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Europe Freaks Out at Spanish Invasion, Maine Dems Pick Worse Candidate & Netanyahu/Zelenskyy in DC

Published August 3, 2026 | Video Starts at 13:23

Graham Platner was a radical extremist. He's a guy that. That had the SS tattoo on him. He was a guy that had countless warning signs. Democrats defended him at all costs until they thought he couldn't win anymore. Then they excommunicated him. But the replacement is not much better than Graham Platner, which is the funny part of the entire story. (13:23–13:27)

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Asserts that Democrats defended Graham Platner until they believed he couldn't win.

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“Graham Platner was a radical extremist. He's a guy that. That had the SS tattoo on him.”
Europe Freaks Out at Spanish Invasion, Maine Dems Pick Worse Candidate & Netanyahu/Zelenskyy in DC | Uploaded August 3, 2026 | 13:14-13:21
“Foreign leaders came in for Senator Lindsey Graham's funeral.”
Europe Freaks Out at Spanish Invasion, Maine Dems Pick Worse Candidate & Netanyahu/Zelenskyy in DC | Uploaded August 3, 2026 | 24:19-24:24
“Two of those leaders that came in were Zelensky and Bibi.”
Europe Freaks Out at Spanish Invasion, Maine Dems Pick Worse Candidate & Netanyahu/Zelenskyy in DC | Uploaded August 3, 2026 | 24:33-24:35
“European countries are now starting to go, maybe we should act like Donald Trump a little bit and secure our borders.”
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“All of a sudden they were, they were all about bragging about their open borders. You can move easily, come and go. That's starting to…”
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“If you can't control the outside borders, which was the whole point of the European Union, then the open borders within, then the whole…”
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“If you don't have a secure border within your country, within the European Union, the way that he's describing it is that's when people…”
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“Now you don't have that free border passage, which is the whole point of the Kumbaya European Union. That could collapse very quickly.”
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“Let's bring this back home a little bit here. The midterms, I mean, we are within 100 days now.”
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“I've had this debate privately multiple times. I've had it publicly as well on tv.”
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“it doesn't matter. Everybody's moved on from it. They've done it. If they moved on, they've done talk, you got to talk the economy, you got…”
Europe Freaks Out at Spanish Invasion, Maine Dems Pick Worse Candidate & Netanyahu/Zelenskyy in DC | Uploaded August 3, 2026 | 11:09-11:18
“Because now that he secured it so fast, it's not a political issue.”
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“I disagree with that. I think you, as you just described 10 seconds ago, you disagree that as well.”
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“How much of an issue should those running in the midterms be talking about this issue?”
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“Well, speaking of the stakes, let's talk about the elections here in the midterm.”
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“One of the biggest one everybody was watching, we were heavily involved in this was Graham Platt.”
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“But the replacement is not much better than Graham Platner, which is the funny part of the entire story.”
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“This is now literally the Democratic Party and their belief system.”
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“There is real government work that's going to be done around [the funeral].”
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“Two major issues there: One, with Russia and Ukraine in that war, and two, who may be helping Russia and the war with Iran as well.”
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“Arming and allowing the people to protect and defend themselves in Iran.”
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