They're quickly losing control of their own lies

The David Pakman Show

David Pakman

Politics, News

4.6 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

-- On the Show

-- Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick falsely claims on Fox News that GDP growth guarantees higher wages and the segment explains how deliberate economic lies are normalized on conservative media

-- Stephen Miller repeatedly makes false claims about inflation, COVID lockdowns, and deportations, using dehumanizing rhetoric that goes unchecked and escalates extremist narratives

-- House Speaker Mike Johnson warns conservatives that Donald Trump will be impeached if Republicans lose the House, effectively admitting Trump is protected only by partisan control

-- Interior Secretary Doug Burgum misleads audiences about wind energy reliability and national security while ignoring grid diversification, storage technology, and documented fossil fuel failures

-- A Manhattan Institute survey reveals widespread conspiracy beliefs, racism tolerance, and factual rejection among Republicans, showing misinformation is central to the modern GOP coalition

-- Tucker Carlson seriously claims a literal demon physically attacked him in his sleep, illustrating how supernatural thinking is being normalized in right-wing political culture

-- The Friday Feedback segment

-- On the Bonus Show: Plans for the show in 2026, Pat's upcoming trip, and much more...

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(00:00) Start

(01:27) GDP growth doesn't equal wages

(07:53) Miller spreads false claims unchecked
(15:10) Trump safe only with GOP
(20:50) Burgum misleads on wind energy
(28:43) GOP misinfo and conspiracies widespread
(38:00) Carlson claims demon attack
(47:12) Friday Feedback segment

Transcript

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0:00.0	We are going to look at how lies spread, how they stick, and what happens when an entire political
0:05.8	movement stops caring whether things are true.
0:09.2	We'll start with the anatomy of a Trumpian lie about the GDP.
0:13.7	We'll get into something more unsettling, Trump allies losing control of themselves on TV,
0:20.2	and telling stories so detached from reality and filled with
0:23.4	dehumanizing elimination language that it should be rejected by all, but it is welcomed by some.
0:30.1	And we are going to talk about a moment of honesty that slipped out where a top MAGA Republican
0:35.2	admitted, if Republicans lose the House in 2026, Trump's getting
0:39.9	impeached, and that is not confidence, that is panic.
0:44.9	We will also break down a case where when they assume you won't question them, they will
0:50.2	say some really wacky things.
0:52.8	And then a poll so disturbing about the core beliefs of
0:57.1	the modern Republican Party that I was finding myself stunned.
1:01.7	Finally, have you ever been attacked by a literal demon, not metaphorically, but an actual
1:09.7	demon? Well, Tucker Carlson says he has, and the story actually reveals. Not metaphorically, but an actual demon.
1:12.8	Well, Tucker Carlson says he has.
1:15.7	And the story actually reveals a lot.
1:18.5	All of that and more on today's show.
1:20.6	Hope you had a good holiday yesterday.
1:32.5	All right, we are going to look today at the anatomy of a Trumpian lie. I'm going to try to explain in the clearest possible terms how this works, how they try
1:39.1	to get away with it.
1:40.6	Howard Lutnik went on Fox News and was interviewed by Kelly Ann Conway. These are really
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