Gavin Newsom's WILD Dumb Comment, U.S. Men's Hockey Team's Patriotism, Alysa Liu's Important Lesson

What this episode is about

The piece highlights American pride sparked by the USA men’s hockey victory, social media reactions and public praise, and a political-advertising segment criticizing changes to the credit card system proposed by politicians. It also references Alysa Liu’s lesson and mentions commentary from Megan Kelly.

Key takeaways

• Patriotism on ice: a unifying spectacle that transcends party lines and politics, fueling national pride.
• Miracle-level storytelling: athletes’ lifelong sacrifice creates a modern mythos rivaling 1980s classics.
• Real-time personality effects: fans, players, and media echo a contagious enthusiasm that amplifies national identity.
• Tech of culture: sports rituals—standing for the anthem, jerseys, mic moments—reinforce social cohesion and memory.
• Counterpoint twist: rival narratives stress how broadcast hype can obscure nuanced athletic grit and teamwork.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Megan Kelly (Guest) · 60 min speaking
• Jack Hughes (Guest)
• Alyssa Liu (Guest)
• Herb Brooks (Guest)
• Jim Craig (Guest)
• Conor Hellabuk (Guest)
• Donald Trump (Guest) · 5 min speaking
• Huffman Post (Huffington Post) (Guest)

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 10:00: Hockey, patriotism, Jesse Lou, Herb Brooks
2. 10:00 – 20:00: Hockey, Jack Hughes, Mike Eruzione, Megan Kelly
3. 20:00 – 30:00: Hockey, Jack Hughes, patriotism, American pride
4. 30:00 – 40:00: Hockey, Jack Hughes, Olympics, Team USA
5. 40:00 – 50:00: Hockey, Jesse Lou, Johnny Gaudreau, Johnny Goodro
6. 50:00 – 1:00:00: Hockey, Jesse Lou, Olympics, Winter Olympics
7. 1:00:00 – 1:10:00: Governor Gavin Newsom, Jesse Lou, Dyslexia, Hockey
8. 1:10:00 – 1:20:00: Donald Trump, Governor Gavin Newsom, Dyslexia
9. 1:20:00 – 1:30:00: Hockey, Olympics, Donald Trump, Team USA
10. 1:30:00 – 1:39:51: Donald Trump

Notable quotes from "Gavin Newsom's WILD Dumb Comment, U.S. Men's Hockey Team's Patriotism, Alysa Liu's Important Lesson"

• Situation, just watching it, admiring it as an outsider, is obviously the sport has got patriotism pumping through its veins. The legacy of Herb Brooks runs strong. That's how…

  about Hockey · at 2:22

• It was like being around for the Miracle on Ice but a second time. No, the game odds were not as heavily stacked against us, but the love those guys had for one another felt reminiscent of what.

  about Miracle on Ice · at 3:52

• That enormous amount of sacrifice and then seeing it paid off pay off. bo both Alyssa Lou and the men and the women of USA hockey have spent their entire lives on skates, but…

  about USA men's hockey team · at 4:54

• But relatively unknown to those of us who don't follow hockey yesterday. and Jack was the one who scored the so-called golden goal. The winner watch United States with numbers.

  about Jack Hughes · at 14:44

• When they got a call from President Donald Trump, it was honestly hard to tell who was more excited, the guys or the sitting US president.

  about Donald Trump · at 21:31

• And there are boys and they made us proud and I cannot wait to see them tomorrow night at the State of the Union. I really hope Jack has not gotten his teeth fixed yet, or at least a prosthetic by then, because there's.

  about Megan Kelly · at 46:31

• That's the way to do it. Pick some 70s anthem and wear a gold spangly outfit and go to town. Anyway, I think this Olympics was great. It was great for Team USA, for young girls…

  about Olympics · at 57:03

• Alyssa Lou is American. Okay. She's American. And of all the people protesting Joe Biden's four years of an open border, I don't hear anyone saying, And all the immigration we've ever had.

  about Jesse Lou · at 1:03:12

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Megan Kelly — Person · Host · 2 mentions · first at 0:00
  She hosts the episode, narrating and opining on Team USA hockey, Olympic patriotism, and political/media reactions.
• Jack Hughes — Person · Referenced athlete · 9 mentions · first at 14:36
  Credited with scoring the 'golden goal' and delivering patriotic post-game interviews; a focal point of the episode's sports narrative.
• Jesse Lou — Person · Referenced athlete · 12 mentions · first at 4:41
  Presented as a gold-medal figure skater embodying grit and joy; used to contrast media narratives about identity/politics.
• Donald Trump — Person · Referenced political figure · 8 mentions · first at 0:29
  He is described congratulating Team USA and is central to the media/political controversy about patriotism and the Olympics.
• Connor Hellebuyck — Person · Referenced athlete · 2 mentions · first at 25:01
  Described as the standout goalie whose saves kept the game tied and enabled the gold-medal win.
  Native. He was born in 1993, which I think makes him 32, about 32 years old. He stopped yeah, 41 of 42 shots on goal yesterday. He plays in the NHL for the Winnipeg Jets.
• Johnny Gaudreau — Person · Referenced deceased person · 3 mentions · first at 14:01
  Described as Johnny Gaudreau's brother killed in the same incident; part of the tribute and family story.
  Hockey did not forget Johnny Hockey or Johnny Gdro who was going to make the team. They have been traveling with his jersey number 13 throughout the Olympic Games hanging in…
• Johnny Goodro — Person · Referenced deceased athlete (duplicate spelling) · 3 mentions · first at 38:08
  Alternate spelling used in the transcript for Johnny Gaudreau; same tribute and death narrative.
  Widowed far too young raising these kids on their own. And these men of USA hockey did not forget Johnny Hockey or Johnny Gdro who was going to make the team. They have been…
• Governor Gavin Newsom — Person · Referenced political figure (criticized) · 6 mentions · first at 1:05:13
  Discussed for remarks at an event in Georgia; criticized as racially offensive and politically calculating.
  Want to keep going because there's a lot of news. Speaking of the lunatic left, Gavin Newsome went to an event in Georgia. It was in Atlanta, Georgia. An evening with Gavin…
• Herb Brooks — Person · Referenced historical coach · 3 mentions · first at 2:32
  Invoked as the legacy behind 'Miracle on Ice' and as a symbol of demanding leadership and team unity.
  Seems like only Herb Brooks thought we could do it. And as documented in the movie Miracle, he made himself the common enemy of those guys to get them to get along because they were all.
• Mike Eruzione — Person · Referenced interviewee (archival) · 2 mentions · first at 10:01
  Quoted from a 2022 interview on the show about why the 1980 win resonated nationally.
  They saw that work ethic. They saw that, we love America type of a hockey team. and we did. We took great pride in putting that jersey on that says USA across the front. I…
• Zach Werenski — Person · Referenced athlete · 1 mention · first at 13:52
  Credited with assisting the game-winning goal and later participating in the tribute involving Johnny Gaudreau's children.
  And then 1 minute and 41 seconds into the s sudden death OT. Zack Warky.
• Matt Higgins — Person · Referenced defendant · 1 mention · first at 40:42
  Named as the alleged drunk driver accused of killing Johnny Gaudreau and his brother; central to the tragedy narrative.
  Their way and a third by the defendant in this case driver Shawn Higgins. And Shawn Higgins allegedly thought the two cars in front of him were going too slow. And when the two…
• Coleman Hughes — Person · Referenced athlete · 3 mentions · first at 17:58
  Mentioned as Jack Hughes' older brother and an NHL player; described as being on the Olympic team.
  Was drafted seventh overall in 2018 into the NHL by Vancouver. His younger brother Luke was drafted fourth overall by the New Jersey Devils in 2021. And that older brother…
• Dr. Jim Craig — Person · Referenced historical athlete · 2 mentions · first at 7:48
  Used as the comparison point for Connor Hellebuyck's goaltending performance.
  Remember, US team is depending a little bit too much now on Jim Craig. He's making too many good saves. Ros fight 11 seconds. You've got 10 seconds. The.
• Kelly Panick — Person · Referenced athlete (criticized) · 2 mentions · first at 30:46
  Mentioned as a Team USA women's hockey player highlighted by HuffPost as a politically aligned figure; criticized by the host.
  They like Kelly Panic because she's from Minneapolis and she came out to criticize the ICE policies. Here she is.
• Kurt Russell — Person · Referenced actor · 2 mentions · first at 4:13
  Referenced as starring in the film 'Miracle,' which is used to relive the 1980 story.
  It's all it's all legend what he did with them. Me many documentaries about that team. The Kurt Russell movie which is not to be missed. I mean like I think that might be the…
• Caori Sakamoto — Person · Referenced athlete (opponent) · 2 mentions · first at 51:23
  Named as the South Korean silver medalist figure skater used for stylistic comparison to Alyssa Lou.
  Skater that we're used to seeing. And it was very obvious like if you compared her to the woman from South Korea who got the silver medal, who skated beautifully. She wasn't…
• Al Michaels — Person · Referenced broadcaster · 1 mention · first at 8:20
  Credited with the iconic 'Do you believe in miracles?' call, framed as part of American history.
  H such a great story. Al Michaels who called the game kind of like part of not kind of part of American history in the way he came up with that line and used it at just the right time. That of.
• Andrés Torres — Person · Referenced journalist (criticized) · 1 mention · first at 30:22
  Identified as the HuffPost reporter who wrote the 'discomfort' article criticized by the host.
  I feel digestive issues coming on. it's really crazy. This is written by somebody named let's see, Monica Torres, senior reporter for Huffpo, who writes about work, life, tech…
• Alyssa Louu — Person · Referenced athlete (name variant) · 2 mentions · first at 47:21
  Variant spelling used when discussing immigration rhetoric and her mindset about struggle.
  Citizenship, but her dad was an immigrant. Her dad came over here from China. So, I guess we're supposed to not root for Alyssa Louu. The left says, Oh, if you don't want…
• Chris Cain — Person · Referenced commentator · 1 mention · first at 0:51
  Cited for a Fox News tweet describing becoming emotionally invested in hockey.
  Sure they knew how proud we were of them. I couldn't get enough of it. It was very funny. Will Kaine of Fox News tweeted out something My wife at 9:30 this morning, didn't know…
• Tate McRae — Person · Referenced celebrity · 1 mention · first at 36:49
  Mentioned as Jack Hughes' reported Canadian singer girlfriend, underscoring cross-border personal ties.
  Now he is dating he's dating a Canadian singer reportedly not confirmed by the name of Tate McCrae who's an influencer and a singer as he's playing well he's playing for the…
• Roger Marshall — Person · Referenced politician (ad segment) · 1 mention · first at 1:46
  Named in sponsor message as backing payment-system changes opposed by the Electronic Payments Coalition.
  Your credit card and the security it offers are under attack. and that senators Dick Durban and Roger Marshall want to change the nation's payment system to benefit corporate…

Companies & orgs

• USA men's hockey team — Organization · Core topic (team) · 1 mention · first at 0:07
  Their gold medal win anchors the episode and is used to discuss patriotism, sports culture, and media backlash.
• Team USA — Organization · Core topic (national team brand) · 8 mentions · first at 1:08
  Represents U.S. athletes broadly; invoked in chants, medals, and national unity framing.
  And go to town. Anyway, I think this Olympics was great. It was great for Team USA, for young girls who are considering figure skating or hockey, for young boys who are…
• Huffington Post — Organization · Criticized media outlet · 2 mentions · first at 7:06
  Portrayed as attacking Olympic patriotism and promoting 'cognitive dissonance' framing; a major target of criticism.
  The outlet putting out an article with the headline and subhead, There's a name for the discomfort you are feeling watching the Olympics right now. If waving the American flag or chanting USA turns you off, you are not alone.
• USA Hockey — Organization · Referenced governing body · 4 mentions · first at 2:40
  Mentioned via jerseys, culture, and 'brotherhood' framing around national teams.
  Pumping through its veins. The legacy of Herb Brooks runs strong. That's how it felt to me. You want to wear the USA hockey jersey, you better love the USA and you better make…
• Team USA women's hockey — Organization · Referenced team · 2 mentions · first at 4:58
  Mentioned via Kelly Pannek and as also invited to the State of the Union; contrasted with men's team narrative.
  So, they say the solution is you can you could cheer for individual athletes, maybe especially the ones like the team USA women's hockey player Kelly Panic.

Concepts & topics

• Hockey — Concept · Core topic (sport) · 38 mentions · first at 0:09
  Used to explore American sports culture, toughness, team brotherhood, and patriotic rituals.
• patriotism — Concept · Core topic (theme) · 7 mentions · first at 1:08
  Frames the episode's interpretation of Olympic wins and is contrasted with media claims of 'discomfort' about national pride.
  Situation, just watching it, admiring it as an outsider, is obviously the sport has got patriotism pumping through its veins. The legacy of Herb Brooks runs strong. That's how…
• Miracle on Ice — Concept · Referenced historical sports moment · 3 mentions · first at 3:52
  Used as the emotional and patriotic benchmark for the current Team USA win and hockey culture.
• American pride — Concept · Core topic (theme) · 3 mentions · first at 12:24
  Presented as the emotional payoff of Olympic victories and contrasted with claims of shame/discomfort.
  Quite as against us in this match as they were back in 1980, but it's still at bottom. American pride, power, and patriotism on full display, right? it's just like it's stunning how it makes you feel. look at the goalie here. This goalie.
• Figure Skating — Concept · Core topic (sport) · 4 mentions · first at 4:43
  Discussed through Alyssa Lou's win and stylistic comparison to other skaters and past champions.
  World on its heels. It she just it was like a party that we were invited to. And I really think this could be the beginning of something for women's figure skating. this could…
• Cognitive dissonance — Concept · Referenced explanatory frame (criticized) · 2 mentions · first at 7:14
  Attributed to HuffPost's framing of discomfort about cheering for Team USA; mocked by the host.
  Unfamiliar. It's it writes that it's quote typically for people with this cognitive dissonance to feel a weird mix of excitement and discomfort at the same time. It might feel…
• sports — Concept · Supporting topic · 3 mentions · first at 2:28
  Sports are framed as a vehicle for unity, pride, and cultural values; contrasted with politicization.
  Situation, just watching it, admiring it as an outsider, is obviously the sport has got patriotism pumping through its veins. The legacy of Herb Brooks runs strong. That's how…
• American culture — Concept · Supporting theme · 2 mentions · first at 23:32
  Invoked in discussions of national rituals (anthem, flag), sports movies, and shared identity.
  Not about right, it's not about blue, it's not about red. It's about the United States of America and what it means to be an American, to be a fighter, to have freedom in your blood.
• Dyslexia — Concept · Referenced concept (political controversy) · 3 mentions · first at 1:07:55
  Raised by Gavin Newsom as a defense for his remarks; discussed as part of the backlash narrative.
  Of President Obama or calling African nations holes, but you're going to call me racist for talking about my lifelong struggle with dyslexia. Spare me your fake outrage, Sean.…
• Sportsmanship — Concept · Supporting theme · 2 mentions · first at 25:26
  Appears in praise of Jack Hughes complimenting Canada and in criticism of Canadian post-game comments.
  And then the bad sporting of the Canadian guy after the fact who was like in hockey, you watch and you tell me who is the better team today? We were. Our boys, they beat you.

Places & events

• Olympics — Event · Core topic (event) · 11 mentions · first at 7:43
  The Olympics provide the setting for the hockey and figure skating stories and the debate about national pride.
• Winter Olympics — Event · Core topic (event) · 2 mentions · first at 53:54
  The episode centers on winter sports (hockey, figure skating) and compares U.S. performance to other nations.
  Were triumphant. They were spectacular. They were big. they were in like some really like the seminal defining events of the Winter Olympics.
• Canada — Place · Referenced opponent nation · 4 mentions · first at 12:59
  Canada is the primary opponent in the gold-medal hockey game and is criticized for reactions and other events (curling).
  They're doing the cross country up uphill. there were some interesting new offerings. All the biggest losers I think of the games were the Canadians. Not only did they lose to…
• Lake Placid Olympics — Event · Referenced historical event · 1 mention · first at 7:35
  Cited as the site of the 1980 Miracle on Ice, used as a comparison to the current win.
  Weekend, yesterday, it happened exactly 46 years after the 1980 Miracle on Ice when US men's hockey beat the Soviet Union in the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics.
• Michigan — Place · Referenced location · 2 mentions · first at 32:18
  Mentioned as Connor Hellebuyck's home state and as a place Jack Hughes moved for high school.
  Guys. I should have. And now I'm gonna be paying attention to the NHL. he's 6'4, is 207 pounds. He's a Michigan native. He was born in 1993, which I think makes him 32, about…
• Norway — Place · Referenced country · 1 mention · first at 59:03
  Cited as leading medal counts and used to explain climate/culture advantages in Winter Olympics.
  Basically won the games with the most medals and the most gold medals. this is like if you've been to Norway, it's basically winter for 11 months of the year. And it's they're…
• California — Place · Referenced location · 1 mention · first at 1:01:14
  Mentioned as Alyssa Lou's birthplace and as Gavin Newsom's governorship context.
  Celebrating her even though she's an immigrant. She's an immigrant. Okay, she's not an immigrant. She was born in California. Pretty sure that makes you an American. this whole…
• Toronto — Place · Referenced location · 2 mentions · first at 36:05
  Mentioned as a place Jack Hughes lived for several years.
  And a singer as he's playing well he's playing for the New Jersey Devils but he spent some time in Toronto as I mentioned and both parents it's not surprise all three of these…
• Boston — Place · Referenced location · 2 mentions · first at 37:09
  Mentioned via the Boston Bruins and a 'Boston shirt' in the Gaudreau photo description.
  Hockey players. The dad played for Providence in college and he was an assistant coach for the Boston Bruins and then also helped out on some Canadian team. I can't remember…
• Milan — Place · Referenced location · 1 mention · first at 43:15
  Mentioned as the destination where the Gaudreau parents traveled for the games.
  Bittersweet for them, but they showed up. it's amazing that they showed up. They flew to Milan and they sat with the other parents and they cheered these guys every step of the way.
• South Jersey — Place · Referenced location · 1 mention · first at 45:35
  Mentioned as part of the Philadelphia-area region where Johnny Gaudreau is described as a hero.
  Philadelphia area and I can tell you that Johnny Gadro is an absolute hero in the Philadelphia area in South Jersey in particular. So many kids look up to Johnny Gadro and model their game after him.
• Georgia — Place · Referenced location · 1 mention · first at 1:05:13
  Setting for Gavin Newsom's event in Atlanta discussed in the political segment.
  Want to keep going because there's a lot of news. Speaking of the lunatic left, Gavin Newsome went to an event in Georgia. It was in Atlanta, Georgia. An evening with Gavin…
• Indiana University — Place · Referenced location · 1 mention · first at 16:17
  Referenced as a site of public celebration footage after the hockey win.
  This is near Indiana University at the I think it's called the pub bar here.
• Miami University — Place · Referenced location · 1 mention · first at 16:31
  Referenced as a site of public celebration footage (Oxford, Ohio).
• Florida — Place · Referenced location · 1 mention · first at 36:02
  Mentioned as Jack Hughes' birthplace (Orlando, Florida).
  Born in 2001. OMG. 2001. He's a baby. He is a captain on the New Jersey Devils in the NHL. He was he started his life in Orlando, Florida, then spent several years in Toronto…
• Providence — Place · Referenced location · 1 mention · first at 37:04
  Mentioned as where Jack Hughes' father played college hockey.
  Surprise all three of these boys wound up in the NHL. Both parents are huge hockey players. The dad played for Providence in college and he was an assistant coach for the…
• San Francisco — Place · Referenced location · 1 mention · first at 59:58
  Mentioned as part of a claim about Alyssa Lou being 'from San Francisco' in political commentary.
  Others like her, even though we don't care. Everybody, the left is She's a liberal. She's from San Francisco. She doesn't share any of your values. You know what value I share with Alyssa Lou? She loves America.

Sponsors

• Electronic Payments Coalition — Organization · Sponsor · 2 mentions · first at 1:33
  Sponsor message warns about proposed payment-routing mandates and directs listeners to a campaign website.
  Miss a moment. Subscribe to this show on YouTube and follow me on Insta, Facebook, and X. Our sponsor, the Electronic Payments Coalition, says Washington Politicians are always…

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly. Welcome to the Megan Kelly show. What a weekend for America on the world stage. It was on full display by the gold medal winning USA men's hockey team on ice. What a game. Did you watch it? We did something we never do, which is watch television 8 a.m. on Sunday in order to make sure we saw it. And boy were we glad we did. in bars and other local across the nation. You could clearly and passionately in the voice of President Trump hear when he called them up to congratulate them. You know, you could hear his joy and his exuberance and we all felt it from the guys at the bar with the ales to the guy uh in the White House with the red phone calling them up and making sure they knew how proud we were of them. I couldn't get enough of it. It was very funny. Will Kaine of Fox News tweeted out something like, um, "My wife at 9:30 this morning, didn't know what how many periods there were in hockey

1:03 and really had absolutely no idea what was going on. By 10:00 a.m. in tears and, you know, chanting USA, same. I'm ready to sign all three of my kids up for hockey, even though they're 16, 14, and 12, and no one can skate. But it's happening. It's forget the tennis, the soccer, the basketball. Hockey, hockey parents, you were right. You were right about all of it. Don't miss a moment. Subscribe to this show on YouTube and follow me on Insta, Facebook, and X. Our sponsor, the Electronic Payments Coalition, says Washington Politicians are always getting in your wallet. And now they're messing with your credit card. They say your credit card and the security it offers are under attack. and that senators Dick Durban and Roger Marshall want to change the nation's payment system to benefit corporate mega stores like Walmart and Target at the expense of everyday Americans. Credit cards can keep your payments secure and provide

1:58 rewards that families use to help make everyday purchases more affordable. The Electronic Payments Coalition says the Durban Marshall mandates would let corporate mega stores cut corners on credit card processing, routing transactions over cheaper, untested networks with weaker security and fewer protections. Find out more at guardyoucard.com and consider telling Congress to guard yourcard. What I'm loving about the whole hockey situation, just watching it, admiring it as an outsider, is uh obviously the sport has got patriotism pumping through its veins. The legacy of Herb Brooks runs strong. That's how it felt to me. You want to wear the USA hockey jersey, you better love the USA and you better make that clear whenever someone sticks a mic in your face. These boys know because it seems like they have been socialized. They've been culturized to understand that you are expected to re to bleed red, white, and

3:02 blue. And they do they do it. It's not an affectation. I'm sure they do it because say the things and all that because they've been they've been programmed like you understand this is what is expected of you if you're going to put on the jersey which is what you should do. It's what you do with your kids. You know what I mean? You stand when the national anthem comes on. I don't care whether you're feeling it or not. Stand up. Put your hand on your heart and take off your hat now. You do it with your kids until it becomes second nature to them. And then as they get older, it becomes actual nature for them to feel the love. Same with these hockey players. You could you could just tell. And uh I love their brotherhood.

3:37 You know, it's like we'll get into some of the stories about the actual brotherhood examples on the team and you know amongst the guys and just how close they are, how much they clearly loved one another in addition to the country. It was like being around for the Miracle on Ice but a second time. No, the game odds were not as heavily stacked against us, but the love those guys had for one another felt reminiscent of what happened in 1980. Just something truly special that most of us today were either too young for or maybe not even born for and didn't get to experience except through movies like the one starred in by Kurt Russell. So it was just so uplifting to watch and then to watch their celebrations after the fact and like these gorgeous like promising young American athletes with the whole world at their fingertips their entire lives in front of them with such sacrifice to date. You know, these guys,

4:37 26 years old, they've been ska skating since they were two. And much like Alyssa Lou, their female counterpart over in the figure skating competition, counterpart only in that she also is performing miracles on ice. Um there there was just like a joy that came with that enormous amount of sacrifice and then seeing it paid off pay off. you know, bo both Alyssa Lou and the men and the women of USA hockey have spent their entire lives on skates, but without losing the joy of it. You know, Alyssa Lou, we talked on Friday, almost did.

5:10 And she quit for two years and then had that moment when she tried on skis and had so much fun even though her legs were burning and said, "You know what? If I could what if I could get here on my skates, which I'm actually kind of good at, and figured out, you know what? I can I can do it and I want to do it." And for the listening audience, here's the picture of her up on the winning podium, jumping into the air, defying gravity yet again with her skates on, both arms over the air, over the head in the air, triumphant as the second and the and the third place winners looked up admiringly at her. You know, normally it'd be like side eye, as the kids say, bombastic side eye, but it wasn't. Those girls are looking up at her like, "Wow."

5:49 And there were stories about Alyssa Lou on how she was sort of re-inventing relations behind the stage uh at the figure skating competition. Not just Alyssa, but she was part of it. Being full of camaraderie for the other skaters, loving America, of course, but like rooting on the other girls, not like refusing to look at people, but walking over, hugging people, competitors from other countries, and just sort of creating a different atmosphere of like we're in this together. Yes, we represent our representative our respective countries, but we're ice skaters. We're we're all having a similar life in that we've sacrificed it all. We didn't go to the late night parties. We didn't go to all the fun events that we could have. We didn't sleep in. We probably were homeschooled. Um because we have this extraordinary commitment to this sport.

6:42 And anyway, same for all those guys we watched yesterday. You know, the number of manh hours it took to make these gods on ice is kind of unfathomable. Now, we're going to walk you through all the insane moments, the great ones that made us cry and cheer and feel connected to one another through that TV box and the insane ones that made us laugh out loud like the Huffington Post feeling quote discomfort at all the patriotism. They're very upset that you may be experiencing cognitive dissonance between your dissonance between uh between like what you're feeling when you feel pride and looking at these guys and your hatred for America and and President Trump. Um okay, so let's go back. The big win this weekend, yesterday, it happened exactly 46 years after the 1980 Miracle on Ice when US men's hockey beat the Soviet Union in the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics.

7:47 Remember, US team is depending a little bit too much now on Jim Craig. He's making too many good saves. Ros fight 11 seconds. You've got 10 seconds. The countdown going on right now. Marorrow up to Salt. 5 seconds left in the game. You believe in miracle? Yes.

8:12 Unbelievable. H such a great story. Al Michaels who called the game kind of like part of not kind of part of American history in the way he came up with that line and used it at just the right time. That of course wasn't even the gold medal round. Uh that was the semifinals I think. Uh and we beat Finland for the gold. But the big contest was always going to be the Soviets. They had crushed everybody. They were inhuman. We were a bunch of knuckleheaded college kids at the times before we were using our pros in the Olympics. And no one thought we could do it. Even we didn't think we could do it.

8:53 Seems like only Herb Brooks thought we could do it. And as documented in the movie Miracle, he made himself the common enemy of those guys to get them to get along because they were all fighting against each other and their respective college programs and had come to like demonize one another based on the region they were from, you know, the schools that they attended. And Herb was such a prick and so hard on the team that they all turned on him which was by design. Now of course they all you know came to adore and love Herb Brooks and it's all it's all legend what he did with them. Me many documentaries about that team. The Kurt Russell movie which is not to be missed. I mean like I think that might be the number one movie I've enjoyed watching with my kids. They love it too. all those sports movies, you know, like Seab Biscuit, uh, Secretariat, Rudy, it's all in the same vein. If that

9:45 doesn't like bring up a tear, I don't know how to help you. Like that that should bring up a tear. Like a the best tier, you know, like the one that that comes from true emotion, not sadness, that comes from true like love of country and seeing the little guys triumph. Those are the things that really get you. Mike Rousion was the team captain. He scored the gamewinning goal in 1980. We interviewed him on this show in 2022 about why all these years later that incredible win still resonates.

10:18 The hockey fan was a hockey game, but for people in this country and we found out later it was, you know, we needed something to feel good about uh as a country. The hostages had been taken. Um, Soviets invaded Afghanistan, the gas lines, inflation, and along we come. Um, a bunch of, as Herb called us, lunch, pale, hardhead group of guys. But I think people related to our team. They saw where we came from. They saw our backgrounds. The, like I said to you earlier, Megan, that we we came from working-class families. What makes this country so great is the people like our parents and and what they taught us and the values and the work ethic that our team had. I think people saw that in us.

10:57 They saw that work ethic. They saw that, you know, we love America type of a hockey team. Uh, and we did. We took great pride in putting that jersey on that says USA across the front. I think people saw that and related to that. And then by winning it just just skyrocketed. You know, I can't tell you how many times people come up to me today and they'll say exactly this. I remember where I was when we won. And I go, we I I didn't know you were on the team.

11:22 But that's what people felt like. They they felt like they were a part of us. And the people were proud to wave the flag after, you know, after we won.

11:34 Yes, that is the beauty of these amazing Olympic victories is they can make you feel incredibly patriotic no matter what's happening in your country. We were in the midst of a very dark period back in 1980 and this gift to us from this group of boys would be forever remembered. And you know it's not to compare where we are today. I mean it was a very different situation back in 1980. Far worse. You idiots at Huffpo. Uh but we are divided. There's no question we're politically divided divided here in the United States. Um, and the but the so the win still feels as good. You know, the odds weren't quite as against us in this match as they were back in 1980, but it's still at bottom. American pride, power, and patriotism on full display, right? I mean, it's just like it's stunning how it makes you feel. Um, look at the goalie here. This this goalie goalie Connor Hellabuk, he was so good. This

12:44 guy collected 41 saves to help keep the game tied at one to one. They shot on him 42 times. He only let one go in, including this moment where he used the paddle of his stick, the paddle like the the the part up high to stop the puck from going in and giving Canada the win. That guy, he was like the new Jim Craig who was the the Miracle on ice goalie. just unstoppable. Just I mean there like the legs, the knees down like complete. It was he was moving like he was not a human being and just so fast. It was amazing because the US went up right away in the beginning of that match. We it was one zero almost the entire time and then at the end of the second period the Canadians popped one in, got one past uh Halabuk and it was tied up. And uh then we get to overtime and who knew what was going to happen in overtime. You only go three against three, which is unusual, I guess, for the Olympics. And uh it was sudden

13:48 death. It could have gone either way. And then 1 minute and 41 seconds into the s sudden death OT. Zack Warky. Zack Warinsky, who I'm going to get to in a minute. remember that name because he played on the team um with the guy they called Johnny Hockey, Johnny Gudro and he would come back later to play a role in honoring um Johnny's family members Johnny who died uh by killed by a drunk driver. But Zach Worinsky skis, sorry, skates with him or did. And uh this guy, he would wind up bringing out, you know, be one of the ones to bring out Johnny's kids to join the team for their photo. But Zach got the assist on the game-winning goal, which is great.

14:36 Firing a cross ice pass back to Jack Hughes, who's a household name today, but you know, relatively unknown to those of us who don't follow hockey yesterday. Uh, and Jack was the one who scored the so-called golden goal. The winner watch United States with numbers. Rock across it comes. Jeff Hughes wins it. The golden goal for the United States for the first time since the 1980 miracle. The United States takes the gold. Amazing.

15:27 Look at their pure joy at winning. Helmets went flying. The hugging. I mean, it it was less than one second for those boys to run out on the ice. They knew immediately when that puck went in. You know, for some of us not used to watching hockey, it goes so fast. You're like, "Is the puck in? What did we got a goal? Oh my god, we won." Those boys know in a less than a split second they were on the ice with the helmets off and rushing Jack and the entire team rushing onto the ice to have that moment together. It was magic for them. It was magic for all of us, all of us sane people uh in the country. Here are some of the celebrations that rang out here at home.

16:17 This is near Indiana University at the I think it's called the pub bar here. This is in Oxford, Ohio. Look at these boys hands on hearts singing.

16:31 This is at Miami University. and the free. Oh, amazing. And this great picture of Jack Hughes. This is not the most iconic. The one that's going to be the most iconic is the one of him wrapped in the flag with his teeth just front and center. But this is a great one, too. He chipped his tooth during the game. No, not his tooth. Teeth teeth during the game after he took a high stick in the face from a Canadian player. I mean, it's amazing because they wear mouthguards, but they don't they don't always protect the mouth. He was bleeding all over his mouth. You could see like his three top teeth kind of gone sliced diagonally and uh later showing it off with pride. He felt no pain. He felt absolutely no pain. He felt only the weight of gold around his neck. Hughes and other members of the team including his brother Quinn. He has a big brother Quinn who plays NHL hockey. And he's got a younger brother um who also plays NHL

17:56 hockey. He's named Luke. So, there's Luke, Jack, and Quinn Hughes. And what a dynasty the Hughes parents have produced for us Americans. Uh they're there celebrating the team, uh draping the American flag over their shoulders. This we've seen all of our athletes do after they've won medals in these games. And when the moment came to sing the national anthem on the world stage, no one phoned it in. No one grimaced. No one sat looking pained without their hand on their heart. No one took a knee. Watch.

18:59 Wow. The guys then went into the locker room to celebrate and also blast Toby Keith's courtesy of the red, white, and blue. Yeah,

19:17 let's go. We own the sport of hockey, baby. Let's go. Liberty's going to shake it and start.

19:46 That was amazing. That was so great. They all had these like light blue goggles on. I guess they've been wearing them in the Olympic Village, but that kind of made it even cooler. They're all feeling zero pain at this point. Um, chugging beers and dancing around and uh you heard the Toby Keith and also a little Aerosmith at the top there. Um, so good. like these songs, these the hockey culture just seems I'll tell you, even where we are, there's a big hockey culture. And um I have nothing but respect for these hockey parents who go like and freeze their asses off as they get their boys and their girls in training, you know, day and night, the crack of dawn, these freezing cold ice rinks where you have to layer it up, you know, four layers at least to be inside watching your kid train. And then I'll tell you what, the like um tailgate culture, notwithstanding the fact that it's 20 below with the windchill, man,

20:41 they're out there. The it's like there's something about hockey. These parents are so committed. These boys and girls are so committed. It's hardcore in in a great way. And it's almost like they work you so hard and are so unapologetic about the amount of work that's going to go into it that it toughens you up as a human. I think both the parents and the kids, there'll be no whining in hockey. That's that's what seemed clear to me from watching everyone yesterday just getting like a bird's eyee peak into the culture and having seen a bit of it at our school. Like great guys, great families who love America. They don't f around when it comes to their partying, their celebration around the sport, or the hard work that it takes to produce a champion.

21:28 And those guys yesterday are champions. When they got a call from President Donald Trump, I mean, it was honestly hard to tell who was more excited, the the guys or the sitting US president. Watch.

21:40 By the way, you go play not bad. How are you? Say hi to him. How you doing Don?

21:52 I have seen hockey goalies have slightly worse games. Unbelievable. and you were all unbelievable. You know, I tell you what, I just told my people two minutes ago, I didn't know they'd be calling. I said, "We're giving the State of the Union speech on Tuesday night. I could send a military plan or something, but if you would like to, it's the mo it's the coolest night. It's the biggest

22:20 Can you pick us up in Miami on Tuesday morning?" Tuesday morning. Go the Northern Border. We'll get the cash and we'll get the military to get you guys over.

22:32 I'll do the White House the next day. We'll just have some fun. We have medals for you guys. You're going to be proud of that game for 50 years as you grow older. I mean, it was amazing. So, we love you guys. Congratulations.

22:46 Wow. So amazing. And wasn't it so great how he barely got the question out before they said we're in. You know, not like these pussyfooted NFL players who are like, "We're not going to celebrate our victory at the White House. Oh, grow up. Give the nation a moment of unity and something to feel good about." These guys get it. They totally They These aren't all Republicans. I'm sure there are a lot of Democrats on this team. We're in. We'll be there. They know that the nation needs this, that we want to feel exactly what, you know, we're going to feel when we see the camera cut to those guys at tomorrow's State of the Union. That it's not about left, it's not about right, it's not about blue, it's not about red. It's about the United States of America and what it means to be an American, to be a fighter, to have freedom in your blood.

23:41 Like those guys, we're in. Yes, we're in. Thank you. Thank you for that. Uh, men's hockey team drinking the beers, having fun. Jack Hughes, our hero, was asked to describe how he felt. And, uh, this is this is right after they won. It was like the greatest post victory interview ever given. We were watching it live. You probably were, too. It was maybe 90 seconds total. Incredible. like for this guy to have the peace of mind to you watch and then we'll talk about it, but just to articulate exactly what we needed to hear. Um, and instead of taking any any glory for himself, well-earned, he scored the winning goal, he said this,

24:27 back the first gold medal for the United States in 46 years, and you delivered it. Can you just describe the emotions of this moment right now?

24:35 This is all this is all about our country right now. I I love the USA. I love my teammates. It's unbelievable. The US hockey brotherhood is so strong and we had so much support from ex players. I'm so proud to be American today. So proud.

24:52 This was such an incredible game to grind out. I mean, you're bleeding right through it just looking at you right now. Can you just talk about how difficult this gold medal was to win?

25:01 Unbelievable game by Halabuk. He was our best player tonight by a mile. Unbelievable game. Unreal game by our team. That's just a ballsy, gutsy win. That's American hockey right there. That's a great Canadian team, but we're USA. We're so proud to be Americans. Tonight was all for the country. Doesn't take the credit for himself. Gives it to the goalie who was incredible. Compliments the Canadians. Compliments his entire team. Uses the words ballsy and gutsy, which some might be too afraid to say. Those are great words. and spoton uh and all about the patriotism, how proud he is to be an American, how great it is for U the USA and team USA. I mean, it was like perfect. It was perfect. You can't listen and watch all of those moments and not feel something, not feel proud to be an American.

26:01 That is unless you work for the Huffington Post, in which case it's very easy, apparently. and they speak for many leftists. So, it's not just Huffpo. The outlet putting out an article with the headline and subhead, "There's a name for the discomfort you are feeling watching the Olympics right now. If waving the American flag or chanting USA turns you off, you are not alone. I kid you not. My god, how awful would it be to be one of these leftists? You You're not joyful. We we can see that in the streets of Minneapolis. You're very angry all the time. You're breaking up with family members. You're alienating friends. You're hurting your children.

26:44 You know those weird ICE activists who lecturing to their children about how bad President Trump was. And you're coming out to a protest. You You don't care about fostering joy and wellness in your children or yourself. You only care about your hate for Trump and Republicans. The the entire article here is for people who want to cheer on the US but can't because they feel too much shame. From the article, quote, you might worry, why do I want them to win when I'm angry about what the country is doing? The article interviews not one but three, count them, three therapists on how to handle the trauma.

27:22 One of the therapists gives this advo advice. quote, "You might need to turn the game off right after a big moment because it suddenly feels all too complicated to keep rooting." Another one laments, quote, "As we continue to witness national and global atrocities in real time, it can trigger feelings of guilt, despair, shame, anger." I mean, it's it's amazing. Like, I have you ever felt like guilt on behalf of your country or like shame? I don't like No, that's that's totally unfamiliar. It's it writes that it's quote typically for people with this cognitive dissonance to feel a weird mix of excitement and discomfort at the same time. It might feel like a tightening in your chest or in your stomach when you realize you're cheering and cringing simultaneously. Okay, I mean like these people are absolute loons. They I mean trigger feelings of guilt, despair and shame really like truly among whom?

28:27 Whom? Like who is feeling that? The whiplash between pride for the United States competitors and national shame for the federal government. It's common is it? I mean, like, I guess in their circles, they they say the things that are making people feel shameful are Trump's deportation agenda, how it separates families, they detained a 5-year-old, they kill unarmed civilians versus American athletes winning medals. Uh, that this is that's the whiplash that that people are going through. They say, and uh they they go on to say it it can cause this this tightness not just in your neck, but in your shoulder or your jaw areas like you can get lock jaw.

29:08 because they'll start talking like this because of the deportations versus the Olympic medals. Or maybe it's just the natural sort of leftist elitism lock jaw like and she stepped on the ball. Sure. Like he went to Harvard. Name that movie. Penelope. Uh it can cause digestive issues they say and trouble sleeping. Oh my god. This is going to be really hard. really hard for people. Uh here's the here's the thing. They say, you know, you could be feeling this not just because of what Trump is doing, but also because of how our government has actually acted in the hundreds of years since the US was formed.

29:54 You can never en enjoy any moment of of Olympic pride. You see, because of what's been going on for the past 250 years, you they almost got you there. You saw Jack Hughes with the teeth and the blood and saying all the great things and you were like slavery. You were like the Native Americans. No, it's a no. I I feel digestive issues coming on. I mean, it's really crazy. This is written by somebody named uh let's see, Monica Torres, senior reporter for Huffpo, who writes about work, life, tech, consumer, and general lifestyle topics. I'll be sure to be reading her in the future.

30:34 Um, yeah, it's waving the American flag and chanting USA that can really make you feel quote grossed out or ashamed. So, they say the solution is you can you could cheer for individual athletes, maybe especially the ones like the team USA women's hockey player Kelly Panic. um they like Kelly Panic because she's from Minneapolis and she came out to to criticize um the ICE policies. Here she is. It's obviously really heavy. Um what I'm most proud to represent is, you know, the thousands tens of thousands of people that show up on some of the coldest days of the year to stand and fight for what they believe in.

31:18 Okay, so that was Kelly before the Olympics and she was basically out there skating for the left-wing loons who were terrorizing ICE agents in her hometown. Great. She got a gold medal, too. So, good for you, Kelly. But we're we're really not we're not too happy about your messaging, and we don't really like the way you set the table for um the headsp space for those who are participating in the games. We object. We prefer Jack Hughes a lot to you, but Huffpo wants you to focus on people like Kelly Panick if you're having a difficult time cheering for the athletes. Um, boo on you, Kelly Panick.

31:56 But back to the great athletes who we are celebrating these USA men's hockey players. The the goalie, let's just start with him. Connor Hella. I didn't know confession. You know, I know nothing about sports. So, I learned all this in the past 24 hours, and now I'm ashamed. I didn't know more about these guys. I should have. And now I'm gonna be paying attention to the NHL. Uh, he's 6'4, is 207 pounds. He's a Michigan native. He was born in 1993, which I think makes him 32, about 32 years old. He stopped uh yeah, 41 of 42 shots on goal yesterday. He plays in the NHL for the Winnipeg Jets.

32:38 Uh he was he's been in the NHL since 2012 and he look at that. That's incredible. The goal the puck went behind him and he still stopped it and whacked it out from behind him before it got into the goal. He was in that little blue area in front of the goal. The the puck comes behind his body and he whips it out uh behind him. Uh in any event, so yeah, he he's been playing in the NHL since 2012 and apparently he's a badass and known to be like a brick wall. So, not a huge surprise that he did so well here, but I I think even his teammates were blown away by how effective he was.

33:14 He's married to Andrea. They have two kids together. Um, by the way, the Canadians had been averaging 5.4 goals per game in the Olympics, 5.4. Up against our guys, including Connor Halabuk in goal, just one one little baby goal. And that's why you had Jack Hughes after the fact saying our our our goalie like outplayed everybody by a mile. It was incredible. Uh and speaking of Jack Hughes, okay, who is this American darling, right? He's like an all-American boy and the million-dollar smile made all the more attractive by having lost all of his teeth and bleeding. Like it's just like it's so tough. It's so cool, right? It's like those teeth will be fixed. and he was celebrating American dentistry later. In fact, we have that. Let's listen to SAT 14.

34:07 I'm I'm lucky I'm from the best country in the world and we got great dentists there, too. So, I'm I'm lucky I'm American and they're going to fix me right up

34:14 standing there listening to the anthem. What's going through your head? Just so proud. I'm so proud to be American. I'm so proud of this group. I'm so happy that we could win. You know, we have so many ex players, ex Olympians. All the guys we looked up to reached out to us. We got their notes on the wall in the locker room and they sent some unbelievable messages. Stuff that, you know, puts tears in your eyes honestly because it means so much to them. It means so much to us and the next batch of kids in the next 20 years.

34:43 It's going to mean so much to them. So that's why we do this. USA brother hockey brotherhood is so strong. We're so proud that we could do it for them. We're so proud we could do it for everyone back home.

34:56 I mean, just spot on with humor about the dentistry. By the way, he was talking about the ex players, rooting them on. Michael Rousion, we mentioned before, he wasn't the only one, but he was there in the aftermath of the celebration in this great video posted on social media on um Team USA's Dylan Larkin's shoulders. Watch this. 17

35:20 USA. Okay, they're feeling no pain. Even Dylan Larkin, who's clearly carrying a slightly larger Mike Rouion than he was during during his uh hockey days, his the peak of his hockey days, and no one no one uh doing anything other than treasuring the moment. So, back to Jack. Um I mentioned he's got a brother. Okay, so wait, wait. He was um Okay, he was born in 2001. OMG. 2001. He's a baby. He is uh a captain on the New Jersey Devils in the NHL. He was he started his life in Orlando, Florida, then spent several years in Toronto, then moved to Michigan for high school. His older brother Quinn was drafted seventh overall in 2018 into the NHL by Vancouver. His younger brother Luke was drafted fourth overall by the New Jersey Devils in 2021. And that older brother Quinn was on the team, too. There they are with the flag draped around them celebrating. And but Jack has been known to be a huge star.

36:34 Everybody understood that he was incredible and that he could easily I think he went first uh in the draft. So, he has clearly got some special gifts. Now he is dating he's dating a Canadian singer reportedly not confirmed by the name of Tate McCrae who's an influencer and a singer as he's playing um well he's playing for the New Jersey Devils but he spent some time in Toronto as I mentioned and both parents it's not surprise all three of these boys wound up in the NHL. Both parents are huge hockey players. The dad played for Providence uh in college and he was an assistant coach for the Boston Bruins and then also helped out on some Canadian team. I can't remember the name of it. The mom was on the 1992 women's national team here in America and won silver at the 1992 World Championships.

37:26 So, they're both incredibly into hockey. It's so great. This is a salt of the earth American family. you know, you don't make tons of dough working in coaching positions. Here's Jack being carried through the Olympic Village by his teammates. Um, but they just love the sport. I mean, they they they're all about the hockey like so many of these teams that we've watched, you know, so many of these families that we've come to love. And uh this boy was destined for this moment. And he said before the games, my goal, my my dream would be to score the golden goal, which is the one the game winner.

38:00 That's he said that was his dream. And sure enough, guys, he did it. I mean, a dream come true for Jack Hughes and all of our guys. And then there was the tribute to Johnny Goodro. Okay, just just when you didn't think these guys could give you any more emotional moments, they did. Because not only are these tough as nails hockey players who can smile through broken teeth and bloody faces, a a stick to the mouth, I mean, think about it. Like we're just kind of passing him. Like imagine people if you got if somebody came up to you on the street and slammed you in the face with a hockey stick. I I would be I'd be in the hospital for a month. Half for the physical recovery and the other half for the emotional. Th This guy went on to skate and score the game-winning goal and smiled through the whole thing and just expressed his gratitude. Okay. But these guys not only are tough as nails and you see them

38:55 knocking each other around on the ice like not afraid of physicality or fights or any of that stuff, but they have a heart. They're gentle actually underneath all that toughness. And when the game was over, well, let me go back. um one of the guys who was in the NHL and they all know each other. These guys, a lot of them went to high school together and then trained in our sort of prep league for the NHL uh and then wind up playing on different teams with each other. So, it's a it's a tight-knit community. But back in 2024, uh Johnny Goodro died in August of 2024, and he was very much expected to make it on this team.

39:37 And in fact, the coach of this team wound up telling his parents he was he was going to draft Johnny, who's here in the in the Boston shirt on the right with his brother um shown there, Maddie or Matthew. Um so he he was going to make this team. He was destined for this team and the guys knew it. And the reason Johnny is not on this team is because in August of 2024, he and his brother Maddie were home for their sister's wedding. and they were riding their bikes and both were struck and killed by the same allegedly drunk driver.

40:16 Um, Johnny was 31, Maddie was 29. Both of them had wives who were pregnant at the time they were killed. It's just absolutely devastating. It was the day before their sister's wedding that they were killed. They were riding their bikes on the right sort of shoulder of the road. There were two cars coming their way and a third by the defendant in this case uh driver Shawn Higgins. And Shawn Higgins allegedly thought the two cars in front of him were going too slow. And when the two cars got to the two bikers and did what we all do when we hit bikers on the not hit but come up to bikers on the road. They they went a little bit more towards the left towards the middle lane, you know, the the dividing lane.

41:05 Um to to give the biker room so that you don't hit the biker when you go around him. This guy Sean Higgins allegedly saw an opportunity to get past them. So he tried to pass them on the right and ran over Johnny and Maddie. Two incredibly wonderful by all accounts young men just there to celebrate their sister's wedding. Uh and killed them both and then also left the scene of the accident say police. They alleged that he blew a 087 there's a 08 limit uh on blood alcohol content. He admitted to having supposedly five or six beers. And as you well know in that situation, if you're going to admit to five or six, you probably had well more. He'd been drinking all day.

41:56 And um now he's charged, he's 44, with aggravated manslaughter, with reckless vehicular homicide, and with leaving the scene of an accident. And uh has it's been going through motion practice. His defense attorneys tried to uh exclude his admission to the cops about the beers and the judge said no, that's staying in. They said he wasn't read his Miranda rights and therefore it should come out. The judge said it's staying in. They tried to uh immediately appeal it. The the court said no. There's they don't favor those peace meal appeals.

42:27 You got to like let the whole thing play out. Then you can file your big appeal when you lose, which you likely will. And those two guys senselessly were taken while they had young wives. They had young children. Um Jane and Guy, their parents were at the games to watch this team. And you could tell who they were immediately when they showed a shot of the crowd because they clapped and they stood for every big moment, but they had a tough time smiling. Oh, how how could it be any other way? Could see that they looked pained. You know, it was bittersweet for them, but they showed up. I mean, it's amazing that they showed up. They flew to Milan and they sat with the other parents and they cheered these guys every step of the way.

43:24 Meredith was married to Johnny. Meline was married to Maddie. Meredith and Johnny had two kids, Noah, a girl, and Johnny Jr., she was pregnant with another boy, baby Carter, when he was killed. Meline, who was married to Maddie, was also pregnant. She gave birth to their first child after Maddie was killed, a little boy named Trip. She could barely get through an interview I saw of her on Good Morning America saying it was really Maddie who wanted kids so badly, like he was just dying to be a dad. And both of the moms talking about taking the kids to the hockey rink and Maddie to or Meline talking about how it's it's tough for her to take the little baby there because it was Mattiey's dream to take him, you know, to have a boy to take him to the hockey rink and bring him up in their family tradition of teaching his son how to play. Now these two young beautiful moms widowed far too young raising these kids

44:25 on their own. And these men of USA hockey did not forget Johnny Hockey or Johnny Gdro who was going to make the team. They have been traveling with his jersey number 13 throughout the Olympic Games hanging in the locker room. And then after they won, they took his jersey, these two guys, including the one I mentioned who got the assist and skated uh Zack Warky, who was also a Blue Jacket. um just like Johnny was and skated out on the ice holding Johnny's son, Johnny Junior, and little Noah, his girl, uh for the for the photo with the um with the rest of the team. Watch.

45:14 And there they are paying homage to the late Johnny Goodro. And there's Mr. and Mrs. Goodro. Johnny meant so much to a lot of these guys on this team. And I live in the Philadelphia area and I can tell you that Johnny Gadro is an absolute hero in the Philadelphia area in South Jersey in particular. So many kids look look up to Johnny Gadro and model their game after him. What a moment. really incredible and bringing the two kids out there. It was so sweet, too. These hockey players, it's like the being on ice is like being on land to them. They there's no chance of like falling because they took little Noah and they took little Johnny who are just I think three and two respectively and just sk like of course the moms handed them over and there they are skating in all their gear across the ice like plopping down. They they make it look so easy, you know? It's just like our figure skaters. They make it look like

46:18 you could do it, don't they? like you could actually do it. Uh, and the kids smiled for the camera and what a moment. So, they're these are sentimental, tough guys, which is tough to resist, right? And there are boys and they made us proud and I cannot wait to see them tomorrow night at the State of the Union. I really hope Jack has not gotten his teeth fixed yet, or at least a prosthetic by then, because there's something very charming about his face the way it is right now. Uh, and it I think they're going to be treasured forever just in the same way the Miracle and Ice guys are. Speaking of Alyssa Lou, she gave an interview to 60 Minutes and boy oh boy, what an example she is to young people worldwide. The ones who want to obsess over this disorder or that disorder and run to their safe spaces because they can't take tough conversations because there's too much trauma or want you to lecture you about

47:17 their generational trauma if there's nothing wrong with their own life. Uh Alyssa Louu sees things very differently. Listen to her. This is actually an interview she gave in January of 2026 in ST 21.

47:30 Her attachment to her coaches can be literal. This harness and what looks like a fishing pole help reel her in before she falls.

47:41 But eventually they have to let her go. No. No. This is what it takes to become a champion.

47:52 Constant pounding. I'm so tired. In pursuit of perfection. One more. I saw that when you were training and they're like, "Okay, that's good." And you're like, "One more. One more.

48:03 You don't need somebody pushing you. You know, I have my own like determination. My determination's like up there.

48:10 You're pretty scrappy. I love struggling actually. You do? It makes me feel alive.

48:18 I love struggling. It makes me feel alive. I love that so much. And I can relate to that personally. And that is the message that her generation needs to hear. That's what produces this, the gold medal performance at the Olympic Games. That's what differentiates Alyssa Lou from everyone else, virtually everyone else. That's what allows her to go out there and say, "Now it's my turn to shine. I did the struggle. I embraced it. It made me who I am today, and I can go out there and skate with abandon." Because through all that struggle, I became a superhero.

49:00 I'm a superhero on skates and I want only the chance to show you how. Let me exhibit for you. Let let me prove it to you. And I have the confidence to know I can because I did do the extra jumps and the falls and didn't run to the safe spaces and didn't cry. Poor me. And though I'm human, I had a struggle where I left the sport for two years because it was too much and it was on someone else's terms. I came back and reinvented myself on my own. That's what makes a champion. Not done. Got a couple more to go through. Quick break and we'll do it.

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50:59 We're all celebrating and cheering for her. But it was very interesting. I mean, part of what we talked about this on Friday made her so special was her style. You know, she's she skated with abandon. She had fun. She wasn't all square edges. you know, she she looked and felt different than any any other skater that we're used to seeing. And it was very obvious like if you compared her to the woman from South Korea who got the silver medal, who skated beautifully. She wasn't quite as perfect as Alyssa. So, she came in second. But on any other night, I this person probably could have won gold, too, cuz she was spectacular. But the style was much more, I thought, in the traditional female ice skating vein. Her name is uh Corey Sakamoto. Here's just a bit of how she looked the other night in her uh freestyle skate performance. Sat 22.

52:05 Yeah. Heat. Yeah. Heat. She was wonderful. The third place finisher was wonderful. But there was something about Alyssa that just had the world on its heels. It she just it it was like a party that we were invited to. And I really think this could be the beginning of something for women's figure skating. you know, this could really inspire young girls to get into this sport in a way the more pristine traditional performances have not. Um, she made it look fun. And you know, you're thinking about like a b break your back and your bones and falling on the ice all day long in the freezing cold arenas while you practice. Like it doesn't sound all that great, but you look at Alyssa Lou and you think maybe it is. Maybe if I could have fun with it. Maybe like skating across the ice like it looks like flying. If I can do that while joyful, while skating to music of my choosing and not just the traditional Andrea Belli, whatever, you

53:36 know, Arya's, that would be amazing. And it reminded me, this is the first time we've won this medal uh with the women's uh gold since Sarah Hughes 20 plus years ago. I think it was 2002, Sarah won. It actually got me going down the rabbit hole. Yeah, it was the 2002 Winter Olympics that Sarah Hughes won. She was there. she was sitting in the audience watching and so I vaguely recalled that uh it was a big deal when she won and we pulled a little bit of it and it's just it's so interesting to watch the skate back then we've changed a lot some things are the same but look at this s 23 yes landings that is huge that gorgeous most difficult in this program. Triple lights.

54:45 Triple flip. Triple down. Triple. That was amazing. She was only 16 years old in that performance. I for one miss the Scott Hamilton commentary. I miss his exciting endings to the way he says the moves. He really like had a way of making it more exciting. Um, and I I he was there. There were pictures of of him at the game, but I don't think he was the commentator uh when Alyssa won. But look at Alyssa's. Just a a reminder how she skated versus how Sarah skated. How the number two CORI skated. Watch.

55:46 Heat. Heat. N. She flare heard around the world. Has Alyssa Lou just ended America's medal drought in the women's competition?

56:33 What I'm talking about. She swear is what we're all talking about going crazy hugging her coaches. And you can see the difference, can't you? Like there is just something. She skated with abandon. So I feel so uplifted by it. I mean like who sk who skates to Donna Summer? Yes. That's that's the way to do it. Pick some 70s anthem and wear a gold spangly outfit and go to town. Anyway, I think this Olympics was great. It was great for Team USA, for young girls who are considering figure skating or hockey, for young boys who are considering hockey in particular. But yeah, all of it, you know, skiing and beyond, all the like the crazy jumps that these guys were doing, that new sport where they're they're doing the cross country up uphill. Um, there were some interesting new offerings. All the I mean, the biggest losers I think of the games were the Canadians. Not only did they lose to our teams in the finals of men's and

57:40 women's hockey, which is incredibly important to the Canadians, but all the cheating and curling, and I don't care what the end result was, they they cheated. We all saw it. We saw you, sir. And uh we're going to look at them as cheaters from now on. Sorry, but we are. And then the bad sporting of the the Canadian guy after the fact who was like in hockey, you know, you you watch and you tell me who is the better team today? We were. Our boys, they beat you. How can you say you were better when you lost? That's not how that works. you you may have had overall stronger skating or better I don't know attempts at scoring, but like when it came to actual scoring and actual defending, we were better.

58:26 The the scoreboard doesn't lie. Now they're bitching and moaning about the fact that in sudden death overtime it's threeon-ree. Well, that's not really skating. Not not the Canadians in particular on the team, but those who are their big supporters. And I don't know anything about hockey, but all the guys on our side are saying you were fine with it when you advanced thanks to the sudden death overtime in your earlier rounds. Canada, you won in sudden death overtime in the semifinal, I guess. So like, is it only a problem now that you're on the losing end of it?

58:57 Because these are the rules. Uh, so in any event, they were the big losers and the United States of America were the big winners. And Norway, too. Norway basically won the games with the most medals and the most gold medals. I mean, this is like if you've been to Norway, it's basically winter for 11 months of the year. And it's they're very outdoorsy. They're very sporty. They feel no cold. Nobody wears a jacket anywhere. So, this is kind of their thing. We do better at the summer Olympics. But, we crushed. We did so well. And I think what was so great about about our wins was it just it they were triumphant. They were they were spectacular. They were big. they were in like some really like the seminal defining events of the Winter Olympics.

59:40 So, and we needed it. We needed it. Notwithstanding what Huff Post says, we needed the chance to throw our arms around each other and celebrate America. And by the way, something else I've noticed is everyone is celebrating these hockey players and Alyssa Lou and others like her, even though we don't care. Everybody, the left is like, "She's a liberal. She's from San Francisco. She doesn't share any of your values." You know what value I share with Alyssa Lou? She loves America. That's enough. I normal people don't actually ask themselves at all what the politics are of the athletes performing for their country in the Olympic Games.

1:00:16 Only these journalists who stuck the mics in the faces of some of these young athletes and tried to get them to opine really cared and caused controversy for those athletes that they didn't that they didn't want that they weren't courting. and some of them were too immature to know to get out of bounds instead of to answer the question. Um, I think it really did cost Amber Glenn, the ice skater, who was favored. She wound up coming in 13th, nowhere near Alyssa. Um, I think it wound up costing Hunter Hess, who wound up 10th.

1:00:48 Uh, Amber had to delete her social media. You know, Hunter Hess, uh, even Goo was a different story. She wasn't ripping on America. She just was American and then chose to skate for the Chinese. Ski. Keep doing that. Ski for the Chinese because they threw money at her unlike Alyssa who could have had those same opportunities and said no. Oh, hell no. And now the left too on Alyssa Lou. They're like, "Oh, they're so hypocritical. They're they're celebrating her even though she's an immigrant. She's an immigrant." Okay, she's not an immigrant. She was born in California. Pretty sure that makes you an American. this whole Supreme Court case saying that if you were born in the United States, you're an American. Um, going up right now on birthright citizenship, but her dad was an immigrant. Her dad came over here from China. So, I guess we're supposed to not root for Alyssa Louu. The left says,

1:01:36 "Oh, if you don't want immigrants coming across the border with abandon with with absolutely no restrictions, it's hypocritical to root for the daughter of an immigrant." This is so effed up crazy leftist logic. Here is he's a leftist too. This guy Pablo Tore. He goes on Morning Joe and take a listen to how the exchange went here in Saw 20.

1:01:57 But finally we get to the Olympics and in the Olympics look the thing I marvel at not only is the way that oh wait a minute maybe there's the possibility of a global village in some capacity still when I watch these games. Maybe there's the capacity for us to celebrate American dominance in a way that feels genuine as opposed to, you know, uh, a series of lies to prop up a certain administration. How hilarious, uh, that, uh, the sort of MAGA online MAGA world.

1:02:25 Mhm. We're celebrating uh, Alyssa Lou's gold medal without a hint of any irony. celebrating the immigrant uh right who right who who who who they were celebrating as an American you know USA which of course that's that's basically proving the point that we've been making all along that Ronald Reagan made in his final speech to America that we are strengthened by immigrants

1:02:57 uh yes they you know that the celebrating this hold we're supposed to hate hate this. But we can't hate it because USA.

1:03:09 This is unbelievable. Alyssa Lou is American. Okay. She's American. And of all the people protesting Joe Biden's four years of an open border, I don't hear anyone saying, "And all the immigration we've ever had was wrong." I mean, we just played a soundbite last week of Hillary Clinton on camera saying it it went too far under Joe Biden. There were not enough limits. And and remember, we mocked her for remaining silent while it was happening. That's what Americans are upset about. We most Americans, including those on the right, have never been opposed to all immigration, no matter what. Especially preceding the Joe Biden years. It's because of what he did that most of us sane Americans are saying, "Now we need the brakes on."

1:03:56 Sorry, we went too far. We can't support all of these illegal illegal immigrants who rushed the country. They have no right to be here. They're trying to change our culture. They need to go home. This is such a straw man misrepresentation of how conservatives actually feel. But what else would you expect from that crew on Morning Joe? In any event, suck it because the rest of us are super happy. We're thrilled at the big wins and we are celebrating our athletes irrespective of politics. The only ones who got blowback were the ones who chose to shove their politics down our throats when they suggested it was tough for them to root for the country whose flag they had on their uniform.

1:04:37 That's a hard no. So hopefully they've learned and the next time they will go out there and say, "I'm here representing the country and I'm not a politician. I'm an athlete. I'm going to stay in my lane." That's it. That's all you have to do. Um, in a perfect world, you will be like Jack Hughes and then we will really celebrate you. That's how you get how you get yourself on the cover of a cereal box or representing a soda or a sneaker or an ice hockey skate. Uh, celebrations of Team USA. God bless them. We're proud of them. Okay, I want to keep going because there's a lot of news. Speaking of the lunatic left, Gavin Newsome uh went to an event in Georgia. It was in Atlanta, Georgia. An evening with Gavin Newsome and he was promoting his new memoir, Young Men in a Hurry. This is the one where he tries to claim he was poor and he grew up eating mac and cheese and like the son of a single mom

1:05:32 even though there are whole articles of him like spreads of the young and rich and he's hanging out with the Gettys and he they gave him I think millions of dollars over the years. They helped paid for his wedding and the like he's basically a Getty by adoption but he wants you to believe that he's hard scrabble. He had it really tough. Well boy did he step in it. The interview was conducted by the mayor down there, Andrew Dickens, who is black. And the crowd was largely black, but also mixed. Wasn't all black. It was just mostly black. And um the following exchange happened that Gavin Newsome is desperately trying to clean up from right now. Watch.

1:06:08 I'm not trying to impress you. I'm just trying to impress upon you. I'm like you. I'm no better than you. You know, I'm a 960 SAT guy and you know, and I'm not trying to offend anyone, you know, trying to act all there if you got 940, but literally a 960 SAT guy. I I cannot You You've never seen me read a speech because I cannot read a speech.

1:06:43 Unbelievable. I mean, very obvious in its racism, sitting in front of a predominantly black audience saying, "I'm like you. I can't read." And I got a 960 on the SAT. What the f? That's what it's like to relate to black people. You're dumb. You You bomb tests and you cannot read. That is unbelievable. That's actually what he said. Like, you kind of can't believe it until you hear it outright. Well, this is making the rounds everywhere on X today. Not in the mainstream legacy press, of course, because he's their golden boy. They have to preserve him going into 2028. But because this is going everywhere, um, including Sean Hannity tweeted it out saying, "Gavin Newsome thinks a 960 SAT makes him like black Americans. Let that sink in." here. Nuome reposts it and responds to it today in with the following caption. You didn't give a about the president of the United States of America posting an ape video

1:07:50 of President Obama or calling African nations holes, but you're going to call me racist for talking about my lifelong struggle with dyslexia. Spare me your fake outrage, Sean. Now you know he's on his heels when he's talking like that. He's a bit unhinged. He's scrambling because he knows it's bad and he's a Democrat and he absolutely needs every single last black voter he can get. Here's Nicki Minaj who as you know is uh I think newly Republican is fair to say although I don't know for sure if she's been voting Republican but certainly a Trump fan and newly outed herself. This is what she says. She posted on X quote his way of bonding with black people is to tell them how stupid he is and that he can't read. This means my first read on him was correct. He's been handed so many things and put in high positions he never earned or deserved. Do you want to know the craziest part of this footage

1:08:46 that will haunt him forever? She writes, "He's literally slowing his speech down and talking in a sporadic cadence. He's not just telling them that they're all probably stupid and probably can't read. He's literally slowing down his speech to make them understand the words that are coming out of his mouth as if they're children. That means he really believes they're slow. He's not just saying it. He didn't misspeak. He believes it. Do you love it? Do you just love it, black people? And that is why you have the Gavin Newsome dissembling response to Shawn because he's scared.

1:09:24 And while he is now sort of being like, "What do you mean? I'm just talking about my dyslexia. There's nothing controversial about this." He is sharing lots of clips from that event. Guess which one he's not sharing? Yeah, you guessed it. He's not he that he knows what he did and he's scared because he said what he really means. That black people are dumb. They can't score well on the SAT and they cannot read. He tried to soften it by saying, "I'm like that, too." But just like the presumption, can you imagine? Seriously, like imagine like I I don't know. like Jason Whitlock sitting there listening to this. Imagine Thomas and Soul Thomas Soul in the audience, you know, like any of these like black intellectuals, right? Like sitting there like, "Wait, what?" Imagine Shelby and Eli Steel sitting there. What? Like you're you're like me because you're dumb because you can't read. Go yourself. I mean,

1:10:26 it's unbelievably offensive. And that business about Sean, you didn't call out the president on his racist tweet, you know um the president of the United States posting an ape video of President Obama. Okay, we addressed that on this show on on AM update. That's that's not what happened. The president tweeted out a video um speaking of election irregularities and election fraud. And what had happened with that video was it autoplayed into a video that did depict the Obamas as apes and other Democrats as animals and Trump as king of the jungle like the lion. And there's no question pro uh portraying uh any black person, the Obamas or anybody else as an ape is racist. I'm sorry. It just you can't you just can't do it. There's a history. You don't. Everybody knows that. Whoever made that video definitely did a racist thing. But what happened with Trump was whoever posted his election integrity

1:11:26 video didn't realize that the autoplay had been stuck on the tail end of it. Just a couple seconds of it showing that. So they were clearly posting the election video and didn't clip it and didn't realize it needed to be clipped 3 seconds earlier. So it was a mistake. That's what the president did. He tweeted out a mistake. So, they want to pretend that this is President Trump saying Barack and Michelle are just like apes. That's a lie. I don't defend the actual video at all, but I do defend the president on the attack that he's a racist because of this. It's very clear what happened, and they know it. They just saw an opportunity to use it against him. Um, in any event, it's Gavin Newsome lying again and trying to make himself sound like relatable, you know, uh, I was poor. No, you weren't.

1:12:15 I'm dumb. Well, that that one may be true. I don't know. He actually doesn't seem like dumb to me. A lot of people don't take tests. Well, and I believe him that he did have dyslexia, but it was completely ridiculous to to use that as a way of bonding with a group of black audience members. I mean, completely inappropriate and telling, very telling. Um, another person dissembling is potentially a presidential candidate on team Dem and that's AOC. We talked a bit last week about her snafuss in her foray into foreign policy. She's made an absolute buffoon of herself, right? First, she stuttered and stumbled and couldn't spit it out when she was asked about what our policy toward China should be if they invade Taiwan. I mean, literally just uh uh uh uh uh I mean, it was so embarrassing. I had secondhand embarrassment for her. Well, and and to the point where she had to run to the New York Times and try to like get a

1:13:16 rehab, and they tried to do it, but nobody was accepting it. But she was getting hit on the left and the right for that abominable performance. And now over the weekend, even though she's got a cold and she's lost much of her voice, she took to social media to try to rip on the people who are ripping her. And listen to her new defense. Watch. If you think that I don't understand foreign policy because out of hours of discourse about international affairs, I paused to think about one of the most sensitive geopolitical issues that currently exist on Earth. I'm afraid the issue is not my understanding, but rather the problem is perhaps you've gotten adjusted to a president that never thinks before he speaks.

1:14:07 Okay. I don't know who was snoring in the background, her dog or whomever. But that that should have been edited out. In any event, it's amazing to me that now she wants to say you you don't you don't seem to understand. If you don't if you if you think I didn't understand, it's really that you don't understand because really Trump can't understand. That's her logic. And then wait there's more because over the weekend she got into a Twitter fight with somebody who was pointing out like you sound a lot more like the the cocktail waitress that you are and not so much like a member of Congress and she took umbrage at that saying like if you don't know whatever I being a cocktail waitress is something that I'm really proud of. She was responding to Senator John Kennedy who mockingly compared her um to former Vice President Harris after her comments and said "Uh my message to her is this."

1:15:05 Stand by and follow follow uh you go girl, you just keep it up. And apparently he raised uh her bartending experience saying the congresswoman is kind of like Vice President Kla Harris but with more bartending experience. and she responded saying, "My having been a waitress makes me 10,000 times more qualified to govern on behalf of working people than whatever lifelong politician nonsense you've swung from your whole career. Why should working people vote for you if this is what you think of them?" Now, I tweeted this out and I stand by it here. Many people have cocktail waitress, including yours truly. If you then parlay that into a career as a US congresswoman, it becomes part of a wonderful origin story for you that you can be proud of and that the American people will celebrate. If in fact you prove that you are up to the job if instead you go out and open your mouth and prove that you are a no

1:15:56 nothing ignoramis, we look at you and we want a margarita. That's what happens. Instead of thinking, oh, this is a great American success story. local girl makes good cocktail waitress becomes US congresswoman and potential presidential candidate ready for the world stage. We think um I'd like it slightly skinny and spicy and with a little salt. That's what we think. Sandy. Okay. So, the only reason anybody is looking down on your cocktail waitressing or bringing it up or your bartending in a negative way is because you are acting more like a cocktail waitress than a US congresswoman. I cocktail waitressed long time when I was in college. It was at a bar called Harry's in Syracuse, New York. It was a total dive bar. It was the 1990s when it was filled rimto- rim with smokers. I'd go home every night wreaking of cigarette smoke, which I never did. I never smoked. And I'd have to shower every night. It was it was

1:16:53 interesting work, let me tell you. And it was hard work. Uh and I worked my tail off because I needed money because I didn't have entire parental support. My mom was using my dad's life insurance policy so that I could go there. So, I did help put myself through school and I put myself entirely through law school and I did it in large part through teaching aerobics and waitress waitressing cocktail waitressing and later waiting tables. That doesn't make me get offended when anybody brings it up. If somebody were to say to me now like, "Oh, get me a margarita." I would laugh. We'd all laugh because there's no question that I have two brain cells to rub together in between my two ears and therefore I'm not insecure on this front. you, however, you're insecure because you know you're dumb. You know you haven't studied, right? She's not completely stupid. It's just she's ignorant. She hasn't put in

1:17:44 the time. She's too busy looking at herself on social media to actually do the homework it takes to be a serious person in Washington. And I don't blame you. A lot of these stuff are stuff is very dry. Can be very boring. That's why not everybody wants to be president. But you are clearly getting closer to throwing your hat in the ring. And notwithstanding three months of study and training for this international event, as the New York Times reported or Politico reported, you failed. It was a complete face plant. You know it. And you've been scrambling ever since. I'm sorry. I I can't help you, but I can stand by and watch you because it's been highly amusing. Okay, let's keep going.

1:18:24 Um, there is the State of the Union. Tomorrow night, President Trump will take to the elector uh in the well of the US capital and probably say the state of our union is strong or he'll say it's amazing. It's unbelievable. Um spectacular. And I don't know who's going to be there because the Democrats have apparently learned that they made fools of themselves last year. Remember with the little placards? false lie. Remember how ridiculous they were? We laughed and laughed. Remember how they didn't stand for little Daniel, the aspiring police officer? Um how they didn't stand for the cancer victims?

1:19:10 They didn't stand for Lake and Riley's family. Nobody. Nobody was sympathetic enough to make the Democrats stand and clap a little. Nope. they weren't going to do it no matter how heartless and disgusting they looked. Well, this year they've realized that their little placards sucked. And I guess what happened according to the National Review, they they wrote an article about this about um what happened after last year was the the normie Democrats were so humiliated by the like far-left progressive Democrats who brought those little placards to the State of the Union that there was blowback against them. Like, what are you doing? You're making us all look stupid. And then like the Democrats out in the wild got mad at the establishment Dems for yelling at the progressive Dems. Like, at least they're doing something. Oh, their little lie placard. Okay, that's if that's doing something. Okay. And so then the normie

1:20:04 Democrats got worried that they look like they were too weak. And so I guess this year a bunch of them are going to skip, at least the progressives may skip. AOC is going to skip reportedly the State of the Union. And they're going to hold their own State of the Union like gathering hosted by Joy Reid. Okay, sure. I love it. This is going to send just the right message about where your party is and who it sees as its leaders. a woman who absolutely hates whites, who is too extreme even for MSNBC, who first came to fame by faking a blog hacking to cover up her uh trans phobic, no homophobic and um other bigoted posts. Remember her lies about how she got hacked? It was a lie. Then she had to say the FBI was investigating, which was another lie. And she got away with that lie because she's a leftist black woman and they'll let you get away with anything if you're a black woman as a Democrat.

1:21:05 So that's who's going to be hosting I guess their anti-state of the union. And guess who they're having do their official response. You know how the party out of power always has a response. It's unbelievable. They went like there are some people who've got some charisma but I guess the problem for them is they can't go with like an AOC. She's not even showing up and she just embarrassed herself on the world stage. You can't go with Gavin Newsome because he just insulted black people by telling them basically they're all dumb and can't read. You can't go um with Wes Moore of Maryland because even though he was the rising star in the Democrat party about six months ago, he's been caught in more origin story lies um than what was the name of that guy who wrote a million little pieces, James Fry. like he this guy everything he said about his backstory appears to have been a lie about his father having to flee the

1:21:59 racist south and move to Jamaica to avoid I don't know like Jim Crow turned out to be all lies and like documented um his own story about his bronze star having been awarded one he wasn't that was a lie there are many more stories that he's told about his origins that turned out to be lies and um his his like poor upbringing in Baltimore. No, not true. He had money. He had advantages. These are lies, too. And so, they can't go with Wes Moore. So, guess who they went for? They went with Abigail Spamber. Abigail Spamber. Like the the one like she looks like she has no pigment. I mean, I realize I'm very pasty, too, so I'm in a glass house, but she has even less pigment than I do. There is no pigment in Abigail Spamber's face. Look at it tomorrow night. It's like completely white as a sheet. There's no like put on some colored lips at least like a little pigment, a little like pink, a little red, a little, you know,

1:22:58 whatever, brown, something to make us see that there are lips. And maybe try a personality. All I can think of when I hear the name Abigail Spamber is Winom Sears. Abigail. Abigail. Abigail. Say something. Abigail on the the trans policies in Virginia. I guess they think she's great. She's the future of the party because she managed to get elected in Virginia and take Governor Yncan's seat even though she's protrans agenda in schools just by dodging. She set the new way forward by dodging. Dodge and she's already turning Virginia I mean deep blue. So, okay, let's see how that goes. As you guys know, this is a curse job. Very few have done it well.

1:23:42 Sarah Huckabe Sanders is like one of the only ones, but last year it went very poorly or two years ago for Katie Britt. Remember that? That was awful. Um, Marco Rubio with the water. This is just It's kind of where careers go to die. So, we'll see how Abigail Abigail does tomorrow night. I do not have high hopes. And now, I guess there's also going to be all these protests of the State of the Union. You know, maybe it's going to be the Joy Reed event. Maybe it's going to be like all over the place. I'm not sure. Maybe it's going to be at an AOC event, but the Democrats are getting these the frog brigades ready. Okay, I've got to find this cuz I I've got to show you. Um it's like first of all, I thought the frog I've been reliably told that the frog is like a white supremacist symbol. So, I don't know why they're going for these frogs as their like little spokespeople, these people who are trying to boycott the

1:24:39 State of the Union, but they are. and they um have got these I don't know who else is Hakee Jeff. Oh yeah, he told reporters that it was his impresent intention to be at the State of the Union, but he might skip too. There are others and um Okay, I'm looking at it here. Held on the National Mall, members of the House and the Senate who are boycotting. It's also going to be uh senators Adam Schiff, Chris Murphy, Tina Smith of Minnesota, Chris Van Galand of Maryland. So, he made it out to to go have a cocktail with someone at Secot in Venezuela, but he's not going to be able to make it to the State of the Union.

1:25:21 And this State of the Swamp, which will be live streamed from 7 to 11:00 uh at the National Press Club, this is going to be hosted by defiance.org, an anti-Trump organization, and by the Portland Frog Brigade. This is a protest group that shows up to protests in inflatable frog costumes. Feast your eyes on this.

1:25:54 wondering in my He's pulling his wheelie suitcase and he's skipping. Portland Frog Brigade is going on a special mission. Let's just say this is going to be one for the history books. So, they've chosen uh an alleged symbol of white supremacy as their mascot to go boycott the State of the Union by the president. Can I just say this is like another new low? Look at these ridiculous things. This is how they're going to stand up and fight. This is better than the placards, is it? But it's it's another new low because as divided as we've been in the past, everyone shows up at the State of the Union. Like you don't boycott. It's another one of those events that the American people expect to see all of their lawmakers present for, good, bad, or ugly. in support or not. And this has been coming for a while. You know, remember when Nancy Pelosi ripped up President Trump's speech right after he finished it? Um, and now

1:27:00 Barack Obama chastising the Supreme Court within like 10 ft of them to their faces. Now, is President Trump going to do that tomorrow night when the Supreme Court that just ruled against him on tariffs is sitting there? Members of it, he might. But you just remember to yourself, it's not going to make it right. Barack Obama was the one who first crossed that bridge. He was the one who upended that norm. And now the Democrats are upending yet another by not showing. I mean, several US senators not going to show up to the event, holding their own event with the frog, the inflatable fraud. All right.

1:27:30 What are we doing? Grow up. Cheer for the wins at the Olympics. Celebrate the athletes. Stop shoving politics down their throats and making them comment on them. Don't be an idiot who needs therapy and gets digestive issues when you cheer for Team USA. Show up at the State of the Union. Clap for the cancer survivors. Clap when they show the men's and the women's hockey team. The women's team has al also been invited, though less clear whether they're going to be there. Act like a patriot in America, a countryloving citizen. Okay? And then go out there and fight tooth and nail on policy. I I don't know why I'm doing them this favor of telling them how they're supposed to behave, but I know as you as well as you do, they're not going to listen. All right, we're going to take a quick break and then we will be right back. Don't go away.

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1:30:56 This is him today. He's the former British ambassador to the US. He's faced allegations that he leaked market sensitive information from 10 Downing Street to Epstein. Uh he's denied wrongdoing. A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police would only say officers have arrested a 72-y old man on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Um, here is the story about him. We don't know exactly what he's accused of other than that line I just gave you, but the New York Times reported this earlier this month. Um, long before Epstein became a liability, Mandlesson had twice resigned from government posts for scandals of his own making. One in 1998 for an undeclared home loan. and then again in 2001 over a passport application for one of his donors. He returned to government in October 2008 and as a senior member of Mr. Brown's cabinet was given a post in Parliament's upper chamber and a new title Lord. He

1:31:51 was removed twice from the government in disgrace wrote Epstein to a friend not long after that when they offered him redemption he grabbed it. But then that friendship would cost Lord Mandelen and dearly. Uh it appears that he used his place at the heart of Downing Street to feed Epstein sensitive and politically valuable or potentially valuable information. In June 2009, Nick Butler, an econ economic adviser to the prime minister, wrote a memo to the prime minister about the British economy. It was still reeling from the financial crisis at the time. He suggested the government should consider selling some of its salailable assets to boister the public finances. The email was copied to several government officials including Mandlesson who then forwarded it to Epstein writing interesting note that's gone to the prime minister. Uh Epstein responded what salailable assets.

1:32:40 Mandlesson replied land property I guess and they went on from there. There was another instance allegedly where um there was uh work and an effort to beat back by Mandlesson his own government's proposal to tax bankers bonuses and Epstein was looped in by Mandlesson on it. Epson Epstein asked whether Jaime Diamond the head of JP Morgan should call uh the British chancellor to raise the issue and Mandlesson agreed. Yes. And mildly threatened he said. Uh and then there was more. In 2010, he confirmed to Epstein the timing of a looming bailout by European governments during the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis. Uh should be announced tonight, he wrote to Epstein, a day before it was formally announced. Like none of this is good.

1:33:28 Now, I don't know what the defense will be. could be as in the case of Prince Andrew where it's likely to be there's nothing wrong with seeking the counsel of an investment expert on the moves that we're about to make as a British, you know, government, but there may indeed be something wrong if that's considered confidential as was alleged in the Prince Andrew case. So, I don't know the the British rules, but it certainly appears that they do not consider it okay to be disclosing this stuff to a non-governmental official.

1:33:57 And it appears as in the Prince Andrew case of former prince allegedly there's an oath taken not to do that. So we will see whether that's the case. But this guy, Lord Mandlesson, is kind of at the heart of a lot of the problems here and is part of the reason why we had Dan Wooten and Piers Morgan separately with Dan on this show appears on Fox saying last week they they don't think this current British government is going to survive this scandal because Kier Starmer had this guy be part of the government knowing that he had all these troubles and gave him this post, you know, to be the ambassador to the United States knowing all this history and it was a serious problem. And now the embarrassment is not just the the Lord's, but his too. Um, okay, speaking of Epstein, I want to show you something that happened on NewsNation with Leland Vidder on Friday. Uh, a representative, a Democrat rep named Melanie Stanbury.

1:34:49 Uh, she went on with Leland on Friday. And take a look at what happened here. You said, "If a prince can be held accountable, so can a president." I'll ask you the question again. You said that right after Prince Andrew was arrested and charged with a crime. That's what accountability means to you. What crime should Donald Trump be charged with?

1:35:11 Well, Donald Trump was investigated by the FBI for abuse of a minor. And there are multiple statements from witnesses that the FBI took as tips and they investigated as allegations. Those, as far as we know, were never taken fully to the fullest extent of their investigation. First of all, we need to be asking important questions about

1:35:34 But you know, ma'am, that's not what you said, though. That's not what you said. You said he should be held accountable in the way he should be arrested.

1:35:41 I didn't come on. I came on to get I came on to get answers and you're not answering the question. I came to the facts to the American public, which is the files are there. There are 3 million files available for the public to view themselves. I don't have to argue with you on the air. Just go read the files, my friend.

1:36:00 Right. And the and the files do not show evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to indict anybody. So obviously what the files also say is that the FBI found those tips to be not credible. Otherwise, they would an indictment would have been wrong.

1:36:13 We have not seen how evidence. Oh my god, this woman is insufferable. Good for Leland. That is such a scirrelless thing for her to say. Honestly, like that's something that Trump could sue News Nation over if Leel Leland did not push back the way he did. That woman is completely irresponsible. She needs to watch it. Seriously, she needs to watch it. And she's setting herself up for a legal claim. Uh Trump was not This is such a misrepresentation. She's referring to that FBI file which was full of just random allegations people called in the FBI tip line with. I mean truly like Trump took part in a satanic ritual where people's body parts were shut off and then she cut off and then she's out there like Trump was investigated for that. Okay, did anything come of it?

1:37:00 Because it I think virtually every single one of them was found to be not credible and the FBI moved out moved on for her to repeat that like it was real. And by the way, all of this like to suggest that that any of this had any sort of a probable cause basis or even a good faith basis is to lie about those involved. You are setting yourself up for a claim. Madam Leland handed handled it perfectly like a professional. And guess who decided to weigh in? Julie K. Brown. The one who broke that piece in the Miami Herald in 2018 on Epstein, who I've been railing about in this show.

1:37:34 And the reason is she she would never come on this program. She won't go on right-wing podcasts because she can't stand conservatives. So, she'd love to spread her news, but only among liberals. And that is outrageous. Truly, like, especially when we launched this podcast, we really weren't partisan at all. That was back when I was trying to not talk about my own opinion at all. She wouldn't come on even then. Why? Because I was of Fox News. That's how hard partisan she is. So, she decides to tweet out this in response to that clip.

1:38:01 This is why I won't go a News Nation. who I mean like what you won't go on News Nation with Leland ever. He is scoffing and smirking and won't even let her finish a sentence. That's because she was legally defaming the president of the United States. So misogynistic and unprofessional. Let her speak, dude. What the f misogynistic he's trying to protect his network against scurist scurless defamation that's happening real time on the air. Julie, you're not a lawyer and it's obvious. And she decides to call him misogynistic. Honestly, I I got to be clear here. We need to go back and actually do a hard check of her 2018 article. Like, she's not an honest broker. Not trying to rehabilitate Jeffrey Epstein, who obviously was a pervert. Um, but I I somebody needs to take a hard look at everything she's done. This is a crazy person that's misogynistic. If if we're going to go with misogynist over a clip like that,

1:39:02 someone should really do a hard scrub of this woman's prior reporting. She's a sick person. Uh, didn't I tell you? I told you. I told you about Julie K. Brown. And once again, she proves me right. Good job, Leland. And sad. Sad for you, Melanie Stanbury. By the way, here she is at the 2025 State of the Union by Trump holding up a this is not normal sign as Trump walks down. This is her. I mean, I hope that it's got an arrow pointing up to her own face because there we agree, madam. Lot of leftists in the news, a lot of nutcases.

1:39:38 We've got some great other content that we weren't able to get to, but thankfully there's another show tomorrow and we will do that with Andrew Claven. See you then.

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Megan Kelly (Guest), Jack Hughes (Guest), Alyssa Liu (Guest), Herb Brooks (Guest), Jim Craig (Guest), Conor Hellabuk (Guest), Donald Trump (Guest), Huffman Post (Huffington Post) (Guest).

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The piece highlights American pride sparked by the USA men’s hockey victory, social media reactions and public praise, and a political-advertising segment criticizing changes to the credit card system proposed by politicians. It also references Alysa Liu’s lesson and mentions commentary from Megan Kelly.

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