I have not had the time to watch this yet, will catch up later. However, I am told this is a solid interview for insight into the evolution of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy {Direct Rumble Link Here}.
Donald Trump Jr. interviews Speaker McCarthy on both a big picture and granular level to highlight the political intent of the new Republican congress. WATCH:
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American Conservative magazine has a good article discussing how McCarhy and McConnel sabotaged the mid-term elections to insure that populist/MAGA candidate would lose. While reading the article I was regularly reminded of Sundance’s description of the “splitter strategy” that appeared in the ’61 campaign. McCarthy talks like a good conservative partisan — but his most recent actual behavior belies his intent. He has a lot of work to do in order to shed his UniParty connection with the DC elite ruling class.
Not long after the mid-term debacle, a ruling-class talking head appeared on a Fox News program. She was making a standard anti-Trump claim that the mid-terms were “lost” because of poor Trump candidate choices. In fact, the American Conservative article shows just how McCarthy and McConnel deliberately withheld funds thus dooming promising MAGA candidates. Kari Lake, for instance, while a genuine MAGA superstar, got virtually nothing. Lisa Murkowski, a solid establishment never-Trumper, in contrast got millions to help her win her Alaska campaign.
It’s called a long Con.
Que the Scott Joplin music . . . 🙂
it is not hard to understand….they BOTH took laundered money from FTX and applied it to opponents of MAGA candidates
Oh, they wouldn’t do that . . . 🙂
We don’t have real politics in this country.
Uniparty does, but that does include most Americans.
🙂
Really?
I learned very early in my life time experiences that everything I did was connected to ‘politics’…many blood suckers everywhere.
You may not be interested in politics but politics is interested in you and affects everyday life from cradle to grave.
“politics is interested in you and affects everyday life”
Just got back from the grocery store. I can confirm that.
I thought about politics when I was in line.
For some reason this short clip reminds me of the Biden white house.
LOL
Victor Davis Hanson says most of the elected Republicans in Congress are liberal/moderates who hate the Republican base. AKA UniParty.
The ever-changing meaning of liberal/moderate will determine the fate of the nation.
Does a liberal/moderate support sex change procedures for small children?
I submit liberal/moderate is a euphemism for anti-Christian, and even anti-American, and liberal/moderates, when put to the test, will support the anarchism of the modern Democrat Party.
Try harder, Victor.
VDH would certainly know all the signs, since he’s been a life long liberal, along with his entire family.
The only one who had any bearing on changing that was PDJT.
You really should read VDH’s book on Trump.
Love VDH! True patriot!
Actually, McCsrthy wjould not usually be directing Republican Congressional campaign Committee funds to GUBERNATORIAL campaigns.
But yes, he withheld funds from Republican MAGA candidates for the HOUSE, while funding RINO campaigns for the HOUSE.
Majewski had a lot to say about that, on the War Room, some time back, shortly after the midterms.
Said he would call McCarthy, who would PROMISE on the ground help and $, but never deliver.
And, Majewski said he wasn’t the ONLY one.
Thing is, we don’t want a Jordan as Speaker, or a MTG or Gaetz, their talents would be wasted, as Speaker.
So, whether he has “seen the light”, is acting true to form in moving whichever way the wind blows (thats in his best interests) or has indeed been neutered by the 20, with the promise of getting them back, but only if he doesas he promised them, it doesn’t REALLY matter.
He is SAYING the right things, and DOING the right things, and I doubt he will withhold House Republican campaign funds from the 20. or any MAGA Candidates, again.
Not if he wants his cajones returned, when he leaves office!
His pattern of past behavior is an indication of hubris—he’s accustomed to playing at being “conservative” but actually being a covert loyal UniParty operative. This has been going on for a very long time.
Perhaps.
Now his inspiration and mentor is PDJT.
We’ll see what happens.
Garrison, I totally agree with you. People might rage at the point I am about to make.
If Trump, or any legitimate MAGA candidate, cannot get elected— we are sunk.
McCarthy is as swampy and duplicitous as they come. Rona is a useless piece of crap.
However, Trump cannot vilify and denigrate all of these swamp creatures —because he will not even get through door. He has to play along to a degree to get along —to win the ultimate which is re-elected.
Are the people so stupid they cannot see that money is the problem, and why the hell is money the problem? If a candidate is know by everyone in the area they are running in money should not be the primary consideration. I know most people are not very bright and if big buck for propaganda can sway them maybe the right to vote should require more intelligence.
Painful to read this gop deception. CTH has been hard to read as well. The betrayal by our CIA, FIB, our senators & congressmen, our educators, with no accountability. It’s a Proverbs 3:5,6 moment.
True on Kari Lake. PA’s Doug Mastriano as well.
” highlight the political intent of the new Republican congress.”
It’ll be the same as the political intent of the old Republican congress.
“It’ll be the same”. Nothing will change for the better.
The Power of Negative Thinking.
Make a wish. Repeat the wish. Spread the wish. Get others to repeat the wish. Make the wish come true.
Nothing will get better. Things will only get worse. We are dOoMeD.
Perhaps reconsider?
I saw the video in its entirety earlier today. It moved along at breakneck speed. Don Jr. is a very, very fast talker. He would have tripped up McCarthy more than once at the rate he was going. So I have to give McCarthy credit for keeping pace with Don Jr.
And I thought Hannity was good at interviewing himself, instead of his guest. McCarthy understood early on that he would be listening more, talking less. While the interviewer can, and should, set up complex questions, he still should sit back and let the guest answer, absent any deflection or filibustering. As Don Jr. mentioned at the start, this was episode 2, and he was clearly amped about having friend and speaker McCarthy take the invitation. McCarthy could have easily declined and advised Don Jr. to contact his office once the podcast hits 500,000 followers. [ed: Oops. Opened Rumble. Triggered at 1.1 Million followers.] Hope Don Jr. learns to set back from the edge of his seat.
In the final analysis, as many commenters point out, it’s only an interview. McCarthy knew what he would and would not talk about when he took the invite. No bombshells expected, none delivered.
I rather liked the little detail that Putin was negotiating to buy the equiplent that Biden left behind in Afghanistan. Hadn’t heard that one before.
Never forget that McCarthy is from Bakersfield, home of the Reagan ‘Kitchen Cabinet’. I understand all the doubt about McCarthy but don’t doubt what the good people of Bakersfield who sent McCarthy to congress expect of him.
I lived in the High Desert of CA for near 50 years including Ridgecrest which is in KM’s CD…..do NOT trust him
Have a lot of friends from Ridgecrest. More jackrabbits than people! No? I’m from Antelope Valley
A lot of farmers and oil workers live in Bakersfield. They have clout and morals!
I did not watch it, and will not watch it.
You cannot believe a WORD from that Uniparty hack.
I have better things to do with my time.
I didnt watch it either but I have a feeling hes not wearing the Ukraine flag pin this time. Perhaps tucker carlson will mention it tonight.
Don Jr. needs public speaking training. Too many “like”. “uh” and “you knows” word crutches. Impossible to listen to him.
Word crutches and mean tweets, The Trumps are doomed!
Hes annoying. Not doomed.
I like that he is focused. He didn’t speak too fast for me but his continuous hand movements can be distracting.
He needs to be commended for taking on this podcast.
As someone once told me, “ If any of us were all baked, we wouldn’t be here.”
Say wa..?
Don Jr. can afford to take the best quality training. He would be much more impactful as a podcaster without all the disruptions of “um” “a”, “like” and “you know”. That is valley girl talk. Even Joe Rogan does not use crutch words. I love Trump Tweets and Trump is a fantastic speaker. Which is why he so popular. Nothing distracts from his underlying message. But with Don Jr., he can use improvement in this arena. Public speaking is an art form and training is a good idea in order to be your best.
In ValSpeak…Don Jr. can afford to take thuh best quality trainin’. That dude would be much more impactful as a podcaster without all thuh disruptions of “um” “a”, mostly “like” and “you know”. That is valley chick talk. Even Joe Rogan does not use crutch words. I love Trump Tweets and Trump is like, ya know, a fantastic speaker. Which is like, ya know, why that dude so popular. Nothin’ distracts from his underlyin’ message. Man, with Don Jr., like that dude can use improvement in like, ya know, this arena. Public speakin’ is ya know, like, an art form and trainin’ is like, ya know, a bitchin’ idea in order to be your best.
Let us know when you interview Donald Jr . Gracias
I marvel at how Joe Rogan handles his podcast. Even though he’s lit sometimes when doing it. He’s articulate and incredibly well read and intelligent. I enjoy his podcast immensely and find myself even listening to the “other side” to try to understand their perspective. Many could take hints from good old Rogan. Rogan weathered the storm really well and seems more intent than ever in bringing great balanced content.
Matt Gaetz is a great example of what a great speaker sounds like. Never a crutch word and his sentences sound glorious. Public speaking is an art form and Gaetz is truly a master at it. Very smooth delivery. On the other hand, Don Jr.’s style is jumpy, jittery and constantly interrupts himself with “you know’s.”
New York speech pattern. Fast and choppy.
At least there wasn’t one instance of “youse guys.” 🙂
Successful lawyers are skilled orators.
“Successful lawyers are skilled oratores” aka liars.
Leaned from years of testifying as an expert witness is the way you break the speech control pattern of opposing lawyers is to intentionally talk lower and slower. Not so low people have trouble hearing you but so people have to focus on what you’re saying. Talking in a more controlled tempo allows you to control the pace of the entire exchange.
I had the misfortune of being subpoenaed to testify for the prosecution at a criminal trial in a countrified farming community in the Midwest about 25 years ago. Absolute nightmare. The fancy pants defense attorney, hired from a much larger city, was conniving, patronizing, and vicious.
I did the only thing I knew to do: as he set up two different scenarios where he was obviously trying to set me up to discredit both me and the accuser, I said things like (I’m sure, rather desperately….) “That’s not true.” “That’s not what happened.” “That is not what I said to her…” etc. All we knew to do was tell the truth, and it didn’t go well for them.
Later on our mailman (who was on the jury), told me that the jury had been completely disgusted at the strategy of the defense, which was simply to attempt to discredit all of us hayseed witnesses for the prosecution.
All we did was tell the truth and it destroyed their client. The pastor was found guilty of sexual assault and sent to prison. Your comment reminded me of that because I can easily recall the difference between his cadence and driving language, and my responses which were quiet and I’m sure, sounded frightened, even as they were very specific to his attempt portrayals.
Any time someone calls me a liar, directly or indirectly, it doesn’t go well. For them. Even if it scares me.
Parochial preferences interfere with the ability to hear another, obviously genuine, human being who embodies a different regional American culture?
Sighs and prayers.
Bravo!
Well put.
Bill Clinton succeeded because he worked very hard on perfecting his public speaking skills.
It is essential, as always in a democracy, to be good at public speaking.
Bush 41 may have lost to Clinton for the egregious mistake of glancing at his watch (in their debate). This stuff matters.
Funny you would mention Clinton.
He had the best “tell” of any politician when he was lying.
Which was often. The more fervently he lied, the hoarser
he would sound. It was uncanny.
Since Clinton, no professional politician ever points with their index finger.
This is now seen as very aggressive, and no one does it.
They use their thumb. Watch.
Hannity, whom I can’t listen to because he annoys me, actually had Matt Gaetz versus Geraldo on last night and Gaetz wiped the floor with Geraldo. The thing was that Hannity told Matt he had the last word except it was Hannity who interupted Matt and he got the last word. So rude. I usually watch Newsmax but seeing that my cable no longer carries it, I’m stuck watching Fox.
the OANN app is only $5/mth. You don’t have to watch fox.
they call them filler words…when you either lack a thought or are speaking too fast for your brain to keep up
Uh and Um are ok in moderation.
“Like” is effete and Valley Girl.
PLEASE!!
“Impossible to listen to him”… Don Jr. ” needs public speaking training”.
Fortunately, with practice, its possible to learn how to listen to real human beings again rather than only listening to scripted, coifed voiced, coached actors.
I watched some of this last night. It was another ‘who is this impostor’ moments. Good interview. But, it’s just an interview.
He knows the Senate will do the Rino thing. His bases are covered. At the end of the day, it will be a “well we tried really hard”. Rinse, repeat.
A likely scenario. Standard RepubliCON theater. What would Don JR say – 😉
If Congress were a bit better actors, and a lot better looking, they could replace Hollyweird.
“At the end of the day” nothing good will happen.
Making a wish? “Rinse, repeat” the wish often enough and the wish will come true?
The success of NWO psyops relies on the Power of Negative Thinking.
Load those pipes up with hopium and puff away. When the dreams dissipate you’ll end as we use to say in Army with “hard dick and bubblegum “.
“Hopium” == a modernized version of the anti hope slogan used by God loathing communists after they seized control of Russia.
Communists, seeking to crush hope, sneered that hope is the “opium of the people” ie the uneducated, unsophisticated rubes aka deplorables.
Hope is for dopes.
Its interesting to track the spread and impact of their latest anti God, anti hope campaign that was launched around the same time as their January 6 ops.
Coincidence?
It’s a long race. The first lap doesn’t mean you’ve won it. Good start but it’s the finish that counts.
Don, stopping yapping and start interviewing. Your make me nervous listening.
Don, “Your make me nervous”.
And ” your make” readers feel……?
Rather than digitally “yapping” perhaps start uplifting?
Breaking RNC Election news:
Ronna McDaniel, whom Donald Trump tapped as RNC chair in 2016,
won today’s secret ballot chairmanship vote 111 to 51.
NO MORE HOPIUM!!
Over and over again the bible states that hope is Gods gift to us.
Over and over again, humans who allowed God to fill their hearts with hope fuel had the power to do the impossible.
Who’s behind the “NO MORE HOPIUM” campaign and why did this campaign launch right after J6?
Who started the “NO MORE HOPIUM” campaign? Why was the anti hope campaign launched right after J6.
According to the bible,
Hope == Gods gift to us.
Hope full hearts are able to do the impossible.
People without hope give up and die.
Again, who launched and still pushes the “NO MORE HOPIUM” campaign?
I don’t think there is any campaign. Language is dynamic. People adopt words into colloquial usage all the time, and they also fall out of fashion. Sometimes you can tell a person’s generational age just by the slang they use.
The term “hopium” to me is a label indicating that the person holding the belief is choosing an emotional allegiance that is insufficiently backed by fact. These kinds of emotional allegiances are addictive and habitual, hence the pun on the word “opium”. Parents sometimes defend the evil acts of their own children, in the face of fact. Persons in abusive relationships often stay in them despite a continuing pattern of being hit. They even refuse to press charges after a partner puts them in the hospital. That’s hopium, not hope. In this forum, commenters apply the term as a humorous pejorative to those who rely on a prediction that politicians will back their will despite histories of not doing so.
At least in my case, use of that term has absolutely nothing to do with J/6. I first heard the pun over 20 years ago. I do have hopes, and I am a believer, but I still credit the need for discernment through logic and factual perspectives. Therefore (for example) I accept the Bible as true, but not literally historical.
Time will tell if McCarthy will be remembered for virtue or for vice.
I do like the way he handled the snotty reporter the other night. In that one, McCarthy showed some shaggy hair on his round ones.
As a Christian, am always willing to be open to conversion and repentance. But politics and money tend to grease the skids for easy back-sliding. He’ll need our prayers to stay the course.
Great comment!
It appears McCarthy reads CTH.
20 minutes in…Don Jr interviews Don Jr. 🤣
Choices: Deflect attention to the interviewer.
Reflect on what was conveyed in the interview.
Choices made reveal who we currently are and create who we become.
Who knows, but McCarthy’s history is concerning. Kinda like throwing a quick coat of paint on an old rust-bucket and passing it off as refurbished. Either that or MTG said you ain’t getting a piece of this unless you change!
I’m in about 5 minutes; my interpretation is that Don Jr. wanted to conduct this “interview” as a conversation, not a formal type of interview.
So far, he’s fine. It’s a conversation.
So, what’s wrong with that?
Haters gonna hate.
As Christ observed, dark hearts create Eyes Wide shut blindness.
Excellent interview, well worth the 90 minutes, IMHO.
My FEELINGS, on watching it are “Kevin McCarthy, WHERE have you been all my life?” with heart emojis or whatever.
He is certainly singing WITH the choir (MAGA) now, and its good to hear.
The great Ronald Reagan (nickname Dutch I believe) argued that people’s values are shaped very early in life.
If my views on McCarthy have been shaped by his words and votes and actions during several years in Congress, what could possibly change my mind that he is an evil member of the Uniparty, and will never change?
Only God is required to give sinners endless chances, because he determines their eternal fate.
Listened to the whole thing. They are talking about all the same stuff we already have known about (jaw agape) for the last 6 years.
Mostly the same ole tick tock shiny sht for the sheeple. Still going along with the Convid was a Pandemic false narrative. No mention of the fake war in Ukraine, glossing over or ignoring the new dynamics of election fraud since 2020.
Nothing will change if we cant vote them out.
All Jr. had to do was ask Kevin why he sports the Ukraine flag pin in Congress and then let us sit back and listen to the bull sht oooze from his mouth.
Its obvious to me institutionalized manufactured crisis and the resulting emergency mandate declaration abuses is the new normal that the Uniparty will use to keep us all corralled.
Interesting reaction.
Rather than focusing on what’s in “the glass” instead focusing on what isnt.
Complaining rather than appreciating and giving thanks.
Helpful? To malevolents, this reaction is very helpful.
It was a friendly interview. Not very impressive imo. Let’s get the subpoenas out!
Personally, I enjoy both a main course (ex subpoenas) and dessert (ex “a friendly interview”) rather than just a main course.
Complaining when a dessert is offered thats optional is a puzzling reaction.
If its a helpful reaction, who does it help?
Keeping up appearances, continued.
I finally watched the entire “conversational interview”; (which Don Jr. equivocates at the beginning).
It was informative and entertaining.
Unlike many of the Don Jr and Kevin McCarthy hate trolls here today, the grammar was just fine. Although I did notice the audio was better on McCarthy’s end vs Don’s.
However, even though I was very familiar with all the topics discussed, I enjoyed hearing the personal details that were embedded in all the generalities. Now, that makes the difference between a standard interview vs a worthwhile interview.
There was nothing close to Sean Hannity or Laura Ingraham in this interview. So, to all you naysayers and negative Neds and Nellies….please move along and have a good life.
There was no hopium in this conversational interview; there was a great deal of reality.
Stay Frosty!
And Paul Ryan deserves a second look.
He obscenely subverted Donald Trump’s Presidency (with McCarthy’s support).
But hope springs eternal.
The Trumps are pathetically hopeful that the sun will rise in the west.
And I return to moderation.
I know what McCarthy says and I don’t trust him but our leader should verify everything that he says that he will do and see to it.
Dear Mr. President Donald J Trump, “Your greatest contribution the greatness of America is your son.”
I have watched a number of very lengthy videos of your son and he candidly comes across as real, honest, grounded and forth right. He always presents as having a great understanding of the polical landscape and of the Polis.
He always speaks from a position of coming across as being very open minded in the vein of traditional liberal values, while at the same time commands the rare ability to eviscerate and dissect the MSM tropes that pass as journalism that run counter to conservative values used to pigeon the conservative movement as a whole.
Let me give two very relevant examples.
First one:
If Don Jr, had the spot light he currently has and enjoys back in the day of Speaker Newt Gingrich ‘Contract with America’ and the MSM tried to employ their typical playbook of the emotional, tribal political appeals of redefining the polis conversation through changing one very single word to mean it’s a ‘Contract ON America.’
Don Jr,would not suffer that for ‘That for New York Minute’ let alone a ‘New York Second’
Second example and this one is very insightful by asking a very simple question!!!!!
“Now that far more people in both sides of the polis are aware of the connective disconnects the MSM employs to short circuit critical/objective thinking that are designed to entrench and enforce the ideological political fence sitting that has only one objective, ” That of the interests of the DC swamp over us, the people of this country.”
Such that the common shared social interests on both sides of the political demographic polis spectrum are reduced to the MSM supplied talking points.
Which IMHO are nothing more than sociological designed talking points presented as or in an all or nothing landscape of rhetoric/argumentive talking points with the objective of talking through/pass each other and designed from the get go such that we never truly understanding each of other.
That is the true power of DC swamp.
Thus enters BigTech’s cozily relationship with those that are paying the true operational costs of keeping the lights on in a business model built on everything is free.
It is no longer a question of how, it’s a question of Why does these dark monies people keep supporting a negative in the red balance sheet.
This is actually a very natural question that needs to leveled at the very basic return on equity calculation/foundations/premiss by a very singular societal measure.
When is Don, Jr going to start calling BS on big tech role in big data mass analysis bias. When there is every basis to su
while also being laser focused lasaand a very persamind and very pu
When is Don, Jr going to start calling BS on big tech role in big data mass analysis bias. When there is every basis of understanding to support the supposition that big tech is using AI bots to present validation measures that support some of the absurd societal positions on both sides of the political spectrum and are nothing more than the validation of talking points the DC swamp uses to pigeon hole citizens into uncompromising tribalism that they so call measure and present at as ballot box outcomes.
So that question of why does the dark money keep flowing is simply answered by. “It keeps flowing in simply because to the DC swamp has found it to be cost effective and easy to manipulated to getting what it wants as outcomes.
That is rather long rant that digressed from what was my second observational.
Best presented, “As what is it about some people that they find comfort in being overtly, straight-up lied to snack in their face.”
What do mean straight lied to, what is your historical reference frame of observation.
Thus enters court exhibit A…
The four years of President Donald J Trump Presidency.
Let me recap Don, Jr…
You have the skill sets to become the FDR of our generation.
Thank you PDJ for raising such a grounded son that I believe does not take his privilege for granted.
It was a pretty good interview. It appears that McCarthy talks to and likes Trump more than people realize. Or at least more than I realized. Hopefully Jr. will get better with the hand movements.
Really good interview. I truly hope McCarthy follows through.
I am surprised at how many here are complaining about Don Jr.
I suppose it is why we never seem to get anywhere.
We simply eat our own.
Kitty:
I am frightened by how short the memories of most people are.
Every Republican incumbent in the House was re-elected in 2020, while Biden garnered a record-shattering 81 million votes.
Impossible without immense voter fraud, and nearly impossible that McCarthy was not a central player.
So McCarthy wants to forget the past? I don’t.
This interview was awesome. Like Don Jr. indicated, it was more like a conversation between Kevin McCarthy & Don Jr., but it was very refreshing.
Thank you for posting this “conversational interview”. Some great points and new bits of information!
Live our best lives… Grateful to both PDJT and his son, Don jr!
I like that Don Jr. said that he was fighting to make America what he thought it was. Hit home.
If only we all did that and stuck together…!
God Bless
How will we know when the tide has turned? The day a top-tier Democrat is frog-marched to prison despite 24/7 media protection. Until that day, the tide has not turned.
In 2020, every Republican incumbent in the House of Representatives was re-elected. Every single one.
Meanwhile, Joe Biden got 81 million votes: shattering Obama’s record from 2008 of 69 million votes.
These two facts are mutually incompatible and impossible. Meaning, voter fraud is the only possible explanation. And it’s 99% impossible that Kevin McCarthy was not a party to this.
I couldn’t bring myself to listen to the obscenity of this interview. It’s almost as distasteful as a routine episode of Hannity.
Trump Junior; one of the most impressive young men of our time.
Don Jr. needs to improve the sound quality.
I have come to realize two very important aspects of my life. America is not the free country we imagine it to be and the lie that government works for the citizens of the US. I have done well in life knowing that I need to cheat and disrespect their leadership as much as they do to us!
We are witnessing what has gone on since man crawled out of the caves. There are humans who will do ANYTHING to get the best housing, prettiest girl, best clothes, etc. The difference today is the level o depravity that the elites have fallen to. Perhaps it has always been so and I (and many others) preferred not to see it. Today Satan and his followers are in your face and it has become impossible to look away. So good people everywhere need to band together to provide support and comfort as we wrestle with the devil and his minions. The battle will be epic.
My goodness Sean Hannity II take a breath and let your guest speak!
Good conversation. Glad Kevin got in a few words.
It seems kinda’ weird that it is Don, Jr. doing a podcast, when his fiancee is usually the talking head.