Beset On All Sides (Ep. 2544)

The Dan Bongino Show

Vince Colonnays hosts 'The Dan Bongino Show' in Dan's absence, focusing on election integrity and the Save America Act. He criticizes Republican leadership for failing to advance voting reforms despite public demand, hig

Key takeaways

• Republican leaders are obstructing election integrity bills

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All America, all the time. Sit down. Buckle up and get ready for the Dan Bongino Show. Oh my goodness gracious, look at this audience. It is, well, it is nice to see you again. Holy cow, it's been a while. It's nice to be back with you. Right here filling in for the great Dan Bongino, I'm Vince Colonnays. Dan is off this week and well, I've got the ship today. Today's program. know is brought to you by all family pharmacy. Get all your prescriptions shipped right to your door with all family pharmacy say 10% at all family pharmacy.com slash Bongeno 10 code Bongeno 10 prescription provided if appropriate we love all family pharmacy thank you for supporting our programs here it is so good to see all of you are are you having a nice independence day week as we head into it I hope you are as we're headed into the 250th anniversary of our great country this audience is incredible it is so nice to be back with you here 10 o'clock eastern time time slot at least for today with you for those of you join me each morning on my program at 8 a.m. Eastern Thank you I'm on rumble dot com slash vintage morning And we we love doing the show there It's been such an epic success. Thank you for making it that way And I promise you we've got a great episode ahead I need to talk to you about an issue that is near and dear to my heart And I am certain is near and dear to yours election integrity the save America act yes we'll important for us to get this conversation underway today. And a lot to discuss on that front. Also, we are kind of keeping a side eye on whether or not we get breaking news out of the United States Supreme Court today. We might, we may or may not, on the issue of birthright citizenship, what a big case. We've gotten a lot of good decisions from the Supreme Court in the last week, but I'm on guard here, as I'm sure you are too, that maybe they were just fattening us up before the slaughter. I hope not. I hope not. I hope not. I hope not. I hope not. I hope not. I hope not. I hope not. I hope not. I hope not. I hope not. I hope not. We've got. We've got here should be 9-0. There's no way that Chinese nationals should be able to pour into our country, pop out a baby, have an American citizen, and then we're screwed over. What kind of system is that? That's insanity. So hopefully the court is on the side of decency in the United States Constitution and the American people. We'll see if that decision even comes out today, but keeping an eye on that as well. So in other words, we've got a lot to get to on this mighty Dan Bonjino show. Also also, of course, also, also, of, of, of course, of, of course, also, of course, maybe you just arrived. Dan's on vacation this week, a well-earned break. You'll hear from Sean Ferrish on Wednesday, isn't that right Justin? We have Sean Ferrish on Wednesday on the program. Correct. He'll be, yes, that's correct, he says. So you'll be able to hear from the great Sean Ferrish on Wednesday as well. So we've got content for you, don't you worry. And as always, please subscribe to my program, I'll keep on the program. 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That's 8889947660 or visit American financing. No. Shall we? Let's dive in. Let's dive right into this. The Save America Act. And as I do it, you should know that one of our favorites, a favorite here for Dan Bonjino's audience and a favorite for my audience, producer Jim Verdi with our radio show. Producer Jim keeps the meeting minutes every time we have this meeting on the Save America Act. We have to gather together again to do that today. And here's why. is a problem. John Thune, the Senate majority leader, is a big problem. In fact, he is one of the primary reasons you and I don't get to have nice things. And in this case, nice things is election integrity, is the Save America Act. Now for those who haven't followed the details closely, a tight summary of the Save America Act, you need to prove you're an American citizen when you register to vote. Simple. You need to show an ID when you do cast a bill. ballot. Simple. Non-citizens should be purged from the voting rolls. Very simple. And we should have fewer mail-in ballots because those are the primary vectors for fraud. And the president has added other things like no men and women's sports. In other words, it's an anti-cheating bill. No cheating in elections, no cheating in women's sports. Pretty simple. And yet it's very hard to get it passed. Why? Well, Democrats refuse to do it and too many of these rhino refused to do it to. John Cornyn stands in the way. He pretends he doesn't, but he does, which is why Texas voters just fired him. Bill Cassidy stands in the way. He pretends he doesn't, but he does, which is why Louisiana voters just fired him. Thambalina, Thamtilis of North Carolina stands in the way. He pretends he doesn't, but he knew North Carolina voters were about to fire him, so he announced his retirement. A lot of these guys are standing in the way. But nobody deserves more focus and pressure than the leadership of the Republicans. And that would be John Thune and John Barasso, the two Johns. Thune, the majority leader, keeps acting like he's just a weather man or some sort of play-by-play commentator. Oh, shucks, we just don't have the votes. Have you tried for them? Have you put in any effort to get them? Have you twisted any arms? Have you threatened committee assignments? Have you threatened to shut down any of the fundraising dollars from going any of these senators as they as they run for Have you threatened to take away their vacation time? Oh wait, you're on vacation right now. The answer to those questions is no. John Thune has not exerted any of the leverage necessary to actually get this thing passed. It can get past. He just refuses to do the work. He refuses. And in fact, the president has been, I would say, too kind of the guy. He keeps treating him very nicely, but at some point, that niceness will go away. President Trump's going to get very tough with John soon. John Thune's not going to like that. So why not get ahead of it, John, and pass the Save America Act. Twist the arms and get it done. John Barasso is the majority whip. That's his job. His job is to whip the votes. There's no evidence he's doing that. So yeah, we've got problems. And many of you have been calling these senators, who have been calling John Thune, have been telling your own state senators you want this done. Please keep that pressure on. It has to continue. It has to continue. It has to. But let me start with the President of the United States today. It's usually a good way to frame a conversation. Here's the President talking about the fact that he has to fight both Democrats and Republicans and in this case he calls out Lisa Murkowski of Alaska who's another one who's a big headache in this whole process. Cut five, watch this. And now we have to pass the Save America Act to protect our sacred American elections. hard to believe that we even have to fight for this we have to fight for everything nothing comes easy nothing all voters must show photo ID not so bad all voters must provide proof of citizenship is that so hard and we're fighting the Democrats and a few Republicans who are doing a tremendous disservice to this country we have a few Republicans fighting it's Lisa Mikowski of Alaska you should call her and tell her to get on the ball she'll never win another election I can tell you she has got to get she got a vote it's called the Save America Act it's voter ID ideally photo ID right so you can look and you can say oh that person's okay or for lots of reasons that person is not the same person we want proof of citizenship we want proof of citizenship Yeah, we want the Save America Act, the President says. We need election integrity. He called that Lisa Murkowski in particular, but he could have called that any of these other guys, Thune, Barasso, Cornyn, Tylus, Cassidy. It's unfortunately a long list of people who pretend like they support election integrity, but when push comes to shove, they prefer vacation. I want your ass back in Washington immediately. And I want election integrity, immediately. And I want election integrity, immediately. And I'm not alone. I'm not alone. John Cornyn is whining about this by the way. He's whining and he's calling us keyboard warriors and grifters. Keyboard warriors and grifters saying that we are ignorant of the Senate rules. Meanwhile I would say that the American people in many cases have a better grasp on what the rules of the Senate are than many Republican senators actually. But here's what John Cornyn said, I marvel at the keyboard warrior geniuses and grifters who are ignorant of Senate rules and precedents who have miraculously become experts in its arcane rules. Promising the moon and the stars and yet destining Republicans for failure is a very effective way to demoralize our base and elect more Democrats in the midterms. No doubt John Cornyn is including President Trump among the keyboard warrior geniuses and grifters, because President Trump is very loudly pushing for the Save America Act, saying nothing else should pass until that does. Here's John Cornyn attacking him and the people who saw support him and the people who want election integrity. With friends like these, John Cornyn. He says this is an effective way to demoralize our base and elect more Democrats. Do you know what's a very effective way to demoralize our base and elect more Democrats? Not passing the Safe America Act. Yeah, that's a great way to demoralize your base. We send you to Washington to do something, you fail to do it. That'll demoralize the base. And then when Democrats can get elected on fraud, that's how you get John Cornyn has it exactly backwards, which is why he was just fired by the voters in Texas. He can't leave soon enough. But for now we have to deal with him. And so long as we have to deal with him, and so long as he holds that office, the pressure should continue on him, despite the fact that he's whining at you for being a keyboard warrior because he doesn't like all the email that's coming into his office. We'll continue to fight the war on your keyboards. Keep sending him these messages. Something has to break free here. is treating the grassroots like, grassroots like crap. Scott Pressler has been absolutely heroic on a number of fronts. He's been working very hard to get people registered to vote, to turn out Republicans in elections to help win elections. When it comes to just the elbow grease of getting things done, you've had Scott Pressler in a very public way doing that pretty aggressively. And more Americans should take Scott's demeanor. They should be like Scott and fight very hard. to stop the left. This was Scott's been doing. Scott just showed up this past week in South Dakota. He wanted to go to the Republican Party's conference there in the state to meet with John Thune, if he could, to encourage him to get the Save America acts passed. Now, Scott is not a threat to anybody. I can't imagine Scott posing some sort of physical threat to John Thune. Yet he was treated like he was a terrorist or something when he arrived. I want you to see how the South Dakota Republican Party treated Scott Pressler when he tried to attend this event where John Thune was. Cut six, take a look at this. Hey guys, this is Scott Pressler. I'm here at the South Dakota State Convention. I have a ticket and they are saying that I can't come in. So we're going to find out very shortly why I am not being allowed as one of the biggest supporters of President Donald J Trump. I'm big on Facebook too. And I'm the asshole saying you can't. of in because guess what? You're posting this little piss and moan session on Facebook so you just get the hell out of here. Thank you. You see how the you see how the grassroots are welcomed in Senate Majority Leader Thoon's territory? Interesting my friends. I don't think this is a good reflection of the South Dakota GOP. What's your what's your for Matthew Bruner, Sergeant at Arms? That was yeah Matthew Bruner, Sergeant at Arms the tool in the cowboy hat who said that Scott Pressler is not welcome inside the event and treated him like crap you don't have to treat him like crap? What are you treating him like crap for? Scott Pressler's been rowing one of those ores like crazy on behalf of advancing the president's agenda and the well-being of this country. And you're gonna treat him like garbage? idea, dude. Very bad idea. And why was he treated like garbage? Who blocked him from coming in? Well, turns out the answer to that question is John Thune himself, or at least John Thune's staff, because the chairman of the South Dakota Republican Party is a guy called Jim Eshinbaum, and he was caught on camera explaining that John Thune barred Scott Pressler from going into the event. Watch this. specifically asked that Scott Pressler not attend this event. Yes. Okay is John Thune a member of the Convention Committee? No. So how does he have the authority to remove people from events? He has a... Please let Scott Pressler in. He has a lot of security in there and... Is Mr. Pressler considered a security threat? Not to me. But I'm not going to go in there and argue with the Secret Service. Well, first of all, the Secret Service doesn't protect John Thune. That would be Capitol Police. That's incorrect. But also, he made it really clear that it was Thune or Thune's staff who made a request to keep Scott Pressler out of that room, and they did it as a courtesy to him. Now,