Episode 140 LIVE: Border, Budget, Bureaucrats, Bidens – Firebrand with Matt Gaetz

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Matt Gaetz declares he won't let the Uniparty run Washington without a fight, promising a catch-up on border disasters and Biden investigations.

Matt Gaetz opens the episode by positioning himself as a firebrand fighting the Uniparty in Washington, promising updates on key issues. He recounts a recent trip to Eagle Pass, Texas, where he obtained video showing Customs and Border Patrol cutting state-erected fencing, arguing it allows illegal aliens to enter. Gaetz then plays a clip of Representative Clark from New York stating she needs more illegal immigrants in her district for redistricting purposes, comparing it historically to slavery-era apportionment debates. He follows with a news report about James Madison High School students learning remotely after migrants were sheltered there during a storm. Transitioning to international affairs, Gaetz discusses armed men storming a TV station in Ecuador, linking the violence to Mexican drug cartels exporting influence like old banana companies. He shifts to domestic scandals, detailing Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's five-day incapacitation without White House notification and criticizing the January 6th Committee for allegedly colluding with Fulton County prosecutors. Gaetz reviews Hunter Biden's contempt hearing, highlighting confrontational questions from Representatives Nancy Mace and Marjorie Taylor Greene. On budget talks, he explains inflation's link to deficit spending and critiques Speaker Johnson's deal with Chuck Schumer as insufficient. Gaetz concludes by rallying House conservatives to demand border closure or risk a government shutdown, urging listeners to contact their members of Congress.

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