6 posts from Thursday, February 26, 2026

- Good evening, welcome back to Finnerty. I'm Rob Finnerty, and according to Keith Olbermann, a guy who no longer works in cable news because nobody likes him, the US men's Olympic hockey team made a mistake by going to the State of the Union last night. Here's the tweet, it is official. The US women's Olympic hockey team declined an invitation to be political props for Donald Trump at the State of the Union, but the men are still too stupid, too self-absorbed, and too misogynistic to realize that this will stick to them permanently, and Keith Olbermann is absolutely right. This will stick to them permanently. These guys will never have to buy a drink at a bar again. Just ask Michael Ruzione, 1980 team, never again. And I think that most of us only dream that something like this would stick to us permanently. Here with us tonight is a group of winners who just made the entire nation proud. The men's gold medal Olympic hockey team, come on in. (crowd cheering) They beat a fantastic Canadian team in overtime, as everybody saw, as did the American women who will soon be coming to the White House. Yes, the women will be going to the White House after all, as well, so there's that, by the way, and that's an important detail. But the left now apparently think it's a good idea to criticize US Olympians for loving their country and for accepting the invitation from the president to go to the White House and go to the State of the Union. Think about that and ask yourself, how did we ever get to this point where a group of people hate this country that much? Congressman Al Green, another nobody, was kicked out again for a second straight year, this year at the three minute mark of the speech and Republicans applauded. And as you know, I was watching this entire thing play out last night in real time, like you were. And I was looking at the House floor where Democrats were forced to fill seats because 74 Democrats decided not to show up. And I realized how small Donald Trump has made all of these people look and how insignificant. 74 Democrats no showed the State of the Union, which has never happened before in American history, because Donald Trump has broken these people. He's broken them completely. Hillary Clinton tweeting mid speech that you didn't have to listen to Donald Trump's rambling speech to know that Republicans are trying to make it harder for millions of Americans to vote, especially married women, out of the blue, out of nowhere. And you read that, and you can't help but ask yourself, what the hell is that woman talking about? Over 80% of Americans want voter ID. That's not controversial. It's a fact, Hillary. And then CNN this morning came out with their fact check of the president's speech with what we call fake facts, like this one. Donald Trump, quote, falsely claimed gas prices are now below $2.30 a gallon in most states and in some places are $1.99 a gallon. But what CNN failed to mention is that the national average for a gallon of gas, according to AAA today, is $2.97 a gallon. And that's the lowest it's been in six years. Or that under Joe Biden, his predecessor, gas averaged over $5 a gallon nationally for the first time in American history. But that's CNN. Facts without any context, meaning they are fake facts. Because Donald Trump has broken these people completely. They couldn't even stand for this. If you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support. The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] You should be ashamed of yourself, not standing up. You should be ashamed of yourself. Good for the president for pointing that out. Not a single Democrat stood for that, meaning there is not a single elected Democrat in America who thinks that their first priority as elected officials in America should be you. American citizens, American citizens, American citizens, Americans, American citizens, American citizens, American citizens, American taxpayers, American children, over people who have absolutely no moral right, or more importantly, no legal right to be in this country. And I don't say that to be mean. I say it to point out how lost we've become. And I've said this before, but imagine you're on vacation and you're in another country, anywhere, pick a country. Now imagine trying to vote in an election in that country while you're there. It's crazy to even think about, right? Well, welcome to America, where illegal aliens now vote in every single election. And yet in November, millions of Americans all across this country will go and vote for Democrats and send them back to Congress. People like this, people who did not attend last night's State of the Union address, because they thought this was more important. I'm a mother. I am a physician, and I have a flag. And I am the proud representative for Oregon's Third Congressional District. Yes, thank you. Thank you. And tonight, I defy Trump and his authoritarian project by standing in joyful, radical, peaceful resistance with the Portland Frog Brigade. I hope you're laughing at home. I hope you're laughing, you might be laughing, hopefully you are. But just remember that thousands of people voted for that woman right there. And at another Donald Trump counter-rally last night, another woman who used to have her own cable news show even sang a really catchy song for everyone. I said learn as a told us. No wedding in cars said learn as a told us. No wedding in cars said learn as a told us. Woo. OK. I think I did OK. You did amazing. Yes, you get an A. The toga, woo, really good stuff. We're not at the speech, because we're here for this. It's like a kiss concert. Put your love on the toga. After that, Democrats invited this thing on stage. And before you see this, I'm totally serious that this happened at another Democrat counter-rally last night. Singing songs like, hey, Mr. Tangerine, man. Get rid of brown people for me. I'm Aryan White. There ain't no place I'm going to. And then all of a sudden, he's not ready for prime time player ice agents with two weeks of training come after me. I got arrested in Portland. I got arrested in Minneapolis in the last three weeks twice. But they can't erase a movement, all right? I mean, honestly, this looks like a Jeffrey Epstein rally. If he were still alive, that's what I envisioned happening on the Lolita Express on its way to the US Virgin Islands. That right there, is that a giraffe? Or is it a leopard, or a cheetah, or a panther? No, they're one color. If that's a giraffe, that's a bad costume, because you can't do the neck. So I don't know. Maybe it was a giraffe. I don't know. I hope there are Democrats watching tonight. And if there are two things, first, welcome. Welcome to infinity. The second is that, are you really on that side? Are you on that side right there? Because Democrats want the public to think that Donald Trump is not normal, and they've wanted this for more than a decade. They want you to think that Republicans are not normal, that patriotism is not normal or cool, which by implication can only mean that they want a return to normal. And that return to normal would be Joe Biden. He's the last, most recent Democrat president, because life was so normal for all of us when Joe Biden was president. People have asked whether or not I'm going to attend the State of the Union address. I'd rather stick needles in my eyeballs. This man is a pathological liar. And I'm not going to dignify this speech by sitting there after he tells one lie after another. These are not normal times. This is not business as usual. But I will be there to call it his bullsh-- on social media, so stay tuned. Oh, yeah, these are not normal times, according to one elected Democrat. How I long for the days when we were led by a man with dementia and he opened up the southern border and the Afghanistan withdrawal and inflation over 9%, mortgage rates almost at 8%, gas prices over $5 a gallon, and transgender men showing off their breasts on the South Lawn. Men don't have breasts. That was surgically done right there at the White House because that was all so darn normal, wasn't it? Think about that. Now tell me what you think is normal. Everything we just went through or something like this. Donald Trump last night honoring the parents of Irina Zorutska, the innocent woman who was murdered on a Charlotte subway by a career criminal for absolutely no reason. Mrs. Zorutska, tonight I promise you we will ensure justice for your magnificent daughter, Irina. [APPLAUSE] How do you not stand? How do you not stand? I totally agree. Why would someone not stand for something like that at a State of the Union address? I just don't understand it. But over 70 Democrats didn't show up for the State of the Union last night, which again has never happened before, not even during the Civil War, when we were at war with each other. And Democrats did this because they want you to think that Donald Trump is an aberration that was elected two times, some say three. That Donald Trump doesn't belong in the White House, that he is not normal, that Donald Trump and everyone associated with Donald Trump are in anomaly. But then I watched last night and I realized once again that the opposite is, in fact, true, that Democrats are the aberration, that the people who didn't show up for the State of the Union are the aberration, that the legacy media are the aberration, and the people in the media who were offended by cash patells celebrating, when Barack Obama did the exact same thing during the Olympics, they are the aberration. The people like Jake Tapper, who covered up Joe Biden's health for four years, then wrote a book about the health cover-up that he took part in. That is an aberration. He is an aberration. The Americans who are offended by the American flag are the aberration. This headline, "Yesterday morning, if waving the American flag or chanting USA turns you off, you're not alone." Guess what, none of that is normal. But I think this is and I think you'll agree. Moving forward, factories, jobs, investment, and trillions and trillions of dollars will continue pouring into the United States of America because we finally have a president who puts America first, who put America first. I love America. (audience applauds) (audience applauds) To put America first, I love America. We have a copy of the speech. That was an ad lib, the president ad lib that part because I love America. To me, that is the normal that I want and that right there is genuine. That's not political theater. It's common sense and it's a reality that I hope half the country can return to.

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And welcome to Rob Schmidt tonight Trump did have a plan last night during his marathon State of the Union address Remind Americans before the midterms that your other choice is Insane last night Democrats refused to show support via applause for a long list of heroes Victims of their own absurd policies and generally decent universally supported ideas including ending fraud jailing criminals lowering drug prices and lower energy costs They can't support any of those things Democrats refuse to stand and support families devastated by illegal immigrant crimes. They refuse to stand for that little girl right there They wouldn't cheer for a u.s. Soldier seriously injured in the raid to capture a dictator in, Venezuela They wouldn't stand for two of the last remaining heroes of the second world war Recently independent support for our president has been slipping. Nobody can deny that Trump's plan last night was to ask those independents that are moving away Are you really gonna vote for them? If you agree with this statement then stand up and show your support The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens not illegal aliens In that is shame you should be ashamed of yourself not standing up. You should be ashamed of yourself As Ilhan and Rashida Tlaib yelled at him How insane is a moment like that? But of course their loyalty doesn't lie with Americans. They were being honest They couldn't stand and applaud for that because they don't feel that way. They don't want to they don't align with you They spent four years trying to replace you with millions of third world migrants Independent voters who are irritated by Trump's erratic style and messaging or those who wanted mass deportations But don't like all the drama and don't want to see it All are the ones that are moving away and those are the ones that got a wake-up call last night Yeah, where you moving to? another enraging moment when Democrats sat on their hands during this moment Last summer 23 year old Irena was riding home on the train when a deranged Monster who had been arrested over a dozen times and was released through no cash bail Stood up and viciously slashed a knife through her neck and body She had escaped a brutal war only to be slain by a hardened criminal Set free to kill in America came in through open borders Mrs. Zorezka tonight, I promise you we will ensure justice for your magnificent daughter Irena How do you not stand how do you not stand How do you not stand for that really They wouldn't stand for the sobbing mother of a young girl who was knifed to death on a busy train in The middle of the day in a city controlled by their pro criminal ideology. I Still can't believe that something like that happened with so many people around but it did and that's the reality of the place that it Happened Charlotte, North Carolina, of course these decisions whether or not to stand in moments like this were all made prior to the speech They thought it all out Ukrainian girl brutally knifed to death on a train by a repeat offender that we refused to jail now We're going to be ignoring that as a party They couldn't stand for all of these things that I just listed for you But their advisors did tell them you better stand for the hockey team and we will say that most of them did Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib Did not and later when chants of USA USA began one camera feed showed the party's Islamic wings seated comfortably and Palestinian Rashida Tlaib chanting KKK KKK at the same time Which kind of tracks for somebody who publicly hates the Jews so much like Rashida Tlaib does But think of how twisted that is that we have a congresswoman who so egregiously hates our country that she chants KKK while we chant USA That the enemy has so comfortably taken up power in this free country our freedom is our greatest vulnerability Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib are prime examples of the exploitation of that vulnerability Trump hammered Ilhan Omar last night and it was fun to watch Hammering the billions stolen by her Somali countrymen that we've allowed to come into our country and exploit our good nature The Somali pirates who ransacked, Minnesota remind us that there are large parts of the world Where bribery corruption and lawlessness are the norm not the exception Importing these cultures through unrestricted immigration and open borders brings those problems right here to the USA And it is the American people who pay the price and higher medical bills car insurance rates rent Taxes and perhaps most importantly crime. We will take care of this problem. We're gonna take care of this problem. We are not playing games You could see Rashida there you could see Ilhan you could see the rage on Ilhan Omar's face as he was saying this a woman Who's known for years that all of her buddies were robbing us blind Ilhan held an election victory party at a restaurant owned by one of the biggest thieves of all of our money She knows exactly what's been going on She loves it and she's so furious that the jig is now up that she can barely contain her rage The two of them screaming at the president as he spoke screaming Trump made these two a big part of his speech and that was the brilliance of last night how many Americans identify with those two More so than they do with the president of the United States It's a small group Wild video to watch in it That was part of the brilliance of the speech though He brought him right into it and as the president labeled the opposition insane, which is exactly what the opposition is today He reminded Americans what he's working toward Fixing the massive grift that has stolen our wealth the real reason that Americans are struggling right now the real reason everybody's talking about Affordability and Democrats are trying to latch on to that as a potential talking point It's a disaster that they created themselves For decades before I came along We had the exact opposite from trade to health care from energy to immigration Everything was stolen and rigged in order to drain the wealth out of the productive hard-working people Who make our country great the same people in this chamber who voted for those disasters? Suddenly used the word affordability of knowing full well that they caused and created The increased prices they knew their statements were a dirty rotten lie Their policies created the high prices our policies are rapidly ending them. We are doing really well I'll say it on this show all the time. They're trying to run on the disaster that they created That is how awful that party is and the plan is actually working. It's just it's taking time Inflation really is dropping and dropping quick There's a big difference between three and two percent big difference and we're closing in on the feds target of two percent Indications are we could hit it in the month of February the target inflation rate That would be a hell of an accomplishment after what we just went through think about how long it took Reagan to get those numbers down Wages are now rising faster than inflation. That's a huge benefit to the American people That means the value of your paycheck is going up faster. The president is trying to fight through a vicious Swamp to radically slash the size of the government Joe Biden grew that DC tumor 25 30 percent larger in a matter of a year or two using covid as an excuse and Nobody wants to take it back down because everybody in Washington No matter the party loves a big fat wasteful government except the guy that's sitting in the White House They grew the government by 25 30 percent and guess what Americans end up facing a 22 percent inflation price hike over those years That's not a coincidence the bigger that government gets The higher inflation goes the less money you have your quality of life goes down your cost of living skyrockets and last night the Democrat Party showcased Abigail Spanberger as Their new it girl and the voice of affordability Which was comical in the rebuttal a new governor who's called for massive? Increases in all sorts of taxes to fund more government to help affordability interstate Costs are too high Since this president took office last year his reckless trade policies have forced American families to pay more than $100 each in tariff costs. They're making your life harder. They're making your life more expensive Democrats across the country are laser focused on affordability in our nation's capital and in state capitals and communities across America Little CIA robot there thinks she's got a plan. The plan is to take more from her people in taxes and increase regulations dramatically and spend that money on more Wasteful government programs, you know how those programs work. Look at Minnesota. That's how they work and They're hoping that voters are dumb enough To think that their plan is not going to do exactly the opposite of what they say it will Which is of course what it's going to do Yes, this is the Democrat Party. This is how absurd they have become

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