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The Breitbart News Daily Podcast

Can Republicans Actually Play Hardball Politics?; Guest: U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI)

The Breitbart News Daily Podcast

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News, Politics

4.7896 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Are Republican members of Congress willing to play "hardball" to help President Donald J. Trump save America? Our host, Mike Slater, attempts to answer this question in an interview with U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) and a lengthy monologue segment. Our nation literally depends on this! MAGA!

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0:00.0

Welcome to Breitbart News Daily. What a show today? So talked about the Save Act, talked about the filibuster with Ron Johnson. He came up yesterday. Tom Tiffany running for governor of Wisconsin. He mentioned Ron Johnson. So let's have Ron Johnson on. So Ron Johnson, the senator from Wisconsin came on and talked about the filibuster. And it got everyone really fired up. Here's the great senator on our side, Ron Johnson from the great state of Wisconsin.

1:02.7

Senator, it's been too long. How are you, sir?

1:05.2

I'm doing well, Mike. How about yourself?

1:06.5

Good to talk to you. Very good. Thanks for coming on a moment's notice.

1:09.4

You were mentioned yesterday. I figured you should have a chance to defend yourself tom tiffany mentioned your name uh and i was

1:17.0

curious your evolution on getting rid of the filibuster well i think as most republican senators we recognize the filibuster has prevented America from

1:31.8

becoming a socialist nation for a number of decades. It's blocked, you know, radical left,

1:37.6

liberal policies that would have really destroyed this country. But, you know, the reality is

1:43.6

that Democrats have shown us their hand. They purged the two. But, you know, the reality is that Democrats have shown us their hand.

1:45.6

They purged the two senators who held the line and prevented them from any

1:50.1

billbuster when they had power.

1:52.0

Right now, I think every Democrat senator serving the Senate as well as every Democrat Senate

1:56.7

candidates has pledged to end filibuster as soon as they can.

2:00.3

So that's the reality. When they do it,

2:03.5

they'll make Puerto Rico and D.C. states, there'll be probably four new Democrat senators.

2:09.4

They'll pack the Supreme Court. They'll do everything they can to turn America into one party

2:14.1

nation with them in charge of your life.

2:20.4

So President Trump is absolutely right.

2:25.5

You know, we're going to be schmucks if we sit by, lose the elections because we haven't secured our election, haven't done things to preserve this nation to save America.

2:30.6

If Republicans on the filibuster, by the way, we'll do it for the benefit of the American

2:34.0

people. You know, we'll do it for the benefit of the American people.

2:35.0

We'll do it to try and pass legislation that will increase prosperity, increase opportunity.

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