DHS Defunded 73 Days: The Vote That Ends the Standoff This Week | Kris Ullman

DHS Defunded 73 Days: The Vote That Ends the Standoff This Week | Kris Ullman

From The Jenny Beth Show by Jenny Beth Martin

April 28, 2026 · 58 min · Season 3 · Episode 22

About this episode

Jenny Beth Martin discusses the stalled DHS funding and the implications of recent political events with guest Kris Ullman.

DHS funding has been blocked for 73 days while Senate Democrats stall the Save America Act for 76 days—and someone just tried to kill the President of the United States again. Jenny Beth Martin breaks down the assassination attempt at the Hilton on Saturday night, walks listeners through the Democrat rhetoric White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called “indistinguishable” from the would-be assassin’s manifesto, and lays out the legislative fix Americans can demand right now. Jenny Beth is joined by Kris Ullman, President of Eagle Forum, the grassroots conservative organization founded by Phyllis Schlafly. Together they connect the dots between Hakeem Jeffries’ refusal to walk back his “maximum warfare” comments, Senate Democrats holding Department of Homeland Security paychecks hostage during the shutdown, and the urgent need to pass the Save America Act—legislation that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and voter ID to cast a ballot. Eighty-three percent of Americans support these measures, including 73 percent of Democrats. The episode closes with King Charles III’s historic address to a joint session of Congress as America approaches its 250th…

People in this episode

Host: Jenny Beth Martin

Guest: Kris Ullman

Topics covered

  • DHS funding
  • legislation
  • assassination attempt
  • voter ID
  • political rhetoric
  • Senate Democrats
  • Save America Act

Keywords

  • DHS funding
  • Save America Act
  • voter ID
  • assassination attempt
  • Senate Democrats
  • Karoline Leavitt
  • Hakeem Jeffries
  • James Comey

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Eagle Forum, Department of Homeland Security, Secret Service

Books & works: Save America Act

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