Back to episode — Episode 2939 CWSA 08/26/25
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ke Trump is just doing one of those Trumpian things where he makes the press and all of his enemies talk about something that's not even real and nobody really cares about that much. And if they're talking about flag burning, it would be more along the lines of, "Hey, Democrats, what do you think about crime in the cities? Well, you must be in favor of it. Hey, what do you think about that border?…
← Previous segment →legal, but if there were any related crimes, make sure you press those. And there's also something about non-citizens. So if a foreign national is doing it, then Homeland Security and the Secretary of State can send them home, I guess. But I feel like that was also something they always could have done, right? Isn't it true that currently if the Secretary of State says, "Whoa, that's bad behavior in our country," then he just has to say, "That's bad behavior. You're going home." Am I wrong? I don't think they have to break a law. So I don't even know if that part's different, but it might be enforced differently. If a foreign national is burning a flag, maybe that would trigger the deportation.
Trump is also citing the executive order to eliminate federal funding for any place that has cashless bail. Boy, Trump is really using that federal funding thing as quite the weapon, you know, between his tariffs to punish other countries and then eliminating federal funding to punish any states and localities that are disobeying him. Do you think he'll get away with that? Can Trump use federal funding to make the local jurisdictions change their laws? I hope not. So I'd be in favor of ending cashless bail, but I'm not in favor of the federal government being able to tell the states or the cities anything it wants. I'd like you all to put your heads in a bucket of ice water. Why? Hey, why would we do that? Well, if you don't, I'm going to cut your federal funding. Now I'd like you to remove your clothes and run around in the public square while we mock you. Well, why would I do that? Well, you don't have to, but I've got an executive order here that will pull your federal funding if you don't. So I don't know how far you could pu
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sh this. I will eliminate your federal funding. But I don't like it. I don't like it. I do like it when, let's say, the sanctuary cities are defying the law of the land. If you're defying the law of the land by not letting the federal government do its constitutional duty to protect the borders, then maybe withdrawing your federal funding makes sense. If you're discriminating and you're a college…
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