In this episode, join Mike Gallagher as he unravels the recent media storm involving conservative figures such as Megyn Kelly, Ben Shapiro, and Mark Levin. Discover the underlying causes of this media infighting, particularly focusing on issues surrounding Israel and social media engagement. Delve into a conversation with Garrett Seawright from Barrett Media to understand the stakes and explore the implications for conservative audiences. Whether you’re an active follower of these personalities or seeking to understand the broader political media landscape, this episode offers an insightful dialogue.
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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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There have been a whole lot of idiotic things said about the shooting death of Rene Good in Minneapolis last week. I think we ought to have a competition like the Olympics. There should be a gold standard competition. for the single stupidest takes that we’ve been experiencing as a country. Adam Schiff went on CBS and said she was just dropping her kids off at school, trying to get home. That’s all she was trying to do. Of course, all of the evidence, the video evidence, thoroughly refutes that. She was disrupting an immigration enforcement action. We know that. At this point, it’s just tedious gaslighting that a lot of people on the left are engaging in. But I found a clip over the weekend that is Hall of Fame stupid. This is epic, peak, And it probably won’t surprise you who it came from. Ilhan Omar was bound to weigh in. I mean, she is, after all, the radical, far-left congresswoman from Minnesota. And she appeared on CBS’s Face the Nation. This is the one that needs a blue ribbon, a gold statue. It ought to be in the Hall of Fame. It doesn’t get any worse than this.
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Renee Nicole Good, as you hear her say, she’s not mad. She’s sitting in her car, peacefully waving cars to get by. This agent, as you see, gets out of his car, automatically starts running towards her, trying to open her door. She feels scared. She tries to turn the wheel away. And then you see the other officer, who can clearly see the car is moving, move towards the front of the car, which is… If they are saying that he has 10 years on service and is trained, he should know that you shouldn’t be trying to get in front of a moving car. And so it is not acceptable.
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There it is. Stop it right there. He should know that he shouldn’t get in front of a moving car. You can’t get in front of a moving car if you’re law enforcement. Look what happened in Minneapolis. And, of course, the characterization. She doesn’t believe a word of that. She’s no dummy. She can see a video. She saw the lady pull into the street and for at least three minutes put her car down. kind of whopper-jawed, she kind of perpendicular. What’s the word, Eric, that you like? She’s the top of the T of a car. She went sideways in the road. Not perpendicular, but she was clearly taking her car and using it as a roadblock. Look, we know all that. I’m not even going to bother to respond. It’s stupid to even respond to Ilhan Omar. But I do want to point out that I suppose it’s a good thing that Rene Good didn’t shoot the officer because Ilhan Omar would have run to CBS Face the Nation and said he should have gotten out of the way of the speeding bullet. Exact same logic. He should be trained to get out of the way of a bullet. If he was being fired upon, what’s he doing in the way of the bullet? She actually went on national television and said he should get out of the way of a moving car. She was just peacefully waving at cars. That’s all she was doing. And he just went running up for no reason other than to kill her, murder her, execute her. We’ve got to get to a point where we ignore the noise. Democrats are going to lie about it. Their whole default is don’t believe your lying eyes. Forget the video that showed her pulling up onto the street, going crossways on the street, honking on her horn, laughing, dancing, her partner taunting officers, saying, come get me, come get me, go get a sandwich, big boy, whatever she said, go get lunch. these are anti-law enforcement activists. We all know it. We get it. But the winner of all the bad clips is that one. Can we just play that one more time for emphasis, just so you can hear how idiotic leftists can be over the shooting death of Rene Good. One more time, Ilhan Omar on CBS’s Face the Nation.
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Renee Nicole Good, as you hear her say, she’s not mad. She’s sitting in her car, peacefully waving cars to get by. This agent, as you see, gets out of his car, automatically starts running towards her, trying to open her door. She feels scared. She tries to turn the wheel away. And then you see the other agent. who can clearly see the car is moving, move towards the front of the car, which if they are saying that he has 10 years on service and is trained, he should know that you shouldn’t be trying to get in front of a moving car. And so it is not acceptable.
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Look, even if you are completely against the presence of ICE in our communities, even if you don’t like… the mass deportation effort that is underway, even if you think that somehow that officer did something wrong, there’s no way that statement, that argument that you just heard, wins you over. There’s no way you hear that and you say, oh, that’s a really good point. You know she’s lying. She knows she’s lying. The whole world knows she’s lying. So maybe people who are against ICE figure the lie is useful. Maybe they feel that it’s important to deceive as many people as possible in order to get to the end game. And you know what the end game is. Stop enforcing immigration laws. That’s the goal here. The objective, it isn’t about Rene Good. It isn’t about the shooting at all. All it is, the shooting is an opportunity to try to advance the mission of people on the left, and that is to stop enforcing immigration laws. They don’t want immigration laws enforced. And look, you could say that. Be honest. People will respect you for saying that. You don’t want immigration enforcement going on in America. Okay, we can have a good-spirited debate about that, but don’t pretend that something happened that didn’t happen. Don’t lie about it. You don’t need to lie about it. Just say, look, I wish we didn’t have ICE officers in our communities. I wish there wasn’t enforcement of immigration laws. I wish the laws were different. But you can’t make up what happened to Renee Good out of whole cloth. You just can’t do it. Now, I want to do something. Before we talk to Garrett Seawright at the bottom of the hour from Barrett Media about the inner infighting going on between folks like Megyn Kelly and Ben Shapiro and Mark Levin and all of that and Barrett. Garrett does great work over at Barrett, and he’s been talking to different conservative media hosts about this infighting. And I want to kind of find out what he uncovered and share with you how I feel about the whole thing. But before we do that, I only want to take phone calls from people who are… who do feel it was a bad shooting. I only want to take phone calls from people who object to what happened and you blame the officer. In other words, if you think the officer… Is it fault? Those are the only people I want to hear from. I wanted to do this last week, and we never really had an opportunity to do so. So let’s do it now. 800-655-MIKE. Let’s just hear from people who disagree with me about Renee Good’s actions. Let’s find out what you think from people who disagree with the officer. Let’s only hear from people who don’t agree with my assessment of what took place last week in Minneapolis. This is your chance. You’ve got the floor. 800-655-MIKE, 800-655-6453. Here in the Relief Factor studios, give me a call. I only want to put on callers who disagree with what happened and you blame the officer, who disagree with the officer from ICE in Minneapolis. This is your chance. National audience, I promise I’ll give you a fair shake and we’ll have a good exchange. 800-655-MIKE, 800-655-6453. Hi, I’m Mike Gallagher, talk show host and podcaster. For years, I’ve been breaking down the news, calling out Washington corruption and standing up for the values that make America strong, secure borders, limited government and economic freedom. But today, I want to talk about protecting your financial independence. That’s why I’m partnering with American Independence Gold. a veteran-owned company that stands strong for patriots like you and me. Every purchase supports Tunnel to Towers, helping provide mortgage-free homes for Gold Star families and first responders. Gold and silver just shattered all-time highs and could continue based on current economic uncertainty, geopolitical turmoil, and de-dollarization. If you call 888-670-7011 right now, in just a few minutes, you can request your free gold guide and register to win a free gold bar. That’s 888-670-7011. Don’t let economic uncertainty and de-dollarization erode your savings. Help secure your future with real American gold. Call 888-670-7011. That’s 888-670-7011. Or go to MikeGallagherGold.com. That’s MikeGallagherGold.com. American Independence Gold, backed by veterans building a stronger America.
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I, I, that it was the last time we saw each other. It’s a good to, good to be on a show with you today. This, uh, today, Mark, Mike, I appreciate it.
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Good to have you. Good to have you with us for the first time. Barrett media is doing great work and, uh, we, we always appreciate kind of. poking in and seeing what you guys are writing about. You know, you politely and diplomatically say that all of these high-profile podcasters and hosts have been trading barbs in recent weeks. Trading barbs? I mean, they are lobbying nuclear weapons at each other. It’s gotten personal. It’s ugly. It’s very, very angry. And you wrote about talking to various hosts. And for the record, I am not the anonymous host that you quoted. You referred to another nationally syndicated news talk host who did not wish to be identified. And by the way, I can’t blame him or her. Because all of these hosts have various armies and they unleash the armies on each other. But Garrett, what’s your takeaway in covering our industry the way you do and you do it so well? What are you finding? What are your sort of discoveries in trying to write about all of these feuds going on? It’s my sense it’s largely about Israel. Is that correct?
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Yeah, a lot of it does stem from Israel, and there are branches to that, considering a lot of the consternation and a lot of the trading of barbs came out after the Tucker Carlson interview with Nick Fuentes.
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That kind of started it all, didn’t it, Garrett?
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It really did, that there was a faction of – before that kind of – before that interview, there would have been a, hey, perhaps a text to Tucker that said, hey, I don’t think – between Ben Shapiro or Mark Levin that would say, hey, this isn’t a good idea, and I’ll explain to you why this isn’t a good idea, why you shouldn’t be platforming somebody like this. And that was kind of the line in the sand for, I think, Ben Shapiro, Mark Levin, and others that said, wait a second – This is a bridge too far because I think in their eyes, Democrats have not done a great job on the Israel versus Gaza since October 7th. That has not been a situation that I think they’ve won with a majority of Americans. And so I think to some conservative media members, it is a why are you opening the door to for us to be criticized for that? taking the wrong stance on this issue. And that just devolved into, I mean, Tucker Carlson’s gone as far to say Ben Shapiro and the Daily Wire won’t be around in five years because they’ve been illegitimately propped up by Facebook. That has led to, you said, I politely said they were trading barbs. I think the polite society in conservative media is somewhat over now. It can obviously come back to taking these things offline, but It has been everybody in those five people mentioned at each other’s throats. And you mentioned also Dan Bongino now coming in where he’s made really no bones about on social media. I’m going to have stuff to say about these people infighting and these people trying to take over our movement because this isn’t how it should go. And we’ll see what layer that adds to it here in the coming days and weeks.
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Well, and people are mad at Dan because in his role in the FBI, they feel like there wasn’t enough done over the Epstein files. So people are livid at him, and they’re going at him, and he’s defending his record as deputy director of the FBI. But you interviewed Eric Erickson, who was on a panel with me, actually, at your Barrett Media Summit. And Eric, of course, is a a well-known host out of Atlanta. And I think he made a couple of points that I can kind of relate to, but I want to find out from my audience if they agree or not. Eric said that the research that he’s done and the data that they’ve you know, kind of poured over, shows that there just flat out isn’t much interest in this drama related to conservative political infighting. And he also believes that the infighting stems from these hosts being egged on by social media followers with these hosts losing sight of what actually matters. Eric said, my prevailing theory is that everyone, who’s doing this, has been captured by social media. It’s basically you’ve got to get clicks, you’ve got to get engagements. The more people that are watching and following you, the more money that’s to be made. And that’s really all that’s going on here. I think Eric is two for two on this. Number one, I don’t know that our audience is all that interested, but we’re going to find out when I open up the phones here in a moment. But number two, don’t you think this is a product – Of hosts needing engagement on social media and the more provocative and over the top they can be, the better they think it is and the more lucrative it becomes for them.
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Oh, absolutely, 100%. It is – that’s the business model. That’s the way they are able to monetize YouTube, Rumble, podcast, et cetera, is every YouTube video you watch, somebody will say, you know, hit the like, hit the thumbs up, click the subscribe button so you make sure you get our videos all the time because the more thumbs up, the more it will put into people’s YouTube algorithm and the recommended, and then more people watch. but who wants to live that way i mean because every day it’s a it’s it’s a it’s it’s armageddon every day it’s bloodshed you know yeah every day has to be virtually not literally story yeah no every day the biggest story in the world has to be today because if i make it seem as if this story isn’t as important as something else going on you might not watch and therefore i might not I might not get your view. I might not get the money from the ad dollars that were placed in the video. And so you have to manufacture drama. You have to hype everything up. So that is the unfortunate business model of… engagement farming clickbait um rage bait whatever words you’d like to say yeah and so it is somewhat kind of wwe-ish of hey if i attack you and you attack me we’re both going to benefit from this so i think there’s probably some of that going on but yeah this is absolutely 100 a byproduct of the revenue generation model from youtube rumble tiktok etc
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Garrett Seawright is with us. He’s Barrett Media’s news editor. You can go to barrettmedia.com to see the great work that they’re doing. Garrett, final question. How do you see this thing playing out? Do you think it dies down or does it get worse?
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I’d love to think that there is an adult in the room that says, hey, all five of you, shut up and come with me. We’re going to close the door and we’re going to hammer this out because the anonymous nationally syndicated news talk host that I talked to basically said, I don’t think it’s our job for conservatives and Republicans to – When the midterms in 2026, but there are some hosts that do. And so if there is somebody that can pull these five folks together and say, hey, this doesn’t help. This is not making anybody better. This is not advancing the cause, etc. I don’t know that that person exists that all five of them are going to say, hey, you know what? You’re right. I respect you. I view you favorably, et cetera. Because I think if there was an adult in the room, it probably wouldn’t have got to this stage where they’re all bickering. And so I think it’s going to continue for at least a little bit here because everybody still has something I think that they want to say or still have something in the chamber to unload.
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Where’s the adult in the room when you need him? Garrett Seawright, we appreciate your work. Keep fighting the good fight, and I appreciate you joining us here for a few minutes here on the Mike Gallagher Show. Let’s turn it over to you, 800-655-MIKE. Do you care? I don’t know. I don’t know what your level of interest is in this. I’ve got a pretty good idea of what you like to talk about and what you want covered. I don’t know if you’re into this or not. Let’s find out. 800-655-6453. I’ve got a theory that there’s different islands of audiences. We’ve got terrestrial radio. We’ve got Salem News Channel, in our case, which is over-the-top streaming. There’s podcasting. There’s social media. These are all different buckets. These are all different environments. These are all different islands that often don’t intersect. There’s an assumption that if you’re following somebody on social media, you listen or watch them do their talk show. And I don’t think that’s true at all. To me, the audience at X, which is where I like to be, isn’t necessarily… the talk show audience. It’s a whole different platform. So maybe what’s working for these guys on social media doesn’t necessarily translate into an actual talk show like the one I’m doing. But let’s find out. I want to turn it over to you. Look, I’ll be honest with you. I don’t want to fight with any of them. I’ve got strong views about Israel. I’ve got certainly strong opinions about Epstein and all that. But I’m not going to start… going into beast mode and calling people that I’ve known and respected and followed for years terrible names and filthy descriptors just with the intention of attacking them personally. And that’s what this has gotten to. Maybe you’re aware of it, maybe you’re not. Let’s find out. 800-655-MIKE, 800-655-6453.
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Got a couple of doozy clips to share with you. One from the Portland police chief. Another one from a state representative in Louisville, Kentucky. Both of them are going to blow your mind. You’re not going to believe either one of them. I’m telling you. In fact, let’s just get right to it. You’ve got to hear this. So in Portland, Oregon, there were some trendy Aragua gang members who were shot by a federal agent. And this happened, the same kind of a thing, where they were in a vehicle. They attempted to run over the agents. prompting a Customs and Border Patrol agent to open fire in self-defense. Now, in this case, the two illegals survived. They were hospitalized in stable condition. They were in federal custody. And after it happened, the police chief is a guy by the name of Bob Day. Bob Day didn’t disclose for a long period of time that these were gangbangers. These are two illegals with ties to the very violent Venezuelan gang, Trendi Aragua. Now, finally, I guess the media and it was all discovered that, of course, these are two bad dudes. These were two people who are violent, dangerous gang members. Now, honestly, whatever you think of what happened in Minneapolis, do you not understand that these are some of the kinds of people that the immigration push is attempting to get out of our country? Do you not get that? Are you incapable of understanding that there are a lot of bad people who are being rounded up? and deported. There are a lot of bad people being rounded up and incarcerated. There’s a lot of bad people that ICE and Border Patrol and law enforcement, all law enforcement, are getting off of our streets. Do you not want that? Now, we know that a lot of Democrats do not. They don’t want any kind of immigration enforcement. Just let them roam through the streets and shoot and kill and massacre innocent American citizens. That’s all right. That’s a small price to pay. They’re going to get Democrat votes, they think. So check out this Portland, Oregon police chief. This is the actual chief of police in Portland, Oregon, who finally had to come clean and admit that these two illegals, shot by a federal agent, have ties to Tren de Aragua.
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And what I can say is there is an association with the two folks yesterday and TDA. I hesitated to even share this information initially because I’m very aware of the historic injustice of victim blaming, oftentimes portrayed by law enforcement, including this very agency that I’ve represented so proudly for so many years. And historically, we have not been quick to disclose the potential criminal history of others. But I felt it was imperative because I was asked yesterday in the news conference what information we have. This is information we have. This in no way draws a through line to the actions or the behaviors that occurred yesterday. I want to speak for just a moment specifically to my Latino community. It saddens me that we even have to qualify these remarks because I understand, or at least have attempted to understand through your voices, your concern, your fear, your anger. This information in no way is meant to disparage or to condone or support or agree with any of the actions that occurred yesterday. But it is important that we stay committed to the rule of law, that we stay committed to the facts, that we stay a trustworthy and legitimate organization police department for all of Portlanders.
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He’s a police chief. Weeping. Weeping. And, you know, if you’re just listening on the radio and not watching Salem News Channel, you didn’t have the benefit of seeing him take off his glasses, get out his handkerchief, and start dabbing his eyes because he’s so emotional. over having to reveal that these two illegals, and thank you, somebody corrected me, it’s apparently a man and a woman, these two illegals have ties to the violent gang Trendi Aragua. Crying. Now, I wonder if he’s ashamed as he apologizes to my Latino community, as he put it. That’s when he got emotional. It’s his Latino community, apparently. I guess he owns them. But to my Latino community. And he starts weeping, right? Right. He’s another lunatic leftist who’s ashamed of his white privilege. Speaking of white privilege, check out a state representative from Louisville, Kentucky. She represents District No. 34 in Kentucky. It’s a woman by the name of Sarah Stalker. Here’s what she had to say about how awful it is to be living in America as a white person.
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I’m going to be honest. I don’t feel good about being white every day for a lot of reasons. Because it’s a point of privilege that I get to move through the world in a way that so many of my other colleagues and friends and family members of the community don’t get the privilege to do. And I’m just a female, but just a woman, just a white woman. If I was a white man, I would be functioning from a point of even greater privilege. I think we’re missing an opportunity when kids… When kids have a moment to reflect about how the color of their skin does and does not allow them to move through the world, running to them and trying to stifle that and trying to say, you shouldn’t feel bad, so we don’t want to ever expose you to something that is going to make you have to pause and have maybe some internal feelings, it’s a missed opportunity for some really good dialogue.
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These are people in positions of authority. That’s a police chief in Portland weeping because he feels like his department has done too much victim blaming. That’s a state representative in Kentucky apologizing for being white and saying that she doesn’t feel good about being white for a whole lot of reasons. She can move through society in a way that others cannot. This is a common thread among these, and I have to say it, crazies on the left. But they’re not just your garden variety tinfoil hat-wearing lunatics banging pots and pans and screaming at ICE officers in the streets. That’s the police chief of Portland, Oregon. That’s a state representative in Louisville, Kentucky. This is how they feel. This is what they believe. And when you know that, maybe their lunacy becomes a little easier to understand, huh? Join us, 800-655-MIKE, 800-655-6453. I hope you’ll consider joining my friends at American Independence Gold because we’ve partnered with them. They’re a veteran owned company that stands strong for patriots. Look, gold and silver is continuing to shatter all time highs. If you haven’t gotten your hands on some gold or silver, you’re making a big mistake. Why not do business with American Independence Gold? Every purchase you make with this great, great company supports Tunnel to Towers, which helps provide mortgage-free homes for Gold Star families and first responders. I love these guys. I want you to have gold and silver to help protect your wealth. You’re going to get financial freedom. And the people I recommend doing business with, American Independence Gold. Call 888-670-7011. That’s 888-670-7011. You can request your free gold guide and register to win a free gold bar. Or you can go to MikeGallagherGold.com. MikeGallagherGold.com. That’s MikeGallagherGold.com for American Independence Gold.
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The Portland police chief is pretty astounding. You know, somebody posted on social media the most disturbing part about this kind of about-face press conference is how the police chief said he hesitated to reveal the truth to the public because he was emotionally worried about victim blaming. According to reports I saw online, the Portland Police Department had the names of the suspects back in July of 2025 after a victim of a shooting identified the suspects as trendy Aragua gang members. So you hear a police chief break down publicly, get out his big handkerchief, and dab his eyes, weeping over gang members. Because he was forced to admit that the Border Patrol truck attack suspects were indeed Tren de Aragua associates. Now, did you hear what happened in Ocala, Florida? I guarantee you didn’t. It was a 64-year-old neighbor, a man in Ocala, Florida, named Harold Harper. We all know the name of, you know, Renee Good, right? Say her name, said the Philadelphia sheriff. Say her name! Maybe you ought to hear about Harold Harper. He was… Apparently, a guy who loved to tend to his garden in Florida. And he was minding his own business, just weeding his garden on his knees, when a stranger walked up behind him and shot him in the back of the head, execution style. Picture of the suspect, happens to be a black man, Picture of the victim, a white man. Now, and the poor wife telling neighbors, my husband is dead, my husband is dead. He was in his front yard in Ocala, Florida, gardening. He recently had major surgery on his neck, and according to mysuncoast.com, He used gardening as a form of therapy. He didn’t have any tools with him. He just had a bucket for collecting the weeds. Officials do not believe that the suspect, a 29-year-old named Isaac Toy, knew Mr. Harper. 64-year-old man. Just a random attack. When do the protests start for this guy? When are the widespread protests going to start there, huh? Which police chief is going to weep for Harold Harper? If that happened in Portland, you think Chief Bob Day would be crying for the 64-year-old? Because we all should. We all ought to weep for this poor guy and his wife. Imagine his wife. finding her husband dead in the garden with a bullet in the back of his head. And this degenerate, this coward, this demon, saw a white guy in the front yard of his house, said, I’m going to go up and I’m going to execute this guy, just because I can. Anybody going to cry for him? Hmm. 800-655-MIKE, 800-655-6453. Dave is in Tampa, not too terribly far from where this crime took place. Hey, Dave, welcome aboard. How are you doing today?
SPEAKER 07 :
I’ve been better, Mike. I knew Whit. We knew him as Whit Harper. I grew up with him. I went to high school with him. I graduated with him.
SPEAKER 04 :
Oh, no. I’m so sorry, Dave.
SPEAKER 07 :
Golly. I haven’t been in touch with him in a long time because I bought insurance from him, too. But Whit was a great man, a good guy, all right? True loss to the planet Earth, all right? Yes, sir. And I just, I know, you know, I don’t know. I know that this guy was probably some psycho, probably triggered by the rhetoric we’ve been hearing by these fools, okay? Every time they get in front of a microphone, they’ve got to run their mouths, all right? And I’m sick of it, okay? And this is real-world consequences, all right? It’s a true, true loss to the community there.
SPEAKER 04 :
And I just wonder if these public officials who are complaining about their white privilege, I mean, he was, you know, your friend was white, right? And the guy, the shooter was black. Where’s the white privilege coming to that?
SPEAKER 07 :
And there’s no motive. Everybody wants to know what happened. I guarantee you nothing happened. Whit was a soft-spoken guy, just a good man, all right? And he got shot in the back of the head, Mike. The guy was looking to kill a white person apparently or somebody.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, that’s what I mean, Dave. That’s what I’m saying. When you sit around, when you’re a state representative and you’ve got a big forum and you’re saying, look, I don’t like being white. It’s terrible. We can move around with impunity. You know, people of color don’t have the same privilege we have. We’ve got to be ashamed of ourselves. These are immutable characteristics, incidentally. Nobody chooses whether you’re going to be white, black, Hispanic, whatever. I wonder, does that not contribute to this kind of I don’t know the answer to this. I wish I did. But to me, it is appalling to listen to a state representative or maybe even a police chief express their shame at having to be white. Greg’s in Phoenix, Arizona. Greg, you’re on the Mike Gallagher Show. Hello. Hello.
SPEAKER 03 :
How are you? Good morning or good afternoon, depending on where you are. So I feel the big aha, and it’s touched on, is when we look at the police chief crying or Chicago where the governor or the mayor looks the other way to the crime and the death, I have to believe that either foreign interests or gangs have said, we know where your family is. So I feel… The police chief who was reticent to talk about the gang affiliation, we don’t know the circumstances. We know if we’re in other countries and we speak out, we know what really happens. You can die. Your family disappears. So that, I think, has seeped into America. And so we can’t look at local officials just as local. Are they puppets with strings going to China, the Middle East, etc.? ?
SPEAKER 04 :
Maybe, I don’t know. I don’t know that the, certainly the motivation of the state representative isn’t that she’s in fear of her life. What, is she afraid of black people? And if she’s afraid that if she doesn’t in a public forum complain about her whiteness, somebody’s going to attack her? No, I don’t think that’s it at all. I think these are self-loathing, deranged individuals who are in positions of authority. I mean, you saw the Philadelphia sheriff. Now, interestingly enough, Don’t attribute the entire law enforcement community to that lunatic, because apparently the sheriff’s department in a city like Philadelphia, they’re responsible for things like transporting prisoners from one jail to another. They don’t have the same policing responsibilities as the actual police department. But nonetheless, people voted for her. And you heard her. She sounded like a BLM activist, standing there shrieking and screaming and attacking ICE and attacking Trump. The sheriff of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. We’re at a real crossroads here, and we better get it right or we’re never going to get our country. We will never get our country back. Hey, thanks for spending part of your day with us. Let’s do it again tomorrow, shall we? Have a great Monday. Be safe. Keep fighting the good fight. I’m Mike Gallagher. God bless America.
