Trump picks J.D. Vance for VP, media panics: "Authoritarian"

From the Fox News Radio Studios in Midtown Manhattan, it's the fastest growing radio talk show. Brian Kilmead. I'm running. It's Brian Kilmead from Milwaukee, the site of the Of the RNC, and we're back in action at the RNC first time in eight years. Think about it.

I mean, I've covered these before, it's always been fun and interesting. More of a coronation celebration, try to get big names and bring them on your shows, boxing friends, and you know, when you try to get interviews out in the field. But this time, there's news breaking everywhere because of the stunning news that happened on Saturday with the assassination attempt. They killed a firefighter, and now we find out more about that. I'll discuss that.

I also want to talk about what happened at the RNC last night and tonight, and then talk about Joe Biden and what's happening on the Democratic side. This is the utter definition of chaos and the worst case scenario in scenario in so many respects for the Democratic Party. Although it's not life and death, I'm talking about the leader on the top that they did the worst thing possible. They wounded and let him live. And he wants to go right through November because you let him live.

And I mean that in a symbolic way, because politically he should be done. But when you're 81 with nowhere to go and you have the keys to the White House, he calls the shots. Kayleigh McEnany is kind enough to join us. Today, before her myriad of shows from Outnumbered on Down. Kelly, great to see you.

Good to be here.

So many different aspects. First off, what you saw last night of the man you used to work for, the 45th President, who looks like he's en route to being the 47th president, come out, bandage on his ear, walk towards that stage, singing, hearing that song, Proud to Be an American. What a moment. We were all waiting for that first moment we would see Trump. And when he walked out, he seemed deeply appreciative.

You could see that on his face. Have you seen that face before? I have. And it's not often you see it from him, but it was a face of appreciation. I also think there was probably a little bit of angst, and I can't get in his mind, but you've got to remember: this is the first time he's in a large crowd after being grazed by a bullet on a stage 48 hours ago.

So I can't imagine. You know, we always think of Donald Trump as the strong veneer, and he's no doubt strong, but I've got to imagine that was difficult to walk into a massive. Massive crowd after being grazed. Right, and the other thing is. He said to the New York Post, and he said to Solana DiAzito.

I uh should not be here. I should be dead. I never turn my head like that. I never turn my head from the crowd, especially early. I usually go to the immigration data at the end of the speech, but I turn my head, my ear gets blown off the top of it.

And I'm here, and at one point, he could have a human reaction because he seems to be superhuman, almost impervious to these type of normal shots that would you know, the Russia hoax would have wrecked most people. Let alone what's happened now. And maybe some of that's sinking in. Yeah, I think so. Look, you've heard several speakers, Tim Scott and others, talk about Providence and divinity and God being in this equation.

And the liberal media ran with that and made fun of it. I saw some headlines this morning. But I think there's something to that. And I think that there was a recognition among Trump, I'm supposed to be here in this moment for a reason and a purpose. And it's clear, because I don't turn my head, but I did.

So he made his big news About two or two o'clock local time when he decides to let it be known on Truth Social that J.D. Vance could be his running mate. Jason Miller weighed in on why cut thirteen. When you see that unity with President Trump and J.D. Vance, you can tell there's a chemistry there.

You can tell that these two genuinely like each other, and we're going to be spending a lot of time together on the campaign.

So I talked to Governor Bergum an hour ago. I think he's definitely disappointed. He doesn't need it. He just looks at his service. I think it's exactly the right reason.

But NBC has a report today that he was picked and that Eric and Donald Jr., Don Jr., went in there and just went crazy and said, you've got to go with J.D. Vance. All the reporting is that is exactly right. And I would add to that equation the fact that Elon Musk personally called him. That was what CNN was reporting and made a play for J.D.

Vance. And you know how politics works? It's an interesting timeline that hours after the J.D. Vance pick, Elon Musk announced that he's putting $45 million a month into mail-and-vote operations. By the way, he's walking that story back.

Did you see that, Allison? Yeah, if you would look that up, they want us to acknowledge it, but then they're going to wait. Maybe Dana will do it on her show. But the Wall Street Journal had it. And the Wall Street Journal didn't walk it back, but then we were getting word that we should walk it back.

Interesting. But clearly, he's endorsed him. And clearly, he's going to do something financially. And you know, Kaylee, it's almost selfish because they're going after Elon Musk. They should look at him as an icon.

He's putting us in space. He's got the electric car engineer, invaluable. But instead, this administration is trying to sue him, push him back because of what he exposed on Twitter. Yeah, no, I mean, the richest man in the world. I hope there's some sort of financial investment because, you know, when we talk about the election, everything is trending in Trump's direction.

The energy, the stories. I mean, the news cycle, it's insane to think about all of the headlines that have been so positive for Trump. Back in my press secretary days, you know, we would have dreamed for a news cycle. Of course, not what happened at the rally, but with the legal cases, a positive news cycle. We never had it.

But the one part of the campaign that I would note, we must have the mail-and-vote operation. We must invest in that financially.

So I hope there's something to the Wall Street Journal reporting. I hope it's true that Elon Musk invests there, because that's the missing piece. We have so much to go over, but I want to go to the interview that Joe Biden did with Lester Holt. He still did it, didn't have to. He easily had an ad.

Out, listen, it's been a shooting. I think it's the wrong tone. I'm going to wait when people can pay attention.

So maybe you didn't want that.

So we sat down with Lester Holt. Here's a little of how the interview went. I found it unbelievably combative, Cup 30. I'm going to debate him when we agreed to debate, and I'm going to debate him in September. But if the opportunity came up to do one between now and then?

Is there a sense of wanting to get back on the horse? I'm on the horse. Where have you been? All right. Mr.

President, it's always good to talk to you. Good to see you. Thank you for making some time for us.

Sometimes come and talk to me about what we should be talking about. He's stubborn. There's no doubt about it. Everyone around him wants him out except his close family and advisors, but he's staying, according to him. But I would note, just stylistically, that was a markedly better interview than the George Stephanopoulos one.

He looked better, he sounded better. I don't know what they gave him before, what his routine was, but he should do that again. It was a better look, which is good for Republicans because that means he stays in. He hit the mark. But, two, it was incredible to me when he was talking about soul searching about.

Campaign rhetoric. He resurrected the Charlottesville both sides hoax, which has been fact-checked by Snopes as false. He resurrected the bloodbath hoax. Donald Trump, when mentioning that, was meaning the auto industry. That's been fact-checked too.

So you're talking about toning down rhetoric and you resurrect hoaxes to make your opponent look like this violent dictator? It's stunning.

Well, we've been over this. When you say people, if you elect this guy, democracy's over. If you elect this guy, he's never going to leave office. If you elect this guy, there's going to be riots. They think my p some some twisted mind would say it's my patriotic duty to take him out.

I mean, John Wilkes Booth had the same mindset.

So Do you think the President would think twice?

Now, how about this? Kamal Harris, I thought in a classy way, called J.D. Vance to say, congratulations, I look forward to debating on CBS. They put out for President Biden, here's the deal on J.D. Vance, nine things that you're not going to like about him.

Not even a moment to say, hey, now your ticket's formed. It's going to be a great four months. Let's have at it in a civil way. That would have been a normal thing to do. Number one, I talk good to staff.

Is the staff missing the moment? Are they that bad? Do they think the only way to win is to create tension, make the other guys look unelectable still? It has to be. Saturday is not that long ago.

It is only Tuesday.

So Saturday there's an assassination attempt. They pull down their ads. They said they were doing it as quickly as they could. It's not been 72 hours. And the president is tweeting protect democracy, talking in these existential terms, to your point, that do cause some people to become unhinged.

We don't know the motive of the shooter. I certainly don't blame Biden or his campaign for what the actions of the shooter were. But you'd think you'd step back for more than a few hours after the assassination attempt.

So I watched David Axelrod, and he said last night there's still a huge push to get him out. He's not going anywhere. Fascinating. I want you to hear a little bit more from the interview and get your comment on this. Cut 32.

Where are you? on this. Why didn't the press ever talk about that? 28 times it's confirmed he lied in that debate. I had a bad, bad night.

I wasn't feeling well at all. And I had been without it, I screwed up. I just asked a question because the idea that you may or may not have seen. what some of these other folks have seen. You're not on the same line.

Yeah. Yeah. I had to see it. I was there. By the way, seriously, you won't answer the question, but why didn't the press talk about all the lies he told?

I wonder what that So he said, What are you talking about?

So they keep, he asked him. Did you watch the tape back? What did you see? And he said, You look confused. Because I didn't have a good night.

Why don't you talk about his lies? I mean, a lot of the lies they walk back that the administration put out, the current administration put out, that they did. But it's not the point. He's upset with the press. He's upset with the New York Times twice who has to resign.

The Washington Post has to resign. You have two, another network has to resign. You had the guy that interviewed him tell TMZ, I don't think he can get through another term.

So let's see what's going to happen. I mean, Kamala Harris is definitely outgunned when it comes to, I should probably use a different term. I definitely think she's going to have her hands full of J.D. Vance. She's a very good talker.

She will if she's not going to have her hands full with Donald Trump, right? I wouldn't ruin it out. I don't think it's going to happen. I don't see how it happens. Yeah, I've oscillated back and forth between happening, not happening.

I'm with you that it probably will not happen at this point, given the change in the news cycle, what happened Saturday, the conversation's moved on. But for all intents and purposes, There's still rumblings behind the scenes. There's still a private campaign to get him to step aside. Nancy Pelosi, convening with Hawkeen Jeffries, Political Playbook, had a whole write-up about it. If you get a cadre of top Dems together, Schumer, Pelosi, maybe Obama, if the polling opens wide, and I think it will after this convention and the events of Saturday, I wouldn't put it past a top cadre of Democrats going to him.

And is that enough to get him out? It could be. especially because he's probably not taking any donations. But if he does get out, Axrot said, I don't think they're giving him the right polls. He says, well, my poll is just a toss up.

So they might not be giving him the right polls.

So do you in your opinion, Do you think that David Axelod is speaking for President Obama, or has there been a separation? You do. I do think he's speaking for a president. Because I don't think Kaul Rope speaks for George W. Bush.

So should I look at David Axerod as somebody who speaks for Obama? Is that wrong? No, I think you're right. There's going back. Maybe a year and a half ago, there was this big write-up about this event where the Biden campaign was.

With former Obama advisors to try to convince them he was going to win. It was some event. It was a commemoration of Obama's presidency. And they all expressed trepidation. They've had a long fear that he can't win.

I've got to imagine that comes from talking with their former principal, President Obama. I think all the advisors coming out, former Obama advisors, are speaking with the thoughts of their principal in mind. They are one united voice that Biden can't make it across the finish line. But Senator Coons hasn't gotten the memo. David Clyburn, Jim Clyburn, has not gotten the memo, and that's key.

60 members of the Congressional Black Caucus. Yeah, so Kaylee, I'm glad I'm back, I'm sorry I'll keep you here. Let's just make this a longer segment on the assassination attempt.

Now we find out that there's this the assassin. Was confronted and spotted 30 minutes before the shooting took place. We also find out that a cop did walk up that ladder, did get up there, confront the shooter, and then went back down. And I'll just paraphrase: the explanation was: don't be critical of the cop. He's not Superman.

He can't take a gun out of his holster and shoot back. Excuse me. What could Cop goes up by himself from would-be lead Javi Arswald like attack. Did someone stay on the ground and said, if the guy pops up, take him out? I'm not asking him to be the only cop on the scene in an open lot.

This 25,000 people here, thousands of cops. I mean, this investigation has barely started, and I'm outraged about the ineptness, and I hate criticizing law enforcement. Yeah, look, there was a failure. There's no two ways about that. And this reporting about him being spotted 30 minutes, we need more clarity.

We have it on tape. I mean, it's on tape. It's on tape. There was a failure. That being said, I talked to a former senior law enforcement official who is very, very, very familiar with presidential protection.

He told me items, news items, three days ago that he was hearing that all turned out to be true. The local cop, all of that. The one thing I would say is: as people blame Secret Service, Counter sniper did his job within three seconds. The seven Secret Service who got on President Trump followed protocol to the T. There is an outer perimeter, a middle perimeter, an inner perimeter.

Outside the perimeter, it is all delegated to local law enforcement. I have more questions, I think, for local law enforcement than I do for Secret Service at this point, but both should be questioned. There was a failure. A bullet should have never come within earshot of the president. They had people, cops who were on the inside of the building, not on the outside of the building.

Yes. And they spotted this guy. They had problems with him. They took pictures of him. And they took pictures of him holding what they couldn't figure out.

Is that binoculars or is that a scope? And if it was binoculars, they didn't want to you're allowed to bring binoculars to an event that's going to be crowded.

So they held off. To me, I have my AirPods in today. They weren't going to let me through. They had to go through it. I had to look at it.

I don't understand why if someone's carrying something that looks like it could be a scope, how are you even giving a second time? Excuse me, where are you going? Who are you? Who are you with? What's in the bag?

You know, what do you mean? What's the ladder doing here? Why are you here?

Something. Why are cops shy all of a sudden?

So the cops are on the inside but not on the outside. And the footage posted on now social media shows several eyewitnesses yelling and directing at least one police officer towards the building. And the neighboring business.

Sorry to say the 20-year-old was up there and they saw her. They were screaming. You could hear on tape, officer, officer, look up. Yeah. It's crazy.

The 30 minutes is the biggest outstanding question I have right now. How was that not communicated?

So let's say it was in the hands of local law enforcement. How was that not communicated to Secret Service that there was this sighting, that something looked suspicious, there was a breakdown in communication, a significant one that could have cost the life of the President, who, by the way, I would just note, the President told Brett Baer. That the Secret Service did their job. He was so gracious and kind. And I know he loves his Secret Service detail.

And those guys who jumped on the president put their life on the line, as they should. That's their job. And they did do that. Yeah, and Eric was saying today these are some of the, they're almost like family. Yes, yes.

So no one wants to criticize some people that put their bodies in front of bullets. Kayleigh, who's on your show today? On our show? Oh, goodness. You put me on the spot?

That's the one question I don't know the answer to. Emily and Harris are on.

Okay, good. What time? 12 p.m. 11 o'clock. Oh my gosh, the easiest question is the one I failed.

Yes. 11 local, 12 p.m. Are you interviewing people or are you just keeping it on the couch? Today it's just on the couch.

Okay.

So it was my bad question. You should not blame yourself. I'm asking you for guests on a show without guests.

So that's bad. My preparation. We have two guests. I've let you down. Oh, you know.

Okay.

So two guest hosts. Yes, two guest hosts. I don't know who they are, though. All right. I'll find out.

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From the Republican National Convention, it's Brian Kilmead. and obviously emotional Donald Trump greeting a crowd and a chanting fight fight which is what He said, right after the attempted assassination attempt, and you can see the emotion on his face, it looks like possibly even tears on his face, this crowd. joyfully welcoming him back after the horrible events uh over the weekend.

So, Jake Tapper pulling off Howard Corcell, just matching the cadence and the emotion of the moment in the most mundane delivery since George Will decided to comment, used to commentate on Meet the Press.

So, listen, CNN's doing a better job. MSNBC just didn't even let Morning Joe go on the air because they probably know that they can't say anything empathetic towards the president ever, even though they tweeted something out and the people point to that. But there was a lot of emotion when the president walked out, and it's coming from him, and it came from the people. But it's going to even be at a greater crescendo on Thursday when the president gets a chance to speak. Today, one of the highlights for me would be Nikki Haley coming out speaking, said, Take my delegates, and they said, We'd like you to come.

And she said, Yes. There's a lot of other great speakers there. We'll bring all the highlights and keep you up to date on all the breaking news from the RNC. Brian Killmee Joe. Back in a moment.

From Milwaukee, Wisconsin, home of the Republican National Convention, it's Brian Kilmeade. On a call a week ago, you said it's time to put Trump in the bullseye. There's some dispute about the the context, but I think you appreciate that. I didn't say crosshairs. That's what I'm going to focus on.

Look, the truth of the matter was, what I guess I was talking about at the time was there was very little focus on Trump's agenda. Yeah, the term was bullseye. With the with a mistake that he used were I didn't me I didn't say crosshairs, I meant bullseye meant focus on him, focus on what he's doing, focus on on his on his policies, focus on the number of lies he told in the debate.

So they're using his language until Westerholt's credit. He called a bad on it. Just explain yourself. And he kind of apologized for it. And we'll see where that goes.

But hopefully, language will change.

So far, I have not been encouraged that President Biden has any. Maybe he feels that he only has one speed, and that's attack. And part of what he's doing is he is. Trying to get his campaign in gear while trying to realize 48 hours prior, there was an assassination attack on his opponent, and he's also talking about calling things off and cooling things off. But at the same time, minutes after J.D.

Vance is named, he comes out with a tweet that says, Here's the deal on J.D. Vance, like nine things that make him seem like the second coming of the Antichrist. We'll see where that goes. Joining us now to discuss this and so much more in his quest to become the next senator from Virginia and beat Tim Kaine, the Democrat in Virginia in that seat forever, is Hung Kao. Hung Kao, great to see you.

Brian, thank you so much for having me. First off, your thoughts about President Biden's explanation on the use of the word bullseye. I mean, they've been using this kind of language for decades, right? I mean, they call this ultra, super duper, extra strength MAGA. I mean, you know, right-wing extremists, they called that, indeed, they called me a bigot in 22.

They called me a racist. They called me a white adjacent, you know. You're Vietnamese. Yes, exactly. I'm Vietnamese.

And I mean, I was a refugee to this country and also fought for this country. These are the same people that were thanking me for my service a few months before. And you decided to become a Republican, and you didn't realize how challenging that could be. Exactly, because I don't fit their mantra of, you know, hey, here's the immigrant who just depends on the helping hand of America. We just want a chance.

That's all we want. Tell me about your military background.

So first of all, I came here as a refugee from Vietnam. This country gave me everything.

So I grabbed onto the American Dream. I went to the United States Naval Academy. I have a master's in physics from Naval Postgraduate School. I had fellowships at Harvard and MIT, but I paid back every dime of that American dream with 25 years of service in Navy special operations. I was a Navy deep sea diver that recovered John F.

Kenny Jr., his wife, and his sister-in-law. Also, other aircraft that crashed in the ocean. I also diffused bombs for our SEAL teams and our special forces teams in Iraq and Afghanistan. Besides that, what have you really done? I mean, I'll give you some time.

Because you need to recover. No, that means it is so amazing. Number one, I had trouble in 11th grade. I had a chance to take earth science or physics, and My brother told me, take physics, because it's so hard, the standards will be low. I sat there and I said, today I'm going to try to understand at least half the class.

How do you digest and excel with physics? Do you think there's a logic to it? There is. Is it really? I love math and physics.

My teacher helped design work for the Manhattan Project, was relocated.

So she was a genius.

So it is really my fault. You're telling me it's easy. She was a genius.

So you're blaming me? No, no, no. I'm just saying that different people think differently. I mean, you definitely think a lot better on your feet speaking than I do. Yeah, right.

Thanks for trying to make me feel better.

So just on this incident, what what were your thoughts on Saturday? Also, I asked you too, what is it like being shot at? You never really get used to it. The President's never been shot at before. Can you describe his instincts and how he handled it, knowing he's been hit?

Knowing he was tackled by his Secret Service, and then what he did after. How unique is that reaction? He just showed. Absolute courage. There's the same kind of courage I saw in combat, you know, from men and women who served with me.

And the fact that he popped back up and pumped his fist, I mean, that's the American spirit. That's what brought this country to greatness. I mean, you know, we were fighting against the British in 1776. We were, you know, this is also the nation that, you know, when every ship was sunk in Pearl Harbor. during uh on December seventh, we raised every single ship except for two, refit them for war and sent them back out to chase the same Japanese fleet that sank them.

That's the American spirit. It's the same American spirit after 9-11 we took all the rebels from the nine the Twin Towers and forged into USS New York. That's a great attitude. And I did not know that. We raced every ship except two at Pearl Harbor.

Yes. All right. So when we look at your race in Virginia. I was talking to the Trump people Five days ago. And they say almost as important as we're in the White House, if we don't get the Senate, The impeachment starts right away.

And it's going to be races like yours. We know West Virginia looks like a layup because Jim Justice's quality and it's a very red state. But you look at Montana down by three, you look at Mike Rogers down by three or four, you look at McCormick down by three or four, you're trailing roughly by six or seven against an established candidate like Tim Kaine. What can you expect to get? From the coattails of a president that seems to be on a roll.

Well, President Trump is loved in uh Southern Virginia. When I say Southern Virginia, I'm talking about Rappahannock, Prince William, uh and uh Fauquier County's down. That's not very you know, deep yup that's an hour out of DC. And everybody loves him down there, and that's why he's gonna carry the day in Virginia, and I'm gonna be there with him. He's round only two points off, sometimes he's in a dead heat.

Yes, absolutely. And and Virginia is in play. Look, you know we you know how how polls are. You know, it's just it polls are polls. And and uh you know, it's still the summertime.

We we're gonna do really great um you know, when it comes time to September.

Some people look at Tim Kaine, your opponent, and say he's going to be tough because he's a moderate. When you do your research and look at his vote, former running mate of Hillary Clinton, what do you find?

Well, first of all, Tim Kaine, no one can remember what he's done for Virginia, right? This guy got stuck in I-95 with a bottle of Dr. Pepper. That's all they can remember of Tim Kaine. That's all he's done.

I mean, he plays like a moderate, but everything he's voted is all in line with socialist agendas. That's how he is. And how do you expect to attack that?

Well, I mean, look look, Tim Kaine and I have had the same paycheck signed by the American taxpayers for thirty years, except he has millions of dollars for it and I have scars.

So I ask you this, who fought for you? It's not Tim Kaine. He's lined his pockets. All right, do you have a debate lined up? Yes, we're working on a debate right now.

The teams are working it out. And, you know, I know we'll be on the stage. I watched your governor give a really good speech last night, and I could see that Virginia has got a lot of momentum, a lot of scrutiny, and people want to talk about that being a springboard. How could you use the rising star of Younkin, along with the support that the President gave you on Memorial Day, the former President who wants to be the next President, how can you use that to propel your name?

Well, first of all, Virginia, like I said, is in play because in 2021 we elected Glenn Youngkin, Winston Sears, and Jason Miaris, the top three for a statewide election in Virginia. Then in 22, even though we gained one seat in the House, and it's about 51 to 49 percent, and then in 23, you know, they said, oh, well, we didn't get the red wave and we lost the House of delegates in the Senate. But actually, if you look at the number of voters that came out, it's basically the same between Republicans and Democrats. Do you feel as though for the longest time when I was growing up, we heard about the military community in Virginia? Have they shrunk in size or have they begun to diversify and become as much Democrat as Republican?

It used to be when you saw a military base, you thought that's a bunch of Republicans, conservatives. Do you feel as though the military is still made up with the same mindset? Or is that something you can tap into further? They've been further, they have not been. They have not been catered to?

Well, they need somebody to believe in them. Like, I've spent three tours of duty in Hampton Roads, you know, and so that's my wife and I lived there for nine years of our career. And it's the veterans, right? It's the veterans who are just sick and tired of seeing our flag burned and trampled and people screaming death to America. It's the veterans that are going to come out and we're going to win the day, especially in Southeast Virginia.

So, what people have told me is name recognition. We had Bernie Moreno on the other day, and I said, How do you close that three or four-point gap? Because nobody knows me. You've got to get to know.

So, that's one of your goals is to raise your profile. How do you do that? Mass media is the best way. And so, that's why I ask everybody to go to hungforvirginia.com. That's h-u-n-g-f-o-r-v-a.com, because I'll fight for you every day.

I'll take shots all the time. I mean, I've been shot at, I've been blown up, it doesn't matter. You know, but I need the ammunition to fight back. And the only way to do that is through commercials, and that's through mass media. How has the media treated you?

Oh, the mainstream media, not very well. I mean, like I said, they keep calling me the same thing. He's a racist, he's an ultra-left, right-wing MAGA. He hates this, he hates that. He's like, no, I've fought for this country, and I'm not done fighting for us.

So, I want to give you an example of how the media doesn't get how they've lost such credibility by covering for Joe Biden for these years and making Trump out to be a monster. Is he perfect? No. We know he's different than any politician, but to mischaracterize him to the length that they have, I thought we had to hit the turning point after the assassination attempt. And then I watched this on MSNBC.

So Don Jr. is about to nominate his father, put him over the top. Erica is going to do the speech. Florida's about to go over the top. Listen to this exchange, Cut 18.

I know immigration is important to him. I covered the family separation crisis closely. Will we continue to see policies like separating 5,000 children deliberately from their parents? You mean the Obama administration? You know they didn't do that, sir.

Sure. Will there be a second family separation policy? It's MSDNC, so I expect nothing less from you, clowns. Even today, even 48 hours later, you couldn't wait. You couldn't wait with your lies and with your nonsense.

So just get out of here. I mean, here is his father about to be nominated, two days after he gets shot. It's back the biggest comeback in maybe political history, and you're bringing up a separation policy who obviously NBC wants to underline. What are your thoughts about that? I mean, they're like a policy.

It doesn't surprise you. Yeah, no, it doesn't surprise me because they only have one thing to say because their policies suck. I mean, tens of millions of illegal immigrants have come to this country. Tens of thousands of military-aged males from China, Syria, Yemen have come to this country to set a foothold. We have 80,000 children who are missing and exploited that came across the country.

And he's worried about one or two weeks in year one of an administration that lasted four years and hasn't been in power in seven. Exactly.

So your quick thing when it comes to what's happening here with immigration. As a guy that came here legally as a refugee, appreciated the process, paid back his loans, went through immigration, passed the tests. How do you feel about what's happening at the border? I mean, it's an insult to all of us who've done the best thing we can to follow the laws. I mean, my father was so proud of his citizenship that that's the last thing he had hang over his bed before he passed away two years ago was his naturalization certificate.

And my message is: don't come in America asking for the American dream if you're not willing to obey the American laws and embrace the American culture, because I do. All right, Hung Cow, how to support you again one more time? Go to hungforva.com.

So H-U-N-G-F-O-R-V-A.com. Great to see you. Thank you. Great to meet you. Best of luck along the way.

All right, we'll be back in a moment. 1-866-408-7669, Brian Killmee Chow. Stay tuned for more of Brian Killmead, live from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Next. Live from the Republican National Convention, it's Brian Kilmead. And the truth is that the media has lied to us about Donald Trump. I know this because for a long time I believed those lies.

So I'm here to set the record straight. The first person I knew who supported Donald Trump was my father. I was shocked. My entire family is racially diverse. And I believed the left-wing propaganda that Donald Trump was a racist.

My father said No he's not Amber. What are you talking about? And when I insisted He said prove it.

So to prove my father wrong, I did my research and looked into all things Donald Trump. I realize Donald Trump and his supporters don't care if you're black, white, gay, or straight. It's all love.

So that was Amber Rose, and I am not the biggest Amber Rose. I didn't know anything about her. I thought it was interesting to put a tattoo right in the front of your neck. I'm extremely attractive. Uh dated Kanye West uh and evidently uh a a model.

She's very attractive, rapper, T V personality, but she's got would you say, Allison, unbelievable number of followers, like millions of f Over 25 million followers.

So they put her on a prominent display yesterday, last night, at the RNC. And listen to what Van Jones said. That was probably the most dangerous speak for the Democratic coalition. That is a young woman of color. She's describing the experience a lot of people have, feeling that maybe if you're around too many liberals, you might get criticized too much, or you might not be able to speak your mind.

And she spoke to it really well. And she's way more famous than any of us up here. I'm going to tell you that. Way more famous. And so to the extent that these guys are trying to bust up our coalition, that was a bunker buster right there.

Isn't that interesting? I mean, I find that fascinating. I read that, I didn't hear it. Allison, you saw it. And Van Jones often says things that are compelling.

Sometimes he just digs in ideologically. I'm almost disappointed. But what she said is not so much I endorse Donald Trump. But the journey to endorse Donald Trump, how is that similar? I don't know to Marco Rubio, how about to J.D.

Vance, big critics, then a big supporter.

So many people said, I listened to the media and I just thought this guy is evil personified. I got to do everything possible to make sure he didn't get elected. And when he gets elected, I'm going to make everything possible to make sure he is impeached. And when he's not impeached, I've got to make sure whatever I can do, I'm going to make sure he does not get reelected. And that worked.

And then to make sure he's not elected again, in come the court cases. The civil trial, an incident that happened years ago that the accuser doesn't even remember the year. You go to town on whatever happened there, and then you go find out something with this business that didn't exist, and you find them there, puts a bond and yields that off, and then you bring up something that happened 15 years ago, and you say that's a court case, it's got to go to trial. You convict them there, they put off the sentencing. And then you try to get him in Georgia.

With the election law, then you try to get them on the January 6th, then you try to get them with the documents, and one by one those cases are falling. And when people get some scrutiny on them and they can have a discerning eye, they say, wait a second, the country's not going well, our foreign policy is going to hell. Look at the Middle East, look at Eastern Europe, look at what's happening in Eastern Europe. Look what's happening at the border, look what's happened with inflation, and then what's happened with our spending, what's happened with interest rates.

So, whatever you think about Donald Trump, then you have the facts of your life, no unintended from the TV show, and you say, Maybe he's. He's not 100% wrong. And then maybe I should give him a shot. And that's why this very popular young woman of color or with a diverse background. was able to come out and say, I changed, and maybe some other people would be open to it.

Also, I had people come up to me and say, after I saw him stand up after being shot, I'm all in. What I also thought was so significant last night was Sean O'Brien. Who is he? He's the Teamsters president. What did he do?

He was invited to speak at the RNC. Traditionally, the unions belong to the Democrats. Sean O'Brien, cut 26. Today, the Teachers are here to say we are not beholden to anyone or any party. We will create.

an agenda and work with a bipartisan coalition. ready to accomplish something real for the American worker. And I don't care about getting criticized. It's an honor to be the first Teamster in our 121-year history to address the Republican National Convention.

So let me tell you why I tweeted this out that I think is significant. Donald Trump has a history of being pro-union, can't get anything built in New York without it. People listening to me on WABC understand that. Sean O'Brien got an invitation from Donald Trump and not one from Joe Biden. And when they said that he was going to speak at the RNC, the DNC basically disowned him.

And if you want to be the work if you want to be a blue collar party. Don't allow The anti-union stance in the past mischaracterized your stance of being pro-worker in the present. And that's what Donald Trump's trying to say. I'm pro-worker and I'm not anti-union. And Sean O'Brien said: thank you for the opportunity.

From high atop Fox News headquarters in New York City, always seeking solutions, never sowing division. It's Brian. I'm killing the latest moments from Milwaukee. We have so much going on. I cannot believe it's only day two.

I think it's because nothing stopped since Saturday in the afternoon, late afternoon, when that shot rang out. Actually, eight shots rang out. One hit the president's ear. Sadly, three other people were hurt. One lost their lives.

This firefighter, last words were get down as he jumped to protect his daughter. And this firefighter lost his life. It's amazing what we're finding out, how preventable this seems to have been. People have spotted the would-be assassin 90 minutes before. We're suspicious about him on the ground, saw in his hand what we now know is a scope.

They said it might be binoculars. They took pictures of it. They took pictures of him on top of the roof. And they didn't do anything until the shooting started. And it just goes to underline how badly we need an investigation, and that begins today.

This hour going to be joined by Congressman John James of Michigan, Michael Watley, all he's doing is running this entire event, the RNC co-chair, Senator and Dr. Roger Marshall's here from Kansas. And Nicoli Ambrose joins us again, a Maryland National Committeewoman who's a lot of experience at these conventions. Nicoli, welcome back. Great to be here, Brian.

First, your thoughts about day one on the floor. You really thought this is a lot of emotion for day one, right? This was amazing. We have never seen a day one like this in my lifetime. I've been lucky enough to experience all of these since 2000.

And this was the level of like a Wednesday. The floor is packed. It was hot. It is a smaller convention floor. We have all the delegates on the floor.

But the big thing was just. Unbridled enthusiasm. People were just jumping out of their seats. There were Trump trains going around the floor of the convention. And of course, he officially got nominated, and then in the afternoon, J.D.

Vance is named as the running mate. Speaker Mike Johnson made the formal introduction, cut one. Pursuant to Rule 40D of the rules of the Republican Party, I formally declare President Donald J. Trump and J.D. Vance as the Republican nominees for President and Vice President of the United States.

So look, they've had finalists down to four, down to three, then it was Marco Rubio, Douglas Bergham, and then there was J.D. Vance. Maybe Tim Scott, your thoughts about how he was received. Incredibly well. Everyone was really enthusiastic.

I was walking into the convention center in time for the 12:45 gavel, and I heard some people outside the convention center. It's J.D. Vance. I was like, Really? Is this for real?

Let's get inside and see. And then we're in there. Mike Lee did roll call right before us, Senator Mike Lee, and he kind of announced it to the convention floor before Speaker Johnson. And I was like, That's the confirmation. Here we go.

Now we know.

So, here is how J.D. Vance found out: cut three. He just said, Look, I think I'm going to go save this country. I think you're the guy who can help me in the best way. You can help me govern, you can help me win, you can help me in some of these Midwestern states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, and so forth.

And he said rightfully that we have been very, very close for a long time, but especially since I endorsed you in 2022. And I would not have won that race without Donald Trump's endorsement. And the president's trust then and his partnership since then has been something I value a great deal.

So that's interesting. That's how it went down. It could have went either way. It looks like Don Junior really wanted him and others really wanted him. Thirty nine years old.

Do we know a lot about him? Do you find the Hillbilly elegy would gim gave him an immediate name? I think it's that uh well, I think two things about J. D. Vance, in addition to Everything he said.

Ron Howard does a movie on you. Right. Exactly.

How fantastic is that? But on top of that, apparently Trump loves the book and, yes, loves a good movie. But number one, he ushers in a new generation, right? Vance is only 39 years old. If he were to run for president, he'd be approximately.

Send him to the campus. Right. They're doing very well. Isn't this taking? Wasn't the president doing very well with younger people, younger than almost first time in a long time?

So let me just say, I used to be chairman of the National Young Republicans. It is so exciting to see a Republican candidate finally doing well with a youth vote, right? He's doing way better than Joe Biden. I think Joe Biden has completely made our young folks ageist. My children are terrified of growing old, thanks to Joe Biden.

They see him on TV and they're like, I never ever want to be like that. But in addition to J.D. Vance's youth and Number two, he just agrees with Trump's values. They're very aligned on values and priorities, whether it's foreign affairs or things Vance has voted on here in the U.S. Senate.

So I think they feel closely aligned as well. Elon Musk says he's going to be aboard. It looks like he's going to be there. It looks like you're getting much more billionaires. Steve Schwartzman, also another guy, he's going to be on board.

So it looks like for the first time in a long time, Republicans are en route to outraising Democrats. Have they been able to spread that out down the line to the Senate and Congress, congressional candidates? That's what I really appreciate what President Trump is saying, right? He's like, we need to win the Senate. We need to win the House.

Yes, absolutely, because you need that to pass your agenda. You want good judges. We need a strong Republican U.S. Senate.

You want to make sure you can control the budget and make sure we don't spend ourselves in oblivion. The House controls the purse strings.

So yes, and thank goodness President Trump is telling the team to elect Republicans in both houses. Were you on the floor last night? I sure was. What was your thought? What were your thoughts when Donald Trump entered the arena?

And this is how Jake Tapper saw it, Cut 16. And obviously emotional. Donald Trump greeting a crowd and they're chanting fight fight, which is what He said right after the attempted assassination attempt, and you can see the emotion in the middle of the middle. You got the sense. He was not do it channeling Howard Kosell for excitement, but it was pretty electric in the convention center.

Can you let the audience know what it was like? It was insane. People were so excited, and every just one wanted to physically see that the President was okay, right? And when you could start to see him coming down that hallway and the big patch on his ear, But the signature hair. Everyone just wanted a picture of themselves with Donald Trump's Body in the background, whether it was on the table.

Right, whether it was on the ceiling one, the side ones. When he finally kind of ascended that black staircase, people were beside themselves. What do you think today will be like? I think I love that Nikki Haley took the invitation, said, Yes, here's my delegates. I'm in.

Love it.

So they were bitter, and it lasted a long time. Donald Trump said she stayed in too long, but evidently better heads prevailed. Your thoughts about today, Carrie Lake will be speaking, Mike Rogers will be speaking, Tim Sheehee. These are all centered candidates trailing by single digits: Bernie Moreno, Doug Dave McCormick, Hung Cow, we just had him on. Jim Justice looks to be winning right away.

Eric Hooved of Wisconsin.

So your thoughts about what you expect today on the floor.

So if Monday was that crazy, Tuesday is only going to be more so. With each day of a convention, it gets more and more exciting.

So, yeah, expect we have. Yesterday was Make America Wealthy. Then we have safe. Then we have strong. And then we end with a big presidential speech, Make America Wealth.

And finally, with your expertise in Maryland, is Larry Hogan coming? No, there are no votes for him here.

So he needs to get every vote he possibly can. Almost separate himself from the party. No, he's been Wonderful to work with. We're very excited that he's running for Senate. What perception?

For example, Donald Trump knows he's not going to help Larry Hogan if he wanted to by appearing, because you live a very Democratic state, correct?

So the more he's with Trump, the more it might hurt him with moderates, moderate Democrats, and undecided. We have a majority. Democrat state. We are the only state left in the Union that has a majority of Democrat registrants. Over 50% of our electorate is Democrat.

So, yeah, it is critical for Hogan to win to not just have all Republicans vote for him, but to have most independents and moderate Democrats vote for him. That is what he's done before. That's what he needs to do again. Polls are looking very good for him. Does it look basically even?

Who's his opponent?

So his opponent is a lady named Angela Alsabrooks. She is our Prince George's County executive. It's one of those, you know, kind of government worker suburbs right outside D.C. And she's created a sanctuary county, has not always cooperated with ICE, is a progressive leftist. You can expect her to be voting for Hamas, expect her to be voting for an open border and not complying with law enforcement.

Nickel Ambrose, thanks so much. Have a great time on the floor today as Marilyn Dell. I'm excited. Thank you so much. All right, when we come back, sooner, Roger Marshall is going to be here, and then Michael Watley is going to be here.

All he has to do is run this convention. Don't move. More of Brian Kill Me live from the Republican National Convention next. From Milwaukee, Wisconsin, home of the Republican National Convention, it's Brian Killmead. Welcome back, everyone.

Brian Kilmey here on the road in beautiful Milwaukee. Gonna go out and go to a few breweries today and give you an idea of what it means to the state of Wisconsin because Wisconsin now is. In play more than ever, and it's a must-have for either party. And it looks like Donald Trump is surging somewhat in this state like he is across the country. Michael Watley coming up in about 15 minutes, and Congressman John James.

But right now, we're privileged, if you're watching on the stream, to see Senator Roger Marshall. Senator, welcome back. Brian, great to be with you. Good morning. Your thoughts about seeing the President walk into the arena last night?

You know, one of the most emotional nights of my life. I spoke to the President yesterday morning, late, and he was so reflective. And I think that really is the mood here. Don't you feel like we're here making history? Don't you think the history books are going to be written about this week?

We're part of it. I feel like everyone I talked to that there was some type of providence, destiny, angels watching over President Trump, all those things. I think it's a complete miracle. And when I talked to the President yesterday, he was so reflective and calm and like, oh my gosh, you know what? What is next for me?

What is God? He didn't say God. I'm sitting there thinking, what is God wanting this man to do? And it was a great conversation. At what point does it turn to, and I don't know the level the president's interested in, nor should he be, how preventable this seems to have been, this 20-year-old walking around with a scope in his hand, that they say, well, it might be binoculars, that you have people pointing to the roof, just citizens who goers who are followers of Donald Trump, just pointing up him and go, what's this guy doing?

You could hear Donald Trump talking to the background. They're saying, hey, officer, look up, look up. An officer confronts this guy, he puts a gun on him, and then he gets off. He goes up the ladder by himself. This seems, it really is scary how unprepared they were to handle a 20-year-old who got cut from the JV rifle team.

Yeah, Brian, you know, I think we need to be careful. I want to measure twice and cut once here. There certainly appears to be criticism. I mean, it's on video. Yeah.

So I want to compliment, though, the Secret Service members who did do their job. And I want to defend the counter sniper that he was waiting on an order. He took him out in two seconds. Yeah, he was waiting on the order. And the question is: could he, should he have the initiative to say, taking that guy out?

Absolutely.

So I go back to American history here when we allow officers, we allow soldiers to make decisions in the field, and that's what separated our military. And you'll go back to Gettysburg. That's one of the ways we won Gettysburg: letting officers in the field make the decision. I have complete confidence in him. He's a trained person, probably a special ops person.

I don't know that for a fact. But he understands the situation more. He understands the threat. But we're so afraid of making a mistake. But listen.

Yeah, you don't want to kill a guy on our side. You have to stay cop or something.

something that person doing up there on that roof.

So let me ask you if this is a good explanation. Kim Cheadle, who's the director of the Secret Service, Cut 37. The Secret Service is responsible for the protection of the former President.

So the buck stops with you? The buck stops with me. I am the director of the Secret Service. It was unacceptable, and it's something that shouldn't happen again. We're going to continue to be transparent and communicate with people.

You plan to stay on, absolutely. I do plan to stay on. Didn't tell me she's been transparent communicating. I understand you do an investigation, keep your mouth shut. But they wouldn't even talk to the press.

We had the local cops talk to the press. I think that they should be, even if they say what they can say, I believe they would have an obligation to tell us what's going on because the longer they stay silent, the more the conspiracy theories take root. Haven't we seen this through history? Yep, we have. We'd have to go back very far to go back to JFK and RFK and Martin Luther King as well.

But you're right. I think transparency is the key here. It's all on video. They might as well start fessing up. I know we're going to have a hearing, I think, even next week in our HISGAP committee, our Homeland Security committee.

But by then, they'll be lawyered up. They'll be told what to say, what not to say. All of a sudden, they're going to have a lot of we don't knows. We'll get back with you on that one. That's what the answers are I'm expecting.

And I understand the president's ear is one of those sensitive places where all you do is touch and it bleeds again.

So he's going to have to keep that thing wrapped up for a while. You're the doctor. I think it's a very painful injury. I think if anyone's ever had an ear rake. Or anything hurt their ear.

I think it is very, very painful. And I appreciate him making the effort to come out last year. He told you that? He did not tell me that. But you just imagine.

I just imagine it is. It's a horrible injury. I think what he did tell me he feels very, very fortunate to be alive. Senator Roger Marshall, I guess. Senator, there's been a long time where the President really looks like everything was going against him.

I've never seen momentum change like this, from the disarray with Joe Biden and people realizing that he's not equipped to do the job anymore, suddenly, even though we've known that for a while. And now you see the court cases, the documents case is now tossed.

So, see you on appeal. The sentencing is postponed until September. The immunity charge comes down, could gut the convictions that have come through. The Georgia case was run by the Keystone cops, and these two, I think, incompetent people have blown that case up. Things are beginning to go the President's direction.

Former President's right. Yeah, to some extent, don't you feel like justice is prevailing? Yes. That there are people at higher levels saying, no, wait a second, this is not what the Constitution says to do. I think the biggest political fallout that I've seen from the assassination attempt on President Trump is that I don't think you could give Kamala Harris the nomination now.

Why? I think that she sees that Trump is unbeatable. I think that that's all. Why would you take it? Why would you take it?

To lose. Why would you take it to lose? I think that that's taken all the air out of the room. All of a sudden, nobody is talking about is Kamala going to step up. Nobody is.

I think that it's Joe Biden's bed. He's made it. He's going to sleep in it. All right. Senator, how hard is it to keep that, to win that Senate?

They say this is made for you guys to win it, but you're trailing just about everywhere except West Virginia by single digits. Montana, Mike Rogers in Michigan. You have Dave McCormick in Pennsylvania. You're trailing a little bit in Wisconsin with the seat here. your thoughts about what could be done with the momentum the President's created.

So certainly a rising tide floats all votes, and in most of those states, President Trump's performance is going to drive voter turnout. Every election ends up being about the future, and it ends up being about voter turnout. I'm very optimistic about our efforts on the ground to get out the vote, to follow people. Those folks that only vote one out of four times, Senator Haggerty is leading a charge to make sure that we're funding, to make sure we get those people out to vote. I think that's probably part of the secret.

Do you think something good to come out of this? Am I too idealistic to think that people are going to focus more on the policies now and stop talking cataclysmically about these bad policies at the border? Just giving the numbers tells the story. The terrible foreign affairs. Tell me about the Middle East.

Tell me about Eastern Europe. What you do different. Rather than World War III is about to start. I think it would bring down the temperature. And do you think it will happen?

Yeah, exactly. And I think that's part when I talk about what's the future. I think what the future is.

So, look, we don't have to say that there's a problem on the border. Order. Every American realizes that. How are we going to fix that? What has it done to the city?

What has it done to your city? What's it done to this city? Milwaukee. You know, so I think it I don't know how much it affects Kansas, but if you look at if you talk to Chicago, if you talk to you talk in New York City, you talk about Philadelphia, you talk about San Francisco, you talk about Los Angeles, I don't have to explain to those people what illegal immigration has done to that city and how much it's cost. Yeah, Brian, there's not a community, a county in Kansas that hasn't been impacted by the fentanyl crisis.

It is an epidemic. On the border. Yeah, absolutely.

So 90% of the fentanyl that comes into this country crosses the border.

So we're losing a young adult every day in Kansas. We're using Narcan 10, 20 times every day.

So it is definitely impacting Kansas. Every state is a border state.

So we realize that. And to your point earlier, let's talk about how we're going to fix it. Look, we need to go back to the remain in Mexico, secure the border, all those types of things. And then let's talk about, you know, today's theme is make America safe again. You know, what else we need to go back to cash for Bell.

Are you speaking in RNC? Not yet. You're going to speak this week again? We'll see. All right.

I know he has not let out the roster yet. Senator, great to see you. Senator Marshall, appreciate your quality time here at the RNC, right across from the convention center. And we'll see a lot of excitement tonight, I imagine. Yep, thanks, Brian.

All right, go get him. Mike Watley next. You'll listen to the Brian Kilmey Show. From Milwaukee, Wisconsin, home of the Republican National Convention, it's Brian Kilmead. I think that the everyday Americans is working, and what you see here is this: we're living in the middle of a political realignment on both sides.

And you can see that President Trump is uniting the Republican Party and then growing it, reaching out to different types of people. The Latino vote, the black American vote, especially black men, and young people. And I think that the Democrats are looking at this, going, we can't afford to lose. A chunks of each of these groups and still win. Plus, I think that the president's path, President Biden's path to 270, keeps getting much more difficult.

Yeah, Dana Perrino giving some great analysis as usual. And she's been to a ton of these conventions behind the scenes and, of course, front of the camera now. And I think she's right on the money. She also goes on to say Sean O'Brien was there today. He's president of Teamsters last night.

He gave a great speech. These guys usually do. But the fact is, he's the first one to speak at a Republican convention. And one of the reasons he came? He was invited.

One of the people that made that happen is with me right now, Michael Watley, RNC chair, co-chair, but RNC chair. Michael, great to see you. It's good to see you. Probably the busiest person around. We're having a great time.

Right. Absolutely.

Day one could not have been more dramatic. It was remarkable. I mean, you think about it like the story of the day. is that Donald Trump becomes the nominee of the Republican Party.

Okay.

And then two hours later, the story of the day. is J.D. Vance is the vice presidential pick. And then a couple hours later, the story of the day is Donald Trump walks onto the floor at that convention hall. I mean, it just cannot be possible.

But what's the fourth? The documents case. It is. That's an important story of the day as well. Right.

It may be the most important. Yeah. Because lawfare was always looming. No matter what kind of momentum you guys had as he wraps up primary win after primary win, in the back of your mind, how are you going to beat these court cases? You've got four cases facing you.

And one by one, you've taken them on, or if they've been pushed back or pushed away. And in the case of the immunity case, because of the Supreme Court immunity law, that is going to make them revisit, perhaps, the New York case. Is that correct?

Well, and I think it shows you that all of these are politically motivated cases. And that when you peel it back and you take a look at it legally, they're not standing. But, you know, it is unbelievable that the Democratic plan, the Biden plan, Was we're going to take him off the ballot, didn't work, and then we're going to keep him tied up in court, didn't work, and then we're going to make sure we put him in jail. I mean, it is remarkable that we've seen the weaponization of the judicial system over the course of the last couple of years in a way that has never happened in America. I do think the decision coming down yesterday was absolutely huge.

Surprise? Yeah, you know, and who knew about the timing on it, right? 93-page judgment that said Jack Smith has no right to be the special prosecutor. He's got no budget, he's got no standing, Congress didn't approve it, and Jack Smith's got the January 6th case, but he's got a liberal judge that is in front of In my view, she wants Trump. She doesn't want justice.

A judge should not be into going after somebody. She wants to do a hearing just so she says the public gets to see what happened on January 6th.

So that's what you're dealing with next. No, and I'm not. Look, I'm an attorney, but I'm not his attorney, right? That's the answer that I always say. But I think that you have to go back to the why.

You know, look at all of these different cases. They are desperate to try and get him off the ballot. They're desperate to try and get him off the road. Why? They have no platform.

They have no candidate. And they're not going to win this election on the merits, right? And I think that the best thing about this convention this week. is we have turned all eyes. back onto this race.

And these issue sets. And I say all the time: the Democrats don't just have a bad messenger, and believe me, they do. They've got a bad message, you know, and the message that they're delivering for the American people is we're going to double down on all of our inflationary policies that have driven the cost of gasoline through the roof, the cost of groceries through the roof. You know, it costs twice as much. Absolutely.

It costs twice as much to buy the same house today as it did four years ago. Like, they're absolutely strangling every American family. And they built people that are successful. And I'm so tired of it. It's rich people are not the problem.

Right. You should salute their success. Corporations hire people. They say they're gouging. Supermarkets are gouging.

That's why prices are up. Do you know how small the margins are in supermarkets? Do you know stopping shops are closing across the country? Do you think they're doing that because they're making too much money? Yeah, it's unbelievable.

And when you ask the Democrats, you ask Joe Biden or any other candidate, what are you going to do? To solve the issues that the American people are facing, whether it's inflation or it's the immigration, you know, the invasion that we've seen from the southern border with migrant crime and fentanyl deaths have doubled in the last four years. And their answer is nothing. We're going to double down on these policies for the next four years. America is about the experience that every American family is having right now, trying to get by, trying to make it.

It's not a social experiment like Joe Biden and the Democrats think it is. That's why President Trump is resonating the way that he is. That's why he is leading in every single issue poll, leading in every battleground poll, leading in every national poll. He's leading because he is going to address the issues. And that's what this convention is all about.

Since he's been presumptive nominee, how much money have you brought in? Over $400 million. And the beautiful thing of that, 95-plus percent of those donations are coming in from small dollar donors, less than $200. Where we are seeing every single day people are voting with their wallets. They're typing in.

We saw a couple months ago statistics where we had 2 million individual donors in May. 30% of them first time donors ever.

So, Michael Watley, my guest here. Michael, since the assassination, I've never heard more people say more positive things about the President, especially people in my circles that said, I'm a Republican, but I'm not on board. They changed. I have people say I'm not really political, but I'm voting for this guy. I imagine other people feel the same way.

Maybe people have thought enough of Joe Biden, they're going to split. A lot of times, people, instead of saying things, they write checks. I know it's not about the money, but since the assassination attempt, what has been raised? It has come in big, you know, and I think that it is the small dollar donors are the ones that we're really seeing the impact from again. And it's just like you said, I want to support this man.

And I think that when you look at this assassination attempt, and you. Where were you, by the way, during this?

So I was here. I was actually on the floor of the convention getting things ready and making sure that we were ready to gavel this thing open when I got a call from my staff. And thank God. He's okay. I think it is absolutely a miracle.

I think anybody who tells you it's luck is missing it. This is an absolute miracle that he's with us. There's two things. People go, oh, he's a presidential candidate. Or I was going to vote for him.

But in Michael Wiley's case, that's my friend. He picked you out of everybody. He said, I want this guy.

So that's your friend that was shot at. That's the call you get when your friend's in an accident.

Something's happened.

So you look at that television, you're not saying, that's the reason I'm at the convention. What are we going to do? You're thinking, is my friend going to be okay? It is. And then once I heard that he was alive.

My first question was was anybody else hit? And the answer was yes. And at the time, we didn't know right away. Three other people. And one of them who lost their lives.

And they were shot because they went to a political rally. They went to support Donald Trump. I think, you know, we need as a nation. To step back and reflect for a minute. And we need to think about this, right?

And I think President Trump has done this, and he's doing it right now. Why are we running? Why are we r why are we running? Why are we in this race, right? And President Trump has said he's going to make changes to his speech to kind of reflect on this.

This is a unity moment for our country, and it needs to be. And President Biden is trying to say that, but he does something different. I'm always traditionally, I don't remember, you would know better, but when you name the second person on your ticket, usually it's like, hey, congratulations, best of luck, Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney. We'll see you on the debate stage. And that's what the vice president did, Kamala Harris, called say, congratulations, J.D.

Davis. I hope to debate you on CBS. But President Biden posts this, or his people did. Here's the deal with J.D. Vance.

He talks a big game about working people. But now he and Trump want to raise taxes on middle-class families while pushing more tax cuts for the rich.

Well, I don't intend to let them. And if you're with me, pitch in. Come on. I mean, just can you take a step back? You've been doing this for 70 years.

I mean, d do you find I d I dunno you don't you're not in the business of being offended in politics, but do you think that's a little uh tone deaf? Welcome to the Biden world. You know, I mean, the guy has been tone deaf his entire presidency. You know, look, I think J.D. Vance is a great pick.

I think that he has the ability to connect with everyday Americans in a way that we need to connect with everyday Americans right now. You think about his experience growing up in Appalachia and then bringing himself through the military, through school, getting elected to the Senate by talking to every Family in Ohio, he's now got the ability to do that here. I think it's a great pick, and we're very excited about this ticket. It's hard, you not knowing to the last minute. I know Secret Service didn't know.

You didn't know, even though he wants to bring this suspense for you guys, you want to print those posters. You want to get the billboards up. You want to run the ads. And I found out on truth with everybody else. We were just checking out.

Well, it's good because I heard you guys don't want to know. Because when people ask you, you actually want to say, I don't know.

Well, and and whether we wanted to or not, we didn't.

So Amber Rose spoke last night. Mm-hmm. Uh and I d I'm not the biggest rap fan, but um Again, the theme stood out too, is that she said something a lot of people said that J.D. Vance said. I didn't want to vote for Donald Trump.

I heard terrible things. And then my dad told me differently. Afterwards, I got to understand who he is, listen to him, and now she's on the stage endorsing him. She has a huge amount of followers, rapper, T V personality, and she used to she dates high profile people. Regardless, she's a celebrity.

So I want you to hear on the C on the I know you watch Fox all the time, but on the CNN panel, Van Jones said this about Amber Rose. That was probably the most dangerous speak for the Democratic coalition. That is a young woman of color. She's describing the experience a lot of people have, feeling that maybe if you're around too many liberals, you might get criticized too much, or you might not be able to speak your mind. And she spoke to it really well.

And she's way more famous than any of us up here. I'm going to tell you that, way more famous. And so to the extent that these guys are trying to bust up our coalition, that was a bunker buster right there. You know, this whole convention is about reaching out to new people and reaching out to communities that we've not always tried to reach out to. This entire campaign is about that.

You know, we are seeing black voters and Hispanic voters, Asian American voters, who are leaving Joe Biden and the Democrats by the thousands. Sean O'Brien, Teamsters president, real quick, your thoughts about that. He said, yes, I'll go up there, but I'll go up there. But a lot of conservatives say, you know, unions are the problems. How does Michael Watley feel now he's running the RNC?

Look, he represents workers. And Donald Trump has always wanted to get workers on board. And I think that we have an opportunity for a realignment here that we've not seen since the Reagan coalition, where union workers are workers and they're American workers. And who invited them? That was a good move.

Yeah, right. Absolutely.

And he said yes. And the Democrats have not. Yes. And I think that that tells you a lot. And we're going to continue to hear from real Americans.

The members of that Teamsters. Union and other unions. You know, we've already had one, and we'll have others that are going to be up there. But at the end of the day, this is about real American families, and this is about real American voters. And what we can expect tonight with Nikki Haley is going to be big news, right?

It is going to be big news. And I think that speaks to the unity of the unity. You decided speaks to the unity of the entire party. And I think that we have not had this kind of unity since generations. Michael Wiley, it must be really easy running the RNC.

You don't look tired.

So I think it's overrated to everyone who says how hard it is. Great to see you, sir. Good to see you. Fantastic. Hope we catch up to you along the way.

Yeah, we'll be here.

Okay, good. Thanks. All right, back in the moment with John James, the Congressman from Michigan. You listen to the Brian Kilmead Show, live from Milwaukee. More of Brian Kilmead, live from the Republican National Convention.

Next. Live from the Republican National Convention, it's Brian Kilmead. Hey, welcome back. Brian Killman here with Congressman John James. And we're thrilled to have him.

Congressman, we were just watching a little bit of Tim Scott. And what did you just say?

So that's the other black guy. Yeah. Keep scrolling. Keep scrolling. Now, just for the record, I just called up my feed.

I wasn't saying that. But I think you spoke yesterday, too. Yeah, you know, it's okay to have a sense of humor. We can laugh every now and then. That's okay.

Especially in these tragic, uncertain times. We need a little bit of a smile. But I'll tell you this. Two years ago, I mean, what I just said was legitimate, but what if I said, oh, there you are, and two years ago would have been a problem? I feel like we're turning the page a little bit on this.

David, I think that Americans are beginning to recognize that, hey, we're not perfect. We need to humble ourselves. We need to grant ourselves and others a little bit of grace. And then after that grace, hopefully, some forgiveness and then unity. Because, frankly, in my opinion, a unified America is undefeated.

We need to get back to that. All right. I think it's called, I mean, you took a horrific event on Saturday to do that. And do you have questions about what took place? I mean, do you want to see a thorough investigation here?

There absolutely needs to be a thorough investigation. And in the military, I'm a combat veteran, West Point, Apache pilot, 750 hours combat in Operation Iraqi Freedom. And the way you get to that point is what we call an AAR, an after-action review. When people hear investigation or accountability, it has a negative connotation, but it doesn't have to be that way. I think that investigation is absolutely necessary because of the complacency that's set in.

Over the past 43 years, since the last assassination attempt, I think that learning from the past, I think that learning from our mistakes is absolutely beneficial to the safety not just of officials, but to all Americans. What can we learn so we don't come that close again?

So I think one thing we can do on your side, the political side, is stop making it seem cataclysmic if the other guy wins. You know, the other guy wins, democracy is over. The other guy wins, the Constitution is going to be torn up. If Donald Trump wins, he's never going to leave the White House. This could be our last election.

You put that in people's heads, or if you are President Biden, come out and say we have to put a target on the President. Here's what he said about that, about the rhetoric to Lester Hull, Cut 34. Have you taken a step back and done a little soul searching on things that you may have said that could incite? uh people who are not balanced.

Well, I I don't think look. How do you talk about the threat to democracy, which is real? when a president says things like he says. Do you just not say anything because it may incite somebody? Look, I have not engaged in that rhetoric.

And he goes on to say, Well, you said you put a target on him. You say, Well, maybe I shouldn't have said that. But does he really believe that the President Trump is going to end democracy? Look, this is just an indication from the. Democrat nominee, likely nominee, and the President of the United States currently, that in his opinion, and in the left's opinion, liberal Violence.

Is speech while conservative speech is violence. They've put us on a different plane with their double standard, and there's no accountability for the actions. That's why. They have an ideology of victimhood. And you have the leader of their party essentially not taking any responsibility for the conditions that we're in right now.

That's an advocation of leadership. If nothing else, he should own up to his part in it and commit himself to toning it down. Democrats can't compete on ideas anymore. Not only have they not worked for the past four years, they haven't worked for the past 4,000. What do you mean we're going to print money and leave our borders open?

That has never worked before, ever. But what has worked is allowing a free people to be free and a government that trusts those people to make the best decisions. That's what works. Democrats aren't willing to do that. They can't compete on ideas, so they're competing on ideology.

What was it like speaking last night? What was it like being on the floor last night? It was, I said a little bit before, it was beyond electric. Electric's overused. But it was a sense of like.

We found something. You know that feeling you get when you've been looking for something and you found it? That's what I felt on the floor. I feel like there were delegates and there were volunteers and there were people all from all over the country who felt like they'd found something. And it is more than politics or policy, it's a purpose.

And that purpose is getting behind the people. And I felt that reuniting sense, and it's going to leave these walls here. It's going to go back into America. And we are going to take our country back into Florida. And you always have races are so important in Michigan.

You confident in yours? No. Complacency kills. And we have a long way to go. Closest race in the country.

And we have a long way to go. We appreciate your help. From the Fox News Radio Studios in Midtown Manhattan, it's the fastest-growing radio talk show. Brian Kilmead. Hi, everyone.

Thrilled you're with us, and I'm thrilled to be coming to you live from the Republican National Convention. First time in eight years, this is the most fun. A lot of ceremony, a lot of times, you try to get big interviews. Very rarely do a lot of action take place, and that's not the story this time. There's a ton of action going on.

It's hard to imagine a more action-packed day than yesterday, but we're just getting started today. This hour will be joined by Governor Christy Noam a little bit later this hour. We're also going to talk to Jason Smith, and with me right now is Trey Gowdy, who, for the first time, I never saw you dress casual. I mean, this is the first time without a tie. Yesterday, I saw you walk in on Sunday.

Do you look like that a lot? Like with just like shorts and t-shirts? I look like I just came from what we call bond hearing, where if you have pending charges, you have to show up for bond hearing. That's how I dress, right? I'm not on air.

I almost didn't recognize you. I mean, I met Mrs. Gowdy, by the way. Yes, she's beautiful and kinder than she is. Even then she is beautiful, but I, well, you know what it's like.

You don't necessarily want to be stopped at the airport, so you try to dress like somebody on America's Most Wanted, and that's the way I dress. That was good. Who is the singer from Australia, the country music store, who they thought was homeless? Keith Urban? Keith Urban was walking through the supermarket, outside the supermarket, and he dressed so badly that someone thought he was homeless, gave him money.

Can I tell you a story about Keith Urban? Yeah. You have one? Yes. Before he was famous, he played in Greenville, South Carolina, and my wife is a huge fan of his.

So I got the owner of that particular bar to let me come and meet him. He had a SpongeBob SquarePants hat on. And you met my wife, so he took plenty of time to talk to her. She's very, very cute, and he has an eye for that. Could not have been nicer.

He seems like a nice guy. He is.

So that is proof that people that are famous, like Brian Kilmead, Keith Urban. Can also be very, very nice people. But I find myself staring in the mirror a lot and just really admiring who I am and what I've become. You two? I had all the mirrors taken out of my when I turned 40.

Everyone handles it.

So I'm thrilled to be here. And, Trey, you've been through so many. It's easy to be cynical and go, oh, same old thing. This is not the same old thing. And I was watching you on air yesterday.

Even though I was on the air, I wanted to put the sound up because we got that news about the documents case. Eileen Cannon threw it out in a 93-page decision. That got buried the fourth biggest story. But how big is this? It's huge.

I was thinking about it last night, though. The out is to go replace Jack Smith with someone who has been Senate confirmed.

So it certainly buys a lot of time for the president. It doesn't get him out of the woods unless, because they could go, remember, John Durham was Senate confirmed. Robert Mueller, you could argue, had been Senate confirmed twice, FBI director and U.S. Attorney. But Jack Smith, you may as well go to Walmart or the grocery store and pick someone.

He's a private citizen. If DOJ wants to salvage this prosecution, they could go find someone that does meet her appointments clause analysis, but it buys him time. And look, I Y you're better at predictions than I am. But when it comes to the law, if Donald Trump wins, I would bet one of the first things he does is drop the prosecution against Donald Trump. That's my prediction for the day.

So they wouldn't wait for Donald Trump to name an attorney general to do it. You think that Biden does it in the interim between November and January? If Biden is at all remotely serious about unifying this country in the aftermath of that assassination attempt, I always thought he was going to pardon his.

Son, because parents are not going to watch their children go to jail if they can stop it. I think he sh he what he should do is say, I'm going to pardon Donald Trump for these two federal cases. I can't do anything about Georgia or New York. And I'm going to pardon my son, and I will bear with the political consequences of both decisions. I don't think any, especially I know what you think of the gun case.

And I can't say, again, I'm not a lawyer, but you thought that was ridiculous that he shouldn't have been prosecuted. I did those cases for six years. I never did an addict case. I would have put him in drug court. But I think it was a little bit of a head fake.

I think it's their way of saying, look, we did prosecute him, so we're not going to prosecute him on the more substantive stuff, which would be not registering as a foreign agent. That's more serious.

So I was struck by this. You know about tradition and customs, and when the Vice President Kamala Harris called up and congratulated J.D. Vanchez, I thought it was great. Got voicemail. But so what?

He said, you know, welcome. We put out welcome, and I look forward to the debate. But President Biden, when he hears this and says, here's the deal on J.D. Vance. He talks a big game about working class people, but now he and Trump want to raise taxes on middle class families while pushing more tax cuts for the rich.

I don't need to go on. I'm saying, not even a breath, not even to say, listen, game on.

Now we've got the ticket complete. Look forward to your vice president. Anything. At a time in which he pledged to have more decorum. I knew it.

I was in Congress when Gabby Giffords was shot, and we swore things would be different. I was in Congress with Stevie Scalise when he was shot. Paul Pelosi hit in the head with a hammer in his home. And we always say we're going to do better. We're going to do differently.

And it lasts a shorter and shorter period of time. This didn't even last like 24 hours before it's right back on.

So I think that the President could set the tone. I'm more optimistic than you. The President could set a different tone. He says he's going to tore up his old speech, said it was going to be a humdinger. He says I'm going to talk about unifying the country.

And not only could he do that, if he's successful, he could get past the 270 to 269 results. He might be able to get the Virginias, the Minnesotas, the New Hampshires, and put them in play. You put your finger on exactly the right point. Which is, do you want to narrowly win the right to govern, which is the Electoral College, or do you want a mandate? We use the word mandate all the time.

But winning 272 electoral votes, narrowly eking out, losing the popular vote, is the right to govern, but it's not a mandate. Reagan had a mandate. Trump has a chance to almost run the table the way Reagan did.

So there was this one speaker last night. I don't have the biggest musical background nor I'm into reality television, but Amber Rose spoke. Obviously, she's extremely attractive. And this is what she said. And I think it's a.

I think it's a bigger story. Cut twenty-one. And the truth is that the media has lied to us about Donald Trump. I know this because for a long time I believed those lies, so I'm here to set the record straight. The first person I knew who supported Donald Trump was my father.

I was shocked. My entire family is racially diverse. And I believed the left-wing propaganda that Donald Trump was a racist. My father said No he's not Amber. What are you talking about?

And when I insisted He said prove it.

So to prove my father wrong, I did my research and looked into all things Donald Trump. I realize Donald Trump and his supporters don't care if you're black, white, gay, or straight. It's all love.

And what did the president do? He took the traditional marriage, a lot of Republicans are unhappy about it, out. He also said, when it comes to abortion, let's stop talking about right to life. Let's just let the states make a decision, be consistent. And isn't that similar to what J.D.

Vance said? I believe what people were telling me. That's why I said those things about him. And then when I got to know him, I told him I was wrong. Don't you hear that a lot?

I hear that a lot. I do. Here's what J.D. Vance is going to have to do. He's going to have to give up.

People change their minds all the time. All the time. The more facts I get, the better conclusion I reach. But you do have to explain to the jury when that epiphany took place. J.D.

Vance is a very, very smart person. There are very, very few dumb Yale law graduates. He's going to have to give us some plausible explanation for when that epiphany is going to be. What are you going to ask him when you get him on? He's not coming on my show.

He's coming on your show.

Well, you can do both. Yeah, I would. You know, I cross-examined people for 20 years, so my show's a little bit different. I just let them talk. I ask the question, let them talk.

And listen. And then your follow-ups are great.

Well, thank you. I think people want to.

Okay.

Hitler, that's a hard comparison. Heroin, heroin is a hard word.

So I need to know what led you to believe that, when your epiphany was, and how certain you are that you were wrong. He's a smart guy. If I thought of the question, you can rest assured J.D. Vance has thought of the question and he'll have an answer. But you left inadvertently.

One thing out. Never when I was in Congress did a Republican stop me and say, we need criminal justice reform. Never once. But Donald Trump did it. Democrats talked about it, but they didn't do it.

Donald Trump actually did it.

So the notion that this man is somehow racist, when he, like. He used a lot of political capital to get criminal justice reform. I was in the House. It wasn't like House Republicans were dying. You weren't high-fiving about that.

In retrospect, it ended up being good. Yeah, it ended up being right. It ended up being the right thing.

So I I you'll look. The media, and you and I are both members of it, but the polling indicates, Brian, that it's not Biden or Trump that the American people view as the threat to democracy, it's folks in our line of work. Could I say this? And I'm not playing the perfect game, and Fox is not perfect. And if I tell you I'm perfect, then I'm not being honest with you.

We're not. But The media was the one that said Joe Biden was absolutely fine. They never brought up that he hid in his basement the whole time. They never said that he couldn't get a crowd. They never said that he was faltering on the stage.

They never said it was a problem. He doesn't do interviews. They never said it was a problem. He didn't even do the Super Bowl interview. They never said a problem.

He doesn't have press conferences. It wasn't until that debate, and it looked like they were going to lose, that they turned on him and they said, wait a second. You said there was no problem.

Some of them actually believed there was no problem, that we were making up the cheap fakes stuff.

So that blew up in their face.

Now they're trying to push him out. He is actually pushing back. In all your years of experience, he's actually standing still, and they're using all their guns. Given the oxygen, I watched them last night. They're still trying to tell that story while there were Republican conventions going on.

So they were not told to. Then they're finding out about Donald Trump. It's like, okay, the last four years, he's terrible. Russians put him there. The Ukraine situation.

January 6th.

Okay.

But what were you doing? Like, what was the immigration situation? Like, what was the inflation situation? Like, what was the Middle East situation? Like, what was the European situation like?

I'm not even asking your group. Everything I said, what were the interest rates like?

So they're saying maybe in both those cases, we should have been maybe not listening. We should have been doing our own research, like Amber Rose. If it had not been for COVID, then Donald Trump would be in the midst of his second term. COVID, I think, is what adversely impacted him, which is completely out of his control. But you raise a point, and here's the point: the media has become an extension.

90% of the media, the numbers are staggering. What, 90% of the members of the media vote Democrat? Right. So they're an extension of the Democrat Party. They had no trouble with Joe Biden's cognitive issues when it looked like he might win.

It was only when the polling changed that they decided: you know what? We don't need a guy who says we beat Medicare. We don't need a guy who confuses Joan of Arc with Joan Rivers. I mean, he confused Kamala Harris with Donald Trump. Trump.

Who in the history of mankind has done that? I think that is so true. And now they're in a situation where they have to maybe cover a guy for the next four years who most of America doesn't dislike. They were convinced the man who lost the popular vote on a freak situation was put there by the Russians. Therefore, if I run this programming, I'm going to get 50%, I potentially get at least 50 percent of the country.

Now, if you run this programming without being at least candid and saying I disagree with his border policy, but I like his foreign policy, unless you play it straight, you have no shot of relevance. Forget ratings, relevance. I know as much as anyone about Russia because Devin Noon has punished me by forcing me to do all of the depositions. And I ask every single witness, every Democrat witness, give me any evidence you have, circumstantial, direct, hearsay. I don't care.

There are no rules here. And you didn't even know Trump, by the way. I never met him. Yeah, never met him. at the time.

Um and I To never got one piece of evidence of collusion, coordination, collaboration with the Russians with respect to 2016. It was Adam Schiff's way of doing exactly what he's managed to pull off, which is raise his political profile. He's likely to be a senator from California.

So, this kind of relativism, I think, is what is destroying politics. One reason you're popular, and one reason I love you, and one reason I'm sitting in this chair is you are willing to criticize your own side if you think they're wrong. But for most folks, winning is the only thing that matters, and they convince themselves of that, and therefore they become relativist, and that's what's going to destroy our republic. Right. And it's less interesting if it's the same story every single day.

Trey, I love your show on Sundays. You know that. And I know I, and Allison, you might approve of this. How many sound bites am I taking from Trey's show for the Monday radio show?

Well, you're kind of. Because I get the verbatims when I get up at 2:30 in the morning. Can I ask you if you have a translator? Because my accent is kind of weird. Yes, I do.

Do you do subtitles so people can understand what I'm saying? No, what I did is I worked with Ainsley Earhart.

So she tells me I have adapted to your regionalism, and I find it endearing. My dad was her doctor when she was a child. All right, can I see her? Can I see my hometown? Can I see her records?

I think it would violate HIPAA. But my dad was her baby doctor.

Well, somebody's responsible for making the perfect person. She's pretty close. Yeah. Trey, great to see you and watch him on Sundays. The Brian Kilmead show.

We're following all the breaking news here for the RNC in Milwaukee. Coming up next, somebody really important. How about Governor Christy Noam and Congressman Jason Smith? You like him, right? I like both of them.

Came in with Christy. I love Jason. Back in a moment. Stay tuned for more of Brian Kilmead, live from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Next. From Milwaukee, Wisconsin, home of the Republican National Convention, it's Brian Kilmead. What do you think of Donald Trump's vice president pick, J.D. Vance? Young man?

J.D. Vance, the short time that we've worked together, I mean, he's been great on Teamster issues. And look, at this day and age, there's nothing better than having a U.S. Marine represented as a vice president candidate. You know, youth is great.

Oftentimes, you know, people are overlooked because of their age, but they should be looked at because of their ability. And that was Sean O'Brien, president of the Teamsters, talking about. J.D. Vance, and an hour later, two hours later, he was talking to Neil Cavuto, of course. Two hours later, be named as a running mate to Donald Trump.

He also brought up this. When John O'Brien was asked to speak at the RNC, he's the first Teamster president to ever speak at the RNC. Why? He said, I was invited. That's why I'm here.

It doesn't mean I have to be partisan, even though most people look at Unions and say you are firmly in the Democrats' pocket. You're in, of course. Joe Biden says, I'm a union guy. We're built by unions. It built the middle class.

Now, if you are pro-worker, can you be pro-union? And what Donald Trump is trying to say is the answer is yes. Do you know who else he praised yesterday? He praised Josh Hawley. He said he ought.

And tell me, is there a more conservative senator than Josh Hawley? He says that he's been fantastic on union issues.

Now, he's not doing it to get votes. He's got a pretty secure seat over in Missouri. He's got it. He's doing it because he thinks that that's the right thing to do. And I think that's important.

Here he is on stage last night. Cut 26. Today, the teachers are here to say we are not beholden to anyone or any party. We will create. an agenda and work with a bipartisan coalition.

ready to accomplish something real for the American worker. And I don't care about getting criticized. It's an honor to be the first Teamster in our 121-year history to address the Republican National Convention.

How great is that? What do you have to lose?

Now, a lot of some of the things he was saying that I don't agree with. I don't think that every company says Amazon, they do a bad thing by their workers, they need to be unionized. I don't want unions to take our competitiveness away on the world stage. We are going to be more protectionist as a country. Both sides want that now.

The era of unadulterated, unregulated free trade is over. That's going to be good news for us and the manufacturing sector in theory. But I do worry about unions getting so powerful that they feed so much that productivity drops and that forces manufacturing to leave our borders or prices go through the roof if it stays.

So that's the balance. You all know the balance, but I love it. Come down, speak. Let's see what you have to say, and let's negotiate. Live from the Republican National Convention, it's Brian Kilmead.

It's going to be consequential for the world, even before we have the election. I'm going to pick someone who has quite a lot less experience. Than she did, even when she ascended to the vice presidency. I mean, and he is a radical authoritarian, and Trump has picked him.

Well, he is now picking a vice president who has pledged 100% loyalty to the cult of Donald Trump. Donald Trump found a younger extension of himself. He's unqualified. It's a singular issue.

So if Senator Vance assumed the presidency, say in the short term, in the next year or two, he would be one of both the least experienced and youngest presidents ever. He would never stand for the Constitution before he would stand for Donald Trump.

So that is some of how the media welcomed, the left-wing media welcomed J.D. Vance on the Donald Trump ticket. With me right now is Jason Smith of Missouri. Congressman, great to see you. It's great to be with you, Brian.

So I didn't want to tick you off right away. You're thrilled that J.D. Vance was picked. They are not. Absolutely thrilled that J.D.

Vance is picked. They said he's not experienced. He has the right experience. He has the experience that everyday American has. His upbringing is a product of who most people have struggled with.

He grew up in a very poor family in Appalachia. His grandmother raised him. His mother had a lot of issues. And then he was very successful, was able to go to college, Yale, pretty successful, and at a young age, became a United States Senator. I think a lot of people are pretty proud of that.

Whether it's Appalachia, whether it's the Ozarks, whether it's the Rust Belt, it's real America. And a lot of these elitists who are saying he's not experienced, he's too young, they just don't like his experiences, Brian, because his experience Experiences are of those of the people that they hate.

So this is what Karl Rove pointed out to me. He said, Brian, he won by six. It cost us $15 million as a party. But his governor won by 22.

So he didn't win over. He does he's not hot a hot candidate in Ohio. What's your report to that? His guy was running for reelection. He was he was there.

So let that's I I wouldn't go by that. I believe Tim Ryan was pretty tough, too. 'Cause he's he's pretty well known there, known as a moderate. He ran for president.

So, I mean, he he had a name, he was considered a moderate in that area. It just I I d I don't buy that. You can't look at every race. He's changed a lot in the couple of years after he's been a senator. He's been a very, very productive senator in my opinion, so Okay, here's what he said yesterday on how he's evolved with President Trump, cut for.

I don't hide from that. I was certainly skeptical of Donald Trump in 2016, but President Trump was a great president and he changed my mind. I think he changed the minds of a lot of Americans because, again, he delivered that peace and prosperity. President Trump did a really good job, and I actually think it's a good thing when you see somebody, you were wrong about them, you ought to admit the mistake and admit that you were wrong. I said some bad things about Donald Trump 10 years ago, but I think it's actually important to be able, again, to admit that you're wrong.

And I can make a good case to the American people. People who may have been skeptical of the president back in 2016, who can be skeptical now that we've seen the result? Your reaction, because that seems to be something a lot of people say, I thought one thing, I feel differently now. It's exactly the case. When you get to know President Donald Trump, He is an incredible human being.

He has a good heart. He's a good father. He's a good husband. He's someone who loves this country. I can just tell you, Brian, um, a few years ago There was a tornado that came through Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, destroyed the town in Kentucky.

Multiple people will have died. He reached out. Because he saw a family, I guess, on my social media that we posted that we had visited three people had died. One was like a nine-year-old girl, then the mother, and he was. wanted to make sure that their Christmas was taken care of.

He was not president of the United States. But him and Melania, they purchased Christmas gifts and made that family who lost everything have a good family. That's the kind of stuff that President Trump does that no one pays attention to. And after you get to know him, after you see his work product, it shows how successful he's been. Right.

Here's what President Biden said last night: cut 10.

Well, it's not unusual. He's going to surround himself with people who agree completely with him. I have a voting record. I support him. Even though if you go back and listen to those things J.D.

Vance said about Trump.

Well, he said some things about you, yeah. Oh, no, well, he said something about me, but see what he said about Trump. What's with you guys? Come on, man. It's almost like a parody.

He was so angry last night.

So he didn't give him that moment.

Well, see, that's Donald Trump's choice. I look forward to getting on the trail. There's none of that. There's none of those exhaling, hey, let's get this on in a respectful way. Come on.

Come on, man. I mean, give me a break. He's just terrified because he knows when J.D. Vance gets to that debate stage with the vice president. It's not going to be good for the Biden campaign.

It's going to be like. WWE. Um it's not even a fair fight.

So I understand that Adam Schiff has come out and said if Donald if Joe Biden stays on the ticket, there's going to be a price to pay all the way down the ticket. I think he's staying. I know it's not your job to pronoxicate her on what happened to the Democratic Party, but Doesn't he have all the leverage? Brian will be able to do it. Hasn't this stolen the story?

Yeah. Why would Joe Biden not stay? The Democrats say they want to protect and preserve democracy, and 14 million Americans voted in the Democrat primary and selected Joe Biden. I don't think they would want to disenfranchise 14 million Americans who spoke loud and clear. There were other people running.

And Joe Biden. Beat every one of them. But now, the issue is, they're not concerned with Joe Biden from a medical issue. They're concerned with Joe Biden from a political issue because they think they might lose. Because you know, to me, the game plan is pretty obvious.

Keep Joe Biden under the wire, say he's doing his job, have the surrogates do the campaigning, have lawfare contain Trump, make him so damaged, make it impossible for him to get elected. And then they coast to worry about that after he gets the job on re-election. That seems to have been the game plan. Everything has gone wrong. It's absolutely crazy if you look at how they have targeted President Trump.

He's had two sham impeachments. He was pushed to try to bankrupt him through his businesses. You saw the fake prosecutions, the conviction. And then the shooting. Like, I mean...

It's been everything to come after this man. Donald Trump's going to be the 47th President of the United States. In the next four months, how does this play out? I mean, do you think the President takes he told me he ripped up, he told everybody, he ripped up his speech. I'm talking about unity.

Does anything change? I just give you my opinion. I don't know if I was forcing it. But I've never seen that level of emotion with him yesterday. For most, it's no emotion, but for Donald Trump, who prides himself he does very good sarcasm and kind of anger and having fun.

But when it comes to sadness, he doesn't, that's not his area. He doesn't like to show emotion. What did you see? Yeah, last night. A lot of people saw what we've seen behind closed doors.

A man who's compassionate and caring. And you got to think, less than 48 hours before. His life was almost taken. He said that. And it's absolutely phenomenal.

You look in his eyes, you saw his face. I've seen him walk into numerous arenas and different rallies and other events. I've never seen him look like that. That face was humble. It was.

It was um Compassion. It's the leader of this nation. You know who pointed that out to? Harold Ford. Listen to this, Cut 17.

But you couldn't help but feel a rush of patriotism and pride and gratitude watching him walk in that hallway and walk onto this floor. He's a different guy than he was 52 hours ago. He looked a little different. He didn't look weak. He just looked a little different.

And I couldn't have been prouder for him. We'll now have to get on to a race where we'll talk about the differences between the parties, talk about the differences between the vice presidential candidates. But this moment here is one that. I think all of us want to linger a little bit as we watch the 45th President of the United States walk into this Republican Hall tonight.

So if you want to know why the five is great, it's because he's a Democrat. Yeah. always will be there, but he points out things like that. He points out the truth. He points out what every American saw that was watching last night.

Thursday night, Brian, I think is going to be very impactful. It'll probably be one of the most viewed speeches that we have seen in a very long time. And I think that President Trump's going to bring an amazing unity speech because the Republican Party is completely unified. We're seeing that with Nikki Haley speaking tonight. But the American people, they're unified, because what they saw happen to President Trump should happen to no one.

After the that that circus with the speaker problem that you had and then f getting another one. Coronated after some idiots spoke up about getting rid of Kevin McCarthy. I think it was dumb as much as I like Speaker Johnson. I never thought you guys would have a shot at keeping the House. How do you feel about your chances right now?

I'm really excited. We've recruited some amazing candidates that Speaker McCarthy helped us recruit. You mean even after he's been a former Speaker? Yeah, and Speaker Johnson has been doing a great job. Very proud of him.

I mean, what he stepped into was a tough environment. And he's been able to lead. I believe in the House of Representatives, we're going to pick up more than 10 seats. And I'm not just throwing those numbers out there, Brian. I've been to 31 states in the last 18 months as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, helping candidates and colleagues.

The environment's phenomenal. And that was prior to The debate? And then the last. Last couple days. I'm just struck.

I remember Paul Ryan said to me, I don't want to be Speaker. I love Ways and Means.

So that's a powerful committee you're on. Do you love it? It's the best committee in Congress, Brian. All tax has to originate from the Ways and Means Committee. All trade has to originate half of health care, all of Social Security, most of the welfare programs.

Plus, we have oversight over the IRS and CMS, HHS.

So it keeps us very busy. When you're looking at next year, all the policies that was in the debate except for two was in the ways and means jurisdiction. When you talk about the tax cuts that expiring, when you're talking about all the tariffs and the trade agreements, we're going to have a good time. And you might have 50% trade on China and 10% trade across tariffs, I should say. Tariffs goes away.

We'll see how that math is and if that's a negotiating tool. Always an interesting time. Congressman Jason Smith. Usually he just kind of sit back, has a bunch of meetings, some ceremonial stuff. This is action-packed here in Milwaukee.

Great to see you, Congressman. It's great to see you Brian. Thank you. Back with Governor Christy Noman. Moment, you'll listen to the Brian Kilmead Show.

More of the Brian Kilmead Show live from the Republican National Convention next. Live. From the Republican National Convention, it's Brian Kilmead. Welcome back. A final block of the day on this Tuesday to someone who spoke on Monday, Governor Christy Noam of South Dakota.

Welcome back, Governor.

Well, thank you. Thank you for having me.

Well, it was good to see you. What did you say? I said, I'd appreciate it. Thank you for the invitation. Oh, yeah.

Did you want me to sit down? No, I didn't know if you wanted me to stand up. I will do whatever you want me to do. Didn't you think she was telling me to sit down? I didn't know.

I'm being a mom and a grandma. Sit down.

So, what was it like being on stage last night? It was much more intense than I remember day one of a convention. Yeah, it was pretty intense just because the schedule was changing quite a bit. We all knew that President Trump was going to be visiting and coming, and the crowd was not aware of that.

So, behind stage, we were working to get schedulers and speakers lined up and everything, so it rolled smoothly. I think it was great. And then you saw the vice president be named and then walk out. It was J.D. Vance.

Your thoughts? How well do you know him? I thought it was fantastic. I know J.D. pretty well.

I haven't spent a lot of time with him, but we've certainly interacted a lot over the last several years. And he's someone that I think is going to be a great partner for President Trump. He's a veteran. He's experienced, he's eloquent, he's smart. That's what we really need to do: go out and speak to the hearts and minds and win over the people of America and make them realize just how extreme the Democrat Party has become and that President Trump is just fighting for every American.

What changed politically after the assassination attempt that killed this fantastic firefighter whose last words were get down to his family as he dove over them? I think what changed is everybody realized that that this is serious, that this political Rhetoric and discussion that we have is really about the future of our families, and that everybody in this country has kids and grandkids, and what we leave them matters. And so, let's have an intelligent conversation instead of just screaming at each other and making stuff up. I feel a heaviness and a weight to the discussion now that wasn't there before.

So, I read in the New York Times, but it was a quote, that the Trump campaign has changed. Obviously, the President changed his speech, but the Trump campaign was concerned that the other speeches were going to be too incendiary. And I haven't seen that yet. Do you think people have changed? Did the campaign come up to you and say, Let me see, can you go revisit the teleprompter or no?

You know, what they said to me is that they wanted me to make my speech longer and that they wanted me to address the shooting, but to give people hope. That people needed to still have hope and get up and know that last night obviously was make America wealthy again, and that our state is the example in the nation of how you do that. Every conservative policy, everything President Trump believes, we did. In South Dakota. And like I talked about last night, our incomes in South Dakota just since I've been governor have gone up 36 percent.

And you got to get those ads to get people to come. And thousands have moved to our state.

So President Trump knows that what we've done in South Dakota is exactly what we need to do across the rest of the country, and he wanted people to hear that too. And today the theme is Keep Get America Safe Again. Yeah, it's a little ironic. The speeches today may be a little bit different just because we just did have a very dangerous situation where we almost lost our president. And so I think there will be some more references to that, but also about what everyday families live with with crime and violence in this country and what Joe Biden has allowed to happen in so many of our bigger cities, but also in our smaller communities as well.

I've talked openly about the fact that we don't just have an open border that is allowing dangerous people into this country. We've had them and the cartels and their affiliates move all the way up into the middle of South Dakota. And they've infiltrated the entire country.

So I think you'll hear speeches about that as well. And you know, President Biden's been efforting. To try to find a balance here because him and Donald Trump clearly don't like each other. He says the worst things possible. They both say bad things about each other.

So he was asked last night by Lester Holt, what about your comment about saying put a bullseye on the president, a former president, Cut 33? On a call a week ago, you said it's time to put Trump in the bullseye. There's some dispute about the context, but I think you appreciate that. I didn't say crosshairs. I was talking about focus on it.

Look, the truth of the matter was, what I guess I was talking about at the time was there was very little focus on Trump's agenda. Yeah, the term is bullseye. It was a mistake to use the word I didn't mean I didn't say crosshairs. I mean bullseye meant focus on him focus on what he's doing focus on on his on his policies focus on the number of lies he told in the debate I found he, I thought he walked it back. Day Rode, he walked it back.

It looks like he barely walked it back. He barely walked it back. Yeah. I think that within a week or two, we're going to see Joe Biden return to the exact same rhetoric in the Democrats that they've always used. I think they're walking a balance beam right now that they're not going to be successful to navigate.

Have you talked to the former president? I have talked to him, not since he was shot, though. But I talked to him a couple days before that. What was your take on his demeanor when you saw when he walked in? He was very serious, ready to win this election.

He was wanting everybody out and me out helping him win this election and talking about the future. He very much is focused on the election. I think there's a lot of Republicans getting overconfident. They think that November 5th is in the bag, and his demeanor is very different. He knows how tough campaigns are, and he knows that he needs everybody on his team.

And I think that's one of the messages he sent by choosing J.D. Vance: I need people who have always been loyal to me. I also need people who have been converts, people who have taken the time to learn more about him and learned that he is somebody that they need to support and work for. Your sense, I know you're not a Democratic Party expert, but they are still looking to push him out. Adam Schiff told the New York Times, if he, or it was reported by the New York Times, if he stays in, we're not going to lose the White House, we'll lose the Senate, we could lose the Senate in the House.

I believe that, too. I believe that too. I don't think Adam Schiff's not a dummy. I mean, he's certainly over the years been wrong on everything, but he reads the political tea leaves pretty well. I still believe there's a very good chance that Joe Biden's not the nominee.

Really, in before the convention, then? I do just because I don't think they skip Kamala Harris. If they make her the nominee, she picks another woman, and you're running against a historic two. Two woman team, that's a game changer for everything.

So I think that they're thinking those thoughts and plans and processes through, and we need to be prepared for that. And listen, Brian. We are the This in the next four months, anything could happen. Anything could happen. And that's what I think Americans need to be prepared for.

I just don't want people that love this country to get overconfident. This is Jimmy Faleh, inviting you to join me for Fox Across America, where we'll discuss every single one of the Democrats' dumb ideas. Just kidding, it's only a three-hour show. Listen live at Noon Eastern or get the podcast at foxacrossamerica.com. Listen to the show ad-free on Fox News Podcast Plus, on Apple Podcast, Amazon Music with your Prime membership, or subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

Mm-hmm.