12/2/25: Panic in Tennessee election as Trump spends night posting
The David Pakman Show
David Pakman
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🗓️ 2 December 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
-- On the Show:
-- Donald Trump scrambles as a deep red Tennessee congressional district suddenly becomes competitive on election day
-- Whie House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirms a second military strike on survivors and attempts to justify it as a lawful action
-- Karoline Leavitt struggles publicly as reporters confront her with contradictions and misstatements
-- Karoline Leavitt attempts to dismiss concerns about Donald Trump's health while offering confusing medical explanations
-- Donald Trump floods Truth Social with attacks, conspiracy claims, and reposts in a late-night social media spiral
-- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem reveals that extreme immigration vetting was never fully implemented under Donald Trump
-- Megyn Kelly openly calls for suffering and death against suspects in an alleged military incident
-- Kristi Noem advocates for an extreme travel ban that would cripple the nation
-- On the Bonus Show: Kevin Hassett is the favorite to be the next Fed chair, Quebec to ban prayer in public places, the DOJ is preparing to charge James Comey again, and much more...
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(21:11) Leavitt faces tough questioning
(27:50) Leavitt gives confusing health explanation
(37:04) Trump floods Truth Social late
(42:49) Noem admits vetting incomplete
(49:12) Megyn Kelly calls for suffering
(57:12) Noem pushes extreme travel ban
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We're going to be talking about Tennessee today. There is a deep red district that Donald Trump won by 22 points. |
| 0:07.2 | And it is suddenly a toss up in a special election that is happening today. Republicans are panicking. |
| 0:12.9 | Trump is calling in from exile in Mar-a-Lago. And this is a race that they should have been able to sleepwalk to victory with. |
| 0:20.2 | And it is a potential |
| 0:21.2 | crisis for the republican party potentially a major warning shot for 2026 we're also going to go |
| 0:26.8 | to the white house briefing room where caroline levitt has hit a new low she has admitted to war |
| 0:31.8 | crimes on camera after days of denials can't explain what on earth is going on with Trump's MRI, and the meltdown |
| 0:40.7 | will continue as she fumbles basic facts and generically makes no sense whatsoever. |
| 0:45.9 | We then have to deal with an overnight tirade from the president on truth social that involves |
| 0:52.3 | hundreds of posts, hundreds of posts. And |
| 0:56.4 | Christy Noem, the secretary of Homeland Security, says they are going to start extreme vetting |
| 1:03.0 | of people coming to the United States, which of course confirms what we all knew that the extreme |
| 1:08.7 | vetting they've claimed to be doing, they weren't actually doing. |
| 1:13.6 | Finally, Megan Kelly delivers maybe the most bloodthirsty rant I have ever seen fantasizing |
| 1:20.9 | about making wounded people suffer before dying. |
| 1:24.7 | And the question I have is, do we still care about the law? |
| 1:29.0 | Do we still care about the Constitution? |
| 1:32.0 | It is a big Tuesday in American politics. |
| 1:34.8 | And it's going to be great to have you with us. There is a special election today. |
| 1:46.7 | MAGA is terrified. |
| 1:49.0 | Trump is getting involved. |
| 1:50.5 | Don Jr. is getting involved. |
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