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Speaker 1: DEI is back, baby. Ro Khanna said so last night. DEI is officially back in America, he announced, this so-called moderate Democrat. Three black governors, first Latina governor in Texas, first Muslim senator, first gay senator. He said, I love this America. Now, I think those words are fascinating. I love this America. So he didn't love the America prior to Tuesday, but now he's happy. Now that DEA, you know, a lot of people are asking that question, Mark. Is woke going to make a comeback? Is woke going to make a comeback? It's going to try.
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Speaker 2: And for those wondering, wait a minute, did I miss the gay one? That would be Chris Pappas in New Hampshire because we all know the Muslim one and we all know the gay one.
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Speaker 1: But we're such a homophobic society. Gays don't ever have any opportunities in America.
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Speaker 2: Republicans in particular hate the gays. That's why we have a gay treasury secretary.
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Speaker 1: Right. And I'll tell you, and there were Republicans who voted for this guy, too. And let me just point this out. This is the dirty little secret. I've had some chance to wipe the fog away, the disappointment. I got the blood out of my eyes from the bloodbath. That's good. We've got to move forward. I'm grateful that Texas managed to hold on to Republican control of the Senate. Because that kind of escaped me in all the caterwauling about Texas turning blue. Kind of hard to claim that Texas is blue when you've got a Republican majority in the Senate, which will block Governor Hinojosa's from being able to do all the crazy things she wants to do, including opening up the border wide open. Of course. But that's okay. But look, here's what everybody's saying to me privately, and I know you're going to... We're talk show hosts who support this administration. And this... This country rejected this administration. This country rejected Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress. There's no way around it. We can pretend otherwise, but it did. It said, you know what? You promised us no foreign wars, and you promised us you'd lower the gas prices. And you promised us that you'd fix the broken election system. And you're 0 for 3. Help me on the election system? Oh, you mean by the failure to pass the Save America Act? You know, I didn't want to spike the football yesterday. But you know what Nostradamus said for almost the whole first half of 2026? That if we don't do it, there will be peril. We will lose. There will be peril. If we don't pass the Save America Act, we're going to lose the midterm. So I was very specific. And I didn't want to say it because I don't want to be that jerk that's saying, I told you so. I didn't want to remind everybody. But the audience knew I got a bunch of text saying, People say, hey, my guy from Dallas yesterday said, Mike, you're the one guy who kept saying if we don't if John Thune doesn't get off his butt and get the Save America Act passed, we're going to lose the midterms. People were demoralized and Republicans sent a message. And now we're going to pay a heavy price. We're going to see, though, over the next two years. I love what Stephen A. Smith said about his prediction. He's a smart guy. He's loud and he's bombastic, but pretty smart fellow. He said Democrats are going to overplay their hand. You got Mom Donnie already saying we have a clear mandate to go pedal to the metal. They're going to try to prosecute. They're going to try to impeach. They're going to go overboard. If they follow the Tallarico playbook, we may never win another election. It remains to be seen, though. I got flack for playing Tallarico from Fox News yesterday morning because people think he's lying. They think he's– well, but look, he's saying all the right things. He says, I don't want to prosecute Trump. That doesn't do anything for the people of Texas. He's saying, I want to reach across the aisle. That's why I'm here on Fox News. And whether people want to admit it or not, you could be mad at me for, and one guy wrote me and said, oh, you got so close, Mike, but then you said he could be lying. Well, he could be lying. Right, of course he could.
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Speaker 2: But you're doing exactly the right thing, giving credit where credit is due for saying and posturing in the right way. Unlike Abdul, who's like taunting us every day. Now, will he follow through on those things? I have no idea. And I kind of actively doubt it. But if it happens, then great. And we'll just let the game come to us.
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Speaker 1: Let the game come to us, as a wise man once said. Because the game could very well be Democrats who are so— here' s where they may be emboldened. That the moderate— or not moderate, but the more reasonable, the traditional part of the Democrats— Don't give a rat's rear end about these lunatics like Ilhan Omar. They don't care. They don't care. Even AOC and Bernie, they can scream all they want. They got to get stuff done. And Tallarico's point was that. He's like, if we want to get stuff done, we're going to have to work with this administration. And by the way, here's the newsflash. As mad as people might be at Trump right now, he is a dealmaker. He doesn't mind doing deals. He's not going to just tell the Democrats, I ain't working with you at all. Now, if it's if it's too far, if it's a bridge too far, he won't. But there's a good chance it may not be the catastrophic nightmare on Elm Street that we're fearing that it is. I don't know.
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Speaker 2: I mean, I just I'll tell you, I'll tell you, one of those establishment old school Democrats is who has not really enjoyed the ascendancy of the DSA lunatics. That's the next Speaker of the House, Hakeem Jeffery, who makes my teeth itch in 23 ways. But he's kind of a normie, not center-left or anything. But he's honestly kind of like– everybody keep the car on the road– Kind of like Pelosi, who stands for everything that's wrong, but does
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it in a kind of a practical, non-incendiary way. Nancy Pelosi doesn't like the rise of these young, radical, bug-eyed lunatics either. So it's going to be interesting watching the Democrats.
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Speaker 1: It's a good sign that the progressive wing is mad at Hakeem right now. They are. They're furious. Yes. They can't believe. And they're mad at Tallarico. What are you doing talking to Bill Hammer and Dana Perino? How dare you? So let them scream. They're not going to dictate policy for that party. So that may be our hope. Now let's talk about establishment Republicans. So John Cornyn's spiking the football. No surprise to anyone, right? He goes to social media last night. Last night, our party forgot the basic rules of coalition politics. Number one, add, don't subtract. Number two, be likable. Number three, do what you promised. He's right about that. And number four, character and integrity still matter. Time to turn the page and rebuild. He wrote a big column in the Wall Street Journal. Kurt Schlichter had a very scientific and diplomatic response. Shut up, traitor. That was it. Shut up, traitor. I mean, I don't know. And you're disappointed in Cornyn. Look, it is what it is.
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Speaker 2: I had a constructive moment on this subject because a longtime friend of ours and friend of the show, great analyst, great political guy down in Austin named Matt Makoviak was on with us yesterday, ate something. And he went from his sort of general overall analyst guy to being Cornyn's main communications director, meaning– Matt said some things over the last few months that annoyed me a little, but.
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Speaker 1: I love him.
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Speaker 2: You know, politics is friendship is thicker than politics. And so when I had him on yesterday to begin, I said, let's do Matt. Let's let's go through the necessaries. I'm going to make you a deal. Since this was such a butt whooping, I won't blame you or your guy where your lack of support lost it for Ken. If you don't insult us by telling us that your guy could have won any kind of grudgingly agreed to my terms. And then we went forward to make progress, which is what we've got to do. Bring all these factions of Republicanism in together to make progress together, which hopefully people will be in the mood to do.
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Speaker 1: And I love our bench. I love what looks like shaping up to be an epic, and you and I will be here for it, 2028. Ron DeSantis last night went on TV. Look, he's running. He's absolutely running. I can guarantee you. He's making the rounds, and he is saying all the right things. And he kind of blew up last night with Laura Ingraham and said all the things that make sense. And, you know, you think about it. It makes sense. He's not flashy. He's not warm. He's not fuzzy. He's all business. But look, Florida, we were spiking the football on behalf of Florida yesterday. Let's do a reality check about Florida. Ashley Moody, who thankfully won, but she just barely beat a communist in Florida. Exactly right. In Florida. She won by three in Florida. Republicans outnumber Democrats by a million voters. Byron Donalds, the next governor, one point lower. Over David Jolly. Yep. By the skin of our teeth, we kept Florida red. It was not. So, look, this is a national rebuke. And I got to say it. I'm a Trump guy. I'm not turning on him. Don't worry. But the ballroom yesterday? The ballroom? Here's my press conference showing you that the president will be kept safe? I just heard Nikki Whaley's newscast a minute ago where he said, yeah, take a look at this ballroom. See, this will keep the president very secure. Oh, that's what we want to hear the day after we got our butts kicked. Mark, do I have to be quiet about that? No, of course you don't. No, but you're right. I don't want to say it because I don't want this audience to think, oh, there goes Gallagher. He's turning into, you know, Eric Erickson. I'm not Eric Erickson. It also doesn't matter. It also doesn't matter at all. I mean, here's the thing. Doesn't it? I mean... Well, not now. I mean, it might have all along.
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Speaker 2: I mean, now, I guess, retroactively, we're going through the time machine and going, if only, if only, if only, if only you'd maybe had a little more empathy about affordability. It may be only, you know, finish the job in Iran, whatever that even means. Sure, it is the season for if only. Real quick on DeSantis, because I totally join you in enthusiasm. I don't know if I'm ready to jump immediately and say that he's going to be the nominee, as you now have done. I think part of your logic on that is that you think that there will be a stain, a stench attached to both Vance and Rubio for having been part of this administration, and I think that's harsh.
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Speaker 1: Time is long. We're very forgiving.
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Speaker 2: Vance yesterday in his long post said four things we got to do to win these Republicans back. End the war. Focus on the economy. America first policies and change the way we deal with Israel. I need to know what a couple of those mean. But they are basically Vance saying I am Trump's vice president, but I am not Trump.
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Speaker 1: Well, and Mark Thiessen immediately took to the air last night and said, I'm shocked that J.D. was so disloyal to the president. Oh, stop it. Well. I don't know. Is it? I don't think it is. When Trump was asked about J.D. 's comments, he looked a little bit perplexed. He didn't give a solid answer. I think J.D. kind of caught President Trump by surprise on this. Sandbagged him a little bit? Well, look, DeSantis is definitely distancing himself from Trump big time. You go to the airwaves right after the midterms and say, you can't promise not to take us into foreign wars and take us into a foreign war. That's not– which is why DeSantis won't have the stench of the– and it's not a stench of the midterms. Forget the outcome. It's the stench of broken promises, Mark. And let's just own this. These are– I don't want Iran to have a nuke, but that's a broken promise. I don't want prices. I know that, look, I can afford $ 4 a gallon of gas, but many people can't. That's a broken promise. I wanted election integrity fixed. That's a broken promise. Thank you, John Thune. But that's what America said this week. You broke your promise to us, so you know what? Like Ed Koch said, the voters have spoken, the people have spoken, and now the people must be punished.
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Speaker 2: And we learned that those things all rolled up in a ball and put on a scale are bigger than the benefits of gender sanity, a border that works, an economy that is actually improving.
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Speaker 1: Taxes that are lower. Improving. And we learned that in a big, big way. Forget the country. The country can burn. I'm on my way to L.A., and I got notified last night. I'm finally going to get to experience Starlink on a flight. Hello. Starlink. Get ready. So get ready. I'm going to be blowing up your phone tonight. You be ready about 430 Central. I'll be calling. I'll be texting. I might do FaceTime. I might have to call you and see how I'm doing. I'll be ready. FaceTime from the plane. I've never gotten a FaceTime call from a plane before. Well, you're not supposed to do that, I don't think.