Ted Nugent told Carl Higbie’s FRONTLINE audience bluntly that America is sick of hollow complaints and soft activism, and that real accountability only comes when Americans actually pressure the people who run the show. He urged citizens to “get cracking” — not with empty outrage on social media, but by using the levers of power at every level to demand consequences for corruption and waste. That message landed on Newsmax Friday night and should resonate with any hard-working American tired of being fleeced.
Nugent didn’t mince words about tactics: he said he personally reaches out to officials and expects action, and he called on viewers to do the same, insisting that evidence of fraud and misuse of taxpayer money exists and must be dealt with. Whether you agree with his style or not, his point is simple and constitutional — when government fails, the people must hold it to account. That is exactly the sort of civic muscle our founders envisioned and too few people exercise today.
This isn’t the first time Nugent has labeled the federal monster “Fedzilla” to describe an out-of-control, spend-happy bureaucracy that chews through money and liberty alike. For years he has warned that Washington’s appetite for programs, mandates, and entitlements creates engineered redundancy and chronic waste that must be reined in. Conservatives have been saying the same thing for decades; Nugent’s bluntness simply translates that frustration into fire-forged action.
The moment calls for more than sound bites — it calls for audits, aggressive oversight, and prosecutions where crimes are proven. Nugent reminded viewers that if the evidence is there, law enforcement and elected leaders must be pushed to act, because whining without follow-through just lets Fedzilla keep swelling its ranks. Patriots who truly love liberty will back investigations that root out fraud and recover stolen taxpayer dollars, not reflexively defend the institutions that enabled the theft.
Conservative Americans should take Nugent’s message as a practical playbook: register, vote, show up at town halls, call sheriffs and state attorneys, and demand enforcement of the law. Local pressure translates into statewide movement, and statewide pressure forces the federal leviathan to take notice or suffer political consequences. If you want leaders who will cut the budget, end waste, and restore common-sense limits on government, silence and complacency are no longer options.
Nugent has even proposed radical-sounding remedies in the past to jolt politics out of business-as-usual — proposals to purge RINOs, slash layers of regulations, and force true accountability from politicians who promise reforms but never deliver. Those ideas may rile the swamp, but history teaches that only radical honesty and relentless pressure shrink bloated bureaucracies and protect the next generation from becoming debt serfs. America was built by risk-takers and boundary-pushers; conservatives should not shy away from bold plans to dismantle Fedzilla’s stranglehold.
If you care about saving the republic, take Nugent’s closing challenge seriously: find your voice, stop being a spectator, and make elected officials earn their pay every single day. The fight isn’t for the faint of heart, but neither is running a family, a farm, or a small business — and those productive citizens who built this country deserve a government that lives within its means. Roll up your sleeves, demand audits, vote out the spenders, and let’s finally tame the bloated Fedzilla that threatens our freedom and future.
