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Ep. 2463 - The Echo Chamber of Evil

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Ep. 2463 - The Echo Chamber of Evil

The text is a passionate defense of the late Senator Lindsey Graham following his unexpected death, which was met with joy by anti-American factions. The speaker argues that Graham's life—marked by 33 years of military service, a humble upbringing, and a career fighting for American power abroad—stands in stark contrast to those who celebrated his death. These include Iranian and Russian officials, as well as a domestic "echo chamber of evil" comprising figures like Tucker Carlson, Hassan Piker, and Nick Fuentes, who, despite pretending to be political opposites, share a common hatred for America. They collude to promote narratives that America is imperialistic and evil, while defending terrorists and dictators. The speaker highlights that Graham's enemies reveal his virtue: he was a staunch supporter of allies like Ukraine and Israel, a critic of Iran and Russia, and a senator who never profited from office. The summary also notes the media's bias, contrasting respectful obituaries for terrorists with negative coverage of Graham, and underscores that even political opponents like Al Franken paid tribute to his character. Ultimately, the speaker concludes that Graham's legacy is one of patriotism, and his death exposes the dangerous unity among those who wish America harm.

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Senator Lindsey Graham died this weekend at 71 years old. The man spent his life fighting for the idea that American power is a force for good in the world and that you meet America's enemies with strength. And there are a lot of prominent people who were ecstatic that he was dead absolutely ecstatic the Iranian leadership, the Russian leadership and of course the echo chamber of evil. Soco Carlson and Anna Kasperian Hassan Pykhar and Nick Fuentes. I've been talking about the political horseshoe that's formed in American politics for quite a while. Between the America haters of the left and the America haters of the purported right. Well, that horseshoe has now become a wedding ring and it is in fact a threat to the country. We'll get into all of it plus a Democratic congressman makes up a scandal in the so-called West Bank in order to run for president. It's not going to work. Plus, my Lee Cyrus discovers something weird about dating. This is the Ben Shapiro show. So late on Saturday evening, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina died in very sudden fashion. It was unexpected by everybody. It wasn't a long illness. Apparently it was sort of e-work anomaly a few hours later. By the way, my wife gave birth to our fifth child. They bouncing baby boy, which led to not a few internet memes about how Lindsey had actually been reincarnated in my son. Listen, I'll say this. If my kid grows up to be a multiple term senator who stands for American power in the world and never enriches himself off his office and has the hatred of all the people who hate America the most, he could do worse, a lot worse because here is the thing. We can judge a man by his enemies. You know, who was happy when Lindsey Graham died? Iran was very happy. Russia was very happy. You know, who else was really, really happy? The echo chamber of evil. So who is that echo chamber of evil? Well, the dirt bag left and the two online, right? They hug each other. They help each other. They maximize each other. They collab on destroying America. So what you have here is a closed loop in echo chamber where the same dozen people cycle through each other's shows saying the same poisonous things trying to maximize everybody's exposure. Chang Weeger has a show with Anna Kasperian and it's Hassan Piker's uncle to where Hassan got to start. Candace Owens has Tucker on. Tucker platforms Nick Flentes and Chang and Anna Chang can dorses Tucker. Hassan nods along with the same lines that Nick Flentes is posting. They're all pretending to be opponents, but they're not. They all hate the country together. Because here's the thing. If you are left to judge who loved the country more, the senator who spent 33 years in the United States military spanning the active duty Air Force South Carolina Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve, the senator who stood for American peace through strength and stood staunchly alongside our allies like Ukraine and Israel against Russia and Iran, the senator who never made a penny off his office. Unlike pseudo-socialists like, say, Congressman Rokana or $250 million or alternatively, the influencer class who thrilled to terrorist and dictators and openly celebrate that senator's death all pick Senator Lindsey Graham every single time. If these are the people who celebrated Lindsey Graham's death the most, then hell Lindsey Graham may be one of the best senators of all time. Again, Lindsey Graham stood for American strength. These jack stand for American weakness, surrender and collapse. They think America is a nefarious force abroad. Then America's allies are the problem that terrorists are basically just freedom fighters against American and Western imperialism. They're propaganda for the people who would love to see America laid low. And of course they help each other. This is not connecting the dots, it's the same dot. They believe basically the same things. They may disagree from time to time about issues like Transing of the kids, but that's kind of the only issue. The rest of the time they're lying on the really important thing, which is that America sucks. And that America, if those who stand for her, her allies, all of them are just wicked in the world. So here's the thing. When you think America is imperialistic, when you think it's evil, when you think the world would be better off if we were governed by the Chinese, the Russians, the Iranians, all of the people who hate America the most, that our enemies are better than our allies and that those who stand for America deserve to die, you're the bad guy. I wish I were exaggerating here, but they all pretty much just set it out loud over the weekend. Well, all the worst people are very, very excited about Lindsey Graham's death, all the worst people. But listen, whenever you talk about mortality or the passage of time, it's a big reminder that you don't have time to waste. And that's still reality. And we just have a baby that means we are super, super busy. There is, there's no time to waste. And that's also true when it comes to your business. We all have our own time saving hacks for everyday life. If you're a business owner, how can you save time hiring? Zip recruiter. Zip recruiter has a new feature that quickly lets you see the most interested qualified candidates. First, see you save time by meeting the right people faster. And right now you can try it for free at ziprocruder.com/dailywire hiring the wrong person cost time sorting through dozens or hundreds of applications at also cost time. 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I offer my congratulations to the great nation of Iran on the death of this war mongering and anti-Iranian American senator. Alexander Dugan in Russia was also very, very excited about the death of Lindsey Graham. And of course, so were all of the worst people in America. Alexander Dugan, by the way, of course, he said that actually he tried to blame it on on on the Israelis. There were rumors over the weekend that maybe Lindsey Graham had been assassinated because of his sudden mode of death. There's no information to suggest that he was actually assassinated. His family says that he died of New York economically. But Alexander Dugan tried to blame it on wait for it. Wait for it. Masad, of course, of course. It's that Lindsey Graham was a shadow of Trump, his black self. Hey, but Hassan Piker, he was out there doing the routine. Hassan Piker, remember, this guy openly campaigned with Democratic candidates on the regular. He's with Zorn Mamdomni in New York. He's with Abdul El Sayed. By the way, I got him, I got to mention, the left is much more upset with the death of Ayatollah Khameini, the hard left, the dirt bag left, the DSA, way more upset with the death of Ayatollah Khameini than they were with the death of Lindsey Graham. Very happy. Many of them about the death of Lindsey Graham. Here's Hassan Piker again, somebody the New York Times can't spend too much time glazing, praising the death of Lindsey Graham. Lindsey Graham in a long list of demonic entities was exceptionally bloodthirsty, a bloodthirsty odious monster who loved war. There was never a war that Lindsey Graham did not fall in love with. Mr. Ladybug himself and the ultimate irony, the ultimate irony of the situation is that he achieved him and his best friend John McCain's dream of bombing Iran, a fierce defender of the genocide in Gaza. Lindsey Graham never met a baby in the third world. He did not want to evaporate with American munitions. Hassan Piker of course is perhaps the biggest scumbag in American public life. He's saying all this by the way flanked by the flag of China behind him. It's astonishing. Tucker Carlson though believes exactly the same thing as Hassan Piker. Indistinguishable. Here is Tucker Carlson saying exactly the same thing as Hassan Piker because again, they believe the same things. Killing is the point of Lindsey Graham's political career. Trying to convince the rest of us to get in board with killing when we won't screaming at us and calling us names and you're the hater because you're not in board with killing this or that person. It's all about killing people. A staunch supporter of really one of the most brutal dictators, let's just say it out loud in Europe in 80 years. And that would be Zelensky, the unelected dictator of Ukraine is basically devoting half of his life to extinguishing Christianity in Ukraine. All of us are supposed to ignore that, but it's actually happening putting presenjail. Killing is political opponents, murdering critics. That's happening right now. Lindsey Graham of course loves them because he's doing a lot of killing. Killing right people. It's Lindsey Purgat. Tucker Carlson suggested that Lindsey Graham was a murderer because Lindsey Graham had a psychosexual fetish with violence. As a Tucker Carlson Hassan Piker, same person Nick Flentes put out a tweet saying good riddance after Lindsey Graham's death, which was an identical tweet to the tweet put out by Anacasparian who has lost her ever loving mind over the course of the last couple of years. She also put out again, same exact words good riddance. Indistinguishable remove the names, same words, Anacasparian Nick Flentes. And then of course, Anacasparian put out a tweet in which she said that she was elated that he was dead. Of course, that was in 2020. She actually put out a tweet saying that you shouldn't glow over anyone's death. And now fast forward to 2026. And she says that she's elated and overjoyed that Lindsey Graham is dead. And the horseshoe is not even a horseshoe. It is just a dot. They believe the same things. It is just a gigantic circle jerk of mutual praise. This echo chamber of nastiness and evil and anti-Americanism. I mean, they all go on each other's podcasts. This is their thing. Whether it is Flentes going on with Tucker or whether it is going on with Tucker, whether it is chunk going on with Piker, whether it is Anna going on with Chank, whether it is Anna going on with Tucker, it's all the same thing over and over and over into forever. And I think that if Lindsey Graham's death exposes one thing, it is that all the people who oppose him think the same thing and that is that America is the problem on planet Earth and that's why they're happy he's dead because he was an advocate for American power on planet Earth. Now listen, I didn't always agree with Lindsey Graham and how his policies manifested as sort of his ideology. So for example, Lindsey Graham was very invested in the overthrow of more market offie that's something that I opposed. I thought that was a bad manifestation of a generally good ideology. But is it good that he is dead? Is that something that is good? Because again, Tucker Carlson is the person who clutches his pearls when the Iranians fire a missile at Qatar at the same time that he defends Iran. And a conspirator is a person who has openly called for the death of IDF troops and also is very much in favor of the death of Lindsey Graham. Now if you spend your days making sweet, sweet love to terrorist ideologies and being extremely nuanced about the death of the people who hate America the most, but you're absolutely crystal clear that when Lindsey Graham dies as a good thing, you're part of the problem. Of course, part of the problem on the mainstream left is this is now bled over into the mainstream left. You'll find a no surprise that in New York Times, they're contrasting headlines about Lindsey Graham and say, Kassim Salamani, the Iranian terror master, pretty strong contrast. They're headline about Lindsey Graham, quote, Lindsey Graham had a complicated relationship with black voters. As opposed to, you know, Kassim Salamani, the terror master, quote, Kassim Salamani, master of Iran's intrigue built a Shiite axis of power in the Middle East or say the Washington Post throwback headline about all Baghdaddi, the terrorist leader of ISIS Abu Bakr, al-Baghdadi, austere religious scholar at Helm of Islamic State dies at 48. You know, he's kind of legacy media to provide nuance for terrorists, but very little when it comes to Republican politicians who die. Steve Schmidt, the former Republican who has made the full heel turn. He put out an entire piece ripping into Lindsey Graham, quote, Lindsey Graham was an lonely and unprincipled man who betrayed his country for power and his decency for attention. He was a pathetic man. He helped Trump divide America and break our lines, his ideals and traditions. He was no patriot. Lindsey Graham made his choice. Now again, the rip from Steve Schmidt on Graham is that Graham was too close to Trump. That is not quite the rip that you're getting from these others. The rip they're getting from these others is that he was inherently evil because he stood for American power in the world, which brings us to what actually Lindsey Graham did stand for. Hey, so let's be clear, Lindsey Graham is an American success story. He was the son of pool hall owners. They owned a bar. He grew up helping his parents run the business. They lived in a room behind the bar. They moved into a mobile home. He was the first person in his family to go to college. His parents died 15 months apart from one another. His mom had Hodgkin's lymphoma. His dad died from a heart attack. Graham became his sister, Darleen's legal guardian. She's nine years younger than he is and she is the person who's going to be replacing him in the Senate. Graham joined the Air Force ROTC and then he served as an Air Force Jagger officer and then he was in the South Carolina National Guard and Air Force Reserve and he retired as a colonel after spending 33 years serving the country. He was in the US House from 95 to 2003 and then the US Senate from 2003 until his death over the weekend. So 23 years. He was an extraordinarily powerful senator. He was chairing the Senate budget committee at the time of his death. He had previously chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee. He had served on the appropriations, armed services and environment and public works committee and of course he was most famous for being extremely national security oriented, making sure that the United States remained at the forefront of military development. He was the biggest defender of aid to Ukraine. He was very much in favor of sanctions on Russia and Iran, very pro-Israel, very pro-South. He was very active in debates around NATO. He thought it was important that America remain the global Hegemon. He in the 1990s was very active in the impeachment of Bill Clinton, who was vocally critical of President Trump in 2016 and then later became a close partner with President Trump. He had some serious legislative accomplishments on issues ranging from law enforcement to the economy, who's very hawkish on border security and of course he was very much known as one of the most congenial members of the United States Senate. Already coming up we'll get into everything about Lindsey Graham. Again, one of the great senators, truly one of the great senators, but you may have noticed that we had a really, really busy weekend, like a busy weekend, meaning that my wife had a baby over the weekend, which is awesome. It also means that the sleep quotient is going down radically, like not a sleep happening in our house. That means when we get on our mattress, we need to sleep. It is very important. 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Any basics of said well Bo was my soul. For a long time he came to my ceremony and said some of the most incredibly heartfelt things that anybody could ever say to me. And he's the nicest person I think I've ever met in politics. Is that right? He is as good a man as God ever created. We don't agree on much but I think he's been dealt with a really good blow. I think he focuses on what he's got to do not what he lost. His heart's been ripped out but he's going to make sure that the other members his family's will take care of and he started talking about his grandkids. More worried about them than anything. Now again there are senators on the other side of the aisle who paid tribute to Lindsey Graham despite disagreeing with him. Routine Lee Al Franken was one of those people who paid tribute to him on X but this did not mean that Lindsey Graham was not a fighter. Most famously he started to be called Lindsey Graham 2.0 because during the Trump era Lindsey Graham went from being one of the more conciliatory members of Congress very often part of John McCain's gang of eight and all this kind of thing to one of the more contentious members of Congress fighting against the radical left. Here was Lindsey Graham going very hard as you recall at the nomination confirmation hearing for Justice Brett Kavanaugh. There have been a bunch of scurllous attacks on Kavanaugh's character. A bunch of completely unevenanced allegations about Kavanaugh and sexual impropriety back when he was a teenager and here was Lindsey Graham going extremely hard. One thing I can tell you you should be proud of Ashley you should be proud of this that you raised a daughter who had the good character the prey for Dr. Ford to my Republican colleagues. If you vote no you're legitimizing the most despicable thing I have seen in my time in politics. You want this seat? I hope you never get it. I hope you're on the Supreme Court. That's exactly where you should be and I hope that the American people will see through this charade. Back in 2018 same year Lindsey Graham 2.0 he famously said on CNN and they were they were ripping into him about working with President Trump but he said well I don't really I don't really care. If you don't like me working with President Trump to make the world a better place I don't give a shit. Back in 2025 Graham spoke at the Republican Jewish coalition and he talked about the threat from the so-called new right here's what he had to say. But I just want to make it really clear I'm in the Hitler sucks wing of the Republican Party. What is this? Hitler, I don't know, anyway. Here's what I do know. You can set in a basement with weird people and say weird things. It's a free country, right? But if you ever run for office as a Republican, and you embrace this, we're going to beat your brains out. Graham was in key about 24 hours before his death, where he was talking about something significantly more serious. He was talking about bipartisan toughening of sanctions on Russian. He was stalwart in favor of backing the Russians down in Ukraine. Here was Senator Graham, about 24 hours before his untimely death. We've reached agreement with the White House on a version of the Russian sanctions bill that they will support. It means it's going to become law. So when I get back to Washington, I'm going to go with Senator Blumenthal to the Republican, the Democratic leader, to see if we can find time to move this Russian sanctions package that would give tools to President Trump to help end this war. I think we've got the best chance since I've been coming here in the last five years to get Putin to the peace table. Again, it was because Graham died so suddenly that people had conspiracy theories about his death. In fact, Axios reported that just before Graham died, he had complained that he was feeling unwell. He had talked to President Trump earlier in the evening. Somebody urged him to seek medical attention. And he said that he would do so after he appeared on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday. And then he said, I can't die now. I still need to do the Russian sanctions. Get Iran sorted out to Israeli Saudi normalization. So again, the man had priorities on his mind. The Daily Wire has been dominant, put out a really nice tweet talking about what Graham was like, interpersonally, is that I called Lindsey Graham, ad dangerously insane, neo-con. And the next time we saw each other, he hugged me and said, everybody's got an opinion. Well, the tribute came in from those who don't hate America actually over the weekend. President Trump had this to say about the about his friend Lindsey Graham. I got a message about one o'clock in the morning from one of the people in his office that he had passed away. I said, you got it. I can't believe it. He was like a member of the family. It's very tough actually. It's amazing. Mr. President, he was such an advocate. He was, you know, if he wanted to get something. And you know, you know, a unique ability. He was able to deal with Democrats and Republicans. If I had a problem, a real problem, I wouldn't often ask. But if I had a problem with a Democrat, he could work it out. He was a great politician actually. Again, Senator Cory Booker, who's on the left, obviously was complimentary of Senator Graham. One of the White House negotiators during that first negotiation told me that Lindsey Graham was like an unguided missile. That God, he never knew which way he was going to go, whether he would come back and hit you. But when he was aligned, when he would be in the right place at the right time, man, he could get things done that other people couldn't and bring a lot of light and new possibilities to the efforts. I am stunned at Lindsey Graham's death, but I pray that he is reunited with his friend, John McCain, that they both are experiencing God's love, grace, mercy, and forgiveness. My prayers are with his family and all those who loved and cherished him. I will miss my perhaps most unexpected friend in the Senate and someone with whom I got some good things done. And Stephen Miller, who's a top advisor to the president put out a series of tweets praising Senator Graham, is at the end of a particularly thrilling and relicking meeting in the Oval Office. Lindsey Graham turns to the room and said, I've never had this much fun in my life. I cannot describe to you how much joy president from leadership and friendship brought to Lindsey, meetings with Graham at the White House were filled with camaraderie, kinship, and uproarious laughter. As heartbreaking as his sudden passing is, I hope it will bring some measure of comfort to those who cherished him to know just how much he was living his dream every day. Very rarely in life, do you get to be exactly where you want to be when you want to be there with who you want to be with doing precisely what you want to do. That was every moment for Lindsey. And I think that that is true. So the Senate seat in South Carolina will now be up for a special election. In the interim, the president recommended that Senator Graham's sister, Darlene, who again, he cared for from the time that she was a child and his parents died early. We'll be replacing her. Darlene had this to say about her brother. I want to thank the governor for selecting me to serve the remainder of Lindsey's term. It is such an honor. Lindsey has always been there for me. And now I will be there for him. The South Carolina governor, Henry McMaster, appointed Darlene to the open Senate's seat held by her brother. It is yet to be announced whether she's going to stand for election in the fall. I assume that you will. Lindsey took care of his little sister in years long departed. It's my honor to ask his little sister, Darlene Graham, to finish his work for him now. And by the way, Darlene, I don't know if I told you, but after we spoke on the phone in the wee hours of Sunday morning, and you agreed to serve through tears. Earlier, I had wondered what you would say. And I was humbled by your quickness to see the duty that you had to serve. And I called the president afterwards. And he thought it was a great idea. And I'm sure you that everyone here does as well. Senator Graham was one of the good ones he will be missed. Obviously, Senator Graham's ideology was at core, extraordinarily pro-America, American exceptionalism. And that is why he believed that America should in fact be the great global power that it is. That was key to him. And it's also again, why that horseshoe activated against him. Now speaking of the horseshoe, the echo chamber of evil activating against him, there are people on behalf of whom it also activates, not just against people, but in favor of people. One of those people is an obscure congressman in Brocon. All right, coming up, the Democrats, well, they live out a lot of stuff and they have the help of the echo chamber of evil to push their propaganda. First, as I've mentioned a couple of times, we had a very busy week and very, very busy weekend. We had a baby. But here's the thing. We knew our baby well before he was born. And guess what? Same baby inside out. We keep saying this to each other. 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And then he was essentially going to generate a fake controversy. So that's precisely what he did. Over the weekend, actually on Friday, he put out a tweet saying Israeli settlers, brandishing American made M4s detained me and other Americans on my trip to Palestine. Obviously, Palestine doesn't exist. He means the Palestinian Authority governed areas of the so-called West Bank. The West Bank is the left wing Jordanian Arab and UN name for Judea and Samaria, which is the area of Israel that exists actually in Israel's east. In any case, he says when the IDF arrived, they sided with the settlers and continued our detention. They made a huge mistake. You'll be hearing more soon. Well, as it turns out, pretty much all of this is alive. It is not true. The New York Times ran with it wholesale. I felt powerless in that situation, which is not an easy thing. As I have a lot of privilege in life, said Mr. Kana, who's eventually allowed to continue his journey after calls to the US Embassy and Israeli police. Imagine how people feel every day. Palestinians under the occupation. If they can make an American Congress person feel powerless for 90 minutes. Kana said what he observed in the West Bank would inform his politics and perhaps his run for president. If he mounted a campaign, Palestinian rights would be a key focus. He said, you have to understand that the way that it works in the Democratic Party, if you want to separate off from say John Ossoff or from Josh Shapiro or from any of the other mainstream Democrats who aren't overtly anti-Israel, is a great way to do it. You go there, you manufacture a nonsense photo op and I'll explain in a second why this is a nonsense photo op completely made up out of Hokeloff. And then you have the entire media run with it and then you make yourself the face of the fight against Israeli apartheid or some such bullshit. This is the way that the Rokana is operating. And let's be clear about this. Rokana is a giant dork. Okay, Rokana is going nowhere in the presidential race. You will never be president. He's a ridiculous human. He is a click or beyond belief. I mean, the man will, if a red light goes on anywhere in America, he will run in front of it. He turn off your microwave at night and he suddenly appears. He has red light, camera syndrome like no one else. So again, his idea here was go there, create a photo op and then pretend that he's learning something. I have something you need to offer about the injustices of Palestinians. He said, I'm going to go to every corner of America regardless of whether I run or not and tell their stories and tell the story of what is happening in the West Bank. He said in Palestine, I first felt as someone who was brown. We really saw the apartheid like conditions, the inequality. And then he warned the Israelis, quote, free advice to the Israelis. It's not a good idea to detain long shot presidential candidates. Not how you're going to build good will with the next American president, whoever that is. Well, I mean, how dare you offend Rokana? How dare you offend a random congressperson? From California, desperate for attention and who may or may not use his position in Congress to take particular trading positions that are wildly beneficial to his portfolio? The ambassador to the United States from Israel ambassador, Ichial later put out a tweet describing what actually happened. Quote, Congressman Rokana was offered to coordinate his visit with the state of Israel. This goes beyond notifying of his presence in the country who's offered in depth coordination of his schedule to avoid misunderstandings and he chose to ignore that offer. He also chose not to coordinate his visit with the US Embassy in Jerusalem. He chose to conduct his visit accompanied by Palestinian activists and for some reason, New York Times journalist with cameras at the ready. By the way, the New York Times photographer is a radical Palestinian propaganda with him was also a person affiliated with J Street in organization that actively lobbies against the government of Israel and Capitol Hill. J Street is an organization essentially set up by allies of the Obama administration to form a failings of anti-Israel Jews and pretend that that's representative of the Jewish pro-Israel population in the United States. Later it continues, Mr. Kana and his entourage entered a closed military zone without permission. The military had no prior knowledge of him going there due to his refusal to coordinate with them. The vehicle they stopped was unknown to them and therefore provoked suspicion. The moment details of the Congressman's identity were cleared, he was free to go. At no point was the Congressman or any other member of his party threatened by the soldiers or civilians bearing arms. To add insult to entry, the Congressman used this instance as an opportunity to tout genocide and apartheid labels to the press, propelling himself to the center of yet another anti-Israel media frenzy. The facts don't lie. This is a cheap anticipated provocation that could and should have been avoided. And then he offered Congressman Kana the opportunity to speak directly, which of course Kana is not going to do. Now turns out the Kana was lying. What actually happened is that Kana went to again a closed military zone or is on that it was recently closed to the military. So it's the same thing as if you wanted to go into an ice facility and you just decided to drive into the ice facility without coordinating with ice and then you were stopped and held momentarily while they figured it out. That's what actually happened. And that's by the way, what the actual tape shows. Does it look like a dangerous detention to you? What actually happened is that Rokana left with his group, the paved roads in Israel and went into an area and an unpaved road that is directed toward this closed military zone and local security forces, not to the lens, local security forces, stopped him and then called the cops. Because as you may know, in Israel, there's a very, very long record of Palestinians driving into Jewish areas and killing people. This is a thing that happens pretty regularly over there actually. And so you can't just trust the people who are driving into closed military areas are nice decent American Congress people. Here's the actual video of the incident, which actually cuts directly counter to what Rokana claimed to happen. You can see there are a series of cars there. You can see local security officials. The person says we spoke with who's the patrol commander here. Hi, we spoke with the police and they said just move them so we can leave. The person says what the police are on their way, they'll tell us what to do. The person says, but I've just spoken to the police officer on the phone. The person has led the police come here. He said, but he was going to be late. So can you contact the operations room and deal with this because we've already spoken to them. There's a member of Congress here who spoke with and who are you? I'm Nadav. Hi. You're Nadav from Breaking the Silence? Yes, there's a member of Congress here. He spoke with the embassy. The embassy is involved in this, so I do not understand what's happening here. You can get these guys out of here. They're not allowed to be here. It kind of sounds like you're taking orders from them, meaning the local security, what you call settlers, they're not settlers, they're local security. I see you're choosing not to help in this situation. You're choosing not to help in this situation. That's the thing. Okay, so at no point where they arrested and no point where they detained, they literally said, why don't we wait for the cops to get here? And I'm sorry, like I'm unclear if somebody approaches local security and says, hey, I called the police and I cleared it with them. Let us through. Is there any local police force, any local security force on planet earth that would go, oh, you talk to the cops. Okay, fine. What that happened in America? You want to go into a closed American military zone. You drive up the military cops stop you and say, hey, I coordinated this already. Let me through. They're like, okay, sure, no problem. Again, what happened is they called the police, the police showed up, the IDF showed up. They realized that Connor was there. Connor had not in fact coordinated this with either the Israeli embassy or the American embassy as my cock will be made clear. And then they let him through. And in fact, Rocana was corrected on this unfogged by Julian Turner. The only reason why lives are saved is because of the excellent work of the American embassy, David Brownstein, who also can talk about this, had first told us just don't engage with these violent settlers. And we tell him you're alone with the American embassy, they didn't care. They said who cares that you're American? We don't care that someone's in Congress or government official. He said to say that to the IDF, they didn't care. They were taking the side of the settlers who were detaining and threatening Americans over the side of the Americans. Again, the Israeli embassy say it was IDF officials coordinating with local security on the ground. They are here, it's just part of the statement. Let me read part of the statements are from the IDF. Troops were dispatched to the scene quickly, dispersed the Israeli civilians and reopened the block road. The IDF soldiers operating in the area did not take part in blocking the road. People should look at the video. Yeah, well, the video shows again, locals get, does anyone look threatened there? Does it look as though anyone was being arrested or detained? It looks as though the road is closed and then the cops show up and they say, okay, he's a Congressperson will let him through anyway. By the way, Kana admits full scale that he went to the West Bank without any coordination with the Israeli government. If you go to places without the government knowing about it and then they don't know who you are. Anything claim they know who you are. You should be allowed to go wherever you want to go without any delay. Once again, they allowed him to go where he wanted to go in the end. In other words, this is all bull. And he manufactured it out of Hokeloff because this is the stick. Manufacturers out of Hokeloff. Now, I do wish to point out that let's say that this had gone the other way. Let's reverse the polarity here. Let's say that some American Congressperson did not coordinate with either the Israelis or the Palestinian Authority and just decided to drive into Ramallah. Let's just say that this was like a random person who decided to drive into Ramallah. You know what would happen, not a delay by local security. Not a delay by local security. You would likely end up shot at the very least beaten. We know this because it happens fairly regularly actually. In fact, there are giant red signs that are posted on the roads in the West Bank, the so-called West Bank, Judansom area, that say, if you go into this Palestinian area, you're no longer under the protection of the Israeli government and you could be murdered. These signs are there. Okay, I've seen them myself many times. Quote. This road leads to area A under the Palestinian authority. The entrance for Israeli citizens is forbidden, dangerous to your lives and it's against Israeli law. You wanna talk about like an actual apartheid area? Can they Palestinian? Goes to Israel, legally, and gets in and travel wherever they want in Israel. In fact, there's Israeli Arabs who do it every single day, walk around Jerusalem, their Arabs all over the place, and that's fine. There are entire cities, there are mixed population cities in Israel. 20% of the Israeli population is Israeli Arab. How many Jews live in the Palestinian authority areas? The answer is zero, because they Jew went in there that you would be killed. In 2023, in fact, German tourists accidentally drove through central mobblues, which they sit in the West Bank, and they were nearly beaten to death. Quote, "They told me if they needed Jew on the street they want to kill him, just like this, and I think it's a big problem they have so much hate in their education." A spokesperson for the Palestinian Authority at that time said the attackers had feared that tourists had been Israeli forces. So they just started trying to murder them. Now again, the horseshoe immediately came together around Rokana, this pathetic dweeb. Tucker Carlson, of course, could not wait because Tucker Carlson hates Israel and so fond of the kinds of people who live in Israel, who mousse eaters, so to speak. Tucker Carlson said, "An American member of Congress is threatened by foreign terrorists carrying American rifles. He has no evidence for this. Backed by a foreign military paid for by American taxpayers, and the US ambassador to that country says not a word in defense of his own country men, and instead uses his social media accounts to promote his own vapid cable mousse appearances, which amounts to propaganda for that same country." In Tucker Carlson, she talked about foreign propaganda considering that his videos routinely appear on both Iranians, U.S. and Russian TV. It's too much, too insulting and humiliating to America says Tucker Carlson. This is how revolutions start, really, to revolutions start in America because a far left-wing American congressman creates an AOC at the ICE facility like OP. And then that's exposed. And the person who stopped for 90 minutes in the lego, is that is that really how revolutions start? Tucker Carlson from his mansion in Maine, or maybe his mansion in Florida. For the sake of the nation's as Tucker Carlson, mycocady should be removed from his post immediately. And then of course you have Anacasperian saying to a congressman, "Scom like you forces to banquere all these terrorists. You're far more of a problem to your own country and a traitorous disgrace." And Shankweiger saying, "Israeli settlers act like they're the boss of us?" Worst part of how Israeli settlers in IDF detained Rokano is when they laughed at the idea they were insulting and intangering a U.S. representative. They were sure there would be no consequences. What do you mean? Insulting and intang- Shankweiger, like this foreigner who came to American shores routinely insults American represent, like this is what he does for a living. And again, where they supposed to, my favorite thing about this is where Rokana, who if Rokana walked down a normal street in America, he's identified as zero out of one million times. No one knows who Rokana is. Rokana trying to play the "Don't You Know Why I Am" card. Abroad in the middle of Judean Samaria, the West Bank is ridiculous on its face. It's ridiculous. And by the way, you wanna know why the authorities there were a little bit concerned about the people who were coming up and talking to them? Because the group that the person mentioned used from is a far left wing NGO funded in large part by Europeans who hate the state of Israel. That's why. So again, why am I focusing on this? I'm only focusing on this because again, this turned into another one of these big, hot stories that turns out to be rooted in nothing, but it is the horseshoe that matters. And the horseshoe always activates around the worst people. And again, many of the people who ought to actually be praised like Senator Graham. Okay, this has consequences for American foreign policy. So over the weekend, things got hot in Iran again, as of course they were going to because Iran was never ever as I have explained many, many times Iran was never going to give up control over the straight of our moves. They were not going to do it. Because if they did, it would demonstrate weakness. And if they demonstrated, they did not control the straight and they had no forward capacity and no nook, that makes the regime insanely vulnerable. So they were never going to just give up the straight. So Sencom began strikes again over the weekend. Sencom announced on Saturday night at 715 PM Eastern today, US Sencom forces began launching the third round of strikes this week against Iran after Islamic revolutionary guard core forces blatantly attacked, MVGFS galaxy a Cyprus flag, container ship, transiting the straight of our moves, a civilian crew member is missing. The vessel is unable to continue the journey due to an onboard fire and significant engine room damage. Iran was provided yet another opportunity to demonstrate adherence to the MOU after being held accountable for earlier attacks on commercial vessels, but has again failed. In response, the US is imposing a heavy cost by continuing to degrade Iran's ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial ships freely transiting the straight. The strikes are being carried out at the direction of the commander in chief. Sencom's a release footage of its first use, I believe, of unmanned seed drones attacking the Bondar Abbas Naval Base. This is a naval base that is located along the north shore of the straight of our moves. You can see these unmanned boats that are approaching the port. And again, they're essentially one-way suicide explosives that are directed against Iranian assets. You see blowing up the port there, blowing up the dock. Sencom announced a third night of strikes on Monday night as well. Now the president put out his own statement. He said, quote, "The Hormuz straight is open and will remain open with or without Iran. We are reinstating the Iranian blockade, so named because it is only stopping Iran's ships or customers from entering or leaving. All other countries will have fair and open use of the straight." The USA will be from this point forward, known as the Guardian of the Hormuz straight, but as such, it has a matter of fairness. They will be reimbursed at the rate of 20% on all cargo shipped. For any and all costs necessary to do the job of providing safety and security to this very volatile section of the world, the process information will begin immediately. Thank you for your attention to this matter, President Trump. Now, as far as the toll here, the 20% toll, I'm not a huge fan of the 20% toll simply because, again, this is an international waterway. I understand that we are absorbing the cost of keeping it open, but it is also in America's interest to keep the waterways open. And if we start charging tolls, then that creates impetus for other countries to also try to charge tolls. So not a huge fan of the toll with that said, should we be reimbursed in other forms by other countries? Sure, should they contribute their part to keeping the straight open if it's an international waterway? The answer is absolutely. And whether you choose to do that through a toll, which again, not loving the toll, or whether you choose to do that by negotiating better trade deals, whether you choose to negotiate that by forcing other countries to increase their spend on their own defense mechanisms against America's enemies, that's fine. Again, the Iranians jumped right in and they said, oh, well, you know, if the president's gonna charge tolls, so should we, Iran has always been the guardian of the straits will remain so forever. 20% is of course too much. We will be fair. So again, they want to control the strait. They want to charge their own tolls. President Trump says, listen, we had a deal. They broke the deal. Iran is now getting their aspect. We had a deal. It was a done deal. And then they broke it. They always break it. We've had 10 deals with these people. And so we're just gonna hit them very hard. And we're gonna keep the strait and we'll probably run it. We'll become the guardian of the strait. Maybe we'll call it the guardian angel of the strait. Remember this, they killed 52,000 protests this so far. As of this moment, the number is 52,000. But who's gonna protest? And a lot of people are surprised about the protesting that they haven't. But nobody's gonna protest when they get shot. They have AK-47, they have machine guns, aimed at people's heads. If you move one foot further, you get shot. And then they'll shoot 10 of them and everybody flees. Who's not gonna flee? They don't have guns. Right. They're a bad group of people. Let me just tell you that. I don't say that often. And I have to live with that statement. They've been this way for a long time. And right now they're getting their ass kicked. Now again, the president has a habit of trying things. And then when reality says differently, then he changes his mind. That obviously has happened with the Iranians. He says the MOU is a test and they failed. Well, was the MOU that your negotiator's brought back? Was that a side-saddle MOU? Was that built to fall apart? It was built to test. It was a test. We didn't know. It didn't look memorandum of understanding when you're dealing with sleaze bags, don't mean much. And they don't mean much when you're dealing with honorable people too, because it's a memorandum of understanding. It doesn't mean much. And I said, why are we even, you know, it's a standard tactic in the US that you go to a memorandum of understanding and then you go to the deal. I said, just go to the deal first, but you know why? It was sort of a test. And they weren't there. They didn't honor the test. We had it. We had this deal settled numerous times. I said, watch. I guarantee, watch. And they never, they never followed it. Okay, so again, the president taking the realistic position. So what can happen here? Well, theoretically, the United States can force open the straight. Apparently we already have in part. There are a lot of ships that are leaving the straight and that Iran is not actually tolling at this point. We should be using the Saudi bases in order to do so. I assume that that's actually the trade that was made. So the Saudis over the weekend also hit Houthi bases in Yemen. The Biden administration position had been idiotically that the Saudi should stop intervening in Yemen to fight the Houthis. Again, are a group whose literal slogan is death to Israel, death to America. And so the Saudis went to America, apparently asked for permission to hit Houthi bases. He said, yes, I assume that came in return for us being able to use Saudi bases, our bases in Saudi in order to strike at the straight, which of course is also in Saudi Arabia's interest. If we force open the straight, I still believe we should either bomb or take car gauland, we should bomb South Powers gasfield, we should completely destroy the possibility of economic recovery under the current regime. That's what we should do and we should put them on their last legs because otherwise, again, they'll just keep tapping us along. And again, all the worst people as I say, the horseshoe is very much in favor of Iran. This of course includes Treadaparcy. Treadaparcy is a Tucker Carlson wing of the Republican Party fan. Also a de facto lobbyist for the Iranian government, Treadaparcy, who is labeled Rokana hilariously on Hassan Piker's Twitch stream. He appeared with Hassan Piker. Again, they're all the same thing and say it's all a circle jerk. Treadaparcy with Hassan Piker, ripping on Lindsey Graham. Look, to me, Graham was essentially a dying breed of hawkish Republicans who thought that there always was a military solution to whatever problem or non-problem that existed in the world. And drove the United States in an absolutely terrible direction. And at every moment, there was this effort to sabotage diplomacy from his and belittle it and shift things back towards some sort of a muscular military-centric approach, which I think has ultimately been disastrous for the world, but also very, very disastrous for the United States itself. Again, Treadaparcy, the uniting factor between Hassan Piker and Tucker Carlson. And of course, Treadaparcy's entire perspective is that Iran is the victim in all of this. And actually, the only way to get them back on board is for the United States to make outsized concessions to the Iranians. And this entire group of people believe the same thing. And that is that America is the bad force in the world. All of the fans of American power are the bad force in the world. That is the entire stick. That is the entire stick and now and forever. I don't know. I kind of like America and think America ought to be more powerful because its rivals are some of the most evil places on planet Earth. And if you are sitting there with a Chinese flag in the background talking with an Iranian cutout about how Iran needs to be treated with kid gloves. I don't know, maybe that's a sign we should not be listening to you. Alrighty, and other radical leftist news. People are going crazy over a shooting that happened up in Maine. According to CBS News, the Department of Homeland Security says that a man who was in the country illegally attempted to flee the scene when ICE tried to stop him around 7 a.m. Eastern time over the weekend. And fearing for public safety, an officer discharged his weapon. This person later died from the injuries. Apparently, ICE agents encountered the man while conducting targeted surveillance on the last known address of illegal alien with a final order of removal. So apparently he was a 26 year old from Columbia. Apparently the senator from Maine, Angus King is an independent who coaxes with the Democrats said the person who was killed was not the person that they were seeking. The agents were not wearing body cameras at the time. The perpetrator's car apparently who's trying to drive away, they were bullet holes through the windshield. DHS is claiming that this person had weaponized his car. You can see the bullet holes through the windshield, very reminiscent of the death of Renee Good. Protesters immediately gathered in Maine and then they tried to break into Susan Collins' office. There will be an attempt to weaponize this particular terrible situation to attack Susan Collins and suggest that she of course is the problem. You guys can go arrest the murderer down the street. Is this private property? Okay, so again you can see these delightful people. They're going to try to make the case that Susan Collins needs to go because of what happened with the murder. The Democrats increasingly keep embracing radical policy positions. Senator Ruben Galliego, who for some odd reason is friends with every sex offender in the Senate candidate pool who is apparently defending Graham Platter, but also he's a good friend of Eric Swalwell. No idea that Eric Swalwell was a derelict. In any case, Senator Ruben Galliego, he confirmed with Medihassa and that he wants to abolish it. Okay, so again, this is what the Democrats have become there. It's radical, it's radical, can be. Okay, in cultural news, in cultural news, I do want to get to this kind of amazing clip of Miley Cyrus that has been making the rounds. So Miley Cyrus appeared on a podcast recently in which she discussed her trouble dating life because she says that she's been having trouble finding nice guys because she spent enormous swaths of her life naked publicly. Here she was with a Monica Lewinsky discussing. By kept dressing or acting a certain way, my relationships fell apart. No one wanted to date me because they didn't want to be with a woman that sexual expression part was not for them. It was like shared with the world. So like guys, when I would try to date, when I was dating or who I was engaged at the time, that didn't work out because I was sharing a part of myself that men wanted to be saved for them only. And the fact that I would pose nude or dance in very little clothes or show my body was making them feel like I was taking something away that was meant to be for them. I mean, because your nudity is supposed to be for your spouse, is that what we're talking about here? I mean, what I noticed is that it's not just whenever celebrities say that they're just getting nude as a form of self expression. As a form of self expression, I have a question, how often are they just walking around their house nude? Like by themselves, or they're just wearing peaches like a normal person. Like as a normal part of self expression, you just walk around nude in your back. Like when you go to the grocery store, do you walk nude to the grocery store as a form of self expression, you know, like just walking around in public nude. Were there no cameras? Were there no fame? Were there no money? Would you be walking around as a form of, you know, just knowing yourself? Or did you just walking around naked? The answer for Miley Cyrus is undoubtedly no, because we have lots of pictures of Miley Cyrus like walking around in public, going to the grocery store. And it turns out she's not dressed like she was in wrecking ball when she goes to the grocery store. Also, by the way, why we have indecence exposure laws in this country. So what you're really doing is you're performing for money. I mean, let's be clear. You're performing for money and the people who are providing you that money, sure, there are a lot of women, but there are also a lot of horny men who are watching you be nude. And so is it weird that maybe your boyfriend or your husband would not want that because they think that that's something special? Are there any parts? I mean, it's really a question. Are there any parts of marriage that are supposed to be special between you and your spouse? Traditional marriage makes it pretty obvious the answer to that is yes. But modern feminism says, no, you being nude with your husband is apparently of no consequence as a matter of exclusivity, which is strange. And we're supposed to pretend that it's not human nature to be resentful of that. Now, let's be also fairly clear about the evolutionary biology here. One of the reasons that men seek sexual exclusivity from women is because just evolutionarily speaking, a woman can always be sure that a child that she bears is hers. But a man can only be sure that a child that is born to him is his if the woman is exclusive to him. This is just normal biology. That's the way it works. A woman sleeps with 10 men in a short span. You can't tell who the daddy is historically speaking. Paternity tests are a relatively recent invention. And so just in terms of the evolution of the brain, the idea that men would be perfectly fine with a woman, quote unquote, sharing her sexuality with lots of other people, it's not weird for men to say, hey, maybe that should be exclusive to us. Why am I least I risk finds that strange or weird or inhibiting in any way is beyond me. But maybe young women should take her advice to heart. Maybe it turns out that actually one of the things that men find attractive is you keeping your sexual nature for the man that you love and wish to form a family with. Maybe you'll have a happier life if in fact you share yourself with only your spouse. I know crazy, though, it's just crazy. By the way, I believe is a matter of morality that men ought to do the same with women. And I've lived this in my life. My wife and I are 18 years married. Now with five children, we're both virgins going into our marriage. I know that this is supposed to be emblematic of some sort of shame. At this point, I'm a man of people used to make fun of me. when I would talk of this before I was married, that I intended on being a virgin until I was married. I thought it was important to talk about that when I was 17, 18, 21, because again, that is a moral precept that is good for the world to live. Well, I can tell you this, the counter factual in which you are not that, when you don't emulate that, when you don't promote that idea, it actually makes for significantly worse relationships. And the fact that Miley Cyrus sounds like she was unhappy with her dating life for years because of this, again, not a gigantic shock, because you can either choose to make a happy life with one person that you love and build a family with that person, or you can choose all of these disproved theories of how the world ought to work in your strange alternative universe in which human biology does not exist and the human brain is basically a free floating entity with no evolutionary drives. But I do love it when, sort of left-wing nostrams meet reality and it turns out that reality makes you unhappy if you follow the left-wing way of viewing things. Okay, so before we get to the membership portion of the show where we'll get to the DSA, and we'll get to Zorn Mamdani, and I'll get to all of that. You know, I do, I would be remiss if I did not share what is maybe the funniest clip in the history of the internet. Now, both of the people in this clip are just scum. The worst people in America, truly terrible people. Alex Jones, conspiracy theorist, Par excellence, professional liar, a person who has been sued for a billion dollars for claiming that the children who are murdered at Sandy Hook or child actors and all the rest of it, and Sneako, a recently converted Muslim who's a nut job streamer. And watching these two nutty people out nuts each other, I have to say, is hilarious? It is indeed hilarious. Alex Jones gets the better of this exchange by far. Alex is, you can't out nuts. Alex Jones, as it turns out, he does it on purpose here. And watching as Sneako, who is himself a disgusting specimen, be out crazy to buy Alex Jones on purpose, this may be one of the great clips in the history of the internet. So Sneako was with Alex Jones on his stream. And Sneako starts doing the Islam must take over America routine, which he's been doing a lot recently. He goes into the streets of New York and talks about how, in Shallah, everyone will be a Muslim and all of this. And he's trying to sort of, I suppose create a sort of perception of Uber masculinity, despite the fact that he is a single, lonely pathetic dude with the camera on him all the time. And Alex Jones is having none of it. And in fact, decides to imitate Sneako back to his face by going even further. And just for the sake of humor, this must be played. Ladies and gentlemen, the weasel from Connecticut, the mighty Mungal, the amazing, all powerful, sneaky, (indistinct) - Just a little bit. - You don't even have a brain. - So what makes you think you can deport me? - You mean, you have a brain? - So what makes you think you can deport me if Sean Strickland cannot be down, huh? You can't stop me. I'm coming. - Then tell me. - I'm coming. - I'm coming. - Turkic, Turkic, I'm a homogen. - Oh, look at that. - Oh, look at that. - Turkic. - No, no. - The slavery that we take the women is slaves of the night. - And in short, lie. And in short, lie you become Abdul Alex Jones. (laughing) - Take care, Sneako. We'll see you. - Salamu Laker, Mallex. Mary Yakaazan is so much fun. - His name is a sneaky, a sneaky, sneaky, sneaky. All right, we love you, Sneako. - See you tomorrow. - Salamu Laker. - Salamu Laker. - What? Sneako just gets out crazy by Alex Jones's body. He gets, he gets, Islamic Mogged by Sneako by Alex Jones there. That's that. (laughing) That's pretty funny stuff. I'm sorry. When he starts crossing his, I think like, psycho. And Sneako looks like he's looking for an exit. And Sneako is like, this is too crazy. He can't even keep up the act, Sneako. He's like, oh no. (laughing) Man, Rare W for Alex Jones right there. Rare W. Salad stuff. (laughing) How are you folks? You thought the show was over, but actually it gets even crazier than that, because Zorn Mamdani's mayor of New York. And it turns out, it turns out. You won't believe this. It turns out that with all of his rent proposals and with all of his socialism, the rents are going up. You won't believe it. We'll get to all of it in a second. If you're not a member, become a member, use code Shapiro at checkout for two months free. And I'll annual plans. Click that link in the description and join us. (upbeat music) [MUSIC]

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. Senator Lindsey Graham died unexpectedly at age 71, prompting celebrations from anti-American figures including Iranian and Russian leadership, and a group of influencers like Tucker Carlson, Anna Kasperian, Hassan Piker, and Nick Fuentes.
  2. The response highlights a "political horseshoe" where far-left and far-right figures unite in hatred of America, forming an "echo chamber of evil" that collaborates to undermine the country.
  3. Graham is portrayed as a patriot who served 33 years in the military, never enriched himself from office, and advocated for American strength, allies like Ukraine and Israel, and tough policies against Russia and Iran.
  4. His enemies—including Iranian state media, Alexander Dugin, and domestic influencers—celebrated his death, exposing their shared belief that America is the world's problem.
  5. The speaker contrasts Graham's legacy with the mainstream media's nuanced treatment of terrorists versus harsh coverage of him, and notes bipartisan tributes from figures like Al Franken despite political differences.

Summary:

The text is a passionate defense of the late Senator Lindsey Graham following his unexpected death, which was met with joy by anti-American factions. The speaker argues that Graham's life—marked by 33 years of military service, a humble upbringing, and a career fighting for American power abroad—stands in stark contrast to those who celebrated his death. These include Iranian and Russian officials, as well as a domestic "echo chamber of evil" comprising figures like Tucker Carlson, Hassan Piker, and Nick Fuentes, who, despite pretending to be political opposites, share a common hatred for America.

They collude to promote narratives that America is imperialistic and evil, while defending terrorists and dictators. The speaker highlights that Graham's enemies reveal his virtue: he was a staunch supporter of allies like Ukraine and Israel, a critic of Iran and Russia, and a senator who never profited from office. The summary also notes the media's bias, contrasting respectful obituaries for terrorists with negative coverage of Graham, and underscores that even political opponents like Al Franken paid tribute to his character.

Ultimately, the speaker concludes that Graham's legacy is one of patriotism, and his death exposes the dangerous unity among those who wish America harm.

FAQs

Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina was a multiple-term senator who served 33 years in the U.S. military. He advocated for American power as a force for good, peace through strength, and strong support for allies like Ukraine and Israel.

Iranian and Russian leadership, along with certain American influencers like Tucker Carlson, Anna Kasperian, Hassan Piker, and Nick Fuentes, were reportedly ecstatic because Graham was a staunch critic of America's enemies and a defender of U.S. global leadership.

It refers to a closed loop of left-wing and right-wing figures who share anti-American views, cycle through each other's shows, and collaborate to promote ideas that America is imperialistic and evil.

Graham grew up in a modest family, was the first to attend college, and served as a JAG officer and colonel in the Air Force. He entered politics in the House in 1995 and the Senate in 2003, becoming a powerful national security hawk.

He focused on national security, military development, aid to Ukraine, sanctions on Russia and Iran, strong support for Israel, border security, and NATO. He chaired the Senate Budget and Judiciary Committees.

The transcription notes that outlets like the New York Times and Washington Post provided nuanced coverage for terrorists like Qasem Soleimani and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, but gave a critical headline about Graham's relationship with black voters.

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