Is GOP About to Abandon Evangelicals?

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com. Live from the Liberty University Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, it's America's conservative blowtorch. That's right. I love this American. Todd Starns So, I want to have a conversation with you folks today about what happened last night.

On Capitol Hill, and we've got the story up at the website, ToddSterns.com. And by the way, welcome to the Todd Starns Radio Show.

So glad to have you with us today. And we are always honored and humbled that you would spend three hours of your day hanging out with us on the radio. Last night The House of Representatives voted to codify same-sex marriage. Forty-seven Republicans Voted with the Democrats. On this particular issue.

Now, it's probably not going to pass the Senate, but if it does, President Biden will sign this bill into law. And it would, while the Supreme Court redefined what God defined as marriage, the House of Representatives is going to codify that.

So that would annihilate the original Defense of Marriage Act.

Now we have a list of all the Republicans who voted in favor of this on our website. And I think it's important for you to see for yourself the individuals who are supportive of gay marriage. One of them happens to be a regular on this program, Congressman Scott Perry. He is chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, and I have to tell you, I was a bit surprised to see his name on the list. But anyway, he voted for it.

So, guess what? His name is on the list. He's a member of leadership, so we pointed that out: that he was the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus. Elise Stefanik, by the way, who replaced Liz Cheney as chair of the GOP conference, also voted in favor, as did Liz Cheney, the daughter of Dick and Adam Kinzinger.

So we got a pretty nasty note and addressing down from Congressman Perry's office today. How dare you? How dare you? And so Gray sends me this message this morning, this text message. And I'm like, what's going on?

Did we get the story wrong? Did he vote no? No, he did. He voted yes. And his office acknowledges that.

They were upset with us because they thought that we would just gloss that over, I guess, or that because he comes on this program and we appreciate the congressman coming on the program, maybe they thought we were going to just leave his name out.

Well, that's not what we do on this program, folks. And you know that by now. We tell it like it is, one way or the other. You may not agree with my opinion, but at least you know where I stand. And we're not going to coddle these congressmen.

They know what they were doing.

So we invited the congressman to come on. Even though they were very upset with us, I said, Grace, let's invite them on the program and we'll let the congressman explain himself. And they refused. They refused. And probably not going to be here I would say in the near future.

They're very upset. And you know what? That's fine. They can be upset. But I believe that the American people, the members of the Republican Party, deserve some sort of an explanation.

Why the change, why the shift on what is probably one of the most important culture war issues of the day, aside from the life issue.

Okay. And I've been doing some research over the past couple of years working on the new book, and I've come to the conclusion, and this is really the heart of what I want to chat with you guys about to kick off today's program. It's very clear to me that the Republican Party is going through an evolutionary process, a metamorphosis, that they are shifting on the culture issues of the day. Are you beginning to see this? And I want to give you a clue.

The clue is Fox News Channel. As Fox News goes, so goes the Republican Party.

Now, Fox News Channel, over the past five or six years, made a radical shift to embrace the LGBT movement. And to elevate the LGBT movement. And so, if you want a job, let's just say you go to a Christian school and you want to be a journalist and you apply for a job at Fox, you are probably not going to get that job. And the reason is very simple: because they have partnerships with the National Association of Gay and Lesbian Journalists. They have associations with other far left journalism organizations.

And so those organizations are funneling their people who are not journalists, they're activists, into the newsrooms and the T V shows of Fox News Channel. And that's why you see it. Fox News, and just I want you to step back and think about this. Only one cable news channel has a paid transgender activist on their staff. It is not MSTNC.

It is not CNN. Crying Negro Network. Thank you, Judge Joe Brown. It is not Newsmax. It is not What America News.

It's Fox News channel. And they celebrate that. They celebrate their diversity. And that's just the way it is. I was going to tell you another story, but I think I've made my point here.

I'll save that story for another day.

So anyway, I think the people at the Republican Party headquarters, they see this and they realize that Fox News is sort of the mouthpiece for what was conservatism. I don't think they are now. And the Republicans are saying, you know what, maybe this is our opportunity. Yeah.

Now, this really has nothing to do with gay marriage. This has to do with the Christian people. And I use the term evangelicals. Maybe I should just say conservative Christians. But this fight goes all the way back to Jerry Ford.

And Jerry Ford was a, he was, quite frankly, a conservative Democrat. I mean, he was a very liberal Republican. And his wife, Betty Ford, who was a lovely woman and a great lady, and a lot of wonderful things, but her politics really stuck to high heavens. And so her politics were to the left of her husband. She supported the ERA.

She was outspoken on a lot of the key liberal issues of the day.

So much so that Jerry Ford's campaign team, when he was running against Jimmy Carter, were afraid that the Christian voters within the Republican Party would move over and vote for Jimmy Carter, which is exactly what happened. There was this fight within the party, and Ronald Reagan emerged. You might remember that Reagan and Ford were going at it. Reagan challenged Ford. It was an ugly thing.

Reagan came back, and when he came back, he joined forces with people like Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell. And had it not been for those alliances, Ronald Reagan would not have been elected president. Let me say that again. Without the alliances of the conservative Christians, the moral majority, if you remember the term back in the day, Reagan would not have won. And it was an ugly, ugly fight.

So it's been a marriage between the Republican Party, the Chamber of Commerce side of the Republican Party and the Evangelical side. It's been a marriage of convenience.

So everybody sort of gets what they want. But I don't think that's going to happen. much longer. And I think we are starting to see the shift here.

Now, my question to you, Christians, conservative Christians out there: if the Republican Party decides to jettison all of the culture war issues in the spirit of this big temp party, will you still vote Republican? Because that's what they're counting on. I was talking to some folks from inside the Beltway, and they're not concerned. They believe that, and hear me on this, they believe, and I'm not saying the Republicans are going to do this, but they believe that if the Republicans woke up one day and said, you know what, we're going to be a pro-choice party, they literally believe that you Christians out there would not leave the party because you guys covet the power and the prestige. And the prominence of being a part of a political party.

They believe that. They truly believe that. Yeah.

But on the issue of, for example, of same-sex marriage, that's why you had forty-seven Republicans vote with the Democrats, because they know that you conservative Christians, you may holler, you may squawk, but at the end of the day, you're not going anywhere else because there's no other party for you.

So they're just going to do what they want to do.

Okay. It was John McCain. And I wrote about this two books ago. It was John McCain back years ago when he said people like Jerry Falwell Sr. and Pat Robertson were agents of intolerance.

That's the mindset of the establishment Republicans. That you guys, if you are a Christian, if you're a conservative, you're just there to get them votes. And I've literally had people tell me, Starnes, you know, on the local level, Starnes, you just need to shut up. And they said it in a very nice way, but basically, what they're saying is: you need to shut up, give us your campaign money, your contributions, and go vote for us. Go vote for our candidates.

Yeah.

And it doesn't, and I'm telling you folks. It is a crazy world right now within the Republican Party.

So this is nothing new. The New York Times today. said that the idea, the fact that forty seven Republicans joined Democrats on marriage equality is remarkable. But it's really not remarkable because the shift has been happening for quite some time. It sort of surfaced Last year during Gay Pride Month, when Ronna McDaniel, the chairperson of the RNC, put out that big statement saluting the LGBT community.

So, I'm not quite sure there's really anything that can be done about this. If you're a conservative Christian, I suspect what's going to happen is that the GOP will basically decide this is no longer an issue for us, and we will embrace same-sex marriage. And the question is, what will you do as a conservative if that happens? Will you still be a part of the Republican Party? Or will you say, you know what, that's it for me, I'm out.

Because they're saying this is an odd issue now. That you know what? Um And the Republicans, these 47 Republicans who voted yesterday, here's what they said. Yeah.

Uh we don't care. What? God defined marriage as to hell with the Bible. That's what those forty seven Republicans did yesterday. And that's you know what?

That's their right to do. That is their right to do. And it is our right to have a conversation about it. Here's the headline in Politico. The GOP waves The White Flag in the Same Sex Marriage Wars.

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All right, welcome back, everybody. Good to have you with us. And again, the question is: if the Republicans start going to the left on the culture issues or just abandon them altogether, would you still support, as a Christian, would you still support the party? Keep in mind, that was the reason why many Christians came over and started voting with the Republicans.

Well, let's go to the phone lines. Gary on the line from Bartlett, Tennessee, KWAM, our flagship station. Hey, Gary, what's on your mind? Hey, good morning, Todd. How are you?

I'm good. Thank you for asking. Good, good. Look, I'm a Christian, a staunch Christian. I'm a staunch conservative.

I've raised my kids to as far as the gay marriage that you were talking about, that it's wrong, it goes against God's principles and our values. I'm very pro traditional marriage. But You know, when the case was decided, I guess, more or less years ago with the courts. I mean, I I'm thinking to myself. If we're going to be a a why should the government even get caught up in all this?

Uh If we're going to be a nation of freedoms, Then shouldn't that mean freedoms like for all to like to make their the choices like that and then just let God sort them out? You know, I teach my kids to respect people who are different. If they're gay, hey, that doesn't make them any less of a person to show them respect. We don't have to agree with their lifestyle, but we're all sinners. And fall short of the glory of God, and just to treat them as they would anyone else.

So, It's almost like, why kind of rehash it? And I don't know. What are your thoughts? What am I missing here?

Well, Gary, first of all, I think the big problem, and this goes, and Roe v. Wade plays into this as well. And let me see if I can do my best to explain here. I believe that marriage should not be a federal issue. That is an issue for the churches.

You know, if you want to have civil unions or whatever, that's fine. But the federal government has no business being in the marriage business.

Now, What are your thoughts? Gary, do me a favor, turn down your radio because you'll get a little bit of a blowback there.

So, and that way we'll be able to converse. When you look at Roe v. Wade, everybody said, oh, Roe v. Wade, they're going to outlaw abortion.

Well, Roe v. Wade was overturned, and guess what? You can still get an abortion in America. It is back to the states. The same thing applies with the gay marriage issue.

I believe that the Supreme Court overstepped, as does Senator Ted Cruz and others who study the law, that the Supreme Court overstepped, and ultimately, this is an issue for the states to decide. But beyond that, as a person of faith, I believe that marriage should not be a government issue, it is an issue for the church. 100% agree.

Okay, thank you, sir. I appreciate you talking. Hey, Gary, thanks for listening. Appreciate the call. And again, this has nothing to do, and you can't have these rational conversations one-on-one.

That's why I like to have them on the radio, because people start screaming at you, oh, you're a homophobe. No, no, no, no, this has nothing to do with that. This has everything to do with the overreach of the federal government. And it troubles me that we had 47 Republicans up on Capitol Hill who could not understand that concept. But for them, this is a power move.

This is a power grab. That's what that's really all about.

So look, where does it go from here?

Well, it's going to have a tough go in the Senate. We'll see. But if it is, look, if it goes through the Senate, Biden's going to sign this because that's all they've got to run on. That's it. This is, and for the Democrats, this is nothing about all you gay folks out there.

This has nothing to do with you. They want to rile up their base to get you guys out so you go and vote in November. That's what this is really all about. But look, I've got, and I know a lot of Christian conservatives who say, well, we shouldn't have the log cabin Republicans in the party.

Okay, why? Why not? I mean, again, they're going to be fighting for things like fiscal responsibility. Yeah.

Why would you not want people in the party? I mean, do you want and again, I've heard this from Christians.

Well, we only need Christians in the Republican Party.

Okay, but you know what? If the Christians are as active in the Republican Party as they are in church on Sunday, you're never going to win a race.

Sorry to sorry to offend.

Somebody's screaming in the pew, but it's true.

So, I don't have a problem with what Ronald Reagan coined, the big tent party. The issue I have is throwing the party platform out the window, and there is a long-established party platform on some of these big culture war issues. That's all. That's all I'm trying to say here. All right, we're going to get back to it.

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Todd, the only Republican that I will support will be the one with Christian values and no one else. Todd, I would like to say that I've been listening to you. your show for the past the past Two years or so now, just on the podcast, and I Finally, I downloaded the app so I could listen to you live. And if the Republican Party starts switching that way, you know, I'm just gonna start voting constitutionalists because in order to save this country, I feel like that's. what we need to get back to and that's what they're trying to take away from us.

All right, that's Gary from Orem, Utah, and Ricky from Stacey, Arkansas. Hey, guys, thanks for reaching out. And by the way, you can do that as well. You can send us a shout-out. You can only do that on our app.

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So glad to have you with us today. Yesterday, Pete Booty Judge was testifying up on Capitol Hill. And a lot of people are very concerned about the high price of gasoline. Have you heard about this? I mean, it's just out the off the charts.

People don't understand why President Biden just doesn't open up our pipelines, our oil fields. Why are we going over to Saudi Arabia with a gas can in our hand asking for a couple of gallons of gas? Yeah.

And Mayor Pete Or Secretary Pete, he said the quiet part out loud, cut three. Of course, the more pain we are all experiencing from the high price of gas, the more benefit there is for those who can access electric vehicles. It's all about pain, ladies and gentlemen. They want you to suffer. This has nothing to do with dropping the price for a gallon of gasoline.

This has everything to do with raising the cost because they want you to stop driving those gasoline-powered cars. They want you to switch over to an electric car, those cars that you plug into the side of your car, of your garage. That's what they want. Yeah.

But the problem is most Americans cannot afford those kinds of cars. What, $55,000, $60,000? Let's play cut number eight. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

As I said in the outset, and Mr. Johnson and Mr. Roy have said, we think this legislation is unnecessary. Justice Alito was very clear. Again, it's been read several times.

The Dobbs decision should not be misunderstood or mischaracterized to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion. The court couldn't have been clearer. The Obergefeld decision undid. What thirty-five states have on their uh law in their in their respective state. 30 of those states, it was the vote of the people, as I said before.

But this this is going this this legislation is going to just I guess Go after that, the decision of the respective states, and as I said, the voters in those states. All right. Clearly, that wasn't Pete Buttigench, but this is Pete Buttigench. I'm still astonished that some folks, and I felt this I was testifying in Congress yesterday, some folks seem to really struggle to let go of the status quo.

So, what's going on here?

Well, this is all about Advancing the Green New Deal. That's all this is about. Keep in mind that progressives are running the government right now. We know it's not Joe Biden, we know it's not Kamala Harris. This is all about AOC and the squad running the show.

They have a lot more power than you might imagine behind the scenes.

Okay. So you've got Pete Buddha judge in a very, very important and very powerful position. And Pete Booty Judge is implementing all the changes. And here's their thinking. The guy is young, he's cool, he's hip, he's gay, he's got good hair, he's got that smile.

And they think that's going to cover a multitude of evil sins they're about to unleash. On the American people. Yeah.

Now you got to go back to the original. Green New Deal. What was that really all about?

Well, it's very simple. Yeah.

It was about shutting down automobiles. It's about shutting down jetliners. It was about shutting down hamburger joints. All for the sake of protecting the environment. And as we all know by now, They always tell us in 10 years, California is going to slide off the face of the earth.

In ten years, all the polar bears are going to die. In ten years, there's going to be penguins walking down Bourbon Street in New Orleans. And it's always in ten year increments. And guess what happens? Ten years come, ten years goes, and we're all still here, penguins doing just fine.

That's how this operates. It's the Greatest. Hoax perpetrated on the world. Global warming. That's what that's all about.

So anyway, why peep why Pete Booty Judge though? That's the big question. Why Pete Booty Jets?

Well, I want to answer that question for you. Did a little bit of research, again, working on the new book, and did a little research. about Pete Bootyjetch. Turns out his father Joseph Was an avowed communist and Marxist. As a matter of fact, that was his life's work.

His life's work was to pursue and to promote Marxism. Joseph Butcich This is all very well documented. The Washington Examiner did a story several years ago, and quite frankly, it became an issue out on the campaign trail. Yeah.

One of the interesting components of Joseph Butitzec's lessons and his academic work involved the following theory. He believed that you could convert people to the communist way of thinking by infiltrating the culture and the cultural institutions of a nation. Can either sound familiar, by the way? Yeah.

He went on to say in the Washington Examiner piece, which by the way was verified by Snopes.com of all people. Buddha Judge Used his platform to advance Marxist theories in the academic community. And in Hollywood, in music, in films, in books. Any of that sound familiar, ladies and gentlemen?

Now Pete Buttigedge says he was not influenced by his father, but earlier books indicate that Pete Boudig s just soaked up everything his father ever said and did. Everything.

So it's very possible, ladies and gentlemen, that we have a closet communist running the Transportation Department right now. And what a vitally important position that is, seeing what we're having to go through now. Yeah, yeah. But that's the whole point of this. They want you.

They want you. to suffer. Because they believe When you finally had enough, you're going to fork over the $55,000 to buy a brand new electric car that only drives a couple of hundred miles. Then you've got to put it in and plug it in and wait, what, a couple of hours, and then drive a couple of hundred more miles and then plug it in and wait a couple of more hours. And it's going to ruin.

Travel in America. That's what that's going to do. By the way, did you see this story out of St. Petersburg, Florida? What a weird story.

So, this family goes out and buys one of these, I think it was a Ford, one of Ford's electric, the Ford Focus Electric, is what it was. And they got a pretty good deal on it, actually, $11,000. It was an older model, used car. And so, they're driving along. The thing's doing okay, I guess, for what, six months.

And then all of a sudden, it goes kaput.

So, they take it down to the Ford dealership and they're like, oh, yeah, the battery's gone bad. You got to get a new battery.

So, the car cost $11,000. The battery Cost $14,000.

So the battery cost $3,000 more dollars than it cost to buy the car in the first place. And of course, the family, they're like, we're not we can't pay that. We just spent $11,000, and you're telling me the $11,000 car needs a $14,000 battery? What are you people, bonkers?

So they ended up, long story short, they ended up selling the car back to the dealership for $500. A complete loss. Unbelievable.

So, this is why, whenever I tell these electric car people, and I hear from them all the time, they're kind of like the gluten-free folks. You know, it's kind of like a condescending attitude. And I don't mean to be that in a mean way, but it's like. I've seen this in a restaurant. I brought my own plate.

I brought my own fork. I brought my.

Okay, well, why didn't you just go ahead and stay home? And I brought my own food.

Okay, well, why didn't you just stay home? I don't get that. Anyway, but it's that attitude of, oh, you drive a gasoline-powered car? Mm-mm-mm. Yeah.

It's the same attitude I get when I go down to the independent bookstore. You know, they kind of look down on the conservatives. It's that kind of an attitude. Anyway, you hear stories like this, and this is why, and I do this in a very polite way, but I have to tell the electric car people just to blow it out their tailpipe. Got to take a break.

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Okay. Not paid for by the Delaware Department of Travel and Tourism. What? It sounds like a f a really fun vacation destination. All right.

Sounds like someplace I'd like to go. Let's go to the phones. Connor, Boston on the line. Connor, if you're looking for a vacation spot, there you go. Brandon Falls.

Well, it's funny, Todd. I just came back from Florida last week, so I didn't visit Brandon Falls, should have. There you go. All right, what's going on, Connor? Apparently, I don't know if I'm welcome on the show anymore because I'm charging my electric car here at the supercharger right now.

You are not. Are you really? I really am. I'll send you a picture of it later. Um I don't know.

It's like I didn't buy my like when you see some of the people who charge the chargers, there definitely is that those points. Yeah.

Um I'll look at myself as a part of the UV community. I just like tech and they like fast cars before, um I had my car, I had a bus and GC. Definitely not eco-friendly. But um Yeah, I mean, I think there's not necessarily like you know, if you have a gas car or if you have whatever type of fueled car, I think that's a personal choice. I don't think really the government's gonna be telling you what car you need to buy.

You know, it's like there's others who buy it for tech, there's others who buy it for environmental reasons, but um. You don't need to necessarily tell somebody that they need to be purchasing an electric car. They need to be working out and doing their job, getting a fuel prices lower. Doing all those kinds of things. But I'm literally laughing because I'm literally plugging in the car as I'm listening to your show.

Love it. Love it. Got it. I call it a. Connor, we got a bad phone signal, but I think we got the gist of what you were saying.

You get back to charging, and we'll chat with you later. Let's go to Louisiana Corky on KROF, our great affiliate down in Lafayette. Hey, Corky, what's going on?

Well, we were talking you're talking about the Pete Buddha Jess. And I wanted to tell both you and Grace Baker, I woke up and turned you on, and I wanted to say you know there was a bridge to nowhere and y'all are a bridge to somewhere. I appreciate it so much. And we're Talking about the electric cars. If everybody in the United States bought an electric car, what would we do?

with all the cars that we already have. They don't want to burn coal to redo 'em.

So what, they put 'em in the Grand Canyon and cover it up?

Well, Corky, it's you know, I was reading a report yesterday about all these solar the solar panel farms, and they're saying that you would literally have to destroy acres and acres of trees and forest just to build enough to accommodate the the power grid. It's just you know, people aren't thinking these things through. And you know What I wanted to say was I got two young men here with me talking about Budu J influenced by his father. And they both have different, you know, families, but They don't believe in God.

So I've been, they've been coming helping me because I got about four operations scheduled. And I was trying to show them there's the other path. But you follow most of us follow that path that our parents show us. And whether you they tell you or not, you just see it, so that's what you think is supposed to be. And I'm trying to show them there's more paths Than that.

And One of them is really taking it to heart and the other one's kind of Holding off. Right. listening to you and getting that Christian attitude It means more. It thank you for being there and sharing that with us.

Well, you're kind to say that, Corky, and you take care of your good self and keep us updated on your situation down there. I know we got a lot of folks offering thoughts and prayers your way as you go through these upcoming surgeries.

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I love this American. Wow, you know, every time I think the country is. is screwed up. Uh yes, that belief is is affirmed. Through Libs of TikTok.

Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Todd Stearns Radio Show.

So glad to have you with us today. So I You know, I have a question for our LGBTQIA plus friends out there. And this is an honest-to-goodness question.

So, where do you draw the line with everything? I mean, is there a line out there that you draw? Because you know the The argument has been: well, when we redefine marriage, that's it. It's only going to be between humans.

So my question is, why? Why would you draw the line there? What gives you the moral right? Because, again, this is all about morality, right? Over in the UK, you've got a movement afoot, and people are getting married to things.

Like here in America, they're getting married to laptop computers, they're getting married to kitchen appliances, they're getting married in groups of people. Thropples are a big thing. And I've heard many in the LGBT community express their outrage, just like the outrages coming from the Christian community. And I've kind of sat back and chuckled because what gives them the right to to cast their morality on somebody else. I mean, right, isn't that the whole point of the Supreme Court ruling that now we live in an anything go society, right?

I mean, over in the UK right now, there are two stories, and I'm not going to share the information, you will have to Google it. But a woman wanted to get married to um her cat. and I think did get married to her cat, and a guy wanted to get married to his dog. The woman had a Pretty interesting reason. She got married to the cat to avoid eviction.

I guess I the way the story went, I don't want to do a deep dive here, but apparently they weren't allowed to have pets, and so the woman married the cat to Dun dun. Grace, stop laughing. I can't do this if you're going to keep laughing like this. Listen, I love Merlot so much, but I would never marry Merlot to stay in an apartment. I think I'd just change an apartment.

Well, that would qualify as a throttle. Oh, no. I don't even want to. I'm not sure if Mr. Producer would like that.

Nope, I don't think so.

So, Grace, I want to keep your mic on because we're going to play some audio. This is, folks, honest to God, this is a real thing. We're not making this up. We are going to play you audio of a woman who now identifies as a feline, as a pussycat. Be teaching you guys some ways that my friends and I meow to one another to communicate when words just seem a little too difficult.

So, here we go.

Okay, so first off we have the normal meow that we just use mostly to get each other's attention. Meow. Oh god.

Okay, then we have the dissatisfied meow. Uh then the angry Mao, but we only use this one on rare occasions because overall we're a very happy kitten family. Oh yeah. Yeah.

Then the happy or content Meow. Yeah I'm speechless. That's for sure. I just can't. I can't.

I can't deal with this.

So this. This is an American. Uh this woman identifies as a cat. Yeah.

Talk about a cat fight? Do they? I mean, when they have an argument, it's a cat fight. There you go. Well, that's true.

The interesting thing is that this particular individual actually looks physically like a cat, has the facial features of what would appear to be a feline. Oh, God. It's very off-putting. It is very off-putting. I saw the video.

You know what I'm talking about. Oh, I know exactly what you're talking about. It's got the cat eye going on. Has the cat, yeah. The whole thing is just weird.

But the reality is that this is what she wants to identify as. I'm asking seriously, we have gone ahead and jettisoned truth, right? Absolute truth no longer exists in America. Everybody's got their own truth.

So if this woman truly believes that she is a cat. Should we I mean, should society accept her as a cat? And I know, Grace Baker, there are some in the LGBT community who say that woman is a nutjob. Oh, of course. Of course, she is.

But that's not the point. You get to because the LGBT movement has fought for generations now for the right to be who they are. And who are you to judge us? And we have to accept everybody, no matter who they are or who they love. It is it's a valid question.

Where do you draw the line?

So, is there a line? That's all I'm asking. And where is that line? Because this stuff is crazy. But this is what's happening this is what's happening in America.

We've got a mental illness problem in this country. Nobody wants to talk about that, but a mental illness problem. I wonder if she goes around sniffing each other's butts. Is that what she I mean, because that's what the cats do, right? And the dogs, especially dogs, and they sniff the beehinds.

I mean, what is she going to do if she sees a cat? Is she or or a bird? Is she going to like start chasing the bird? Squirrel. All I can say is, if this lady starts coughing, I would back up because you know what's coming out.

Ooh. Hairball. Hairball. Hairball. You can't make this up.

You literally can't. Nope, it's real.

So again, this is when you abandon absolute truth, when you say there are no boundaries, you get this. Crazy cat ladies. Literally. Literally. 844-747-8868.

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We have a horrible story here in Memphis, Tennessee. And I've got to share this with you. Yeah.

A beloved Methodist minister. She is married, has four kids. She was very well known in the United Methodist Church community here in the Memphis area. Going out to her car yesterday afternoon, what, four o'clock in the afternoon, two teenage boys show up. A 15-year-old and a 16-year-old, and they carjacked the woman, and we don't know what happened.

We have no idea what happened. But Somebody pulled out a gun. One of the two guys, we believe it's the 15-year-old, pulled out the gun and shot. The pastor dead. She just dropped to the ground.

Rushed her to the hospital, but she died. Police have arrested the 15-year-old and the 16-year-old, and they're facing charges for murder.

Now, here's where it gets interesting. We are in the middle of a district attorney's race here, and we have a George Soros-style, San Francisco-style district attorney running as a Democrat. And he is advocating that we actually raise the age of juvenile offenders to 25 years old. Yeah.

So if you commit a crime, let's say that you're 24 years old, you would be tried as a juvenile, not as a grown adult. And my question For this guy who wants to be the next district attorney. And he's got a big problem because all of these juveniles being tried in adult court.

Well, the problem here in Memphis, we're one of the most violent cities in America. And the reality is, all of these kids that are being tried as adults are murderers and rapists and have committed Horrific crimes. But the Democrats don't care about the victims, and they especially this guy, his name is Steve Mulroy, they don't care about the black victims of crime. He's a white guy, by the way. But they don't and he plays the race card.

But that and that's the only reason I'm mentioning the race here, because to prove the point that these people are hypocrites.

So anyway, they had a big press conference yesterday. Yeah.

Police chief came out. By the way, she's she hasn't even been in Memphis a year. The brand new police chief, she's already been the victim of two crimes.

Somebody stole her gun out of her husband's car, and then a bunch of bad guys showed up at her house and stole a compressor unit. You can't make this up. I mean, every time there is a violent crime and I get these alerts. During our show, three people have been shot in Memphis. And the first question everybody asks, was it the police chief's gun?

Because they haven't found her gun yet.

So anyway, the police chief is having this big press conference yesterday. Yeah.

And She says, you know what, we've all got to be angry here. None of us should be, we should be losing sleep. No, we should not be losing sleep because the police ought to be able to do their jobs. But you've got a city council filled with AOC progressives. They don't want to give the police officers what they need to fight crime.

We're down about 700 police officers from our full complement, and it's a war zone out there. A war zone.

So the chief is up there, and she's saying, Well, we ought to be losing sleep over this. We ought to be marching in the streets over this. People are afraid to march in the streets, they don't want to get shot. And then she said something that really set me off. She said the issue here is we have to have community involvement.

This is about. The church, the church looking after the 15-year-olds, the juveniles, the teenagers. This is about the community clubs looking after. And she goes down and she lists all these people who ought to be helping these teenagers, these wayward souls. She never once mentioned the parents.

Not once, not once, did she say that moms and dads need to start doing their jobs, that moms and dads need to start parenting their kids. and stop training them to go out there and behave like animals in the streets. Not once did she say that. Nobody did. Always casting the blame somewhere else.

We don't have enough community centers. We don't have enough basketball courts. We don't have enough studios so kids can come in and record music. What? We didn't have that stuff when I was growing up.

If you were lucky, you had a huffy bicycle, you were out there riding around and making your own fun. We weren't out there shooting everybody. But moms and dads need to start doing their jobs. That's the problem here. These households, they need a mommy and a daddy, all of them.

I don't care what your skin color is. Do we decide we're going to address that issue? We're never going to fix the problem, ladies and we're just not. All right, we got to take a break here. eight four four seven four seven eighty eight sixty eight.

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Oh, thank you so much for taking my call, Mr. Todd. I really appreciate it. Mr. God, God isn't going to take it forever.

in the days of Noah. Men corrupted themselves on thinking about that poor woman that wants to be a cat. She was created in the image of Christ. Of God, and Jesus died for her, and someday she's going to meet Him in judgment. All are, but we all can be saved, but God will take.

Okay. I thought him and Gamara's what I thought him too. My heart just breaks. Great. America and the world.

Yes, it really is, Tommy. We just can't continue living like this until God's going to do something. Oh, Alice, it's a mess out there. It really is. And, you know, you mentioned the days of Noah when they were loading up the animals two by two.

I don't think they saw that coming. I don't think they had any idea what was coming down the pike. It's just ludicrous. But you're right, Alice. I mean, you know, if you go to church and if you read the Bible, you know this kind of stuff is coming down the pike, and it's just chaos.

It is cultural chaos. And the only way we're going to be able to fix that is to repair and restore our homes and our families and get the kids back into the church house. That's it. Alice, got to run, but God bless you and thank you. Look, it's emotional for a lot of people.

You know, it's a horrible thing that's happening in our country right now. It truly is. But again, I. Still have hope. Biden said we are going to go through a dark winter.

Elections have consequences. I understand that. And we're going to have to persevere. It's going to be tough. Nobody said it was going to be easy, but we're going to get through it.

That's why we have this great three-hour radio program. You're not alone. You've got friends out there. Yeah.

This from the Police Tribune, we've got some new intel. On the young man. The 22-year-old young man, his name is Elisha Dicken, but he goes by Eli, 22 years old. He's from Bartholomew County, Indiana. And we have some new information about him.

His girlfriend is speaking out. And she says her name is Shay. She said he called she called her grandmother from the mall just after the attack. And she described her boyfriend's heroics. And according to her, as soon as they saw the gunman, you know what Eli did?

He did what any man would do. He told his girlfriend to get down and pushed her out of the way.

so that she would be protected.

So he stood between her and the gunman. He took out his pistol, which, by the way, it's all on the up and up, legally owned firearm. He had all the permits. And he steadied himself on a pole and he fired off. Get this, this guy in the middle of a war zone in that food court fired off 10 rounds from 40 yards away.

and nailed the SOB. According to the Police Tribune, the suspect tried to flee back to the bathroom but dropped to the floor before he could escape, and he was dead on it. He was dead right there, dropped dead. Yeah.

A police chief still calling this young man a hero. He's not speaking out just yet. And look, he's he's probably just a a quiet guy, doesn't want the spotlight. He was just enjoying an afternoon with his girlfriend at the mall and they were there at the food court. Apparently, Dicken learned to shoot from his grandfather.

He's got no military training, no police weapons training. Can you that's this is a miracle? Just a miracle. The grandmother said that Shay, so the girlfriend, jumped up to help the wounded.

So you've got a seriously a power couple there. The mall is speaking out, and they're praising the Good Samaritan. They didn't mention the fact that the mall is actually a gun-free zone. But thank God that young man had a weapon. And he was he knew how to use it.

He knew how to use it. Good guy there. 844-747-8868. That's our toll-free telephone number. That's 844-747-8868.

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So great to have all you folks on board with us as well. All right. So yesterday, yesterday evening, we got word that 47, 47 House Republicans sided with Democrats. To codify same-sex marriage. Want to go to the Patriot Mobile newsmaker line right now?

The president of the Family Research Council, host of the great radio program Washington Watch, our good friend Tony Perkins, joins us. Hey, Tony, how are you today? I am good, Todd. How are you? Doing well.

You know, the New York Times framed this story as remarkable. They seem very surprised that forty seven Republicans joined Democrats. I don't know about you, Tony. I wasn't all that surprised. No, actually, but let's put that in context.

That was 22 percent of the Republican members.

So it was less than a quarter of the Republican members that voted for that. Contrast that with the the Democrats when the Republicans tried to get a vote on the born-alive infantry. Uh Protection Act. That was they they got onto the floor last week for a vote. Only three out of 233 Democrats voted for that.

That was 1.2%.

So Uh you know, w we don't have as much of a concern about the core of our party as the Democrats, you know, are in lockstep. On their issues.

So, I mean, look, there is some diversity of thought here. I'm disappointed in those 47. Yeah.

Again, keep that in perspective of where the party is as a whole.

So, Tony, do you have concerns? I mean, you guys cover a lot of the big culture war issues out there. Are the Republicans in danger of going wobbly? I mean, you had the RNC chair last year, Ronnie McDaniel, tweeting out in support of Gay Pride Month, or is this just an anomaly? I would say vigilance is required.

Let me address the chairperson. Ronna, if you'll notice, was did not say anything this year. I mean, we've had some very constructive conversations with her. The party is very clear on the platform. Even the last platform of twenty twenty spoke very clearly on marriage.

I feel very comfortable in where the Republican Party is. Look, the lines are being drawn very, very clearly between the two parties. You have one party that's pro-life, pro natural marriage, pro creation as God made it, and then you have another party that's just gone. Supporting infant, you know, almost infanticide, they went to taxpayers to pay for it.

So I I think vigilance is required. Education is required. I think this is a tough issue, listening to tough for some members as they described it. I don't think it's a tough issue. I think it's very clear there's truth and there's not truth.

Look, it doesn't matter what someone Feels. We don't make public policy based on feelings. We make public policy based on what's best for society. And we know, without question, the best thing for society is for children to have a mom and a dad. We know that as a result of the Obergefeld ruling in twenty fifteen that was forced on the nation by the court, I mean, We were one of just a handful of countries that went down this path because of court-imposed same-sex marriage.

That we've seen a tremendous rise in hostility and attacks on religious freedom in this country.

So it's inescapable to recognize in recognizing that The redefinition of marriage has put other fundamental human rights at risk. Tony Perkins on the Patriot Mobile newsmaker line this afternoon. Tony, and there have been some victories. When you look at Coach Joe Kennedy, our good friend, I know you guys have followed that case for many years, like we have. There are victories out there, and we have to claim those.

And that's why every election matters. Yes, there's no question. Here's the thing that how the left is responding to these recent court decisions tells us a lot. And the court in Roe, or in the Dobbs case that overturned Roe, basically went back to what was said in the Casey versus Planned Parenthood, the Planned Parenthood versus Casey case of nineteen ninety two, in which Anthony Kennedy has basically said we have a right to define our own reality.

Well there's nothing in the Constitution that says that you're free to do what you want, but you can't redefine reality and make public policy based upon that. And so that's what has the left afraid because for decades now the court has done their legislating. And they've pushed these things. And so instead of addressing the real pressing issues, the record high inflation, the record high gas prices, Instead of dealing with those issues, they are now pushing these trying to. They're not going to get it done, but they're messaging for their base.

by pushing these radical social policies through the House, and most likely they're not going to go anywhere in the Senate. Coming up in September, you guys have a very large event schedule for the First Baptist Church in Atlanta called Pray, Vote, Stand for Life. What's going on?

Well, Todd, this is we've had an annual event for probably 16 years. We used to be the Values Voters Summit, but we realize that faith is really in the crosshairs, and we want to exercise that faith. And we've been for the last couple of years doing these events in the churches. And so we're really pleased to be hosted by First Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, September the fourteenth through the sixteenth for our annual Pray Vote Stand summit. It'll be very similar.

I mean, we'll have a lot of our elected national leaders, but we'll be focused a lot on, as Christians, how do we live out our faith? I mean, just as we're discussing this issue of marriage, You know, look, the Bible is very clear on this. And as Christians, even though it may be seen counterculture, we got to be equipped to live out our faith in a real way. And that includes education, what's happening in our children. We'll be addressing all of those issues.

It's a pretty much an all star lineup here, Tony. You've got Senator James Langford, Franklin Graham, Senator Marshall Blackburn, Kurt Cameron, even Dr. Ben Carson, who was just on our show a couple of days ago. It looks like a huge lineup here.

Well, it's the it's the folks that you know, Christians who want to engage in the culture Want to hear from and that will encourage them, give them solid steps. And so they can find out more. They can go to Prevotestand.org slash summit and find out how to register. They need to register soon because it's filling up quick. Prayvotestand.org is the website, and we've got a link to it on our page as well.

Tony, before we let you go, how are things looking for the midterms? What are some of the issues you're hearing from your constituents out there? Don, I think it looks very good. I mean, you're in touch with people across the country every day on radio, as I am. And look, these issues of inflation, these issues of High gas prices.

I mean, these are real issues. And what is this administration focused on? Advancing abortion, transgendering our children, everything but what they need to be doing in government. And I think we're going to hear the voters respond very loudly in November to this radical agenda that Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, and Chuck Schumer have been pushing. Could not agree with you more, but still we're urging the candidates' campaign like you're 20 points behind.

Oh, absolutely. And and every every voter needs to vote As we tell our folks, vote your biblical values. Go out and vote, but take somebody with you. Don't drive a Volkswagen to the polls, drive a school. Fill it up with folks and take them to The polls to vote legally, but take them to vote.

Thank you, Tony. Thanks for clarifying that. Yes, I do. You know how Media Matters does. I know.

All right, Tony Perkins from the Family Research Council. Tony, good having you on today. Thank you. All right, Tony Perkins, everybody. Folks, got to take a break here.

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Oh, Lord, Grace Baker. I'm gonna have to have a Baptist martini. Is it another cat lady? This is nuts.

So, my flight, you know, I'm heading out like racing to.

Now, we were originally going to, you know, whenever I have to make an appointment, we do the show live. All right. Typically, I mean, we very rarely use like a best of or, you know, replay an interview. But sometimes, if I have to scoot out, it happens. It happens.

It's happened like twice.

So, we don't do it a lot. No. But anyway, my flight this afternoon to Portland or Salem, I'm flying to Portland, and then they're picking me up and driving me down to Salem.

Okay. So my f I was we were gonna do the Dick Morris interview and skedaddle right out of here. But got an email. It was the fl the flight is changing now.

So this is look, I Delta Airlines, again, it's the only airline I fly, and they're the ones I hate the least. Yeah, that's the one I fly to normally.

So these wackadoodles, here's.

So instead of just saying we canceled your flight, so and get this.

So I'm in Memphis. I've got a, they're flying me to Atlanta. All the way to Atlanta. All the way back the wrong direction. Yep.

And then flying me out to Portland. Let me just say, every flight out of Memphis, Tennessee, you always go through Atlanta. Even if it's the complete opposite direction, you just always have to fly to Atlanta and then fly to where you're going. It's ridiculous.

So, so now, so I got an email saying, oh, your flight is going to be delayed. Your flight from Memphis is going to be delayed. And when you arrive in Atlanta, you're going to miss your connecting flight. Oh, my goodness.

So, why not just tell me we're changing your flight? Yeah.

So have they Fixed it? No. I'm flying out in the morning now at the crack o' dawn. Uh-oh. The crack O'Donnell, Grace Baker.

People better. Listen, folks, if anyone's at the Memphis airport, don't mess with Todd because it's going to be way too early in the morning and he's not going to be happy. Got to have some coffee. Got to have coffee. And they only have the Starbucks in there.

I'm sorry. Oh, geez, Lou. No community coffee dispensers. Rush Libby. And you can't bring it through the checkpoints.

Rush Limbaugh never had to deal with this. No. He had his own jet, I think. I'm sorry. By the way, did you see Russia's house is up for sale?

I did, but it's really expensive. Isn't that like $3 million or something? No, it's more than that. Hold on. Stay there for $3 million.

Well, hold on. By the way, Ann Jemima is trending on Twitter. I'll get to that in just a second. No, no, no. It's more than that, $3 million.

They want, hold on, more than. Oh, they're hoping to sell it for $150 million. I was off by a lot. Look, it's a great house, but I'm like. What?

That's what I mean. Where is it located again? What state? West Palm Beach, Florida. Right down from Mar-a-Langa.

Yeah, I drove by it when we were down. Sure, it's nice, but you're still in Florida. We're not talking New York. Come on. But that's a lot of house to clean.

Yeah.

That's all I'm saying. And I don't, that's my thing. I'd rather have a smaller house that's the exact way I want it than have a giant house that you have to clean. I've been house hunting, and all I can think of as I'm walking through, why do I need five bathrooms again? No.

What's going on here? It's rough out there. I've been looking for a house, and the housing market's terrible right now. And they keep saying it's going to come down. It's going to come down.

I'm like, yeah, but the interest rates are going up.

So it's just a lose-lose situation. Thanks, Biden.

Well, there you go. That's all I say.

So, why is it?

So, somebody's trending because someone went to the store to find Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix, which, by the way, was great pancake mix. Yeah.

And you had the Aunt Jemima syrup. Yeah.

I like the crusties, but yeah. In terms of syrup, Aunt Jemima, of course. Good stuff.

So anyway, you know, so they changed the packaging. I guess this person was not aware that Aunt Jemima got booted. Because they're behind Jemima. This is true. What's it called now?

It's like something mill. A pearl mill. Yeah, Pearl Mill company. Pearl Miller. Very straight.

It's kind of hard to say. Pearl Mill. It is. I it's I you know, I see it and I'm like, oh yeah. I think Mrs.

Butterworth is still around. Is sh is that the other one? See, I'm a jeepskate, though. I just buy the generic brand. Don't do that.

I don't buy it very often. I'm on a diet. All right. What? You don't need to be on a diet.

Diet. Not to lose weight, just to be healthy. Oh, speaking of skinny, little David Hogg. Remember Davey Hogg? The little scrawny.

Little Davey Hogg. Little scrawny. Yeah, Little Hitler Jr. Little Davey up on. No, you remember Grace.

No, I'm not just calling him Hitler. Remember, he did the whole hi, Hitler, that thing. Oh, yeah. You saw the photo. Oh, yeah.

It was really creepy with the black suit and the white shirt. All he needed was that little mustache. But I don't think he can, you know, grow a facial hair. I don't think he can grow any facial hair. I don't want to speak ill.

It's a sensitive topic. I don't want to. His face is smooth as a baby's bottom. All right, let's Davy.

So, little Davey Hogg interrupted the House Judiciary Committee just moments ago. Reiterating the points of mass shooters in your manifesto. The shooter at my high school, anti-Semitic, anti-black, and racist. The shooter in El Paso described it as an invasion. Guess what?

Those guns are coming from the United States of America. They are coming from Mexico. They are not coming from Mexico. You are reiterating the points of a mass shooter, sir. Sir, you are perpetuating violence.

You need to realize the Snap House, a Democrat, a Republican. Stop these things now. You Big meanies. You know, if that had been a I was watching the video here, Grace Baker. If that had been a Trump supporter who had gotten up in the middle of House judiciary, they would have tased his butt and dragged his Unconscious corpse out of the building and thrown him into DC lockup.

This is true. It would have been like an attack on democracy. And it's like the poor female security guard. Here's, this is kind of bad. I mean, he's not that threatening.

So they sent the female security guard over, and she like grabbed him by. It was just, you know, he's just a bean pole. He's a toothpick. A little tiny fella. And she's just like, all right, come on now.

Let's. My little baby. Come here.

So, all I'm saying is that they would have treated a Trump supporter differently of Starbucks. What are you talking about? I drink it too, but. Occasionally. I know you don't like it.

It's burnt. But anyway. It's burned. I guess it cold brew. Community coffee and drinking hot.

That's how God intended. Cold. Yeah.

I think we need to have a debate on this one. Oh, good lord. All right, folks, coming up next, Dick Morris is going to drop by a brand new book, and we'll get the inside scoop on what in the world President Trump is thinking. By the way, Nikki Haley, she's pretty much broken from Team Trump now, and she's doing her own thing. Looks like she's going to be running as well as Mike Pence.

So Trump is going to have some competition on the Republican side. Just how many, we don't know. But look, I think it could be like Wyoming. Trump's going to crush the competition. I'm just telling you.

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Well, hello everybody. How are you today? Hope you're doing well. I have a story to share with you. Grace, what are you doing?

Are you dancing? Why are you dancing in the studio? I don't understand that.

Well You know, just in a good mood. The day off yesterday, back today. No, I mean there's an energy.

Well, there's nothing wrong with dancing. I was just, I normally haven't seen you dance before.

Well, it's because I'm not very good at it.

Well, I mean, let's be real. This white girl can't dance.

So, I have a question before I forgot to ask this question of Kyle, so you can just ask him. We're going to play this rap video. Did we bleep the language in the rap video? Oh, yeah. I oversaw this because I was like, that is the worst rap I've ever heard in my life.

Yeah.

Well I may have the second worst because you're right. I thought I was the worst white rapper in America because I did try my hand at doing the rap. Do you know how to do the beatboxing, though? You just say boots and cats really fast. Boots and cats and boots and cats and boots and cats.

Boots and cats and boots and cats. Boots and cats and boots and cats and boots and cats. I don't understand why. It's just a trick to make yourself have a beat for a rap.

So continue. Blake Masters is running for the Senate in Arizona, and he's a young fella. He's not very old. And I guess years ago, was this 2000, what, 2007, 2008, he recorded a ramp video.

Now, this is, no, he's 35. Wow.

So he should have known better. Anyway, he was, I don't think he's in trouble for ramping, but he had Indian war paint on. And apparently, that's a big no-no nowadays. I had no idea. Yeah.

But apparently, that's a big no-no.

So, if you don't normally live in a teepee or if you're not related to Tonto from the Lone Ranger, then you're not allowed to wear war paint.

So, anyway, he's running for the Senate. He did this video when he was younger, and now it's causing big problems. Let's take a listen to Mr. Masters. We're back.

So Barack Obama called the waitress a sweetie today.

Now the press is having a day. They're getting all mad. They're looking for a fight. I'm reading the news. I'm like, this shit ain't right.

What's going on here? He can't speak the truth. What if she was a sweetie? What if she was cute? It's a sad day in society when one plus two can't equal three.

I'm no fan of his policies, but he's not a sexist. Everybody knows this. Wandered around with Lexis, but it didn't work. What an idiot. Why would I?

Hey, break up. How about we talk about the way I look? Everybody knows that's off the hook. I've got the warpaint on, as you can see. Who said what about cultural insensitivity?

Nah, man, it's just having fun. Don't blame me, I ain't the one. Where's my beat?

Something. Yeah, that's right.

Okay, I dress up as an Indian. If you don't like it, I'm gonna take you in to the political, correct police, throw you in jail. Blake makes it rock, but Sean D, he makes it hail. Everybody knows that I can't beat that guy. His rounds were, oh my god, super fly.

I'm almost embarrassed to be stacked up with him, but sometimes you gotta lose and grin. All right, CB. Think I'm done. That's all I got for you. Hope it was fun.

I'd keep on rapping, but you know how it goes. Those guys get gunned down and they get no hoes. If they continue too long, like you're LL Pooj, who the hell is he anyway? All right. That's my freestyle.

I'm going out eloquent.

Now I hope you enjoy a special D. I wish that round. Love you, Seabay. Dogs and cats, dogs and cats, dogs and cats. No, it's boots and cats.

Oh, boots and cats. I'm sorry. I thought it was dogs and cats. Doesn't cats and boots and cats and boots. Boots and cats and boots and.

What does that mean? It doesn't mean anything. Is that freestyle? Yeah, it's supposed to give you like a beat noise.

So they're saying this is going to destroy his candidacy. I don't think it will, actually. It might destroy his street, Cred. Yeah, I'm not. Cause no one's gonna ever Go to him for this sort of thing.

I don't think it's super fly, but it's, you know. The only thing that's weird is why does he have the war paint on? I just want to know, like, the reason, because there is, like, I guess he just wanted to make fun of cultural opportunities. But he was sort of defending Barack Obama in that, right? That's what I just because he called a waitress sweetie or something.

He's not a sexist. Right. So I think he was defending B.H. Obama. Maybe the rap is the problem.

Is that cultural appropriation? For a white guy, yeah. I got in trouble at Fox because I rapped.

Well, was it because you weren't very good at it, though?

Well, I thought I was pretty good at it. It was the theme song to the Beverly Hillbillies. Is that a rap? No, it is. Come and listen to my story about a man named Jet.

Pole Mountaineer barely kept his family pet.

Okay, fair enough.

So, anyway. Anyway, it is what it is. You know what I think we ought to do? Crime News Across America. Keeping you updated on crimes sweeping across the fruity plain.

I ain't getting no pump on call to. This is the Starnes A B You know, Grace, some people said my rap music was a crime. I tend to agree. Dateline, Florida. It's always Florida.

St. Petersburg. A heavily intoxicated Florida man arrested Saturday night for calling 911. He reported that his girlfriend wished to eat Sour Patch Kids. How is that a crime?

They're delicious.

Well, he was probably drunk and thought she was actually wanting to eat children. Uh oh. When asked about the call by a sheriff's deputy, Larson smiled and walked away. His name, Joshua Larson, aged 37, bad hairdo. That's a crime.

Mr. Larson allegedly struggled with deputies as they sought to place him in handcuffs. An electronic control weapon was eventually a taser. See, they should have used it on David Hawk. Anyway, Larson was.

Larson was ordered by a judge not to consume alcohol and has been outfitted with an alcohol monitoring device. Or Sour Patch Kids. Apparently uh he gets I don't know triggered.

Next story. Police in Pennsylvania. Pursue a pierogi pilferer. What? A burglar broke into a Pennsylvania home and stole a bag of pierogies.

The pierogies valued at ten dollars. What is a pierogi? Is it like a dumpling? Is that like a Polish dumpling? I believe so.

All right, somebody should call us and explain what a pierogi is. The suspect burglarized the apartment of Tyler White, who lives in Trout Run. The thief made off with a five-pound bag of Mrs. T's brand pierogies. They don't sell those at Kroger here.

In addition to stealing the frozen pierogies, the burglar caused minor damage to dry wall in the home's kitchen. Did he break through like the Kool-Aid man? I have a definition about this particular dish. Yes, please help. It's a filled dumpling made by wrapping the dough around a savory or sweet filling and cooking in boiled water, and it's originally from China.

Thank you, Grace Baker. Founded in 1952, Mrs. T's Pierogi's Is the largest provider of pierogies in the country, offering many new flavor combinations as well as the original classics. This is all in the police report. Very detailed.

Pierogis are equally amazing, boiled, baked, sauteed, grilled, air-fried, or tossed in a slow cooker. Ooh. All right, there you go.

Next story. I'm saving the strippers for last. Oh no. This from the Smoking God. A teenage driver was watching Stranger Things on her phone when her car drifted in the oncoming lane and collided with a semi.

This happened in Minnesota near Minneapolis. Police say the teenager escaped with minor injuries in the rollover crash.

Well, you know what they say about stranger things. It's strange. It's very upside down. People who watch it will get it. I have no idea what you're talking about.

It's okay, Dodd. The semi's driver swerved to the road's shoulder. avoiding a head on collision with the Stranger Things fan and likely save the teenager's life. During police questioning, the driver initially denied being on her phone at the time of the crash.

However, deputies noted the auto's Bluetooth system was still streaming the audio to Stranger Things on Netflix. The teenager admitted to watching Netflix while driving. She was cited for watching a video on her phone. You gotta watch it. It was go ahead and confess, ma'am.

Is it true you're watching Stranger Things? No. I would never do such a thing. Ma'am, we have evidence. No, you don't.

Ma'am, we know you were watching Stranger Things. No, you don't. Ma'am, can you tell us what happened last night on Stranger Things? Oh, yes.

Well, so-and-so did this to that. Guilty. Boom. Busted. Dret you.

Anyway. All right, moving along. This is from Breitbart. A strip club was robbed of $22,000 in $1 bills. Whoa.

This happened in Providence, Rhode Island. A strip club there, the Cadillac Lounge. You know, I drive a Cadillac Lounge. Oh, no. Well, I don't think you should take your.

Never been to that lounge. The Cadillac Lounge was robbed of a huge amount of money. This is from Breitbart in CBS Boston. A man entered, pointed a gun at the manager's head, and said, This is a robbery. And then he snatched $3,500 out of the guy's hands.

He also demanded he open a safe holding twenty two thousand dollars in one dollar bills. That's a lot of trips back and forth. He took all the ones. I could hear him stacking them in the big bag he had, the manager said. Yeah.

The suspect now faces charges of armed robbery. His name is Johnte Good. That's his name. The manager said, I thought it was a joke. This can't be.

I would have thought that, too. Can I just say this must not be one of the upscale s you know strip clubs. They're just dollar bills. It's not like fives, tens, or twenties. That's true.

Anyway. All right. That's.

Well, there you go. That's the crime news for today, ladies and gentlemen. It is what it is. All right, we've got to take a break here. We'll be right back.

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Ah! Grace Baker, we are the only conservative talk radio program in America with our own pierogi correspondent. Yeah, I don't think anyone else can claim such a thing. It's like a battlefield promotion for our intern, Alan Morrow, who joins us.

So, Alan, you heard us talking about the pierogies, and that's like apparently a thing. It's a huge thing. Where you're from? Yes, so I'm from Ohio, but the very eastern edge of Ohio. I'm like 45 minutes from Pittsburgh.

And Pittsburgh, I mean, it has to be the pierogi capital of America. Pierogies are a huge deal, and everyone loves them. In Pittsburgh, they have like a pierogi festival every year in downtown Pittsburgh. Is that right?

So Pittsburgh is where the pierogies were pilfered.

So, I mean, this could be, I mean, this could be a big story there, I guess. I guess so, yeah. Have you had a pierogi? Oh, yeah. We would have them all the time as kids.

And actually, until I went to college, I didn't realize that everyone didn't have pierogies all the time. And I would like, I mentioned pierogies one time, and my friends were like, what's that? And I was like, oh, my goodness. And I realized that just because of the area I'm from, they're pretty. Predominant.

So, when I went down to Texas for the first time many, many years ago, someone offered me a kalachi. And when they said, Would you like a kalachi? Would you like a kolachi? I said, No, I had my shots as a child. I just thought it was some sort of an oldest.

I didn't realize it was a delicious pastry. Yeah, I actually tried a kolachi for the first time this past semester. My boss at school lived in Texas before, and his wife made them for us, and they're awesome.

Well, I'll be so and they're savory and sweet, like the pierogies. They are.

Well, hang tight, Al. I want to bring in Ernie from Moorhead City, North Carolina. And Ernie wants to weigh in on pierogies as well. Ernie, you're on the air with our great intern, Alan Morrow.

Well, thank you so much. I don't want to disagree with your last caller. I find it hard to believe that Pittsburgh is Capital Fierogi World. Really?

So where would you say pierogies are? What's the capital? Mythistase is a mass produced. That's all I can get here.

So I I'm not knocking them, but Yeah. Barogi is a fresh May is fresh. I came from central New Jersey where I have a Hungarian, Polish and German background. And I gotta tell you. There are still people in the area where I moved from twenty years ago.

where it's passed down from mother to daughter handmade pierogies.

Now, Ernie, I do not want to correct you, sir, but we have gone, we've gone to the dictionaries. We've gone to the interwebs, and sure enough, Pittsburgh is in fact famous for the pierogies.

Well That's all well and good, and I'm sure they're wonderful pierogies, but I gotta tell you. Still people up there. Basically people have published dissent where the mutter teaches the daughter how to hand make pierogies. And And I long for them, and I have relatives up there that sometimes bring them down here. Um However, They're not as good as fresh.

And a lot of people like them with sour cream.

Some people like them with. With sauerkraut cabbage, any form of interest. I'm not a big cabbage guy. Nothing like a hand-rolled frog.

Now I'll jump in here. Ernie here. Here's what I think we need to do.

Next year you need to come to the pierogi festival in Pittsburgh and try them out for yourself and see if Pittsburgh ha can actually can claim its right to being famous for pierogies. I'd like to take you up on that, sir. I love it. You see, Ernie, we do the same thing with barbecue here in Memphis. We always tell people what they're doing up in St.

Louis and Kansas City, it just sucks. It's not real barbecue.

Well, we could get away with that. Here in East North Carolina. Um Yeah. Barbecue is not sauced. It's vinegar-based.

It's unfortunate. That's what it is. It's all we have, and I like them both ways. Ernie, I've tried. Brother, I have tried to enjoy the North Carolina vinegar-based barbecue.

And it is an acquired taste much like lima beans. Try it again. All right, Ernie. Good hearing from you. Ernie from Moorhead City, North Carolina.

However, you know what, Grace Baker, we're going to do a trivia question here. And this is going to be a weird one. But yes, Pittsburgh is, in fact, famous for the pierogies, but it is not the pierogi capital of America.

So if you can tell us what city in America is the pierogi capital of America, we're going to give you a book, not pierogies, but a book, 844-747-8868. That's our toll-free telephone number. The pierogi capital of America, 844-747-8868. Do you know the answer to this, Alan? I don't know the answer, but I'm just shocked it's not Pittsburgh.

Todd, if you go to Pittsburgh and you go to a professional baseball game, a Pirates game, they actually have a pierogi race around the field during every game. People dressed up like pierogies race and they all wear different hats, and you get to pick which one you think is going to win. Really?

So, is that kind of like the sauce? You know, I was at the San Francisco Giants. I was out there at Candlestick Park, and they were doing the sausages running in the outfield. I think it's the same deal. It's just whatever's famous from that city.

So, in Pittsburgh, it's pierogies. Last time I went to a pirate game, I got a free t-shirt that had pierogies on it. I love it. Could you imagine them doing that here in Memphis? It would have to be like a rib or something.

I think so. A pork rind? I don't know. All right, we got to. Thank you, Alan Morrow, our pierogi correspondent.

Back to the newsroom, sir. Thanks, Todd. All right, this is the Todd Stars Radio Show. Yeah.

All right, coming up tomorrow, folks, I'll be in Salem, Oregon. We're going to be doing some big events with our great affiliate out there, KYKN. KYKN.com is the website for info. Then Friday, speaking at the Marion County. Republican Shindig BBQ.

It's going to be a blast. And you can get all your tickets, all the information over on their website, kykn.com. And then coming up in a couple of weeks, I'll be speaking down at CPAC.

So hope to see you guys out there. I want to go right now to the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line. Very excited to have one of the best in the business, Dick Morris, has a brand new book out, and we're going to be talking about that called The Return. Dick, welcome to the Todd Starn Show. You didn't say the subtitle, but it's my favorite.

Some big political comeback in twenty twenty four. And it is going to be big. And you've got the inside scoop here, Dick. And I want you to tell us you've been out there saying that the President is, in fact, going to run and he's going to face Hillary. Tell us the backstory there.

Well I've been working closely with the President for many years now. My father actually was his lawyer. And uh in this book I really talk about what went on in the twenty twenty campaign. the mistakes we made, the things we did right. But more importantly, how we're planning to do better in twenty four.

And it begins with the issue of election and fraud. They were saying to lost to that I think will solve this problem that has not been adequately covered on the media. It's called more versus hopper. It's based. North Carolina case.

where the Republicans have sued because the state Supreme Court threw out a congressional reapportionment. And the Republicans are contending that the governors and the state courts and the State Secretaries of State have no jurisdiction at all. over how elections at the federal level are run. in the state. State elections they do, but federal elections They don't.

And that's because the Constitution, Article 3. Section four says the times, places and manners. of holding elections for the Senate or Congress shall be determined by the state legislature. not the governors, not the states themselves. but only by the legislature.

And the reason this is so important is that there are five states that a swing state where the Republican majority in the state legislature have passed perfect election reform laws. No drop boxes. no excuse absentee ballots, no same day registration requiring photo ID and all that stuff. But the Democratic governors in those states on vetoing the bill. and this decision would strip them of the veto authority.

and the legislature can act on its own. Those states are Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania. And North Carolina, the key swing state. And I believe this will eliminate ballot fraud. because these states can pass airtight laws like they have in Arizona, Florida and Georgia.

And I think that we can be sure of an honest election with this new decision. The court hasn't decided it yet. but four judges voted to hear the case. which with the Conservatives, which means it's probably going to pass. probably by six to three majority.

There's been some rumblings out there in recent days. Nikki Haley putting a lot of distance between herself and President Trump. Mike Pence visiting South Carolina, setting up shop there and New Hampshire. But during an interview over on Newsmax, you predicted or you suggested that there's probably not going to be a primary. He's probably going to get it by acclamation.

You believe that? Yes, I do. Uh the national polling shows of Trump ahead of DeSantis, his nearest rival. By fifty nine. to fifteen.

And with those kinds of margins, other people are not going to run. This is all just pot strength for twenty eight. or in the unlikely event Trump doesn't run. I'm saying that he is running. He told me that and I'm sure he is.

But in the event he doesn't, they want to be in position. But there's not going to be a perumber. And let me say this. For those people who say I like Trump's policies, But I don't like his personality. Let me ask you this: Would you have liked A kinder, gentler General George Patton in France and Germany in World War Two.

Do you think that way would work? If you if you try to defang Donald Trump. And change him into a kinder, gentler person, you're not going to be able to win to govern. Trump government because he's able to force everybody to do what he wants. by power Uh back there.

And for example, when Kim Jong Knoh says I have a button, I can closely destroy the country, your country. And he says, I have a bigger button than you do. Kim backed down. He hasn't heard from again since the Trump administration. And Trump is the only leader that can do that.

The other point that I make in the book, if I can, Is that I feel that Donald Trump is half incumbent and half challenger. The challenge do we know about attacking the Democrats for immigration and and inflation and gas prices. But the incumbent part is when they come back and say, how do we know you can solve these problems? he comes back and he's the only one who can and says, I did. I get it.

There was no inflation under me. Gas prices were low. The border was sealed. The rest of you didn't screw around. I didn't.

And I can do it again. and that is an advantage that no other candidate has. Dick Morris is on the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line with us today. He is a New York Times bestselling author, one of the best political consultants in the business, brand new book out, The Return, Trump's Big Twenty Twenty Four Comeback. Dick, who do you like for his running mate in twenty twenty four?

Well, I I don't have a preference and I don't think I don't think that I think it'll be somebody he likes. He's far enough ahead that he doesn't have to name anybody. But let's talk about the Democrats. Oh, yeah, Hillary. Yes, I think that what's going to happen is that when the Democrats persuade Biden not two hundred and twenty four and pressure him to do that.

He and Harris withdraw. and the floodgates open for the rain. And I think the early lead is going to go to Bernie Sanders. and maybe even AOC. I think the left wing of the party will dominate the polling.

And all the establishment candidates like Gavin Newsome and Pete Budig and others.

Well score in single digits next to them. And that will set off a panic at the Democratic National Committee. They will be so freaked at the possibility. of moving further to the left. and they will then beg Hillary Clinton to come in and save them from the ultra left.

just like they did in twenty sixteen. When they nominated Hillary, because the alternative was pretty standard. And I think this is going to be a rerun of Trump versus Hillary. And I think Trump will win by a much larger margin this time. I can't even imagine, Dick, what the country is going to look like economically and culturally a couple of years from now.

I mean, it's already a dumpster fire.

Well, economically, you sure can. The only solution to the inflation that Biden caused is a recession. and the doozy of the recession. It's like you go to the doctor and you say, Doc, I have high blood pressure. He says, okay, let's take out all your blood.

It'll kill you, but it'll take care of your blood pressure. And that's the theory that you slow the economy down You raise unemployment, you make it too expensive to buy a house. too high interest to buy a car. production drops and unemployment sores. And you have no inflation.

The country is half dead. but you have no inflation. And that's Act two of the Biden economic legacy, and that's what's coming up. It's going to be fascinating to watch. And Dick, we're so glad that you're on Newsmaxie all the time.

You look great. Congratulations on this great new book.

Well, thank you. I really enjoyed it, and it's It really is written at the behest of Donald Trump. He wanted everyone to know what he would do in twenty four. to get elected beyond what he did in twenty. Folks, you can get yourself a copy at your favorite bookstore.

We have a direct link over on ToddSterns.com in the live show blog. Dick Morris, you can watch him on Newsmax, and you've got to read the new book, The Return Trump's Big 2024 Comeback. Dick, we're going to leave it there. God bless. Thank you.

Bless you. Thank you. All right, there you go.

Now, that's fascinating. He believes, and he's been talking to the president, and he's got the great inside track there. He says it's going to be Trump versus Hillary, and Trump is going to clean her clock.

Okay. Now, my question is: who do you like as the running mate? And I don't think it's going to be DeSantis. I think DeSantis is going to stick around in Florida and he's going to finish out his second term. But who do you like as Trump's VP?

844-747-8868. That's our toll-free telephone number. That's 844-747-8868. We've got a trivia question that's outstanding. We need to know the Pierogi Capital of America.

Let's go to Portland, Maine, Cindy, W-L-O-B. All right, Cindy, what is your guess? Potuck at Rhode Island. Um Oh, Cindy. My apologies.

But there is a big Polish community, and that's the only place I've ever had them, had friends and uh family there, and they'd bring them back. It was just delicious. What have I been missing out, Cindy? How do I not know about the pierogies?

Well, you just didn't live in the right place. Clearly. Clearly. All right. Oh, and on Trump, I say Tim Scott and Trump.

Oh, I like that. Tim Scott, so you have a Trump Scott ticket. I love it. All right, Cindy, thank you. 844-747-8868.

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All right, welcome back to the Todd's Charge Radio Show. This is just weird. Let's go to the phones here. Mike in Statesville, North Carolina, WSIC. All right, Mike, we're looking for the pierogi capital of America.

Ah, I promised your screen color I would not tell But and 'cause I had to here s Google it 'cause I like your intern or Alan, your manager. It is insane that any place but Pittsburgh is not the pierugi capital. I mean, 47th. I've lived in Pittsburgh forty-seven years, born and raised And I could just go on and on. And yes, there are four mascots and frogies that have a race around every Powers game.

There's Perughi's Galore. And here's the evidence. Uh Oh. There is a national brand that makes frozen pierogies. They are a fair a fairy.

They are a far and foul substitute. For the real deal. You know what I just figured out I did, Mike? I just pulled a this is the place where you get the best fried chicken in America. This is what I have done.

I have stepped into it today.

Okay. Well, but for the record, Mike, you're saying it's Pittsburgh, and we got to do this, Mike. It's like the rules of the show. Oh.

Sorry. All right, but thank you for playing, Mike. We appreciate that. Let's go to Mike in Eads, Tennessee, on KWAM, our flagship. All right, Mike, got to help us out here.

What is the pierogi capital of America? Hey, Todd, how are you doing? We just moved down from Chicago, and I believe Chicago is the progie capital of America. They got a large progie population. Oh, Mike, don't go anywhere, Mike.

I want to talk. I'm sorry, that's not correct. It's shocking, but welcome to Memphis, and we hope you enjoy the area. Except for the heat. Yes, and the gunfire.

It's a a lovely place actually. But we have good hospitals too, so they'll get you patched right up. Mike, all right, give us a call back one of these days. We'll make good on it. Grace, what is going on here?

It's a tough one. This is a tough question. I understand. This is a head scrap. It's a tough one.

I wouldn't know it. All right. Let's go to. Georgia.

Now, Willie, will somebody from Georgia know about pierogies? That's my question here. Let's go to Eileen, WDUN, our great affiliate.

Now, Eileen, I will say this: WDUN, out of all of our affiliates, and I'm willing to say this on the record, you guys know your trivia at WDUN.

Well, let's hope I'm right. It's Bingham to New York. Yep, that's right, Eileen. Binghamton, New York. The Pierogi Capital.

surprisingly, I would never but it's funny because I just bought Some frozen pierogies. Of course. I'm gonna make them with My son lov I had bought them like l like the other day. My son loves them. He s we saute them with butter and onions and they're really good.

And we make them with pork chops. and Sabakraut.

So It's a good deal. Can I say that I wanted to Suggest Mark Robinson as vice president.

Now he would be, hold on, correct me if I'm wrong, the lieutenant governor of North Carolina. That is correct. The man is a firebrand. He's passionate. He's a conservative.

and he's a very he's got strong leadership qualities So I I like him a lot.

Well of like nobody really knows about him so much. But he is a powerhouse. You know, I've know I know Mark. We've spoken together several times at events and just a good solid, you know, just down-to-earth guy, and man, can he deliver a barn burner of a speech. He sure could, and I know he believes every word he says.

And it's not like, you know. Uh, you c people could talk pretty. But what counts is what they do. Anybody could talk quick. as we find out.

But anyway, So I'm going to in lieu of a prize, I'm going to give it to somebody else because I already have your book.

So you have a T shirt? We'll get you taken care of.

So just hang tight. We're going to Grace is going to get your info, Eileen. And we always enjoy hearing from you. Eileen, have fun making the pierogies. All right, hang tight.

Don't go anywhere. We'll get married. Wow, this was a weird, weird, trivia day. This was kind of a weird day. Let me tell you what's happening tomorrow.

Our good buddy Jeff Stein is going to be here. Jeff Katz from WRVA is going to be here on Friday. I'll be on the road on my way to Salem, Oregon.

So looking forward to seeing all of our great friends in KYKN country. And we'll be doing a couple of events there. I'll be back in the anchor chair on Monday, and then it's off to CPAC in about a week after that.

So we're just going to be busy out there on the road meeting all of our great, great listeners. All right, 844-747-8868. That is our toll-free telephone number. That's 844-747-8868. There is a very bizarre story that I wanted to share with you, and my computer just froze up.

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This is actually happening in Boston at a high school where they're teaching new immigrant students, and this is for a class about learning how to speak English, that physical violence and political assassinations are legitimate forms of resisting oppression.

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