Screaming, Yelling & Outrage as Dems Fall in Trump's SOTU Trap

The Rubin Report

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🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks about Donald Trump getting into a heated yelling match with Ilhan Omar during his State of the Union address to Congress; CNN's Jake Tapper being one-upped live on-air by US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy; CNN's Kasie Hunt putting Nancy Pelosi on the spot for Donald Trump singling her out in his comments on insider trading, which even Elizabeth Warren applauded; CNN's Abby Phillip belittling war heroes by comparing Donald Trump awarding them medals to a game show stunt; MSNOW's Symone Sanders attacking the Olympic gold medal winning USA hockey team for attending the State of the Union address; Scott Jennings talking to swing voters about Democrats deciding not to support the idea that American citizens should come before illegal immigrants; and much more.

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0:00.0	Previously on the Rubin.
0:02.0	Blow out my brain if I... What's something that you always carry with you? Hot sauce. I want to see that buffalo wingsauce in there. Like, what? You might say that he's jester gooning right there. Can't divide people. You can't win that way. We can't divide people. We can't divide people. The It's right. All right, what's up, guys?
0:43.7	I am Dave Rubin.
0:44.9	This is the Rubin Report.
0:45.9	It's February 25th, 2026.
0:49.2	I have a feeling you know what today's program is about, but why don't you tell your friends
0:53.5	about it? You can share, your friends about it you can share you
0:54.8	can subscribe you can tap that notification bell and all that good stuff and yes we are recap in the
1:00.0	state of the union last night and uh donald trump really i'll give you the bumper sticker he just did
1:07.3	a bang up job it's what he's made for big moments and big speeches and selling America
1:13.6	and going a little off the cuff. And of course, juxtaposing that with a Democrat party that
1:20.4	what was it? What was the exact number? 73 of them, I think, didn't show up at all. They held a
1:25.5	counter event. They booed. They heckled. They generally just anything
1:30.7	that was pro-America. Anything that is pro-America, they are just against. And let's just dive in
1:37.3	because this clearly, this clearly was the moment of the entire night. Trump asked everyone in the building to stand up if you believe that the first duty of the
1:51.9	American government is to protect U.S. citizens.
1:56.0	If you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support.
2:07.6	The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens. Okay.
2:22.6	Clever.
2:24.3	What I say a moment ago, this is what Trump lives for.
2:27.2	This is Trump at his best.
2:28.9	That was a great little device that he used right there.
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