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SPEAKER 09 :
He’s the happy conservative warrior, Mike Gallagher, broadcasting across hundreds of radio stations nationwide and seen on your trusted conservative TV network, Salem News Channel. Here’s Mike.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, what a big day it was yesterday for the country. A huge, huge commitment by Apple to devote $600 billion to manufacturing in the United States. It was a huge win. Apple announced a $100 billion commitment, which is an acceleration that now totals $600 billion over the next four years. Gosh, what’s this town in Kentucky where they’re going to have this massive plant? A $600 billion U.S. investment that has resulted, that will result, rather, in 450,000 new jobs, manufacturing at 79 American factories… it’s so epic and the mainstream media is barely noticing they’re barely paying attention they covered it a little bit yesterday but there was Tim Cook in the Oval Office presenting Donald Trump with a very special gift it was like a glass like a commemorative glass trophy and my gosh it’s called winning are you tired of it yet Are you tired of these accomplishments and these achievements and these victories? There’s so much going on and so much to be thankful for. And I wonder if you’re feeling as satisfied today as I am. Welcome in. I mean, there’s a lot of bad news. We barely covered the beating of that young man. And I’m not going to use the nickname. I think that nickname is crude. Every time I do my show, I think about some little old lady who doesn’t want to hear me describe a part of the male anatomy in the description of the young man who heroically held off apparently a gang of ten criminals who were trying to carjack a terrified woman, and he came to her rescue. And they beat him, beat him badly. And President Trump is so fired up about it, he’s saying, look, we may have to federalize the city or the district. We may have to federalize Washington, D.C. Listen to what he said yesterday. Now, you know the story. Edward, what’s another term I can use? I don’t want to say the nickname. I’m not a prude, you know, but I just… You know the story. Years ago, I was scarred for life when I expressed on the show how much I loved the HBO series The Sopranos. Denise and the kids and I would watch The Sopranos every Sunday night. It was an event in our house. And some little old lady in Ohio called me one day, and she was livid. She said, I went out and got HBO because you like The Sopranos, a show that I thought was about a church choir. The language, the violence. I think it was, well, I’m not even going to tell you what episode it was because I’ll get in trouble telling you what the episode was. And I felt terrible. That poor lady, I scarred her. Here she is settling in, spending her hard-earned money to get HBO because Mike Gallagher liked The Sopranos, and so she ordered HBO so she could watch the series about a church choir. And trust me, The Sopranos is not about a church choir. So I just think about that little old lady, and I don’t want to give this guy’s nickname. We’ll just call him the big guy. How about that? He’s the big guy. Young man named Edward. He was one of the youngest members of the Doge team. And he stood up for a young woman who was getting carjacked in Washington, D.C. You’ve probably seen the images of him, bloodied, battered, beaten up. But she was okay. He essentially rescued her. Well, the story made it to Trump’s desk. And President Trump had this reaction.
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President Trump, on federalizing D.C., are you considering taking over the D.C. police? Is that an option on the table?
SPEAKER 02 :
We’re considering it, yeah, because the crime is ridiculous. I could show you a chart comparing D.C. to other locations, and you’re not going to want to see what it looks like. It was just up on television, actually, they were showing it. Now, we want to have a great, safe… capital and we’re going to have it. And that includes cleanliness and includes other things. We have a capital that’s very unsafe. You know, we just almost lost a young man, beautiful, handsome guy that got the hell knocked out of him the night before last. And I’m going to call him now. We wanted to give him a little recovery time. We just put a call into him. They’re calling back a little while, but he went through a A bad situation, to put it mildly. And there’s too much of it. We’re going to do something about it. So whether you call it federalized or what. And that also includes the graffiti that you see, the papers all over the place, the roads that are in bad shape, the medians that are falling down, the median in between roads that’s falling down. We’re going to beautify the city. We’re going to make it beautiful. And… What a shame. The rate of crime, the rate of muggings, killings, and everything else, we’re not going to let it. And that includes bringing in the National Guard, maybe very quickly, too.
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Do you want Congress to look at overturning the D.C. Home Rule Act?
SPEAKER 02 :
We’re going to look at that. In fact, the lawyers are already studying it. We have to run D.C. This has to be the best run place in the country, not the worst run place in the country. And it has so much potential. And we’re going to take care of it. You’re going to be safe. You’re going to be safe walking down streets. You’re not going to get mugged.
SPEAKER 11 :
I love his common sense so much. He’s right. Our nation’s capital. should represent the best-run place in America. This is the seat of power. This is our nation’s capital. The murder rate, the crime, the homelessness, the filth. And this young man, Edward Korostein, the big guy, coming along, and protecting a woman from being carjacked, described as a… Jesse Waters last night said his sources tell him it was young gangbangers. It was young men who belonged to a gang. And here’s the Washington Post. Trump is threatening to take over D.C. Here’s what he can and cannot do. According to the Washington Post, and they’re scolding… aggravated response the president a president cannot federalize the district by executive edict that move has to go through congress but he does have direct authority in some areas including using the national guard and that’s what he said but the things he says are so logical I was talking to a friend of mine who I hadn’t spoken to in years the other day. And he voted for Trump three times. But he said, look, I just wish he would stop with the over-the-top bullying and the name-calling and all that. And I said, I get it. I appreciate that people feel that way about him. But, look, this is our voice. This is the people’s president in a way that I don’t think we’ve ever had this kind of representation. I just don’t. And when he says, I mean, here’s Jeanine Pirro last night talking about what conditions are like in D.C. She was a guest with Laura Ingraham on Fox News.
SPEAKER 01 :
In my cases, I have all crimes across the board. I get illegal gun convictions. Some of the judges won’t send them to jail. So they’re carrying guns that are not licensed. Everybody’s got a gun in this city, and they’re all illegal. You would think that every judge would say, lock him up, and that’s my policy. You get arrested with an illegal gun, you’re locked up. That’s the end.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, there you go. I mean, there’s Jeanine Pirro pointing out everybody’s walking around with guns. Yeah, the gangbangers, the criminals, the bad guys, everybody’s got a gun, and none of them are licensed. So go ahead, gun control advocates, fix that. You can’t. Bad guys are going to get guns. So, I don’t know, let’s try to tackle all of this today. 800-655-MIKE, what do you make? Do you have a negative reaction to Trump wanting to take over the District of Columbia? Do you have a negative reaction to Trump wanting to sort of militarize the District of Columbia? That’s what his critics are going to say. That’s the word they’re going to use. Or do you agree with him that D.C. ought to be the safest, most efficient, cleanest, most wonderful place in America? 800-655-MIKE. Join us. Call or text here in the Relief Factor studios. The MyPillow text line is up and ready for you. And I want to put your voice front and center here on the Mike Gallagher Show. Thursday, August the 7th, 2025. Thanks for tuning in. 800-655-MIKE. Your voice. Your perspective, your reaction coming up. PhD weight loss has changed my life. And I’ve got a little secret for you. You know Big Pharma and semaglutide and the shots in the belly. You’ve seen the story recently about the study that shows that a lot of people that are getting this are going blind. You don’t want to do this. You want a program to lose weight that’s centered around science and nutrition. A proven roadmap that has helped over 8,000 clients lose weight and keep it off. Like me. I lost 53 pounds a few years ago and I’ve kept it off. I know what to eat and when. I know how to quiet any of the cravings I might get and finally release that unhealthy belly fat that I carried along for so long. Make the phone call that can change your life in the way it changed mine. It’s called PhD Weight Loss. PhD Weight Loss, Dr. Ashley Lucas’ program is brilliant. And how do I know? Well, 53 pounds later, here I am. 864-644-1900 is their number. Call and schedule your consultation. You can do this program from anywhere in America. Call 864-644-1900, 864-644-1900, or visit myphdweightloss.com.
SPEAKER 09 :
He’s the happy conservative warrior, Mike Gallagher, broadcasting across hundreds of radio stations nationwide and seen on your trusted conservative TV network, Salem News Channel. Here’s Mike.
SPEAKER 11 :
Of course, as we welcome in a Thursday, there’s tons of breaking news. Yesterday, President Trump’s Oval Office announcement was a big double whammy of greatness for the American economy. Apple announced that it’s going to invest in the United States to the tune of about $600 billion. Thousands of new, high-paying American jobs are going to be created. Trump wants to impose 100% tariffs on all chips and semiconductors coming into the U.S., Meanwhile, the coward Democrats in Texas are still hiding out in Pritzker’s, Illinois. Senator John Cornyn says that the FBI has granted his request for federal authorities to assist Texas law enforcement in locating the Texas House Democrats who fled the state because they don’t want to face the music over the redistricting debate. And today, President Trump is expected to sign an executive order that puts an end to bankers having the ability to shut down accounts for political reasons. This is something called debanking. I can’t even imagine what it would feel like to have my bank tell me, well, Mike, we don’t like your views. We found out you’re a conservative host. You can’t bank with us anymore, after I have banked with them for years. I’m the customer, of course, and they’re going to refuse to do business with me? Well, nobody knows this better than Mike Lindell, the inventor and CEO of MyPillow. Do you remember when Mike shared with us on air how one of his longtime banking partners in Minnesota… canceled him, said, we’re not going to bank with you anymore because of your beliefs, because of how you feel about election integrity, maybe because of your friendship with President Trump. So I had to welcome back the one and only Mike Lindell, who I think is feeling a little vindicated today. Mike, it’s great seeing you. Do I see a look of vindication on your face?
SPEAKER 10 :
Well, I’m glad that it’s for people going forward that the president’s doing that. But a lot of the stuff that he has put in is for things that have already happened to people like myself and my pillow. He watched it all unfold the last four and a half years. When him and I talked back, when I was canceled, I was canceled, everybody, by two banks, nine accounts. My pillow accounts, my pillows, merchant server, credit card companies would never have been laid on. It was an all out attack. And it still is to this day. They it’s not like these. We’ve had banks that it was very hard to get new banks to it wasn’t just the canceling of the old bank. So We went through what I don’t believe any company in history has gone through, probably the worst attacks ever, just because their CEO wants secure elections and happens to back one of the greatest presidents this country has ever seen, the best president ever.
SPEAKER 11 :
And that’s your crime. Your crime is, according to your banks, that you want secure elections, and you’re friends with President Trump, and because of that, and these are banks that you did business with for many years, right, Mike?
SPEAKER 10 :
Many years. And they told me almost straight out. At least they didn’t lie because they had no other reason to cancel us. And I made it national. If everybody remembers, I went out and told the media. That’s from the top of my voice. Remember, first we were canceled by box stores and everything else, social media platforms, then shopping channels. i never expected the banks would do that to me this the minnesota banks the two one was a national one and one was that one i actually had he was a friend of mine for a long time the president of the bank and um and this uh it it’s horrific when it happens to you and then you have when that happens it’s almost like a um um a snowball effect everybody where Then your vendors you buy from. We had a $30 million credit squish on top of all the money I was pouring into the country to secure our elections. And it was horrific. And we’re still to this day going day by day because it’s a miracle that MyPillow made it through all that.
SPEAKER 11 :
And I say this all the time, Mike. Our audience and people all over America have helped sustain MyPillow. That’s why every… Every time I promote your products, every time I tell everybody to go to MyPillow.com and find that Mike Gallagher special square. Oh, I bet you got a special. There it is. The pillow. We got great low prices right now. Yesterday we had the employee discount sale and the free shipping. I want to get to all that in just a moment. But hold that for just a moment, Mike. But that’s why it’s a labor of love for everybody to order from your company because everybody It’s more than just buying great products. The reason I’m always conflicted about making a big deal about what you and your company have been put through is because I don’t want anybody to think there’s any detraction from how fantastic the products are. Right, right. oh, this is some kind of a going out of business thing. No, this is doing the right thing and standing up for a guy like you and a company like your company, a great American company that has been put through hell by so many of these lunatics on the left who wanted to try to destroy you. And as you always say, not you personally, but destroy my pillow. That’s what makes me so mad.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, well, they figured if they had destroyed my employee-owned company that I would quit talking about securing our elections, and obviously they were wrong. But, you know, another thing I want to tell people, Mike, when they debanked us, you’ve got to realize this was all out of tact, everybody. It was almost like… And there were other banks, too, that they were. I’ll give an example. Other banks we had that were with our vendors, vendors that I’ve had credit with, that they gave credit to my bill like any other business. Right. They were told by their banks if they gave my pillow credit, they would cut off their complete credit line. Now, you think about that. That was on top of so instantly we had to become our own bank and not have any credit anywhere and plus not have a bank and reaching out to a bank. We were blessed to get another bank and another merchant server. The merchant server was the worst because they basically said – You’re done. If you don’t have a merchant server, you can’t sell product.
SPEAKER 11 :
I want to go back. I want to go back. I want to go back. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to interrupt you, but I want to go back to what you said about how it feels to be debanked. And this is what President Trump’s executive order would eliminate. Federal banking regulators would be required to remove so-called reputational risk into and equivalent concepts from guidance and examination manuals. Simply put, you’re not allowed to discriminate against a company like MyPillow based on the CEO’s political beliefs. The feeling of helplessness you must have had, Mike, I can’t even begin to think of what… The only thing I can think of is what it must have been like And I’m going to make this comparison for blacks to be told you can’t sit in the front of the bus or for blacks to be told you can’t sit at the lunch counter here. This is for whites only. It’s the same thing. Why is there any difference? When people tell me, when my critics say, oh, you always defend my pillow and so what? A bank has a right to tell my pillow they’re not going to do business. Oh, well, would a bank have a right to say you’re black so we don’t want to accept your bank account? You’re Hispanic or whatever? You know what I mean? Discrimination is discrimination, Mike, and they shouldn’t be allowed to do it.
SPEAKER 10 :
Well, absolutely, and you could call it political beliefs or, you know, when you talk about everything that happened the last four and a half years, just because you’re CEO of your company, whatever I’m doing, if I’m out there questioning our elections or wanting to secure our election platforms or because I went all in for this great president, you’ve got to realize, everybody, too, you know how I felt? It was unbelievable. For me, I had never voted in my life. I, being an ex-crack cocaine addict, I had never, I didn’t think politics even affected me. And I met Donald Trump on August 15th of 2016, and he questioned me, wanted to know how it is making everything in the USA and how it is manufacturing here. We had this great conversation. I get back to Minnesota, and I said, hey, I got to meet the candidate Donald Trump, and I put out a press release. You know, I want to tell you all about it. And right away the attacks started and the cancellations then. And I thought, what? I know.
SPEAKER 11 :
And this is important. And this is a very important point, Mike, because you and I have talked about it. We’ve known each other for years. You were completely apolitical. I mean, you always joke you didn’t know the difference between a conservative and a liberal.
SPEAKER 10 :
I didn’t know a filibuster from a millibuster. I didn’t know that. You know, I had to find out what a conservative, liberal, Republican, Democrat. I was so naive coming into this. And, Mike, I’ll tell you, when the big attacks started in January of 21, the overall, the banks canceling or later on everything, when they did that cancellation, it was so helpless because it wasn’t just them. There were other merchants, too, like your… your PayPals of the world, your Amazon Pays of the world. When the banks do this, and like I say, it’s a snowball effect. Everyone’s going, wow, they must be doing this for another reason. What is my pillow? I’m in trouble? No, they made it look like I was in trouble. And when you get canceled for reasons that are a hidden agenda, but one thing, Mike, is the banks didn’t come out. They couldn’t come out and say, well, he was overdrawn or he didn’t pay his stuff on time. I never had loans with them. We didn’t owe them the time of day other than we banked there, and they had millions of dollars in their bank of MyPillow’s money, and then they just wipe us off the map. It was such a helpless and scary feeling. I was afraid for my employees. And, you know, that’s why I would say if it wouldn’t have been for the grace of God and all of your audience, huge. I mean, Mike, you’ve been with me and you’re in your your audience that’s been bought and bought and supported my pillow. And when time when we needed it the most and the most consistent. And that means so much to me and my employees. But to see the president come out with this is so gratifying because I would never want what happened to my pillow and myself to happen to any other company or person on this planet.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, I love it when Americans – I love it when we have the answer right at our fingertips. And here’s a text as I’m talking to you, Mike, from Oregon. Mike, I love my pillow. I tell people sometimes when I’m going to bed that I’m going to go kiss my pillow now. I love my pillow. So Mike’s holding one right now, and I want you to make – let’s make this a big MyPillow day because, again, it’s more than just buying great products. But trust me, you’ll see. You’re going to love these products. This pillow that never goes flat during the night. It stays nice and cool. Throw it in the washer and the dryer as often as you want. It’ll still retain its shape, its form, its comfort. The Giza Dream Sheets are unbelievable. It’s like five-star hotel quality. Smooth and silky and durable. And you’re getting right now… incredible prices, and I got a call from you guys yesterday. You said you were on with Steve Bannon. Now, I beat Steve by just a few dollars in one of the best one-day sales ever. When I came up to Minnesota, we had MyPillow Day. Yes, you did. I barely beat him, and I love Steve, and I love the war room, so I’m sure. But look, let’s have another big day. Support MyPillow by going to…
SPEAKER 10 :
When I want to tell you guys, we’ve sold almost 80, I think 84 million MyPillows. The reason is, is because they work. You adjust them to your exact sleep position. They stay there. They stay cool. You throw them in the washer dryer, 10 year warranty, 60 day money back guarantee. It’s custom fit. And what we’re going to do. Two sales collided yesterday. We had the free shipping sale that was going to go down. It was going to be last day. And then we had the employee pricing sale. So we’re combining them for this very special day. So you get free shipping on your entire order. Including the big orders.
SPEAKER 11 :
Like a mattress topper, yeah.
SPEAKER 10 :
The mattresses, take advantage of that free shipping. My employees, they want, you know, we want it to be a win-win-win. It’s a win-win-win. And you guys, you get them at the employee prices, the classic MyPillows, the body pillows, the king-size, queen-size standard, and right down to the go-anywhere pillow. Well, Mike, people don’t realize, Mike, we have we have these bath sheets. They just came in. Look at this, everybody. Our great bath towels. They’re oversized. They call them bath sheets. They’re the sure pure cotton, the best cotton in the world. Bath mats, everything for the kitchen, kitchen towels, aprons, oven mitts. I mean, stuff I didn’t even know we carried, Mike. I’m like. I love it. I love it. Thank you enough.
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Free shipping with that promo code Mike G. Free shipping and employee discount and promo code Mike G. Mike, you know how much our audience loves you. We all do here at Team Gallagher. Keep fighting the good fight, and congratulations on this hard fight. I know it doesn’t do any good for what you’ve been through, but maybe for the future, President Trump’s executive order on debanking. Keep it up, Mike. Keep fighting the good fight. God bless. Thanks, Mike. The one and only Mike Lindell. MyPillow.com. Look for that Mike Gallagher special square. Let’s have a huge day today and support MyPillow because it’s the right thing to do. MyPillow.com. Promo code MikeG. MyPillow.com. Promo code MikeG or call 800-928-6034. Call 800-928-6034. Come on, everybody. Sing along with me. For the best night’s sleep in the whole wide world, visit MyPillow.com. Promo code MikeG. We’re partnering with our friends at the nonprofit relief agency, Food for the Poor, and rushing emergency relief kits to these flood-ravaged part of the world. 128 people confirmed dead. Many, many more are still missing. As you know, President Trump and the First Lady visited the flood zone in Texas over the weekend. As you can hear, he was pretty emotional. You can hear in the sound of his voice about what he witnessed.
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They lost their child or two children and children. Just hard to believe what I’ve never seen anything like it. A little narrow river that becomes a monster.
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Now, as the president observed, we’re all grieving. We’re we’re. There’s been such a terrible loss of life. Entire communities are still being impacted. There are flooded out homes. There are closed businesses. And there are many still displaced, and they desperately need your help. Now, there is a Help Texas banner on my website, MikeOnline.com, where you can make a secure online donation. Please help us rush emergency relief kits to Texas. These kits contain tarps. hygiene items, diapers, children’s activity materials, and other essentials needed to ease the crisis for these poor people. Food for the Poor, in coordination with a trusted partner in San Antonio, has responded to the central Texas flooding. Nobody responds like the Mike Gallagher audience. Right now, already $13,000 in the first day or two. of donations have come in. We have a sort of an unofficial goal of 40,000. In my heart of hearts, we’ll soar past that goal. Let’s support our fellow Americans. Let’s support the Texans who have been through so much. Please go to MikeOnline.com and click on the Help Texas banner. You can also phone in your donation. And a lot of people do that. Just call 844-860-HOPE. That’s 844-860-4673. Thank you for supporting these poor families who’ve been through so much. Let’s get emergency relief kits to as many people as we can, and let’s make sure that the Mike Gallagher Show once again is the torchbearer, the leader in sending as many materials as possible to these poor people. Again, you can go to MikeOnline.com and click on the Help Texas banner or call 844-860-HOPE, 844-860-4673. Tyler’s in Delaware. Tyler, welcome.
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SPEAKER 06 :
They were tasked to create an intelligence assessment that detailed how Moscow tried to influence the election. Not if, but how. And this was how they came up with the Rush Oaks that was then weaponized and used to try to delegitimize the president, President Trump, and to try to ultimately enact this years-long coup throughout his entire four years of his first administration.
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In the relieffactor.com studios, here’s Mike.
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All of these winning, all this winning, all the good news. We’ve got an update on the House Democrats in Texas. But I’ve just been thinking about the Mike Lindell appearance and how he always thanks you because you’re so generous. I don’t know what I’d do without you. We come in here every day. Sometimes we argue, we bicker, we agree, we get excited. But, gosh, what a great atmosphere this is, this family of people all over the country who support the Mike Gallagher Show. To be able to know that you have helped sustain a great American company like MyPillow, I have such gratitude for getting to do this. We’re in the last two days of our Food for the Poor campaign, where we’ve been helping the victims of the Texas flooding. Do you know that collectively all the Salem shows have raised over $300,000? And this show, this audience, is responsible for over a third of that. We’re at about $105,000 of donations from the Mike Gallagher Show family. Any donation you make, large or small, will help us rush even more emergency relief kits to ease the crisis facing flooded-out Texas residents. All you have to do is go to MikeOnline.com to make a donation. $50 sends an emergency relief kit to these needy people who have been through so much. See, this is what this audience always does. You heard the story about what MyPillow has been put through. You buy products and pillows and all the great stuff from MyPillow to support this great American company. You hear about the need of fellow Americans in Texas. You step up and you supported a Christian movement like Food for the Poor. I’m just continually overwhelmed by your generosity. This is only possible thanks to the over $300,000 in donations. This campaign has blessed thousands of children and men and women. It’s only possible because of your support. Thank you for making me the luckiest guy in the world to get to come into this studio every day, and we can make a difference and make the world a little better. Make the world a little better place. Go to MikeOnline.com, or you can phone in your donation, 844-860-HOPE, 844-860-4673, or again, just go to our website, MikeOnline.com. The state of the Democrat Party, I’ve been spending a lot of time this week talking about this morphing into a party of hate, a party of violence, a party of bloodshed, a party that supports entities like Hamas, a party that supports the murder of CEOs. The Democrats are disintegrating. And Charlie Kirk, who we’ve had on, or Charlie Hurt, rather, not Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk is another warrior. But Charlie Hurt is, too. Charlie’s a Fox News contributor and a writer, newspaper guy. We’ve had him on the show a number of times over the years. He said something last night to Sean Hannity that sums up today’s Democrat Party so perfectly. And I just had to share it with you.
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And I think it’s really interesting that you have these socialists who are cropping up in places. Where are they cropping up? They’re cropping up in places that have been run by Democrats unilaterally for decades. And if you want to know where, you know, Housing is the most expensive. It’s in New York City. And that’s why they’re turning to socialism. And why is housing so expensive in New York City? Because Democrats have all of these laws that are supposed to lower the price of housing. It doesn’t. It raises the price of housing. And then you let millions of illegals into the country and then put them up in hotels in the city and then force taxpayers to pay to put those people up and then you’re surprised that the the cost of housing has gone through the the roof well these are all democrat policies and this is a rejection of their entire platform and so you know that is the future of the democrat party perfect perfectly put
SPEAKER 11 :
They’re ruining this country. Democrat policies are destroying city after city in America. You simply don’t see Republican-run cities looking like these Democrat cities do. The violence, the crime, the filth. The despair and the illegal immigration crisis is being tackled once and for all. And for Trump to announce that there’s going to be a new census count that is to begin immediately? Look, the Democrats ought to learn the lesson of being careful what you wish for. You guys want to make a big production out of redistricting? You want to flee the state of Texas? and think you can prolong the inevitable? Well, guess what? Trump looked at that, and he said, wait a minute. One of the big problems is redistricting, all of the so-called gerrymandering relies on the census count. Well, the last census included millions of illegals. So Trump said, okay, you want to fix that? We’ll fix that. You know, the idea of a new census came up when President Trump visited with Governor Ron DeSantis at Alligator Alcatraz. And Trump told DeSantis, you could redo the census. And Ron DeSantis reacted by saying California would lose like five seats if they did a fair census. The Biden census gypped Florida… Of at least one seat, DeSantis said we only got one seat in the last census. DeSantis added Texas should have at least another seat. Now, here’s what’s really going to happen with this redistricting. Democrats could face a massive loss. between red states redistricting, and yesterday it was revealed that there’s other states that are considering redistricting before the midterms. I forget the list. I’m trying to do it from memory. I think Indiana is in there. Of course, Texas. Florida. There’s like eight states that could redistrict before the midterms. And then you’ve got the potential of the Supreme Court striking down race-based congressional districts. And now if you get a new census that excludes illegals? Do you know what the worst-case scenario is for Democrats? I’m happy to share it with you. They could lose 32 to 42 seats. They lose 32 to 42 seats in congressional elections? they’ll never be in control again. And they’re sure as heck not going to be in control during Trump’s term if this comes together the way it is hoped that it comes together so that they can impeach him. If they get control of the House, this country is over. They will impeach. They will obstruct. They will go back to the same goofy, vicious tactics they used during his first term. Right now, they’re on the floor. Right now, they’re being completely obliterated, day after day, policy after policy. Every single day, they are facing disaster. We know it, and they know it. And President Trump is committed to a country that is thriving and that is successful. And he can do it. He can do it. I thought about yesterday, his visit with Tim Cook. I was so mad at Fox News. I’ve got to learn not to watch Fox News sometimes. I’ll bet you Newsmax or One American News didn’t cut away from the White House Oval Office press conference right when Tim Cook started to speak. I wanted to hear what Tim Cook had to say. And they broke away. And they were even goofy about it. I was watching The Five, and Jesse and Dana were like, oh, should we hear Tim Cook? No, no, yes, no, yeah. And they cut away. But I was thinking about this extraordinary moment where the Apple CEO presented Trump with a special gift. This is what it sounded like. I think he was a little bit off mic, but let’s try it. Here’s Tim Cook presenting Trump with a thank you from Apple, a company which has committed now to $600 billion of investment in the United States. Massive plant in Kentucky. Plants all over the country. Thousands and thousands of new American jobs going to be created by Apple here in the United States. You know why? Because Trump told Apple, I’m going to slap you with massive tariffs unless you play ball. If you invest in America, no tariffs. Well, Tim Cook said, fine, we’ll play ball. No tariffs. And that is a victory for the United States. Here was the moment when Tim Cook presented Trump with a little commemorative trophy that was created by a Marine who works at Apple and wanted Trump to have it. I was afraid of that. Nah, don’t play it because he’s off mic. He’s too far off mic. He walked in front of the presidential podium, and I had a feeling that the microphone wouldn’t pick up what he said. But it was just a very special moment, and we got good things happening. We got to just celebrate together. You and I, let’s just keep remembering how great things are and how good things are going and how the winning continues. The winning keeps going. And you’ve got to remember that. Celebrate. Savor it. Take it all in. 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SPEAKER 11 :
This is a huge day for the United States. Incredible news. President Trump earlier today. announced that the Department of Commerce is immediately going to begin work on a new and accurate census for a change. What a concept, huh? A census that doesn’t count illegals. Huh? Wow. Do you know how bad a day the Democrats are having right now? This has enormous implications. First of all, you’ve got a bunch of states… that are moving ahead with redistricting. They call it gerrymandering. And the one that has gotten everybody’s attention is the story out of Texas because the cowardly Democrats have tucked tail and run. Rather than do their job that they were elected to do, they’re hiding in a Hyatt Hotel building owned by that goofball Pritzker in Illinois, thinking that they could run out the clock. They’re not going to run out the clock. That’s impossible. The redistricting is going to happen in Texas, and the Democrats are going to lose seats. And there are other states looking right now at redistricting. In addition, the Supreme Court is about to hear legal arguments that would strike down the Democrats’ scheme of redistricting based on race. That’s this whole, the whole nonsense has to do with the Democrats manipulating the system to try to get an electoral advantage. You know why? Because they don’t win on ideas. Americans are rejecting the Democrat Party wholeheartedly. So between the state’s redistricting and the Supreme Court quite possibly striking down race-based redistricting, and this new announcement, this brand new breaking news about a new census being announced, Democrats could lose between 20 and 40 seats in the House of Representatives. This is massive. Now, don’t worry. The Democrats will pull some federal judges out of their you-know-what to try to strike it down. Let them try. Let them try. They’re running out of cards to play. They’re running out of games. They’re running out of methods. And it astounds me how many times Democrats are on the absolute wrong side of every issue. I’ve never seen anything like this. I mean, is there anybody that thinks it’s admirable for these Texas Democrats to flee to one of the most gerrymandered states in America, Illinois? Is there anybody, I mean it, no games here. Is anybody sitting around saying, boy, that’s really noble of these Democrats. I’m really admiring them. Look, I appreciate if you’re a Democrat, if you’re a lefty, if you’re a liberal, you don’t like the redistricting going on right now because it’s going to hurt your party. I do appreciate that, okay? I get it. Now, put your opinion of that redistricting aside. Do you think it’s honorable for Democrats to go on an all expense paid vacation eating, you know, eating room service and watching reruns of Real Housewives on your hotel room in your hotel room so that you don’t have to vote? Do you think that’s a good do you honestly think does anybody think that’s a good thing? Beto O’Rourke does, the perennially failed candidate who wants to be elected to something. Beto O’Rourke was on CNN last night describing the way these 51 Democrats… have fled in panic and desperation the state of Texas, hiding like babies, like cowards in Illinois. Listen to how a prominent Democrat like Beto O’Rourke describes it.
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I think what they’re doing is the highest form of public service. They’re trying to stop the consolidation of authoritarian power in America as Trump and Greg Abbott and Ken Paxson and the Republicans in Texas, thick as thieves, try to steal these five seats in Texas because without them, Trump’s going to lose a majority in the House of Representatives. And without that majority, there’s a check on his lawlessness, accountability for his crimes and corruption, and the possibility of free and fair elections going forward. Those 56 Texas Democrats are all that stand between that future and where we are right now. And so we’ve got to have our we’ve got to have their backs.
SPEAKER 11 :
Now, that’s what panic sounds like. The guy is in a full fledged panic. The Democrats are in full fledged panic and they have to be. They can’t handle the heat. They can’t stand it. Now, if that CNN anchor was worth salt, if she was worth her weight in gold, she would have asked the inevitable follow-up question, all right, Beto O’Rourke, they’re trying to stop it, but can they? And the answer is no. The answer is absolutely not. All they’re going to do is prolong and delay the inevitable. There is no way these fleeing Republicans Baby Democrats, these cowards, can stop the Texas vote. And if you want to tell me how they can, you give me a call. We’ll put you to the top of the line. If you want to tell me that you agree with him that it’s honorable for 51 elected members of the Texas delegation to get on a private jet and flee to Chicago… so that they can avoid voting, so that they can break a quorum, if you’re going to honestly tell me you think that’s noble and the highest form of public service, I want you to call me. 800-655-MIKE. I mean it. I’ve got to hear you tell me you think Beto is correct. That fleeing and abdicating your responsibility, bailing on your job, being too afraid… To take your medicine, to face the music, and lose a vote that you’re going to lose, hiding in Illinois is the highest form of public service. I’m telling you, I’ve never seen a Twilight Zone episode crazier than today’s Democrat. Today’s Democrat, former U.S. Representative Beto O’Rourke, They are lunatics. They are on the wrong side of everything. They are crazy and so pitifully out of touch with the American people. But let’s find out. Maybe there’s a bunch of people who think it’s wonderful that these Texas Democrats are doing it. And you think it’s honorable and noble. Hey, let’s find out. 800-655-MIKE. 800-655-6453. The highest form of public service. You have got to be kidding me.
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SPEAKER 11 :
weigh in okay on the trump administration’s intention to build a nuclear reactor on the moon now you go ahead mr spaceman here we go all right space dork go ahead give me all the reasons why it makes sense for taxpayer dollars to fund a nuclear reactor on the surface of the moon don’t we have a couple of problems here on earth
SPEAKER 12 :
We do, but it’s kind of funny that that was the logic people used when we were on the way. We’ve got problems on Earth. Why are we going on the moon? And by the way, it’s never a bad question.
SPEAKER 01 :
It’s never a bad question.
SPEAKER 12 :
It is a good argument. We’ll never do anything, however. We will always find something in the backyard to pay attention to. How about if we spend money wisely and do things as we certainly are doing with greater efficiency in the era of Trump? But if there are some things that speak of adventure, some things that speak of trailblazing, some things that speak of possible doors to be opened that can be of value. Star Trek theme.
SPEAKER 11 :
Exactly. And for people hearing us nationally and watching us on X right now at Gallagher Show, we love streaming the Eminem Experience. A little history here. Find the way I love theater or the way Mark loves the space program. Find somebody who loves you that much. Exactly right. that you love everything you have done. And I love that about you, by the way. It might not be exactly my thing, just like theater probably isn’t your big thing, but I love how excited you get. And so I don’t want to throw a wet blanket on this, but honestly, Mark, do we really have a need for a nuclear… How are you going to cool it? Well… Ain’t any water up there, is there?
SPEAKER 12 :
That’s true, but there may be the ability to… What do you need for water? You need hydrogen, you need oxygen, there’s many atoms of that. There are possible mineral reactivities that can make all kinds of industry, all kinds of industrial things, all kinds of construction, all kinds of things for habitats, all kinds of things that could be… It could be of value, yes.
SPEAKER 11 :
So somebody told me, a couple people started talking about the colonization issue. And I didn’t even know that was a thing. Obviously, you’re smarter than I am. China, evidently, is committed to colonizing the moon. So we can’t let China beat us. I got an idea. You want to go to the moon, China? Knock yourself out. It’s all yours. It’s all yours. Why do we care about going to the moon?
SPEAKER 12 :
I think you’re having a little, okay, if you’re just having a little fun here, like, hey, China, if you want to go to the moon, knock yourself out and just take it. Really? Do you want to give China an upper hand in the future battlefield that may be space? It’s why we have, are you okay with a space force? This is why we have a space force, by the way. And it’s pretty awesome.
SPEAKER 11 :
And maybe there’s a connection to that. That’s something else that came up yesterday. I’m not kidding you. I mean, this was a very passionate issue. It’s a cool issue in a way because, not for nothing, they’re serious about this. Yes, they are. I mean, this is not like a pipe dream. They want to build a nuclear reactor on the moon. And Mike Gallagher’s official position is that may be literally the stupidest thing I’ve heard in about 20 years.
SPEAKER 12 :
stupidest thing I’ve ever… You’ve heard stupider things this week, I’m guessing.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, I have. Like the governor of Massachusetts promising to redistrict Massachusetts. That’s a good one.
SPEAKER 12 :
Because what they need in Massachusetts is even more Democrat… Wait a minute. It’s all Democrats in Massachusetts. What was the big hit?
SPEAKER 11 :
Nothing from nothing leaves nothing? Nothing from nothing leaves nothing. You’ve got zero Republican representatives in Massachusetts, and that goofball Maura Healey is saying, we’re going to redistrict.
SPEAKER 03 :
I’ll show you.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, what are you going to do? Are you going to have more zeros? This is crazy. And I’m telling you, I watched this last night with this Texas redistricting thing, and the Republicans better not have egg on their face. Greg Abbott, you better make this happen. Kick them out. Kick them out. What’s going to be the downside if you figure out a way to remove them from office?
SPEAKER 12 :
I continue to believe it’s not going to come to that. What’s the downside if it did? None.
SPEAKER 11 :
They’ll be mad? Exactly. Then they’ll really, really be miffed. They’ll be mad. They’ll really have us on the… I love it when they say, we’re running scared, where they’re literally hiding out in Pritzker’s Hyatt Hotel. Yep. They’re the ones running scared. They’re the ones that are cowards. They’re the ones not doing their job. Beto came up and said this. What was his line yesterday about fell off the couch when I read it? This is the quintessential definition of brave public service, what they’re doing. Yeah, they’re real brave. Real brave, Beto. You keep that up.
SPEAKER 12 :
Speaking of fear, you mentioned it because that is what folks are saying about the Republicans who are backing this redistricting effort is that we are so terrified of the risk of losing the midterms. Listen, I always live in fear of a bad election and I live in anticipation of good elections. As we’ve learned, you never quite know how these midterms are going to go. Remember the red wave? So I wouldn’t say, as Mike Gallagher would say, I like our chances in the midterms, which are a long way off. But the assertion being thrown in our direction is that the reason we’re trying to jimmy with the redistricting in Texas is we’re panicked. We’ve got to squeeze everything we can because otherwise we’re going to lose the House in November of 2026.
SPEAKER 11 :
I’m perfectly comfortable with being as transparent as possible. I am absolutely worried about the midterms, and I absolutely am committed to hoping that the gerrymandering works and gets us more seats so that our chances improve. Because you know what? It is an entirely legitimate process. There’s nothing written that it has to be every 10 years and with every census. And incidentally, you trust the census? Do you know how many illegals are used in the census the last time? around yeah so guess what forget the census do it now get it done and and get more seats because they cannot win next year hey to borrow a phrase from your from our buddy beto you know democrats have to stop being worried about being right we got to be you know committed to being in power he said it he said it they’re all it’s all about the power well you know what two can play that game beto so uh let’s just uh let the chips fall where they may huh
SPEAKER 12 :
I think and ultimately every day we say this and every day is true. We all know how this movie ends. It’s just an issue of how long the movie is, because when the credits roll, the redistricting vote is going to happen. The Democrats, they will have come back and this stunt will have failed in the midst of this failed stunt. OK, yes. I think it was during it was right as our show was ending as we were about to hand things over to you. So I’m sure you heard about it. Some of the Democrats are up there in a hotel in Chicago. And again, who’s paying the freight for that is a good question. The other question I have is who phoned in the bomb threat? They had a bomb threat and instantly a couple of key Democrats. Oh, oh. This is what we’re up against. Look at this. Look at what we’re up against. It was an attempt to try to glean some sympathy, to gin up some kind of empathy for this failed stunt. I don’t know it like I know my own name, but this entire thing reeks of an inside job. Either the bomb threat did not happen or one of their own people called it in. A total stunt, a total hoax.
SPEAKER 11 :
After witnessing the silence of the Democrats watching their fellow Democrats burn cities to the ground after George Floyd died, you can spare me any righteous indignation about an anonymous bomb threat who we may or may not ever find out who did it. Democrats have no quarter to stand up and get all upset about. Look, how about the statues being torn down? You saw that Trump is putting statues back up, right? Confederate statues. I did. God, this is what I voted for.
SPEAKER 12 :
This is what I voted for.
SPEAKER 11 :
Put them back up. And here’s a conversation starter. Are you ready for this? Florida is among a few states in America, I don’t know, Texas may be on this list, that have narrowed their list of food eligible for food stamps. Starting next year, over a million families in the state of Florida will no longer be able to use food stamps to buy a box of Little Debbie’s. A liter of Coca-Cola?
SPEAKER 12 :
No.
SPEAKER 11 :
Or a Hershey bar at the checkout?
SPEAKER 12 :
Also known as lunch for me when I’m 12. Those are essential food groups for me.
SPEAKER 11 :
Come on. Please don’t deny me my… By the way, I’ve decided I know what my favorite snack is of all time. Next time I see you, you’ve got to present me with a box of… It hit me the other day. You know what my most satisfying favorite snack is of junk? Milk duds. I love me my Milk Duds.
SPEAKER 12 :
I think my consumption of Milk Dud over my lifetime, which is not great. I’m not out of disfavor. There’s a lot of candy out there, and Milk Duds are but a sliver. Guess where I almost always was while chomping on a Milk Dud?
SPEAKER 11 :
Dr. Pepper?
SPEAKER 12 :
No, where I was.
SPEAKER 11 :
Movie theater. Oh, where you were. Movie theater. It’s a big player. Oh, me too. The snow caps, the little… No, to this day, I go to the movies, first thing I buy is a Diet Coke and a Milk Duds. Because the Diet Coke, So those calories wipe out the calories from the milk. Of course they do. There’s a chemical counter reaction. It all evens out. But I do. But anyway, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., of course, MAHA, he encouraged states to restrict SNAP purchases. SNAP, of course, is the food stamps program, Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program. And look at the name, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Nutrition, exactly right. Yeah, what’s nutritious about a Little Debbie’s or a Ho-Ho? He’s got a point. But on the other hand. So you think about somebody who’s going through a very tough time. They can barely keep their head above water. And you’ve got a low-income person, maybe a senior, maybe somebody with disabilities who’s on food stamps. Incidentally, I just found out Texas is one of the states approved to restrict eligible food this week. Is it really?
SPEAKER 12 :
Are you about to throw shade at this?
SPEAKER 11 :
Not shade.
SPEAKER 12 :
But is it government’s business question? Yeah. Well, it’s the government’s business. It’s their money. It’s our money. Exactly right. It’s our money. The government doesn’t have money. Is there a taxpayer interest in having a law on the books or guidelines on the books that sort of define and delineate what people can do with government assistance funds? Of course there is.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, the answer is a yes. But then again, you want to spend taxpayer money on a nuclear reactor on the moon.
SPEAKER 12 :
Every dime not spent on milk duds helps us to build a nuclear reactor on the Sea of Tranquility.
SPEAKER 11 :
I’ve got dueling text messages on this on the subject of the nuclear reactor. Dallas, Mike, you’re absolutely right. A nuclear reactor on the moon is ridiculous and just another way to bankrupt an already broke nation. Who wants to live in a spacesuit? Not me. Well, I’ve got the answer. Mark Davis would. You’d love to live in a spacesuit. But here’s Wisconsin watching on X on At Gallagher Show. You make it sound like they’re building Three Mile Island, dummy. They’re building the equivalent of a cell-charging battery. Huh. So it’s not going to be a big hue. What if it’s a nuclear reactor? It’s not going to be the self-charging battery.
SPEAKER 12 :
It is going to be part of, and you and I will probably not be alive to see it come to its full fruition, but there will be colonization and industrialization on the lunar surface with an eye toward perhaps doing so.
SPEAKER 11 :
I’ll be alive. I’ve told my kids I want every means possible to keep me going. Goodbye. Go talk to Senator Cornyn. I love you. Happy Thursday. I can’t wait. We’ll be listening.
SPEAKER 12 :
Mike is ready to roll as soon as we are done. And that is 10 o’clock right here at 660 a.m. The answer.
