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A Harsh Reminder of What We're Fighting

September 22, 2026

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A Harsh Reminder of What We're Fighting

The Center for Strategic Politics released a poll showing that a plurality of Democrats support four out of five possible routes for Donald Trump to leave office before the end of his term—including military coup and death by natural causes—and 29% support assassination. Dan Bongino uses this as his opening warning: the people who want you to stay home and disengage are asking you to lose to a political opposition that, according to this poll, includes a significant number who view a presidential assassination positively. The episode is built around a single argument: the online doom-and-gloom narrative that dominates platforms like X (formerly Twitter) is a manufactured, bot-driven distortion of reality, and conservatives who buy into it risk handing elections to Democrats whose policies and personnel are far worse than the imperfections of the current Republican leadership.

The Gap Between Online Panic and Real-World Reality

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  • 1 Timestamped Outline
  • 2 (00:10) **Opening and Community** - Dan greets the chat, acknowledges Rumble Premium gifting chain, and jokingly declares "Fat Barney Day" on September 22nd
  • 3 (01:48) **Disturbing Poll: Democrats' Views on Trump's Removal** - Dan introduces a Center for Strategic Politics poll showing disturbing Democratic support for extreme measures to remove Trump from office
  • 4 (05:44) **Crash-Out Grifters and the Real Stakes** - Dan attacks the "grifters, bums, losers, and pillers" who want conservatives to lose and the country to burn
  • 5 (09:55) **Anecdotal Evidence: Real World vs. Twitter** - Dan describes his weekend in Auburn, Alabama, to prove that Twitter's negativity is not representative of reality
  • 6 (13:09) **Fox Poll: What Voters Actually Care About** - Dan presents a Fox News poll showing real voter priorities, which don't match Twitter obsessions
  • 7 (16:54) **Trump Calls Out Doomers** - Dan plays Trump's Truth Social post telling supporters to ignore the doom-and-gloom crowd

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Show Notes

In this episode, I'll discuss the latest move by the enemies of our movement as they show us why it's so critical to keep fighting.


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