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Welcome, welcome back to the mighty 990. It is 55 degrees at Memphis International Airport, where I just returned from. I I got back into the Bluff City in the wee hours of the morning, and it is great to be back. Back home after spending ten days on the road promoting the book and doing some big book engagements, and want to thank all you guys for the kind words and and notes that you share with me along the way over the past ten days. But I am staying put for at least a little while, and we have got a lot going on today—a very busy day across the mid south.
As a matter of fact, there is a huge gathering of. Elected officials in Coryell today, a number of congressmen, congresswomen from around the nation, gathering to be with our congressman David Custoff as he is holding a field hearing. We're going to talk to the congressman a little bit later on. He'll be calling into the show in just a few moments. Also, Steve Gill is here to weigh in on politics across the mid south and the state of Tennessee as the ninth congressional district.
Race and the fifth district race are now becoming huge national races. Democrats are pouring millions and millions of dollars into the congressional campaign of Justin Pearson. They think they've got a chance to knock off Senator State Senator Brent Taylor in that newly redrawn district.
So we're going to be touching base with Steve Gill to get his take on that. Also, the contentious gubernatorial race. And there is there is growing concern. On the Republican side of the aisle, about the campaign of David Hatley, who is the independent running, Mr. Hatley, an incredibly successful millionaire businessman from East Tennessee, he had a few he had a few problems in the early years of his life back in the 1990s, and by that I mean he's a convicted felon who just got his voting rights restored, and the Blackburn campaign is.
Is making a lot of political hay about that out on the campaign trail. That being said, that was what thirty-five, almost forty years ago, and since then, David Hatley has become an upstanding businessman who employs many, many, many Tennesseans in his companies.
So the question is, will he draw enough votes away from Marsha Blackburn to allow Jerry Green to take the governor? That's ultimately the big question here. There's a very there's there's doubt that Hatley could win outright, but he could prevent Marsha Blackburn from winning.
So we'll get into all of that with Steve Gill in just a few moments. You know, one of the things I one of the stories that caught my attention as we were. Getting ready for the show. This dire warning that came from the Shelby County, the brand new Shelby County Assessor of Property Javier Bailey Senior, and he spoke at a press conference last week and laid all of this out. And there there are a lot of news nuggets that were not covered by the local media that we need to be really concerned about because the bottom line here, this whole press conference.
And they, it was called the state of the county tax base. The whole point of that press conference and this summit that he wants to hold is to raise, eventually raise our taxes. I mean, that's where all of this is heading. Bottom line, and but I appreciate Mr. Bailey at least coming out and acknowledging, holy cow, we got a problem.
It turns out all of those beautiful high rises that are in downtown. Most of them are are empty, they're vacant, and it's when you go downtown. And somebody somebody posted this on our on our KWM Facebook page just the other day. They said they decided to to pretend they were a tourist, and they went downtown. They wanted to walk around, and they were just stunned at how few people there were.
It was literally a ghost town. And I've done the same thing. After sometimes after the national show, I'll just drive downtown and walk around. Maybe grab a meal at a restaurant down there. And there's hardly anybody on the streets of downtown Memphis, which is a big problem because that is also the big tour, one of the big tourist draws.
So the the assessor said that the vacancy rate is right now at about sixteen point seven percent overall, and in Class B properties, about seventeen. Point four percent. That's a big, big problem, and we're talking about towers like the Raymond James Tower and One Hundred North Maine. And Mister Bailey said the skyline for Shelby County is gone dark. By the way, the it's also bad on the hotel side, where he said a lot of hotels are shutting down, and that's another big problem.
But it's also a bigger problem for you, the taxpayers, because taxpayers of Shelby of Memphis and Shelby County. Guess what? You own the dilapidated Sheridan Hotel that City Hall decided to purchase with twenty two million dollars of your tax money.
So just Just a heads up here. I don't want you to be surprised when all of these Democrats who rule Memphis come back to you and say we're going to have to raise your property taxes again.
So because that that very well could happen. By the way, Mister Bailey said one of the other big factors here was the relocation of Memphis in May, and that. Caused millions and millions of dollars to be siphoned away from downtown and into other parts of the city, but he said, and I want to read this from the Daily Memphis piece: the hiatus and restructuring of the Beale Street Music Festival and the relocation of the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest stripped millions of dollars in direct tourist spending from downtown. Also, FedEx Forum attendance is down, and the Church of God in Christ—they took their convention and they left town.
So there you have it. It's, I mean, it's. I hate to say this, sort of a dire picture, but at least that is, in fact, the reality. And that, by the way, is the reason. And I know a lot of the restaurant owners are, you know, they lean to the left just a smidge.
Okay, more than a smidge. But the reality is that they don't. They don't want to admit why they're really having to shut down their businesses, and it's because of crime. I mean, that's that's it in a nutshell. All right, we have got a lot.
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I'm Todd Stearns, and you are listening to the Mighty Nine Ninety KWM. By the way, a couple of quick notes here: Free Jazz Festival this weekend. This is the inaugural Memphis Jazz Fest. It's all going to happen downtown. The festival goes through Sunday with Sunset Jazz at Court Square Park from three until.
Seven, folks. You're going to hear some incredible music there on the Main Street Mall.
So be sure to get out this weekend and enjoy the Memphis Jazz Festival. All you Christian music fans, Elevation Worship and Pastor Stephen Furtick are coming to the FedEx Forum Saturday. The Christian worship event starts at seven o'clock that evening. Tickets are listed on sale, so you are able to get tickets. All you have to do is go.
To a FedEx forums website, and you'll see all the information there. Our telephone number nine zero one two six zero five nine two six. That's nine zero one two six zero five nine two six. By the way, a lot of lawmakers in the mid south for a field hearing on the one big beautiful bill and how it's impacted business. Congressman Jason Smith, Congressman Ron Estes, Carol Miller, Beth Van Dyne, Nicole Malia.
Takis and Nathan Moran joining our own Congressman David Kustoff in Collierville later this morning for a big event. I want to go right away to our Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line and say hello to our good friend. He is a publisher of TriStar Daily, Steve Gill. Stephen, in a second, we're going to ask you about about National Taco Day, whether you're a soft shell or hard shell guy. But first, we got to talk politics, and there is.
A lot. First of all, I don't know if we've ever had that many members of Congress here in the mid South in one day. And and were they good topic and one that the administration and Congress really needs to be talking about. The good thing about the big beautiful bill is it it put in massive tax cuts. Kept the Democrats from increasing taxes, and did give relief to seniors.
It gave relief to folks who earn their money through tips. It gave relief to to those who work overtime. But there is still meat on the bone. They didn't feel completely remove those taxes on tips and overtime and social security.
So I think that that the fact that they're traveling and and making the point known, here's what we did, but here's what's left to do. And if we don't keep a majority in the House. In Senate, it won't get done, and that's the that's the big issue here in Tennessee. Where now the Democrats are targeting two districts of the fifth, which is where Charlie Hatcher and and Chaz Molder are going at it, going at it, and also the ninth, Justin Pearson and and Brent Taylor. I'm just from my vantage point, Steve.
It just seems to me that the Democrats, even though they may not have the numbers, at least right now, it seems to me they've got momentum here in Tennessee. Am I off base there? And and what we see in in you know it's football season, so we see the the shift in momentum in college football games. Whether it's the Memphis Tigers, whether it's the Tennessee Vols, whether it's you know Ole Miss Rebels, there is there is a momentum shift within a game. And and you've got to take care to not only stop that momentum when it runs against you, but turn it around and get your own.
And I think that one of the reasons you're seeing, you know, groups like this group of congressmen come to Tennessee, why you have President Trump that was in Knoxville a week or so ago. There are rumors he may be back again soon up in the Clarksville area. I think they realize that they've got to get President Trump out to to to inspire some momentum among Republican voters because when he's not on the ballot. As you and I have talked before, MAGA voters, Trump voters, tend to stay home if he's not on the ballot, which is why he's emphasizing my name may not be on the ballot, but my policies, what what was needed to keep us moving forward economically and otherwise, is on the ballot, and we have to turn out to make sure that the progress continues. You know, here's my problem, Steve, and and this just it bothers me only because I am a conservative and I I do vote Republican.
And and yet we have Republican leaders across the state who are not loyal to their own party. In some cases, they're endorsing the independent candidate in the race. They're not backing the person who came out of the primary victorious. And and I just it it bothers me because the Democrats are always they they unify behind their candidate, except in the case of Steve Cohen. But typically, they unify behind their their candidates, and we are not.
Seeing that happen in in Tennessee, especially in this gubernatorial race, well, they put party ahead of principle, party ahead of America, all the time.
So i I appreciate the fact that we have Republicans who will say, "No, I'm putting policy and principle ahead of just which team I'm on, which jersey I'm wearing." And frankly, I've been talking a long time. That if we want to have a unified party, we need to have runoff elections in Tennessee. When you have someone who gets our nomination with only forty-three percent of the vote, that is not a strong endorsement by the voters that this is our person to carry our banner. A lot of other states, you know, forty-three percent doesn't get you the nomination; it gets you into a runoff. And if Tennessee would have runoff elections, we would have candidates moving forward who were the Secured more than 50 percent of the Republican primary vote, or in some cases, as we see around the country, 60 or 70 percent, once people coalesce behind their number one nominee.
And I think that the fact that we don't have that in Tennessee is why, again, Bill Lee got elected with less than 50 percent of the primary vote. I think he got like 35 percent. Marcia Blackburn got 43 percent. If we had runoff elections, there'd be a stronger atmosphere. And a stronger support base from the primary to the general because we would have a candidate who is our nominee who has at least fifty percent, if not more, of Republican support.
Steve, tell me about David Hatley because he is making a major play in West Tennessee now, which is strong, you know, Marshall Blackburn country when it comes to the Republican vote, and that's who Hatley's going after. He's going after those Republican voters. He's about To launch a massive advertising campaign here on KWM, does this guy have have any shot at all, or are we looking at a spoiler here who could give the governorship to Jerry Green? You know, I interviewed him just the other day, and we're actually posting portions of our conversations with candidates. We've talked with you know a variety.
We've talked with Brittney. We've talked with you know a whole host of candidates around the state. You know, I interviewed David Hatley. I've interviewed Jerry Green. We're going to be posting that, and she's an avowed liberal.
There's no question about that. David Hatley is a conservative Republican. The only reason he didn't run as a Republican is because When he was 21 years old, he had a conviction, and that kept him from being able to qualify as bona fide as a Republican. But you look at the issues, whether it's fiscal conservatism, when you look at his faith-based, you know, pro-life agenda, he is a conservative Republican in policy, if not with the R next his name.
Now the question is. Can can he bring with his advertising, and they're going to be targeting not just Marcia Blackburn but also Jerry Green to bring Green's numbers down, to bring Marcia's numbers down, and to continue to bring his numbers up. Whether or not he can get to that forty forty three percent of the vote that I think is necessary to win the governor's race in this election, with a divided party and a divided Republican versus Democrat base, that remains to be seen. They feel confident that they're in the mid teens that they can spend money between now and November third that will outpace both what Marcia and Jerry Green will spend. Together, and they believe that the message that they're sending of you know that he's not taking PAC money, he's not taking money from the the folks who want to do business with Tennessee, which we've seen too much corruption for too long.
And I think that's a message that may be resonating if he can get his name recognition and and who he is. All right, and also identify who his opponents are. Do you do you think the Republicans are taking this for granted? I just don't see. I I don't see the momentum.
On the Republican side, or quite frankly, they need to be campaigning like they're twenty points behind. I agree, and I think that's not just Tennessee; that's all over the country, Todd. And and when we look, as you know, I do a lot of events around the state. The turnout for Republican events. Over the last month or so, has been meager.
Has been you know half or or two thirds of what they traditionally turn out. That's not a good sign. The Democrats do seem to be enthused. What is to our advantage is they have picked the worst slew of candidates all over the country. From you know Al Sayed from from you know Justin Pearson, who has cited himself with with some of the most violent, despicable characters that the Democrats have to put forward.
The advantage. For us is we've got good candidates. The disadvantage for them is they have some of the worst in history. But the danger to America is if we don't do our job, those worst candidates in history gain power. All right, I've got about ten seconds here, Steve.
National Taco Day. Are you a hard shell or soft shell guy? Both and regularly, not just on Taco Tuesday. You know, I'm a taco guy any day of the week. All right, Steve.
That's a very political answer, Steve Gill, publisher of TriStar Daily. If you want your dose of statewide politics, go check out TriStarDaily dot com. Steve, always good to hear from you, my friend. Thanks, my friend. Talk to you soon.
All right. Again, a lot going on in the world of politics, and tacos. By the way, where is your favorite spot here in the mid south to grab a taco? Give us a call this morning nine zero one two six zero five nine two six. That's nine zero one two six zero five nine two six.
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They racked up some big wins over the the weekend. The Tennessee Hospitality and Tourism Association holding their annual Stars of the Industry Awards in Gatlinburg, and they came away they came away. Huey's came away with three honors, including Restaurant Employee of the Year, that went. To Brian Davis, also General Manager of the Year, going to Rico French Whittington, and also Restaurant Tour of the Year.
So, congratulations to our friends at Huey's Burgers. Also, if you're in Germantown and you notice the traffic is a little bit heavier this week, well, there's a good reason for that. Germantown Baptist Church is hosting a huge national conference of Christian counselors, and they're at. German Town Baptist Church, the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors, more than twenty three hundred participants representing twelve hundred churches from around the nation as well as nineteen countries.
So, if you're driving by and you see all the the cars in the parking lot, that's what's going on at Germantown Baptist Church. As a matter of fact, I'll be heading out this afternoon after the the national show to volunteer. I think I have dishwashing duty in the church kitchen. I want to go right away to the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker Line. Say hello to a very busy Congressman today.
Our Congressman David Kustoff, good to have you with us today. Hey, Todd. Good morning. Thank you for having me. Congressman, we we were I was talking to Steve Gell just a few moments ago.
I don't think there's ever been this many members of Congress in the Mid South, but they are in town. You are you are leading a field hearing today for House Ways and Means Committee. Tell us about what's going on. Yeah, thank thanks, Todd.
Well, I tell you, so our Ways and Means Chairman is a great Chairman, Jason Smith from the Boot Hill, Missouri. And one thing that he's a believer in, which I agree with 100%, he believes in in having hearings in different parts of the country.
So the witnesses who normally Todd would come to Washington D.C. and you know come to the Capitol and have to testify, the Ways and Means Committee goes to them.
So over the last several years, we've had a field hearing of the Ways and Means Committee. In a sawmill in West Virginia, on a in a farming operation in Minnesota, we did have a pretty cool one at the Reagan Library last summer, at a sign factory in Nevada. We've been all over, and Chairman Smith came to me and said, "I would love to have a field hearing in the in the Memphis area, and it would probably probably be our last one before the 2026 election." And we want to hear from witnesses about the the one big beautiful bill of the Working Families Tax Cut Act, how it's benefited, and and you know what if anything can we do to to modify, improve, what have you, and hear real world stories.
So the committee is doing that later today, this morning. In fact, in about an hour and a half, in Cairoville in Orgel. And Todd, for you and for people who are listening, Orgel, which supplies hardware stores, local hardware stores across the country, is Tennessee's oldest company, and they're probably the first or second largest private company here in the Memphis area.
So we're we're excited to have that field hearing this morning at Orgel at nine a.m. It's really going to be exciting, and again, the some of the lawmakers in town: Carol Miller from West Virginia, Beth Van Dyne from Texas, Nicole Malliotakis from New York, Nathaniel Moran from Texas, and I actually sat on the airplane right next to Congressman Ron Estes from Kansas. We were flying in on the connecting flight from Dallas last night, Congressman. I know he's pretty fired up, and he's excited to to be here in the mid south. As well, he really is.
He, by the way, as you mentioned, he represents a district in Kansas. He grew up and graduated high school in Union City, Tennessee, in Albine County, in Northwest Tennessee, in Paul Teckel Country.
So we we're really glad to have to have Ron and all these other members to experience.
Southern hospitality, like they've like they've done the last day and a half, preparing, getting ready for this for this hearing, and I really think you know I mentioned we'll be at Orgel today, and we've got the CEO of Orgel who is testifying, Boyden Moore. We've also got Mike Miller, who owns Patrick's on Park Avenue. Oh yeah, great restaurant, really good restaurant, and. Two other witnesses, and I, and again, I'm just looking forward to listening, learning how what we've worked so hard on has a good, solid, practical, conservative benefit. And to me, in the end, this legislation, which which is the signature legislation, I believe of the.
Of the second Trump administration is all about letting people keep their hard-earned dollars in their own pockets. Congressman David Kustoff joining us this morning on the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line. Congressman, today Memphis City Council they're they're going to be looking at these data centers, possibly imposing a moratorium on them. The reality is those data centers are going somewhere, and many of them are going to be going right across the state line into DeSoto County in Mississippi, where they're going to get the windfall from those data. Centers.
If the city decides to crack down here, what is what are you hearing from from your constituents? This is a hot button issue, and I think even a lot of Republicans are torn on the data centers.
So you you've summed it up exactly right. A couple of things, you know, with these data centers, and they're going in in different cities and different communities all across the country. If you look at Where where SpaceX XAI has located these two data centers, first of all, Mayor I think Mayor Young, who has kind of struck the the right balance, I think as it relates to to data centers, he will tell you that this year those two facilities are going to produce over twenty million dollars in property taxes for the city of Memphis, and Todd. That's money that just appeared. Those were non-revenue producing pieces of property, and now that's twenty plus million dollars to the city of Memphis Treasury.
The second thing you pointed out is where those data centers are. You mentioned Mississippi; they're also going to Arkansas, right across the river, and so you know you do have communities the the Governor of Mississippi, Tate Reeves, is welcoming those opportunities because they are producing revenue. The other thing that that I think goes unmentioned, and I'm just talking about Memphis and Shelby County and the economic opportunities, is that that with with Elon and those facilities, there are there are other businesses that are not data centers. That are thinking about and looking at locating to the Memphis area, and if they do, that'll create not only more property tax revenue, but but more more jobs. And to me, that's what it's all about.
So there is a lot of concern, and you're right; it's on it's on both sides of the both sides of the aisle. But I think if you're a data center and you can convince people, That there's not going to be an environmental impact, and that they're going to take care of their own water, which is something Elon has done, and is certainly good to have debate about it. Congressman, I want to switch gears real quick and talk about the midterm elections coming up. And there's, I was talking to a congressman who's in a safe district who was lamenting the fact that you know even in his district it's going to be a tight race. He's expected to win, but he is really concerned about about Republicans winning nationwide.
I'm just stunned by this because I'm I'm looking at the crowds at the Trump rallies, and I think the enthusiasm is there. Maybe it's not, you know, being portrayed on the national media, but but I think you guys are are doing pretty good. What what's your take on things? I mean, you're out there campaigning, yeah.
So you know, look, it's all about it's all about people coming coming out to vote, right? I mean, every vote matters, and I think about somebody I'm sure you've interviewed before, Marynette Miller Meeks, who's a congresswoman from Iowa. A few years ago, she literally got elected, Todd, by six votes. Six, and that demonstrates every vote's important.
So, I think it's it's important for all the Republican senators and all the Republican congressmen and everybody running. You've got to make sure, and this includes me, that your your voters actually come out and vote. And in Tennessee, we make it. We make it very easy. We've got this two-plus week period of early voting, and as you know, in Shelby County you can vote from 11 in the morning to seven at night, eight at night.
It's good extended hours with 20-something locations. But it's important for us to talk about our wins legislatively, and I think. You know, one one reason, one big reason the people went to vote for Donald Trump in 2024 was because they they were looking at the images that were coming from the southern border, the literally hundreds of thousands of people that were coming across the border unlawfully, illegally, every month, and they said we've got to stop it. And Trump said if you elect me, I'm going to close the border.
Well, Todd, he did that. And but people move on; they move on to the next issue.
So we've got to remind people what President Trump has done in these two years, what the Republican House and Senate has done in these two years, i.e., the the one big beautiful bill. Which which you know, if you if you talk to small business owners and others and retailers, they say. You know things are actually not bad. I know that I know that people are concerned about gas and groceries because we hear from them, but it's a little bit of a, so it's a mixed bag. But on the on the consumer side, the consumer is spending, which tells you something.
So we've got to go out there, tell those stories, and most importantly, we've got to make sure that our voters go out and vote. And there's no way we can allow someone as radical. I mean, Justin Pearson is a radical, and I would—I'm very concerned.
Somebody like that getting elected to Congress.
Well, look, it's real, and just look at last year, where the most capitalistic city in the entire world elected a socialist to be their mayor, where where New Yorkers elected Mondami.
So. Never say that that it can't happen. This truly is a it's a battle between common sense versus crazy.
Okay, I mean that that's it. And you got people running nationwide on the on the Democrat ticket that are absolute socialists.
Some of them may even be communists. And if you want, you plural, you everybody want to protect our way of life. The way to do that in our values is to go vote and go vote for the for the right people. All right, Congressman Boyle, you go National Taco Day. Got it.
Are you a soft shell guy or are you a hard shell guy? I'm a hard shell guy. Really? All right. You surprised?
I am. I am. I am. I kind of figured you go with the with the soft shell.
Well, I like both, but if I if I had my choice, I'd go hardshell. All right, good.
Well, good stuff, Congressman. Congratulations on this great event happening in Collierville. Always fun to to invite folks out to the mid south to the district, and we know that the good people in Collierville they're going to put on a good show today. Yeah, thank thank you very much, Todd. We're honored to to be here and and to do this and to have a United States House of Representative congressional hearing.
Right here in the Memphis Shelby County area. That is a very rare thing, and it is happening today in Collierville. Congressman David Costoff on our Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line today. As we go to break, mentioning it is National Taco Day, a chance for you to win a signed copy of my brand new book called "The Golden Age." But you got to answer this trivia question. There is a very famous Mexican restaurant that is not Taco Bell that was found.
In West Memphis, originally, this particular Mexican restaurant known for their world famous cheese dip. Can you name the restaurant on this National Taco Day? Our telephone number nine zero one two six zero five nine two six. That's nine zero one two six zero five nine two six. This is the mighty nine ninety KWM.
Oh wow! Going to be 88 degrees today. That's what Laura Huckabee says. By the way, the Mighty 990, the only news radio station of Memphis, with our very own exclusive meteorologist, Laura, will be along in just a moment with a complete look at your forecast. By the way, there's a little trouble brewing down in the Gulf of Mexico, could be impacting the mid south later on the week.
Laura's keeping an eye on it, so. You go about your business, enjoy your weekend. We'll let you know if you need to grab an umbrella or button down the hatches. Also, want to share this. We just got this from our friends over the Shelby County Clerk's Office, and man, are they doing a good job in the post Wanda Halbert era.
They are closing early on Friday, and I want to give you a heads up. There, they're going to open at eight thirty that morning. They're going to close at noon for man. Mandatory customer service training. I know many of you are very happy to hear that news.
They're going to be closed for the for the rest of the day. That's coming up on Friday. Online services, you're still going to be able to have access to them, and then regular operating hours resume on Monday.
So just a heads up there as as you make your plans if you got to go over to the to get your tags or something. Again, our telephone number. We'll share this in just a moment. We Have a trivia question on the table on this National Taco Day. This particular famous Memphis Mexican restaurant started in 1956.
After the family took a once-in-a-lifetime vacation to Mexico, they came back home and they created this restaurant. They are known around the world for their incredible cheese dip recipe. I don't know how they do it, but it was the the It's believed to be the very first queso dip in America, made right here in Memphis. Can you name the restaurant? Nine zero one two six zero five nine two six is our telephone number.
That's nine zero one two six zero five nine two six. And if you get the answer correctly, you're going to win a signed copy of my brand new book. It's called The Golden Age: How Trump Saved America.
Well, coming up on our national show today. It's really good to be back behind the microphone. We've got three hours of great conversation, great newsmakers that are coming up later this afternoon. We're going to be taking a look at the the big midterm election, and folks, I've just got to tell you one of the one of the things that we've got to decide. And you heard Congressman Cusoft describe it: it's common sense versus crazy, and the other side is just flat out.
Slap crazy. I mean, it really is that simple.
So I understand that a lot of you folks out there you don't like Marsha Blackburn. I can't figure that one out, but okay, great.
So your solution is to put a socialist in the governor's office. That's your solution. It makes absolutely no sense to me.
So be very careful when you're out there and you're campaigning for for these independent candidates, especially because that that could end up landing a Democrat in in the governor's mansion. I mean, it really is it really is that simple. And all you folks staying at home and not voting, you know what? You you may as well vote for the Democrat because that's what's going to happen. All right, let's go to the phones real quick.
Mark in Memphis calling in. Trivia, Mark. How's it going today? Hope you're having a good one. Good, Todd.
I'm so glad to hear you back on the radio, Mark. I've got ten seconds. What's the answer to trivia? Ponchos. Ponchos.
It is, Mark. Hang tight. You have just won a copy of my book, folks. We've got to wrap it up. It's been a great morning.
We'll see you tomorrow, right here on the ninety-nine ninety.
