I Don't Believe Them

The Dan Bongino Show

Dan Bongino and guest Sean Farish critique the 'doomer' narrative propagated by liberal media regarding the U.S. economy and border security

Key takeaways

• Economic indicators such as revised GDP growth (2.2%) and strong manufacturing indices contradict the 'worst economy ever' narrative.
• Bongino highlights a significant 'delta' between ground reality and media reporting, specifically regarding inflation and job numbers.

Main topics

• Economic performance metrics
• Media bias and 'post-truth' narratives

Notable quotes

The choice is crystal clear.

Conclusion

The episode emphasizes that voters must rely on verifiable economic da

Transcript preview

Speaker 4 (0:02) All America, all the time. Sit down, buckle up, and get ready for The Dan Bongino Show. Speaker 3 (0:10) Folks, I... Speaker 5 (0:12) Rarely... I shouldn't say it this way. I don't want to sound like I'm... I usually produce Speaker 3 (0:20) my own show. Not the technical part, but the content of the show. And it's by choice. It's not that I'm like, oh, look at me, poor me. It's just I like to tell the producers what I want to talk about. You may say, doesn't everyone produce their show? Some do, but some do not. But once in a while, I'll go into the team and I'll say, fellas, ladies, I've got an idea for a segment. And the segment usually meets expectations. This one they did for me absolutely blew it out of the water so much so I actually Speaker 5 (0:52) moved it to the beginning of the show. Folks, I'm going to prove to you right now. That the stuff you're hearing from disgruntled voters about how the economy is the worst it's ever been, the Iranian war is lost, the hijacking Speaker 3 (1:07) case was just a false flag, and this is all a media op. I'm going to show you how if the same economy, jobless Speaker 5 (1:17) rate the lowest, poverty rate the lowest, stock market record high, median household income record high, if Speaker 3 (1:22) the same stock market was under Joe Biden or Obama, I promise you, the media would have you believing you are living through the golden years. How am I going to? I'm Speaker 5 (1:32) just going to show you as it'll come up with Sean Farish later. Speaker 1 (1:35) Past performance is indicative in this case of future results. You'll see it'll make sense later in my interview with Sean Farish. Please don't miss this video at the beginning of the show. Really blew me Speaker 5 (1:44) away. This will nail home to you how, yes, we still have problems. 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And unbelievably, despite record deportations, record low jobless rate, record low crime rate, the border being shut down, Speaker 1 (5:00) folks, there are people who believe it. Now, this is a tactic no different than the left-wing media has done to people forever. I want you to watch this clip. At the beginning, you're going to see a bunch of media reports from the left-wing media about the Biden and Obama economy that was far, far worse on every metric than we are right now with the Donald Trump economy that's motoring along. I'll get the headlines to prove it to you in a minute, right? And yet, watch the way they talk about it. Watch the way they talk about the Biden and Obama economy. And then... the thunderstorm happens. Then Donald Trump gets into office. And despite numbers far better, everything is couched in, well, it's okay, but could have been better. Folks, please don't fall for this op before the election. It is so obvious. Watch this. These guys did a good job on this. Check this out. Speaker 8 (5:48) And so here we stand, a Speaker 4 (5:50) new chapter for Afghanistan, a new chapter for us. It is a fact that ending this war required a level of resolve that no one had prior to President Joe Biden. The actual evacuation of all U.S. troops has finally happened. The actual end of this war is a remarkable thing. They don't want to see interest rates go up again. Why? Because that means it's more expensive to borrow, it's more expensive to operate. However, For you and me out there, the jobs picture remains strong. We are seeing strong hiring across the majority of sectors. We're seeing wages go up. And people talk a lot about inflation. Yes, inflation is a real challenge for working class Americans, middle class Americans. Speaker 7 (6:28) But when jobs are so plentiful, nobody's thinking there's a depression. Speaker 4 (6:32) Nobody's thinking there's a recession. And that's the thing. The job market remains strong. There is no crisis at the border. If anything, what we need to do is highlight again the stunning hypocrisy of Speaker 8 (6:44) the Republican Party when it comes to how they handle immigration. Speaker 8 (6:50) President Trump using the very kind of inflammatory rhetoric that he used to launch his presidential campaign back in 2015, demonizing undocumented immigrants. Speaker 4 (7:00) This is the second lowest reading for sentiment ever. The only time it was weaker was in June of this year. And I think that chart really shows just how weak sentiment is right now. We got Speaker 6 (7:12) a jobs report today. It was better than expected. The Speaker 4 (7:15) economy's going along. reasonably well that's talking about one side of it can people find work the other side of it is do people think stuff is affordable you Speaker 8 (7:25) kick every latino out of this country then who is going to be cleaning your toilet donald trump Speaker 1 (7:34) Folks, I'm sorry, but that thing the guys put together should seal the election for you. If you really believe what the liberal media op is telling you. Speaker 5 (7:44) The economy's horrible. There's no deportations. The border's wide open. Speaker 3 (7:50) Crime is rampant like we've never seen before. The Trump administration's sitting there doing nothing, playing fiddlesticks all day. Speaker 5 (7:57) all the money pouring back into the United States for manufacturing, the South Korea billions of dollars of investment yesterday in Alaska, all Speaker 3 (8:05) of the plants going up, the 5 % projected GDP growth, jobless rates being the lowest, poverty rate being the lowest. If you believe all of that is fake, then you're correct. Don't show up and let's go back to the Biden years. Did you hear that in the beginning? If you're watching on demand, please rewind and go back. The beginning, if you're listening on audio alone, is coverage of Biden and Obama economic numbers and policies that were horrendous. Do you hear them? There's the second part. Was that Stephanie Ruhl? She's like, man, you know, the economy is doing great. On the screen is the Dow and the Nasdaq collapsing. And she's like, well, I think it's all good because it was Biden. Speaker 3 (8:44) Then they talk about inflation. Biden peaked out at 9 % inflation. Well, you know, it's not that bad. I mean, really, it's a... Biden's average inflation rate was five. We're at three now. That's not great, but it's nowhere near Joe Biden was. At least Donald Trump's trying to fix the problem and having better results. Speaker 3 (9:06) The Afghanistan withdrawal. That's what it started with. Oh, man, this is so great. Look at one of the most humiliating military moves by a commander in chief in generations in the United States. And I didn't even disagree with the policy of shrinking the footprint in Afghanistan, but not like that. And what's that, Chris Hayes? Is that his name or whatever he is? Oh, man. Thank God. Look at this guy. Biden's such leadership here. And yet in Iran. They try to blockade us. We blockade them. The economy's collapsing. Their missile supply is getting destroyed. They can't get a freaking thing of oil out. The people are getting restless. Their economy's totally collapsing. They've lost control of the strait. And the war's lost. The war's lost, folks. It's over. Speaker 3 (9:51) And then the border. There's no border crisis. There was cameras and drones at the border watching hundreds of thousands of people a day stream in potential terrorists, criminals, child traffickers, drug traffickers, counterfeit money traffickers. We had no idea who these people were. There's no crisis at the border. Donald Trump shuts down the Speaker 5 (10:10) border. Everything's terrible. Everything's terrible. Definitely don't show up and vote. Speaker 5 (10:17) Folks, Speaker 1 (10:17) if there's a theme to today's show, it's going to be this. Speaker 1 (10:21) I've been through a lot in this space. I've been here as a candidate, an activist, a host for 15 years now. I've been here a long time. I started this back in 2011. It feels like most of my adult life has been involved in politics. I'm going to tell you something. Beam in. I have never, even despite the Speaker 5 (10:42) worst cancel culture years of Obama and Biden, never seen a bigger discrepancy between the media narrative. and the doom narrative of where the country is and what's actually happening on the ground. I've never seen the Delta this big. I haven't. I have never seen it Speaker 3 (10:59) where people genuinely believe because of liberal media people and their sellout doomer friends who were trying to destroy the country. I've never seen a bigger Delta with like worst economy ever. Nothing ever happened. Definitely don't show up. Matter of fact, vote for Democrats. They'll definitely help you. And a very small number of people Speaker 5 (11:20) fell for this. Speaker 5 (11:22) I say a very small number because, folks, I don't believe it. I don't believe these poll numbers. I'm not telling you it's not going to be some blue wave because I can't control it. I can only vote once. I'm not a Democrat, okay? If you show up and vote, we will win. If you don't because you believe this, that we want to go back to the way Afghanistan, which are open borders, 9 % inflation, crashing stock markets, terrible investment in the United States. There's nothing I can do. I can't. you know, drag you to the polls and like a rear naked joke and make you vote. No, what I want to. I'm telling you the choice is clear. Speaker 3 (11:57) The choice is crystal clear. And Republicans typically show up when the going Speaker 1 (12:04) gets tough. They typically get going. Sorry about the tired cliche. But in this case, they do. Okay, Speaker 5 (12:12) bring the receipts. I will. Here at CNN, again, Harry Anton, who seems to be like the only truth teller over at CNN. Guy's a poll guy. If he gets a bad poll, he puts it up. If he gets a good poll for Republicans, he puts it up too. Here's Harry Anton on CNN, who has no, again, motive whatsoever to sit there and engage in puffery for Donald Trump, Speaker 3 (12:32) saying, folks, the polls never accurately predict Republican results, and he gives you the actual receipts, so why would you believe them now? Again, you'll hear this with Speaker 5 (12:42) Sean Farris later. Disclaimer. Past performance is indicative of future results, and their past performance has been crap over and over and over again. Listen for yourself. The Speaker 8 (12:53) GOP outperformed September polls in the major 2018 statewide races by six points in Iowa, six points in Ohio, and eight points in Michigan. The bottom line is this. Over the last few cycles, whether it be 2018, 2016, 2020, 2024, Republicans have outperformed their September polls by at least five points in all these three states where Democrats right now are ahead, but not by a wide enough margin whereby if Republicans outperform their September Speaker 3 (13:22) polls again, it could become very, very interesting. This is why the doomers are in this epic crash out, despite losing every single political race they were engaged in around the country. Do you understand they are not Republicans? They don't believe in liberty or freedom or the First Amendment or the Second Amendment or any of that. They believe in one thing, nihilism, the destruction of the party. That is why it's so important that for us to continue to outperform the polls, we not only show up, but someone in the chat wrote, bring up. 10, 10, and 10. Yes, you have to email 10 people. Tell them how to vote. Folks, it's mandatory. Please, it's homework for the show. Make 10 social media posts. Here's how you vote. If you're not registered here, you're voting locations if you are. And please call 10 people too. Are you voting? Can I get you to the polls? You do that, I promise we will outperform them again. I promise we will outperform them again. Because we have in the past. There is no reason for you to believe this is a fait accompli and this race is over. None. They've told you that before. Speaker 3 (14:30) Folks, there is an op going on. You saw it yesterday. This crash out is unbelievable. Watching these people totally melt down and just promote the craziest stuff. Yesterday was hilarious. I mean, for all the wrong reasons. Watching this group of diaper-wearing pool boys out there. Some of you will get that. Just sit there and epically crash out because they can't prove they actually have any effect on anything. Everything they tell you is not materialized. They're no better than their liberal media friends. And folks, for the record, I do not believe these media folks and Speaker 5 (15:12) others who are now trying, don't fall for this one, please. Here's another op I'm seeing out there. There is a portion of the liberal media and the Democrat Party that's out there promoting this narrative that, oh, you know what, they may not impeach Donald Trump. If you listen to me, see around the corner, they're starting to realize that that didn't work. It's starting. Yes, they're dumb. It takes them over and over and over again to get kicked in the nads before they realize something is stupid. So they're realizing that this doesn't play well in swing states, the impeachment narrative. I thought you guys cared about affordability, not impeachment. So there's a narrative starting to bubble out there that don't worry or be scared of voting Democrat. They're not going to impeach Donald Trump. Folks, roll that in a ball and tell them to shove it right up. They are totally lying to you. Dan, they're not saying that. Yes, they are. Here's two lunatics, Bill Kristol, you know, fake Republican, and this loser Andrew Eggers. Here they are on this podcast here talking about how, you know, yeah, there's a group of Democrats saying they're not going to impeach President Trump. Okay, sure. What evidence do you have based on past performance that's actually true? Zero. They will definitely impeach Trump. They don't give a damn about affordability or throw the country into a huge crisis. Check this out. Speaker 6 (16:28) Where Speaker 5 (16:28) is this Speaker 6 (16:28) conventional wisdom? among Democrats right now. I see a lot of voices in the party that think that the one thing Democrats ought not do once they retake power, the one thing they shouldn't do is try to impeach him again. I'm leaning more and more on the opposite side of this thing. I think the president should, in fact, face yet another one of these suckers, whether or not it works. Speaker 3 (16:49) Folks, they will listen to this guy. I don't care what he's telling you. There's probably one or two Democrats, like maybe Fetterman and what's that other guy? The Godheimer. That's probably it who don't want to impeach President Trump. There is zero chance if they take the House and Senate that they don't impeach him again. Zero, Dan? I think of that line from Zero Dark Thirty. Well, nobody likes certainty. Okay. Zero, zero, zero, one. Speaker 3 (17:20) There is a 100 % chance, 99.9 repeating decimal, they impeach the president. Even if you're voting on affordability, despite the fact that Joe Biden's administration handed you the worst inflation since Jimmy Carter and the President Trump administration cut it down, it's not totally fixed, but cut it down. You're still going to lose because they don't care about that either. They only care about impeachment. They will be driven to do it by the Hassan Pikers who own this party now. He's not right. He owns this. They love this guy. He will agitate them on X and TikTok and elsewhere until they do what he says. You may not like the guy. I certainly don't. He's got a lot of power and movement. It's just a fact. Speaker 3 (18:04) They don't have any power in our movement. There's a whole lot of power in there. You want Hassan Paikin running the country? Good luck. You want these guys? You don't think this guy and Bill Kristol and others are going to push them too? Speaker 3 (18:16) Folks, contrast that Speaker 5 (18:17) with where we are now. The doom and gloom narrative is totally, completely fake. I'm really stunned, like this small pocket of people who are maybe independents. I don't think many Republicans are falling for it, certainly Speaker 1 (18:30) not MAGA people. I showed you the number, 99 % of MAGA supporters support President Trump. Was it 98 %? That's Speaker 5 (18:37) a statistical, that's effectively 100%. They're not falling for it, but independents are. You have this economy like motoring right now. No, you don't have receipts for that. I do. I'm going to take a quick break and we get back to this. I'm going to show you something else that happened yesterday. Again, for the nothing is happening crowd, how do you explain this away? Did you see this announcement at DHS yesterday, Mark Wayne Mullen, that there were thousands of investigations going on into voter fraud? Well, just investigate. No, there were Speaker 3 (19:07) indictments too. They announced them yesterday. Again, the doomers won't tell you any of that because they want the country to burn. They are nihilists. Look up the word for liberals out there. They want the country destroyed. They are not your friends. They never were your friends. I've tried to warn you about this. Quick break. Speaker 5 (19:27) Hey, check this out. There are enough people listening to the show right now. That if they don't vote, it could swing key states in Speaker 1 (19:35) the 2026 election to the Democrats. We don't want that, please. And everyone listening knows every single ultra far left Democrat socialist will be showing up to vote this fall. They will. Democrats are fired up and we cannot let them win. Because if we lose, they'll undo everything our movement has fought for. I need you to vote. Vote early if you can so that you can bank your vote and fight back against the left's turnout machine. Go to GOPvotes.org right now and find out when you can vote. Make your voice heard. It is easier than ever. GOPvotes.org, GOPvotes.org. You can get election reminders, look up your polling location, and pick a date to vote early. Please check it out. Go to GOPvotes.org today. Paid for by Senate Leadership Fund PAC, not authorized by any candidate or candidates committee. GOPvotes.org. Check it out. Thanks, Senate Leadership Fund. Folks. I want to show you this again. Speaker 5 (20:27) We have the receipts. We have a body of evidence that should help you in the election make an informed choice. That's all I'm asking. If you take the information in and you don't like it, you don't want voter fraud arrests, you want 9 % inflation under Biden, then yeah, vote for Democrats. I'm not going to tell you otherwise. That's your guy. You like inflation, you like an open border, you like the withdrawal from Afghanistan the way it rolled, then that's your guy. I, however, want more of this. This is Secretary Mullen over at DHS talking about a massive nationwide voter fraud investigation ring with upwards of hundreds of thousands of investigations they're looking into right now. And here are some indictments they made yesterday for the nothing is happening crowd. Check this out. Speaker 8 (21:06) Over 1,600 voter fraud cases that we are currently investigating, and we have 300,000 more that we're getting to. HSI is leading these investigations. These investigations are going back five years. The president said it for a long time and the Democrats were sitting there denying it and saying there's no fraud. That wasn't taking place. There's no fraud. There's nothing here. Don't look over here. As we're getting the voter logs from 47 states and a few territories, we're realizing there's actually a lot. And we believe that some of these states probably even knew about it, chose not to look into it. Well, we are. And just a clear message. If you voted in our elections and you weren't legally able to vote, we're going to find you. Might not find you today, might not find you tomorrow, but we will find you. We're going through every single one of these names. Speaker 3 (22:10) Did you see the end of that? Did you hear it, Justin? We're going through every single one of these names. Speaker 1 (22:18) What is he lying to you like the liberal media? You think they just did this press conference and were like, ah, forget community notes and fact checking. We're just going to make up the whole story. Speaker 1 (22:28) I want Speaker 3 (22:29) more of that. Do you want more of that? Or you just want to, you think the Democrats are going to investigate voter fraud? I'm just, I'm just, so stay at home and let the Democrats win because Speaker 5 (22:39) they're going to investigate voter fraud. They're going to incentivize HSI and DHS to go and go through these, what do you say, 300,000 Speaker 3 (22:47) names they're going, they're going through every single name? They've already indictments and arrests have already been made on this. More, but yes, we haven't done that no more. We haven't done more in a long time. That Speaker 5 (22:59) was Speaker 3 (23:00) my ex thing. It's been a while. Folks, yes, Renee, more please. Yes, more please. The only way you're going to get more is by continuing what's happening now, not stopping it and handing it back to the Democrats that would love to cheat. Show me some evidence the Democrats want to cheat. Okay, incoming right now. Here was a vote just yesterday up on Capitol Hill. Where voter ID was put on the floor. Voter ID was attached to a bill. Speaker 5 (23:27) The Democrats had a chance yesterday. I see it in Speaker 3 (23:30)