2-24-26 Morning Rush - Proof Texas Rep Lied About Affair! & Ice Whistleblower Gives Shocking Testimony & Kash Patel GRILLED For Olympics Stunt
The Rush Hour With Dave Neal
Dave Neal
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🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Rush Hour – Morning Episode
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Today's episode is packed:
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Kash Patel sparks backlash after celebrating with the United States men's national ice hockey team — why critics say his locker room appearance crossed a line, and why supporters are doubling down.
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Tony Gonzalez announces a run for office in Texas — but an alleged affair (and accusations he lied about it) is already rocking the campaign before it begins.
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Epstein files update — new revelations, mounting pressure, and what could be coming next.
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Preview of tonight's State of the Union — what to expect, who's protesting, and the political stakes heading into a volatile election cycle.
Fast headlines, sharp analysis, and everything you need to know before your first cup of coffee kicks in.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the rush hour, your daily dose of pop culture for your rush hour ride. |
| 0:07.4 | Buckle up and enjoy the drive with your host, stand-up comedian Dave Neal. |
| 0:13.5 | Good morning, everybody. Happy Tuesday to you on this February 24th, 2026. I've all of your news for your rush hour ride to work. We're going to get into |
| 0:22.0 | more of this Cash Patel partying at the Olympics story. We've got former FBI directors |
| 0:28.4 | absolutely slamming him and some of the hypocrisy that's come out. But first, I wanted to share |
| 0:34.0 | this wild update about the GOP rep Tony Gonzalez. He had an affair with one of his |
| 0:41.8 | staffers. She had then lit herself on fire and has passed away. This happened last year, |
| 0:49.7 | but new information that is coming out catches him in a complete lie. So we're going to have that be our first story. |
| 0:56.0 | And then we've got Zoran Mamdani, mayor of New York City under fire over a bunch of kids |
| 1:02.0 | throwing snowballs at the NYPD. |
| 1:06.0 | Actually, they are being investigated for the snowball throwing. |
| 1:09.0 | So I'll share that story at the end. Lots of things to |
| 1:11.6 | catch up on. All this and more starts right now on the rush. Now, Midas Touch and others have shared |
| 1:17.7 | this story in the fall, but there are big new updates. This is all the way back from October 20th. |
| 1:22.3 | A married GOP rep, Tony Gonzalez, allegedly had an affair with his senior aide, Regina Avelas. |
| 1:28.8 | She was found dead after she supposedly doused herself in gasoline and set herself on fire. |
| 1:34.7 | Now, this is an insane story. And for whatever crazy reasons, it never made its way to me until now. |
| 1:41.5 | But what's in, and again, maybe she did, maybe she did it. Maybe he drove her this |
| 1:45.5 | way because of the literal gaslighting that was done, him denying the affair in the first place. |
| 1:50.8 | Well, we've got, we've got the text messages. I don't think he can deny it. And by the way, |
| 1:54.9 | he's running for re-election right now. And you've got other members, you know, in the Republican |
| 2:00.6 | party finally calling him out. |
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