Should Ilhan Omar Be Sent Back to Somalia?

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Time. Starns and hello, America. Welcome to the Todd Starns Radio Show. Tis I, your host. Todd Stearns, your voice of truth and hope.

Across this great nation. Great to have you with us. Today, everybody, and thank you. We have a lot to work through on the program today, and I want to give a shout out to President Trump, doing a terrific job out there. On the campaign trail, and I chuckle when I say campaign trail because you would think that Donald Trump would never ever again have to get out on the campaign trail.

He does, and it really has nothing to do with him. It has everything to do with the Republican Party. It's in shambles right now, and the Republican Party, I think nationwide, is lost. They don't have any sense of who they are or what they stand for. And it's very clear to me that And when you looked at the voting numbers from 2024.

We're going to go back in time for just a moment to the 2024 election. And it was very clear when you look at the actual numbers that people were going out to vote for Donald Trump and not necessarily the Republicans who were running for the House or the Senate.

So Trump did so well that clearly they rode his coattails to victory. The problem is in the midterms Trump is not on the ballot, and that is leading to a lot of consternation among politicos. that and especially among Republican politicos. That this could end up being a disaster. I know Laura Loomer is very alarmed at how things are going.

And I know the White House is trying to portray this in a very positive light. The reality is, the only reason Donald Trump was in Pennsylvania yesterday. is because the Republicans are in danger. And we know from Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, she was doing a sit-down interview. They're doing a lot of interviews these days.

And Susie Wiles was saying, Hey, look, we're going to have Trump out on the campaign trail as much as humanly possible. And I I think it's I I've no problem with that. I think that's great. I the President's very entertaining out on the road. He really connects with the audiences.

And you know, when we and we'll play some audio from some Pennsylvanians. Who did interviews and they love the guy. They love Trump. As a matter of fact, if Trump were on the ballot in 2028, I think he'd win. I really do.

And so Trump is out there, and the only reason he's out there is because the Republicans need him. They are still trying to figure out who they want to be. And there's really a, and there's a civil war brewing. It's not even brewing, it's underway. There's a civil war being waged in the Republican Party, and it's happening at the national level, it's happening at the state level, and it's even happening at the local level.

Where you have, and I'm just going to, I'll do my best here to try and lay out the warring factions. And we're going to get to the Democrats because they've got massive problems. As bad as things are for the Republicans. What's happening right now in the Democrat Party? It's off the charts.

That party's done. They're toast. I mean, it's the spokesman for the party now is going to be one Jasmine Crockett.

So, anyway, the warring factions, you've got the evangelicals. Who came into the party fold back in the late nineteen seventies? With Jerry Falwell Sr. and Pat Robertson, and the launch of the moral majority. That was the first time that evangelical Christians really exerted any sort of political influence.

And it really concerned the The establishment Republicans.

So much so. Do you remember John McCain? Remember John McCain? John McCain actually called evangelical Christians. This is back in the 1980s, I believe it was the 1980s, that he called people like Jerry Falwell Sr.

and Um Pat Robertson. And a lot of the evangelical leaders call them agents of intolerance. That's what. That's what the establishment really thought of the evangelicals.

So you got the evangelicals, and they had been wielding. quite a bit of power up until the last couple of election cycles. And so then you've got your establishment Republicans, your Republicans in name only. Those are the traditionalists. Those are the traditional Republicans who really want nothing to do with the uh well with with the evangelicals or with the working class.

They're all about big business. They're all about protecting the Chamber of Commerce. That's who those people are. For them, it's about the bottom line, not so much ideology. And so then you've got the populist wing of the party.

In there. And the populists are the ones who came in back in the day when Ronald Reagan was president. We called them Reagan Democrats. These are people who have been disenfranchised from the Democrat Party. They're coming into the fold, and they certainly, many of them are not evangelicals.

Many of them are not culture warfighters. Those things don't matter to them at all. And then there's a new sect, if you will. The anti-Israel crowd, and I don't want to call them the Jew-hating crowd because that's insulting, because I don't think many of them are Jew haters. I think they've got a big problem with this idea that the administration is putting the wants and the needs of Israel ahead of the American citizens.

I think that's way off base. That argument is way off base. But still, that is a growing and expanding wing. Do we want to call them the Graper wing? Is that what we want to call them?

Because they are growing quickly and they are going to be very powerful.

So, you've got four different factions within the Republican Party. And it's not that they hate each other. I don't think they hate. I just think they Dislike. Dislike is a fear word.

No, they don't hate. But they do dislike each other. And I think there is a trust issue within the Republican Party right now. This is all solvable, by the way, which is why I'm bothering to bring it up. The Democrats, they're screwed.

I mean, that's it. They're done. There'll be a Communist Party in two more election cycles, if that. By 2028, we'll be talking about the Democrats being communist. They may even go through a name change.

But the Republicans, all of this is salvageable. We just have to figure out a way to work together if that is in fact possible. But right now, you've got people I can let's take Mike Hockabee, who's a good friend of mine. I like Mike Huckabee. Mike Huckabee is a conservative, but he's not conservative enough for some of the people in our party now.

Matter of fact, some people are calling Mike Huckabee a traitor because he embraces Israel. I mean, it's been shocking. I don't know what day it was. I forget the day before I was busy and I was. Wiped out, went to bed early.

And I was exhausted, slept great. I had my beautiful my pillow. I was sleeping on the Giza dream bed sheets. Had pleasant dreams. Woke up the next morning and I found out that I'm some sort of a flaming anti-American Zionist.

And I'm like, whoa, where did that happen? What's going on there?

So that's sort of where we are at all of this. And so last night. President Trump doing this rally. And I realized that the Republicans have really never learned. You know, they're trying to emulate, they're trying to be like Trump.

But that's not how you're going to win elections. You're going to win elections by delivering on your promises. And that's what Donald Trump has done. That's why Donald Trump got another crack at the White House. That's the reason why.

So all these Republicans out there trying to be like Trump, it's not working. And in some cases, they're trying to go back and embrace. The values that put the Republican Party in the minority in the first place. And that's not working. Just take a look at what happened in Miami.

For the first time in nearly 30 years, Miami's mayor will be a Democrat. There was a situation, there was a vote in Georgia. You had a special election there. for a State House seat. That area, that district went to what, Trump plus 22?

Back in 2024 and the Democrat won. These are all little Warning signs. This doesn't mean that, you know, the apocalypse is upon us. It's just, We've got some work to do here. And we're resting on our laurels, and we can't rest.

Our laurels must be active. and engaged. We cannot be sitting upon them. And if we do bad things if we do that, it's going to be a disaster in In the midterms. And we've got to get this figured out because, hear me on this.

These guys are about to leave Washington. And they're about to go back to their homes and they're going to march in the Buck Snort Tennessee Christmas parade. And that's it. Nothing else is going to get done until mid-January. And by that time, we are going to be knee-deep in the midterms.

So nothing's going to get done. Trump is frustrated. He's lashing out. And he ought to. Because it's his agenda that is the winning agenda.

And look, things are working here. We're focused on the economy, and I know it's taking some time here. This is not going to get fixed overnight. And I know what the President said.

Well, day one, we're going to get the economy fixed.

Well, it's a process, and if you really thought the economy was going to get fixed in one day, well, I hate to break this to you, but you're a certifiable borod. But Trump is doing a great job. I mean, gas prices have been plummeting. And as gas prices plummet, you're going to start seeing the prices of things at the supermarket getting back to where they should be. But Biden nearly bankrupted this country.

I mean, it was a mess. It was a mess.

So, I'm feeling confident that we're going to have a great-looking economy. By the time the midterms roll around, the question is: are Republicans going to be able to go back home to their voters and say, This is what we did. This is how we made President Trump's. Platform Come to life. This is how we did it.

If we can't do that, then the question voters are are going to ask is, well, why should I send you back to Washington? I mean, you're no better than the Democrats. And it's true. We need leadership. In the House of Representatives.

We need leadership, strong leadership in the U.S. Senate. And we can't we cannot play By old school Republican Party rules. Right, this is not some sort of a cocktail party. This is not some sort of a croquet match.

of the lawn down at the country club. That's not what this is. We are in a West Side Story street fight. That's what's going on here. And you got to figure out which side you're on.

And you're going to have to show up to the fight. And that's the problem with these. I mean, you've got the Democrats out there, they're showing up. What is it? Barack Hussein Obama said: if they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun.

Eric Holder? When they go low, we go lower. That's what they said. That's how they're fighting.

So we're I mean, we're sending our people into battle. And they're Brooks Brothers' finest. You know, ready to, I don't know, engage in some fisticuffs. and they're going to shive you in the back. with I don't with a toothbrush that they whittled down to a point.

And that's what's going on here. Jeez a loop. It's not even frustrating. I'm just laying it all out here, folks, because this is where that's why Trump is out there. And this is what bothers me.

Trump is, what, seventy nine, seventy eight, seventy nine years old? This man doesn't need to be out there doing these big rallies. He doesn't. He needs to be focused entirely on his agenda. But he's he realizes that if this is going to if this is going to work, he's going to have to drag the Republicans back across the finish line again.

Quite frankly, he ought to be sending Marco. And JD out there. Let them start getting some bona fide street credit. Heck, I'd even send Ron DeSantis out there. Let's use these rallies as a chance for us to figure out who's coming after Trump.

That's what I say.

So, anyway, we've got some great guests coming up. We're going to be talking to a great Republican operative out of Miami to help us figure out what's going on there. Also, Kansas City. They've officially banned Christmas decorations at City Hall. We're going to talk to a City Councilman there to find out what the heck is happening in Kansas City, Missouri, of all places.

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President Trump has addressed a lot of my concerns, brought the price of gas down. No two ways about it. When it comes to the economy, how would you create his job performance? Fantastic. Confident that the tariff policies are working?

Yes. How's the Trump economy treating you? It's doing fine. It's been rough under Biden. Things don't happen overnight.

I mean, it takes time. It took time to bring it down. It's going to take time to bring it back up again. I think the tariff policies will come into effect and start to work because it's going to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. It's going to help Stable the middle class and rebuild the middle class.

Tourism is very important here and. There's a lot of people that work in the service industry. I'm the owner of an Italian restaurant, and I'm glad that my employees will have the benefit of no tax on tips. Yeah, I think when all of those things kick in after the new year. I think there is going to be a significant change in attitude there.

But I'll tell you this: gas prices are sure coming down. I mean, they were what, on average, $5 a gallon during the Biden administration, and I am paying what about $2.50 a gallon. Uh where where I'm at. This uh Denver T V station They went back into their video vault to show exactly how low prices are getting. Cut number 12.

Yeah, we opened the Fox 31 video hall today to find that story. This was June of 2001. Drivers complaining about gas prices. At the time, hovering around $1.70 or $80 a gallon. Tonight, we're finding that, again, our crews spotted one gas station, this one near Evans in Quebec, advertising $1.69 a gallon.

And this time, drivers are not complaining at all. Fox 31's and a coon with what's behind it. Gas is $1.69 a gallon right now at the Quick Trip on the corner of East Evans and South Monaco Street. That's the cheapest price you'll find across the state, according to GasBuddy, and also one of the cheapest in the entire country. There was a long wait line at a Denver shell station this afternoon on the corner of East Evans and South Quebec Street.

It's surprising to see the lines. I've never seen this line before. All those drivers looking to fill up the tank at just $1.69 a gallon. Since I've learned to drive, I don't know if I've ever seen prices that low. Yeah, I'm loving this.

I was just checking lowest gas prices in Memphis: $2.16 a gallon. That's not too shabby. Where is it? It's no, I'm not going to tell you 'cause I don't want to create like a panic.

Well, I have a Kruger membership, so I'm actually It's actually at the Costco. On Hackspot. Oh, that's not surprising. Yeah, that's great. But Exxon, Dodges, Murphy Express, all around $2.17 a gallon.

That's a lot better than five bucks a gallon. I can, and when I was in California back before Trump got elected, it was almost seven dollars a gallon in some places. Insane, just insane.

Alright, Ilhan Obar, ladies and gentlemen. Do we need to deport this woman? Did she commit immigration fraud? We'll find out what President Trump has to say about that. 901-260-5926.

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is an illegal alien. And the crowd in Pennsylvania, not big fans of Vilhan, they're chanting, send her back. Take a listen. Do we have any individuals from Somalia in the group? Please raise your hand.

That's for Minnesota, you know. That's called the great big Minnesota scam with one of the dumbest governors ever in history. I love this Elon Omar, whatever the hell her name is, with the little shoe, the little turban. I love her. She comes in, does nothing but bitch.

She's always complaining. She comes from a country where I mean, it's considered about the worst country in the world, right? They have no military, they have no nothing, they have no parliament. They don't know what the hell the word parliament means. They have nothing, they have no police.

They they police themselves. They kill each other all the time. I love it. She comes to our country and she's always complaining about the Constitution allows me to do this. The concept, we ought to get her to hell out.

She married her brother in order to get in, right? She married her brother. Can you imagine? If Donald Trump married his sister, beautiful, she's a beautiful person. If I married my sister, To get my citizenship, do you think I'd last for about two hours, or would it be something less than that?

She married her brother. To get in, therefore, she's here illegally. She should get the hell out, throw the hell out. She does nothing but complain. He called it the Her Little Turban.

Is that what he I'm sorry, I didn't pay attention to anything else after that. Yeah, President Trump. Is flat out saying that she committed immigration fraud. And if, in fact, that is the case. I think she needs to go back.

And I think an example needs to be set. I don't think that's going to happen, but that's what should happen. Because until we start playing hardball with these people, they're not going to straighten up. But again, according to the president, this is so disgusting. She married the brother.

And she's been married a couple of times, not doing well on the family side of the ledger there. But she's been divorced, she's got remarried, she's got another guy. And I'm still trying to figure out how this woman, a refugee from Somalia, Is now worth $30 million. Anyone want to explain that one? How is it this woman is worth $30 million?

We are looking at well over a billion dollars in fraud committed by the Somalian community there in Minnesota. That number, we've been told, is actually going to go high. Higher But I think when you look at what's on the minds of people, aside from the economy, number two is crime, and number three is immigration. And number two and number three are pretty much tied together because a lot of the crime, a lot of the violent crime being committed in this country is being committed by illegals. But could you imagine?

What Minnesota could could become. Could you imagine what Dearborn could become again. If they just rooted out all the America hatred. And I'll take it a step further. Let's say that you come to this country, you become a citizen, and then you turn on us, and you're marching in the streets protesting our nation, you're burning our flag, you're gone.

Your citizenship is revoked and you go back to where you came from. Because those are not the kinds of immigrants we want in this country. We want people coming here that are going to assimilate. We want people that are going to come here because they love our country. And they may have some sort of a skill set that can make our country even better.

It seems to me those are the people that we ought to be. recruiting and bringing to this country. Instead, We're firing a bunch of American people working at places like Wawa and 7-Eleven. and Wendy's or wherever, and we're replacing them with H one P visa holders. What's up with that?

That's just insanity. Just insanity. 901-260-5926 is our telephone number. That's 901-2600. two six zero five nine two six.

Ilan Omar says she never married her brother. Yeah, I deny that too. That's. What do the reporters think she was going to say? Oh, yep, I did it.

That's disgusting. Anyway, got to give our good buddy Grady Judd a shout out over in Polk County, Florida. Did you hear this crazy story?

So, there is a youth athletic organization, and they have a big national football championship tournament. in Polk County, Florida. And Grady Judd is he's a no-nonsense sheriff down there. I'm telling you, he doesn't mess around.

So anyway, there was a team from from Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia area, The 14 and under football team. And before the big game, they were playing the Cocoa Tigers. And before the big game, I guess Dylan, they needed a, you know, they made the long trip down from Philadelphia, and I guess some of the guys forgot. you know, their shoulder pads and, you know, some of their shirts and things of that nature.

So they went to Dick Sporting Goods. and they commenced to pretty much ransacking the place. They sold almost three thousand dollars worth of merch. They stole? Stole.

Oh. I mean, looted the store. Wow. Over $2,200 worth of merch. They were caught in the act, eight of them.

Eight of the football players of the 14 and under football team And some of them look like they're in their 20s. Right. I don't think, you know, those baseballs, remember back in the day? The Little League World Series scandal where you had the with the thirty year old. Yeah, I think that's Bench Warmers, that movie.

Yeah. He he pulls this card out. He says, I'm I'm thirty. It's like, why does your 12-year-old have a full beard? Why is he throwing 90 miles an hour?

Why does he look like Willie Robertson? What's going on here? Uh So, anyway, Grady Judd having a lot of fun at the press conference. He said instead of warming up on the field, eight players. went to Dick Sporting Goods and stole over twenty two hundred dollars in merch.

Look, here's the deal. You're going to get caught. Oh, so the coach shows up, right?

So I think they took an Uber. That's the other funny part of it. They took an Uber. And then they called the coach. The coach shows up and the coach tries to talk the Sheriff's Department out of pressing charges.

And we're talking about Grady Judd here. Those guys are going to jail. They're going to jail. And so, anyway, the coach, and that's the problem here: is that the coach should have said, you know what, Sheriff, you do what you got to do. You do what you gotta do.

So, anyway, and they caught him dead to rights. Everything's on video. And uh they How do you? These are not the best of the brightest. I'm just telling you, not the best of the brightest.

So, anyway, good for you, Grady Judd, and we appreciate law enforcement all across this great nation. And look, let's just hope these boys learn a very important lesson. Let's hope that they understand that if they go in there and they try to steal something from a sporting goods store, they're going to get caught. They're going to go to jail. Because Polk County, Florida is not Philadelphia.

They don't play that kind of game down there. At all. All right, 901-260-5926 is our number. That's 901-260-5926. Got a bow to pick with all of you folks in Georgia.

What's going on here with your Congressman, Hank Johnson?

Now, this guy, he's a Democrat. He's from the Atlanta area. And he's on a podcast, and he's calling our great nation, the good old US of A, the Great Satan.

Now, this is the same guy who was very in a congressional hearing. This is a great story, Dylan. You've heard of Guam. It's one of our territories, right? Yes, yes.

Guam is an island in the Pacific, right?

So we were, they were having a hearing about putting more military troops on the island of Guam. And Hank Johnson actually asked from as in his position as a congressman, he was he had a very, very big concern. He was worried that if we put more military on the island, the island would tip over. Yeah. Okay.

Georgia's not sending their best of their brightest to Congress. Apparently not.

So, anyway. He sat down for an interview, and I want you to listen to what Hank Johnson had to say. Yeah, we are the world's number one bully. And we're using our immense unrivalled power. To um rule over Uh Those who have less power.

And we're doing it with impunity. And this sends a shocking message to the world. That America is indeed. Uh the uh What did they used to call the great hand of Satan or something like that? I mean America Under the Trump regime.

is demonstrating that that moniker was uh Was entirely accurate. The great Satan, that's what we have become in this country. All right, there you go. That's your guy, Georgia. Hank Johnson, your congressman, Calling the United States of America the Great Satan.

You know, here's the deal, um Hank. And he uh clearly this is not uh the brightest bulb. And I don't know if you know what the deal is with his education, if he just prefers to be ignorant, if he has some sort of, I don't know, mental deficiency. I'm sure President Trump could come up with a word for that. But I would tell you that the United States is the most exceptional nation in the world, Hank Johnson.

We literally saved the planet from the fascists. Without us, most of the world would be speaking either German or Japanese right now. And yet, have we made mistakes in our history? Absolutely, we've made mistakes. But you know what?

We fixed those things. Remember what uh the great patriot Stephen Decatur once said. And I'm going to paraphrase this here, folks. My country, right or wrong. Take some pride in your country.

You know, maybe Hank would be happy going back to Somalia with Ilhan Omar. 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show. As the holidays approach, it's time to return to the classics. Flaky pie crusts, perfectly browned butter, and cookies with just the right texture.

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Has banned the number 67 from its order ticketing system. Apparently, they've been having some big problems. Whenever workers at the In N Out call out number orders, the number sixty seven will not be among them. And the reason why, they say every time somebody would shout out sixty seven, The teens would swarm the counter to film these viral videos. You've seen these, Dylan.

It's really crazy. Yeah, this is quite literally the dumbest trend that my generation has ever come up with. Oh, apparently, this is a Gen Alpha craze. It's not Gen Z now. Gen Z is just as bad with this, too.

It's like every single kid, if you say this the number 6, 7, like you can just forget about the rest of the conversation. It's not going anywhere.

Now, we had a grandma call in who reached out to an expert on this matter, her grandson, and who said it means nothing. Yeah, it's literally. But I don't know about that. It means nothing and everything. No, because now we've got some new intel.

According to this report. The phrase has ties to rapper Skrilla's song. Did I get that correct? Skrilla. His song Doot Doot.

But it's still unclear what it means. It's wow. The other culprit is 69. They took out 69, which is an. Internet meme Mm-hmm.

Uh that um is tied to something sexual.

So when you want your burger jungle style and then they call out 69, it could get a little dicey at the end and out. Yes. Yeah. Wow. I'm gonna we're gonna have to check out Doot Doot.

I think so, yeah. Maybe a clean version if there if there's out one. By the way, this is interesting though. Even though In-N-Out says we're done here, we're through, Wendy's has added a 67-cent Frosty. And Pizza Hut has 67 cent wings.

This needs to die. This does not need to carry on. No. This is bad. All right, let's go to the phone lines.

901-260-5926. Jeff from Gainesville, Georgia has some intel on Hank Johnson. Hey, Jeff, what you got for us? Todd, appreciate your show. Wish you good health, so I can listen to you for many years.

Thank you. Um Hank Johnson, you got to remember, in Georgia, we're not real smart. But they did replace Cynthia McKinney With Hank Johnson, which You know how Hank Johnson sounds, but he's a rocket scientist compared to Cynthia McKinney. Um And you got to remember also Hank Johnson is one that thought Guam would tip over if we added any more troops or military hardware to to Guam.

So yeah, he's not he's not high in the Intelligence category, but he's a rocket scientist compared to what we had with Cynthia McKinney. Wow, I forgot about that name. She uh that that's a that's a blast from the past there. You know, it's uh a modern day comparison would be like replacing AOC with Jasmine Crockett. Yeah, she was the wild-haired AOC for Georgia.

I remember that. Wow. Well, I'm glad that you guys are aware. I mean, that's an important thing. I just don't understand why they keep sending this guy back to Congress.

You would think. That some young gun out there, some young buck, would get up there and say, you know what, we can't be having somebody like Johnson up there. I mean, the islands are tipping over for crying out loud. I appreciate you, Show. Jeff, thank you for calling in, and thanks for those kind words.

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So there you go. Coming up, we're going to be talking to Angie Wong out of Miami, and she does a lot with my radio or with my TV show, Newsmax. And so we're going to get her on the show to figure out what happened down in Florida. Also, this item just crossing the news wires. A federal judge in California now blocking the Trump administration from sending in the National Guard into Los Angeles.

They've been ordered to return control of the guard. to Governor Kevin Newscomb.

Now, Trump just needs to ignore these orders. Again, we got to start playing hardball with these people. Right. I'm just done playing. You can't play nice, kind, gentle politics with these Democrats.

It is like smash mouth politics. And if you can't do that as a Republican, then you need to step aside when your term is over. That's what you got to do. Because we can't be messing around with this kind of stuff. Can't do it.

So anyway, we'll be talking to Angie Wong coming up. Also, City Councilman Nathan Willett from Kansas City has the lowdown on this crazy story. They're banning the baby Jesus, banning Christmas decorations from City Hall in Kansas City. Also, we have an update for you folks in North Carolina. Remember, we had this guy on.

The uh the state rep from North Carolina. And he exposed the school district down there that was making the little second and third graders read a book about Santa Claus being married to some gay dude. Which would imply that Santa is gay too.

So it was like black gay Santa Claus. got married to some white dude. And all I know is, and this, and it's like a storybook for children. And Dylan, all I can tell you is I was scrolling through the pages of the storybook. And the elves, you could tell it was the the look on their faces, they were afraid to sleep at night.

Those poor elves. God love them. They're gonna quit. Yeah. It's we're gonna retire.

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Your voice of truth and hope in rather Interesting times. We'll just leave it at that. Wow. Hope you're doing great today. Thank you for listening to the program Hour Two of the Big Show Underway.

And trying to make sense of a couple of races. We've got these special elections. We've got a few more coming up later this month. And people are trying to extrapolate something from these races. And I do believe that we need to be paying very close attention to the mood of the country, what's on the minds of the voters, and it's very easy if you are in Congress.

If you are in the White House to sort of get sucked into this inside the Beltway bubble. Where you know Washington DC, by and large, does not represent. the heartbeat of of America.

Well, I want to go to our Patriot Mobile newsmaker line and say hello to our good friend. She is a Republican strategist. She's a member of the she's a Miami committeewoman for the Republican Party of Florida, Angie Wong. Angie, good to f have you finally on the radio show. Hey, Todd.

Always good to hear from you, and thanks for having me.

Well, you do a great job. You know, normally it's you and Steve Gill, you and Dalton Glascock and you guys we just don't have a lot of time on the T V show to sort of, you know, mix it up and do a deep dive into the issues. But the the T V side's a lot of fun. Yeah, always. It was always good to be on.

So thank you again for having me on.

So let's talk about this mayor's race down there. The headline from thehill.com: Democrats flip Miami Mayor's office, winning control for the first time in nearly 30 years. How big of a story i is that in Miami? Love to turn this little molehill into a mountain. And they're now saying it's a bellwether for the midterms.

Of course, they're going to take any little win they possibly can. Look, here in Miami, this is another case of New York, Virginia, and New Jersey. The city of Miami is already blue. It went to Kamala Harris in 2024 and it remained blue for Eileen Higgins' win yesterday. I'm, you know, just you know what I'm doing today, Todd?

I'm doing my nails because it's not that big of a deal. And I'll tell you why. Less than 40,000 voters actually voted in the special election yesterday. And it doesn't worry me all that much for the midterms just yet because it was only the super voters that came out. And Democrats were very good at getting them out, whereas Republicans, well, I gotta tell you, got a little bit lazy.

And three-quarters of my city didn't even know there was an election yesterday.

So we need to do a better job going into the midterms. But I do think there's a win here in that Republicans are all of a sudden sitting up. Because this is no longer a fluke, right? The last few local elections, um, well, we didn't do so well.

So now it's time for the RNC to step it up and pour a lot of gasoline into the the fight for twenty twenty six and the midterms and going forward. You see, I I think if you're if you're talking about a wake-up call, it's that every vote matters. And Republicans, you're gonna the best candidate in the world, but if you're not gonna get out, if you're not gonna go and vote, They're not going to have a shot at winning. Absolutely right. And what I my takeaway as I'm doing the autopsy for last night's election is that we did not rule the digital space.

We did not rule the messaging space. Democrats own that and they own the youth vote. And we really, really need to carve into that. Yes, we need to do better. We can't just keep knocking on doors, Todd.

We can't keep just putting flyers out hoping that we're winning. We're playing a very old game of. Of campaigning, whereas they're playing a digital math game that we're not competing in. We're certainly not competitive in that area. We do need to step it up.

And quite honestly, I think Trump and what Susie Waltz has said just recently is absolutely right. Trump needs to be on the ballot, right? Especially if the DMC is making it a referendum on the Trump administration, these future elections coming up. He needs to actually be out there campaigning, even on the municipality races. He's got to be out there because that's what gets people up and energized.

A lot of these candidates, you're right, they're good, but there's no energy behind the race, and that's where we need to clean it up. Yeah, we saw that happen in middle Tennessee in the 7th congressional district, and it really wasn't until the last three weeks. And that's when I noticed I was getting calls. I didn't even realize they had a guy running. The nominee was, you know, pretty quiet, not an extrovert, and not a lot of people were familiar with the guy.

This was a A Trump plus 22 district. They're arguing over whether it was really plus 22, but Trump won it by 20, you know, plus 22 in 2024. Regardless, they just had to get out the vote. And that was the whole point, is that Republicans were so complacent they had to really put the fear of God into voters to get them out. And even still, voter turnout was you know I mean, it was okay, but it wasn't anything to write home about.

No. And you know what? What was so great about November 2024 was that there was rage voting. People could not wait to go to the first day of early voting from both sides, right? Because we were so juiced up over the messaging and over the urgency and over the crisis.

We didn't have that going into these special elections that we've been having lately. And I think that's what we need again. We need the energy back. We need to have a real reason to go to the polls. People get very complacent.

They're like, okay, we voted Trump and everything's fine now. No, we need to have, you know, whatever the issue may be. And that's going to come from the leadership. And that's where I'm a little bit disappointed. I'd love to see the leadership step it up and tell me.

I'm just a committee woman here in Miami. Tell me what I need to do and say to get everyone out. I mean, I could knock on doors all day long. It doesn't mean people are going to be energized to come out. They need a reason.

I'm glad you brought that up because I think there are a lot of young people, especially, and I would say Gen Zers, maybe Gen Alpha will start using that. Phrase that are looking to get involved. They want to be a part of something. Turning Point USA is, I mean, they're launching lots of chapters, but the reality is we need those young people engaged in Republican Party politics as well. How do we do that?

How do we get those kids involved?

Well, one, we have to listen to them and understand what their concerns are, right? And CPUSA has been doing a good job. I'll tell you, I'm looking at the other side, looking at what Democrats are doing, they have a fold-out table on almost every single college campus, especially in the blue cities, registering votes all year round, right? They're completely motivated to sign people up for registering. And what are they telling them at these tables?

Well, you know, guess what? Your college tuition is too expensive. You enter your adult life already in the red. You're in debt, and you're not going to be able to pay off this college loan until your 40s and 50s.

So let the Democratic Party help you out. We're going to get rid of student loans, et cetera, et cetera. And there's a report that came out today saying that $1.6 trillion in debt for students and those who graduate with student loans.

So we have to have a real good solution for that. The other thing that people can't afford is health care, right? I know we're about to get into the health care fight tomorrow in the Senate. Guess what? A lot of households in America, they're one medical emergency away from bankruptcy.

So we need to talk about that. The other thing that young people can't get their brains around is that they can't buy into the American Dream anymore. You have large corporations that are bulk buying starter homes. That is the epitome of the American Dream. It's to buy your first home.

But first-time homebuyers can't jump in the market because they're competing with corporations that are bulk buying homes.

So we need to address that and make that illegal. These are things that the federal government can do if they wanted to. And lastly, I would say, look at the credit cards. The American dream right now is about maxed out credit cards because we're trying to finance this fantasy. We need to put caps on the interest rates for credit cards.

So right now, I don't know about you, Todd. I'm paying twenty percent, thirty percent for my credit card interest. I don't like it. I think we need to cap it. Otherwise, it's loan sharking, legalized loan sharking.

Angie Wong is joining us on our Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line. Angie, I want to also bring up that Georgia, there was a special election in a red-leaning district in Georgia. It was Trump plus 12 in 2024. And the Democrats flipped a seat.

So, again, I think the message nationwide is voter complacency. Are we getting voters out? Of course, back in November, two seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission flipped Democrats.

So there are war, I just treat these as warning signs. It's not the apocalypse, but these are reminders that we have got to be engaged and we got to make sure that we're getting out the vote. And to your point, getting our message out there. Yeah, and look, I was watching Trump's rally in Pennsylvania last night on affordability. All good things, but the These, we really do need to understand what are going to be the key words: gas prices.

Yeah, that affects most Americans, and I understand that on an economic level, but that is not a word that's going to get me up and going to the polls. We really we need to have a different lingo almost to be able to speak to voters and understand what that is. Rent going down for the last four months.

Well, sounds good, but if I'm planning a lease, I'm planning a lease for one or two years.

So, what do you mean it went down? You know, so I think we just need to kind of refine that messaging and what that actually means. If Trump went out and said, Look, everyone who pays their rent on time, everyone who pays their utilities on time, well, that should go towards a good credit scoring. How about that? That would make me get up and vote, right?

So, it just needs a lot of refining. And I know Susie Wilds and the entire Trump team will get there. But at the moment, it's certainly a work in progress. Yeah, and a lot of this has to be coming from the RNC, not necessarily the White House.

So, I would love to see it's almost like they've been non-existent. Normally, back when Rana was around and then Laura, after her, we would be getting media blasts. They'd be wanting to come on the show, talk about the big, we haven't, I mean, it's just radio silence from those guys. Yeah, I'm a little bit shocked too, especially coming off the Miami mayoral race. I know it was a sleepy race, but guess what?

This little sleepy race turned into a national proxy race where it was Trump against the DNC. Where was the RNC in this race? Because they certainly weren't here in Miami, whereas the DNC sent out their heavyweights to Miami to help the Democrat candidate win. And I'm just a little bit disappointed because, look, I mean, we're all here waiting and hungry and ready for leadership to come in and tell us what to do. I mean, I can come on your show and kind of tell you what I think, but ultimately it has to come from the top.

And right now, There's nothing. Yeah. No, I you're not the only person who who said that. And that's concerning because, again, this is all winnable. Democrats are imploding.

I mean, they are becoming literally the party of AOC and Jasmine Crockett and Elhan Omar. That is a very beatable party right there. And so we just can't be making silly mistakes. And you know what? I look at the numbers from last night's mayoral win here in Miami.

Eileen Higgins only won by 5,000 votes. 5,000 Todd. That's like one high-rise building here we could have flipped, but we didn't do that. And we knew all the metrics going into it, even two weeks ago.

So it's just a complete shame that we missed the boat on this one, where it was so winnable. We just needed a little bit of help. And I know President Trump has been helping. Rick Scott has been all over the map here in Miami helping. There's been little pockets of help, but ultimately, we do need the RNC because they come with the machine.

And that's something we just don't have. Like, again, I can knock on doors all day long. I don't have the same digital machine and all the data that the party has. And that could have helped out tremendously, especially with 5,001. More votes.

I think we could have accomplished that pretty quickly. I hope we don't make this mistake again. Certainly, we've got, you know, we've got egg on our face from all this. But Todd, you know this as well. If it's going to get crazy, like having an AOC of the South here in Miami, well, we've got material on the news for the next four years.

So I'm okay with it. There you go, making lemons out of lemonade. All right. Angie Wong, good hearing from you, my friend. Nice to talk to everyone.

Thank you, Todd. All right. AngieWong.com, ladies and gentlemen. That's AngieWong.com, and she is a great Republican strategist, a committee woman for the Republican Party of Florida, giving us a front row view of What happened? And yeah, the RNC, we're just going to have to light a fire under them, folks.

Going to have to do that. Hey, I want to get your take on this. Moms, dads, and if we do have young people listening that they're not in school, I have a question for you. Senator Katie Brett out of Alabama. Is pushing for a ban on social media for American children under.

the age of thirteen. She said ages 13 through 17 have said they feel more negative and more depressed after being on social media. She says big tech has a grip on Congress. Congress's inaction is feckless. I do not have to ask people what it's like to raise kids right now.

I'm living it. She's got two young kids. We know the harms. It's our job to put up the proper guardrails. The time for action is now.

so her proposal would ban social media companies from pushing targeted content using algorithms to users under the age of seventeen. She also says kids should not be on social media until they're sixteen. I'm just curious from our audience, what sort of guardrails have you put up for your children, your grandchildren, when it comes to social media? Do you let them own do they own a smartphone? Are they allowed to get in on the the social media apps?

I remember, gosh, when Facebook first started. Dylan, you had to have a college email address. And if you didn't have a college email address, you were not allowed. On the face mark. And then, like in the 2005, 2004, 2005, they opened it up to.

Regular people. Even then, I don't think I think there was an age limit. Early on. As it should be. Yeah.

I got Instagram when I got an iPhone. But that was a while. I wasn't. I was like 1415 when I got my iPhone. Were you allowed to be on social media before that?

No, and I didn't have a smartphone before that.

So, I mean, I all I had was like text my mom and games on the phone. Which I'm thankful for. Yeah, 'cause now it's like people have lost their their ever-loving minds. I mean, I get it. I can understand why kids will be completely depressed.

I mean, if you feel left out in real life just going to school and you have to sit at the lunch table in the Caffey gymnotorium by yourself. I can only imagine when you're flipping through all the photos of all your friends doing cool, you know, fun stuff. And you're at home. It's a good point.

So, anyway, I'm just curious: you know, what sort of guardrails have you put in place for your youngsters when it comes to social media? 901-260-5926, this is the Todd Starn Show. As the holidays approach, it's time to return to the classics. Flaky pie crusts, perfectly browned butter, and cookies with just the right texture. and one ingredient you cannot compromise on is kerrygold butter.

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I think that's what's really going on. And there are so many videos on the TikTok these days and on Instagram. And on X. And by and large, you're looking at either there are two people groups: either white people or Or immigrants, people who came here legally, and they're just disgusted. They've had it.

There was a lady, and I was going to, Dylan, I was going to send this over to you, but you would have spent 45 minutes bleeping out her language.

So I decided, you know what, we better not do that. Thank you. She's working at a grocery store, and I guess it's one of these 24-7 grocery stores.

So she's working the overnight shift.

So she's doing that job, and then she goes to another job after that job. And she was just enraged because there were two Hispanic folks, immigrants, they could barely speak English. And they were mocking this woman. How do you do that? They had their EBT cards.

And it was insane because they literally, she showed the receipt of how much junk food and all this other stuff, and then they were mocking her for working. People are getting sick of this and they're done. I think people are just done. All right, got to take a break. We'll be right back.

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People. All right. I'm curious to hear from you on this item. There's been a lot of controversy in the past couple of months over evangelical Christian leaders who are supporting Israel. Chief among them, Ambassador Mike Huckabee.

President Trump's ambassador to Israel.

Now Tucker Carlson has come out And he has really said some unkind things to these evangelical leaders, and he's accusing them of betraying their faith by supporting Israel. He was on Theo Vaughan's podcast the other day, and I want us to listen to this clip. This is Tucker Carlson. Explaining why he's got a problem with Israel. Take a listen.

I wish more people were speaking up sometimes, even if they were wrong. I was kind of like. Do you think that enough pastors and preachers didn't speak up during the Gaza conflict?

Okay. That almost blew my mind. Does that make sense to you? It's the most heartbreaking part. I mean, from my perspective, as an American Christian, Protestant American Christian, it's like.

Yeah, of course. I think what Israel's doing is disgusting. I mean, it's indefensible. But my real rage, like what I'm actually upset about, if you're at dinner at my house, I never talk about the I never rage about the Israelis or the Jews at my house. I just don't feel it.

My rage, my actual personal rage. is directed toward My people. It's Protestant, Christian, Evangelical pastors. Who have made deals with the Israeli government or have theology so deranged that they think their Christian faith requires them to support the murder of children, including Christian children. And I know some of them and they believe that.

And that to me is very hard to forgive. Like, I need to be a better person. I need to keep them in my prayers because I really feel hostility toward those people because they are the betrayers. Israel, in the end, is acting in its own interest or what it thinks is its own interest. Those people, what's their excuse?

And they're going out there and giving sermons about Candace Owens on Sunday. She's not in the New Testament. Are they really doing that? Oh, big time. And that is not, whatever you think of Candace Owens.

Like, I love Candace Owens, but maybe you hate Candace Owens. We can all agree that your opinion on Candace Owens has no bearing on the future. of your soul.

Okay, that's not Christianity. It's nothing with Candace Owens.

So like if you are giving sermons against Candace Owens, then you are betraying your people.

Okay. And because you're misrepresenting Your faith, Christianity, and those people. I clearly need to calm down about them because. They're truly the villains in the story. That's my opinion.

Of course, because you're always maddest at the people you know best and like Israel, whatever, go do your crazy Israeli things. But. American evangelical leaders? Defending Netanyahu? And you know how many Christians have been killed in this?

That Israel has murdered? What do Christians have to do with it? Are you telling me their Islamists too now? Oh, it's totally true. And one of the reasons they hate me is because I keep pointing out.

I know that's true, Tucker. Because they've blown up two churches in Gaza and killed people in the churches. What do the churches have to do with this? You're telling me that this is some existential battle between Islam and civilization. That's not true, by the way, but let's say it was true.

Then, why are you blowing up churches? Oh, it was an accident. Oh, really? You have the technology to put bombs in people's pagers, but you accidentally blew up two churches. It was not an accident.

They did it on purpose. They've killed a lot of Christians on purpose. And I'm probably the only person in American media to point that out because I'm a Christian.

So I get to say that if I want. Shut up, Nazi. Why aren't there more? Where are the Christian leaders in this? Yeah.

So now you've pissed me off. Like, this, I'm sorry, man. I didn't know. Whenever we're talking about anti-Semitism or the Nazis or Israel or whatever, it's like it's so fake to me that I'm not, I don't get upset. This is real in the evangelical world, and not all these is a very broad brush.

I know a million, I had dinner next to one last night, who's just a wonderful person, and there are lots of tons of great evangelicals, but their leadership in general has not only refused to condemn it, they've defended it. And at that point, it's like this is the great deception you read about in the New Testament. If this isn't a great deception, Jesus' message is not to kill children, okay? And if you're telling me that it is, I don't need a theology degree to say you are a false prophet and you're going to have to. Pay for what I mean.

You are like taking your soul into your own hands when you say like that. That is so the opposite of the message. This is not a religion of conquest and violence, it's the opposite. Period. How can you read it and tell me otherwise?

All right. So just a couple of thoughts here. And I'm wondering, do you agree with. with Tucker's assessment here.

Now here's the way I see this. Yes, Christian churches were bombed in Gaza. No doubt about that. But Gaza is a war zone. And I would say the Gazan Christians have as much of a responsibility to overthrow their terrorist overlords, that would be Hamas.

as any other godson. But I again, it's for I can't figure out for the life of me why the people of Gaza would want to live in you know in tyranny, but they do. They do. They did not have the moral courage to fight back and overthrow Hamas.

So in effect, when they do that, if you don't have the courage to stand up and do the right thing, and you've got Hamas terrorist, and they've got and again, I don't know, I cannot speak to the churches. But they were using schools and hospitals and playgrounds, they were using all of those areas. To hide? Missiles and to launch the missiles.

So what is it out of this is it out of the realm of possibility they could have planted some of those missiles in the churches? I mean, I think it's possible. It's plausible. Based on what we know about Hamas, But the reality is Gaza is a war zone. Things are going to get blown up.

Israel has laid out to Hamas and the bad guys what it would take to get a ceasefire. Hamas was not willing to do that.

So I have a question for Tucker Carlson. If that's what you believe about Israel, you think they're committing a lot of war crimes for bombing Christian churches in a war zone. Let me ask you this. What about the Americans? Does Tucker believe that American service members were guilty of war crimes when they bombed Christian churches in Germany and other parts of Europe?

Is that what Tucker is trying to tell us here? Or does he only get upset? When it's the Jews that that are bombing people.

Now, I think Tucker would actually have a point if, in fact, you had Israel going out there and just randomly just blowing up a church. That's not what's going on here. They're in the middle of a war, and wars are very bad. Things get blown up, people get killed. Christians and non-Christians.

That's the that's the way it is. But we're heading down a path. And this is going to get ugly. Because it is a generational divide in the Republican Party now, where a majority of people under the age of 40. Really despise Israel.

They loathe Israel. And one of the reasons why is because they're listening to these kinds of podcasts with Tucker and a lot of these other folks. And clearly, they've got a big problem with this. My question, though, is.

Okay, what about what about Cutter? Are these folks being funded by Muslims? Are they being funded by the Islamists to turn on Israel? Is that what's going on here? I think it's very important for people to understand.

We every now and again will have a group that comes and wants to wants to sponsor our show, and we're happy to do that. I've been pro Israel since I became a Christian. That's a very long time ago, well before I had a talk radio program. And I think we have one sponsor, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. Do they influence my personal beliefs?

No, because I held those beliefs long before they became a sponsor. But again, if you're coming out and suddenly, and a lot of conservatives are now being invited on these junkets to cutter. They're being put up in these lavish hotels. They're being given everything on a silver platter. And then all of a sudden, they come back and they love Qatar and they hate Israel.

What's going on there?

Got to take a break. 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Starn Show. You know the other thing I never hear Tucker and all these other folks complaining about, they're like, oh, we're giving all this money to Israel.

Okay, well they're not complaining about all the money we're giving to the Islamic countries. And I don't understand why why is Tucker not bringing that up? And by the way, when uh I was looking at US News and World Report, this is from the the 2023 numbers. The number one country that was getting economic aid. Uh was Ukraine, seventeen billion dollars.

Israel Got $3.3 billion. And by the way, that was military aid. Jordan got over 1.6 million, Egypt 1.5 million, Ethiopia 1.4, 1.1 for Somalia.

So I'm just saying. There's something else going on here. Let's go to the phone lines: 901-260-5926. It's our good friend Professor Murph from Germantown, Tennessee. Hey, Professor Murph, what's going on?

Dr. Starnes, great to talk with you. I'd have a bone to pick with Mr. Carlson and some other pundits. We are not at war with anybody.

Korea was not a war. It was a police action via the United Nations. Vietnam was not a war, it was military assistance Vietnam. through CETO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. All these conflicts we've been involved in in the Middle East are not wars.

In order to go to war, you must declare war. And when you declare war, unless history has changed, there are rules and regulations regarding the fighting of a war. A declared war. Conflicts are completely different. They're one hundred eighty degrees Israel, unless I missed something, has not declared war on the Palestinians because there's no such thing as Palestinians.

Seventy percent of the people of Palestinian descent live in Jordan. And if the Jordanians had solved this problem fifty years ago, None of this would have been going on. But Uh what what is so galling is that these people on television and the radio say we're And war. There's war everywhere. Sure, there's killing and death.

But without a declared war, there are no rules. You can slaughter, and just if you don't believe me, ask Hamas. Read the Koran.

So that's about all I've got.

So When people mention war, they have no idea what they're talking about. All you have to do is look at history. The our actions in Iraq was Iraqi Operation Iraqi Freedom. Desert Shield Desert Storm was a United Nations. operation.

We were merely participants.

So They can run with it, Doc. Look, it's a great point you raise. And Murph, I don't know. Tucker is like a contrary. I don't get him.

You know, he's built a career doing this where he takes, I mean, he may not even believe what he's saying now. I don't know. I don't know. He takes so many different positions, and he's done that throughout his entire career. And he always hedges it by this.

He'll set up the, you know, whatever the narrative is, and then he'll say, Well, I'm just asking questions. That's all. I'm just asking questions. Right. Nothing wrong with asking questions because if you seek, you shall find.

But at the same time, you got to know what to ask And you've got to know definitions. That what went on at uh between what's going on between the Palestinians and the Israelis is it you can classify it as war because of the killing and everything. But it's not a declared war unless the Knesset has declared war on who and who would they declare war on? There you go. That's it.

Yeah, that's it. Murph, good call, my friend. Don't be a stranger. Good guy, right there. Dylan, we have an update on the quarter zip.

The story. Oh good. Yeah. It's not good. Do you wear a quarter zip?

I have a quarter zip. I have several. Yeah, you're a racist.

Okay. I just wanted to pass that along to you.

Well, thank you.

So, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, who's black, They had a They had a quarter zip meetup in Chicago. Apparently, those are things.

So, all these black guys who were wearing quarter zips decided to meet up. And Mayor Brandon Johnson says, All you white people, Well, I I should rephrase that. All of us white people. because yours truly happens to be of the Caucasian persuasion. A lot of people don't know.

But I'm I'm I'm a Caucasian. I'm a hockey. A saltine American, not a cracker. Assaulting American. Anyway, Brandon Johnson says all of us white folk are intimidated by well-dressed black men.

Take a listen. We are the transformation that this city is looking for. But make no mistake about it, there are those who are intimidated by this level of power. Because in some instances, those who held the power before are living in their own guilt and shame. And so they are intimidated by this sight.

But we have to demonstrate to the rest of the world what it means not just to come together for our people, but how our liberation benefits all. You know, this guy just needs to zip it all the way up. That's what Brandon Johnson is. What is he talking about here? Are any of you white people intimidated by a well dressed black man?

I ca I don't know anybody in the world who would be intimidated by s by somebody of whatever color dressing up in a nice suit. or a quarter zip with, I don't know, slacks. Of the Hagar variety?

Okay. I don't know of anybody who would be upset by that. or freaked out or intimidated.

So why is he bringing race why is this race Why is there a racial component to this at all?

Now, I would posit this question to the Mayor. If he's really wanting to go down this path. Is it possible that even some black people are intimidated when they see Young men Late at night, walking down the street in groups of three or four, all wearing hoodies. With their jeans down around their ankles. Their butt cracks fully exposed.

Do you think that might be intimidating to even some black folks? Yeah, I think so. And we've been. Look, I think this is a great idea, and this needs to happen across racial lines. is that the young men of America need to start dressing appropriately.

We've had that conversation on the program. But I am somewhat intimidated. If I saw somebody with a hoodie and holding a gun. Trying to keep their pants up because they have an exposed butt crack. Yeah, I'd be intimidated by that.

But a well-dressed black guy? Mm mm. Not at all. Not at all. What say you, Mr.

Mayor? That's insane, just insane.

So anyway, uh Who knew this zip-up thing had a life? I thought it was, we were a one-and-done story. Here we are, three days later. And we're still talking about this. Crazy.

Anyway, good for you, young men of America, who have decided, you know what, it's time to grow up, it's time to dress more appropriately. And uh it's time to uh bathe on a regular basis. God bless all of you. We greatly appreciate it. All right, gotta take a break here.

901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5927. I'm not. No, I'm. I'm just telling you, if you've been to Walmart after hours, you know.

There's some stink going around. Live from the Liberty University Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, it's common sense conservative commentary from Todd Starr. Right. I love this American Dylan, I'm gonna quiz you. This is fun.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, they have a They have a quiz that they give people wanting to go to MIT. I know you're a music major, but I think you can do this. Oh boy. They say 90% of the people Who were given this quiz, this one quiz question. They were eliminated.

They could not answer this question. And you think I'm going to be the chosen one? I think you can do this. Are you ready for the question? Maybe.

All right. A couple who has five sons went for a picnic. Each son has seven sisters. Each sister has three babies. In total, how many people went to the picnic?

No, no, no, no. You're asking me a math question on the spot here? I'm asking you a math question. I mean, you can write it down if you'd like. Uh they this couple, they've got five sons.

Each son has seven sisters. And each sister has three babies. How many people in total went to the picnic?

So I'm thinking two plus five plus seven. What was the last part? Each sister has three babies. Wait, she didn't say anything about cis?

Okay, hold on. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Fourteen?

So No, I don't think it's not. It's not. The couple has five sons, and so each son has seven sisters. How? And each sister has three babies.

My head hurts. Are you okay? No, you're sweaty. Math was never my strong suit. This is probably not even a math qua.

This is probably like a. A trick question, honestly. Yeah. Trump is president. That's the answer.

Yeah. Have you figured it out? No, I really haven't. You can't figure it out. All right.

I would not make it into this school. I wonder if anybody knows. I'm trying to phone a friend here, and we know Ellen, our call screener, she's not really helping me. Call Miss Janice in New Orleans. Maybe she can help you out.

She can be your lifeline. Please. Can I call my mom? All right. I'm going to say this again.

Any of our audience, anybody knows this? The answer to this question, we will We will honor you. A couple who has five sons went for a picnic. Each son has seven sisters. So five sons, each son has seven sisters.

and each sister has three babies. In total, how many people went to the picnic? 901-260-5926 if you know the answer. I have a new answer, but. I want someone else to get it.

901-260-5926, if you know the answer. What do you think the answer is? Do you mind? No, don't whisper it. I'll.

You want me to say it or wait? Let's wait.

Okay, I'll wait. Let's wait.

We'll wait. I'm pretty confident, though. Are you confident? No. You haven't sounded very confident.

I would help. You had help. Did you get a lifeline? I got my lifeline.

So, if someone doesn't get it right, eventually I will save my answer. Oh, my goodness. All right. Well, we'll take some calls on this. This is a fun question.

Uh Welcome to the Todd Starn Show, hour three. It's your math it's math on the air. Math on the radio. Oh my gosh. W the entire So Noah Britt just Noah Britt from Pascagoula says 35.

Okay. He guessed 35.

Okay. Noah is wrong. I wouldn't have guessed that, by the way. Noah is wrong. This is going to be fun.

So hang tight. Helen's getting to all of your calls. Here shortly.

So, look, I want to play some audio. I want to go back to this. This economic plan of President Trump's. And Fox News is breaking it all down and really painting a very good picture for next year in America. Cut number two.

On tips and overtime, there's a max reduction for tips is $25,000.

So imagine if you are somebody who uses tips as part of your salary or to make your living, that will have an impact. The senior deduction, you have to be 65 years old. It phases out at $75,000. But again, for people who are saying, Gas prices, which are lower, but that food prices are higher, that it's hard for them, that might help as well. There's a no-tax on car loan interest.

Now, that can be helpful, but what might be even more helpful is what they announced last week, which is they're doing away with some of the EPA rules on these car and fuel mileage. That actually will help bring the cost of cars down, probably even more. And then a child tax credit expansion. That's very bipartisan. A lot of people like this.

A lot of people love to see good economic news, but I would say, Josh Holmes, our next guest here, Josh, you know communications very well. To me, economic communications is one of the hardest things. If the economy is great, everyone feels it. If it doesn't feel so great, it's hard to convince people that it's going so well. One question for you: how important is it to find the right ratio for President Trump to say, look what I inherited from President Biden, but also to look ahead at what's to come?

Yeah, again, things are looking good. I'm sorry. Paul Shanklin just texted me. He's our great comedy guru and a veteran and alumni of the Rush Limbaugh Show. And Paul wanted to throw his.

Paul has an answer to the question. A couple who has five sons went for a picnic. Each son has seven sisters. Each sister has three babies. In total, how many people went?

went to the picnic. And Paul Shanklin, Dylan, says, every Mormon in the county. I'm sorry, that's just terrible. Let's all right, we're going to go through these, Dylan. We're going to go through these.

Let's go to Steve in Oregon. All right, Steve, what is how many people went on that picnic? Hey, Todd, I'd say 105. No, sir, that is incorrect. Good guess though.

He really did the math. Let's go to Marie in Georgia. Hi, Marie, how many people went on that picnic?

Well, you know, I was going to initially say the first answer, but that was wrong.

So we have a couple, so that's two. Five signs at seven. Then thirty-five sisters.

So that's forty-two and twenty-one babies is sixty-three. That's what I would say. And, Marie, that would be wrong. Good guess, though. Good counting.

Let's go to Larry in Texas. Hi, Larry. What's the answer? Fifty-eight. Larry, no, no.

Good guess, though, Larry. It's so hard to say. This is very difficult. You know why? Because we've been very lax with our trivia questions.

It's true. You had to give the most difficult questions. This is kind of shock therapy for our audience. Let's go to Linda in Georgia. All right, Linda, what's the answer?

Come on now. You know it. 29. Oh, Linda doesn't know it. No.

No, Linda. No, that's not right. Oh, my goodness. Phones are lighting up. I've never seen people.

I mean, everybody thinks they know what the answer to this question is. Let's go to Let's go to Jay in Mississippi. Jay, how are you doing today? I'm doing well. How are you, Todd?

Jay, I'm doing well. What part of Mississippi are you in? I'm in Olive Branch, Mississippi.

Well, right across the state line, a fine town you people have over there.

So, Jay, I'm going to ask the question, and you're going to give me the answer. A couple who has five sons went for a picnic. Each son has seven sisters. Each sister has three babies. In total, Jay, how many people went on that picnic?

It was too tight. J? What makes you say it was two?

Well, you said it was the couple that went to the picnic. Ah, yes, my friend. Right now, Jay, you know what's happening? People are throwing things at their radios, and they're saying very bad words about me. You are correct, Jay.

It's only two. It's the couple who went on the picnic. And they had a heck of a lot of kids. I'll tell you that. They couldn't bring all the kids.

That's right. You'd have to have a whole, like a whole caseload of KFC. Jay, Jay, congratulations. We're going to hook you up with a nice little prize package, so hang tight, and we're going to put you on hold. And thank you for playing.

It was just kind of a random thing, Dylan. I don't know what possessed me to do this. Spur of the moment trivia. Holy cow. Phones.

I've never seen the phones light up like that. Yes, sir. Wow. Well done, Jay, from Mississippi, hometown guy. You know what?

Let's I feel I feel like I feel generous. Let's go to Mark in Texas. Mark, you actually had the the correct answer as well, but and we're going to hook you up with the prize pack too. What part of Texas are you calling from? Eastern area.

Well, Patriot Talk 920, those are some pretty good guys over there. Yeah. So, so Mark, you knew this. You had this one in the you had it in the bank. Yeah.

Mark, congratulations. We're going to put you on hold, and we're going to send you a prize pack there in Houston, Texas.

So. A hundred and thirty some I mean, when you're doing the math, Dylan, it does kind of make sense. I guess I ended up with 28.

So I guess I would have had it wrong. Yeah. Yeah. Still, that was a good puzzle. Yeah, it was good.

Very good. All right. 901-260-5926. You cannot call and yell at me on the air. No, we're not doing that today.

901-260-5926. Hey, yesterday on our Newsmax show, had Christy Stutzman, who is a former state rep in Indiana. And the Senate there, the Republicans in the Senate, are really gun-shy about redistricting. And again, my philosophy is the Democrats did it to us. We have to do unto the Democrats as they did to us.

It's in the Bible somewhere, and I think that we ought to do it. Anyway, you've got Republicans that are pushing back now and saying that they may not redistrict in what is, in fact, a super majority red state. Here's that conversation with Christy Stutzman. All right. And joining now is Christy Stutzman, a former Indiana state representative from the number one football team in America.

Christy, first, congratulations, go Hoosiers. Thank you. Yes, go Hooshers. We were so thrilled to watch that happen. It's a long time in coming, so we are still celebrating here in Indiana.

Yeah, our friend Bob McEwen was on in the last segment, probably not too happy, but we're going to celebrate with you this segment. Look, let's jump into this. Reporters asking the Senate President Roderick Bray if the votes were there, and he replied, I've said before they weren't, and what I'm saying now is we'll find out Thursday how confident are you the Senate will find the votes for this new map?

Well, I'm actually relieved that we're going to find out. It looked for a while that we weren't even going to have a chance to see how they were going to vote, that they weren't even going to meet.

So, this is progress. This is good. We're having a debate and we're having people kind of wag in and we're having a hearing, which is wonderful. That's the way things should happen. But I think that things are moving quickly on the ground.

I've talked to several friends who are down at the state house just today trying to give some testimony, but also state senators who are in this fight as well. And I think it's going to be interesting to see how they play out. I find it interesting too that you know the Democrat leader who you quoted earlier is the same woman who I was fighting with as far as like trying to pass protect women's sports bills. She was on the other side trying to fight for trans athletes in these sports.

So it's an interesting use of the word fair when it comes to different issues, but I believe they're going to come down on the right side of this. I think Indiana could save the nation in this situation.

Well, I know the bill's author, Representative Ben Smaltz, advocating for the new map on the House floor. Let's take a listen to what he had to say. Redistricting Is not merely a procedural exercise every ten years. It's an ongoing constitutional responsibility. While the census anchors the process, nothing in the law prevents a legislature from revisiting maps when circumstances demand it.

And again, Christy, when you look at how other states are dealing with this issue, for example, at 40% of New England voted Republican, there are no Republican members of Congress from any of the New England states. I mean, this is absolutely outrageous.

So at what point do the Republicans have to decide, you know what, we're going to play by the rules the Democrats set for us? Right. This is nothing new. This has been going on for decades, and it is a tool that the left has used in multiple ways. Yes, there are seven states with a complete Democrat delegation, not one Republican representing that state.

And then when you look at how Indiana voted, there is an overwhelming support for Republicans here. We have super majorities in both the House and the Senate. And so there's definitely just a misrepresentation of people in Indiana on Capitol Hill because of these different states that have done this. And it's not unconstitutional. I heard several people giving testimony.

Today, saying that it was unconstitutional. That's not true. I'm glad Senator State Representative Smaltz shared that point because it's very important for us to get the facts right. It's very important for us to know what the truth is and what we're facing right now. But, you know, Republicans technically, when you look at the nation and how they voted on the federal level, we technically should have 240 members in the House.

And that is not the case. We are at margins of one and two votes right now. And that's why I say if we do this and we actually create fair representation for Hoosiers, we could actually save the nation. What exactly do the constituents, the voters there in Indiana, need to be doing this week? I think they need to start doing their research, finding out what the facts are, stop listening to all the talking points, and really dig down deep and find out what is the truth, what are the facts, what's legal, what's not.

And then also call their state senators and really express to the state senators the fact that they want fair representation on Capitol Hill and that this has not been fair for a long time.

So it's time to let our state senators know where we stand. And there are a lot of people there that are trying to let them know today, but they are being outshouted by groups that are very well funded.

So the average citizen needs to take action and do their homework and call. Um All right, Erica Kirk on Fox earlier today, and she is firing back talking about Candace Owens without. Talking about Candace Owens, take a listen. Come after me, call me names, I don't care. Call me what you want.

Go down that rabbit hole, whatever. But when you go after my family My turning point USA family, my Charlie Kirk show family, when you go after the people that I love. and you're making hundreds and thousands of dollars. Every single episode. going after the people that I love because somehow they're in on this.

Now You know, I have to say it, I've never seen you like that. This is righteous anger because this is not okay. It's not healthy. This is a mind virus. Yes, I believe in our judicial system.

I do. We have a hell of a team working on this. Excuse my French. But this is not okay.

So you want to put these people back in the box where they've been creeping from? I don't care what box you're in. But just know that your words are very powerful, and we are human. My team are not machines and they're not robots. They are human.

We have more death threats on our team and our side than I have ever seen. I have kidnapping threats. I have, you name it, we have it. And my poor team is exhausted. And every time they bring this back up, what are we supposed to do?

Relive that trauma all over again? They watched my husband get murdered. I have no idea how I would have reacted if I was there that day. And thank the good Lord that I did not have to see that happen, but my team. They are rocked to the core.

So, why every single day do they have to be dragged through the mud, analyzed, hyper-analyzed? You know, they sit in a corner and cry and be in fetal position. This is a duty to my husband, and it's an absolute honor, and I will never back down. And so, my message to them is to stop. To stop.

All right, there you go, getting ugly. Look. Time to go to court. Just put a stop to all this nonsense. That's what I say.

Hang tight. We'll be right back. All right, Christmas shopping well underway over at TodSterns.com and would encourage you to get a copy of my latest book. It makes a wonderful stocking stuffer: Star Spangled Blessings, Devotions for Patriots. You can get a copy at our store, or if you want to go to Amazon, Barnes Noble, wherever you buy your books, you'll be able to get a copy.

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Well, a disturbing story and just a weird story out of Kansas City, Missouri. And I would expect something like this in Chicago. But apparently the baby Jesus is no longer welcome inside City Hall. Workers were told that any decorations that celebrated the reason for the season would not be allowed. No religious symbols, no nativity scenes.

The city manager, a guy by the name of Mario Vasquez, sent a memorandum saying that the only decorations that would be permitted Are those that celebrate the season without representing any specific faith? Tradition, he went on to say that City Hall is a place where everyone feels included. During the holidays.

Well, one of the people really upset about all of this is Councilman Nathan Willett, who is also running for the state senate there in Missouri. And he joins us today on the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line. Nathan, good to have you with us. Hey, Todd, thanks for having me on. Good afternoon.

It's the craziest darn story I've ever heard.

So take me through this. I understand the city manager sent out a memorandum to you guys. Yeah, so last week after actually our council meeting, we got this late in the evening and it was unprovoked and it was unnecessary. You know, going into the holiday season, there's many holidays, as you know, besides Christmas. There's also Hanukkah coming up and Kansas City traditionally celebrates everyone.

And we normally have Christian elements, Jewish elements, whatever it is, represented throughout our city hall. And it was very funny to say we're trying to be more inclusive and welcoming of all people and then put out a memo like that. It does not make sense. Do we do we know what set him off? You know, what was it that caused th this memorandum to be sent?

Was did somebody set up a nativity scene or something? No. In fact, I think it's what a bureaucrat out there, maybe in the law department or someone else, thought that this was a great idea. And I don't know if you saw the full memo and how it was written. It was pretty poorly written.

And I was just didn't understand why he signed off on that and sent it out to everyone. Here's what gets me. I'm reading through, and I did see the memo. And it turns out that Kwanzaa decorations are okay. That's perfectly fine, but you can't set up anything that would remind people about the religious meaning of Christmas.

Yeah, it makes no sense to say Kwanzaa, yes, and Christmas is no. And how long has Kwanzaa been celebrated for? And how long has Christmas is been celebrated for? And let's be honest, this is part of our American culture. And city halls should not be endorsing a religion, but we should make room for anyone who wants to celebrate how they want to.

And we're a city of over 5,000 employees. And different people like to decorate their office spaces or their floors with Christmas trees with religious ornaments on there, or they might want to have a nativity scene on their desk. And he's telling them, no, you can't do that. And that's the wrong message because they actually can do that. I don't think that he actually reviewed some of the Supreme Court rulings in the past on regards to this.

You can't endorse religion, but you can make room and be neutral to all. Yeah, again, this guy is saying that he wanted City Hall to be a welcoming space for everyone and to honor the separation of church and state, which means he has not read the Constitution because those words are not in the Constitution. And he goes on to say, and it helps us respect the wide range of religious and non-religious beliefs held by our employees. And Nathan, it does not, it does the exact opposite of that because it tells Christians. They're not welcome.

And this is. I know there are a lot of other things happening in December, but this is predominantly a. Christian holiday that we're celebrating. And dare I also remind people that it is a federal holiday? Yes, you're exactly right, Todd.

And what happens in December in Kansas City is it starts with the snow season. And I haven't gotten one memo on how we're going to approach the snow season here of snow removal. That's what local government should be focused on. And yet, I get a memo on how we can decorate throughout the Christmas and holiday season. It doesn't make sense.

Bureaucrats should be focused on other things, what the role of local government is. Instead of trying to fight something, they're the ones who brought this To become a culture war for no reason in our city hall. And many of my colleagues, you know, may not have the same faith background as me and may not have one at all. They were actually concerned about this and thought it was unprovoked and unnecessary. And we're going to push back on this.

Now, that being said, I am curious about Hanukkah. I mean, are they suggesting that all of the like the menorah and things of that nature are not going to be allowed in City Hall? Yeah, well, they're saying the Kwanzaa light stand is okay, but the Hanukkah menorah is not. Traditionally in Kansas City, we do a menorah lighting with our Jewish neighbors, and we do that in the city hall chamber, and we have that celebration. And we plan to do that again this year.

City council gets to decide policy, and that's one that we've all supported. Don't understand what a bureaucrat is trying to do to tell us how we should celebrate this season. I mean, maybe they'll just, you know, let somebody spend the dreidel and have Adam Sandler sing the Hanukkah song. I mean, it makes no sense to me. This is the craziest, crazy story I've heard so far this Christmas season.

So look, you've raised it. Yeah, go ahead. I'm sorry. Well, Todd, I'm just going to tell you, this is not the values of Kansas City. This is not the values of common sense.

And it's not in line with our American values at all. And so many people agree and think that this is something to be pushed back on. And I'm confident that we will. Yeah, I was curious because you wrote about this on your Facebook page. I know we're going to have you on Newsmax later tonight.

What has been the reaction from folks there in Kansas City?

Well, I've spoken with other colleagues, including the mayor's office, and we're going to go forward with the menorah lighting. We're going to go forward with other traditional things that we do at City Hall. People believe that they should have the right to express themselves how they want to. We don't need bureaucrats going around to different offices or cubicles seeing whether that's the star of Bethlehem or just a regular star on their desk. I mean, that's not what they should be doing.

And it freezes up a lot of people because it confuses them on what they have the right to do and what they don't. And this is definitely an overstep. I'm just curious, any other council members speaking out? Yeah, not vocally as much. I'm also the only Republican on city council here in Kansas City, one of 13.

But a lot of them agree and questioned why this was sent out. They think this is unprovoked, unnecessary, and does not represent our values.

So we're going to push back and we're going to make sure that we celebrate Christmas in Kansas City like we always have. Wow, one Republican. I got to tell you, I am shocked to hear that. I thought Kansas City was a bit more conservative. Yeah, well, unfortunately, it's a little bit lonely at City Hall.

I'm like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, if you will. Oh, geez.

Well, I'm sorry to hear that. And maybe, just maybe, we can get some more Republicans on and at least, you know, protect the baby Jesus at all costs. But as it was in the New Testament, no room in the inn, apparently, no room at City Hall for the Christ child. Wow. What a sad situation.

All right. Well, Nathan, we certainly appreciate you joining us today. And folks, if you want information on his Senate campaign, go to NathanforMissouri.com. That's nathanformissouri.com. I think you may have a nice little campaign issue to talk about now.

Yeah, unfortunately, Kansas City sometimes gets in its own way, and this is a prime example of that. But I appreciate you having me on, Todd. And you have a Merry Christmas and a great holiday. All right. Merry Christmas.

Nathan Willett from Kansas City, Councilman for District One. Can you believe that? No, he's the only Republican on the entire city council in Kansas City. And look and that's one of the reasons this kind of garbage happens. Have you noticed they never and these Democrats, they never pull this cramp with the Muslim holidays.

They always come after the Jews and the Christians, mostly the Christians. But this is nonsense.

So, look, my encouragement to the good people that work at City Hall is: you decorate. You decorate, you put up an activity scene, and if this city manager guy, Mario Vasquez, gives you any guff, you give me a call. And we'll work alongside of you. This is nuts. Just nuts.

All right, got to take a break. 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Starting Show. Dylan, we were, I was talking to somebody earlier today.

They're doing a big like Christmas movies, right, as part of this big Winter Wonderland Festival coming up. And they said they're going to be showing all these great iconic Christmas movies. And you can get like treats and hot cocoa and you can sit down as part of the festival and watch these movies. And I asked, is Die Hard on the list? Great question.

And they said these are family-friendly movies. Is a friendly, friendly, family-friendly movie?

Well, I think so because the family was reunited and strengthened. A broken home was mended In a time of distress The cop saves the day, jumps from the helicopter in the third movie. Puts aside his donut. Yes. Mm-hmm.

Carl. That was his right, Officer Carl. I loved Carl in that movie. That was a great movie. That was before Family Matters.

Wasn't he the dad in Family Matters? Urkel. Yep. Yep. That's right.

Wow. That's a little bit of trivia there. That's true. But I would say that whatever happened at Nakatomi Plaza, it was all about love. And courage under fire, multiple fires.

It was about reuniting and mending wounded relationships. I mean, it's like a Hallmark movie without a bookstore to save. The enemy was defeated, Hans. He didn't get what he wanted. Oz.

Hans. It's true. So they got buried though, but in the later sequence, you see, here's the problem with those sequels. They shouldn't have done them. You're right.

You're absolutely right. Yeah. I've been sequels the case. Yeah, leave it be. But yeah, so people, and then somebody said, well, you know, it's really not a Christmas movie.

No, it's a Christmas movie. It is. It's got Santa Claus in it. Got snow. If you have snow.

It's a Christmas movie. It is. HGTV coming out with the top ten Christmas towns in America. And I'm not so sure about this, but I'm going to share these with you. We can go through them together in no particular order on the list, but these are the top 10.

They did 50. Leavenworth, Washington. Never been. New Orleans. Uh I don't think of that as a Christmas tour.

For Christmas? Yeah. Yeah, they don't have snow, it doesn't get that cold. Yeah, maybe like... I mean, they have their own like holiday over there.

In New Orleans. It's called Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras Fantues. Woodstock, Vermont. And I'm I'm not surprised.

You got to have a Vermont town there. Mackinac Island, Michigan. I've heard so many people, so many conservatives say, Starring, you got to go to Mackinac Island. It's the place to go. You're going to love it.

We have one.

Well, two southern towns, Mountain View, Arkansas. which is not too terribly far from Memphis, Alexandria, Virginia, Durango, Colorado North Pole, Alaska. Wait, is that number one? No, it's not number one. Is South Pole number one?

No, it's the North Pole. That's where he lives. Yes. Yes. No, he lives at the North Pole.

Is there a South Pole? There is a South Pole, but Santa doesn't live there. He lives in the north.

Well, he works in the north pole. Oh, gosh. You would think that that would be number one, right? You're taking it seriously. San Antonio by the way, you know who lives in North Pole, Alaska.

Who's that? Ben Dieter's grandparent. He's got family in North Pole, Alaska. Have you ever seen Ben Dieter's grandparents and Santa Claus and Mrs. Santa Claus in the same place?

Oh, you think I don't know, really. It's just a theory. I don't know anybody that lives in the North Pole.

So, Ben Dieter is actually Will Farrell. He's just not like six foot four and awkward and eats spaghetti with syrup. San Antonio, Texas is on the list as one of the top ten The top 10 Christmas towns in America and Kenny Buntonport, Maine, which is, of course, where the Bushes go to vacation. The George H.

Well, back in the day, George H.W. Bush, Barbara Bush, the whole family. They just go to Kenny Buntonport, Maine.

So there you have it. I don't know about this list. I'm surprised like New York. Any towns in New York aren't on there. You would think in the North up there.

I feel like most n most Hallmark movies take place in New York, I feel like. Oh, Noah Britt is giving us some intel. You know, he runs the ship down in Panscagoula, our terrific affiliate there. And he said He said it's the jazz music. in New Orleans.

He says that's what makes it special. But then he says, give me Branson any day. Yeah. I would take Branson over that.

Well, look, I, Branson, have you been to Gatlinburg, though? Like the whole Dollywood Pigeon Forge area? They say you can see the lights from outer space. And then you can go play like puttt-putt on like a mountain that's in the middle of, you know, Tennessee. Is that right?

You know, they have all the crazy attractions down on in Gatlinburg, just that one strip of all the things to do. But Christmastime must be beautiful because All those all those trees and the mountains, they look they look pretty nice. Have you got your shopping done yet? Nope. Not at all.

You're going to wait. I'm still going to wait. Yeah. You know what I, you know, I do this every year. Everybody gets a check.

Yeah. It's. See you have a reputation of what you're gonna do. I'm still fresh. Especially being married.

I have to like come through with things. I have to. I have to be special.

So, one year I decide because I'm really bad about that. I don't know what to get. Oh, I was talking to Josh Jones, our Republican strategist, and he asked me, He goes, Have you finished your Christmas shopping? I said, Man, I said, It takes like 30 seconds. You know, I write the checks.

Get a cool envelope. With a clever thing on it, I go to the Hallmark store for that. But one year, Dylan, I decided while I was there, I thought, you know what? I gotta stop writing the checks. I'm gonna do I'm gonna do I'm gonna go gift card.

I went gift card crazy. You remember that year? Oh, yes. I went gift card crazy. I spent more money.

You guys. I mean, because they had them at their Hallmark store. And I'm like, give me 30 of those. 40 of those. Gift cards are nice because they're tailored to the person that you give it to.

Is that right? You see, that's what I would think. But a lot of people say it's cold. It's not very thoughtful. And I'm like, well, I was thinking about it when I did.

I mean, how much thinking do you have to put into a gift? Oh, I love a good gift card because, I mean, you're not going to, you're going to, you don't have to worry about going and returning something at the store. Like, I got your sister Starbucks. That's perfect. Yeah.

See? See, I was being thoughtful. Yes. So very, very thoughtful. You know what?

Yeah, I thought I was in the wrong here, but I'm actually in the right. Yeah. My parents want gift cards and my in-laws want gift cards.

So I think I'm a blessed person this year. It's better than having to take back a gift and stand in line because somebody went out there and bought you a toaster and you don't really need a toaster. And everyone always is it everyone is always there on the same day.

So it's always the longest line. It's like. two days after Christmas and you're all in the same line. Wearing the same sweatshirt. It's brutal.

Where was I the other day? And it was just an interminable line. I'm like, how long? And you know, it's just, you just got to suck it up and you got to stand there because there's nothing else you can do. That's true.

Maybe that was the drive-thru at Chick-fil-A. Oh, yeah. Oh, that was it. Oh well, it happens.

So, all right, so we've ma we have established that Die Hard is in fact a Christmas movie today, ladies and gentlemen, and that it's perfectly okay to give cash as a gift or a gift card. I think people, for me growing up, I think I would have rather gotten cash. To be perfectly honest.

Nowadays, cash is inconvenient. Yeah, it is. The cash to Jin's ears is like free money. If you ask a Gen Zer if they have cash and they say yes, That's free money to them. Because anything that's not on the card It's a weird thing.

Does Gen Z even know how to use cash? No, no. They don't know how to get change. And Gen Z cashiers don't know how to give change, so. It's a predicament.

I'm not surprised by that at all. Yeah. Not at all. All right. Coming up tonight, folks, 5 o'clock Eastern, the Todd Starns Show.

Congressman Andy Biggs, our special guest. Also, Councilman Nathan Willett is going to drop by for a TV conversation as well. And we would encourage you to go to ToddSterns.com. We have some lovely gifts there. No gift cards, but we got some great gifts.

Go and check those out. And get yourself a lovely little Christmas present. All right, it's been a great day, everybody. We're going to be back here tomorrow. Senator Marshall Blackburn gonna drop by.

Get out there and be good, everybody.