Hey, we've got to talk about the real reason that Trump's South Carolina push failed after a

Republican senator broke rank on the gerrymandering fight. A one Joe Rogan podcast sparked a surge and unproven cancer drugs, why Trump's Beijing moment has everyone losing it and what got exposed in Cash Patel's Senate meltdown. We're talking about all of that on today's brand new, extra large Philip DeFranco show. You daily dive into the news, so buckle up, hit that like button, and let's just jump

into it, starting with this. Every time one of Trump's goons testifies in front of Congress,

whether it's Pete Hegseth, your hatred for President Trump blinds you, or Pam Bondi.

The Dow is over $50,000. I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader.

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If that's not in fact what you can. Those are crocodile tears, Congresswoman. It always seems to be a complete and utter clown show. And so we really can't be surprised when Trump's FBI director Cash Patel, when he just went before the Senate Appropriations Committee, that the results were the same. Now, officially, he was there to answer questions about the $12.5 billion budget that his agency is asking for, but that's really not where things focused on. Instead, what you had was the committee's top Democrat Chris Van Hollen taking the opportunity to grill him about recent reporting that he is frequently drunk, passed out, inexplicably absent, or impossible to reach. So there have been no occasions when your security detail had difficulty waking or locating you. Is that right? Nope, it's a total farce. I don't even know where you get this stuff, but it doesn't make it credible because you say so. I'm not saying it, Director Patel. It's been written and documented. You are literally saying it. No, I'm saying that these are reports, Director Patel.. Unlike, unlike your baseless reports, the only person that was slinging margaritas and now Salvador on the taxpayer dollar with a convicted gang-banging rapist was you. Now for some much-needed context, I think a number of people will need here, the so-called gang-banging rapist that he's referring to there as Kilmar-Obraco-Garcia. Right, he's that Maryland father who was mistakenly deported to a Salvador in mega prison early last year.

I know it's been a while, but if you don't remember, first you had the Trump administration refusing to bring him back, then they brought him back, but they charged him with human smuggling, and now they're trying to deport him again. Right, and last year, after Van Hollen visited him at prison, you had two different photos of the meeting circulating online. One that was put out by Van Holland showing the pair sitting at a table, really nothing out of the ordinary. And then another, put out by El Salvador's right-wing president, showing them sitting there, glasses on the table, claiming that they were sipping margaritas in the tropical paradise of El Salvador. The key thing, Van Hollen says that those glasses were put there by Salvadoran officials and that neither he nor Abrago Garcia touched them. He even added that Abrago Garcia's glass was deliberately made less full so it looked like he had been drinking from it. With Van Hollen firing back on Twitter saying glasses were placed in front of us but we did not drink them. I know that may be a confusing concept for Director Patel. But back to the hearing. You know the fact that ran up a $7,000 bar tab in Washington DC at the lobby dark was you. Okay, a little more context. What he's referring to there is an event for over 50 of Van Hollen's staff where the catering bill totaled around $7,000. And actually after this hearing, you had Patel posting a federal election commission filing to back it up. Though to that, you had been Holland respond, you got me. I catered a holiday reception for my staff with campaign, not taxpayer dollars. Now let's see your receipts. For so many, seeing that as a false equivalency deflection attempt from Patel, but then getting back to Patel and Van Holland. Show......during the day, that's you. This is the ultimate example of hypocrisy. Mr. Chairman. I will not be tarnished by baseless allegations.

Let me ask the questions.

Let me ask you this.

Are you willing to take the test, it's called the audit test that members of our active

duty, military and others take to determine whether they have a drinking problem? I'll take any test you're willing to take it. I will take it. You're ready to take it? Let's go. Yes or no? Let's go. And yeah, Van Hollen was serious because he apparently took the test and later posted his results online. It's only 10 questions that have asked stuff like, how much do you drink? Have you ever felt unable to stop drinking?

Have you ever felt guilt or remorse after drinking?

And Van Hollen said that he had two to three drinks a week, but answered never to all the other questions. With him then adding, given all the lies he told yesterday, I imagine he'll fudge the numbers here, but let's see yours, Director Patel. With that said, back to the hearing we go because Van Hollen also pressed Patel on reports that he fired a group of Iran expert shortly before Trump went to war with the country.

Were the group fired? Did it include people who were Iran experts?

No.

That did include people who were involved in counter-espionage activities with respect to Iran?

I don't have the list in front of me.

So you don't know whether or not you fired people with counter-executive, counter-espionage experience with respect to Iran?

You don't know the answer to that question.

I terminated anyone and everyone that weaponized law enforcement.

Man, at another point, you had Senator Patty Murray forcing him to answer for reports

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