Dem Postmortem Misses & Sanctuary Cities Draw Fire | 7.22.25

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Speaker 3 Democrats are digging into their 2024 presidential election loss, but they're refusing to blame Biden and Harris.

Speaker 4 If you don't focus on Joe Biden and his cognitive decline, I think you're missing the point.

Speaker 3 I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley. It's Tuesday, July 22nd, and this is Morningwire.

Speaker 5 An off-duty Border Patrol agent is shot in New York, and now sanctuary cities are under fire as ICE prepares to flood the zone.

Speaker 6 Sanctuary cities are sanctuaries for criminals. Hard stop.

Speaker 3 And CBS cancels Stephen Colbert's late-night show. Was it budget cuts or retribution?

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Speaker 5 It's been one year since President Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, and Democrats are still grappling with what went wrong.

Speaker 3 Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips is here to break down the party's power struggle and give us a fascinating post-mortem.

Speaker 3 So, Cabot, it's amazing to think just a year ago, President Biden was at the top of the Democratic ticket and how times have changed.

Speaker 5 Yeah, it's important to note, though, political years are like dog years.

Speaker 9 So, that was basically seven years ago that happened.

Speaker 3 Now, a lot has happened since then, but Democrats are now trying to figure out what went wrong. What are the main theories?

Speaker 9 So, after every election season, each party spends the next year producing an extensively detailed post-mortem on what went right, or in Democrats' case, what went poorly.

Speaker 9 After interviews with more than 200 campaign officials in all 50 states, the DNC's report is now nearing completion.

Speaker 9 And according to a recent New York Times story, is avoiding some of the biggest factors in this race.

Speaker 9 Namely, whether Joe Biden should have run for re-election in the first place, if he should have dropped out earlier, and if Kamala Harris was the right pick for his replacement.

Speaker 9 For more on that controversial decision, I spoke with Doug Schoen, a longtime Democratic strategist who worked on the campaigns of both Bill and Hillary Clinton.

Speaker 4 If you don't focus on Joe Biden and his cognitive decline and the fact that he was not prepared to run, much less even govern, I think you're missing the point.

Speaker 4 Moreover, the fact that Kamala Harris was so ill-prepared that with the expenditure of over a billion dollars, she actually lost votes, not gained votes.

Speaker 4 It tells tells you that the party has pretty serious problems that by what we see and hear, they're not addressing.

Speaker 3 So if they're not blaming Kamala or Biden, who are they blaming?

Speaker 9 Well, they're reportedly putting much of the blame on outside groups, primarily the Future Forward PAC, that was the largest Democratic super PAC in 2024.

Speaker 9 They say those groups spent too much money on advertising and not enough on grassroots organizing.

Speaker 9 They also claim that the billion plus dollars they spent on advertising should have focused more on attacking Donald Trump as as opposed to propping up Kamala Harris.

Speaker 9 But the Future Forward Pack is disputing those claims. They're pointing out that just 13% of their advertising budget went towards ads that were positive about Kamala, while the rest attacked Trump.

Speaker 9 Here's shown to that point.

Speaker 4 The result was bad because Biden was infirm and Kamala Harris, as she has always been, does not have great credibility to be a national candidate.

Speaker 4 She had low ratings as vice president, and ultimately she was not prepared to sustain a presidential campaign.

Speaker 4 The other issue, Cabot, that I'm concerned about is will the Democrats face the facts about immigration and the fact that their failure to deal with the problem frontally during the Biden administration and thereafter was one of the major contributing factors to their defeat.

Speaker 3 Now, the party is also having some money troubles. What's going on with their financials?

Speaker 9 So typically, it's much easier to raise money money when you're not the party in power. Give us money to fight back is a more potent pitch than give us money to maintain the status quo.

Speaker 9 But the GOP has been running laps around the Democrats in fundraising this year.

Speaker 9 According to the latest FEC filings this week, the RNC now has $80 million in their war chest, while the DNC has just 15 million.

Speaker 9 And much of the money they have raised is coming in deep blue districts that Republicans aren't going to have any chance of winning anyway.

Speaker 3 Now, what does all this mean for the midterms or is it too early to say?

Speaker 9 Well, historically, the party out of power enjoys big gains in midterms, but right now polling of generic ballots shows Democrats with just a two-point advantage for 2026.

Speaker 9 For context, at this point for the last two midterms with GOP presidents, they were ahead in the polls by seven points.

Speaker 9 But the good news for Democrats is that according to at least some polls, President Trump's popularity appears to be waning a bit in the last month or so.

Speaker 9 At the moment, his average approval rating sits at 45% with 52% disapproval, which is still better than any time during his first term, but a bit of a dip since inauguration.

Speaker 9 And perhaps more importantly, Americans are less enthused about his handling of the economy in his second term.

Speaker 9 That was where he scored his highest marks in the first term, but he's now 12 points underwater on the economy. However, though, on the other side, some consolation for Republicans.

Speaker 9 Trump and his allied PACs have more than $600 million in their war chest right now. Trump wants to hit a billion by the time midterms roll around.

Speaker 9 He's ready to spend that money and hit the campaign trail to maintain GOP control of Congress. So he's certainly not resting on his laurels with midterm's fast approaching.
We'll be there very soon.

Speaker 3 Yeah, well, probably wise. A lot can change.
Cabot, thanks for reporting.

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Speaker 3 An off-duty Border Patrol agent was shot twice in a New York City park over the weekend.

Speaker 3 Officials say this is just the latest incident to highlight the dangers of illegal immigration and sanctuary cities.

Speaker 5 Here to talk about the shooting and more is Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce A. Tim.
So let's start with this really alarming situation in New York. What exactly happened?

Speaker 11 So this all went down in a park in in Upper Manhattan on Saturday night. The Department of Homeland Security released tape of what happened.

Speaker 11 The footage is pretty grainy, but in it, you can see two people on a moped approach another two sitting by a rock near the Hudson River. One man gets off the moped and draws a gun.

Speaker 11 He approaches the couple on the rock. One of the people on the rock reacts, and there is an exchange of gunfire.

Speaker 11 One of the people attacked turned out to be a Border Patrol agent who was sitting next to a friend.

Speaker 11 According to New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, the agent drew his service weapon when he realized that he was being robbed.

Speaker 11 But the man off the moped shot first and hit the agent in the left cheek and right forearm. The agent returned fire and hit the man in the chest.

Speaker 11 The assailant was able to get up, get back on the moped, and take off. The agent was then taken to a nearby hospital where he is being treated.

Speaker 5 All right, so the suspect fired first. The off-duty officer then returned fire.
What do we know so far about the attackers?

Speaker 11 Well, both suspects have been arrested. The man with the gun is suspected to be a previously deported illegal alien from the Dominican Republic.

Speaker 11 He was arrested at the southern border in 2023 and then released into the country under the Biden administration. He is wanted in Massachusetts for armed robbery.

Speaker 11 He has also been charged with kidnapping and witness intimidation in New York, but clearly has been allowed to roam free.

Speaker 11 The second suspect is also a Dominican national who entered the country illegally, once again, under the Biden administration. He also has a wrap sheet and an order for deportation.

Speaker 11 Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noam said Monday that these suspects were allowed to stay in the country because of sanctuary sanctuary city policies.

Speaker 12 There's absolutely zero reason that someone who is scum of the earth like this should be running loose on the streets of New York City.

Speaker 12 Make no mistake, this officer is in the hospital today fighting for his life because of the policies of the mayor of this city and the city council.

Speaker 11 Border Czar Tom Homan said that if local officials won't help the administration, ICE is going to flood the zone with officers to take illegals like these off the streets.

Speaker 6 Sanctuary cities are sanctuaries for criminals. Sanctuary cities get exactly what they don't want, more agents in the community and more agents in the worksite.

Speaker 11 President Trump also chimed in. He posted on True Social of the weekend that, quote, Democrats have flooded our nation with criminal invaders.

Speaker 11 He said those aliens must all be either thrown out or immediately prosecuted.

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Speaker 11 Well, no surprises here. Cities such as New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles will be top of the list.

Speaker 11 And that is due to comments like these from LA Mayor Karen Bass over the weekend, where she refused to say whether any illegal aliens in her city should be deported.

Speaker 15 Even people who are U.S. citizens have been detained.

Speaker 15 Immigrants who have their papers and were showing up for their annual immigration appointment were detained when they showed up doing exactly what they were supposed to be doing.

Speaker 16 So they should not be deported.

Speaker 15 I don't think so. They should stay.
Well, this is what.

Speaker 7 A million undocumented.

Speaker 15 No, let me just tell you. What I think we need is comprehensive immigration reform.
I served in Congress for 12 years and didn't get it. Well, it didn't get it.

Speaker 11 Speaking of California, the anti-ICE attitude runs through the state government as well.

Speaker 11 According to the Washington Free Beacon, Governor Gavin Newsom personally solicited funds for an anti-ICE group, the Immigrant Defenders Law Center, that wants to defund police and recently launched a bail fund for illegal aliens arrested by ICE.

Speaker 5 So they're actively working to get suspects back on the streets. Exactly.
Tim, thanks for reporting.

Speaker 11 Thanks for having me on.

Speaker 5 Stephen Colbert's late show was canceled last week, marking the end of the classic late-night program that began in the 1990s.

Speaker 3 The cancellation has sparked conspiracy theories and comes at a volatile time for CBS. Daily Wire investigative reporter Maired Alordi is here now with more.

Speaker 3 So, Maired, tell us about the decision to cancel this show.

Speaker 16 Hi, Georgia. Yes, so the late show with Stephen Colbert was canceled last week, and CBS said the decision was purely financial.

Speaker 16 The last episode will air in May 2026, and after that, CBS said Colbert Colbert will not be replaced. Colbert announced the end of his decade-long show to his audience Thursday night.

Speaker 8 Next year will be our last season. The network will be ending the late show in May.

Speaker 2 And.

Speaker 17 Yeah, I share your feelings.

Speaker 16 Just days before his show was canceled, Colbert slammed his own network during his opening monologue.

Speaker 16 He criticized CBS's parent company, Paramount Global, for paying $16 million to settle a lawsuit with President Trump over Kamala Harris's 60 Minutes interview.

Speaker 16 Trump claimed CBS deceptively edited Harris's word salad answer to make her look better. Trump's legal team called the settlement a win for the American people over the fake news media.

Speaker 16 But here's what Colbert had to say.

Speaker 18 While I was on vacation, my parent corporation, Paramount, paid Donald Trump a $16 million settlement over his 60 Minutes lawsuit.

Speaker 18 As someone who has always been a proud employee of this network, I am offended. And I don't know if anything will ever repair my trust in this company.

Speaker 18 But just taking a stab at it, I'd say $16 million would help.

Speaker 16 Colbert called the settlement a big fat bribe because he noted Paramount Global is trying to get the Trump administration's FCC to approve an $8.4 billion merger with Skydance Media.

Speaker 3 So do people think those comments are really what got him fired?

Speaker 16 Yes, there's a lot of speculation about that online, and the timing looks pretty bad.

Speaker 16 However, we spoke to film critic and host of Hollywood and Toto podcast, Christian Toto, and he said the cancellation is not so shocking when you look at the late show's sagging numbers.

Speaker 19 I mean, there were multiple reports saying they cost the

Speaker 19 CBS more than $40 million. That's a massive amount.
And we've seen the revenue numbers from late night TV decline and decline. This is a format that has existed for decades that is dying.

Speaker 19 They've got a show that's costing them an exorbitant amount of money. They've got a host who aggressively repelled more than half the country.

Speaker 16 Toto also noted that Colbert is just not that funny anymore.

Speaker 19 He's got the mannerisms. He's got the timing.
There's a good comedian lurking within there.

Speaker 17 But at the end of the day, if you look at a show like The Late Show, the purpose, the prime director isn't really funny anymore.

Speaker 19 It's, you know, getting a monologue out. It's pushing an agenda.
It's hitting the right targets, so to speak. You know, he went on and on and on about the Russian collusion situation.

Speaker 19 And when there was the revelation that it was all a hoax, there was no apology, no mea culpa. I think podcasts and also YouTube-based shows are essentially the new late night.

Speaker 19 You know, a rebel comedian like Tim Dylan or Theo Vaughn, you know, they will attack these subjects in a very similar fashion. And they'll do it longer form.

Speaker 11 They'll be funnier often.

Speaker 19 And they don't really have a decided partisan edge to them.

Speaker 16 What's notable here, too, is that Colbert's show is the highest performing of all the late night shows with just under 2 million watchers, except for Gutfeld on Fox, which dominates late night TV with 3 million nightly viewers and, of course, leans conservative.

Speaker 16 Guttfeld has also picked up more younger viewers, while the left-leaning late-night audiences tend to skew older.

Speaker 3 Well, it's definitely the end of an era and maybe a sign of the times. Mairead, thanks for reporting.

Speaker 16 Thanks, Georgia.

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