MTG Formally Breaks Ties with Trump

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So look, we could start off like I don't know what a bazillion different ways today. There's so much happening in the world of politics and the culture. And we're going to do our very best to get to all of the conversations, all the big issues today. But I want to start with Marjorie Taylor Greene, MTG. Who is incredibly popular back in her home congressional district?

And I have no doubt that if she were to run for reelection, she would win. I don't think that's in dispute here. She's very popular with the folks back in the Northwest Georgia area. The problem is that she has declared war on President Trump. And let me just say that after last night's 60-minute interview, and I'm curious if any of you caught the entire interview, and what you thought about what Marjorie Taylor Greene was saying, because she believes.

That She is the, she's, it's almost like a Candace Owens type situation with Charlie Kirk, the relationship. And Candace Owens, if you've been watching any of that or following all of that, and it's just. It's absolutely sickening. stomach churning But Candace Owens would have you believe that she is the only person in Charlie Kirk's world who actually cared about Charlie Kirk. I mean, that's pretty much it.

That's it in a nutshell.

Well, Marjorie Taylor Green is doing the same thing when it comes to Donald J. Trump.

So to save Donald J. Trump, she has to destroy Donald J. Trump.

And that's what she tried to do last night on 60 Minutes.

Now Let me before we get into all of this, let me just say something about Donald Trump. And this bears repeating over and over and over again. And we've tried to do that over the years, going all the way back to his first term in office back in 2016. Donald Trump craves one thing more than anything else. And that is loyalty.

And he is a very loyal person, and he expects the same in return from those who he supports. And Marjorie Taylor Greene is one of those people.

So I have no doubt that after what happened on 60 Minutes last night, it's over. I think that relationship has been severed.

Now, MTG announced That she was not going to be running for Congress. We had the chairman of the Georgia Republican Committee on. And he said, hey, look, we would love for her to reconsider that, and they would get behind whatever she wants to do. Understand this. MTG, whether she knows it or not, is becoming the darling of the Liz Cheney wing of the party.

Right.

So that's who is embracing MTG right now. All of the never Trumpers in the Republican Party, they are going to be quietly, if not verbally, supporting MTG and what she's doing here. But the reality is that MTG actually wanted to run for the U.S. Senate in. Georgia.

And my understanding is that the Trump administration had seen some polling data. And they brought her in and said, Look, here's the deal. We like you. But There's no way you're going to be able to win a statewide race in Georgia. That's not going to happen.

And here's the polling data to back that up. And that's when things went south. And now there is a full fledged war going on between MTG and MAGA. But MTG would have you believe that she is actually the now the spokesperson for the MAGA movement, and she's accusing the Trump administration of turning their back On the America First. Agenda Now, others would say that MTG going on shows like 60 Minutes and The View.

is sending a message that not only is she breaking with Trump, But she's also auditioning for some sort of a high profile. TV gig. And I just don't see that happening. I really don't. I mean, look, I don't I mean, MTG, I liked her politics.

I she delivers great interviews, but there is just something really brash About MTG when she's on her. I just don't see her as being like a Megan Kelly type, you know, interview. I may be wrong there. I have before. But I don't think I am.

I don't think the view well, maybe the view. They might possibly consider, but they've got, oh, what's her face? Alyssa Farah. She's the token conservative on that on that crowd. But anyway, MTG said something that really caught me.

That did not catch me by surprise. It was just a reminder of: oh, yeah, I forgot they were doing that.

So MTG is out there, and she's saying that. Behind closed doors. Republicans up on Capitol Hill, a good many of them. Make fun of Donald Trump. I'm not surprised to hear this news.

Take a listen to Cut Two. Behind the scenes. Do they talk? differently. How?

Oh, it would shock people.

Well, let's shock people.

Okay, I watched many of my colleagues go from making fun of him, making fun of how he talks. Making fun of me constantly for supporting him to when he won the primary in 2024, they all started. Uh Excuse my language, Leslie, kissing his ass and decided to put on a MAGA hat for the first time. I'm not surprised by that. And that's true.

I know that to be true. And that is why so many are willing to throw it in, call it a day. Retire early. As a matter of fact, and we're going to get to this part of the story a little bit later, there is a very, very good chance Mike Johnson could lose his gavel. before the midterm elections.

There are Republicans that are willing to destroy. The administration If it gets Donald Trump out of the way, that's how much they hate him. That hate has never subsided. It really hasn't. It's always been there.

And the reality is very clear here, folks, that if. If the Republican Party and you know, I really hate to um No, Dylan, it's Monday, and I'm in a good mood. Got some good sleep over the week. I don't want to start on a negative Nancy. Point here.

But I feel like I've got it. I mean, I've just got it. I've got to share this with you. I just. I think that Donald Trump is he is spending as much energy Fighting the Republicans as he is the Democrats.

And we don't see a lot of that. A lot of that is happening behind closed doors. In the weeds. But it's happening. And it's just, it's there's so much energy.

I see this happening in Republican groups all over the country. Where there is so much infighting. And don't get me wrong, it's happening on the Democrat side as well. No doubt about that between the remnant of liberals left and these radical progressives. led by Jasmine Crockett and the Shuckin and Jivan crowd.

I mean, these are. These are very crazy times for both political parties right now. But it's not. It could be over for us. And this is one of the reasons why, and hear me on this, and I'm still trying to understand Mike Johnson here.

Is he doing something out of To be devious. Do they have the goods on Mike Johnson? Is that why he's slow marching the entire Trump agenda through the House of Representatives right now? Do the never Trumpers have something on Mike Johnson? Because right now they're willing to and they're demonstrating this.

We saw it with MTG. There are many others. As a matter of fact, there's a report out over the weekend. Over 20 Republicans in the House, new Republicans in the House now say they are either going to retire or resign. And if that happens, then boom.

It's impeachment palooza. I mean, it's really that's where all of this is leading to.

So, anyway, President Trump. just lashing out on true social as he should. He said the only reason Marjorie Trader Brown Green turns brown under stress. The only reason Marjorie Trader Brown. I'm glad he explained that.

That's. You gotta love our president. The only reason Marjorie Trader Brown went bad is that she was jilted by the President of the United States. Certainly not the first time she has been jilted. Oh, my.

Too much work, not enough time, and her ideas are now really bad. She sort of reminds me of a rotten apple, but Marjorie is not America first or MAGA because nobody could have changed her views so fast and her new views are those of a very dumb person. That was proven last night when washed up Trump hating Sixty Minutes correspondent Leslie Stahl, who still owes me an apology from when she attacked me on the show with serious conviction that Hunter Biden's laptop from hell was produced by Russia, not Hunter himself, totally proven wrong. It's a bit of a run-on sentence here, Mr. President, but we get the gist.

She interviewed a very poorly prepared trader who in in her confusion made many really stupid statements. My real problem with the show, however, was not the low q i the low I q trader. It was that the new ownership of Sixty Minutes, Paramount, would allow a show like this to air. They are no better than the old ownership.

Well, I could have told you that, mister President. The old ownership just paid me billions of dollars for fake reporting about your favorite president, me. Since they bought it, sixty minutes has actually gotten worse. Oh well, far worse things can happen, PS I hereby demand a complete and total apology, though far too late, to be meaningful from Leslie Stahl and sixty minutes for her incorrect and libelous statements about Hunter's laptop. President DJT.

All right, there you go.

So that relationship is over. But ladies and gentlemen, Here's where we're at. And I don't think this is, at the end of the day, is that gonna matter much? The fact that MTG has broken off with Donald J. Trump, you think that's really going to impact things in the midterm elections?

So we'll get into it. Gonna take your calls 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. Hear me on this. Donald Trump is all about loyalty.

And it's one thing to go out in front of the cameras and say, you know what, I disagree with the president on X, Y, or Z. That's one thing. It's an entirely different thing when you take your complaints. Against President Trump, and you air those, you air your dirty laundry. On 60 minutes?

And not only sixty minutes, but sitting down with Leslie Stahl, knowing what that T V program did to our President, knowing what that squawking magpie, Leslie Stahl, did to our President? That's sending a message. And trust me, Donald Trump, he's a shrewd man. He understands exactly the point she was trying to get across last night. And now it's open war.

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This is going to be the big story as we move into the Christmas holiday and into the new year. And it's a big challenge because, look, some of these seats are safe seats, and that's fine. That's not a big deal. But the others, ladies and gentlemen, are going to be a bit of a challenge. And the Republicans are dealing with a lot of bad news right now, predominantly.

Of their own making. And one of the big complaints is the House Republicans just really haven't done much. Haven't done anything. As a matter of fact, there are some people out there saying this has been the least productive. session of Congress and in modern Modern political history.

And it and it very well may it very well may be that way. But Speaker, Mike Johnson is having a big, big problem right now. And a lot of folks seem to think the only solution here is to get rid of Mike Johnson. And one of the ways to do that is some of these folks are going to retire early. And here's my take on that.

I am and I'm a stickler for these kinds of things. I just feel like you if you are elected to that two year term in Congress, you have an obligation to serve that two year term. Barring some sort of a massive medical event. That would prevent you from being able to vote or debate. Yeah, I think you ought to deliver on the oath you made.

And the promise you made to the constituents of your congressional district. I mean, it's a pretty simple thing for me.

So, anyway, Mike Johnson is now having to contend with a lot of that as well. And we'll also have to see how things turn out with this Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, and what the House does with Obamacare. And that is a ticking time bomb for the Republicans. Here's the one challenge here. Johnson's going to have to man up, he's going to have to stand his ground, and he's going to have to deliver to the president.

On the agenda. And if he can't, Then this is going to be bad. It's just going to be bad news. I mean, it's really that simple. And unfortunately, we've got so much crazy stuff happening in the country right now.

We cannot afford to give Democrats control of the House of Representatives. We just. We just can't do that. 901-260-5926 is our telephone number. That's 901-260-5926.

Two sex. This is A man from Vietnam Came to this country legally, his family did. And he's really upset over what's happening in Minnesota, as well as the state of Maine, where you had. tens of thousands of Somalis relocated. And now we know.

A billion dollars in fraud. that the Somalis committed in Minnesota. And I want you to listen to this man from Vietnam as he talks about what's happening. Cut five. Seeing when the f.

Did we have to bow down to certain communities? Look, I'm Asian. I'm Vietnamese, okay?

Well, we have our own communities too. Our communities. Thriving. You know, we have businesses. We've been here only what less than 50 years since the after the uh Nineteen seventy five.

Okay. Our communities are thriving throughout the United States. If you look at our numbers, there's only about 2 million of us here in the United States. And out of that two million people that we have, majority of us will have businesses. scientists, engineers, doctors.

bright minded people that that given back to this country more than we've taken. And we have never asked anybody to bow down or speak our language.

Okay. So when the f They're stupid ass. mayor of the little pirate. Leon Paris Mollion. in Minnesota have to speak their language and apologizing for those Crick ass pirates.

Seeing when we have to do that. This is just Crook and he's a Jewish dude. What a shame. You know? What a shame.

What the f? Yeah.

Well, it's a a g It's a good question, sir. I agree with this guy. What is wrong? What's going on in Somalia or in Minnesota right now? By the way, in the state of Vermont, today they raised.

The Somali flag at a school district. There's literally a Somali flag flying over schools in Vermont right now. This is insane. We're going to get into more of that. But again, when you've got law-abiding immigrants that are out there and they're saying, Hey, we got a problem, folks, you better pay attention because we got a problem.

All right, hang tight, everybody. 901-260-5926. Our telephone number. This is the Todd Stern Show. Hey folks, Angel Studios is having their biggest sale of the year, and it's one you don't want to miss.

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Let's go to the phone lines today. We will start our day in Nevada on the awesome radio station KELY. Lucky, what's on your mind today? Hi. I don't usually talk politics.

outside of my home, but I am in total agreement with you. If you're in a district and you've been voted into whatever office it is, usually complete their terms. Odd terms. The people have trusted you. and we could have voted for someone else.

Why would you take an office and then not fulfill your agreement or your obligation to your public. And it just seems to me, Lucky, when you look at the numbers in the House, and they're not great. I think we have the Republicans have what, a three or four seat majority. When you do something like that, giving up your seat or resigning, you may as well just put a D behind your name. I mean, that is an insult and a betrayal to the voters and your political party right there.

I I understand. I say the same thing.

So I'm with you all the way. All right, lucky, thank you. Let's go to Sonny in Ocala, Florida, WOCA, our terrific affiliate there. Hi, Sonny. What's on your mind today?

What's on my mind, Todd, is that these people Run for office, they send you letters for contributions to their campaign, and then when they get into office, they forget who elected them. They're only representing themselves. And that's the public rats. and the Demarats in Washington. And they forget about the Republican registered voters and they forget about the Democrat registered voters.

You know what it is, sonny? You know what it is. A lot of these folks, they love going to the parties. They want to be seen. They want to be hanging out at all the cocktail parties in Georgetown.

And that's why a lot of these Republicans get sucked in to the D.C. deep state life. And that's, honestly, that's what's happening on the Supreme Court. And that's why we've seen so many Supreme Court justices move from being rock-solid constitutionalists to being far-leftist.

Well, it it's not good. And uh We're losing our country if these people don't wake up and start representing the people that elected them.

Sonny, yeah, you're absolutely right about that. And that's uh we're we're going to be talking more in depth about that later this week because there is There is something happening globally that I don't think is a coincidence. I mean, when you look at what's happening, and I'm just going to give you a tease here, and Sonny, thanks for the call. But when you look at what's happening, let's just say Western Europe right now, where Birth rates have plunged. The The number one baby name in The UK right now is Muhammad.

You're watching the Islamification of all of Western Europe, and now we're watching it here. And it's coming from multiple fronts, including Somalia, where you've got Somalians now that hold many elected offices, not just in Minnesota, but also in Maine. You've got parts of Michigan that have been completely overrun by the Islamists. In Texas, I don't know what's going on in Texas right now with your elected leadership, your Republicans, but I'm not seeing a sense of urgency when it comes to Greg Abbott and the rise of Islam in the lone star state. And I Maybe you folks in Texas, you don't think it's that big of a deal, but you're going to wake up and you're going to discover that you're right in the middle of a holy war.

And that's what's happening in this world.

So it's not just so. When Sonny's talking about we may lose the country, yes, it is a very real thing that is happening. And when you hear the Islamists speaking in their mosques on American soil, this is not about assimilation. This is about taking over America. I mean, that's ultimately.

What they're talking about. And I want to play some audio here from Ilhan Omar, Who was on one of the Sunday shows talking about that very issue, cut number eight, please? I want to ask you something else that the architect of the President's immigration policy, Stephen Miller, said. On Thanksgiving Day, he posted, no magic transformation occurs when failed states cross borders. At scale, migrants and their descendants recreate the conditions and terrors of their broken homelands.

What do you make of this argument of failure to assimilate and sort of ruining America? How do you understand this? I mean, when I think about Stephen Miller and his white supremacist rhetoric, it reminds me, yes, it reminds me of the way the Nazis described Jewish people in Germany. And, you know, as we know, there have been many immigrants who have tried to come to the United States who've turned back, you know, one of them being Jewish immigrants. We know the way that people were described who were coming from Ireland, Irish immigrants.

We know the way in which people were described back then when they were Italian immigrants. And to me, you know, we're, yes, of course, ethnically.

Somali, we are in this country as Americans. We are citizens, we are productive part of this nation and we will continue to be. All right.

So she's saying here that if you believe that immigrants should assimilate, that makes you a Nazi. That makes you a white supremacist. That's what Elhan Omar is saying. That viewpoint is shared by many, many, many immigrants to this country.

Now, I remember A time when, well, my grandparents, my great-grandparents rather. came to this country, they emigrated here from Germany after World War One. And my grandfather went on to serve in the military. He fought during World War II. He flew glider planes.

But in spite of all of that, and the patriotism of our family. My grandparents, because they were German immigrants, they were actually, I wouldn't say investigated. They were not sent to any of the, you know, during World War II, not only were the Japanese, Japanese Americans sent to camps, but many German Americans were as well. My great my great grandparents were not. But they were investigated and they were watched.

My grandparents didn't hold anything against the government for that. As a matter of fact, they understood it to be pretty darn prudent. But you know what's interesting about my grandparents, who came here from Germany, they immediately learned the language and they immediately assimilated. As a matter of fact, in our home at the time, my great-grandparents' home. You had to speak English.

That was the rule. And so that's exactly what our family did. We assimilated. Does that mean that we completely abandon our culture? No, not at all.

That's why we have Oktoberfest. But I'm just telling you. That this new breed of immigrant that we have coming into this country. They don't love us. They don't love our country.

They're coming here to destroy us. And I don't, I've been working on my new book, and I do not see anywhere in the Constitution where it says we have a constitutional right to let the enemy into our country where they can kill us. and they could destroy us. I haven't seen any of that. And I appreciate President Trump putting an emphasis on that because that is we are dealing now with the enemy within.

And Stephen Miller is 1,000% right. Everything he's saying is 1,000% right. And it is going to be a hard thing to root out the anti-American influence that was allowed to take root in this country. But we got to do it. We've got to do it.

If we don't, well, you know, we're not going to have a country. I mean, it's that simple. Let's go to Steve in Little Rock, Arkansas. Hi, Steve. What's on your mind today?

Hey, Doug. Noticed uh Marjorie Taylor Greens kind of went off the rails and started playing all this crazy stuff and. completely turning and announcing the resignation. from Congress was about the time it came out that her Personal wealth had gone from like seven hundred thousand to twenty-five million. in the last four years since you've been in Uh Washington.

I wonder if all this stuff isn't just a smoke screen to Yeah. And her exit, and maybe even these other 20's exit, has something to do with. Maybe coming down the pike, there's going to finally be some kind of investigation into how these people. Yeah.

make such good dividends on their investments After they get to Washington.

Now, MTG will tell you, Steve, that she has a business and she was a business owner, and that you know that she's good with her money, and that she did not take advantage. of her position on on Capitol Hill. I will say this: Ilhan Omar, who again came to this country without any money at all. and was you know a refugee Apparently, her net worth, according to the New York Post, is as much as $30 million. Not too shabby when you figure that she's making, what, $176,000 a year as a lawmaker?

Wow. I I want it I want her to invest my money in the stock market. I I do too, but That's my point exactly. Maybe all this resiring from Congress has something to do with there's a lot of other people up there that don't want their financial records looked into. Yeah, according to some estimates, MTG is worth about $25 million.

Yeah.

From from seven hundred thousand to twenty five million That I know her family business is a construction business. But that's I know a little bit about the construction industry. Spent my whole life in it. Uh There that's all. That's either r a lot, a lot of luck or Yeah.

Well, now according to and this is Newsweek, and this was back a couple of months ago, and her personal wealth may be more than that, but her wealth has skyrocketed since she entered Congress. And according to um Uh According to her, in an ex-post, the congresswoman owed Her wealth to her family's construction business and private investment said her net worth today valued at 22.5. $5 million has been a very good idea. Has nothing to do with her government role since 2021, which comes with the salary I said I misspoke. It was $174,000, not $176,000.

But she was responding to an article by the financial news outlet Benzinga. And they published an item in June saying that Marjorie Taylor Greene's net worth jumped $21 million since joining Congress. And to And she says anybody who wants to raise questions about her finances can, quote, Go to hell. Calling the claims outright slander and lies.

So there you have it. Apparently, the construction business is pretty darn good there in Northwest Georgia. I thought the construction business right now was in pretty sad shape. Not in Northwest Georgia, it's not. Jesus alone.

I wonder how many of their customers and how many of their projects are Funded government subsidized projects.

Well, let's hope not many because I suspect the White House may have something to say about that moving forward.

So we'll see how that plays out. All right, Steve, good, good call. Thank you for listening today. 901-260-5926, our number. That's 901-260-5926.

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It's the Ton Stearns Radio Show. Dylan, I had to look it up, but the University of Memphis, the Memphis Tigers, going to the bowl game. Gasparilla. I thought that was a soft a beverage. That was sarsaparilla.

This is the what, gasparilla? Gasparilla bowl. It's in Florida, right? I had to look it up. Yeah, I think.

I don't know. Yeah.

It is a ball, so that's something to condone. I mean, not consider. I mean, we're happy that we made a ball, but yeah, I haven't heard much about this ball in particular. What's up with the crying Irish? Oh man, that's so I mean So they they're removing themselves from The bowl.

that they were supposed to play in since they got uh excluded from the playoffs. Was it I know Kansas State did. I think Iowa. There th there are like multiple teams that are like, Yeah, we're good. We're good.

I you're doing a disservice to your your team, your players at that point. You're just you're being a crybaby is what's happening. At what point do we realize that the current trajectory of college football in America is leading to a very, very bad place? Hopefully, after this. Hopefully, after this season.

Because I mean, you look at teams that have gotten left out of the college football playoffs. People are mad that Alabama made it after they lost to Georgia. This past Saturday. I don't get that. I don't get it either.

It makes no sense to me.

So, if I am Notre Dame, I'm really upset, but I'm not going to punish my players by saying, we're just not going to play anymore. This season's done. Go home.

Well, a lot of it is you're not playing, and this happened last year during bowl time. You were not playing with the same team of players you had for the regular season because a lot of these guys were already gone. You know, they got the NIL. And I mean, if you're look, if you're a 21-year-old, are you really going to risk an injury in the Gasparilla Bowl that might hurt your NFL career? That's a good point.

Yeah, a lot of the a lot of the top prospects are opting out for NFL. Scouts, tryouts, they're focusing on the next step in their career. But I mean the freshman and the sophomore that really are just starting, they're You know, they're getting the short end of the stick here if they're not going to get to play in a bowl. And that is something, I mean, and look, I mean, if you're a freshman, you might want to get some of those players some rotation, some playing time. Yeah.

But it just seems to me that the bowl Era This may be the starting point of the decline of the bowl era. 'Cause people don't care. It's irrelevant. Like, the only people that they care about is the playoff teams, and even that is. People are upset about the teams that have made it, the teams that haven't made it.

So it's all about the playoffs. And now I've seen And this is just rumors, but I've seen teams that are at the top are changing their schedules.

So it's only based off of winds and not the type of winds that you get. For instance, Alabama is rumored to change their schedule to easier teams during the season that are not SEC games. I mean, that, you know, again, when you look at, for example, Tulane going in and making the cut, and like a Vanderbilt, are you kidding me? Yeah.

The JMU and the Tula. JMU. Yeah.

I had to look that one up. Yeah, great seasons, great jobs, but why are they putting those teams in the playoffs and not I mean, if you want to have some sort of like a March Madness bracket, okay. I don't know if that can actually be accomplished, you know, but I mean, you know, you never know. But all that to say, I think the ball games may be heading, maybe, may be going away. Yeah, I agree.

And I think, you know, and we've seen this before since they've changed the playoffs. The teams that have made it, like the Tulanes, like the JMUs. They get destroyed first round of the playoffs. There's not like a Cinderella team that usually makes it up that high, like you see in March Madness or basketball, because that's a much different sport. I hope it's not the case, though, because I know the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, right?

Autozone Liberty Ball, $1 billion to the local economy. And those schools are getting Navy and Cincinnati going to play and next year's bowl. But I hate it. I hate it. And we have got to get a handle on college sports.

This NIL, it's going to destroy everything. Got to get that figured out. All right, we've got to take a break. Hang tight, everybody. This is the Todd Stern Show.

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I have something that's good on my mind. And I was hesitant whether or not I should actually share it with you. By the way, Todd Stern Show, welcome. Great to have you with us.

So Over the weekend, there was someone sent me, you guys do a great job. Many of you send me little bits and items and news nuggets, and I read all of that as much as I can. And for the next couple of weeks, I have a major book deadline.

So bear with me. But All that to say, um I was reading this and then I watched a clip. They had a clip of a podcast. And so, my understanding here, Dylan, you're kind of like into the whole Christian culture, and I'm more like. I guess old school now.

You know, with like Robert Jefferson Franklin Graham, but there's like a whole new crop of younger pastors and Christian influencers, I guess, that that are coming up through the ranks. Yeah, and they they all have podcasts. They all got podcasts. Everyone's got a podcast. I was shocked.

I had never even heard of this guy, Stuart Connectle. Yep. And that's on me because the guy's hugely popular. What, 1.2 million followers on Instagram? Yep.

It's him and his dad. Oh, is that who that was? Yeah, Cliff Connectal and Stuart Connectal. I'm like, who's the old guy? I couldn't figure that one out.

Yeah, they got popular by going to campuses and debating people basically on Christian theology. I see. I see. Very cool. And I've got, look, I think this is great.

And I think sharing the gospel and going to these university campuses is really how you're changing hearts and minds. I mean, that's what Charlie Kirk did. And so that's what these guys do. Yes.

Okay. So they were on a podcast. And in this podcast, and who's the podcast guy? His name's George Jenko.

Okay. And I guess he's very popular, too. He's very popular. What is wrong? Are you wrong with Logan Paul?

Like the podcast. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. He was like their third host.

Okay. And he got popular there. And then he went off and did his thing, became a Christian, apparently. And then now his podcast is Christian culture-ish.

Okay, that's cool.

So these are all, there's like this huge industry of Christian influencers. And they're making a lot of money doing this. And I don't begrudge anybody for making money at all.

So they're having a conversation. And apparently, Stuart Connectle is very close with Baron Trump, or at least MAGA World and Baron Trump. And they've been having a lot of conversations. I don't know. We don't know how the relationship started, you know, what precipitated all of this.

Do we have any indication of that?

Okay. So, anyway, Stuart Connectle was talking about this. During a podcast interview, and he lets, I say he let slip, I think he meant to share this information about some conversations he's been having with Baron Trump. Let's take a listen. I was talking on the phone with Baron Trump at 12:30 at night one night.

And I thought I was hitting them with everything but the kitchen sink when it came to all the evidence for God and Christianity. I was getting like so pumped. I was like, all right, I'm on. I had my Celsius. You know, I didn't have any caffeine that night, but I thought I was really on, I was pumped.

And then at the very end, I I came up. Pretty much totally open-handed with nothing. But I brought up dreams and revelations. And I said, hey, look, Baron, I usually don't go by this typically as evidence, but I'll just let, lastly, you know this. I have a friend.

over in Africa. who witnesses thousands of Muslims. Coming to Christ through dreams and revelations. How do you explain that? Because Interesting point, and you have eyewitness testimony, you know, the way his mind works, it's like And that was the only thing that stuck with him.

And he's very close to putting his faith in Christ, very close. And so, I pray that goes through. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, that's exactly right. That would be huge.

And so, Jim's revelations. Imagine he's watching this podcast here. Why quit? If I have to be as corny as you guys, I'm not doing it. I'm done.

No way. I'm so sorry. Anyway, I think it shows the power of dreams and revelations. That ambiguity, not certain. Other times, when it does feel certain, God can still close that door.

And then to people who are. not believers see them and say, wow, okay, there could be something to them.

So there you go. Just a question here, Dylan, because I'm not clearly in the in crowd within the Christian world here. Is that like conversion background music? Is that like I think it's Coldplay Sparks? It's supposed to emit.

Oh, gosh. I wasn't sure if we were emoting something. I don't think Goldplay is that.

Well, yeah, I mean, we could be using that. It could be these days.

So So, anyway, I'm listening to this, and the person who sent it to me was like, oh, you've got to check this out. Baron Trump's about to become a Christian. And I'm like, Oh, okay.

Now Call me old school. But it just seems to me that what that guy said is way out of line. And I don't think that was his conversation to share. And in a way, I think this pastor, Connectle, Stuart Connectle, I think he just committed spiritual doxing here. And I'm not sure if Baron Trump, and again, I searched over the weekend trying to find out: okay, tell me about the relationship.

How does this pastor know Baron Trump? And how is it that Baron's calling this guy at midnight?

So there's clearly some relationship there. But it just seems to me If Baron Trump is calling you up at after midnight, Asking spiritual questions. I think he's calling In an off-the-record fashion. And I don't think that Baron Trump wanted all of that shared in a national podcast. And especially if somebody is searching for answers in their life.

And again, it's just a weird conversation. And I've noticed that this is a trend within the Trump world. There are a lot of, and trust me on this, I know exactly what I'm talking about. Because I deal with this a lot. There are a lot of pastors out there in America.

and thereafter fame and glory. And there's really no polite way to say it, but it really is disgusting. and it sickens me. And that's why I'm very careful about the kinds of ministers of the gospel that come on this radio program. Because there are a lot of grifters in that community.

And I know this is it just rubs me the wrong way when I see these people and these ministers and they will go and they will have an audience with President Trump and then they turn right back around and they share whatever they talked about with President Trump to the rest of the world. To me, that is no one's business. If the President of the United States Okay, if anybody tells you something in confidence as a pastor, Then it is your I think it's your moral obligation to hold that in confidence. You Catholics do a nice job of that, by the way. You got the little do y'all still do the I don't do they still do the confessional booth?

Lord, we could use that in the Baptist, but you'd have to like book an appointment. Oops. I'm just saying. I've seen a lot of stuff.

So I'm just it just bothers me. that this pastor took advantage of what I think was a very private personal thing. And I know the president has said some you know, I've interviewed the president numerous times, and I've interviewed him twice, three times off the radio. And he's asked me to keep something in confidence, or said, Well, you know, that's, I mean, nothing earth-shattering. But I said, absolutely, Mr.

President, no worries. And I have never shared that. I never will. Ever. And I may just be the odd duck here.

But far too many times I've seen these pastors coming out, and you know what it is? They're influence grifters. They want to go out there and they want to pretend like they're the spiritual advisor of the President of the United States. That bothers me. Because I'm not sure they've really got the President's spiritual interest at heart.

And I don't know. Maybe I'm just reading this wrong, but I. As soon as I listened to that podcast, I just got a bad taste in my mouth. Over what that guy was doing. And maybe it was, maybe he just didn't mean he just blurted it out, but I don't think so because he kept talking about it.

And he didn't say, oh, you know what? Maybe I shouldn't talk, maybe I shouldn't talk about that. But clearly, if Baron Trump, as he relayed the conversation, is searching for answers. Then that is a private personal thing, and I'm not sure that needs to be hashed out on somebody's podcast. But more importantly, I think, and I certainly hope this is not the case, but actually, I know it to be the case in many of these instances.

Where those preachers and those so-called celebrity Christian influencers. Are more interested in lining their own pockets than they are actually ministering. to to young people. We saw that with Justin Bieber. And man, I saw that up close and personal and I saw, Jeez Lou That is not good at all.

Because at the end of the day, it turns out that guy The guy ministering to Justin Bieber was a grifter. There are a lot of others out there. And yeah, I mean, it would be great to come out here and say, oh, guess what? Guess what President Trump told me in private today? But you know what?

The influence gets cut off. The The connectivity, it's gone. And I hope that's not the case here. but it just bothers me that somebody would take advantage of a situation like that. and turn it into, I don't know, political fodder.

For a podcast? I don't know about that. 901-260-5926, our telephone number. That's 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show.

You know, I love and appreciated the way Billy Graham handled his conversations and his confidences with the presidents over the years. And he was a counselor, a spiritual advisor and counselor to many of our presidents, going all the way back to Harry S. Truman. As a matter of fact, It was Dwight Eisenhower who credited Billy Graham. with his decision to get baptized.

And to really double down on understanding what it meant to be a Christian. But it wasn't always like that. And back in, gosh, it was 1950. Billy Graham actually got in trouble and really hurt a a relationship he was building with Harry S. Truman.

And the reason why is that they were having a meeting in the White House. And after the meeting, Billy Graham and his team went out. There were all these media folks there, the photographers, And they actually Reenacted the prayer they prayed with Harry S. Truman right there on the lawn of the White House. And Harry S.

Truman. Really became enraged, and he felt like he had been betrayed. And was used Um because he believed he was granting Billy Graham a private audience and not a press event. And he actually denounced Billy Graham at the time, calling him a counterfeit. And years later, Billy Graham actually admitted that he had.

He had made a mistake and he had abused the privilege and actually apologized to Harry Truman, and then they were able to repair whatever damage was done to the relationship.

So, all that to say, this Connectal guy, I mean, it's yeah, he's got a massive we got over 2 million on TikTok. Maybe, just maybe, he can repair any damage if any damage has been done. But, Dylan, you raised an interesting point during the break. Yeah, and I you know, I like Stuart's content. I think he's doing the Lord's work by going out and evangelizing and debating and.

Setting the record straight on his theology and the correct theology. But I just think that he's doing more harm in this particular situation. And hopefully this was just a lapse in judgment or a mistake and not some sort of grifting situation. But And he's opening up the He's opening up a lot of False theology that could be coming Baron's way because of this. I mean, if he is truly close to.

You know, becoming a Christian, believing in God. Like You're opening up a lot of False. Preachers and potential actual grifters that are wanting to get to him and probably reaching out to him about. Oh, this is how you this is how you get to salvation. This is how you Get saved, and I don't know.

It's definitely more of a private conversation. between close people that Baron's close with If Stuart's a close mentor, him, Baron, someone else, not on a podcast. where millions of people probably saw it. All right.

There you go. It's a great point you raise. It really is.

So let's hope everybody learns their lesson from this, but geez a loop. Could you imagine, though, you go to your pastor? This is what gets me about all this. Let's just say you go to your pastor and you've got an issue, and you want to talk to your pastor about this issue. And then a couple of weeks later, your pastor's sitting down for a podcast interview is, oh, yeah, yeah, I had a chance to talk to Starnes the other day.

Let me tell you what he's been going through. You're like, wait, what?

Now, if I'm that guy's, if that guy's my pastor, I'm thinking, uh-oh. Uh oh, I should have gotten an NDA. You don't want to have to get your preacher to sign an NDA, right? Exactly. That's never a good thing.

I mean, you Catholics know all about that. It's you go into the little booth there. You know, I've always wondered something about that. You know, because the whole point of the booth, right, and you have the little sliding window thingy there. Um the priest isn't supposed to know who it is.

But I Is that true? You see, I think the preacher would know who it is. His ears are probably really strong. He's probably recognized voices. Oh, I guarantee.

Yeah, right, you would think so. Oh, it's you again. We got to get a local priest on to talk about that. I've got questions. Years ago, ABC was broadcasting an exorcism.

This was like back in the late 80s, early 90s. And they actually dispatched me to the local Catholic church. And they wanted to see if I could watch the exorcism with the priest and doing like a blow by blow. And to that point in my life, I'd actually never met a Catholic. I mean, I'm a Southern Baptist, you know?

God's people. And so we're the chosen ones.

So, anyway, I went down there. They were all very gracious. And, you know, you had the nuns, and then you had the priest. And they welcomed me in, and I was just a green reporter. I barely had a journalism school.

And the priest opens the door and he's holding a six-pack. A Budweiser, but one was already missing because he was drinking it. And so he welcomed me in and he goes, You want a beer? And I said, No, I'm a Baptist. I'm like, what's going on here?

So, anyway, he did a great job. Very nice guy. We became friends, longtime friends. And he was giving he was like, oh, that's not how we do it. That's I was just like, you know what cops are?

You watch the cop shows, and the cops are, oh, that's not how you arrest somebody. That's not how you put the handcuffs on, you know. Oh, that's not how you get the demon out of. What are you going to do? All right.

901-260-5926, our telephone number. That's 901-260-5926. Coming up. We've got a TPUSA item to share with you. And no, it has nothing to do with Candace Owens.

That thing is a mess. The whole thing is a mess. And here's my take on it in a nutshell: shame on everybody. Because this doesn't have to be dragged out, right? This is a very simple thing.

Accusations have been made, accusations have been levied. If they're not true, take Candace Owens to court. And if they are true, admit it and just. Move on. But it seems to me.

Again, litigating this in a podcast is not the place or the platform to do this. And you know who's really hurting here? It's the country and America's young people because they deserve better than all this. They deserve better than all the fighting and all the hullabaloo that's happening around Turning Point USA right now.

So, my suggestion to both sides is to get a grip on this, folks. And then let's move on with saving the country. Can we do that? Is that Can we just do that? Can't we all just get along?

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All right, welcome back, everybody. This is the Todd Cearns Radio Program. Let's go right away to our Patriot mobile newsmaker line and say hello to our good friend Steve Gill, the publisher of TriStarDaily.com. That's TriStarDaily.com. You know, Steve, we before we get into politics, we were talking about the earlier we were talking about the um the bowl games and the number of teams that are are declining to participate, uh chief among them the uh Notre Dame Cry and Irish.

Yeah, I think crying Irish is the right uh term. They didn't get into the big dance, so they decided to, you know, take their ball and go home, which Yeah. I think it's sad in two ways. One, it's depriving their seniors of a chance to show their skills and just show that they deserve to be in the college football playoffs. Second, this gives another two or three weeks of practice.

that's basically a little bit more than than spring practice that teams have. It's a chance to improve your team, to improve the skills of your younger players. And I think, again, it's a short sighted decision by the university, both in terms of the prestige of getting to show their their skills on a national level and at the same time not working next season by getting your players better better, letting your younger players get more practice content. Steve, I I'm wondering, du is clearly there's something broken with college sports right now, no doubt about that. What is the answer here?

Is this something that the president needs to step into? Is this something that Nick Sabin can lead the charge in? I know a lot of people have been talking about that. What say you? If there's anybody that people should and would listen to, I would say Nick Saban is the guy that has forgotten more about college football and how to fix it than most of us will ever learn.

Yes, I think that the The structure of letting teams that don't play anybody significant during the season play in lower-level conferences. You shouldn't be competing for the big boy trophy when you don't play big boys during the season. And God bless these lower-level conferences. We saw last season when a Boise State shows up and gets obliterated. I think we're going to see some of that this time as well.

When you don't go through the grind of playing really good big teams throughout the season, I don't think you've earned your way to play in the big boy playoff at the end of the season.

So I think, first of all, this automatic allowing teams in who come from a conference that doesn't have the rigors of whether it's the Big Ten or the SEC, I think is a disjustice, is a misjustice of who are the best 12 teams to be in, not who gets a pass because we want some teams to feel better about themselves. I would like to see them expand the numbers, but if you get 16 teams, And no buys in the first round. If you're not in the top sixteen of teams that have really played people, then you really don't have a legitimate shot at claiming you ought to be the champion. Fair enough there. I want to move over to politics, where it is Looking like it's about to become a mess in the House of Representatives.

There's a report out over the weekend that at least 20 new Republicans are getting ready to either announce they're going to retire or resign from Congress. What's going on here? I don't recall another time in political history where something like this has happened.

Well, and you're seeing some on both sides of the aisle. You're seeing some Democrats hitting the exits as well as Republicans.

Some of them are in the almost prematorium range of age when you've got the Nancy Pelosi's and the Mitch McConnell's in their late eighties who are deciding to exit. That's certainly understandable. They should have left a long time ago. You have about two dozen that are seeking higher office, whether they're like Marcia Blackburn in the Senate leaving or not, she's not leaving, she's just running for governor. You've got John Rose, who is not running for reelection for Congress because he's running for governor.

You've got a lot of these folks that are running for attorney general or for lieutenant governor or for governor in their state.

So they're exiting for the political ambition. Yeah, and then again, I think the tight nature of the split in the House, it's not fun. I know our friend Tim Burchett gets very frustrated that they can't get any done. And most of the folks that go up there are wanting to actually make things better. And when you've got a narrow majority, a one or two seat majority in the House, a two or three seat majority in the Senate, It's frustrating that you aren't actually making progress, particularly when the Democrats are absolutely 100% aligned to oppose anything they think might help the country or might help Trump.

So I can understand their frustration. I would just say I think things will be better in 2026. I think the economy is going to improve. The big, beautiful bill is going to kick into effect. The tariffs are going to start to bring more opportunities for our farmers, in particular, to sell into other countries.

The economy is going to improve next year. Gas prices are coming down. And I think these people who are exiting because they think they might face a losing hand next season are being short-sighted.

Well, I do know that the White House earlier this morning put out a blurb about the gas prices coming all the way down. And this is what they have to do. They've got to do a better job of explaining, hey, prices are coming down. May not be as quickly as you were expecting, but the prices are coming down. And I think, again, they've got to be careful, Saj, you're exactly right.

You've got to make the case of this is where they were, this is where they are, this is a dramatic improvement, but the best is let to come. I don't think telling people well, you know, you don't You're just wrong if you think prices are too high. Look, we always feel like prices are too high, but I think showing that they have dramatically come down, that we are improving the way our dollars can extend at the grocery store and the gas pump. But I think the president and his team need to make the case of the best is yet to come. When we get the interest rates down by Jerome Powell finally leaving at the Fed, that's going to lower the cost of buying a car on time, a mortgage.

Those things are going to dramatically improve the economy. But I think we're going to have to see that in the next several months before people believe that. No, I think you're right. And I do think it's interesting that a lot of people are starting to sound the alarm bells on Mike Johnson. We've been doing it for a very long time on this program.

But what do you make of that, that so many people are now speaking out?

Some are doing it on the record, some off the record, but clearly there's a lot of anxiety right now within the Republican caucus. Yeah, part of the problem, and I think a huge part of the problem is, again, you've got a two or three seat majority, and we've got a lot of rhinos that comprise that narrow Republican majority. Again, the difference in Republicans and Democrats is the Democrats will go lockstep in opposition to Trump in just staying together as, quote, their team, because they're all focused on power. There's no other excuse for why a party that is composed of helping illegal immigrants. And labor unions would hold those two disparate groups together.

You've got Folks that are absolutely adamantly on opposite ends of policy. Again, you're pushing Palestinians, you're pushing Islam, and at the same time, you're trying to claim that you are in favor of Israel. I mean, they are only held together by their pursuit of power, not policy. Republicans tend to be more policy-oriented, so we will disagree on policy and stick to our guns. And it's hard to navigate that when you've got such a narrow majority, and you've got so many in that.

not conservative majority that are pulling against what What the President and what Mike Johnson want to see done? I feel like, Steve, and maybe you can walk me off the ledge here. I feel like that we are really working against the clock here, and we have got to start ramping up deportations. I just my concern is that things do not go well in the midterms. And we are not going to be able to deport.

We're not going to be able to get rid of the hundreds of thousands, well, the the millions of illegals that are that are in the country. And that's going to come back and bite us in 2028. I can't talk you off the ledge because I think your concern is legitimate, but take a half step back so you're not looking for a wind gust to knock you off. I think you're exactly right. We have to deliver.

And keep in mind, the Democrats have blocked a lot of this with their Obama appointed Judges that have simply thrown roadblocks into getting these things done. They get their temporary restraining orders, and then it works its way through. And the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court are pushing back on these things. But it takes time.

So, a lot of the things that the Trump administration has tried to do have been blocked by these political hack judges who aren't ruling on the law. They're ruling on what benefits the Democrats, what hurts President Trump.

So, I think you're going to start to see more progress on those issues as they you know, move their way through the courts. But We were told by Elon Musk, oh, we're going to cut $2 trillion when we found that Doge had discovered. And then it became a trillion, and now they're talking about a half billion. You know, you've got to cut the spending. We've been told there's hundreds of thousands of people who are dead people collecting Social Security and SNAP benefits.

Start prosecuting these people.

Somebody's been getting that check.

Somebody's been getting that money that is not dead and not legitimate. Prosecute them. You start seeing people perp walked in handcuffs to the courthouse. That'll stop others from continuing the fraud. We've got to be more aggressive in that arena.

Well, we do. And I also think we have to use the power of the purse. And the president does have that authority. This reporting out of Fox today that ICE warning Illinois officials. That they're warning that Illinois officials are releasing violent criminal illegals despite having active immigration detainers.

And we're understanding here, we're talking about. Almost 2,000 criminal aliens. With active detainers, have been released onto the street since January of this year, Steve. I say pull the plug on the federal funding right now. Just get out there and say, here's what we're doing and here's why we're doing it, and be done with it.

Absolutely, and make the Democrats continue to go out and hold their protests. Wanting to keep Memphis unsafe, D.C. unsafe, Chicago unsafe, by not wanting the National Guard there to help law enforcement to reduce the crime in those cities. And at the same time, make them defend these criminal, horrible, violent criminal illegals being released by their friendly judges back onto the streets to commit further crimes. And then let's really target those that are the millions that are here that are driving illegally, working illegally, committing identity fraud illegally.

Being here illegally is just the first step. There are massive numbers of crimes that are being committed by the so-called good illegals that shouldn't be ignored. If you're driving illegally without insurance illegally, working illegally, committing identity fraud to work illegally, how many crimes are we going to tolerate? We shouldn't tolerate any of them. Mm.

All right, Steve, we're going to have to leave it there. Great intel, as always. And folks, go check out TriStarDaily.com. Great website. Again, TriStarDaily dot com.

Steve, always good hearing from you. Thanks, Todd. Talk to you later. All right.

We'll check in next week, every Monday, right here on the Todd Stern Show. You get a chance to hear from Steve Gill and what he's up to. He played ball at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, went on to get a law degree. Great guy. And we appreciate his analysis both on politics and sports.

By the way, Senator Tom Cotton out of Arkansas says this There is no constitutional right. For illegal aliens to cross the border, have a child, and give that child U.S. citizenship.

Now Cotton has introduced a bill confirming that no child is eligible for citizenship if the parents are illegals. And I'm curious how you think about that because the Supreme Court is going to be considering birthright citizenship. And clearly, When our founding fathers were putting our founding documents together, they had no idea that illegals would be coming here to this country. to have children. That was not in their thought process.

at the time. But this is clearly something that we've got to get a handle on. And Tom Cotton is introducing some legislation to do just that. All right, got to take a break. 901-260-5926.

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So this holiday season, if you're baking for loved ones, or just for yourself, reach for Kerry Gold. It's the butter of choice, and your pies, your cookies, and your cakes will thank you. Uh So, I have a question for you, ladies and gentlemen. How How satisfied are you with the With the number of deportations that have already happened, do you think the administration needs to be ramping it up and hitting the gas on deportations? And the reason I ask this is there is a lot of reporting out there over the weekend and today.

that Christy Noam may be on the hot seat, And Christine Ohm, of course, the the Secretary of Homeland Security. And there are some frustrations. And again, this is coming from multiple separate news agencies.

So you can, but again, they're far leftists.

So, what are you going to do? You can either buy it or not, but there's enough smoke here to tell me that there's something not right. They're saying that there's great frustration within the White House because Nome is not moving fast enough to build out more detention centers. with the money that was approved in the big summer spending bill. Also, multiple governors have called Trump personally and voiced frustration over Nome's handling of FEMA and disaster relief funds.

I'll tell you this. I mean, I appreciate the work they're out there doing, but it is not enough, it's nowhere near enough. And I'll give you an example. Again, we're so thankful in the Memphis area because we have seen such a massive change in culture in just a few short months. But the same thing needs to be happening in places like, for example, Minnesota.

And Maine and New York City, where there are massive hotbeds of radical. um radical Islam and America hatred. And we've got to go in. And the problem I see is this, and it's the same problem that Israel had. And hear me on this.

One of the issues with Israel and the war against Gaza, clearly the United States was telling them to slow roll it. What Israel should have done with Gaza, they should have gone in immediately. And they should have it should have been shock and awe. That's what they should have done. But they did not do it.

And as a result, the war dragged on and on and on. And what happens? And we saw this happen in 9-11. In the aftermath of 911, Peter People got tired of it. And that's what's going to happen here.

Because night after night, you know how the media is playing this. The media is playing this like, oh, Trump's going after all the black and brown people.

Well, that's simply not true. But it doesn't matter. The media is the media is pounding this message here that sweet innocent people who came here to clean our bathrooms and pick our lettuce, they're the ones getting deported. And that's again, sooner or later, this is going to turn against the White House and the polling numbers. And I'm just going to throw this out there.

I don't like buying poll numbers, but the administration loves it when the poll numbers are great, and they don't love it when the poll numbers are bad. And I get that. But the reality is This administration has a messaging problem right now. They're delivering on every single thing that we asked them to do. We went to the ballot box in record numbers and we asked the administration to do X, Y and Z, and the administration's doing that.

The problem is they're losing the narrative. and they're letting other people set the narrative. That's the issue. I mean, honestly, that's the biggest issue I've got with the administration.

Now the House of Representatives, that's a completely different issue. But I'm just curious, ladies and gentlemen, what is it that you want to see the administration do that they have not already done?

So we'll take your calls on that. Got to take a quick break here. And in the meantime, head over to ToddSterns.com. Check out all of our great stories, including a wild story about Chick-fil-A, which we will tell you about at the top of the next hour. Hang tight, everybody.

This is the Todd Sterns Radio Show. Live from the Liberty University Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, it's common sense conservative commentary from Todd Starr. Shut the back! It's right. I love this American.

And hello, everybody. This is the Todd Stearns show broadcasting coast to coast, border to border across the fruited plain. Your voice of truth and hope across this great nation. Uh wow, let's get right to it. Uh our telephone number, by the way, if you would like to call in 901-260-5926.

Again, that number, 901-260-5926. Two six. Let's go to Gainesville, Georgia. Steve is on the line. Hi, Steve.

What's going on today? Hi, Todd. I just wanted to ask you about Congress and Senate and when are they going to codify this Executive orders that Trump's got in place and also put together a health care plan, which they've been telling us since twenty fifteen, They were going to deliver in 16, and now they're telling us. Oh, yes, we have to put together a plan. Ten years later, Where's the plan?

Steve, it's a great question and one that we've asked on this program many times. And the administration is going to have to get Congress together, and they better come up with a plan very quickly. But as far as codifying the President's agenda, that's on Mike Johnson. And when you take eight weeks, nine weeks off, And you don't do anything, well, you know what? There's a price to pay for that.

So the reason, I think the question we ought to be asking is the reason why. And I believe it comes down to a very simple answer: that the House Republicans and Senate Republicans do not want the President's agenda codified. Otherwise, they would do it. Right.

Took all that time off. during the shutdown and so frustrating they could have got all this stuff done then. Yes, no doubt about it. They could have. They could have done so much during the shutdown.

And instead, they did not. And it's just it's a wasted opportunity, and we're just not going to have a lot of time, especially moving into next year. And I just want to warn everybody, don't do not do not expect this Congress to do anything that's going to make you happy. Because they're worried about their own reelection.

So all of that comes to an end after the first of the year.

So the clock is really ticking here. Steve, thank you for that call. By the way, Zoran Mamdami is now telling illegal aliens how to stand up to ICE agents. This is all going to end very badly for New York City, and you can't blame Donald Trump, right? Donald Trump has he's bent over backwards to try to help Mandami.

He could have read him a new one and tore him a new one in that Oval Office gathering, but Trump didn't do that. He tried to hand an olive branch to Zoron Mamdami. And what is Mamdami doing? He's taking the olive branch and he's smacking around law enforcement.

So, my encouragement to you folks in New York City is hunker down. We don't want you in Tennessee. I really know that sounds terrible, and it goes against every fiber of my southern being because we're a hospitable bunch here. But sweet mercy, we don't need your liberal politics down here in Dixie. We really don't.

Unfortunate that that's what's happened, but well, there you go.

So we've got an update to this crazy story we told you about last week. Christian leaders across the nation are really upset with Chick-fil-A, saying that Chick-fil-A has waffled on same-sex marriage. If you remember, it was more than a decade ago that Christians rallied to Chick-fil-A's defense when the gay rights activists were really trying to shut down Chick-fil-A. And the reason why is that Dan Cathy, the son of Truitt Kathy, the founder, said marriage is between one man and one woman, which is what the Bible says. But anyway, there's clearly been a cultural shift over the years as the family gets older, the grandkids come in, they've got jobs now, they're as woke as all get out.

And now a Utah franchise is openly celebrating gay marriage. They posted photos on their Facebook page. And the photos are two guys that got married. The gushing grooms, one of them, the groom is holding the other groom in his arms. Right in front of Chick-fil-A.

Now If this in and of itself was just a one-off, okay, great. But in recent years, Chick-fil-A has actually stopped donating to a number of Christian ministries and a number of Christian charities, which is their right, right? They can do that. I mean, they're a private company. They can do whatever they want to do.

But it's sort of weird seeing how Chick-fil-A was reliant upon Christians back in the 2012s. to pull their chicken fat out of the fire. Instead, Chick-fil-A is donating to groups that funnel the money to organizations that sponsor Drag Queen Storytime. And of course, Governor Mike Huckabee. You know, came out and said, now Ambassador Huckabee came out and said, that's it, we're done.

He regrets ever ever coming to Chick-fil-A's defense, and a lot of other Christians do as well.

So, a lot of folks are now wondering, okay, well. What's going on here? Did Chick-fil-A just did they pull a fast one on us? Is that it? This was all just a marketing ploy to endear themselves to the Christians under what false pretense?

I mean, because the chicken's good. Don't get me wrong. It's a great fried chicken sandwich, but I can spend half as much money and get a fine chicken sandwich down at Bojangles. They'll even say my pleasure.

So it does sort of make you wonder. And Chick-fil-A is coming out, and they're media people, and they're saying, oh, well, We never told these Christians to go out there and defend us. We never told them to do that.

Well, no, but you strongly implied that we ought to. And now I think I'm regretting it. Geezaloo.

So anyway, Chick-fil-A taking traditional values off the menu. And I hope it works out for them, but it will it is a slippery slope. And do not folks, do not be surprised when Chick fil A decides to open on Sundays. I'm telling you, it's coming. It's coming, folks.

It's coming. 901-260-5926 And can I just say that the waffle fries aren't that good? I'm kept. Is that wrong of me, Dylan? It might be wrong.

For now. I'm a McDonald's fry guy. You know, I think they started cooking them in different oil. Those bastards.

Okay. It's not the same. Bunch of godless heathens running Chick-fil-A. Yeah.

Well, they try with that cauliflower thing, right? They definitely tried. That's what it was. That lasted, what, a day? Oh, yeah.

I've got a chapter in my new book on that. An entire chapter. on chicken cauliflower. Oh, it's a terrible decision.

So again, why mess with the same thing with McDonald's? Again, McDonald's, the whole thing was you can go wherever you want to. It doesn't matter what McDonald's you went to in America, you were going to get a Big Mac which tasted and looked like a Big Mac. Everything was, I mean, it didn't matter where you were. They had continuity.

And now they still have continuity everywhere you go. It's bad. Franklin Grant, you know what they ought to do. They ought to. They ought to contract with Franklin Graham, who is the most popular.

McDonald's lover in America. Franklin Graham can fix what is broken with McDonald's in like 30 seconds. And I got to give props to our local McDonald's in Germantown, Tennessee, where I live. They are running a tight ship there. And they're very happy and cordial.

They don't like, you know. When you ask for a change back, it's not like they try to stab you. Or they want to fist fight you. I love that in a fast food restaurant. By the way, the Arby's next door to the McDonald's went out of business, Dylan.

Oh, no. No more Arby's. You know, I actually like Arby's. That's my hot take.

Well, Arby's actually has one of the best fish sandwiches around. I'm sorry. I know. The fish stuff of the fast food, I can't. And Wendy sucks.

Wendy's always sucks. It's terrible. Yeah.

They got rid of the salad bar and they used to have back in the day they used to have oh, correct somebody's gonna call in with this. They had a salad bar. They had a tonko bar, And they had another kind of a bar, and I can't remember what somebody will call them and remind, but that was back in the day, and people loved Wendy's. You were either going to get the the burger, the single, and you know why? Because they had the square patties.

How did that come out of the cow, mommy?

Okay. It's not square. It hurt. It hurt, children. You know, they tried to sell me a potato instead of french fries once.

Wait, what? Yeah.

They said we're out of fries. Would you like a potato? I'm like.

Well, you could make the potato. You can make the fries, can't you? Because you have the potato. No. No, I get the potato, not the fries.

That's the craziest thing I've ever heard. Haven't been back. Wow. Wendy's for you. I was reading a report where people are now getting a little tired of like the Chipotle brand, where you have to go, you have to stand in line and you want this and that and this and that.

And they're saying that people are, your generation is getting tired of that. I can see that. The fast food, the DoorDash era. Yeah.

Yeah.

I could see that. But I think if Wendy's would just bring back the salad bars and actually hire nice people. They would be okay. Marketing guy. Hey, look, it's all about the frost.

Well, it's like Franklin Graham. He's right. They bring back those fried apple pies because those baked apple pies are horrible. But back in the day, they used to have, and I remember that apple pie. He says it's like 500 degrees Fahrenheit.

I mean, it's. It'll kill you. It's kind of like. It's like a nuclear bomb in your mouth. Of deliciousness.

Oh yes, a nuclear bomb of deliciousness.

Okay. That's a good line. Yes.

I like that. All right, let's go to what were we talking about? Oh, Chick-fil-A. And so that's the problem: is that as soon as you just take that turn, you get off the exit ramp. And you abandon your founding values, it completely falls apart.

Which is why you got Boy Scouts selling Girl Scout cookies. All right, let's go to John in Kentucky. Hey, John, what's going on?

Well, first of all, Mr. Starns, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving because one of my favorite dishes at Thanksgiving is sweet potato pie. But anyhow, oh, well, nothing wrong with sweet potato pie, my friend. That's the only kind of pu that's what yeah, that's what God intended for us to eat at Thanksgiving. I also wanted to give you a bit of encouragement, Todd.

You have inspired my family and I to lose weight, and I've to date I've lost thirty five pounds and my wife's lost over twenty. Wow. Congratulations. No, this is because of your encouragement, okay?

So don't when when sometimes people give you a hard time, Tell them the pound salt because there are a lot of us out there that believe in your message. But my serious question is: I got to cut back on my salt, actually. Yeah.

The salt intake that's a little high. I'm sorry. Go ahead. Go ahead, Pastor John. I got a serious question, and I'll have my notepad and listen to your commentary.

Todd, you made some mention about Oh, Congress goes on nine weeks of vacation and they don't want to seem to codify President Trump's agenda. Do you and you mentioned about their reelection campaigns coming up The question I have for you, because you speak truth. I read all your books. Your books are amazing. Do you think they're just plain scared?

Or are they just speaking out of both sides of their mouths? Because honestly, Todd, I know your friends, a lot of these senators and congressmen are acquaintance with them, but it just seems like they don't really want to codify President Trump's agenda, which would make America much better.

So I just wanted to hang up and listen for your response. But again, thank you for your encouragement on our weight loss journey. You rock. In the spirit. Love you, brother.

Thank you, Pastor John. How did, Dylan, how did I do that? Every time I lose a pound, I gain two.

So I'm not quite sure I'm inspiring anybody. We live in the South. It's not your fault. Or it's like, dear God, I don't want to die young.

So. Exactly. Maybe that's it. I don't know. I want to answer his question.

You know, I'll answer it this way, Pastor John. I do know a lot of these people. And look, they're all good people. And I get it. I've been in Washington, I've been in New York City, and it is easy to get sucked into that culture.

You know, one of the things that I did to maintain my southern street cred when I lived in New York City is I came back home quite a bit, and especially for the holidays where I didn't have to work. I would be back in Memphis. And I did that for, gosh, the 15 years. That I was at Fox News channel, I did that. I will tell you this, and I'm not going to name names because, again, this is all happening in private, you know, in private circles.

There are, for example, I'll just you he he's basically wondering if these lawmakers are two-faced. I know three or four lawmakers that they would tell you to your face, oh, I'm a teetotaler, I only drink iced tea. The house wine of the South. I don't t I don't partake of the of the fermented fruit. Those guys are They're hauling back bourbons like nobody's business in private.

And I'm just saying, be honest, you know.

So, if you're going to lie about something as silly as that, what else are you not going to be truthful about? That's all I'm trying to get at. Oh, got to take a break here. Oh, Noah from our great station in Pascagoula, Mississippi, said Wendy's also had a baked potato bar, Dylan.

So they could have just grabbed a baked potato, to your point. Chopped it up and put it in the deep fryer. That's what I'm saying. They didn't want to. There was something else, though.

They had a taco bar, the baked potato bar. They had the salad bar. There was one other, anyway, 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern show. All right, let's go to Georgia.

Stan is on the line. Hi, Stan. What's on your mind today? Hello, Mr. Darns.

I just wanted to tell you the best way to get a good order of fries from Chick-fil-A. is to specify that they cook them well, done, no salt. You get a great order of fries every time if you do that. Oh, you can.

So you can have the fries your way. And I just thought it was burgering, but they'll do that for you at Chick-fil-A. Yes, sir. Every time we do that at Culvers as well, I don't know if you have a Culvers in your area up there, but we do the same at Culvers. And the fries are great, both Both places like that.

Stan, I just I want to go on the record. I've only had Culver's once and I forget where I was traveling to. Um and I tell you, I am so impressed with that restaurant. Great little restaurant chain. Yes, sir, it is.

They have fantastic products. They're They have the concrete mixer with the custard in it, and I wish they had never come to town, to be honest. We haven't seen any of that.

Well, no, I know exactly what you're talking about. All right, Dylan's already taking notes over there.

So you can. Dylan, do you like your fries extra well done? I do. I just don't want to have to ask every time. But, you know, if that's what it takes, then I guess I'll do it.

That's how you get the best pri in Chick-fil-A. Do that every time and you won't regret it. Stan, thank you for the advice there. You see, you'll learn something new every day on this program, and it's not just politics.

So we try to help you on the culinary side as well. Let's go to Phil in Gainesville, Georgia. A lot of Gainesville folks listening to the radio today. Hey, Phil, what's up? Hey, Todd, first time caller.

Love you show. Wendy's 1980s was a pasta bar down in Marietta. A pasta bar. Yeah.

That's it. All right, awesome. Hey, I wanna kind of jab at you. The last two callers from talking about cloudifying. what President Trump is doing.

I didn't feel like he answered him, man. I'm just mad. I'm so mad that Congress is not getting the President's agenda accomplished. I know it takes a long time, but they just need to make it simple. Frickin' use AI if you need to write a bill and get a lawyer to read it, but they've got to get this done when it comes to.

Immigration, when it comes to a budget, when it comes to health care, when it comes to Social Security. Just we're struggling out of here. Get it done. Phil, we we are. I don't know why.

Why are you mad at me? No, no well, I felt like you didn't answer the guys that you've got the same concern as I do.

Well, I told him. I said, you know, the reality is he wanted to know why they're not doing it. And I explained, I don't think they want to codify the President's agenda. Otherwise, they would have already done it. I mean, it frustrates me.

I'm fighting mad about this, and I could scream every day on the radio, but I don't want to subject you guys to that.

Okay, so you did say that, and that kind of shocked me.

So tell me more.

So educate me, I'm listening. Why is that? Are they just rhinos? Why is that? Yeah, it is.

It is a uniparty system in Washington, D.C. And unfortunately, we don't have the numbers of America first lawmakers to overcome that right now. And I think ultimately, Phil. That's the reason why. But no, I am frustrated.

And if they would just codify the president's agenda, I guarantee you everybody's approval ratings would shoot through the roof. Phil, I got to run, but thank you for that call. We're going to go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Let them go back to where they came from. What is your response to that kind of language from the President?

It reminds me of Third Reich type language. You know, it's reminiscent of Nazis talking about poisoning the blood, calling people human garbage. It's just disgusting, and it leads invariably. to tragic, horrible outcomes. in Rwanda where there was a genocide It was preceded by rhetoric calling people Cockroaches.

Whenever the most powerful man in the world. is using his pulpit to dehumanize Americans This is a very concerning, tragic moment. And we have to all denounce it and say no to it Because these things have a very, very bad history. uh when we allow this kind of language uh to just go unaddressed. All right, so there you have it.

They're coming after the President now, and anybody who has any objections to all of these Somalis Somalians that we brought into the country We open up our arms to these folks, and they turn around and they want to literally destroy our country and turn it into Somalia. As a matter of fact, there is a state lawmaker in Maine who is on the record as saying that ultimately her allegiance is to Somalia and that the point of America It is to use our tax dollars for the betterment of Somalia. This is. Unacceptable. And again, it goes back to a very simple issue.

What exactly is America for? Are we to become the United States of Somalia? Is that the end goal here? And I hate to break it to all of these limp-rested, woke evangelical preachers out there. But they're coming to this country to destroy Christianity.

That's what they're. And all you Jews, you better wake up. Because they're coming after you too. And all of you LGBT folks, they're coming after you. You better be very careful what you wish for in this country.

I'm telling you, it is not going to be a good thing. 901-260-5926 is our telephone number. That's 901-260-5926. Want to play some audio here? This was on C-SPAN, all right?

This is not some sort of a far-left block. It's not on PMS now. This was on C-SPAN. All right, and this is a black guy. Explaining what we have to do to the white people.

Of the world. Take a listen to Cut Seven. And the one idea is how. we are going to exterminate white people because that, in my estimation, is the only conclusion I have come to. We have to exterminate white people off of the face of the planet to solve this problem.

Now I don't care whether you clap or not, but I'm saying to you That we need to solve this problem because they are going to kill us.

Okay. Um, a couple of things here. First of all, I want to believe this guy. I think he's I appreciate his honesty that he wants to kill people of the Caucasian persuasion. those of us who are assaulting Americans.

He wants to kill us. I get that. My concern the number of people that were applauding there. Because I suspect there are a lot more that wanted to applaud, but were afraid they might be, I don't know, videoed or filmed or something. But they want to come after us.

They want to kill us. Just want to point that out. Oh, here is State Representative Mana Abdi, a Democrat. Explaining to all you people about how bad it is here in America. She says it's worse in America than than in her home country of Somalia.

Cut number nine. Anything.

So coming into the States. Everything from the snow to, you know, the housing, the homes that we were all of a sudden occupying, everything was a shock, honestly. Every day was something new, and I'm like, oh my god, this is just getting worse. Yeah, so.

So, what state did you guys learn first of all? Kansas. Kansas City. Of all places. Yeah.

It's like a boot camp for Maine, basically. Oh, really? Yeah, because it's just like, right? Like, I mean, anyone who lives in Maine knows Maine and has ever visited Kansas. They will know what I'm talking about.

It's just. This is a lot. Interesting. Is that true? I mean, is it that bad in Kansas City?

I was just in Kansas City a couple of months ago on our book tour. We had a lovely time. And you know, she talks about the housing.

Okay, well, let's take a look at the average house in Somalia. The average Somalian is living in some sort of a, I don't know, god-forsaken. Like tent structure. Are are you kidding me? They don't even have working plumbing over there.

And not only that, I'm just going to say it. Even though I'm a Memphian and our barbecue is the best, let me just say that. I think they got some pretty decent food, including barbecue. Over there in um In uh Kansas City. Lord knows what they're barbecuing in Somalia.

I don't think I want to know.

So there you have it. 901-260-5926. Our telephone number. That's 901-260-5926. Now Dylan, I want to ask you a question as a member of Gen Z.

There's a new theme going on in the fashion world. And it turns out that Gen Z is now embracing a new aesthetic. And instead of the the jeans down to your you know butt crack below your butt crack. to the exposing of the underpants to the hoodies That there's a generational shift now, and apparently, a bunch of folks, a bunch of guys, are. Are now ditching the hoodies, and they're wearing slacks and the quarter zip sweaters.

Have you seen that? Yes, Todd. I am so glad you've said this. The quarter zip is coming back. And I don't know how to say it.

It's just, it's back. Gen Z's wearing quarter zips. Is that a good thing? It's a great thing. I think you're less likely to get shot by the Popo.

Definitely. I think um This really just kind of represents just dressing better overall. I think that's the gist of it. But like, you know, holiday seasons come around, it gets colder. It's just a pullover, and the zipper is just a quarter zip, but it you just looks better and it looks nice.

That's what I think it is.

So people are now like getting rid of like the streetwear, the Nike, is it Nike Tech is what they're calling it, right? What is the Nike Techs? Is that the shoes? I think so. I don't have it.

Anywhere they're saying along with this.

So, like, guys now, they're they're and they're not talking in street slang. You know, they're talking, it's really funny. You're laughing. Yeah.

But you know, it comes with the dress. It is.

Well, it is. And people are. Also, drinking matcha, which is apparently a part of this whole thing. The commercial appeal, among other newspapers nationwide, asking the question: why are Gen Z men wearing quarter zip sweaters? And they're saying it's taking off because audiences are ready to steer away from the Nike techs, a casual athletic garment.

They want to be different. They say it symbolizes grown man attire. And it eludes elegance, sophistication, and confidence. Do you have one of these sweaters in your I have several quarter zips? Do your quarter zips exude?

Elegance? I think so. Sophistication. My wife would say so. She says: take off that t-shirt, put on this quarter zip.

You're like, yes, dude. My whole outfit's just fine after that.

Okay. They're saying that the man makes the clothes, the clothes do not make the man. Matcha lattes are another key component of the look. They represent expanding personal palates and being open to new experiences. According to one of and there's this guy from Ghana who's like a fashion tr fashion expert, and he's got millions of followers over on TikTok.

And he actually lives in the Bronx. He says, you're not used to seeing people drinking matchas and wearing quarter zips coming where I come from as a young Ghanaian man from the Bronx. Just expand your horizons in this life. That's the reason for the matcha. I tried matcha.

Have you had it before? Yes, I have. I can't. I can't. It's like they put like the front lawn in like a blender.

Yeah.

And it it's like liquefied lawn club. That's essentially what it is.

Okay. I tried it and I'm like, ooh, can't you know. My palettes just fine. I don't think I need to expand that. The quarter zip, sure.

It didn't even hit my palate. My tongue was like, oh no. Yeah, we're not doing that. Yeah.

We're not doing that. Toilet was nearby.

So I'm oversharing.

So I'm not for me. I don't. Ha ha ha ha ha ha. I am curious, though, ladies of the Todd Stearns radio show audience, do you like seeing a guy that's dressed up, you know, dressed for the occasion? Wearing slacks and wearing, do you wear the slacks?

Dockers, you know, wearing something that looks appropriate as opposed to, you know, walking through, you know, the worst thing I ever saw in my life, Dylan. There are some guys walking through downtown New York City, and they had the, I don't know how their pants stayed up. Because it was like The the butt crackage was almost completely exposed. And clearly, they should not have been wearing white underpants. Mm.

That's impressive, actually. I'm like, fellas, it stays on. Their pants stay on. It's really impressive because you have to walk a lot in New York. You do.

So if you do cancer saggage, I mean... It's not a lot that's holding that up. But if you're gonna wear that style, if if you're gonna embrace it, you gotta make sure you've got clean underpants. Nobody wants to see that. I don't think the ladies find that attractive.

They can't. I don't think that's possible. Not at all. Not at all. All right, well, there you have it.

The latest fashion trend, and I think it's a good thing.

So, there's this video clip going on. And I didn't think it's humorous, but it tells the story of a black woman and her black boyfriend, and she is stirring him. She's fixing him a a cup of hot matcha. That he doesn't know about. I need to set this up so you'll understand what's going on.

And that then he immediately transforms himself.

So it's actually the matcha, drinking of the matcha, which is sort of this magic elixir. That changes you from a street hood to, I don't know, a, well, whatever quarter zip guy is. Let's take a listen. Hey, babe, can you turn down some please? I feel like I'm better, huh?

Bro, they're calling me high and I'll bet him I'll drop She's mixing it. Let me get something to drink. Can you say please? Let me get the drink! You can have it.

Fight on. Uh oh. Ooh, got a little grassy taste to it, but it's alright. What a twin? There's a drink ticket YA's out.

What it looks like? It's green! They call it matcha, Twin? Matcha. Twinchi.

Here it comes.

Some way! What did you do? Hey, you wanna play a round of golf? What? Can we talk about the political and economic state of the world right now?

What's happened to me? What? Open up, Twit! What's up, Twit? Twit?

Twin? Oh no, I'm an only child. You need some help? I'm good.

Well, alrighty then. Nice to meet you. Hey, Twitch! Hey, Twitchill! Chill!

Two! Ha ha ha ha! Cheers to that.

So, I think the funniest part about this, Dylan, is the big band music in the background.

So they went from like rap and hip hop to big band music. Yeah.

Is this are they mocking? I'm just sorry. Are they mocking us or is this like a real thing? It might be a little bit of both. A little bit of mockage going on there.

I think so, yeah. The quarter zip thing has been has been going around for a couple months now, but this video is, I think it's a little bit of mocking and a little bit of like, this is trendy.

Well, I'm just going to look, I don't mind saying this. I mean, if I'm walking down the street and I see, you know, some guys coming to me, coming, you know, directly at me and they've got the hoodies on and the whole, you know, it's, I don't know. You know, you here in Memphis, you think about those kinds of things because you don't want to get shot.

However, if I see a couple of guys with, you know, quarter zips coming down, I'm not too I'm not too worried. Does that make me a bad person?

Okay. No, I'm not profiling. I'm just saying I'm maybe a clothing profiling. Maybe that's what it is.

Okay. That's fair. That's fair. Is that fair? It's fair.

It's fair. There's no harm in the quarter zip. Nothing could go wrong when you're wearing that. That's true. Nothing is going to go wrong.

I I would yeah, if you're coming up to me, let me put it this way. You got two guys coming up, one coming up in a hoodie with the pants down to the whatever, the lazoo, and the crack showing. I'm thinking, uh-oh, I'm about to get robbed. If I see a guy coming, the same guy coming at me with a quarter zip, I'm thinking, oh, he's going to sell me insurance. Life insurance.

I'm just saying. 901-260-5926. I think I'm in trouble. We'll be right back. Wow, I feel like wearing a quarter zip.

Uh Keep the music going a little bit. I like this, Dylan. Um. Oh yeah. I'm definitely feeling the quarter's up vibe.

By the way, Dylan, this guy, his video, nearly twelve million views. Oh my God. This is insane. More than 2 million likes. I guarantee you, most of the likes came from women.

Yeah, I bet you they are. I bet you he's a bachelor now.

Well maybe that was his real girlfriend, I don't know. Yeah, I think he's kind of. He pats for the other team there. Uh-oh. Yeah.

You can still be a bachelor. The full zip. Um not quite sure what that means. But let me say, according to the reporting, this is more than a simple social media trend. They're actually sparking a cultural shift in the young male audiences.

I guarantee, I would guarantee you, this is actually being sparked by women, the young girls who would prefer that their boyfriends not look like street thugs. Absolutely. Airports are gonna look so nice. Airplane, airplane decor, and dress wear on the airplane, just wait. Wow, I would love that.

No more sweatpants. Oh, thank goodness. Or SpongeBob pants. Yeah.

I'm sorry, if you're a grown adult and you show up to work in SpongeBob pants, you're fired. You're gone.

So now apparently the quarter zip crowd, they've been congregating in malls and organizing large-scale meetups. And I guarantee you, I guarantee you, no gunfire, no fights. Everybody's sitting around looking at their 401ks. Oh, geez. I think they really are mocking us.

Now that I think about it.

So there's a guy named T. Payne. Who is that? Is that like a rap artist? Oh, yes.

T. Payne. I thought he was a doctor. Yeah.

Anyway, T-Pain. He has posted a photo of himself to Instagram with the caption 401k and a quarter zip. He's a very well distinguished gentle gentleman. Is he really? I love T-Pain.

He he makes really good music.

Okay. All right, I'll take your word for it. Is there any of it that we actually used during the show? Oh, yes. Really?

Yeah.

All right.

A couple. There's not all. Not all.

Well, who's the other one? There's Ice Cube. Ice Cube. Is that right? Ice P Ice T.

No, is that ice? Ice cube? Ice Cube or Ice T? Ice T is I think it's his brother. Yeah.

And then there's sweet tea, and he's a little, okay. He's a singer. We don't judge. Yeah.

Oh, is that true? Is there such a thing as sweet tea? I don't know. Ice Cube is real. Can we get back to talking about Reba?

Reba McIntyre and Dolly Parton? Yes, please. There you have it. All right.

Well, good for you, all you young men. You know what? You look good. And you look good, you feel good, and your 401k is kicking. Good for you.

And the ladies are very happy.

So happy holidays. Merry Christmas. All right, 5 o'clock Eastern, the Todd Starn Show. I will be wearing a tie, but not a quarter zip. And we're going to be back tomorrow, right here, same place, same radio station.

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