1 00:00:06,799 --> 00:00:12,960 The Benjamin Dixon Show is only possible with listeners support. Go to www dot 2 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:18,839 The Benjamin Dixon Show dot com to register for our blog and join the Progressive 3 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:30,480 Art. Today, an indictment was unsealed charging Donald J. Trump with conspiring 4 00:00:31,039 --> 00:00:37,960 to defraud the United States, conspiring to disenfranchise voters, and conspiring and attempting 5 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:43,719 to obstruct an official proceeding. The indictment was issued by a grandeury of citizens 6 00:00:43,799 --> 00:00:48,159 here in the District of Columbia, and it sets forth the crimes charged in 7 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:53,320 detail. That's the voice of Special Counsel Jack Smith announcing yesterday that President former 8 00:00:53,359 --> 00:00:57,719 President Donald J. Trump has now been indicted for the third time. This 9 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:03,320 is unprecedented in that he is Donald Trump, the first president former president to 10 00:01:03,399 --> 00:01:07,480 be indicted for any crimes whatsoever. But this is his third indictment, the 11 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:11,920 second on the federal level. He has one indictment in the state of New 12 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:15,719 York with District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who level charges against him on the state 13 00:01:15,799 --> 00:01:21,640 level, and he's also facing a third a fourth rather potential indictment in the 14 00:01:22,159 --> 00:01:26,359 state of Georgia Fulton County around the Atlanta, Georgia area under the direction of 15 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:34,480 Fannie Willis. Donald Trump has gone down into history as the most impeached and 16 00:01:34,519 --> 00:01:40,280 the most indicted president in the history of this empire. Welcome, ladies, 17 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:44,400 gentlemen, and gender nonconforming individuals to another episode of The Benjamin Dixon Show. 18 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:49,719 Today is Wednesday, August second, two and twenty three. It is a 19 00:01:49,879 --> 00:01:55,640 very momentous time in American history, this particular indictment, I am. I'm 20 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:07,560 particularly grateful four because of the ongoing efforts by the same people who surrounded Donald 21 00:02:07,599 --> 00:02:12,360 Trump to try to convince him that there was election fraud and that he actually 22 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:16,439 won. The same people who were behind January sixth, Those are the same 23 00:02:16,479 --> 00:02:23,159 people who are today trying to implement their slow coup. So it bodes well 24 00:02:23,319 --> 00:02:30,520 for America to see that the empire itself, the system, the bureaucracy, 25 00:02:30,599 --> 00:02:37,039 the machine, right, the mechanism that is the American Empire, is willing 26 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:46,439 to hold itself accountable by holding the top position in this empire accountable. And 27 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:53,719 it feels a little, you know, it feels a little extreme that out 28 00:02:53,719 --> 00:02:57,639 of all of the things that Donald Trump is guilty for, the only thing 29 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,879 that this country really held him accountable for trying to destroy the country, right, 30 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:05,800 it seemed like, you know, this was an extreme case that the 31 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:12,319 government could not ignore. They simply could not ignore the very active measures that 32 00:03:12,479 --> 00:03:20,120 Donald Trump took to overturn the election, to overthrow and circumvent our democracy, 33 00:03:20,199 --> 00:03:24,919 to disenfranchise voters. I mean, he was going after the entirety of our 34 00:03:25,039 --> 00:03:30,639 democracy, and so he had to be held accountable. Listened to more from 35 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:34,879 Special Council Jack Smith. The attack on our nation's capital on January sixth, 36 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:42,840 twenty one was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy described in the 37 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:49,759 indictment, It was fueled by lies, lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing 38 00:03:49,759 --> 00:03:54,280 a bedrock function of the US government, the nation's process of collecting, counting, 39 00:03:54,400 --> 00:04:00,000 and certifying the results of the presidential election. I mean, again, 40 00:04:00,159 --> 00:04:05,000 this is what Donald Trump was going after he worked himself into a frenzy leading 41 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:10,039 up to the last election, He and his supporters, he constantly said that 42 00:04:10,039 --> 00:04:14,319 there's no way they could lose, and he said that over and over and 43 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:18,360 over again. He would not admit. He would never say that he would 44 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:25,399 concede. Would he never said that he would participate in a peaceful transfer of 45 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:30,160 power, because he hyped himself up into believing that the only way that he 46 00:04:30,199 --> 00:04:34,800 could possibly lose was through some type of election fraud. He convinced himself of 47 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:40,040 it, he convinced millions of Americans of it, and those Americans went out 48 00:04:40,079 --> 00:04:45,160 and committed acts of insurrection on January sixth. And so it's fitting that Donald 49 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:49,040 Trump is facing some of the same exact charges that other participants in January six 50 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:53,680 were charged with. I mean, if anybody goes to jail for January six 51 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:58,079 it should certainly be Donald Trump. Now, I don't actually believe that he's 52 00:04:58,079 --> 00:05:00,920 going to spend a day in jail, because I mean, we're already in 53 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:06,160 historic times. You know, we already have passed several Rubicans, and I 54 00:05:06,199 --> 00:05:11,800 don't think that the nine Ed States government actually wants to see one of their 55 00:05:11,879 --> 00:05:16,120 former presidents locked up in one of our imperial prisons. I just don't think 56 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:20,879 that's going to happen. But the truth is that he, at a minimum 57 00:05:21,199 --> 00:05:26,639 needed to be charged with the same exact crimes that all of the other people 58 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:31,319 who participated on January sixth were charged with because he inspired it. He is 59 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:35,560 the one that hyped them up into a frenzy, and the terrifying notion is 60 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:41,160 that they are still hyping themselves up into a frenzy to this day. In 61 00:05:41,199 --> 00:05:44,279 response to this, of course, people are talking about civil war. They 62 00:05:44,319 --> 00:05:48,519 always throw civil war around. Listen to more from Jack Smith about the events 63 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:53,319 that happened that day. Since the attack on our capitol, the Department of 64 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:59,480 Justice has remained committed to ensuring accountability for those criminally responsible for what happened that 65 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:04,720 day. This case is brought consistent with that commitment, and our investigation of 66 00:06:04,759 --> 00:06:10,160 other individuals continues. And to be honest with you, this is almost a 67 00:06:10,319 --> 00:06:14,959 no win situation for the federal government as an entity. And I speak of 68 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:19,920 the federal government not based on which administration is in power. I'm speaking of 69 00:06:19,959 --> 00:06:26,000 the federal government that exists whether or not there's a Republican power or a Democrat 70 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:32,240 in power. This particular situation is almost untenable to have to charge a former 71 00:06:32,319 --> 00:06:38,399 president. But they were pushed. The government was pushed into a corner where 72 00:06:38,399 --> 00:06:42,879 the crimes of Donald Trump were so egregious that they had no choice but to 73 00:06:42,959 --> 00:06:47,040 charge them. You understand, like, if they ignored what Donald Trump did, 74 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,399 two things would have happened. One, it would have set a president 75 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:58,040 for a future president to do similarly without expecting any accountability. But two, 76 00:06:58,079 --> 00:07:04,399 it most certainly would exacerbate the push towards the destruction of our democracy right now. 77 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:09,360 Right if they didn't do anything, if they aren't investigating anyone else, 78 00:07:09,399 --> 00:07:14,439 if like if they just let January six happen with zero accountability, then we 79 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:18,680 most certainly would face another attempt. There's just no question. I mean, 80 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:25,160 hey, they're trying to do it again anyway. They're digging in. Conservatives 81 00:07:25,199 --> 00:07:30,879 are digging in, trying to trying to overthrow this democracy the long way. 82 00:07:30,279 --> 00:07:39,439 So the threat has not passed. But this fiasco, this spectacle that was 83 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:44,680 January six, had to go answered. It could not go unanswered by this 84 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:48,279 empire. And this is the only reason we see charges being brought because had 85 00:07:48,279 --> 00:07:53,319 the federal government not brought charges, it would have left It would have set 86 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:59,759 a precedent that would have left the federal government completely open with no expectation for 87 00:07:59,839 --> 00:08:03,639 there to be any prosecutions in the future, because why they didn't. They 88 00:08:03,639 --> 00:08:07,600 would not have prosecuted January six ers, they wouldn't have to. They would 89 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:11,560 not have prosecuted the former president, right, So they absolutely had no choice 90 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:15,160 in this. And when we come back from this break, we would discuss 91 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:18,759 more. I could have clips from Attorney General Mary Garland, he was in 92 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:24,000 a bad spot on this. And of course the Republicans, they are up 93 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,680 in arms Fox News, Margie Taylor Green, they're all losing their minds. 94 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:46,360 Will discuss all of this more after this break we'll be back. But look, 95 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:48,000 I'm in nine with the stars. I'm a sink with the earth, 96 00:08:48,279 --> 00:08:52,039 Tinto's deep flower child from the turf. I never switch sides, like even 97 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:56,000 when I die. I'm a ride for the squad letter ties in the hearst. 98 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:58,960 I've been on a five kind of hard to describe. I'm in between 99 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,600 them good and it's fine, but I'm tired of the ground. Then I 100 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:03,720 come alive in the night to realize I'm in a minute with a time of 101 00:09:03,759 --> 00:09:16,360 my life. I'm never so bag that I writed Queen. Welcome back to 102 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:30,080 the Benjamin Dixon Show. Visit us online at the Benjamin Dixon Show dot com. 103 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:39,399 Welcome back. I want to play a clip of Attorney General Merrick Garland, 104 00:09:39,519 --> 00:09:43,519 who had some comments to to say, and I want you to listen 105 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:50,200 to how he describes um this investigation. The meticulous nature of this investigation, 106 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:54,600 But I also want you to listen through the lens of this fact. America 107 00:09:54,679 --> 00:10:01,399 did not want to indict Donald Trump for all of the reasons I outlined in 108 00:10:01,519 --> 00:10:07,320 the A part of this episode. The United States government has never held a 109 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:15,000 former president accountable. But Donald Trump's crimes were so egregious. I mean, 110 00:10:15,039 --> 00:10:20,759 they were a direct threat to democracy, such that if the government ignored it, 111 00:10:20,759 --> 00:10:26,240 it would have been detrimental to the empire, to democracy itself. There's 112 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:31,360 no way America could have not indict at Donald Trump. But that puts the 113 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:39,519 opposition party Merritt Garland, who represents the Biden administration. It puts them in 114 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:46,159 an extremely untenable situation because no matter what they do, this investigation was going 115 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:50,360 to be viewed as political by the opposition. So here is Merritt Garland. 116 00:10:50,759 --> 00:10:56,559 So immediately after the January sixth attack on our democracy, probably the careermen and 117 00:10:56,600 --> 00:11:03,200 women of the Justice Department engaged in what has become the largest investigation in our 118 00:11:03,279 --> 00:11:09,480 history. In November last I appointed Jack Smith, a special counsel to take 119 00:11:09,519 --> 00:11:16,960 on the ongoing investigation in order to underline the Department's commitment to accountability and independence. 120 00:11:18,519 --> 00:11:24,759 Mister Smith and his team of experience, principal career agents and prosecutors have 121 00:11:24,919 --> 00:11:31,720 followed the facts and the law wherever Bay lead. Any questions about this matter 122 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:35,480 will have to be answered by the filings made to the corner. And despite 123 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:41,960 his best efforts, even with that pressor yesterday, this will still be cast 124 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:46,799 as a political hit job. That I mean, that's literally what conservatives are 125 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:54,759 running with right now. They made it impossible to hold the former president accountable 126 00:11:54,799 --> 00:12:01,960 based on his actions alone. Right when you can politicize anything and everything, 127 00:12:03,279 --> 00:12:09,639 you really do undermine our ability to function in this country and what Republicans are. 128 00:12:09,799 --> 00:12:11,879 A matter of fact, there's a clip from Fox News that I think 129 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:16,840 really kind of solidifies it, even crystallizes it even more, the fact that 130 00:12:18,159 --> 00:12:22,840 the Republican Party they're nothing more than obstructionists. And in this very specific and 131 00:12:24,039 --> 00:12:28,600 very important issue, the Republican Party, Conservatives, Fox News, all of 132 00:12:28,639 --> 00:12:37,120 them, they they're making it impossible to do this without pushing the envelope towards 133 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:43,720 political violence. You know, calls for civil war over this have been you 134 00:12:43,759 --> 00:12:48,039 know, spreading all across the internet lies about the indictment. There's two parts 135 00:12:48,039 --> 00:12:52,639 to the indictment. There's the charges that are levied, the actual crimes, 136 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:56,480 and then there is a bit of commentary on the lying, the penchant for 137 00:12:56,639 --> 00:13:01,559 lying that Donald Trump has. There's even some there in terms of him not 138 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:05,759 being willing Donald Trump as president not being willing to listen to counsel around him. 139 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:11,000 There's even information that is coming out about one of the few people on 140 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:16,320 his team that was telling him the truth who was regularly and vociferously ignored. 141 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:22,799 Right, Jason Miller was one of the few people on his team that actually 142 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:26,559 was telling him the truth that there was no fraud, but he was ignored. 143 00:13:26,639 --> 00:13:30,519 That's because the president of the United States refused to listen to sound counsel. 144 00:13:30,879 --> 00:13:35,080 Now, because that commentary is in the indictment, that has given Fox 145 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:43,559 News what they need to lie about this, because Conservatives refuse to allow this 146 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:52,039 process to happen, even with independent counsel. It doesn't matter that Jack Smith 147 00:13:52,159 --> 00:13:56,360 is independent, is an independent council. The Republican Party was always going to 148 00:13:56,440 --> 00:14:01,519 label this as a political witch hunt Jack Smith. The whole framework of a 149 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:07,039 special counsel is the independent nature that they are separate from the Department of Justice. 150 00:14:07,279 --> 00:14:09,879 Once they are created. Yes, they are created by the Jack Smith 151 00:14:11,039 --> 00:14:16,279 was hired by the Department of Justice, but they have autonomy to operate and 152 00:14:16,399 --> 00:14:20,200 follow the facts no matter where they lead. And in this case, the 153 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:26,360 facts show that Donald Trump needed to be indicted. But that has not stopped 154 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:31,480 the Conservatives from doing the exact same thing they've been doing since January sixth, 155 00:14:31,679 --> 00:14:35,080 and that is undermining our democracy on behalf of Donald Trump. I want you 156 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:41,720 to listen to this clip from Fox News where the facts about the case we're 157 00:14:41,799 --> 00:14:48,080 just outright lied. I mean they just outright lied and pointed the finger towards 158 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:52,000 the commentary. Now you should read the First of all, let me say 159 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,720 this, If you have the time, go and read the indictment. You'll 160 00:14:54,759 --> 00:14:58,159 see what I'm saying in terms of how it is divided up between the actual 161 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:05,200 case against Donald Trump and then some supporting commentary if you would, about the 162 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:09,000 fact that Donald Trump lied, about the fact that he will not listen to 163 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:15,879 counsel. Listen to this clip and listen to what Fox News chooses to focus 164 00:15:15,919 --> 00:15:22,360 on, not the substance, not the actual crimes that are outlined and detailed 165 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:28,720 in the indictment. But this tell you I am really quite astonished by much 166 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:35,200 of this indictment so far. It regurgitates a lot of the allegations against Trump, 167 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:39,360 and there is room for criticism in terms of the claims being made about 168 00:15:39,399 --> 00:15:45,159 stolen elections, but it's criminalizing all of that. You know. It states 169 00:15:45,159 --> 00:15:52,919 in the indictment the president spent months spreading false rumors and allegations of election irregularities. 170 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:56,000 Really is that a criminal issue? I mean, is that the basis 171 00:15:56,039 --> 00:16:03,679 of this conspiracy? It seems to me rather loose at the joints. Listen, 172 00:16:03,799 --> 00:16:10,320 look out, I mean, did you catch it what they're presenting to 173 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:17,120 their audience, to make their audience. The Fox News listeners believe that this 174 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:23,320 indictment is wholly frivolous. It's by focusing on the parts of the indictment that 175 00:16:23,399 --> 00:16:27,799 discuss the lies. Now. That was Jonathan I believe his last name is 176 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:33,000 Turley. He was on Fox News. He's focusing on the lies. Now. 177 00:16:33,159 --> 00:16:40,279 He is contending that lies should not be criminal criminalized. There should not 178 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:45,000 be an indictment brought against the president because of lies. Here's the thing. 179 00:16:45,559 --> 00:16:52,360 The indictment isn't criminalizing or indicting him because of his lies. The lies were 180 00:16:52,399 --> 00:16:59,399 a precursor to the violence of January six. It's the reason so many people 181 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:03,919 bough into it. That's the way he mobilized. So it wasn't the lies 182 00:17:03,039 --> 00:17:07,960 that were criminal, it was the fact that they had criminal activity that took 183 00:17:08,039 --> 00:17:14,119 place as a result of the lies. Therefore, it's necessary for Jack Smith 184 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:19,000 to outline the nature and the scope of those lies. But that has become 185 00:17:19,559 --> 00:17:25,759 the very basis that the Republican Party and Fox News is is using to gas 186 00:17:25,839 --> 00:17:30,720 like America into further violence, by the way, into further destabilizing of our 187 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:37,319 democracy. Right. They're using the fact that Jack Smith outlined a set of 188 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:45,880 consistent and persistent lies by Donald Trump as the foundation for the criminal activity that 189 00:17:47,039 --> 00:17:51,640 took place on January six for which he is being indicted. Fox News is 190 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:53,039 using that to say, oh, look, they're trying to they're trying to 191 00:17:53,039 --> 00:18:00,559 criminalize his lies. And sure, sure we can have critique about his lying, 192 00:18:00,759 --> 00:18:04,039 but should we criminalize it? Listen to it one more time to tell 193 00:18:04,079 --> 00:18:10,519 you, I am really quite astonished by much of this indictment so far. 194 00:18:11,319 --> 00:18:15,680 It regurgitates a lot of the allegations against Trump, and there is room for 195 00:18:15,759 --> 00:18:22,960 criticism in terms of the claims being made about stolen elections. But it's criminalizing 196 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:26,720 all of that, you know. It states in the indictment the president spent 197 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:33,160 months spreading false rumors and allegations of election irregularities. Really is that a criminal 198 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:37,119 issue? I mean, is that the basis of this conspiracy? No, 199 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:44,039 it's not. It is rather the basis for your talking point. Right, 200 00:18:44,799 --> 00:18:49,279 this is the gaslighting. This is such a masterful example of how we can 201 00:18:49,319 --> 00:18:55,960 be gas lit as a nation right into the destruction of democracy. Because now 202 00:18:56,039 --> 00:19:00,240 this has become one of the talking points that's the most important one to me, 203 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:03,359 because it is a level of gaslighting that is so insidious, but it 204 00:19:03,559 --> 00:19:10,640 is it's perfectly tuned to get into the minds of Fox News viewers. And 205 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:15,079 now, instead of reading the indictment for themselves for themselves and then looking at 206 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:19,480 the actual nature of the crimes, right, the four counts that are in 207 00:19:19,519 --> 00:19:25,079 the indictment that are outlined clearly, instead of doing that, they are now 208 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:27,039 going to go with a talking point given to them by Fox News that, 209 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:32,359 oh, they're trying to indict him for lying about the election. No they're 210 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:36,160 not. And when that doesn't work, of course, when when all us 211 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:40,559 fails. You can't gaslight some you know, people see through your bs. 212 00:19:40,799 --> 00:19:44,279 Then you just go right to the thing that they want to talk about anyway. 213 00:19:44,319 --> 00:19:47,440 They don't want to talk about anything else but Hunter Biden. Isn't it 214 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:52,200 curious that the timing always happens to be hours, literally hours after there's bad 215 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:57,319 news about Joe Biden and Hunter Biden, then they throw an indictment. Number 216 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:02,160 four is coming. It, it's gonna come. It's gonna come the next 217 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,400 time we have Hunter Biden news. That's what it's gonna come out of Georgia. 218 00:20:04,599 --> 00:20:08,640 Yes, because they need you to believe that there is such a massive 219 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:14,279 conspiracy against Donald Trump, or rather, let me correct that that there's such 220 00:20:14,319 --> 00:20:22,319 a massive conspiracy to protect Hunter Biden that the Department of Justice would concoct these 221 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:27,960 these charges against Donald Trump and then subsequently time the release of the indictment to 222 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:33,440 just do nothing more than distract from the news cycle about Hunter Biden. You 223 00:20:33,519 --> 00:20:37,160 know, this is the level that you have to go to when your entire 224 00:20:37,319 --> 00:20:44,640 worldview and your framework, your policies, they're they're full of crap right there. 225 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:51,960 They lack substance, they lack any veracity, and the only thing they 226 00:20:52,039 --> 00:20:59,079 have left. It's lies, lies and propaganda, gaslighting, and they're so 227 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:03,480 good at it and their followers wanted. So It's it's not as though Fox 228 00:21:03,519 --> 00:21:07,359 News or any other media outlet that's lying this morning about the indictments. It's 229 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:10,880 not as though they're going to be held accountable. In fact, if Fox 230 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:15,240 News doesn't for these lies, then Fox News viewers are just going to turn 231 00:21:15,279 --> 00:21:45,960 into Newsmax. Hope we'll be right back. Welcome back to The Benjamin Dixon 232 00:21:45,039 --> 00:21:52,720 Show. Visit us online at the Benjamin Dixon Show dot com. Yep, 233 00:21:53,759 --> 00:22:07,559 welcome back, Welcome back. Rhonda Santis, who fancies himself to be the 234 00:22:07,599 --> 00:22:11,559 next president of the United States, had this to say about the indictment that 235 00:22:11,599 --> 00:22:15,480 he hasn't read yet. He said, quote on Twitter, he said, 236 00:22:15,279 --> 00:22:21,480 as president, I will end the weaponization of government, replace the FBI director, 237 00:22:21,519 --> 00:22:25,759 and ensure a single standard of justice for all Americans. While I've seen 238 00:22:25,839 --> 00:22:30,079 reports, I have not read the indictment. I do, though, believe 239 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:33,440 we need to enact reform so that Americans have the right to remove cases from 240 00:22:33,519 --> 00:22:37,279 Washington, d C. To their home districts. Wow, really, guy, 241 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:41,279 Washington, d C. Is a swamp and it is unfair to have 242 00:22:41,519 --> 00:22:45,279 to stand trial before a jury. That is reflective of the swamp mentality. 243 00:22:45,799 --> 00:22:49,240 One of the reasons our country is in decline as a politicization of the rule 244 00:22:49,279 --> 00:22:53,640 of law. No more excuses. I will end the weaponization of the federal 245 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:59,680 government. You see where this is going, right. One of the number 246 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:04,240 one goals of the modern Republican Party is to destroy the Department of Justice, 247 00:23:06,079 --> 00:23:11,319 to completely undo and redo the FBI. I'm sure they're going after the ATF 248 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:18,400 as well, because they have seen the FBI be used to hold them accountable. 249 00:23:18,519 --> 00:23:21,680 And what do they call it when you hold them accountable? They call 250 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:26,680 it the weaponization of the government, the weaponization of the DOJ, the weaponization 251 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:30,839 of the FBI. And so Rhonda Santist is weighing in this is one of 252 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:33,880 the few places where he can get a high five from Donald Trump supporters who 253 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:38,119 hate his guts. But so long as he's standing up and supporting Donald Trump, 254 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:41,799 saying all the talking points that conservatives want to hear. We're going to 255 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:48,279 destroy the FBI, We're gonna stop the weaponization of the government against Donald Trump. 256 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:53,400 All that means is that they are intending of using the very next opportunity 257 00:23:53,519 --> 00:24:00,839 that they are in power to completely restructure the federal government, the Department of 258 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:07,559 Justice to never question right wing conservatives. That's what they mean. They believe 259 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:15,480 that this system that did everything it could to not indict Donald Trump, they 260 00:24:15,559 --> 00:24:19,240 believe that it's weaponized against Donald Trump. And so what does that give them 261 00:24:19,279 --> 00:24:23,200 the ability to do well? I always reference critical mass, which is just 262 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:27,160 a working definition that I've come up with for this show. What they intend 263 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:30,880 to do is convince enough people to elect them into power so that they can 264 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:40,160 go in there and actually destroy the DOJ, to reconstitute it, to restructure 265 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:42,880 it with a different mandate. And what do you think that mandate is going 266 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:45,720 to look like? Do you think the new mandate that Rhonda Santist is going 267 00:24:45,759 --> 00:24:49,440 to bring to the FBI is going to be one where there's equal justice for 268 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:55,559 all? Or will he continue this persecution complex that is at the bedrock. 269 00:24:55,640 --> 00:25:00,680 It is the bedrock of the modern conservative movement. They want to continue to 270 00:25:00,759 --> 00:25:06,119 be the most powerful people in this country. But anytime they are loosely held 271 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:10,640 accountable, they want to cry victimization. They want to feign oppression, as 272 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:15,759 if the FBI is not a tool for white supremacy. I mean, let's 273 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:21,640 just cut to the core of this. The FBI historically hasn't done nothing but 274 00:25:21,839 --> 00:25:27,559 serve white male Christian power from its beginnings. But now that one of their 275 00:25:27,599 --> 00:25:33,599 white male Christian friends has become so criminal that the empire can ignore it, 276 00:25:34,160 --> 00:26:08,640 now all of a sudden, they want to destroy the FBI. So looking 277 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:14,799 forward, going from this date, it is worrisome about what's going to happen 278 00:26:14,839 --> 00:26:18,799 in our future. But I always have hope, and that's one thing I 279 00:26:18,839 --> 00:26:22,759 just want to mention. It's important that we put a full faith in hope 280 00:26:22,759 --> 00:26:26,279 in God and not anything that we see in the headlines, and not anything 281 00:26:26,319 --> 00:26:32,240 that we see happening in the news. Our real hope needs to be in 282 00:26:32,279 --> 00:26:34,880 God. And Jesus Christ is my savior, and I know he's yours as 283 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:40,400 well. And God has plans much bigger than this. Oh, oh, 284 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:44,200 God definitely has plans. Jesus Christ is also my savior. I spoke with 285 00:26:44,279 --> 00:26:47,359 him this morning, and Marjorie, you're going to hell. I'm joking. 286 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:51,880 I did speak with him this morning, but God didn't tell me that Marjorie 287 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:56,480 was going to hell. He's telling me that they have brought hell with them 288 00:26:56,519 --> 00:27:00,160 if I can just you know, just be ridiculous. Here she was ridiculous 289 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:03,039 in her clips, so let me be ridiculous. You know, she's praying 290 00:27:03,079 --> 00:27:08,599 to God. Now. It's so funny, how you know, Well one 291 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:14,200 Marjorie Taylor Green is probably under investigation herself. So when they get in this 292 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:17,839 much trouble, they try to default back to, Oh, I trust you 293 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:21,759 God, let's pray. Let's put our trust in our Lord and Savior, 294 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:26,599 Jesus Christ, and listen, every day, I don't care what these I 295 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:30,839 have to give this disclaimer because I'm mocking them, but I'm mocking them as 296 00:27:30,839 --> 00:27:34,559 a Christian, I pray every day. I've got to put my trust in 297 00:27:34,599 --> 00:27:37,240 God just to deal with a lot of the stuff that I've got to deal 298 00:27:37,279 --> 00:27:40,880 with. And you put your trust in whatever you put your trust in. 299 00:27:41,319 --> 00:27:48,039 But it's just hilarious that when they are confronted with being held accountable for their 300 00:27:48,079 --> 00:27:52,000 own actions, all of a sudden, they go back to Jesus, like, 301 00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:56,880 sweet baby Jesus, you know, eight pounds twelve ounces, Jesus, 302 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,880 could you please get me out of this. No, you should never have 303 00:28:00,039 --> 00:28:03,000 gotten yourself in this in the first place. Marjorie Taylor Green Donald Trump, 304 00:28:03,039 --> 00:28:06,799 if he was a good, god fearing Christian that he pretends to be, 305 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:11,799 then perhaps he would not have allowed his ego to forward all of them lies 306 00:28:12,039 --> 00:28:18,839 that were necessary to convince thousands of Americans to come to Washington, d C. 307 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:22,359 On January six and try to overthrow the government. Right so they can 308 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:26,920 miss me with all these appeals to Oh Jesus, please help us, They're 309 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:30,839 gonna be a lot of preachers on Sunday white evangelicals preaching on Sunday about you 310 00:28:30,839 --> 00:28:34,880 know, God's got a plan and God is not pleased. No, you 311 00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:40,759 know, Okay, no, God is not pleased with America. But not 312 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:45,720 for the reasons you think. You know what, what did my guy Jeremiah 313 00:28:45,799 --> 00:28:49,319 Rights say. There's a whole long list of reasons for God to be displeased 314 00:28:49,319 --> 00:28:55,279 with America. God damn America. But it's not the reasons that they are 315 00:28:56,000 --> 00:29:00,559 crying about. There. They are crying about being held account They cannot, 316 00:29:00,599 --> 00:29:06,960 for the life of them, believe that the American government would actually hold a 317 00:29:07,079 --> 00:29:11,720 rich white conservative man accountable for anything, Because if they would hold a rich 318 00:29:11,799 --> 00:29:15,519 white conservative man accountable for something, then certainly they'll hold someone like Marjorie Taylor 319 00:29:15,559 --> 00:29:21,000 Green accountable, and she knows that that's why she's praying to God, God, 320 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:26,200 please sweet baby Jesus, seven pounds twelve ounces, wrapped up in the 321 00:29:26,279 --> 00:29:33,039 swaddling clothes. I guess maybe you haven't seen Telegdaga nights, but I digress. 322 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:36,000 That's it for the public show. Patrons, stay tuned. I've got 323 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,200 a bit of a conversation to have with you. Some more clips. 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