I first met Dan Bongino in August 2013. In August 2013, he was running for the U.S. House, from Maryland. At that time, Bongino was also a guest speaker at Smart Girl Summit. Even though his unsuccessful bid for the U.S. House was ultimately defeated, Bongino still has a successful career and a reputation as a conservative commentator and podcaster.
So much so that following Rush Limbaugh’s untimely passing, Bongino was one of the top contenders to take up his mantle. Bongino signed a deal with Cumulus Media (which already carried his podcast) to step into that coveted 12:00 – 3:00 pm spot.
Bongino and Cumulus were at odds over their mandate for a vaccine two weeks ago. RadioInk reported:
Here’s a snippet of what Bongino said on his Monday broadcast: “I’m not really happy with the company I work with right here. This mandate for vaccines is unethical to me. I believe they’re immoral. I believe they don’t take into account the science of natural immunity due to a prior infection. I believe they’re broad-based and don’t take into account an individual circumstances of why they may or may not want to take a vaccine. And they’re antithetical to everything I believe in.”
Cumulus allowed employees to have the vaccine by October 1. Many employees were fired for refusing to follow the mandate. Bongino threatened to invite hosts who’ve been fired by Cumulus on his show to criticize their former employer.
More from the Monday broadcast: “Cumulus is going to have to make a decision with me if they want to continue this partnership or they don’t. But I’m talking to you on their airwaves. They don’t have to let that happen. There are options. I am here to help you. I don’t work for you. You may have had other people in a corner, but you don’t have me.”
Bongino’s show airs on St. Louis radio station NewsTalkSTL weekdays from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm (Central). (Full disclosure: I am a regular guest on the station — Monday afternoons with Tim Jones & Chris Arps and Friday mornings with Vic Porcelli.)
Bongino spoke to Mike Ferguson in Morning about why he took this stand against mandat and recent developments in that battle.
Mike Ferguson joined Dan Bongino today for the Morning to talk about his battle against Cumulus regarding the harsh vaccine mandates that they have placed on their workers.
Ken, Gabe and Mike asked Bongino about the origins of this show and its future. Bongino said there was a ‘break through’ in the company where he did win a small battle and ended up making the decision to come back on air yesterday for the first time in almost two weeks. It was not his fight, he said. He said that this was an effort to defend all Americans’ rights and freedoms regarding their bodies.
(Be sure to follow the link to catch the audio of Bongino’s interview.)
As Bongino noted in the interview, he is vaccinated due to his own health situation, and so this isn’t about him personally. It’s about the larger principle of not allowing the left to push companies to get people to relinquish sovereignty over their own bodies. Though the policy doesn’t affect him personally, it affects him as a conservative who cares about God-given rights.
Bongino, therefore, has committed to creating a $250,000 fund that will be used to help Cumulus employees affected by the mandates. He’s eschewing GoFundMe as a platform as he notes they frequently discriminate against conservatives, so is in the process of creating his own platform for that, with an eye toward expanding it beyond Cumulus to police, firefighters, nurses, doctors, and other frontline workers and opening it up for others to donate.
In the meantime, pursuant to what he refers to as “a bit of a breakthrough” with Cumulus in their negotiating process, Bongino has agreed to return to airing live shows, in order to make sure more people don’t lose their jobs.
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