they call the real ID compliant ID, a passport, a military ID, a government-issued photo ID, or a government-issued photo ID along with a birth certificate or naturalization documents if you’re a naturalized citizen. And I get the Democrat opposition. I’m sure you do, too. The Democrats are opposed to it because they want to be able to cheat. Can that be said for John Thune? Can that be said about Mike Pence? Can that be said about Lisa Murkowski? Do these Republicans want to give Democrats the opportunity to cheat in our elections? It’s not a complicated question. I hope you have a simple answer for me. 800-655-MIKE 800-655-6453 Can you give me any kind of explanation as to why Republicans aren’t unified in passing the SAVE Act once and for all in the House and the Senate for President Trump’s signature? Give me your best shot, 800-655-6453. Welcome aboard. We’re back in the studios of 98.9 WORD in the beautiful upstate of South Carolina. A little dreary day today, but I don’t mind it because I love it here. And I love you being with us. And I hope you join us here in the Relief Factor studios in the upstate. 800-655-MIKE, 800-655-6453. You’ve tried keto, paleo, Weight Watchers, intermittent fasting. You lose the weight, it comes right back, right? You blame yourself, your willpower, your discipline. Here’s the truth. It was never about willpower. There’s one thing that determines whether your body burns fat or stores it. 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We’re in South Carolina today, of course, in the studios of 98.9 WORD, the voice of the Carolinas. Can someone give me once and for all an explanation as to why these Republicans, a handful of Republicans, oppose voter integrity? This can’t be hard. What do you think it is? Rocky’s in Kokomo. Hey, Rocky, welcome aboard. How you doing?
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Hey, I’m in Frankfurt, Indiana, actually.
SPEAKER 03 :
Oh, gotcha. I got Kokomo on the screen. Well, welcome aboard.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, those Republicans you’re talking about, they all got something in common. They’re establishment guys.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right. Well, we get that, but what is it about being an establishment that wants you to have fraudulent elections?
SPEAKER 06 :
I don’t know if they necessarily want fraudulent ones, but they want to lose, not themselves, but they don’t want to be in the majority. They want to be held accountable. They don’t want to actually solve the problems they run on every year.
SPEAKER 03 :
Mm-hmm. Look, I can’t argue with that. I mean, that’s as good a theory as anything I’ve heard. And they know that if we don’t have voter integrity laws, the Democrats will cheat. They’ll win. They get back. I think there are Republicans like Mitch McConnell salivating at the chance to lose the House and the Senate in November. And that almost brings me to my knees. That sickens me. Do you know what this country is going to get put through? If these lunatics on the left are in charge, I mean, you better brace yourself for a national nightmare the likes of which we’ve never experienced. They’re going to come after everybody. They’ll start with impeaching Trump on an hourly basis. There’ll be 12 different impeachment processes within the first month. So that’s what Mitch McConnell wants, and I think it is. Is that what Mike Pence wants? Perhaps it is. And I hate beating up on these guys. I’m like Ronald Reagan. I want to exercise the 11th Commandment. I don’t want to talk trash about John Thune. But what the heck is wrong with these people? Can somebody give me an explanation? 800-655-MIKE. Rick’s in Illinois. Hey, Rick, welcome aboard. How are you? Hey, Mike, I’m great.
SPEAKER 09 :
Thanks so much for having me. You bet. Glad you could call. Thank you. I’ve watched the records of these Republicans, quote unquote, that you’re speaking of. And when you look at the things they support, you look at the things they get in the way of, they have to be in on this in some way. Now, I’m not saying they’re specific objective is to interfere with elections or to make it easier for the Democrats. But what is their objective? What’s their objective, Rick? They’ve got to be getting something on the other side, Mike. They’ve got to be getting something on the other side. So you think they’re getting paid off? I’m sorry, I do. But watching their records specifically, I do. And if you can’t get behind this, This, of all things, I don’t care if you’re Democrat or Republican. What are we talking about here?
SPEAKER 03 :
Thank you. That’s why it’s so important, Rick. That’s why it matters. If you can’t get behind voter integrity, then you can’t get behind anything. And I’m begging you, give me an explanation why any Republican would be against voter integrity in America. 1-800-655-MIKE.
Mike sounds the alarm on what’s at stake in 2026, warning that Republican infighting over the SAVE Act could hand power back to a radical left determined to dismantle election integrity. He calls out GOP holdouts siding against voter ID, exposes the media’s refusal to credit Trump for plunging crime and stronger job numbers, and argues that complacency now would invite chaos later. From border enforcement to ballot security, Mike makes the case that losing the midterms wouldn’t just shift control—it would unleash policies that fundamentally transform the country.
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