Rick Harrison and President Donald Trump have a special bond.
The personality “pawn stars” admitted in an interview “Depth with Graham Bensinger” That he once received an apology from President Trump after a backstage accident with secret service.
Harrison, an old conservative, also suggested that politics can be in his near future after years of denying a political ambition.
‘Pawn Stars’ boss Rick Harrison wonders if he could have saved the son of Fentanyl overdose
“Pawn Stars” personality Rick Harrison remembered a time when President Donald Trump apologized to him. (Getty Images)
The television star remembered a time when President Trump called to say that he was “sorry” after Harrison was not allowed to go backstage at a rally.
“So this is a bit crazy,” he said Bensinger. “So this is in 2018, he has a meeting here in the city … Someone who runs for the congress and the Senate. And they wanted me to announce him during the rally. So I show up with my son Jake and my daughter Serena, Staff of the White House says:” Hey Rick, how are you? Come on, come in this way. ”
Just as fast as they went back, the family was refused access.
“We go to Backstage and the secret service goes:” He is not on the list, “Harrison recalled.” And they go like, “But it’s Rick Harrison.” And his friend is: ‘Not on the list. And I literally try to call an American senator, some other people, some congressman. I can’t get hold of anyone.
“Pawn Stars” Rick Harrison is an old advocate of President Donald Trump. (Getty Images)
“Secret service throws me in the audience and I am bothered. And we had to leave. We couldn’t stay there. And I am f —- ng pissed.”
Harrison was not only somewhat ashamed, he was upset to disappoint his son who was excited to tell his friends that he met the president.
“So I get a block from the house and then Senator Heller’s song appears in my truck, and I have something like that, Senator Heller knows I don’t have a filter,” said Harrison. “So the first words from his mouth, he is like:” Rick, before you say a word, the president of the United States would like to talk to you. ”
Harrison added: “And the first words from Trump were:” Rick, I’m really sorry. This is all my fault, because my staff of the White House, they work for me. They are ruined it. That makes my fault. They must have informed the secret service. So I would like to try this.
Harrison owns and operates the world -famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ronda Churchill)
“And you are not going to tell the president of the United States ‘no’,” said Harrison.
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Harrison previously praised President Trump after the couple met after the loss of Harrison’s son, Adam, who died of an overdose of Fentanyl in 2024.
The reality star shot politicians during the previous government because they were “complicit” in fentanyl death.
“He is an incredible person,” Harrison said about Trump, 77. “He wants to do something about this.”
He added: “There are so many different places where you have to start, all at the same time, but one of the most important is to remove the damn stuff from the country and stop making it so cheap to get high.”
Harrison suspected that “everyone” one fentanyl pill Because of the easily accessible market.
“Let’s start arresting the people who sell it, arrest the people who bring it across the border, close the border, make it really expensive,” he said. “Let’s make a fentanyll death rare.”
He added: “It is insane because they let it happen. They literally make it happen. They don’t do anything about it. So they are complicit in all these dead.”
Harrison told Fox News Digital that he was the Current border policy “Absolutely ridiculous” and blamed politicians for what he described as their inactivity to prevent drugs from entering the country.
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“Nothing is being done,” Harrison said. “It is the equivalent of a 737 (plane) loaded with passengers crashing every day. That is how many people die of it. And, you know, the politicians don’t want to talk about it. The news doesn’t want to talk about it.”
“A large part of is political. I mean, we know where it all comes from. It all comes right across the border, and they won’t do anything about it. I mean, they do nothing.”
On January 19, 2024, Adam was found dead in a guesthouse in the Las Vegas area, obtained by an incident report by The New York Post. Adam lived in the guesthouse before his death for two weeks, according to the report
