Trump: “A Bad Decision for Republicans”

This is Matt Rogers from Los Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bo and Yang. This is Bo and Yang from Los Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bo and Yang. You know when people try a new food and suddenly it's like, okay, hold on, I got a new favorite food. That's the reaction a lot of people are having when they first try QP Mayo. Yeah, it's the one with the red cap and the little baby on the bottle.

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So, I want to start with this James Teller eco story. This guy is just. It's weird, man Just just really weird.

Now, the latest information coming out about Talofrico. Who is the Democrat nominee running for the U. S. Senate in Texas? The latest information is this guy now coming out and naming his favorite drag queen.

And what I found interesting about this is how quickly he was able to answer that question. You know, a lot of times when you are Out, and this happens to me when I'm out at a speaking engagement, whether it's CPAC or Values Voter Summit or things of that nature. Whenever those kinds of things happen, somebody will come up to you, they will interview man on the street kind of stuff, and they'll stick a microphone in your face and they're like, you know, who do you think's going to win? or you know, whatever. And you answer the question.

Um I want to play this audio. This is James Tellerico, and he was asked about his. Favorite drag queen. I want you to listen. We're going to play this a couple of times because there are a couple of observations here.

Cut 13, please. Mr. Talleric, that's so nice to meet you tired. Probably him. I was there when you defended the drags.

Who's your favorite drag queen in Texas? Oh my gosh, probably Alyssa Edwards. Alyssa Edwards, I love Mikey Mays. Thank you so much.

Okay. Can we go back? I'm just going to. Again, this is not like. You know, um Hey Dylan, who's your favorite drag queen?

Hmm. I'll have to think about that. Exactly. That is exactly what every red-blooded American man. Yeah.

He acted like he threw him a softball. Yeah, it's a Oh, I know we were asking easy questions here. It's like, girlfriend, please. It's Alyssa. We all love Alyssa.

Alyssa, by the way, is a drag performer that works with children. And it is really, I've seen some of the photos, and they're just really creepy photos. Again, I don't, why is it these drag queens want to, I guess, spread their legs for the children of America? I don't understand that. And it's really off-putting when you see grown men in exotic dresses spreading their legs and letting children stuff dollar bills into their attire.

It's just weird. But again, I want to go back and play it one more time because I'm curious about the timing mechanism here. Cut number 13 again. Mr. Tyler Eco, so nice to eat you tired.

Broke his ear when you defended the drags. Who's your favorite drag queen in Texas? Oh my god, Brocky Lisa Edwards. Elizabeth Edwards? Two seconds.

Less than two seconds. Less than two seconds into this guy. It was like. It's like It's like me. Ask me what my favorite beverage is.

What's your favorite beverage? Dr. Pepper. Yeah. So it's like, and you know why?

You know why I'm able to say that? Yeah. Because I drink Dr. Pepper. Every day.

It's also normal information to just have at the top of your mind. That's right.

So I know what I love. James Tallarico knows what he loves. This is the guy who also met his girlfriend at a gay bar. I don't know of any straight men who would do that. Why was he at the gay bar to meet the girl?

Well, that's the question no one's allowed to. I know, right? Can you imma um Well, I don't what do we know what her name is? We'll call her Mildred. Hey, Meltred.

Um, would you like to go out? Why, I'd love to, James. Where would you like to go?

Well, I know this, um, I know this lovely establishment called, um Studs and horses? I know it intimately.

So, I don't know. We're not judging the guy. I mean, he's voluntarily putting all this information out there. But again, here's a guy. Who thinks that God is non-binary?

He hates Christianity. He hates the color of his skin. He said he was coming to terms with his whiteness. We don't know what that means. But if you're going, I'm just questioning here all you people in Texas and Texas men, especially, because I would say that if you walked up to the average Texan man and said, Hey, what's your favorite football player?

They would tell you right on the spot. Or, hey, what's your favorite episode of Walker Texas Ranger? They would tell you. But if you were to ask a Texas cowboy to name his favorite drag queen, I think they would like, oh, wow, or they would just punch you in the nose. I do.

No, I'm not advocating violence. Oh, don't forget we got to play the Arch Manning. Audio speaking of violence.

So anyway, people are just really puzzled about this. And so then they ask this question about your favorite drag queen. And it's like, oh, yeah, you know, right away, it's like, what? People are just puzzled. That he would just immediately answer an off-the-cuff question like that.

So, a lot of people are scratching their heads and they're saying, What is up with this dude? And of course, there are always the lingering rumors about whether or not he's a vegan, which is weird as well. I want to play some more audio. This is. This is Tallerico.

And as much as it's just weird, this guy is also very, very... dangerous. Here is Tallerico. And he's making the arguments that parents who do not allow their children to transition. In other words, let's say you've got little Marky, and we'll call him.

We always pick on Mark. Let's call him Melvin.

So you have like a fifth grader named Melvin, and Melvin comes home from school and says that he wants to transition to Mildred. And Melvin. Most parents would say, no, you can't do that. And Tallarico is saying that if you do not allow your child, your underage child, to transition, then you are guilty of child abuse. Take a listen to Cut 12.

That would be. There are some folks that would think that if you deny your child's gender identity, that that's incredibly harmful. And whether or not we can label it with the term abuse, I mean, it's abusive for sure. And so that's where I think some of us have concerns. And I don't want to speak for other members of the.

Yeah, that it that it well, should it say Are you suggesting it ought to say that it should include a person's willingness or unwillingness to acknowledge the child gender? Or should it be silent as to whether that is abuse, whether it needs it at all? My just concern is ruling it out as not being abuse, I think, is dangerous and could certainly harm some of our most vulnerable kids in the state.

So he's making the argument that parents who don't transition their kids should have their children taken away from them. That's the argument that Tallarico is making. Oh, and then there's this little gem about how we should consider. Running the world. Cut number one, please.

What if we ran our world like we run a kindergarten classroom? Because at the end of the day, aren't we all just really big kindergartners? No, we're really not, sir, we're not, and the idea that you think you are is really creeping people out! What is wrong with you? Yeah.

It's bad. You know, Dullen, politicians are known for going out there and kissing babies. This guy would be making out with them. 'Cause he thinks he is one. Please take your tongue out of my child's mouth.

We're voting Republican, for God's sakes. I mean, this is insane. What if we ran our world like we were? Who, what? Who talks like that?

Who thinks like that? There's something wrong with this guy, folks. Just something really weird. He talks about how he loves hanging around transgender children. There's just something off about this guy.

Something is just not right. And at the end of the day, all of you people of the great state of Texas are going to have to answer this question: Do you really want to be represented by a guy who eats tofu and whose gym jam is its raining man? Rainy man, hallelujah, it's raining man, amen. I'm gonna go out, I'm gonna let myself get absolutely so envious. Oh my word.

Anyway, wow, never say. Look, here's what gets me: this is the same state that elected Lyndon Baines Johnson. To to the US Senate. And of course, then became President of the United States, LBJ.

So say what you want to about LBJ. He was a man's man. Dylan, he used to hold meetings, like official meetings with some of his top aides, in the bathroom while he was sitting on the toilet. No shame. Doing business.

Yeah, doing double business there. Yeah, it was. Ha ha ha. Number two. And now they got a guy that's actually hesitant sitting down.

I mean, that's where the Democrats, this is where they've gone.

So all I can say is good luck with that. And that's why I am shocked at the polling data coming out of Texas. I'm not sure if I believe what they're trying to sell us, but keep in mind, ladies and gentlemen, when it came to polling, they got it wrong about Donald J. Trump. Two times.

Two times they got it wrong. 901-260-5926 is our telephone number. We're going to get into the Supreme Court ruling over the United States Postal Service. This is, again, another major setback for voter integrity. President Trump, really, really upset, and as well as he should be.

The Supreme Court got snookered on this one, so the reality is there's a good chance voter fraud may happen in some of these states. It's It's going to happen. And there's not much we can do about it unless President Trump decides to step in and declare a national emergency, which he has the power to do. It is a massive step for the president to make, and I'm just not sure that the president is going to go that far just yet. Also, up on Capitol Hill, we've got Scott Bessant, Treasury Secretary, FBI Director Cash Patel, and they are going at it like cats and dogs.

We have some great, great audio from that. And an interesting turn of events in Georgia, where the former Democrat mayor of Atlanta is now endorsing the Republican for the governor's race there.

So we'll tell you all about that as well. Again, our telephone number: 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show. This is Matt Rogers from Lost Culturalistas with Matt Rogers and Boen Yang. This is Bo and Yang from Los Culturalistas with Matt Rogers and Bo and Yang.

You know, when people try on new food and suddenly it's like, wait. That's the reaction. A lot of people are having when they first try Cupie Mayo. It's the one with the red cap and the little baby on the bottle. You've probably seen it in the grocery store before.

And if you've ever just walked past it, some people would say that's a huge mistake. Because this mayo is different. Most mayonnaise uses whole eggs. Cupie only uses egg yolks, which gives it this rich umami flavor. It's smoother, deeper, and almost buttery.

Once people try it, they start putting it on everything: egg sandwiches, fries, burgers.

Some fans even swear by dipping pizza crust in it. And once you notice it, you start seeing it everywhere. Chefs use it, restaurants use it, people who really care about flavor use it. Never tried it? Grab the bottle with the red cap next time you're at the store.

Put it on just about anything. Then you'll understand. Cupie, the original Japanese mayonnaise. So it was a year, a little over a year ago, probably a year and a couple of weeks, that President Trump was on the show talking about the Memphis. say talking about Memphis.

And we during the course of the conversation, I had asked the President to consider sending the National Guard to my hometown. At the time, we were listed as the nation's deadliest city. We were also listed as the nation's most violent city. And the president said that he was not aware of how bad things had gotten in Memphis. And I said, well, it's pretty bad.

And I asked him if he would consider sending the National Guard in, like he did in Washington, D.C.

So at the end of the interview, the President comes back to visit revisit the issue. And he said that he would. He promised that he would look into it. And I really appreciated that. I felt like he had.

You know, I didn't mean to overstep, but I felt like somebody needed to speak out and say, hey, Mr. President, we could use some help down here at Memphis, Tennessee. Beautiful, it's a beautiful city, beautiful people.

So, a lot of heritage here.

So, anyway, a couple of weeks later, I got a call from the White House, and you know the story. The President invited me to come up to the Oval Office to be there as he signed all the documents, sending the National Guard to Memphis and creating what is now known as the Memphis Safe Task Force. And today is the one-year anniversary. Tuesday, today, the one-year anniversary of the Memphis Safe Task Force getting to work. in Memphis, Tennessee.

And the results have been off the charts, just unbelievable. You know, you want to talk about a success story. I'm going to tell you. The Success Story These are just some of the numbers. And just One year.

There have been more than 12,000 arrests in Memphis. And let me just say this. We have a radical far left district attorney. He smells like George Soros. And this guy, one of the big problems is that the DA's office was not going after the bad guys.

So they were letting these guys so that the cops, the cops were arresting the bad guys, and then they were being let out before the police could even finish their paperwork. By these activist judges that we have here and the district attorney, all Democrats. And understand, Memphis has been ruled by Democrats for. what, fifty, sixty, seventy years we've had Democrats running Everything about Memphis. Right now, there are, and I'm talking about.

Memphis proper, there are no Republicans in elected office here. That's how bad it is.

So anyway. 12,000 arrests. And what the feds did is brilliant. They're charging these guys under federal statute.

So the DA has no authority over this.

So these guys are going to federal prison and they're getting big time jail sentences. But over the past year, murders in Memphis down 44%. Robberies in Memphis down 43%. Motor vehicle thefts. We're talking about carjackings here.

Down fifty-seven percent.

Now the Democrats who rule Memphis hate Donald Trump and they hate what he did. But the mayor is a smart guy. He knows he knows how bad it is. As a matter of fact, the mayor of Memphis, when he first got elected, This is a new mayor. When he first got elected, the first thing he did was invite the gang bangers, the leaders, the gang lords, invited them to City Hall for Kool-Aid and cookies.

And he was basically begging the warlords. To knock it off and to stop shooting each other. And of course, the warlords drank the Kool-Aid and ate the cookies and walked out and, you know, opened fire. It's just terrible.

So the Democrats They have turned a blind eye to the crime. And they're not giving Trump any credit at all. Because honestly, the Democrats would rather people live in fear. I mean, that's what they want, they want the people to live in fear. They literally defended the predators who roamed our streets.

Trump did what the Memphis Democrats refused to do. he declared war on the thugs. And I'm telling you, there are plenty of black citizens in Memphis who are incredibly grateful to this president. As a matter of fact, I would be willing to say there are a good many black Memphis Democrats who are now Republicans as a direct result of Donald Trump coming in and saying, you do not have to live like this. This is unacceptable, and I'm going to do something about it.

And he did. And he did. I shudder to think about what this city would look like had Trump not sent in the National Guard. All that to say, there's a chapter in my new book, The Golden Age, and it describes the backstory of how Trump saved Memphis. It's a great chapter called How Trump Saved My Hometown.

And all I can tell you is thank you, Mr. President. God bless you, Mr. President. For making Memphis safe again.

I mean, don't get me wrong, there's still a lot of work to do, a lot. But the numbers are remarkable, and it is now safe to come to the city, visit some of our great sites like the Peabody Hotel and the Memphis Zoo. Graceland. Kwam. Oh no.

We have a nice tour. We'll give you a Dr. Pepper. But anyway, thank you, Mr. President, for caring about Memphis.

It means a lot. 901-260-5926, our telephone number. This is the Todd Stern Show. The American people are a welcoming and generous people. But those who enter our country illegally, and those who employ them disrespect The rule of law.

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Or pretend that they will leave. Voluntarily. Yeah, uh, that was Barack Obama back in 2006, and now every single thing that he said is now considered to be what Racist. You a xenophobic. This was Obama was literally spewing Democrat or Republican, rather, Republican talking points.

About the border and about all of these H-1B visa people coming in back in 2006. That just goes to show you how far to the left the Democrat Party has gone. But saying something like then like that now will literally get you canceled. Welcome back to the Todd Stearns Radio Show. Great to have you with us.

Okay. President Trump is really upset over the Supreme Court. Justices ruled against him on mail-in voting. The administration had wanted to stay this injunction. against U.

S. Postal Service ballot rules, and it would have impacted the midterm elections.

So basically, Trump is all about making sure that our elections are secure. The President said on True Social, I want to read this to you, Republicans just got another bad decision from the Supreme Court, one the court system took forever to give, and then blamed it in part on no time left to implement a solution to our totally corrupt and out of control mail and voting disaster. It's a laughing stock all over the world, and where we are the only country that has to endure such a nation-destroying scam. The President went on to praise Justices Alito and Thomas. or dissenting, calling them a A PAIR OF LEGENDS.

He says it's a big loss for Republicans and American itself. and makes cheating by the radical left, Democrats, on mail-in ballots a much easier thing to do, and now they have an open field to do so.

So the question is. What does Trump do now? And by the way, you're talking about not having enough time. That was the Supreme Court's argument. That's the same argument that Jon Thune had when it came to the Save America Act.

And I warned you guys about this well over a year and a half ago. And I remember at the time, you guys were blowing up the phones. Oh, that starns. He's a worry, Wart. Starnes?

Just enjoy the inauguration. Enjoy the Trump years. It's going to be great. They're going to get to it.

Well, here we are, and they haven't gotten to it. And again, when we were six months out and Save America was nowhere near being considered, that's when the red flags went up for me.

So, the question is, what now? And there's been a lot of talk about. Trump declaring a national emergency. Over the elections and federalizing the elections. A lot of folks are excited about that, but then you have states' rights folks, and they're saying, wait a second, no, no, no, we don't want Uncle Sam coming in.

And doing something like that.

So, the reality is that you're probably going to have voter fraud in the midterms. And in some of these races, I was looking at some polling data that came out. Over the weekend. And look, some of these races are close. Trafalgar Group really.

Really stunned by the Trafalgar group polling because they have Democrats. Winning where Democrats typically don't win. And the problem is they outsampled or oversampled the Republicans by four points. And that tells me that, you know, again, we've just got some unhappy Republicans out there. You folks, we're going to have to get over this.

I mean, you can if you want to punish If if you want to punish The Republicans, there are plenty of ways to do it, but this is not the one. We've got to save the presidency. But anyway, I want to share this with you. This is the latest polling from the. Trafalgar Group, our good buddy Robert Cahaly, he does a lot with Hannity.

You see him on Fox all the time. Cahaley in Georgia has the Senate race at in the Democrat column. Senator Ossoff is at forty nine percent. Mike Collins, 42% of the vote. What's going on there, you folks in Georgia?

What's going on? In North Carolina, Roy Cooper forty eight per cent of the vote. Michael Watley at 42%. And again, they oversampled Republicans here.

So these all should be pro-Republican polls, and it's anything but. Looking at the Michigan Senate race a little bit closer, but Abdul El Syed in Michigan leading Mike Rogers right now, forty six percent to forty four percent. This is according to Trafalgar.

So there you have it, ladies and gentlemen. And it is a tough situation.

So we got to make sure. that we get out the vote. Especially, look if it's super close and you've got Democrats getting out the dead people vote. We may have some problems there.

So just pay attention. 901-260-5926. Is our telephone number. That's 901-260-5926. FBI Director Cash Patel testifying before the Senate today.

Oh, this is a butte. The FBI director going after Senator Peter Welch, who is a Democrat, take a listen to CUT 24. FBI in the Trump administration. That's what this is about. Do you pledge that you will not?

In any way, interfere in the will of the American people when they go to the polls in November? I have pledged unequivocally that I will not participate in your charade of lies. Then why are you being such a panderer to President Trump, who's still claiming that he won the 2020 election and who has said the only way Democrats can win in 2026 is if they cheat? Do you believe that? What I believe in is the rule of law.

What I will always believe in. The rule of law is the president. Saying in advance that it's been rigged. I want to know how your wealth increased 4,000% since you became United States Senator. That's a magic act.

All Americans should be available. Mm-hmm. Mr. Fitzgerald. You went there.

Senator Welch, proceed to ask your questions, and the witness will answer the question. Yeah, good for you. Good for you, FBI Director Cash Patel. By the way, did you see Mitch McConnell finally surfaced and he is still somewhat alive? And look, a lot of people And Scott Jennings really making Oh, he's stirring a stink about all of this.

Scott Jennings, what, months ago, said that he had long, loving talks with Mitch McConnell. And had a 20-minute conversation, very detailed, about all sorts of foreign policy. That was months ago. Mitch McConnell's been AWOL for 90 day more than 90 days. And Jennings was out there saying, oh, no, no, no, he's talking to me.

I'm not sure anybody actually bought that. But Now, Jennings is out there, so they finally. Wheeled the guy out. And I don't know if you've seen, and this is far beyond my expertise, but the guy was like. almost like a mummy He sat there and he had this like.

Grin on his face that was like unnatural. And it was almost, it wasn't like a, oh, I'm happy to be here. It's like, I don't know who I am. Who are you? Right?

It was just like, and they wheeled him, and he didn't move his head. No, nothing. He couldn't move anything. Todd, someone said it was like the witch-like decoration at Spirit Halloween, waiting for you to get closer to the basket. Oh.

And then it lashes. And then it just attacks you. And then it attacks you.

So Scott Jennings is on his social media platform. And he says Oh, look, McConnell voted tonight and was the deciding vote to move ahead with one of Trump's judicial nominees. Are you kidding me? The guy's a zombie! And here's the thing.

Look, Scott Jennings, you know, and there's, by the way, there's talk that he could be the next press secretary. I think that's a bad, bad move. And I'll say, and here's the reason why. This guy gets upset when you say anything negative about his CNN colleagues. That is a major red flag for me.

So Look, and yeah, I get it. He's BFFs with Mitch McCaller, what's left of the poor guy. But again, it's. The witch at the I'm sorry, I just got It's a fair point you bring up, though. I mean, he was gripping the side.

We're really not even gripping. His hands were there. I just, Mitch McConnell was there. But I don't think he was there. I really don't.

And you're telling me that This You're telling me this guy is capable of being in the Congress, that he's truly representing The Commonwealth of Kentucky, I'm telling you, I am, the more I think about it, the more I support either. you know annual health checkups Or an age limit in Congress because it's looking like a nursing home up there. Oh, who is it? Coach Tubberville lives next door to McConnell, and they were asked, TMZ was asking about it. He goes, Yeah, I've never, I don't know where the guy is.

We never see him out. Everybody thought he died, by the way. They had all the law enforcement outside, they were breaking news alerts. U.S. Capitol Police surround the home.

You know, you know why they were surrounding the home? It's not that he was. Wasn't he dead? No, that had nothing to do with it. They didn't want you, the people, to see what it took to get this guy out of the house and into the car.

Remember when Hillary, uh, when Hillary went down and they had to shove her butt first into the remember that? Nobody, no, you can't forget that. That's the whole point.

So they were trying to block block everybody's view of McConnell. But ultimately, um It's a big cover-up. And quite frankly, anybody involved in the cover-up has no business anywhere near the Trump administration. Right now. And Donald Trump needs a White House press secretary who is truly on board with the agenda.

That's all I'm trying to say here. All right, 901-260-5927. I'm looking at these images now. The guy doesn't move. Seriously, Mitch McConnell, he's in the car, and it's like, That's exactly what it looks like.

Mm-hmm. Where are we? Am I am I alive? Where's Rampaul? He's not even moving.

He's just. And it's just like sitting there. That's got to be. Hold on, I'm trying that. It's hard to even do that with your mouth for that long amount of time.

There you go. It's it's sad, really. No, it is sad, and it is pathetic. Because this is a family trying to hold on to power. at the expense of a very aging, decrepit man.

And that's appalling to me. This guy belongs. in a nursing home. That's where he belongs. And instead he's in the U.S.

Senate. At taxpayer expense. 901-260-5926. This is the Tonstearn Show. I certainly will not do as well.

Or are you done now? Are you ready to shut up? I am done, sir. Till off by war! Yeah.

That was Chuck Grassley. Good Lord, man. Wow, he was fired up. Yeah. By the way, Grassley is ninety-two years old.

His vacuum cleaner recently died. Remember that? Very tragic. I think it was a Hoover. Terrible.

So that was Corey Booker, and he was being very naughty during one of the Senate hearings. People are really you know, they came back from vacation. I don't think they got enough R and R. Because everybody's on edge. Anyway, Chuck Grassley, 92 years old.

So, knowing that context, Dylan, can we play that again? You're going to interfere with Senator Graham asking her questions as well. Or are you done now? Are you ready to shut up? I am done, sir.

You're not my. I thought the clip was still going. I know. Wow.

Well, ninety-two years old, that guy. He goes to the Dairy Queen with the missus. Did you know that may be the secret? The Delhi Uh do they still have them? I used to love them.

They call them dillies? I think so. Fairy queen, they call it dilly. I didn't ever heard that. Hold on.

I've heard DQ. I mean, that's for sure. Yeah, the Dili Bar. Have you ever had the Dili Bar? I don't think so.

It's a delicious soft served vanilla ice cream covered in a chocolatey shell. Oh, wow. And they call it a Dili Bar. I would be very open to that. Yeah, that's what he does.

I mean, the guy's out in the farm. He's picking corn and mowing the mowing the grass and vacuuming the rugs. He got a new. He got a new battery. Yeah.

What did he call Grassley called he had a name for the vacuum cleaner. I mean, it was uh it was um A curious love affair. 49.

Well, he's 92. The vacuum cleaner named Beth. He named his vacuum cleaner Beth. She was 49. Wow.

Yeah. That's an insane vacuum, actually. Yes, I mean, but I know what that is. Yeah, I mean, 49 years old, and the vacuum cleaner still had great sucking power.

So I. Oh yeah. I I got It did its job. They built'em strong in the m in the heartland. Good old Iowa corn fed.

It's our corn fed vacuum cleaner. Oh, it was handed down from his mother-in-law. Beth was versatile. And Beth is now dead. Anyway, Gransley outlaught at the vacuum cleaner.

God bless the man.

So there you go. All right, coming up, Josh Jones is going to be here. Also, Senator Marcia Blackburn is going to be joining us. And Mary Walter is on deck, plus your calls. We'll be taking your calls in the next hour of the show: 901-260-5926.

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Broadcasting coast to coast and border to border from Memphis, Tennessee. That's it. That's why I love this American. Todd start.

Now I'm not going to defend. The University of Texas that much. But we got to talk about what happened the other day at the big game when Texas beat. When Texas beat Ohio State.

So there was, at the end of the game, they've got the they had the reportertes. Those are the lady reporters. And they stick those gals out on their. I guess they're there for the whole game, Dylan, right? They're on the sidelines.

Yeah. And then their job is to what interview the coach. Like as you're going to post-game interview. Post-game and then the halftime.

Okay. And so there was a bit of a controversy involving this. This big old gal, what's her name? Her name is Hollybrook. Hollybroke.

Yeah, I don't mean that in a bad way. I'm just saying she's well-built. Yes. I mean, she could put on some pads and get out there and.

Okay. She could fill in. She could sub in. Do you realize? I didn't realize this.

She's 60 years old. Not surprising. She's been doing this for a long time. For a long time. A long time.

And I mean nothing wrong. There's nothing. She's not a gal of girth, right? I think she's just, you know, she's a reporter. Yeah.

And she was the So she was out there, and there's this huge controversy in involving the coach. What do they call the coach? He's Sarkesian. Oh, my Lord. We call him Sark.

Sark. That's what they call him. Is Sark, which is why.

So, anyway, Sark at the end of the game, it was a huge upset. You know, the crowds going wild, and the coach, and there was actually, there was something else that had happened earlier in the game involving an interview where the coach just had to wait around, apparently. And so at the end of it, he. He uh basically brushed her off. Live on national television so that he could go and be with the team.

And she took great offense at and stormed off and rolled her eyes.

So that led to a lot of conversation, and then there was a meme. And you think the coach was being rude. At the time when I saw the video, I was like, come on. Like, she's got a job to do. You know, you could just stand there for 30 seconds and it'll be fine.

But now that I think about it, like, how the massive scale of that game, like, Texas was down like 14 points, like, going into the fourth quarter.

So, like, they won huge. All he wanted to do is go celebrate with his team. And that's what he made it clear to her that would happen. Because now that I look back at it, I'm like, I understand. He's a joke.

He was there. He said, Texas fight, hook him, and then turned and ran off. Yeah. And again, I don't know the noise factor was like a big deal at the game.

So that may have, I don't know if that played into it or what. Everybody's saying there are multiple camps here. Number one, there are people that say the coach was rude and should have apologized, and the coach had a responsibility to do the post-game interview. Number two, there are people that think Holly Rowe was just being a little. Pissy and stormed off.

And number three, there are people that think it's ridiculous to have these women out there anyway, unless they're cheerleaders. That there's no room for, you know, there's no need to have any kind of a reporter. interviewing coaches at half time or, you know, doing the postgame stuff. Yeah. As a fan of football, I never really cared for those interviews.

I don't really care to listen to them because they say the same things, you know.

Well, I have a theory about this. I think the only reason they do that is because they want those kinds of. Those altercations.

So I think from a broadcasting and programming standpoint, they want the chaos. And they may not say it publicly, but they're probably thanking Sark for doing that because people are still talking about the game. How many days later? And they're really not talking about the game. They're talking about whether or not the coach was rude.

That's a good point. But again, it's just um Yeah. There was a meme made. And the meme is I'm curious to get your take on the meme. Dylan, have you seen the meme?

I haven't seen the meme. You gotta watch the meme. You go and search for the meme, and I'm going to talk about the meme, and I want you to tell me what you thought about the meme.

So the meme has. Holly Rowe, and they had the interaction, and then the coach hauls off and smacks her in the face and storms off. And It's a stupid, funny meme, right? It's just nobody, it's just a stupid meme.

So, anyway, they were asked of Arch Manning, who is the quarterback, and he's just what a kid, I mean, 22 years old. And you know, he's having the time of his life out there because they just beat Ohio State. It was a great game. And so they're asking poor Arch Manning if he had seen any of the edits of the TikTok or Twitter. And here's what he had to say: Cut 21.

I've seen a few AI edits of stuff, but that's about it. I saw an AI edit of Sark's interview. Of him slapping Holly Row. Yeah. It's hilarious.

Yeah, it was hilarious.

Well Guess who became public enemy number one of womanhood? It would be Arch Manning, and everybody's going after this kid. And they're saying that now Arch Manning should apologize. To they should apologize for what Arch Manning did.

Now, I want to read this. This is I'll give you a little bit of background. Sark also ran away from another reporter at halftime, Laura Rutledge, claiming they made him wait too long. And I think this is the whole I think this is what started. It was sort of like a snowball avalanche thing.

Rutledge said on the broadcast that he apologized to her at the time before running off that a technical issue was to blame after Ohio State coaches interview prior to that.

So ESPN issued via Rutledge a public apology to SARC to begin the third quarter and shouldered the blame on tech issues.

So, I think there's a little bit more to it. But now, now the meme has caused chaos. And again, the issue for me. It was, and by the way, all the people laughing were in the press court.

So everybody was and I do I wonder if Holly Rowe would have laughed. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Yeah.

She's a serious sports reporter. But again, it wasn't like the coach was smacking her. It's. That didn't really happen. That's it's a joke.

That's the whole point.

Did you watch it? I did. I watched it. What'd you think? That's really funny.

Stop. You can't say that. It's like and they'll come after you next. I don't care. It's AI.

It's a joke. Arch Manning is a Gen Zer. He's gonna laugh at that stuff. It's kind of like the old police academy and airplane movie, the parody stuff, right? It's a parody.

Yeah. I don't think people appreciate parody. I don't think people appreciate good slapstick comedy anymore. No, no, no, definitely not.

So now there's a conversation on whether or not Women should be sports reporters in men's sports. Interesting. I don't really care. I I feel like it's fine either way. As long as they know the sport, what do I care?

Yeah. I mean, th that's that's the important thing, is making sure that you know the sport.

So that's it. But again, I just don't recall these other sports back. I don't recall male sports reporters getting this bent out of shape over stuff like this. I may be wrong. I may be missed, but I just don't recall that.

And if they did, it was one and done. But this is like drama. Weird.

So, anyway, poor Arch meeting, he's learning a very, you know, you hate to be the PR guy because they're in the back of the room and they're like, No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Yeah, it was too late. They couldn't do anything. No. I'm the kid's what, like 20?

22, I think. Yeah. Yeah, give them a break. Oh well, it is what it is. 901-260-5926, our telephone over.

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Oh, did they have the Emmy Awards? Really? I It completely it must have slipped my mind.

Sorry about that. Nobody tells us when they're happening. They just happen. Yeah. And we see it on the app.

Nobody watches. Nobody. I think CNN has a bigger audience. Anyway, they um They recognize all the people who Who died right in the previous year? They do a nice little tribute thing.

They left out Chuck Norris. How do you leave out Chuck Norris? Um This is just insane. Chuck Norris, a great American patriot and an incredible actor. According to Variety, despite a tribute to Buffy the Vampire Slayer earlier in the show.

in which it was mentioned that it had been a tough two years. Nicholas Brendan's name was not included on the screen. I guess he died. This year fans also called out names like Walker Texas Ranger star Chuck Norris. And the gong show panelist JPMorgan.

Oh, I didn't realize JP Morgan died. That was a great show, the Gong Show. Unbelievable. According to Preipart, as you can see in its not so subtle way, the far left variety is deliberately snubbing and downplaying Chuck Norris by piling him in the middle of a bunch of T V names. that do not even come close to his star power, which is true.

I mean, I like the gong show, but come on, Walker, Texas Ranger. The T V show ran for nine seasons on CBS, became a Saturday night staple. Although it was well known that fewer people watched T V on Saturday nights, Walker still managed are you ready for this? managed to attract somewhere between ten and twenty million viewers over those nine seasons. And of course, you can still watch Walker, Texas Ranger.

Uh today. And let's not forget, he was one of the biggest movie stars. in American history. I mean, he had some incredible. He was always, he was saving the world.

I mean, just about every single one of his. One of his movies.

So there you go, but no no surprise here. No surprise. You know, they'll do a retrospective on everybody loves Raymond, and don't be surprised that they leave poor Patty Heaton out. You know, she's a rock-solid conservative Christian. in Hollywood.

But it's really a shame because this really is. This really is evidence that Hollywood hates you. They hate your values. And they hate movie stars especially who share those values. Unbelievable.

How do you not mention Chuck Norris. That makes absolutely no sense to me. 901-260-5926 is our telephone number. That's 901-260-5926. By the way, I want to thank our good friend, Congressman Tim Burchett, becoming the latest member of Congress To endorse my new book called The Golden Age: How Trump Saved America, and we appreciate the congressman's endorsement.

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Colbert, the worst Yeah. On T V. want to Emmy because he hates Trump. It's outrageous. I just, you know, it's just disgusting.

But I'm not really. Are you really that surprised, though, Mark? No, no, I'm surprised if you didn't get 10 or 12 of them. It's a good point, but please do not put Chuck Norris in the same In the same column as Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Okay, Chuck Norris was an American icon. He was an American icon. I remember when he was fighting with. the Superfoot Bill Wallets. That guy was for real, man.

He wasn't no actor. He was a real. uh hero and a real man.

Well, he really was. And do you really think that Hollywood is going to honor a real hero and a real man, as you just said? No way. Not when they got Colbert. It's true.

That's a fair point, Chuck or Mark. Let me ask you, real quick, on the safety, you know, this is a one-year anniversary. Of the Memphis Safe Task Force, Trump sending in the feds. How are things around Memphis? They're a lot better.

They're a lot better, Todd, but I'll say this. Unless they start building jails and prisons and putting people in there. they're going to go light on these criminals. Nobody's going anywhere. I wouldn't go to a fair.

I wouldn't go to a ballgame. I wouldn't go anywhere in this city. It's still not safe. It's a lot safer. But it's still got a long way to go before you're going to see the economy turn around because everybody's scared to leave the house.

Yeah, the only people doing well around Memphis are the gun stores. Yeah. It's true. It's true. All right, Mark.

Thank you for calling in, and we appreciate you listening to K-Wham. 901-260-5926 is our telephone number. That's 901-260-5926. Dylan, a little, we're going to drop some knowledge on the audience here as we go to break. Since 1940, since 1940, the year that Chuck Norris was born, roundhouse kick-related deaths have increased by 13,000%.

Shocking. Who would have thought? 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show. Our man in Dallas.

He's also our man in Washington, D.C., the great, great political commentator, Josh Jones. Josh, good to have you back with us. All right. I want to rehash here. We need to talk about last week in Dallas.

And first of all, before we get to the politics of it all, so what were you working around the clock? Did you have any time to get out and do like Dallas kinds of stuff? Unfortunately, not really. It was basically convention at the convention hall for 10 or 15 hours and then back to the hotel and then rent three P.

So it was still a good time. Did they did your did your bosses, because you work for a company there in DC that handles a lot of candidates, did they put you up in a nice place? Yeah, we actually we're in a nice hotel. Um'cause One unforeseen benefit of the convention and coming to town is all the hotels were basically the same price. Regardless if they were super nice or like you know more middle of the road, they were all jacked up in the price.

So we were able to stay at a little bit of a nicer hotel. Oh, well, that's good.

Well, I'm glad to hear this. I was concerned about that because if you were going on our time, we actually put. I like to put our people up in a good place because when you're out like that and you're working 18 hours a day, you want to be able to come back and enjoy a very nice hotel where everything is there and they take care of you. Yeah, no kidding. No, oh my goodness.

So I was well, I'm disappointed. We were hoping you had gotten down to Fort Worth. We wanted to put you on a steer, you know, that you can do that. And, you know, you can wear a cowboy hat and I do own some cowboy boots. I brought those with me.

I was wearing those. Oh, that's great. You know, it was in Dallas. Yeah. No.

Do you think, though, after all of that, did it move the needle at all? I mean, that is a question, right? Because if you look back at the two days, kind of my takeaway and kind of what I've heard other folks say is that logistically, they did a good job. I mean, to pull a convention together in six months is no small ask.

So in terms of executing, they did it well. It was a well ran convention.

Now, at the end of the day, does it move the needle politically? I guess we'll see. But I feel like, you know, obviously there's a lot of different speakers, so I can speak for literally every single person that spoke. But unfortunately, I felt like I was more the same. I mean, there were some good talking points in there, but it was the traditional Republican talking points.

Whereas this could have been the opportunity for the president and the Republican Party to make the case on affordability and cost of living specifically, because that is the issue of this election. Sure, there's other things that matter, but that's what people care about the most this election.

So this should have been the stage to make the Republican case of that, and that's what the message should have been. And I'm worried it got a little lost amongst all the other issues that were discussed on that stage. Josh, I'm going to put you on the spot. Name your favorite drag queen. I don't think I have one.

Exactly. That is my point exactly. And I ask you that question because every red-blooded American man responds the same way you just did. But here's how Tallarico responded. Mr.

Tyler Eco, so nice to meet you. Tired, probably is. I was there when you defended the drags. Who's your favorite drag queen in Texas? Oh my gosh, probably Eliz Edwards.

Eliz Edwards, I love Mikey Mays. Thank you so much.

Josh, under two seconds. It was like, you asked me, Starge, what's your favorite drink? Dr. Pepper. You know, because that's what I know.

This guy knows his drag queens. All that to say, Josh, is that that's what they're going at. They're the Republicans are counting on going negative to generate the vote in places like Texas. And I wonder if that is going to be enough. Yeah, I mean, well, I guess we'll see.

I mean, we're under 50 days from the election at this point. And look, I mean, especially when you have a candidate like James Polarico or some of these other folks across the country that Democrats are running, you have to run these negative ads to really show who these people are because they act like they're these moderate middle-of-the-road people. And then they, you know, they have, you know, all this baggage in their closet that, you know, on the Republicans that, you know, get out there into the news. Josh Jones joining us on our Patriot mobile newsmaker line. Josh, we were going through some Trafalgar polling survey numbers from there were four states, and all four, they have the Democrats leading right now in the Senate race, including North Carolina and Georgia.

What are you seeing out there? What are you sensing? And what is it going to take to get that Republican surge come November? Yeah, look, Democrats are fired up. This was the opportunity to get a lick back on Trump because he won the presidential election.

So they're going to show up. That motivating factor to come out to the poll is because it's easy to talk about, oh, we lower your taxes. From this percentage to that percentage, or from X amount to this amount, and those sorts of messages. But those are sometimes hard for people to relate to through talking about these abstract numbers.

So I think the president and Republicans have to show Casey's real-life stories of how their policies are making a difference, and also draw a contrast with the Democrats. Because, sure, there's always issues in the election cycle with the incumbent party, which is, you know, in this case, the Republican Party. But if you think back just to two years ago under the Biden administration, I would make the case that things were a lot worse.

Now, if I live in the past, But to draw a contrast of look, things may not be perfect now, but if you just go back a couple of years Yeah. And that I think they have to make that point to the voters. I'm concerned, though, because I too believe that affordability is going to be the issue here. The only people talking about that are the Democrats, and the Republicans are all over the place on the messaging. You're right.

You're right. And I think that you saw that on the convention floor down in Dallas. You have a whole host of speakers from House candidates, senators, the president, the vice president, cabinet members. I mean, you have every part of the Republican leadership down there speaking. And sure, you had some people down there speaking on affordability and cost and recognizing that that's the issue of the election.

But a lot of them didn't even touch on it. And I think that's going to be a huge missed opportunity. And that's what that convention should have been about. And unfortunately, for some folks, they honed down on that, others didn't. All right.

Josh, let me ask you, I know you're a healthy eater somewhat. Do you do the fast food stuff? Do you have a favorite fast food joint you like to chout out at? Yeah, yeah. I think my favorite fast food, I had a couple of them.

Chick-fil-A is always you know, always up there, great choice. If I'm wanting like a set down fast food, it's chilies. Oh, it would be my top two. Chilies? I didn't realize that.

All right. The reason I ask that is there's a place called Slim Chickens. I don't know if you guys have those in D.C. Slim Chickens. Slim Chickens is kind of like, it's sort of like an upscale-ish Chick-fil-A, you know, sit-down restaurant.

And anyway, they're launching a brand new flavor of their chicken tenders. And I'm curious to hear your thoughts on this. Dylan, is this true? First of all, Dylan sent this to me. This is a true story.

It's true. We've been able to verify.

So they haven't marinated the chicken in Dr. Pepper, but they have sprinkled seasoning of like a Dr. Pepper infused like with pepper or other seasonings with that. They're calling it Dr. Pepper chicor.

Would you eat a Dr. Pepper chicken? Um I would try it. I like Dr. Pepper.

I just don't know if I like Dr. Pepper-infused chicken. Yeah, I'm with you on that. I don't know. You know, I'll try it.

How about that? I thought this story was right up your alley, Todd, because you're like so Dr. Pepper. And like, you love the jelly beans. The jelly beans are so good.

The Dr. Pepper jelly beans. Is that the jelly belly? Is that? Those are some fine jelly beans.

Very good. You should reach out for a sponsorship. Oh, that's a great idea. All right. Yeah, I like the way you think, Josh.

All right. Well, all right.

Next time you're down in Memphis, we'll head over to Slim Chickens and we're going to break Dr. Pepper chicken wings together. Yeah, we'll do an on-the-air review. Oh, that's even better. All right, Josh.

We did that once when we French's doing the mustard ice cream that summer in New York City. We sent the intern out and made him eat it on air. The sound of throw-up is not good on radio, by the way. That's not a good sound. Josh, good hearing from you, my friend.

Thanks, Don. All right. 901-260-5926. Our good buddy Josh Jones. Dr.

Pepper chicken tenders. Interesting. Let's go to Tom in Houston, listening to us on Patriot Talk 920. Wants to talk about Memphis. Hey, Tom, what's going on?

Yeah. Blimps us. you bring up the crime in Memphis. And I used to come to Memphis every year for a event called the International Blues Festival. This takes place in January.

course down on Bale Street. Last time I was there, there was two hundred seventy four bands From all over the world.

Okay. And uh It's a it's a four-day event. And they uh The finals take place there at the Orpheum Theater.

Well I do not. attend anymore because of the crime and lymphists. It it's I hear about it throughout the year. But uh I had a personal experience with it. They're my hotel.

Bar got broke in two. And uh Cop said, Well, sir, you know, this is a The problem we have in uh blah blah blah blah blah blah. But uh it was just a minor crime. And uh Once in a while. Not to me it wasn't.

And uh That's what your city's dealing with. I mean by whatever means you need to. And I agree with the man, we need to We need to uh make more prisons, fill them up and also Mental institution. I mean, who who goes and Hold somebody down and cuts their head off. Tell me that.

It's Tom, it's a great question. I look, I went to the I was at the I love blues as well, and I was at the festival this past year. And a good buddy of mine owns Rumboogie Cafe, and they're one of the sites where they have, you know, a lot of the bands and some of the best blues music in the world at that festival. And there are a lot of people there. And Tom, it bothers me that you had that sort of experience because Memphis is so much better than that.

I will say that the downtown area, depending on where you are, yeah, it's going to be bad. And it shouldn't be that way. Not only do we need more cops on the street, Tom, we need a mayor that's walking the streets with a baseball bat and just knocking out crime. I mean, it's that kind of ferocity we need to put a stop to the violent crime in the city. Yes, sir.

And uh, you know, my first year Damn it if it was twenty fourteen or twenty fifteen. And I did the whole Memphis experience. I went to Graceland I uh went to the Gibson Guitar Factory before they left town. Uh The uh I went on, uh, what is it, Graceland Boulevard or whatever to one of the restaurants there that's like within half a mile of uh graceland. And Because location, location, location, I paid $7 for a peanut butter nano sandwich.

I thought, my God, this is ridiculous. But, you know, I ain't going to be this close to hell ever again.

So I did it.

Well, and. It's uh it it's a it's a great town. It's a fun town. But he has a little little cancer on the butt. that needs to be excised.

Tom, you're absolutely right. And I hope you give us another chance. And if you decide to come back, you let me know, and we'll hook you up with some good seats over at Rumboogie Cafe down there on Beale Street. And I'll treat you personally to a peanut butter and banana sandwich down at the arcade, which is where Elvis used to eat all the time. How's that?

Well, I tell you, if I get there, I'm gonna look you up. All right. I'm sure you're you're twice as good looking as what my uh brain pictures over radio. All right, we'll get you some Tennessee sip and whiskey, too, then. All right, Tom.

All right. Thank you for calling. Wow.

Let's go to Kim in Georgia, listening to us on WDUN. Kim, what's on your mind today? Hey, Todd. Thanks for taking my call. We love you.

I am a Trump supporter. Love what President Trump has done. I'm a Republican. I'm watching our Senate race, Osoff and Collins, and I'm a little concerned that There will be some moderate Republicans and maybe elderly swayed to vote off sway. Since there is an ad about Collins, Mike Collins, about Social Security, and that is a hot topic.

um across the country. Um if you're um manipulating our Social Security or anything with that. And I think he's going to have to address that with an ad. He's got a great ad against Osoff, but he needs to tackle this Social Security thing.

Well, what is he saying? I'm going to plead ignorance here on this. What is Colin saying about Social Security?

Well, they do have them recorded. I don't know if there was any AI involvement, but he's saying go back to work, get off of Social Security, go back to work. Anyway, they're showing just manipulation that he's trying to cut the benefits, that he doesn't want to. Support Social Security, and it's just sending a really negative message. It looks like it's a very old clip with the video.

But I think he needs to address it.

Well, I I did a quick little search here. That was actually from a a radio interview he did last year. And he said to you, like you just said, pretty much an accurate quote there: get off Medicaid, get off Social Security, get back into the workforce. The campaign said that he simply misspoke and meant to refer to people leaving Medicaid for employer-provided insurance.

So they're saying this was sort of taken out of context. But again, you've got to be careful what you say on the campaign trail, and you can't make stupid mistakes. And it sounds like this was a stupid mistake. Exactly. Yeah, Kim, this is tough.

I mean, the numbers are out looking good. What is it about Collins? What do you think the campaign needs to do that they're not doing? I think he needs to because there's so many ads from both of them equally, slamming the other. They're both very effective, but I think he needs to address that issue.

That affects a lot of people. He needs to clarify that about Medicaid. Um It's it's a neck and neck fight.

Well, right now, you've got Collins down in every single poll, including the Fox poll and Trafalgar Group.

So they've got to make up that ground somewhere. Kim, thank you for that call, and thank you for listening. We've got to take a quick break here, folks. 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show.

All right, let's go to the phones here. 901-260-5926, Daniel in Atlanta. Hi, Daniel. What's on your mind today? Say, Todd, you know, I really like you for whatever reason, you seem to be a fun guy.

I feel lately you've been souring a little. Yesterday you interviewed Uh Jack Bovino. And um I I guess The whole point was he was trying to save Mark Molly Wasn't doing a good job, all kinds of things. Hey, Greg, hey, uh, Todd, you have to understand, I'm an immigrant too. Um there's so many forces making money off immigration in this country.

I don't think there's any single politician. or Congress that can stop it. Think about it like this, Dodd. When I came many, many years ago, about thirty years ago, You could not get a bank account with a H one B one visa. No.

People that come to visit your HB1 v uh H one B one visit, they're opening bank accounts in your big bank. How does that happen? Daniel, let me ask you. Are you a legal citizen of the country? Yes, sir, I'm one hundred percent legal.

I'm a full time citizen and I love this country. Does it bother I got about ten seconds here? Does it bother you that so many people are coming here illegally and taking advantage of the country? Absolutely. Absolutely I wouldn't like to.

I'm originally from West Africa. I would not love any of my neighbors around me in West Africa to even come into my own country and we all look black. I wouldn't worry.

So, America should not allow it. The people of America should not allow it. But there's too many people making money off of the film. Daniel, I think you nailed it right there. You're right.

People are making money. It's a grift, an absolute grift. Daniel, God bless you, and welcome to America. Hang tight, everybody. Hour three, Senator Marsha Blackburn.

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I love this American ride. All right, we are watching a couple of developing stories, one of them taking place in the Rose Garden of the White House. Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Todd Stearns Radio Show. Happy to have you with us.

Hour three. Coming up, Senator Marsha Blackburn joins us. We are expecting to hear from the Attorney General of these great United States, Todd Blanche, going to be delivering remarks from the Rose Garden. And we'll try to dip into some of that when his speech begins. In the meantime, I want to go to the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line and welcome in the queen of radio, the one, the only Newsmax contributor, Mary Walter.

Mary, hope you're doing good today. I am. How are you? Yeah, doing well. Can't really complain.

You know, we're in the middle of what they call a heat dome.

So for the past, what is it, Dylan? What, three weeks, four weeks? It's been over 100 degrees here in Memphis. It feels like forever, actually. Yeah, it does.

So, Mary, we're really in Jersey. I woke up this morning. It was 64 degrees. I hate you. Thank you, Mary Walter, for joining us today.

See y'all. I was wondering, no, it's funny because I was watching some news videos and I see people wearing jackets. I'm like, what? Where are these people? Because they're not in Memphis, Tennessee.

I'll tell you that much. Hotter than Poland. I'm going to reconsider that whole moving to Texas thing, a Tennessee thing. That's all I'm talking about. Yeah, well, yeah, well, if you're in the eastern part of the state, you're okay.

But if you're on the western part of the state, it is like the gates of hell.

So. Keep selling it for me. I'm going to get a text message from the Chamber of Commerce again, the tourism department. Starnes, you're killing us over here. Come on, man.

Oh, my word. Mary, there's a lot going on in the world of politics. We've been having a little bit of fun with this James Tallarico thing. I want to play this audio for you and get your reaction. We actually, and by the way, we did something on air.

We tried this question with Josh Jones, and he had the same reaction that Dylan had and the same reaction I had. But here is. Here's James Tallarico being asked a question. Mr. Tyler Eco, so nice to meet you.

Sorry, Brooklyn Hayes. I was there when you defended the drags. Who's your favorite drag queen in Texas? Oh my gosh, Broby Lis Edwards. Liz Edwards, I love Mikey Mays.

Thank you so much.

Less than two seconds it took him to answer that question, Mary Walter. What do you make of that?

So I'm going to say, I love a good drag queen.

Okay. I love a good drag show, all in good fun for adults, right? Not for children. And I realize that it is entertainment. It is not a way of life.

Yet I don't have a favorite. And to be fair, I've been to about three drag shows in my entire life.

So I can understand why I would not have a favorite. They should have asked him what his favorite cut of meat is. That probably would have been harder for him to answer because now all of a sudden he went from being vegan to I love meat and jamming it down his throat because they told him he had to.

So that probably would have been a far more interesting question.

So what's your favorite cut of me? How do you like your steak cooked?

So tell us a little bit more about that. He probably would not have been able to answer it. Do you like Angus or Ground Chuck? Angus or Ground Chuck, Tellerico? Exactly.

You know, the other part of the other just weird thing is I don't know too many guys that are picking up girls at gay bars. And that's just, again, it's not a judgment. It's just kind of a weird thing.

Well, okay, so there's a difference between like a drag show at a gay bar.

So let me tell you here. Let me school you, Scott, as it's Scott Todd, whatever the hell your name is.

So here, so here's the thing.

So, like, drag queen brunches are like a chick thing and a gay guy thing. All right. A drag show in a gay bar is. Where gay men go to pick up other men.

So, um, Either way, it doesn't look good for him. Dylan, are you feeling very uncomfortable right now, or is it just me? Slightly. No, you're not alone here. We're just kind of, yeah.

Wait, why is this uncomfortable? Ian, the intern, is hiding under the desk right now. Lile is uncomfortable. By the way, he wasn't going to, as far as we understand, he actually just picked up his girlfriend. They met at a gay nightclub.

I don't know if there was drag going on or not, but it's just odd. Most straight guys, I don't know. Maybe they do. I don't know what the dating scene is like these days.

Okay, so I have been to gay bars in New York. With Other men But it was strictly for entertainment value on their part just because it was a super fun bar.

So there would be like a whole group of us that would go, men and women that would go after work. At like eight o'clock at night, nine o'clock at night. And so they were straight, but They were. Picking up other women in there because there's a really good chance the other women are gay. Oh, lesbians.

Right. Oh, they exist. I've seen them in the wild. Yes. You know, when I was living in Brooklyn, New York, and I lived in the zip code that had the highest concentration of lesbians in America.

And I could not understand. I'm like, why is everybody always wearing flannel? I never could understand that. Yeah. So Geez a loo, Tom.

I know. I'm like, geez a loo. I'm so I'm on if this was Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn, it may still be there. I don't know. But I needed to get a haircut.

And normally the makeup ladies at Fox would handle haircuts, but one of them was out.

So I thought, I got to get a haircut.

So there's like this hairstyling salon there on Fifth Avenue and Brooklyn and Park Slope. And I walked in, and as soon as I walked in, I realized it was a lesbian, like a lesbian hair salon. And I immediately turned around. I just stood there and they stared at me. I'm staring at them.

And I said, Can you tell me where Super Guts is, please? Ha ha ha ha ha. In Park Slope, Brooklyn. By the way, I'm so sad that this was before the era of videotaping everything you did because I would have paid, it would have been the best channel on Instagram, X, everywhere for someone to just follow you and film you living in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Like, I would pay to watch that.

So that would have been hilarious.

So, Channel 5, which is the Fox affiliate there, when I was working at Fox, they found out about all of this and they're like, oh my God, you've got to do a weekly segment, like a southerner living in Brooklyn. And so we did like this. We did this weekly segment for like about a year. And it was a lot of fun, but it was just kind of like the hilarity of Todd Starns living among people wearing buttless leather chaps and you know. That was the thing too in Park Slope.

That's that, because that's my local Fox affiliate.

So I'm surprised I didn't see it. I missed it. My two neighbors, I'll never forget, they're probably dead by now. Frank and Christine, Italian couple, and they cursed like I have never heard people curse. They would sit out on their stoop.

And one day they were always, they were very kind, but you know, it's a very brusque Italian Brooklyn kind of a kind. And I'll never forget one day I came back from the bodega and I was walking and I could smell marijuana. And I'm like, oh my God. And so there are Frank and Christine sitting on the stoop. And I said, we talked briefly.

I said, Christine, I said, somebody is having a very happy day. And I looked and she and Frank were smoking these huge, like, cheech and chong style marijuana cigarettes. Blunts, yeah. Blunts, thank you. That was the word I was busy.

But it was funny, Mary, because Christine said it's cheaper than meds. Stop. I'm like, hey, I'm not judging. I'm not judging. And she said, and if you want some, I can hook you up.

She's like in her late 70s at the time. Hey, she's an old hippie. I love that neighborhood. It was a fun neighborhood, actually. Yeah, but Park Slope is a is actually a nice neighborhood in Brooklyn, but that's hilarious, Todd.

I think that's so funny. Yeah, I need to write a book about that. The Organic Mayonnaise Shop was the the total the total jam. Wait, wait, wait. There was a shop that only sold organic mayonnaise.

Yeah, they went out of business. That's all they sold? That's all they sold. That's like the old SNL skit where they only sold scotch tape. Remember that one?

Oh, that's right. I love that. By the way, there was just to give you an idea of this neighborhood. We had a little butcher shop, and they actually had this velvet rope so the park slopers could park their baby carriages. They had valet parking for the baby carriages.

And of course, they did. Of course, they did. You can't make this stuff up. Very well. Yep, this is why people don't want to move out.

Mary Walter joining us on the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line. I have absolutely no idea why. We're just hanging out talking today. It's. Wait, can I just say to everybody, these are our conversations on the air.

So imagine what our conversations are like off the air. It's pretty insane. It's pretty insane. I want to play this audio. This is the mayor of Atlanta.

His name is Kassim Reed, former mayor of Atlanta. And he's actually endorsing the Republican for governor because of how bad crime has gotten in Atlanta under Democrat rule. Cut 21, please. I've seen a few AI edits of stuff, but that's about it. I saw an AI edit of Stark's interview.

Oh, I'm sorry. That's not it. That's 17, Place 17. What got me activated was that my mother goes to the Chick-fil-A at Colony Square, and she went to that Chick-fil-A on the day that it got robbed. And so it's personal to me.

the grandmother of my daughter. when dropping off my daughter was robbed. One of my dear friends was the victim of an attempted carjacking and couldn't get the police on the phone, even though she had the license plate for the person that tried to carjack her car. And what I believe is that most people in Atlanta are having these kinds of experiences. What I hear overwhelmingly from people who walk up to me Is that they're afraid, particularly when they're women, to get gas in the city of Atlanta.

So they're driving around on E. And honestly, Mary, that's the way it is in a lot of these large cities around the nation, is that crime is off the charts. And thank God that Donald Trump is sending in the Feds to crack down on crime. Yeah, well the whole um they're driving around on E because they're too afraid to get gas in the city of Atlanta.

Well, stop laughing at New Jersey and outlaw pumping your own gas. It solves that crime at the gas station problem.

So there's that. Never worried about getting gas at 2 o'clock in the morning in New Jersey. I'm totally fine with that. But you're right. But isn't it interesting that it takes it to hit home?

before they will acknowledge that there is a crime problem. When it was happening to everyone else, there was no acknowledgment that it's a crime problem.

Well, when it hits his mother and his daughter, Now it's a problem. Right. It's very interesting. It happened here in New Jersey where the wife of a Democrat mayor was hit in a car accident by an illegal who ran a red light.

Now all of a sudden, oh, this illegal immigrant thing is suddenly in the news because it happened to a Democrat politician's wife.

So it unfortunately, they have to live it in order to get it through their thick skulls. Mary, hold on just a second. I mentioned that we've been following the Attorney General Todd Blanche holding a press gathering in the Rose Garden at this hour, and we do have some breaking news to share. Breaking news now on the Todd Starn Show. The Attorney General announcing that today is the one-year anniversary of the surge of federal agents to Memphis called the Memphis Safe Task Force, and the Attorney General announcing some staggering numbers: 13,000 arrests, and they've found more than 200 missing kids.

Let's listen to the Attorney General here. Done in Memphis. Today is the one-year anniversary of us signing the Memorandum of Understanding with Memphis to do the great work that we've done over the past year. Nearly 13,000 arrests in the Memphis area, more than 2,000 illegal firearms seized, and nearly 1,500 known gang members arrested over the past year. We also located and more than 200 missing children.

St. Louis over the past four weeks. our HSTF platform. has been extraordinarily successful arresting over two hundred fifty violent criminals, many with outstanding warrants and extensive criminal history, and they've taken over one hundred illegal firearms off the streets. That's just in the past four weeks.

And today, you may have heard Director Patel announce that the FBI has arrested 10 out of 10 of the criminals on the FBI's ten most wanted lists in the first 18 months of the administration. That's Mary, just remarkable numbers. And I'm going to tell you, it feels like a completely different city now that Trump has sent in the task force. Yeah, it's fantastic, isn't it? Isn't it?

It's amazing when you punish people for committing crimes, how they either wind up in prison or they stop committing crimes. I don't think they stop committing the crimes. I think they wind up in prison, as we spoke earlier about people needing to experience things to get it through their thick heads. I think also there are some people who are just opportunists who are like, well, if everybody else is doing it, so can I.

So, you know, they get a five-finger discount every time they go to the store because nothing's going to happen to them.

Well, when daddy's home and daddy says zero tolerance, if you steal something, you will be punished. The people who would not normally do that, but it's just that the environment permits them to do it, won't do it. Yes, it's a great point. Mary, we're going to have to leave it there. I loved the meandering conversation today.

Tell us what's coming up. You've been on hiatus. What's coming up on the big radio podcast? The podcast tonight, we do have an author on talking author who is joining us who is going to be talking about the negative effects of feminism. Which I thought was interesting.

Oh, that'll be fun. Yeah, and I am going to be on Newsmax here in about twenty minutes. All right, ladies and gentlemen, the great Mary Walter, and you'll be able to see all of her great stuff. As a matter, did I mention to you that I actually gave you a shout out in the book? Yes, you did.

You're on page 290. I had to double check. Page 290, the Mary Walter shout-out. I have to write that down. 290.

I'm going to write that right here so I know what to look for. 290. All right. Thank you, Todd. All right, Mary Walter.

Mary Walter, I'll text you the information. All right, there you go, ladies and gentlemen. Mary Walter, we've got to take a quick break here: 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show. And welcome back, everybody.

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Well, first of all, we don't have a massive platform like Fox News.

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And I promise you, if you read this, you're going to want to rush out and vote in the midterm elections. Got to take a break. Senator Marsha Blackburn coming up next. All right, welcome back, everybody. This is the Todd Stearns radio show.

We are waiting for Senator Marcia Blackburn. She is currently on the Senate floor and she is casting votes.

So she'll be with us momentarily. In the meantime, Crazy auntie Maxine Waters going at it with Scott Besant. I'll tell you, these people have absolutely no respect for decorum. Cut number 18, please. The U.S.

bond market has been the best performance in the world. Yes or no, Mr. Secretary. Reclaiming my time. Reclaiming my time.

Reclaiming my time. Reclaiming my time. Reclaiming my time. You keep talking, I'll keep reclaiming my time. And I'm asking you, Mr.

Secretary, turning to your trade policy. If tariffs are not inflationary, as you claimed in your previous testimony, then why has inflation increased by more than 3% over the past year? Do you deny that inflation is too high at 3%? Yes or no? The Representative Walter.

Yes or no, Mr. Secretary. Yes or no, Mr. Secretary. Reclaiming my time.

Reclaiming my time. Reclaiming my time. Enough of this. She's giving me a headache. God bless.

Scott Bessant for having the wherewithal to put up with that nonsense. But this is, again, what the cabinet's going through every single time they show up on Capitol Hill.

Now, just a little while ago, we heard from the Attorney General Todd Blanche making really a shocking announcement from the Rose Garden of the White House. Let's take a listen. Done in Memphis. Today is the one-year anniversary of us signing the Memorandum of Understanding with Memphis to do the great work that we've done over the past year. Nearly 13,000 arrests in the Memphis area, more than 2,000 illegal firearms seized, and nearly 1,500 known gang members arrested over the past year.

We also located more than 200 missing children. St. Louis over the past four weeks. our HSTF platform. has been extraordinarily successful arresting over two hundred fifty violent criminals, many with outstanding warrants and extensive criminal history, and they've taken over one hundred illegal firearms off the streets.

That's just in the past four weeks. And today, you may have heard Director Patel announce that the FBI has arrested 10 out of 10 of the criminals on the FBI's ten most wanted list in the first 18 months of the administration. I mean, it's truly remarkable. Senator Marcia Blackburn, as a matter of fact, at a Senate hearing earlier today, and here's what she had to say as the FBI Director Cash Patel was in the room. Let's listen.

And last year, we had a hearing with you, Director, where one of our Democratic colleagues railed about how you were making the country less safe. And I just want to refute that because we can point to what you. and the Memphis Safe Task Force have done in Memphis, Tennessee that is making Memphis and Tennessee and indeed the entire country safer.

Well said. And again, this is all laid out in my new book, The Golden Age. There's a literal chapter on how President Trump saved Memphis, Tennessee. I want to go right away to the Patriot Mobile newsmaker line and say hello to the next governor of the state of Tennessee. Right now, she is our Senator, Marcia Blackburn.

Senator, good to have you with us. And wow, what an amazing story coming out of Washington today. It is indeed. And Memphis, of course, is the center of it because Memphis is the success story. And Todd, what we know is making Memphis safer is something that all Memphians have been excited about.

They are benefiting from. And as we talk to people in West Tennessee and Shelby County every single day, they will say thank you for the task force. And Director Patel pointing out what they had done in the hearing with me, talking about the 13,000 arrests, the nearly 1,500 ganged members that are off the streets. They're locked up. They're being prosecuted.

Talking about the children that have been rescued, having Todd Blanche in the rose garden at the White House today. Talk about Memphis as the model For how you work together with your local, state, federal agencies. You put everybody together. You say, we're going to make certain. We make this happen.

You've got a mayor that is working hard to make his city safer for his citizens. You've got a police chief working to make certain the city is safer for the citizens and at the same time, training new officers. recruiting new officers, training existing officers, having them learn from what whether you've got the FBI or DHS or other agencies that are helping train existing officers. This has been a remarkable effort. And over the past year to know that the crime rate has been cut more than half.

In Memphis, Tennessee. Things are very different today than they were just a year ago. You know, what's really shocking about all of this, Senator, is that the Democrats who have run Memphis for generations could have done something about this, but they did not do anything. They didn't do anything at all. And it took your efforts.

It took the efforts of people like State Senator Brent Taylor, now running for Congress, and it took President Trump. You took that to President Trump and said, Mr. President, we need help in Memphis. And he delivered when the Democrats failed to do so. You're exactly right about that.

And Director Patel and the Attorney General listened when we said, we need your help. We can't do this on our own. And they said, we will help you. And indeed, Director Patel, when he was with us a year ago, gave me that public commitment. that they would do that and they have lived up to that.

And now that other cities, St. Louis, Other cities are looking at Memphis. You've got Director Patel today talking about the Project Viper, which was the first part of putting this task force together. how he now has that in a couple dozen cities. where they're looking at how you work in partnership.

Cadet crime under control. And Todd, I'll say this: also the cartels. that have moved into some of these issues. We in Tennessee have sent this message loud and clear. If you are here, try.

trafficking our children. If you are trafficking drugs, We are going to hunt you down. We're going to find you and apprehend you. We are going to put you in jail. We are going to prosecute you.

But you are not going to get away with this. And it has that message is being understood. by these cartels, and they are leaving the area, and that is a positive. Senator, I thought it was interesting, something you said in your remarks to the FBI director, that you wanted to see those numbers every single day. And I think that's going to impress a lot of people who, you know, sometimes this part of Tennessee gets left behind in the conversation, but it certainly appears that you are paying very close attention to what's going on here in the Memphis area.

Yes, indeed we are. Ben Blackman is our chief counsel, and he grew up in Memphis, went to school at Christian Brothers. and law school at Ole Mess. And he has really drilled down on these numbers. And as we have worked Right with your local, state, and federal agencies.

Every day we check these, we look. At the criminals that are being detained and are being jailed. I will say this. Um our U.S. Attorney Mike Donovan has been on this Hi-Race Miller, the U.S.

Marshal. Deller. And these gentlemen are individuals that are now recognized across the country. Chief Davis is getting calls from around the country from other police chiefs saying, how have you done this? This is good for Nemphis.

And you know, one of the things we're hearing not only from citizens about how much safer it is, but from small business owners. And about, you know, they're beginning to have people. Look at relocating businesses and reaching out to them and saying, could you supply this? Would you be a vendor for that?

So it's opening up opportunities for economic growth and development that a year ago, Memphis did not have the Chamber of Commerce. Is getting more requests for information. This is good. It means more jobs, it means higher wages. Senator Marsha Blackburn joining us on our Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line as one of those small business owners.

I say thank you, Senator. I want to switch gears real quick because the gubernatorial race is heating up. You have a Democrat opponent, a woman by the name of Jerry Green, who sits on the council in Memphis. She posted something about you. She said that you are a coward.

I'm curious to get your reaction to the rhetoric coming from the Democrats in this race. We are running our race. We've got a great message. We have a history of working with and for Tennesseans and working to make their lives better every day. We are going to stay focused on that.

And leave the noise to others. I said, I've got an opponent that is a socialist. I've got another one with quite a colorful record, but we are focused on the people of Tennessee and how we best serve them. It is an honor every day to work for the people of Tennessee.

Well, I know your team has actually put out this website, deadbeatdave.com, this independent guy, David Hatley. And you're right. I mean, the guy is a convicted criminal. He says that he's written about all of his past crimes and mistakes that he made, he said, younger in life. What is it about this guy that would disqualify him to be governor of Tennessee?

And one of the things we know is that Tennesseans want somebody who has a history of delivering for them, somebody that understands the states, each grand division and has solutions to problems. We are a great state. We're not a bad state. We're not bad people. We are one of the best states in the country, and we've got the lowest per capita debt burden in the country, the lowest tax burden.

This is a good thing. We have a solid foundation of success to build on. We should be America's Christian conservative leader, we should be the freest state in the country. And as governor, that is something I'm going to work toward. How do we be the freest state in the country?

How do we even further get down the cost Of delivering government services, the cost to the taxpayer, because government doesn't have money. It all comes from the taxpayer, and it means you have to have policies that are going to keep that cost. of government low So that the taxpayer is keeping money in their pocket. Right now, Todd, we hear every day from people about the cost of living, and they're saying, What can we do to make housing more affordable?

Well, let's look at permitting, let's look at regulation, let's look at how we get the cost of government services down, how we speed these processes. We hear from people about the necessity to keep communities safe. How do we make certain that we further that and we do it in a cost effective manner? How do we make certain our kids are going to have opportunities and the best educational opportunities in the country? How do we get these ratings up on their test scores.

And make certain that every single child graduates high school knowing what their God-given gifts are and setting them up for success in life, whether they want to go to the military or they want to work in skilled labor or they want to go to a college. Let's set our kids up. We are a great state. And we can do this. And we can set these children up for success.

And we can make certain that we are America's conservative leader. President Trump is sending power and authority back to the states every single day, whether it's health care, education, permitting, regulation. Economic development. We're seeing it every day.

So let's do a reset and leave the other country and show other states. What we, one of the best states in the country, what we are able to accomplish. Senator, I've got about 60 seconds. And full disclosure, I should have said this at the very start of our conversation, that I have endorsed you, and you have my full support as governor of the state of Tennessee. I'm also one of these guys that just loves debates.

I'm a journalist, I'm a broadcaster, and I love the debates, and I love hearing conservative ideas being debated. Is there any circumstance that you would consider or at least think about doing a debate with your opponents? You know, my opponent is a socialist. I'm a conservative. This is a contrast election.

And people always we love talking about what we are for. But Todd, I'm not going to give air to these defund the police put social workers on the streets. Um Medicaid, not even Medicare, but Medicaid for all. We're just not going to give ear to that. All right.

Fair enough. Senator, we appreciate you coming on. I know you're super busy today, and thank you. We covered a lot of ground. And again, thank you again for the great work you did getting President Trump to send in the task force.

We really appreciate that. You got it. Take care. All right. Senator Marsha Blackburn of the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line.

And it does take it took a lot of folks to get that task force down here, and we're mighty thankful for it. All right, we've got to take a break. 901-260-5926, our telephone number. That's 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Starred Show.

You know Dylan is. Blackburn was fired up today. She had a lot to say. She was, yeah, extra spicy. You know, I do think it was funny.

She said they were staying above the fray, right? But they actually created the DeadbeatDave.com website. And they're everywhere this guy goes. And he's sort of like a self-funded guy. And one of the reasons I think they're a little concerned is that he's got a lot of money and he's self-funding his campaign.

So he's going to be dumping a lot of cash into the race. And everywhere he goes, he's being trailed by people dressed up in the old school prison uniforms, the black and white stripes. And they're putting up wanted posters for David Hatley all over the state of Tennessee.

So, it's going to be an interesting race there. Clearly, Marshall Blackburn is by far the frontrunner here. David Hadley running as an Independent, and then Jerry Green running as the Democrat in that particular race. 901-260-5926, our telephone number. Listen to these numbers: nationwide crime numbers under the Trump administration: 31,000 gangbangers gone, 2,700 criminal gangs dismantled nationwide.

54,000 violent crime arrests. Homicides down 18%. That's Donald Trump, ladies and gentlemen. That's a reason for you to get out and vote on Election Day. All right, we've got to scoot out of here.

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