1 00:00:15,220 --> 00:00:16,070 [Rush Lindell] Welcome back, 2 00:00:16,170 --> 00:00:16,970 [Rush Lindell] welcome back, 3 00:00:17,070 --> 00:00:17,520 [Rush Lindell] I'm here. 4 00:00:17,620 --> 00:00:18,670 [Reagan] And I'm Reagan, 5 00:00:18,820 --> 00:00:19,770 [Reagan] here to keep him honest. 6 00:00:20,170 --> 00:00:21,220 [Rush Lindell] Try your best. 7 00:00:21,470 --> 00:00:21,770 [Rush Lindell] Reagan, 8 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:22,770 [Rush Lindell] you ready for this one? 9 00:00:23,020 --> 00:00:23,420 [Reagan] Hit me. 10 00:00:23,770 --> 00:00:24,970 [Rush Lindell] Alex Jones. 11 00:00:25,220 --> 00:00:28,370 [Rush Lindell] Alex Jones just called for Trump's impeachment. 12 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:29,620 [Reagan] Wait, seriously? 13 00:00:30,170 --> 00:00:31,170 [Reagan] Over the Iran war? 14 00:00:31,470 --> 00:00:34,870 [Rush Lindell] The MAGA prophet himself turning on his own guy. 15 00:00:34,870 --> 00:00:35,070 [Reagan] Wow. 16 00:00:35,070 --> 00:00:37,870 [Rush Lindell] We'll get into whether he's got a point or just an audience. 17 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:40,270 [Reagan] He might have a point on the process. 18 00:00:40,531 --> 00:00:42,881 [Reagan] The messenger's a different story entirely. 19 00:00:43,381 --> 00:00:45,881 [Rush Lindell] And this same war's leading on gas prices, 20 00:00:46,081 --> 00:00:48,681 [Rush Lindell] and Jones is out there warning about a draft. 21 00:00:49,031 --> 00:00:51,831 [Reagan] One of those is confirmed-the other speculation, 22 00:00:52,181 --> 00:00:53,481 [Reagan] and we'll sort out which is which. 23 00:00:53,931 --> 00:00:58,831 [Rush Lindell] Then there's Congress-they actually voted-Twice-numbers that'll surprise you. 24 00:00:59,131 --> 00:01:02,432 [Reagan] Close votes with some defectors nobody's talking about yet. 25 00:01:02,781 --> 00:01:03,432 [Rush Lindell] And later, 26 00:01:03,682 --> 00:01:06,132 [Rush Lindell] my mock floor speech-Congress and- 27 00:01:05,971 --> 00:01:06,871 [Rush Lindell] And Article 1, 28 00:01:07,021 --> 00:01:08,271 [Rush Lindell] live and unfiltered. 29 00:01:08,371 --> 00:01:09,821 [Reagan] Can't wait for that one. 30 00:01:09,821 --> 00:01:10,771 [Rush Lindell] But first, 31 00:01:10,921 --> 00:01:13,121 [Rush Lindell] this hour is brought to you by Lear Capital, 32 00:01:13,421 --> 00:01:16,121 [Rush Lindell] America's Precious Metals Leader since 1997. 33 00:01:16,721 --> 00:01:17,721 [Reagan] So rush, 34 00:01:17,871 --> 00:01:19,271 [Reagan] Alex Jones and Impeachment, 35 00:01:19,471 --> 00:01:20,421 [Reagan] where do we even start? 36 00:01:20,721 --> 00:01:23,572 [Rush Lindell] We start with the fact that nobody saw this coming. 37 00:01:29,012 --> 00:01:31,311 [Rush Lindell] Before we dig in, a quick reminder. 38 00:01:31,561 --> 00:01:35,762 [Rush Lindell] We love hearing from you. If you have questions or topics you'd like us to cover, 39 00:01:36,111 --> 00:01:38,912 [Rush Lindell] head to the link in the description and submit your question. 40 00:01:39,111 --> 00:01:40,912 [Rush Lindell] We read every single one. 41 00:01:46,292 --> 00:01:49,341 [Rush Lindell] Alex Jones wants Trump impeached. 42 00:01:49,391 --> 00:01:50,442 [Reagan] I'm sorry, 43 00:01:50,492 --> 00:01:51,141 [Reagan] say that again? 44 00:01:51,492 --> 00:01:52,492 [Rush Lindell] You heard me. 45 00:01:52,792 --> 00:01:53,792 [Rush Lindell] Alex Jones, 46 00:01:53,992 --> 00:01:58,292 [Rush Lindell] the guy who's defended Trump through every single scandal since 2015. 47 00:01:58,792 --> 00:02:03,091 [Rush Lindell] This week, he said the Iran war is absolutely out of control, 48 00:02:03,141 --> 00:02:05,942 [Rush Lindell] and he's calling for impeachment. The 25th Amendment, 49 00:02:06,042 --> 00:02:06,292 [Rush Lindell] quote, 50 00:02:06,392 --> 00:02:07,942 [Rush Lindell] whatever needs to happen. Hmm. 51 00:02:07,942 --> 00:02:09,692 [Reagan] That's Newsweek reporting that, 52 00:02:09,742 --> 00:02:09,891 [Reagan] right? 53 00:02:10,242 --> 00:02:11,292 [Rush Lindell] Newsweek, today. 54 00:02:11,592 --> 00:02:13,242 [Rush Lindell] And Jones isn't just venting. 55 00:02:13,312 --> 00:02:16,512 [Rush Lindell] venting. He's arguing this is an unauthorized war, 56 00:02:16,762 --> 00:02:20,412 [Rush Lindell] that Congress has folded on its war powers authority over and over. 57 00:02:20,961 --> 00:02:22,262 [Rush Lindell] Let that sit for a second. 58 00:02:22,562 --> 00:02:27,611 [Rush Lindell] The MAGA base's loudest cheerleader just called his own guy a tyrant. 59 00:02:27,812 --> 00:02:28,312 [Reagan] Okay, 60 00:02:28,412 --> 00:02:30,312 [Reagan] but let's separate two things here. 61 00:02:30,512 --> 00:02:31,961 [Rush Lindell] Oh, here we go. 62 00:02:32,262 --> 00:02:32,711 [Reagan] No, 63 00:02:32,762 --> 00:02:33,512 [Reagan] hear me out. 64 00:02:33,662 --> 00:02:35,012 [Reagan] The war powers argument? 65 00:02:35,262 --> 00:02:35,912 [Reagan] Legitimate. 66 00:02:36,162 --> 00:02:38,512 [Reagan] Article 1 says Congress declares war, 67 00:02:38,562 --> 00:02:39,361 [Reagan] not the president. 68 00:02:39,283 --> 00:02:39,433 [Reagan] President, 69 00:02:39,533 --> 00:02:40,983 [Reagan] that's not a Jones invention, 70 00:02:41,283 --> 00:02:42,084 [Reagan] that's the Constitution. 71 00:02:42,933 --> 00:02:43,933 [Rush Lindell] Exactly right. 72 00:02:44,033 --> 00:02:47,683 [Rush Lindell] This anti-war rumble inside MAGA didn't start this week. 73 00:02:47,834 --> 00:02:49,533 [Rush Lindell] I've been tracking it since February. 74 00:02:49,933 --> 00:02:50,483 [Reagan] Sure, 75 00:02:50,533 --> 00:02:52,283 [Reagan] but Jones brought receipts, too. 76 00:02:52,533 --> 00:03:01,633 [Reagan] The Hill and the Washington Examiner both reported he called Trump support for the $1.15 trillion fiscal 2027 defense bill impeachable. 77 00:03:01,883 --> 00:03:05,584 [Rush Lindell] And don't forget Trump already went after him. Back in April, 78 00:03:05,633 --> 00:03:06,033 [Rush Lindell] he called. 79 00:03:06,003 --> 00:03:06,753 [Rush Lindell] Rand Paul, Jones, 80 00:03:07,003 --> 00:03:07,853 [Rush Lindell] Tucker Carlson, 81 00:03:08,203 --> 00:03:10,153 [Rush Lindell] Megyn Kelly and Candace Owens' 82 00:03:10,304 --> 00:03:11,103 [Rush Lindell] low IQ, 83 00:03:11,304 --> 00:03:12,503 [Rush Lindell] per those same outlets. 84 00:03:13,003 --> 00:03:16,054 [Reagan] So this breakup's been simmering a while. 85 00:03:16,653 --> 00:03:19,103 [Rush Lindell] Simmering? It's a full pot boiling over. 86 00:03:19,554 --> 00:03:20,503 [Reagan] Here's my problem, 87 00:03:20,603 --> 00:03:20,753 [Reagan] though: 88 00:03:21,153 --> 00:03:24,703 [Reagan] one podcaster having a meltdown isn't a coalition collapsing, 89 00:03:25,304 --> 00:03:27,304 [Reagan] Alex Jones has a credibility problem. 90 00:03:27,603 --> 00:03:28,204 [Reagan] Sandy Hook, 91 00:03:28,353 --> 00:03:29,003 [Reagan] the lawsuits, 92 00:03:29,203 --> 00:03:32,753 [Reagan] the retractions-that's a rough messenger for a strong constitution. 93 00:03:32,723 --> 00:03:33,373 [Reagan] CONSTITUTIONAL POINT. 94 00:03:33,923 --> 00:03:39,723 [Rush Lindell] There; the arguments sound even if the guide delivering it once told people a school shooting was staged. 95 00:03:40,123 --> 00:03:42,274 [Reagan] Right; so strip the theatrics: 96 00:03:42,623 --> 00:03:45,524 [Reagan] does Congress actually have the votes to check this president, 97 00:03:45,623 --> 00:03:46,623 [Reagan] or is it all noise? 98 00:03:47,223 --> 00:03:50,073 [Rush Lindell] That's the fight; but here's what really gets me: 99 00:03:50,424 --> 00:03:55,573 [Rush Lindell] Jones didn't just say this is unconstitutional; he said it'll wreck the economy back home. 100 00:03:55,973 --> 00:03:58,873 [Reagan] And that's the part people actually feel in their wallets. 101 00:03:58,771 --> 00:03:59,021 [Reagan] It's... 102 00:03:59,072 --> 00:03:59,621 [Speaker 3] MUSIC 103 00:04:04,390 --> 00:04:08,140 [Rush Lindell] Building on that, the economy angle isn't hypothetical anymore, 104 00:04:08,289 --> 00:04:08,539 [Rush Lindell] Reagan. 105 00:04:08,990 --> 00:04:16,090 [Rush Lindell] CNBC's reporting oil topped $100 a barrel as this war entered what they're calling a deadly new phase. 106 00:04:16,590 --> 00:04:18,040 [Reagan] A hundred dollars a barrel. 107 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:21,389 [Reagan] That's real pain at the pump for every listener driving to work tomorrow. 108 00:04:21,889 --> 00:04:22,790 [Rush Lindell] And somewhere, 109 00:04:23,189 --> 00:04:26,189 [Rush Lindell] whoever's setting those pump prices is doing a victory lap. 110 00:04:26,490 --> 00:04:27,340 [Reagan] I'm sure. 111 00:04:27,740 --> 00:04:28,389 [Rush Lindell] Meanwhile, 112 00:04:28,589 --> 00:04:31,189 [Rush Lindell] Jones is out there saying an expanded war would... 113 00:04:31,028 --> 00:04:31,228 [Rush Lindell] Would, 114 00:04:31,328 --> 00:04:31,628 [Rush Lindell] quote, 115 00:04:32,028 --> 00:04:35,128 [Rush Lindell] destroy the economy and kill a bunch of our troops. 116 00:04:35,677 --> 00:04:37,328 [Reagan] That part I don't dismiss. 117 00:04:37,677 --> 00:04:41,177 [Reagan] Wartime spending plus an energy shock-that's basic economics, 118 00:04:41,328 --> 00:04:42,378 [Reagan] not conspiracy theory. 119 00:04:42,778 --> 00:04:47,478 [Rush Lindell] But then he goes further-says there's a national draft being quietly prepped. 120 00:04:47,878 --> 00:04:50,028 [Reagan] Now that's the part I want to slow down on. 121 00:04:50,528 --> 00:04:50,978 [Rush Lindell] Why, 122 00:04:51,328 --> 00:04:55,878 [Rush Lindell] Karoline Leavitt herself said back in March a draft had not been ruled out. 123 00:04:55,795 --> 00:04:56,995 [Rush Lindell] That's not nothing! 124 00:04:57,495 --> 00:04:58,295 [Reagan] It's not nothing, 125 00:04:58,495 --> 00:05:00,396 [Reagan] but it's also not proof of a plan. 126 00:05:00,596 --> 00:05:03,195 [Reagan] Not ruling something out isn't the same as building one. 127 00:05:04,295 --> 00:05:05,146 [Rush Lindell] Semantics, 128 00:05:05,295 --> 00:05:05,445 [Rush Lindell] Reagan. 129 00:05:05,945 --> 00:05:06,945 [Reagan] No evidence: 130 00:05:07,195 --> 00:05:09,096 [Reagan] one's a documented price at the pump, 131 00:05:09,195 --> 00:05:11,445 [Reagan] the other's speculation dressed up as certainty. 132 00:05:12,045 --> 00:05:13,396 [Reagan] What would actually settle it? 133 00:05:13,745 --> 00:05:15,396 [Reagan] Selective service issuing notices, 134 00:05:15,745 --> 00:05:17,495 [Reagan] Congress debating a conscription bill. 135 00:05:17,846 --> 00:05:19,946 [Reagan] Show me that and I'll say Jones called it. 136 00:05:20,245 --> 00:05:20,795 [Rush Lindell] Fair enough. 137 00:05:21,076 --> 00:05:24,225 [Reagan] You don't need a draft notice to feel this war in your wallet, 138 00:05:24,326 --> 00:05:24,526 [Reagan] though. 139 00:05:24,776 --> 00:05:27,676 [Rush Lindell] Agreed. And speaking of feeling it in your wallet, 140 00:05:27,876 --> 00:05:30,126 [Rush Lindell] this is actually a good time to mention something. 141 00:05:30,426 --> 00:05:31,176 [Reagan] Go for it. 142 00:05:31,475 --> 00:05:35,076 [Rush Lindell] My friends at Lear Capital are doing something I've never seen before. 143 00:05:35,526 --> 00:05:40,225 [Rush Lindell] They're selling a one-ounce silver American Eagle below spot price. 144 00:05:40,326 --> 00:05:40,975 [Rush Lindell] That's right, 145 00:05:41,376 --> 00:05:47,426 [Rush Lindell] below what silver is actually trading for right now. And Lear is covering the shipping and taxes. 146 00:05:47,896 --> 00:05:49,195 [Reagan] Here's what you need to know. 147 00:05:49,445 --> 00:05:50,795 [Reagan] Priced below spot, 148 00:05:50,995 --> 00:05:53,896 [Reagan] Lear is selling this at a loss to get silver in your hands. 149 00:05:54,295 --> 00:05:55,396 [Reagan] Limit one per person, 150 00:05:55,695 --> 00:05:56,596 [Reagan] new customers only. 151 00:05:56,995 --> 00:05:58,995 [Reagan] Free shipping fully insured by Lear. 152 00:05:59,096 --> 00:06:00,995 [Reagan] This is a 24-hour offer only. 153 00:06:01,596 --> 00:06:03,596 [Rush Lindell] And just so you understand how rare this is, 154 00:06:03,945 --> 00:06:06,795 [Rush Lindell] spot price doesn't include the cost to mint the coin, 155 00:06:06,995 --> 00:06:07,495 [Rush Lindell] ship it, 156 00:06:07,545 --> 00:06:08,695 [Rush Lindell] or any dealer overhead. 157 00:06:09,245 --> 00:06:11,146 [Rush Lindell] Buying at spot is already a deal. 158 00:06:11,545 --> 00:06:12,646 [Rush Lindell] Buying below spot? 159 00:06:12,915 --> 00:06:14,315 [Rush Lindell] Almost never happens. 160 00:06:14,865 --> 00:06:21,466 [Reagan] This isn't some obscure bullion piece; the American Eagle is one of the most recognizable and sought after coins in the world, 161 00:06:21,915 --> 00:06:22,815 [Reagan] backed by the U.S. 162 00:06:22,865 --> 00:06:24,266 [Reagan] government for weight and purity. 163 00:06:24,766 --> 00:06:27,665 [Reagan] One ounce of point nine nine nine fine silver, 164 00:06:28,115 --> 00:06:28,915 [Reagan] IRA eligible, 165 00:06:29,266 --> 00:06:31,566 [Reagan] a tangible asset you can hold in your hand. 166 00:06:31,915 --> 00:06:35,615 [Rush Lindell] Go to RushCoinOffer dot com right now. 167 00:06:36,016 --> 00:06:38,115 [Rush Lindell] This is a twenty four hour offer! 168 00:06:38,500 --> 00:06:40,750 [Rush Lindell] The URL goes dark after that, 169 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:41,950 [Rush Lindell] and when it's gone, 170 00:06:42,350 --> 00:06:43,100 [Rush Lindell] it's gone. 171 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:47,200 [Reagan] www dot rushcoinoffer dot com. 172 00:06:47,450 --> 00:06:48,000 [Rush Lindell] So, 173 00:06:48,300 --> 00:06:50,550 [Rush Lindell] back to oil and the draft chatter. 174 00:06:51,050 --> 00:06:55,300 [Rush Lindell] I still say the price at the pump is the confirmed story tonight. 175 00:06:55,500 --> 00:06:59,350 [Reagan] And the draft rumor is worth tracking; I'm just not panicking about it yet. 176 00:07:00,101 --> 00:07:01,151 [Rush Lindell] Speaking of tracking, 177 00:07:01,701 --> 00:07:04,351 [Rush Lindell] Congress actually took a vote on all this. 178 00:07:04,551 --> 00:07:07,551 [Reagan] Oh, they voted and the numbers are interesting. 179 00:07:13,209 --> 00:07:15,059 [Rush Lindell] Forget the pump price for a second. 180 00:07:15,309 --> 00:07:19,259 [Rush Lindell] Let's talk about what Congress actually did with a pen in hand. 181 00:07:19,559 --> 00:07:22,009 [Reagan] The House passed the War Powers Resolution again, 182 00:07:22,309 --> 00:07:24,109 [Reagan] 214 to 208, 183 00:07:24,459 --> 00:07:26,959 [Reagan] second time this year they've told him to stand down. 184 00:07:26,959 --> 00:07:33,309 [Rush Lindell] Second time. And CNBC's reporting Trump's basically guaranteed to veto it anyway. So what's the... 185 00:07:33,309 --> 00:07:35,159 [Reagan] The point is, it's non-binding. 186 00:07:35,309 --> 00:07:38,759 [Reagan] A concurrent resolution never touches his desk. It's a message. 187 00:07:38,777 --> 00:07:39,627 [Reagan] Not a chain. 188 00:07:39,627 --> 00:07:40,327 [Rush Lindell] A message, 189 00:07:40,477 --> 00:07:43,327 [Rush Lindell] four Republicans decided to send-Davidson, 190 00:07:43,527 --> 00:07:44,227 [Rush Lindell] Fitzpatrick, 191 00:07:44,377 --> 00:07:48,227 [Rush Lindell] Barrett and Massie-I'm calling them the Fantastic Four of failed attempts. 192 00:07:48,577 --> 00:07:49,377 [Reagan] Failed attempts? 193 00:07:49,677 --> 00:07:50,677 [Rush Lindell] They cross the aisle, 194 00:07:50,827 --> 00:07:51,627 [Rush Lindell] headlines happen, 195 00:07:51,777 --> 00:07:55,627 [Rush Lindell] nothing changes-that's the tremor before Jones' Aftershock. 196 00:07:55,677 --> 00:07:58,377 [Reagan] The real story might be who didn't show up. 197 00:07:58,827 --> 00:08:04,377 [Reagan] Stars and Stripes flagged that Rand Paul and Lisa Murkowski both previous yes votes on measures like this. 198 00:08:04,441 --> 00:08:06,091 [Reagan] were absent for the Senate vote. 199 00:08:06,091 --> 00:08:07,491 [Rush Lindell] Absent? Not no, 200 00:08:07,741 --> 00:08:08,391 [Rush Lindell] just gone? 201 00:08:08,691 --> 00:08:09,091 [Reagan] Gone. 202 00:08:09,541 --> 00:08:12,591 [Reagan] And the binding version failed forty-seven to forty-nine. 203 00:08:12,891 --> 00:08:13,591 [Reagan] Two votes. 204 00:08:13,991 --> 00:08:16,041 [Reagan] Susan Collins was the lone Republican yes. 205 00:08:16,041 --> 00:08:17,241 [Rush Lindell] Two votes. 206 00:08:17,441 --> 00:08:23,091 [Rush Lindell] Paul and Murkowski show up. We're talking about a binding resolution actually reaching his desk. 207 00:08:23,141 --> 00:08:25,741 [Reagan] Which is why the absences matter more than the tally. 208 00:08:26,141 --> 00:08:27,341 [Reagan] A no vote is a position. 209 00:08:27,591 --> 00:08:29,041 [Reagan] An empty chair is a dodge. 210 00:08:29,145 --> 00:08:29,345 [Rush Lindell] Oh, 211 00:08:29,445 --> 00:08:32,795 [Rush Lindell] come on—you skip the votes so nobody pins a label on you. 212 00:08:32,795 --> 00:08:36,445 [Reagan] Or they didn't want their name on a resolution headed straight for a veto. 213 00:08:36,545 --> 00:08:39,045 [Rush Lindell] Either way; nonbinding wins the House, 214 00:08:39,395 --> 00:08:40,845 [Rush Lindell] binding dies in the Senate, 215 00:08:41,195 --> 00:08:43,095 [Rush Lindell] everybody claims they voted their conscience. 216 00:08:43,345 --> 00:08:44,995 [Reagan] Voted or didn't vote, 217 00:08:45,195 --> 00:08:45,595 [Reagan] big difference. 218 00:08:45,745 --> 00:08:50,795 [Rush Lindell] And watching these same faces flip their Article One convictions depending on whose name's on the lease? 219 00:08:50,895 --> 00:08:52,145 [Reagan] That's a whole separate show. 220 00:08:52,245 --> 00:08:54,145 [Rush Lindell] Exactly why we're doing it next. 221 00:08:53,977 --> 00:08:54,277 [Rush Lindell] Next. 222 00:08:59,755 --> 00:09:02,055 [Rush Lindell] Building on that hypocrisy parade, 223 00:09:02,255 --> 00:09:04,105 [Rush Lindell] I want to do a bit: 224 00:09:04,355 --> 00:09:04,705 [Reagan] Oh, 225 00:09:04,855 --> 00:09:04,905 [Reagan] no! 226 00:09:05,355 --> 00:09:06,855 [Rush Lindell] My fellow Americans, 227 00:09:07,355 --> 00:09:20,155 [Rush Lindell] today I rise to defend Article One of the Constitution which I personally discovered in twenty nineteen and then mysteriously misplaced somewhere around January twenty twenty five. 228 00:09:20,505 --> 00:09:23,605 [Reagan] And the return item gets filed the day the other party wins. 229 00:09:24,055 --> 00:09:25,755 [Rush Lindell] Every. Single. Time. 230 00:09:25,955 --> 00:09:26,605 [Rush Lindell] Whoever's out of power. 231 00:09:26,425 --> 00:09:38,375 [Rush Lindell] Out of power suddenly remembers we have a Legislature-and get this-the Hill reported back in April that Democrats floated invoking the Twenty-fifth Amendment over Iran strikes. 232 00:09:38,875 --> 00:09:39,275 [Reagan] Right. 233 00:09:39,725 --> 00:09:41,325 [Rush Lindell] Now Alex Jones, 234 00:09:41,425 --> 00:09:44,375 [Rush Lindell] who spent years mocking that exact idea, 235 00:09:44,625 --> 00:09:46,625 [Rush Lindell] says it was warranted all along. 236 00:09:46,925 --> 00:09:49,875 [Reagan] The costume closet is very well stocked this year. 237 00:09:50,325 --> 00:09:51,225 [Rush Lindell] That's the bit. 238 00:09:51,321 --> 00:09:54,121 [Rush Lindell] Everybody's wearing someone else's principles. 239 00:09:54,721 --> 00:09:55,171 [Reagan] Sure, 240 00:09:55,321 --> 00:09:57,871 [Reagan] but I'll push back before you take a victory lap. 241 00:09:58,321 --> 00:09:58,821 [Rush Lindell] Go ahead. 242 00:09:59,271 --> 00:10:03,121 [Reagan] Both sides being hypocrites doesn't make the underlying question fake. 243 00:10:03,521 --> 00:10:06,121 [Reagan] Congress still hasn't voted to authorize this war. 244 00:10:06,521 --> 00:10:08,421 [Rush Lindell] I'm not saying the QUESTION'S fake. 245 00:10:08,821 --> 00:10:10,021 [Reagan] You're implying it, though, 246 00:10:10,221 --> 00:10:12,671 [Reagan] calling it a costume lets everyone off the hook. 247 00:10:13,071 --> 00:10:14,121 [Reagan] The theater is real, 248 00:10:14,471 --> 00:10:15,821 [Reagan] so is the War Powers clause. 249 00:10:16,089 --> 00:10:19,139 [Rush Lindell] Fair-the circus doesn't cancel the Constitution. 250 00:10:19,789 --> 00:10:22,289 [Reagan] And laughing at the flip flopping feels good, 251 00:10:22,439 --> 00:10:24,889 [Reagan] but it's a distraction from the actual failure. 252 00:10:25,389 --> 00:10:27,789 [Reagan] Nobody's forced an up or down vote that sticks. 253 00:10:28,289 --> 00:10:29,539 [Rush Lindell] Comedy breaks over, 254 00:10:29,689 --> 00:10:29,789 [Rush Lindell] then. 255 00:10:30,139 --> 00:10:30,939 [Reagan] It has to be, 256 00:10:31,139 --> 00:10:34,239 [Reagan] because the next story isn't about floor speeches or hashtags. 257 00:10:34,889 --> 00:10:38,539 [Rush Lindell] No-it's about Americans who didn't get a vote at all. 258 00:10:38,889 --> 00:10:39,939 [Reagan] A base in Jordan, 259 00:10:40,339 --> 00:10:41,089 [Reagan] real casualties: 260 00:10:41,589 --> 00:10:42,889 [Reagan] that's where the abstraction ends. 261 00:10:43,257 --> 00:10:43,357 [Speaker 3] music 262 00:10:48,555 --> 00:10:50,555 [Rush Lindell] Shifting from satire to Jordan, 263 00:10:50,905 --> 00:10:52,005 [Rush Lindell] this isn't hypothetical: 264 00:10:52,505 --> 00:10:56,605 [Rush Lindell] American service members were killed at a Jordanian air base in mid July. 265 00:10:57,005 --> 00:10:57,705 [Rush Lindell] Real people, 266 00:10:58,005 --> 00:10:59,655 [Rush Lindell] families getting a knock on the door. 267 00:11:00,005 --> 00:11:00,255 [Rush Lindell] Yeah. 268 00:11:00,605 --> 00:11:05,355 [Rush Lindell] The Christian Science Monitor reported four straight days of Iranian strikes on U.S. 269 00:11:05,405 --> 00:11:06,155 [Rush Lindell] assets there, 270 00:11:06,455 --> 00:11:06,955 [Rush Lindell] the base, 271 00:11:07,205 --> 00:11:08,905 [Rush Lindell] then Aqaba's port and airport. 272 00:11:09,355 --> 00:11:10,355 [Rush Lindell] And it didn't stop. 273 00:11:10,705 --> 00:11:11,355 [Rush Lindell] It didn't. 274 00:11:11,705 --> 00:11:15,405 [Rush Lindell] Al Jazeera reported a fresh barrage hit U.S. forces in Jordan on 275 00:11:15,405 --> 00:11:15,955 [Speaker 4] July thirtieth. 276 00:11:15,225 --> 00:11:16,525 [Rush Lindell] On July twenty ninth, 277 00:11:16,825 --> 00:11:23,025 [Rush Lindell] ending a five day pause (same day Netanyahu walked into the White House), coincidence or message, 278 00:11:23,175 --> 00:11:24,225 [Rush Lindell] I'll let you decide, 279 00:11:24,525 --> 00:11:26,175 [Rush Lindell] but nobody saying this out loud: 280 00:11:26,625 --> 00:11:30,625 [Rush Lindell] Jordan is a country Congress never debated putting troops in harm's way over. 281 00:11:30,975 --> 00:11:31,675 [Rush Lindell] No hearing, 282 00:11:32,075 --> 00:11:32,625 [Rush Lindell] no vote, 283 00:11:33,025 --> 00:11:34,475 [Rush Lindell] no name read on the floor. 284 00:11:34,975 --> 00:11:40,725 [Rush Lindell] The Christian Science Monitor also notes U.S. aid to Jordan hit a record two billion dollars this year. 285 00:11:40,569 --> 00:11:40,719 [Rush Lindell] Here, 286 00:11:40,969 --> 00:11:44,969 [Rush Lindell] while Amman says almost nothing publicly about strikes on its own soil, 287 00:11:45,369 --> 00:11:50,319 [Rush Lindell] they're taking our money and eating the missiles quietly-that's the position we've put a partner in. 288 00:11:50,669 --> 00:11:57,869 [Rush Lindell] Casualties in a country nobody in that building signed off on-this is exactly the scenario the War Powers Resolution exists for. 289 00:11:58,169 --> 00:12:04,269 [Rush Lindell] Somebody's kid isn't coming home-and Congress is still arguing about who gets credit for finding Article One. 290 00:12:04,669 --> 00:12:07,319 [Rush Lindell] So the real question isn't whether Trump broke a rule. 291 00:12:07,385 --> 00:12:09,835 [Rush Lindell] It's what actually stops the next strike. 292 00:12:10,085 --> 00:12:11,385 [Rush Lindell] That's not a floor speech. 293 00:12:11,585 --> 00:12:16,185 [Rush Lindell] That's a casket. Which is exactly why I don't think impeachment is the right fight here. 294 00:12:16,535 --> 00:12:17,085 [Rush Lindell] Convince me. 295 00:12:22,489 --> 00:12:23,389 [Rush Lindell] Building on that, 296 00:12:23,589 --> 00:12:25,439 [Rush Lindell] let's talk about impeachment itself, 297 00:12:25,639 --> 00:12:28,089 [Rush Lindell] because I think Jones is making a category error. 298 00:12:28,639 --> 00:12:30,689 [Rush Lindell] Removal needs two-thirds of the Senate. 299 00:12:31,089 --> 00:12:31,789 [Rush Lindell] That's not happening. 300 00:12:32,389 --> 00:12:32,889 [Rush Lindell] A funded, 301 00:12:33,189 --> 00:12:39,939 [Rush Lindell] binding statutory limit cutting off money for further strikes is what Congress can actually pass without removing anyone. 302 00:12:40,389 --> 00:12:41,489 [Rush Lindell] That's the real remedy, 303 00:12:41,789 --> 00:12:43,689 [Rush Lindell] and it's the one nobody's pushing hard enough. 304 00:12:44,057 --> 00:12:47,757 [Rush Lindell] Keep going; and here's what I'll give you because you earned it earlier: 305 00:12:48,307 --> 00:12:51,857 [Rush Lindell] when a coalition loses its media wing it loses its energy. 306 00:12:52,457 --> 00:12:54,607 [Rush Lindell] Jones carries real weight with that audience, 307 00:12:55,007 --> 00:12:58,407 [Rush Lindell] but losing enthusiasm and losing votes are two different things. 308 00:12:58,957 --> 00:13:02,957 [Rush Lindell] Enthusiasm fades quietly; defections shows up on a roll call. 309 00:13:03,557 --> 00:13:07,107 [Rush Lindell] That's the sharpest distinction anyone's made on this show tonight. 310 00:13:07,757 --> 00:13:08,107 [Rush Lindell] Thank you. 311 00:13:08,569 --> 00:13:10,219 [Rush Lindell] But flip it around: 312 00:13:10,669 --> 00:13:16,819 [Rush Lindell] the four defectors didn't wake up brave; somebody in their district stopped defending this war out loud, 313 00:13:17,019 --> 00:13:19,969 [Rush Lindell] and that scared them faster than any floor speech did. 314 00:13:20,469 --> 00:13:21,869 [Rush Lindell] When the base goes quiet, 315 00:13:22,269 --> 00:13:23,819 [Rush Lindell] members start doing math. 316 00:13:24,153 --> 00:13:27,953 [Rush Lindell] And math is the one language this Congress actually speaks. 317 00:13:28,803 --> 00:13:31,103 [Rush Lindell] Exactly. And it's not just the House. 318 00:13:31,503 --> 00:13:40,503 [Rush Lindell] The Hill reported this week that Senate Republicans are privately warning that confidence in Defense Secretary Hegseth is eroding as this thing drags on. 319 00:13:41,003 --> 00:13:41,303 [Rush Lindell] Wait, 320 00:13:41,553 --> 00:13:42,603 [Rush Lindell] Hegseth specifically? 321 00:13:43,303 --> 00:13:44,153 [Rush Lindell] Specifically. 322 00:13:44,553 --> 00:13:47,053 [Rush Lindell] That's not Alex Jones ranting into a microphone. 323 00:13:47,353 --> 00:13:49,553 [Rush Lindell] That's members of the President's own party 324 00:13:49,553 --> 00:13:49,653 [Speaker 4] saying it. 325 00:13:49,273 --> 00:13:49,923 [Rush Lindell] own party, 326 00:13:50,573 --> 00:13:56,273 [Rush Lindell] which tells you the pressure isn't coming from outside the tent anymore; it's coming from inside it, 327 00:13:56,523 --> 00:14:00,073 [Rush Lindell] and that changes everything about how this plays out before November. 328 00:14:00,202 --> 00:14:00,302 [Rush Lindell] Brr. 329 00:14:00,552 --> 00:14:01,052 [Reagan] Ha ha. 330 00:14:05,936 --> 00:14:06,586 [Speaker 3] It's more expensive. 331 00:14:06,886 --> 00:14:08,336 [Speaker 5] Zooming out from Jordan, 332 00:14:08,686 --> 00:14:11,086 [Speaker 5] CNBC's framing here is the one that matters. 333 00:14:11,486 --> 00:14:16,886 [Speaker 5] This war's revival lands months before the midterms, right on top of paper-thin majorities. 334 00:14:17,336 --> 00:14:20,186 [Speaker 3] Four defectors already crossed on that House vote. 335 00:14:20,536 --> 00:14:21,586 [Speaker 3] Watch that number, folks. 336 00:14:21,786 --> 00:14:22,836 [Speaker 3] If it climbs to eight, 337 00:14:23,186 --> 00:14:23,536 [Speaker 3] ten, 338 00:14:23,936 --> 00:14:25,386 [Speaker 3] Speaker's got a real problem, 339 00:14:25,636 --> 00:14:26,686 [Speaker 3] not a headline problem. 340 00:14:27,086 --> 00:14:30,136 [Speaker 5] And the Senate showed us 47 isn't 49, 341 00:14:30,586 --> 00:14:32,786 [Speaker 5] whether a binding resolution ever actually 342 00:14:32,606 --> 00:14:33,956 [Speaker 5] or actually gets a floor vote, 343 00:14:34,156 --> 00:14:35,506 [Speaker 5] that's the second thing to track. 344 00:14:35,856 --> 00:14:37,606 [Speaker 5] Right now it's dying in procedure, 345 00:14:37,956 --> 00:14:38,556 [Speaker 5] not on merits. 346 00:14:39,106 --> 00:14:39,656 [Speaker 3] Third thing: 347 00:14:40,056 --> 00:14:43,556 [Speaker 3] Does anybody else with a microphone follow Alex Jones off that ledge? 348 00:14:43,906 --> 00:14:47,856 [Speaker 3] One loyalist breaking is a story; three or four is a stampede. 349 00:14:48,156 --> 00:14:50,256 [Speaker 5] I'll believe the stampede when I see it. 350 00:14:50,406 --> 00:14:50,806 [Speaker 3] Fair. 351 00:14:51,106 --> 00:14:52,806 [Speaker 5] So what changes my mind? 352 00:14:53,206 --> 00:14:55,106 [Speaker 5] Documented conscription paperwork. 353 00:14:55,506 --> 00:14:56,156 [Speaker 5] Not a rumor, 354 00:14:56,456 --> 00:14:57,156 [Speaker 5] not a maybe. 355 00:14:57,506 --> 00:14:59,106 [Speaker 5] Actual selective service... 356 00:14:58,878 --> 00:14:59,528 [Speaker 5] Service action! 357 00:14:59,928 --> 00:15:00,678 [Speaker 5] Show me that, 358 00:15:00,778 --> 00:15:02,228 [Speaker 5] and I'm marching next to Jones. 359 00:15:02,678 --> 00:15:03,378 [Speaker 3] Mine simpler: 360 00:15:03,728 --> 00:15:05,078 [Speaker 3] ten House Republicans, 361 00:15:05,428 --> 00:15:08,478 [Speaker 3] ten crossing on a binding resolution before Labor Day. 362 00:15:08,778 --> 00:15:09,428 [Speaker 3] You get there, 363 00:15:09,728 --> 00:15:11,778 [Speaker 3] this majority cracks wide open. 364 00:15:12,128 --> 00:15:13,328 [Speaker 5] And if neither happens? 365 00:15:13,828 --> 00:15:18,378 [Speaker 3] Then everybody go back to pretending they care about Article One exactly when it's convenient. 366 00:15:18,628 --> 00:15:19,278 [Speaker 3] Same as always. 367 00:15:19,678 --> 00:15:21,278 [Speaker 5] We'll hold you to the number Rush. 368 00:15:21,578 --> 00:15:22,628 [Speaker 3] Ten Republicans, 369 00:15:23,028 --> 00:15:23,678 [Speaker 3] write it down. 370 00:15:23,806 --> 00:15:24,406 [Speaker 6] Mm-hmm. 371 00:15:28,990 --> 00:15:35,990 [Speaker 3] So today started with Alex Jones demanding Trump's impeachment-and it ended with us talking about troops in Jordan. 372 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:37,040 [Speaker 3] Wild ride. 373 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:38,690 [Speaker 5] It really was. 374 00:15:38,790 --> 00:15:39,890 [Speaker 5] And credit where it's due, 375 00:15:40,090 --> 00:15:42,490 [Speaker 5] the House passed that second War Powers Resolution. 376 00:15:42,740 --> 00:15:44,240 [Speaker 5] Four Republicans crossed over 377 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:44,290 [Speaker 3] Wow. 378 00:15:44,290 --> 00:15:44,840 [Speaker 5] to get it done. 379 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:46,390 [Speaker 3] Four defectors. 380 00:15:46,490 --> 00:15:48,440 [Speaker 3] The Senate couldn't even close the gap. 381 00:15:48,790 --> 00:15:50,340 [Speaker 5] Forty-seven to forty-nine. 382 00:15:50,540 --> 00:15:51,290 [Speaker 5] That's not nothing. 383 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:53,440 [Speaker 3] But the number that sticks with me? 384 00:15:53,790 --> 00:15:54,890 [Speaker 3] Americans killed. 385 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:55,890 [Speaker 3] Missiles hitting. 386 00:15:55,710 --> 00:15:56,460 [Speaker 7] It's hitting Aqaba. 387 00:15:56,460 --> 00:15:56,660 [Speaker 8] Ah! 388 00:15:56,810 --> 00:15:58,960 [Speaker 7] Congress never voted on putting them there. 389 00:15:59,410 --> 00:16:01,460 [Speaker 5] Congress never voted on sending them there, 390 00:16:01,710 --> 00:16:03,910 [Speaker 5] and voters deserve to know that before November. 391 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:04,860 [Speaker 7] All right, 392 00:16:05,010 --> 00:16:05,960 [Speaker 7] if you like this one, 393 00:16:06,110 --> 00:16:06,710 [Speaker 7] subscribe, 394 00:16:06,910 --> 00:16:09,860 [Speaker 7] leave us five stars and tell a friend who needs to hear it. 395 00:16:10,110 --> 00:16:11,660 [Speaker 5] New episodes every weekday. 396 00:16:11,910 --> 00:16:12,360 [Speaker 7] Reagan, 397 00:16:12,510 --> 00:16:14,260 [Speaker 7] always a pleasure arguing with you. 398 00:16:14,510 --> 00:16:15,360 [Speaker 5] Right back at you, 399 00:16:15,410 --> 00:16:15,610 [Speaker 5] Rush. 400 00:16:15,910 --> 00:16:16,510 [Speaker 7] To the listener: 401 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:17,560 [Speaker 7] we'll see you tomorrow. 402 00:16:23,262 --> 00:16:23,562 [Speaker 3] Peace.