The Dan Bongino Show
The Pope Is Dead. And The Supreme Court Is Meddling. | Episode 26
Mon, 21 Apr 2025
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Chapter 1: What happened to Pope Francis and why is it significant?
So we get a lot of breaking news that we have to go over. And the first and foremost is what happened while I was asleep last night. The Pope... Pope Francis has passed away at the age of 88 years old. Now, remember, these last few months have been characterized by all sorts of health issues with him. He came down with double pneumonia. He was having he was in the hospital for a very long time.
He was having trouble with all sorts of respiratory issues. And it wasn't clear that he was even going to be able to recover from his hospital stay. He eventually did, of course, he returns to the Vatican, but his public appearances and interactions have been very, very limited.
We have not seen much of the guy until yesterday, Easter Sunday, where we did get to see and hear from the Pope for at least a little bit of time. Let me start with cut two here. This is the vice president of the United States, JD Vance. And I think this is, it's amazing. He ends up being, he's a Catholic man, J.D.
Vance ends up becoming the final world leader to meet with Pope Francis ahead of his death. Look at J.D. Vance here meeting with the Pope yesterday. Bless you. So good to see you.
Good morning. How are you? Fine, yourself? Yeah, thank you. Not been feeling great, but it's good to see you in better health.
Thank you. These are for your children. Thank you. These are the gifts. These are also gifts for you. Thank you. It's beautiful. The Vatican tie, and then the rosaries for your wife, for your children, and the red one is for you.
Thank you very much for your visit. Of course, of course. And thank you for seeing me. I pray for you every day. God bless you. I pray for you every day.
God bless you.
Happy Easter.
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Chapter 2: What was JD Vance's interaction with Pope Francis before his passing?
Conference of Catholic Bishops indicating that he opposed the Trump administration's efforts to deport illegals who had broken our laws and come into our country and said that the proper thing to do would be to keep all of those people here. Now, of course, that's not order. That's chaos.
And to these remarks and this viewpoint, we saw a lot of reactions, including from the vice president of the United States, who you just heard from yesterday in his visit to the Vatican. It was J.D. Vance who talked a little bit earlier this year about the proper order of love. A love that's grounded in the teachings of people like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas. Listen to J.D.
Vance go on national television here in the United States and make the case that our first obligation is to the people who are closest to us. Take a look at this.
But there's this old school, and I think it's a very Christian concept, by the way, that you love your family, and then you love your neighbor, and then you love your community, and then you love your fellow citizens in your own country. And then after that, you can focus and prioritize the rest of the world. A lot of the far left has completely inverted that.
They seem to hate the citizens of their own country and care more about people outside their own borders. That is no way to run a society. And I think the profound difference that Donald Trump brings to the leadership of this country is the simple concept, America first. It doesn't mean you hate anybody else. It means that you have leadership.
And President Trump has been very clear about this, that puts the interests of American citizens first. In the same way that the British prime minister should care about Brits and the French should care about the French, we have an American president who cares primarily about Americans, and that's a very welcome change. What is President Xi doing? What is Vladimir Putin doing?
He's looking after the Chinese. Putin is looking after the Russians. They're entitled to do that. Thank God we now have an American president who's looking after the citizens of his own country.
Yeah, and so in reaction to that, the pope invoked the story of the Good Samaritan.
good samaritan saying that that's the way that the world should be uh structured that that uh and and use that as a way to suggest that that jd vance was wrong he didn't use vance's name but he said jd vance is wrong in so many words uh in that we should all have the the instinct of the good samaritan now think about the parable of the good samaritan what actually happens with the good samaritan he is helping someone directly he's encountering a stranger who is in need
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Chapter 3: How did Pope Francis' papacy influence the Catholic Church?
That's where you detect God. There are no biological imperatives wrapped up in that. There's entirely something outside of us that we're tapping into.
And so that's what I think we need to return to. And so this, it's always sad to see someone pass away. You don't hope ill on anybody. But what you do hope is that in the midst of this, as this Pope passes away, that this becomes an opportunity for goodness, for holiness, for the whole planet to head in the right direction. And so that's what I'm praying for today.
Uh, it's, uh, it is amazing though. It's, it's, it's a big moment. Uh, and I, and I don't think there are any coincidences here. I think, I think all of this is happening at a very particular time for a very particular reason. And I'm praying that they're all good ones. All right. More in a moment. I want to thank our sponsors. And then I want to get your reaction here in the Rumble chat.
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We've got all sorts of good reactions coming in. And yeah, somebody's saying, LT1133 saying, I left the Catholic Church due to their bending the knee to the secular world and involved themselves in politics. Hopefully there will be a resurrection of the Catholic Church. That's what I'm praying for. I think that that is so important. imperative. It is so important that that take place.
So this is, I think, a really important day for that reason, because we are in the midst of a lot of chaos, aren't we? We're in the midst of a lot of chaos here. And in that chaos, you have two options. You can descend into madness, or you can take that chaos as a lesson to restore order and love, love, which is essential. We have another story that I need to get to with you today.
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Chapter 4: What is the 'order of love' and how does JD Vance explain it?
And if you need more proof of this, You may be a little bit shocked to find out who delivered the latest receipts on the subject.
Obrego Garcia's wife has been posting photos of her husband on TikTok, and she's been blocking out his wrist. Take a look at this. Can you see this? Take a look at this right here.
Right there, this image, see if I can't square this up for you a little bit. There we go. This image, if you're looking on the video stream here, she keeps putting emojis and hearts over his wrist, over his knuckles to block the tattoos. Now, why would she be doing that right now? Why would she be blocking the tattoos in every image she posts of her husband?
Well, the answer is because they're damning. They're incriminating.
She's the one who's altering the images. Yeah, that's right. Somebody said she's Photoshopping his images, says Parish Place 52. So the MS-13 guy who has MS-13 tattooed on his knuckles, his wife is covering up the knuckles because she doesn't want you to dwell on that. Yeah, there you go. There's a nice clean image there. Thank you, fellas. Of what does knuckles look like? MS-13.
That's good enough for me. And he shouldn't be in the country anyway. We've already long established he's an illegal alien from El Salvador. Get out. Get out. So here's something that we I haven't had a chance to show you, though. You know, Kilmar Abrego Garcia's wife was asked a tepid question on Friday on Good Morning America by Michael Strahan. And during the conversation, here's cut 10.
Strahan asks a very simple question. He's like, well, wait a second. Didn't you say your husband used to beat you? Used to physically assault you? Watch how she doesn't answer. And then Strahan tries to instantly run away from any more questioning on this subject. Look.
You did take out a temporary order of protection against your husband in 2021. Were you in fear of your husband?
My husband is alive. That's all I can say.
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Chapter 5: What does Klaus Schwab's resignation mean in this context?
He's on the side of MS-13. Uh-huh. Yes, he is. Yeah. I'll leave you with this. Tom Holman. this weekend was describing, cut 11 here, Tom Holman was describing just how vile these illegal alien gangsters are in the United States of America. And these are the types of people that Chris Van Hollen and the merry band of Democrat idiots who are in El Salvador right now are defending. Take a look.
I believe we're removing public safety threats and terrorists, designated terrorists, to that prison in El Salvador. Trendy, Albert, M.S., terrorism organization. What you don't know, what most readers don't know, they haven't seen the experience that I've seen in my 40 years. I started in Baltimore in 1984.
I've talked to young girls, youngest nine that were raped by members of these gang cartels. I've held dead bodies throughout my career. I've talked to a hundred angel moms and dads whose children were killed and brutally murdered by members of MS-13 who just didn't kill them. They mutilated them. They tortured them.
So if people wore my shoes for the last 40 years and seen the travesties I've seen, they would understand that the worst of the worst need to be sent to a prison like that because we've got to protect American citizens. We've got to protect this country.
Yeah, and this just keeps happening. This just keeps happening. Illegal aliens committing horrific rapes and murders in the United States. It seems like it's a never ending phenomenon. The president trying his best to round these guys up and eject them from the country as quickly as possible. Let me give you an example, an unfortunate example of how this is transpiring now yet again.
This report comes to us from NBC Washington, that's the nation's capital. And it says, that was just published over the weekend,
a search for a missing waldorf maryland mother ends in heartbreak after police discover her body in the woods it was a two week long search for a woman called lesbia ramirez guerra who is 24 years old a mother from waldorf maryland they report and it ended in heartbreak on friday night detectives were combing through the woods and you see that right there you see that prince george's county
That's the same place that documented Abrego Garcia's gang activity in the past. Prince George's County, Maryland, PG County. They found what they believed to be Guerra's body, they said. The heavily wooded area where they discovered the body was difficult to access, located just outside something called Cedarville State Forest.
Police have now arrested two people in the case of her murder, Guerra's boyfriend and a relative of his. They said she was buried four to five feet below ground, and then it was covered up in leaves and pine needles to try and make it difficult to find her. They did find her, luckily. The authorities did in the end. Her boyfriend is a 24-year-old named Casey Barrera Rosa.
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Chapter 6: What controversies surround the MS-13 gang member deportation?
Omar Obrego Garcia's specific case, the case of the gentleman who's a makeup artist out of California who was also sent to that prison. That is why the the the more the 75 percent of the folks who have been sent, the men who have been sent there that don't have criminal records. That is why this is so important, because if they could do it to them.
if we they could snatch students off the street without any pushback or recourse they will do it to any of us to be very clear it's gonna be the people of color and vulnerable communities that are are next in line that's right and that's certainly part of why the african-american community is so strongly behind the supporting uh kilmar like we are not for this yeah bull that's not even true that's just a straight-up lie black americans are are wildly in favor of securing our border
They're just lying on national television. And the statement you just heard from Simone Sanders and her co-panelist is that, oh, yeah, black Americans are concerned that they're going to be rounded up and deported from the United States. You are dishonest. And if I'm being generous, if I'm just going to give them the benefit of the doubt, they're just psychopaths. But –
I hate to say they're just being dishonest race hustlers trying to divide the country. Black Americans are going to be deported. What's wrong with you? Order is here. So let me let me point out some good news this morning for you while I am on the subject of immigration. And I got to get to the Supreme Court in just a moment because they're interfering in things as well.
The Wall Street Journal today has an amazing piece of news for you that border crossings have ground to a halt as Trump's Tough policies take hold, they report. In fact, things are going so well on America's southern border that the crossings have now dropped to levels not seen since, you ready for this? The 1960s.
Since taking office, the Wall Street Journal reports this morning, Trump has delivered on his pledge as encounters have since fallen further to their lowest levels since the 1960s. Since the 1960s, that is fantastic news. So how about some W's in the chat for President Trump? A W for win.
As President Trump delivers on this promise of getting this border under control, that's a massive, massive decline to the point that the Wall Street Journal emphasizes, you have people waiting across our border right now who are giving up on their hopes of getting in. The door is closed.
It says, Jorman Briseño, a Venezuelan migrant staying at a church-run shelter in Ciudad Juarez, that's Juarez, Mexico, just across the border from El Paso, Texas, Lots of winning when it comes to this issue. It's a huge deal.
And the president, as we approach 100 days on April 30th, deserves all of the credit in the world for securing this victory, which means securing our border unseen since the 1960s and just really phenomenal news. So that's a very, very big win. Thank you to President Trump, Tom Holman, Kristi Noem, and the whole crew for doing that.
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Chapter 7: How is the left reacting to President Trump's evidence on MS-13 gang affiliations?
Together with our law enforcement partners, we are actively working to identify, disrupt and dismantle their networks. We will not allow far and back criminal organizations to take root in our communities. So Kash Patel, is saying this is being done with the blessing of members of the Maduro regime, the Venezuelan government.
The other side of this, of course, is that Venezuela itself is not taking back their own citizens, these Tren de Aragua members that we're trying to deport. We are sending them instead to El Salvador, where they're being held by President Bukele. In a business relationship, but definitely an act of generosity on the part of El Salvador to watch these guys, to get a hold of them.
So this is – there's a lot of developments here. This is – so for those wondering, the court process is still continuing. It's not a settled matter what's going on with the Supreme Court.
But at the moment, the court, the Supreme Court interfering in the president's ability to deport these guys and Justices Alito and Thomas mounting a furious dissent over what you saw just take place at the United States Supreme Court. So this is –
this is a just a massive massive deal uh here that's taking place uh so just want to make sure we keep an eye on that but again i just just to make you feel better about some of this just to return to the good news just the fact that our border is locked up nice and tight right now the lowest it's been since the 1960s that is a massive massive improvement um all right let me see hey uh
So, by the way, God bless you. Don't we have the best audience, folks? Don't we have the best audience in all of media? The Rumble chat absolutely alive today, Easter Monday. Great to have you with us here. Do you guys want to see Major? Major, come here, buddy. Come here, bud. Come here. Let's see if we can take a look at Major. Major's in the house today. He wanted to pay us a visit for Easter.
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