BACKING AND ARE SCARED OF BEING
OUT THERE BY THEMSELVES.
LAWRENCE: FORMER NYPD OFFICER
AND HOST OF "UNFILTERED" DAN
BONGINO IS HERE TO REACT.
DARK THANKS FOR BEING HERE,
BROTHER.
CAN YOU PAINT THE PICTURE
BECAUSE A LOT OF FOLKS DON’T
KNOW ABOUT PUTTING THAT VEST ON
AND AS YOU ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT,
WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR THE WIFE
TO HEAR THAT OR THE HUSBAND TO
HEAR WHEN THEY’RE COMING HOME.
WHAT ARE OFFICERS TODAY AFRAID
OF?
>> WELL LET ME JUST SAY FIRST,
AS A FOX NEWS CHANNEL PRIDES
ITSELF ON THE DIVERSITY OF
OPINION, HAVING YOU AND WILL
BOTH ON AS COWBOYS FANS IS
FRANKLY, I’M WRITING A LETTER TO
THE CEO IMMEDIATELY THAT THIS
SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN,
AND YOU BACKING WILL UP FOR HIS
EDITORIAL, I KNOW HE DIDN’T READ
THAT OFF THE PROMPTER, IS QUITE
DISTURBING, SO I’M GOING TO TAKE
THAT UP WITH WILL, BUT HONESTLY,
A VERY SERIOUS QUESTION.
YOU GUYS ARE GREAT, BUT YEAH
LISTEN.
HERE IS THE THING.
I’M GLAD YOU REMEMBER THAT LINE,
LAWRENCE, BECAUSE I WAS OUT
THERE GIVING A SPEECH IN ALAMAGO
RDO, NEW MEXICO, AT A
POLICE EVENT AND THERE WAS A
WIFE OF A STATE TROOPER WHO WAS
A JUDGE, THEN WENT ON TO BECOME
A JUDGE AND SHE WAS INCREDIBLE
GIVING THE SPEECH AND SAYING ALL
THE POLICE OFFICERS OUT THERE,
YOU KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT.
THE MOST POWERFUL SOUND IN THE
WORLD IS THE SOUND OF VELCRO
AT NIGHT AND EVERYBODY IN THE
ROOM KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THAT
MEANT.
WHEN YOUR POLICE OFFICER,
HUSBAND, OR WIFE COMES HOME AT
NIGHT AND REMOVES THE BULLET
RESISTANT VEST, IT HAS THICK
VELCRO AND BELIEVE ME THAT SOUND
IS UN UNMISTAKABLE.
IT’S REALLY LOUD.
IT MEANS THEY’RE HOME SAFE AND
THAT’S ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU
DON’T REALLY THINK ABOUT THAT IN
EVERY JOB, GUYS AND DURING THIS
CHRISTMAS WEEK AND NEW YEAR
, WE SHOULD REFLECT ON THAT
LIKE WE HAVE A GREAT JOB, WILL,
CARLIE, LAWRENCE, THIS IS A
FANTASTIC JOB I LOVE IT AND
EVERYDAY, BUT LET’S BE CANDID
BUT NONE OF US GO TO WORK LIKE
THANKFULLY, ARE WE GOING TO COME
HOME, WE JUST DON’T AND THAT’S A
GOOD THING BUT POLICE OFFICERS
DON’T AND THEIR FAMILIES DON’T
EITHER AND I THINK WE NEED TO
REFLECT ON THAT IN THE NEW YEAR
LIKE HOW WE GOT HERE AND THE
CULTURE AND HOW IT ROTTED SO
BADLY THAT WE’RE AT THE POINT
WHERE LARGE PARTS OF THE
POPULATION UNFORTUNATELY SEE
THESE MEN AND WOMEN IN BLUE
AS THE BAD GUYS.
THAT’S NOT GOOD, MAN, IT’S NOT
GOOD.
WILL: NO ABOUT IT LEADS TO NOT
GOOD OUTCOMES ON THE STREETS IS
WHAT WE SEE.
THERE WAS A GOOD OUTCOME ON FOX
& FRIENDS THIS PAST WEEKEND ON
CHRISTMAS DAY, IN FACT, WHERE
WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SORT OF
A SURPRISE TURNED INTO A BIT OF
AN AUCTION.
DAN CAME ON TO MAKE A DONATION
TO FOLDS OF HONOR AND HE ENDED
UP MAKING ONE A LITTLE BIGGER
THAN HE ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED.
>> WE WANTED TO DO A SPECIAL
GIFT FOR MY FRIENDS AT FOLDS OF
HONOR SO I SAID I WAS GOING TO
DO A $10,000 DONATION BUT I
CHANGED MY MIND I WANT TO DO
15,000.
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE SUCH A
BLESSING TO SO MANY SO THANK YOU
>> I THINK 25 IS A NICE ROUND
NUMBER, LIKE 25.
>> [LAUGHTER]
>> ALL RIGHT >> I’LL TELL YOU
WHAT, WE’LL DO 25.
RICK YOU WIN I’M GOING TO DO 25.
LAWRENCE: WOW.
>> SO DAN, ANY REFLECTIONS ON
THAT MOMENT?
IT REALLY WAS SO COOL.
YOU WENT FROM WHAT, 10 TO
$25,000?
AND WHY ARE YOU SUCH A SUPPORTER
OF FOLDS OF HONOR?
>> WELL I’M WEARING THEIR SHIRT
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, FOLDS OF
HONOR.
BY THE WAY THE WEBSITE, FOH.ORG,
SHORT FOR FOLDS OF HONOR,
BECAUSE LISTEN, CARLIE,
EDUCATION IS THE WAY OUT.
I GREW UP IN A LOWER MIDDLE
CLASS MAYBE AT TIMES POOR FAMILY
AND A LOCAL CATHOLIC SCHOOL KIND
OF TOOK US ON AS A CHARITY CASE
AND IT’S THE ONLY REASON I’M
HERE ON TELEVISION SPEAKING TO
YOU IN SENTENCES, EDUCATION IS
THE WAY OUT AND THE WAY UP AND
THE FACT THAT THESE FAMILIES
THAT HAVE GIVEN EVERYTHING
YOU’VE GOT TO REMEMBER THEY CAME
BACK IN BODY BAGS AND COFFINS,
THEIR KIDS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT GETTING AN EDUCATION
FOLDS OF HONOR PROVIDES THOSE
SCHOLARSHIPS SO ON MONDAY
MORNING THE REASON I WANT TO
COME ON TODAY AND I’LL SURPRISE
YOU, LET’S DO ANOTHER 5,000,
LET’S MAKE IT 30,000 THE
DONATION BECAUSE I REALLY
CARE ABOUT THEM.
WHO KNOWS MAYBE IT’LL BE AT 40
BY NEXT MONDAY BUT LISTEN, IT
MEANS A LOT TO ME $30,000, MY
WIFE IS TEXTING DAN RUDY THIS
WEEK TO SETUP HOW WE GET
THAT MONEY OVER TO THESE
FAMILIES BUT GUYS" RILE LAW
ENFORCEMENT MATTERS TO ME AND
EDUCATION, THAT’S THE WAY OUT.
IT’S THE LEAST WE COULD DO FOR
THESE HEROS.
NO ONE QUESTIONS THAT RIGHT?
WHERE THE COUNTRY IS POLITICALLY
BROKEN IN MANY WAYS BUT CAN WE
ALL AGREE IF YOU GAVE EVERYTHING
IN SERVICE OF THE GREATEST
NATION OF THE HISTORY OF HUMAN
KIND THE LEAST WE COULD DO IS
GET YOUR KIDS TO COLLEGE AND
GIVE THEM A CHANCE.
>> WITHOUT A DOUBT.
WILL: CAN I SAY REALLY QUICKLY,
CARLIE.
BECAUSE THIS WAS SAID OVER THE
WEEKEND AND OBVIOUSLY MONEY,
EVERYONE LISTENING, EVERYONE
WATCHING THOSE $30,000 IS A TON
OF MONEY, BUT TO PUT IT INTO
HUMAN TERMS, DAN, JUST MADE A
SCHOLARSHIP DONATION TO FIVE
CHILDREN OF DISABLED OR FALLEN
AMERICAN HEROS, SO THAT
TRANSLATES INTO FIVE SCHOLARSHIP
S WE WERE TOLD BY LT.
COLONEL DAN ROONEY.
>> THAT’S AMAZING DAN, YOU’RE
TOUGH, SMART BUT ALSO HAVE SUCH
A BIG HEART AND SUPPORTING SUCH
A FANTASTIC CAUSE, AND BECAUSE
YOU DONATED IT WILL SPUR OTHER
PEOPLE TO DONATE AS WELL.
THAT’S WHY I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
THIS AGAIN.
>> I’VE GOT TONS OF E-MAILS SO
TO EVERYONE WHO WENT OUT AND
WENT TO FOH.ORG AND DONATED,
IT’S YOU ALL GIVING THAT REALLY
MATTERS.
WE’LL GIVE MORE AND MORE AND
MORE AND I’M SPURRED EVERY DAY
BY YOUR GENEROSITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AMAZING STUFF DAN THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>> OKAY I’VE GOTTA WRITE THAT
LETTER TO FOX NOW, ABOUT THE
DIVERSITY.
YOU GUYS SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED
ON CAMERA AGAIN, COWBOYS,
SERIOUSLY.
>> FROM DALLAS.
>> I KNOW I FOLLOW YOU ON
SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU LIVE TWEETED A
GAME LAST NIGHT AND WILL DID NOT
, I WANT A SCREEN SHOT OF
THAT PROMPTER.
IT SAID NOTHING ABOUT NFC
CHAMPIONS GUARANTEED.
>> ALL RIGHT YOU KNOW IT DIDN’T
DAN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
CALLING HIM OUT.