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I am Kristen New, and I am here with Helen. And I am in for Todd Starns today as he gets back from Georgia. He will be on his national show at eleven. And last night, the Rays. Beat the Brewers!
They squeaked it out here at the end, so they stay alive as we continue our baseball dreams here in October. And October it is a schizophrenic weather month. We have it's cold in the mornings, Helen. I am driving in here with my heater on. It is in the mid fifties, but then it turns to summer by afternoon.
It is crazy weather here, and that is why we are all halfway sick all the time. Yes, I have my heat on in the morning, and then when I drive home from work, I have my AC on, and I usually get blasted with the heat when I'm like taking off sweaters, and I'm like, oh my gosh.
So I, you know, at some point it's going to even out. It's supposed to rain this weekend, and y'all know it is. They are not moving Halloween.
Okay, I have seen that on all of these. Pages, these community pages about trick or treating. We Halloween people. It's on Halloween, so they're not moving it. But we do have a special, special day today.
Today is a marvelous day. It's a miraculous day because it is Todd Stern's twenty-ninth birthday, and we are super excited to celebrate it. Twenty-nine years young. Twenty-nine, Todd. If you're listening, I don't know.
You may have slept in today, which you deserve it. But we are super excited for your birthday.
So. How can we celebrate Todd's birthday today? I think one of the best ways to celebrate Todd's birthday is to pick up a book, The Golden Age, Todd's newest book. It's a great book. You can get it for Christmas gifts.
You can get it autographed by Todd. He will personalize it for you. It makes a great stocking stuffer.
So that would make Todd's day. You could also go online here at the Mighty Nine Ninety or Stop Memphis Crime. Wish Todd a happy birthday today.
So, and he will be back this afternoon, and you can call. In and talk to him and wish him a happy birthday this afternoon. Also, if you want to send stuff to the station, you know we would love treats as well.
So you know, anybody wants to call in, that's right. I should have brought some sausage balls. You know, that's kind of my like my specialty is sausage balls. I'll have to do that.
So yeah, so we're we're celebrating Todd's birthday today. We're talking a little bit about Halloween to this morning because as I got into the studio, I was asking Helen, "Do you celebrate Halloween?" And and how How are you going to do it, and and what are you going to dress up as? Yeah, well, and there are some. I'm a Christian, but I know there's some Christians that they won't celebrate Halloween.
So it's interesting seeing the differences of people who celebrate and and don't. But I'm going out. My maid of honor is coming into town tomorrow, so we're going out and we're dressing up as like Disney villains.
So I'm going to be Hades. He's just so funny in the movie Hercules. It's almost like he's not a villain.
Well, you know, it's Disney. You know, you gotta, you gotta can't scare the kids too much, or or the parents are gonna be upset by that. Yeah, so we're talking about Halloween. There's a lot of Halloween activities going on this weekend.
So this is kind of the kickoff to the holiday season.
So throw your diets out the door. There, there, just don't even worry about it. You're just going to have to deal with it until after New Year. It's kind of my philosophy. I'll just, you know, wear stretchy pants.
It's fine. It's fine. Helen's been food prepping. She's got. She's trying to get ready for her wedding.
So we were talking about dieting and and how hard it is to do that during the holidays. But we'll be all right. But we do have some breaking news in yesterday that we do have to cover today, and we're going to spend the majority of the morning covering that. It has gone national, and it does involve. Our dear friend Senator Brent Taylor.
This one I'm struggling with, Helen, because he is a friend of mine personally. He is a friend of Todd Starnes. Todd Starnes has endorsed his campaign for Congress, and he's a friend of the station. And he has always been very gracious to come on and give us time to talk about everything. And then also, Brent Taylor has endorsed just about every Republican candidate that is running.
But Brent is involved in um in a scandal. I mean, and it has gone it's gone viral. It has gone national, and it is a sexting scandal. Uh, where in 2021 he sent out some nude photos, and apparently the nude photos that he sent out were not well received by the person who sent them. And he calls it a youthful indiscretion, which is an interesting term to use since it happened in 2021.
And he, Todd Sarns, called him personally, and he asked him to come on the show yesterday at 1:45. And Brent Taylor came on, and he gave Brent Taylor an opportunity to explain everything. And so, what we're going to do, and for those who miss that interview, we're going to replay the interview after the break in in its entirety. We're just going to start right in after the break, right into the interview. And then we're going to open up the phone lines.
So if anybody wants to call in and react to that interview, we'll be happy to open up the phone lines, talk to you guys. There's there's a lot of reaction online to it. I think if you haven't heard about it by now, you're probably you just were checked out yesterday because you cannot open social media without hearing about it right now, and everybody has an opinion on it. And we're going to talk about a little bit if if it is if it's going to affect the race.
Okay, so we have a very important race in the congressional nine district. It is that newly carved district that the Democrats are really hell bent on keeping that district, and it is driving turnout to the polls. I believe that is one of the biggest. Drivers of voters to the polls is that ninth congressional district, and that you we know that there is always an October surprise.
Okay, that's just politics. I was kind of waiting on an October surprise. I will tell you, I did not have this one on my bingo card, but it is what it is.
So we're going to, like I said, we're going to hear that interview. I want to know what voters, especially voters in the ninth congressional district. What they're planning to do if they haven't voted yet, because you basically have two choices, right? You have Brent Taylor, who all of his voting history has been excellent. I mean, he has really been a great.
You know, state senator, and then you have the Democrat socialists.
So we're going to cut to traffic with Commander Chuck, and as soon as we get back, we'll play that interview.
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Licensed provider. Individual results may vary. See website for details. We appreciate you joining us. I have to imagine it is a difficult day, but, sir, I guess the first question that a lot of folks would have is, "What the hell were you thinking, sir?" Well, that would be that would be a good question, and I will tell you that that is what.
I have been telling people that you can tell we're seven days from an election. You can tell who the front runner is when these types of stories come out. You know, just mere days before the election. And look, I will readily admit my and acknowledge my indiscretion, and it's it's unfortunate. And what's really frustrating is that that my wife.
Who she and I worked through this together long ago. We've moved on from it. But what's frustrating is now my wife has to relive all of this in the waning days of the campaign. And the the thing about it is, Tennesseans they don't care about the personal struggles in my family. They care about the personal struggles in their family, and none of this discussion.
About my past indiscretion has anything to do with lowering energy prices, lowering gas prices, lowering diesel fuel prices, and as a result, it just serves as a distraction. But that's why I'm running for Congress, Todd. Is I want to make sure that I go to Congress. And will work to reduce prices, reduce the cost of living, and that's why I'm running against Democrat Socialist Justin Pearson. Because if he were to ever get elected to Congress, he would be an ongoing public embarrassment to Tennessee.
And the the choice is clear in this election. People will have the option. Let me let me jump in here, though, Senator. Confidence in chaos. But don't you think these revelations are a public embarrassment too?
Oh, they—they are a very—it's a very embarrassing because obviously, I'm sitting here having to talk about something that my wife and I had to work through together, and talk about it in an open way. No, no family. Would want to have to do that. Every family has different types of struggles that they want to have to discuss publicly. But no, no doubt about that, Senator.
But no, no, hold on. But Senator, no doubt about that. I completely understand. But knowing that those photos were out there, why would you put your family through this by entering a race? And you had to have known that this was was going to come out.
Well, again, you know that I put that in my past, and what other people decide to do with with something that I may have shared with them, whether it was a text communication or a picture, what they decide to do that is is up to them. What I wanted to do is to move forward. My wife and I worked through this together, and we have moved on from it. And the great thing is, she has forgiven me. My God has forgiven me, and and I'm looking forward to going to Congress to to help lower prices.
Because none of this has anything to do with lowering gas prices or diesel prices. The choice is clear in this election: competence or chaos. And I completely agree with with that. I I think the concern here is the Republican Party has built itself as a party that was you know fighting for the culture war issues, and also these kinds of things would put any congressman in a position where they could be blackmailed down the road if these things had not come out.
So so again, I I think it is a legitimate question you know to be raised. But I I heard you say that you asked for your You know, you talk to your wife, and that's a personal thing. You talk to God, but what about the voters and your constituents and your supporters in the ninth congressional district? Are they owed an apology here?
Well, again, the apology is to my wife. That that is who that that is the person that that I had. That I I committed this this indiscretion against she she's the one that that was owed an apology I gave her that apology we worked through this together and and so that that's what we're we're working through but look you know you just raised the issue that about people being black man well obviously that won't be the case here because I discussed this openly and publicly before an election and then. The other thing is, you know, this this goes to show you.
Now, how a reporter earlier asked me, they said, "You know, what about how could you do this as a Christian?" I think this exemplifies the whole story of being a Christian, and that is that it's about redemption. And as I said, my wife, I asked for her forgiveness; she's given it to me, and my God is. No, I understand. Yeah, I understand that, Senator, and and I look. I know it's a tough spot to be in, and I hate asking these questions.
And I know it's got to be difficult for you, but but I've been getting a lot of text messages from your constituents, and they are just really shocked, and and really they feel like they've been let down as a result of all of this. What do you say to those constituents who feel let down?
Well, I would say this, and that is, you. If you elect elect me to Congress, the one thing you can know for certain is that I will stand in front of you and tell you the truth, just like I did when I had to talk to my wife about the indiscretion years ago that we worked through, and just like I'm doing today by coming on your program and others and facing the voters and telling them the truth. I think that is a. I think that is what people are looking for in a congressman. And yes, look, I made a mistake.
I had an indiscretion years ago that my wife and I have worked through. She's having to relive all this now. But the important thing is to recognize that when I made a mistake, I stood up, I faced folks, and told the truth about it. And that's what we're looking for in in a congressman.
So, and I just want to make sure we were clear about all of this. Was it just one person that you you texted? Were there multiple individuals?
Well, I'll let the Nashville scene—they're the ones that did the reporting. I'm not disputing the premise of their of their article. I do believe there are inaccuracies in it, but the premise of it is is what I acknowledge, and that's what I acknowledged to my wife, and she and I worked through this years ago, and and it's unfortunate and frustrating. But but look, I understand that I deserve to be held accountable on this, but it's frustrating that that she has to re. Again, I just want to be clear: Are there was this one instance, or were there multiple multiple people who received these text messages?
Well, again, I think there could be inaccuracies in the article. What were the inaccuracies? What were what were the? I know that, but you and I are on, and you've been a frequent guest on this program, Senator. And we're not out, we're not hanging anybody out to dry here.
We're just asking questions that came out of the story, and these are questions that people are asking of us.
So it was just a simple question.
Well, the simple it's a simple question. The simple answer is I'm acknowledging. The reporting in the Nashville scene, and whether it was one or multiple, one was too many. And I'm acknowledging the indiscretion that I made, and it really doesn't matter whether it was one or more. It was an indiscretion that my wife and I have worked through together.
We've moved on from it, and she's forgiven me. My God has forgiven me, and the voters will have an opportunity in seven days to render a judgment on that. But I believe. Most Tennesseans, again, aren't concerned about the personal struggles in my my family. They're concerned about the struggles in their family, and electing a Democrat socialist like Justin Pearson would be a constant embarrassment and would impact their families for years to come.
Just two more questions, and you mentioned youthful indiscretion. You were in your fifties. Do you still want to go with that description? It was a youthful indiscretion.
Well, the older I get, the younger fifties becomes. But maybe a more accurate term would be past indiscretion. I see. I see. What are you?
I'm just curious. I know you're getting. You're feeling a lot of calls from from the media. Does this take you off the game as we're heading into, like you said, the final stretch here? And are there any more shoes that are going to drop between now and election day?
It just look. It does not take us off our game. We're moving forward. We've been working hard in this campaign. We've got seven days left.
Again, what I have heard is from constituents who are shocked that this type of reporting and smut would come out a week before the election, and it's clearly time to try to impact the the election. But look, I'm a big boy. I'm willing to to be held accountable for my past indiscretion. And again, I think the important to point to draw from all this is. Do you want somebody who's going to tell you the truth when things get hard?
And clearly, I have demonstrated that I will stand in front of my wife and have tell her the truth when things are bad, and I will stand in front of the voters as I'm doing today with you. When things are bad, I'm going to tell you the truth. You don't have to worry that I'm shading the truth or hiding something. All right, well, Senator, we we appreciate you coming on and answering the tough questions. And certainly, we you know several days to go before election day.
We'll see how all of this plays out. But good luck to you out there on the campaign trail. Thank you for coming on the show today. Hey, I appreciate you, Todd. Thank you.
All right, our number is nine zero one two six zero five nine two six. We are going to open up the phone lines after we hit up traffic and weather with Laura. Huckabee.
So we have some callers, and we are going. We are still discussing the Brent Senator Brent Taylor sexting scandal and Todd Starn's interview. We're going to go to caller one, who is Penny in Germantown. Hello, Penny. You are on air with Kristen New at the Todd Starn Show.
Thank you for taking my call. I just wanted to say that I voted for Brent Taylor on last Saturday, and I would vote for him again today. His indiscretions are personal. His voting record stands, you know, on its own. I am sorry that his wife and family have to go through this, but the choices on my ballot.
There was no doubt on who I was going to vote for. I do believe that most people, slash politicians, have their own bags of tricks that they hope do not come forth in their life, much less in a political race. I'm sorry it happened. He's going to have to deal with it, but he would have my vote. I voted straight red Republican the whole way down.
There was another person on the ballot that I had. Really had to think about, but this actual voting cycle, I really didn't vote for myself. I voted for my grandkids. You know that that is true. We are voting for our future, our nation, our grandkids.
Did you find Brent Taylor's explanation sufficient? Yes. You know it's none of my business.
Okay. He that has nothing to do with my voting for him and what he has done so far. You know, it. It. Everybody makes mistakes.
I'm sorry it happened. I'm sorry his wife, particularly, or his children, have to live through this again. But I do believe that you know, at this time in the race, they're going to pull out everything they can on anyone they can. You know, that is true. That is true.
On that ballot, were very limited. I would have not voted. If if I had to vote for the other candidate, that's just putting it the way it is. I believe that Brent Taylor will do the most that he can do for this area. We have a lot of problems.
This city has a lot of problems in every realm of politics or offices that are held here in the city, especially Memphis. And we need a strong person to come in and take care of that. And I think he would be the person to do that. I don't think the other choice was anything that that I would go for. It just it just was not.
This city's in trouble. I call it the armpit of the South, and that's exactly what it is—the blue armpit of the South. Yeah, but we've got we've got more problems here than you want to count, or that probably we even know about. But no, Brent Taylor made a mistake. I'm sorry he made that mistake, and I'm sure he's even sorrier this morning that he made that mistake.
But I do believe, you know, that his family to be put through this again is horrible. Anybody that has to put up with it or live with it or live through it, but he was my only choice. And again, I voted for my grandkids here, not necessarily for myself. This time, I'm 65 years old. You know, um, things that are happening now are going to carry over for many years to come, especially in our area.
And we need people to come in here. That's going to hold the line. I really think the whole city needs to be shut down, bring in the military, and let them get rid of what we got going on, and just. To start over, it's it's a shame that this city is what it is. When I used to visit here, it was the most beautiful city you would want to visit.
I agree, absolutely gorgeous, Penny. It was, it was. I grew up here. Thank you so much for your call.
So, Penny is, um, she's taking the the road that we need to look at Brent Taylor's voting record over his past indiscretions, and that is what she has done, and that is what she is going to continue to do. We're going to go to our next caller. We have. Coy in Memphis, Tennessee. Coy, you are on air with Kristen New filling in for Todd Starnes.
And what is your opinion on the Brent Senator Brent Taylor apology? Great day, y'all. Only Jesus is perfect. All this confusion. God is not the author of confusion.
We supposed to be helping each other down here. Too much division, and I don't see how people not see what Justin is doing. Chaos. Last time I was on here, it was about Justin making a statement that Jesus is gay. When you start talking against God, people ain't got common sense no more.
I agree. What a common sense they now. They're just like they talk about Trump. Trump didn't create these problems. We, as God's children, created these problems because we sinners.
So when a man makes a mistake, so who is perfect but Jesus? Everybody walks around.
So many of us walking around here like we purpose.
So, Corey, do you live in a congressional district nine? Do you are you a do you live in congressional district nine? Would do you be voting for Brent Taylor for Congress? I would. I would pick Brent over Justin any day.
I agree. That's common sense stuff. I agree, sir. Justin create too many. If Justin just with only thing with Justin, like everywhere he go, it's a problem.
It's chaos. Who wants all that? Every time it's something that's embarrassing, and I'm black, so it ain't about no black and white.
Now it's about hey, where's God? At where's the common sense? At see, we didn't got away from. See, this the Holy Bible belt. Like like Miss Penny was saying earlier, this the Holy Bible belt.
You know Memphis. Let's go back to being God fearing. We're doing with God love, using common sense instead of all this new age. I like drama. Oh, let me talk about this.
When let me talk. Yes, sir. Nobody talk about nobody. Yes, sir. I agree.
And then you know, politics has gotten very drama filled. It's almost it's almost like watching some sort of sitcom every day.
So thank you for your call.
So, Coy is also on Team Brent on this that agrees with Penny that we have a problem here in the ninth congressional district, and our two choices is Brent Taylor or Democrat Socialist Justin Pearson.
So, I'm going to go to the next caller before we get to a break. We're going to go to Samantha and Bartlett. Samantha, thank you for calling. Welcome to the show. Do you find Brent Taylor's explanation sufficient?
I do. I'll be completely honest with you. I don't care what he does in his private life. I I really don't. It's gotten to the point where there's everybody's going to have something.
Everybody has a skeleton. I worry about my safety, my kids' safety, my future grandkids' safety. I don't care about this. It's just. To me, it doesn't matter.
I voted for him early, as the lady said before. I would vote for him again. Justin Pearson attacks law enforcement, police officers. He calls them, you know, calls them names. I just, to me, this is just.
Nothing. I would vote for him again. Okay. Well, thank you so much for your call.
So, so it seems like the overwhelming attitude towards this is that Brent Taylor may have had some disgressions in his past. Those disgressions were called out. This has gone viral. It has gone into a national news story. But people who live here in the ninth congressional district, they have bigger concerns, and those bigger concerns are that they do not want a Democrat socialist to win the ninth congressional district.
They are looking for their towards their future. They're looking towards their kids' future, and they are willing to forgive Brent Taylor's indiscretion in order to keep. Our ninth congressional district under red control, but it does bring up a broader question of whether or not that you feel, as a voter or a supporter, or even if you're a candidate, do you feel that Brent Taylor owes you an apology? Because now this has kind of been inserted into into your daily life. I did see there are some people online in the comments who take an opposite view.
And maybe if you guys take an opposite view of that, and if you want to call in, we would be happy to talk to you. Our number is nine zero one two six zero five nine two six.
So call in and see what you think. Y'all really, at the end of the day, no matter what drama comes out, we have we still have two choices. The ballots are set, so you have Senator Brent Taylor running for ninth congressional district. Or you have the Democrat Socialist Justin Pearson, and you have a decision to make at the polls. And polls are open today and tomorrow from eleven to seven, and then they shut down and open again on Tuesday for Election Day.
So you you guys do have a decision to make. We are going to hop to a break, and then we're going to keep our phone lines open if anybody still wants to call. All right, we're back and we're heading straight to the phone line so we can try to get through everyone. Right now, we have Tracy from Cordova calling in. Tracy, welcome to the show.
And you take an opposite view of some of our last callers, do you not? I do. All right, let's hear it. Back back in July. There was a debate between the candidates, and a woman named Marie called in and mentioned, you know, a state senator sexually harassing one of her friends, and you know, Todd was like, "Whoa, whoa, whoa!
We don't know what she's talking about." And the discussion went on about whether or not people should drop out. Of the race or step down from their elected position if they sexually harass somebody, and Brent Taylor said, "Absolutely." So why are you all not calling for him to step down from his state senator role and drop out of the race?
Well, if he drops out of the race, the ballots have been set.
So. They're they're going. I mean, the voting is happening right now, so there there is just right now two choices.
Now, once he wins, if you are demanding him to to drop out, then uh, the you know of course that's that's up to the people whether they want to demand that or not. But there's nothing that we can do right now.
Now that the ballots and people have already voted, I mean we're we're back and we only have two days left of early voting.
So the right now where we said these are our two choices. He has sexually harassed somebody, and I haven't heard one apology to the person he sent nude pictures to. It's all been about his wife, um, but not to the person he sent the pictures.
Well, you know, and that's a good point. And there is a lot of people who who think that they're owed an apology as well. A lot of supporters who have put money into his campaign, who have put signs in their yards, and that that is a valid, valid point. And I absolutely thank you for your call, Tracy. We are going to move on just because there is so many callers.
Let's get to Sandy. Sandy, you are actually calling from Mississippi. I am, but my I've lived in Germantown. My family still lives Germantown, Carrollville area, so I keep up with what's going on in that area. What do you feel about this?
Do you think that Brent Taylor has done a sufficient job in his explanation? You know, I don't care.
Okay, it's hard as that is for me to say on one level. Because his supporters are are going through this, his family. I don't know if the woman was sexually harassed or not. It's coming out very late. We don't know the details, but regardless, I just don't care.
I think that people who are so immersed in oh my gosh, he's a sexual harasser, don't realize what time it is in this country. And at this point, Sandy, like like I told the last caller, what are we supposed to do about it now that the ballots have set are set and we are already voting? What what is it? What are we supposed to do? I mean, we could admonish him, yes, but it's still not going to change anything as far as as.
And if if you know, people need to look at what's happening globally, nationally, and locally. It's all the same. They're they're trying to pretty up socialism, which we all know is just a step towards communism. Because once you give the government more power, to take more power, they always will. And if they think sexual harassment is bad, and I do.
They need to look at the murder and mayhem that goes on in these communist countries. Right.
So that that that is, and I'm and I'm sorry to interrupt. That is our our two choices, like you said. We have an imperfect candidate, or we have communism. I do need to to to. I'm sorry to cut you off, but I do need to move on to the next caller.
We do have a full call list here, and I'm going to move on to Bob from Fayette County. Hi, Bob. Hey. Good morning. Good morning.
Kristen, you and I know we we've known Brent Taylor for a number of years now, and and I'm I'm very confident that faced with political questions, he's going to do the right thing. I do believe he owes an apology to the taxpayers, and and I know Brent. If we were having coffee right now here on my front porch here in Moscow, we would I would be telling him the same thing, and the reason is because. What we vest in our people that we elect is this concept of special trust and confidence, and it goes beyond the ability to win elections or fund them. It goes beyond being able to vote a certain way on a certain bill that someone else has sponsored.
All of those things are evidence of political competence. But what we're lacking right now, and I think we sense it all across Tennessee. And across America is is a is a body of political figures who have a strong moral compass, and in a sense, I'm glad this broke now, because in this same area, with the former Eighth Congressional District, prior to our new congressman, the congressman we've had for several cycles now, David Kustoff, we had a similar form of of scandal that caused us to lose a congressman. And I would rather have this happen now during the election cycle when people can make up their mind about how they want to cast their vote. And obviously, we do not need a Democrat, godless, crazy Democrat socialist Justin Pearson in office.
Brent Taylor is clearly the better choice. Clearly, this is a good. This is yeah. This is this is a good opportunity for us to ask ourselves. And I'm a little concerned by some of the callers who've called because they don't care what he does.
What he does offline matters. What we all do offline matters. And if we don't get our moral compass straight, and I want to I want to call out Corey, black gentleman who called in, and and said Jesus is our only hope. He's right. He's absolutely correct.
And we don't have a high moral compass that what we're following, then it doesn't matter how competent you are. Yeah. That's how.
So we need to teach. We need to kind of maybe use this as a learning, like a learning. We need a teaching moment that that that we do need to do better. But at this point in time, like you said, Bob, that that that's what we've got.
So thank you for your call, Bob. You always have such wonderful words of wisdom, and we do appreciate you calling. Let's go to the birthday boy. The birthday boy has been holding patiently to on the line for his own show. Hello, Todd.
How are you? Kristen, you're doing a great job, and loving the calls from our KWM listeners. You know, we were catching a little bit of blowback from our interview yesterday, but the reality is, we would have done the same thing if if a Democrat had been caught doing something like this. And it's important for us to be fair and balanced in our coverage. And I want to say, first of all, the calls today absolutely fantastic, and clearly there are a lot of different opinions on this story.
Right, and and I think people are fearful that this might hurt Brent Taylor's position here as he's running for Congress, and it they're they're a little worried. They're more worried about the Democrats' socialists getting elected than they are worried about something Brent did. Let me say this. I do. I did find as I was thinking about all of this driving back from from North Georgia yesterday.
I got it about one thirty this morning, and I was thinking about this driving back, Kristen. I think there is one thing that all of us in the Mid South can agree on when it comes to this particular matter. The next time we get a text message from the Brent Taylor campaign, we're all going to take a breath before we hit that button. All right, you know, at some point, you've got to put some humor into this because I've been a little stressed out about this. I got to be honest.
This this kind of hit me from left field, but as I have kind of thought about it more, and and then listening to these callers, at the end of the day, Todd, it's it's either Brent Taylor who has a solid solid voting record, or a Democrat socialist who will turn us into a third world country. And Christian, I hope KWM listeners know across the mid south, we're going to hold all of our elected leaders accountable. We are living in a very dangerous age, and I think that you know there is a great fear about the rise of communism in this country, and it is a legitimate concern. We're going to keep all of this going at eleven o'clock. All right.
Well, it was a tough interview, Todd. I hope I never have to get interviewed by you.
So that was a great interview. I loved it. Thank you so much for calling in. Thank you for. Letting me host these last two days, it's been wonderful.
And God's turn on Todd at eleven a.m.
