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Well, hello, everybody. Happy primary day to you, America. Welcome to the Todd Starnes Radio Program. Hope you're doing good out there. And getting ready for the big, I don't know, this could be the TV event of the season.

I don't think I've ever been this excited about a reality TV series since Survivor first came out. But Thursday, there's big doings on national television when the January 6th Kangaroo Court, starring Nancy Pelosi and Liz Cheney, will make its primetime debut. And they've actually hired the ex-president of ABC News to produce the TV show. I've never seen anything like this.

So Fox News Channel says they're not going to be broadcasting this thing, but everybody else is.

So whatever show you watch on Thursdays is going to be preempted.

So the Democrats and Liz Cheney, yes, I know it's redundant. And I know it's an oxymoron, but Liz Cheney, she claims to be a Republican. But the Democrats and Liz Cheney are going to stage one of these made-for-TV, live-on-the-air reality TV shows. And by the way, Grace Baker, I'm wondering how all of this is going to play out. First of all, who's going to play Nancy Pelosi?

I know. This feels like a Netflix special or something. Do we know, is there some sort of aging star from years past that's about to kick the bucket who might be able to get hauled out on national television?

Somebody that would be authentically Pelosi. Oof. I'm trying to think. I can think of people I actually like, like Maggie Smith. She's an older actress.

I love Maggie Smith, though, and I don't want her to have to play Pelosi. That would be sad for her. Fair enough. Liz Taylor's dead, so we can't use her. Yeah.

Betty White. No, she's too nice. And she's dead. I was about to say. But she's very nice.

What about Liz Cheney, though? Who's going to play Liz Cheney? I have a thought. I have a thought. Go ahead.

Just think about this now. Rosie O'Donnell with a wig. Like a blonde wig. Rosie O'Donnell with a blonde wig. I'm trying to think.

I've got one on the tip of my tongue. Ah, Meryl Streep. For Liz Cheney? Sure. I don't know.

Or Nancy Pelosi. She's a little old. I think she'd be good for Nancy Pelosi, though. and she's very, I believe she is very liberal. All right, who's the...

She'd fit right in.

Now, is there... No, we have to have somebody to play AOC. Oh, I got it. Liz Chady, we need Amber Heard in there. She's going to need an acting career.

You know, her acting career's gone down the drain. Everybody hates her. Exactly.

So I think we should play... She should play... We can put some makeup on her. She can be Pelosi.

Now, what about AOC? You know, she just came out of the closet. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Sandy is how she went in high school. Sandy Cortez.

much like the fake mexican bobby francis o'rourke um the the i have a thought about her she she by the way she came out of the closet she says she's latinx or and by the way i just found out something this is fascinating i am on a tangent here folks now the people are listening to us in winston salem they're like what the heck is happening in my radio right this is totally normal very normal for this show uh but you know we were talking about the oreo uh gay dictionary you know i didn't Guys, there was a gay dictionary. Oh, yeah. They've got their own words.

So anyway, I was going through the gay dictionary last night, and I came across the term Latinx. And you know, it's a weird spelling, right? It's L-A-T-I-N-X, Latinx, right? It's so annoying, yes. Or the alternative spelling is L-A-T-I-N-X.

It's got to be tough for the script spelling bee kids. Yeah. I mean, it's a head scratcher.

So anyway, it turns out you never know how to pronounce the word. Is it Latinx or Latinx? It's both. It's both. Oh, gosh.

How about just Latina? Latino. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. It's a gendered language. Whatever.

So anyway, AOC, we knew that she was Latina, but she also goes by Latinx. But now she's an Indian woman. Oh. She's like, you know. Elizabeth Warren.

Tonto. Yeah. I mean, related to, you know, Tonto. But she, yeah, that could be her auntie.

So the question is, who's going to play AOC? And I have a thought. Who's the chick who was a she, and now she's a he? Elliot Page? Yeah, yeah, that chick, Ellen Page.

Ellen Page? Was that the one in Juneau? I'm sorry, I don't remember the original name. Is that the Juneau gal? Yeah, Ellen Page.

Just think, she'd make a good AOC. I think so. I think we could do that. Yep, I'm looking at it right now with the long hair. She could do it.

Are they going to reenact Paul Pelosi's DUI crash over the weekend? By the way, they can't find the video.

So the reporters are like, they want the body cam footage. Of course they do. They want to see Paul Pelosi. And again, we feel sorry for, I mean, if somebody had been injured in the crash, yeah, we would not be having a good time with it. True.

But the reality is, if you had to be married to Nancy Pelosi, even if you're a Baptist, I think I could say, okay, I get it. Yeah, he needs a drink or two. Yeah, I don't blame him. That's rough. Just got to take the edge off.

Got to take the edge off.

So anyway, it's going to be a big show. And I want to say this, and I want to explain what's going on here, because this is all make-believe. It's not just fake news. It's fiction. It's not real.

Now, the word we're getting from our sources up on Capitol Hill is that there is no is there. There is no evidence that Donald Trump did anything wrong. None whatsoever. They don't have a shred of evidence to indict the former president. Nothing.

So now they've got to figure out what to do. And so that's why they're staging this huge. it's basically a remember nbc news grace you might remember this i know you're like the broadway theater stuff remember when they would do the live musical theater on tv oh yeah they did like hairspray and peter pan oh yeah and you're sitting there going this is the worst two hours of live television i've ever seen in my life i wouldn't watch it that's what's about to happen at least that had music though i wonder you know here's but i do wonder so you got do we have jerry nadler on that big jerry jerry nadler nadler you know the guy lost like seriously he lost like six or seven hundred pounds and then he kind of added some of it back and it's he's misshapen and i don't it's not his fault it's just wherever things clump i mean what are you gonna do so i wonder if there's gonna be a song and dance you know it's like jazz hands at least with the mbc productions It was some pretty people. I mean, this has not, I'm sorry, not attractive people. Oh, maybe Secretary Pete Buttigieg, or Butt Edge Edge, if you will, and his husband.

What's his name? Chaz? I don't. It's always Chaz. No, it's Chaston.

Chad is normally the. Chaston. Chaston. You think they'll make an appearance? They could do like, that could be the love story of the whole thing.

I mean, you've got to have a love angle. You've got to. You've got to. I mean, it's... With a happy ending.

Okay, not on national television. But I get what you're talking about. I wasn't going there. That was all you, but okay.

So you're going to have... But no, we can't do that. Word came out yesterday that Mayor Pete has come down with the China virus. And so now, all of a sudden, we've got Mayor Pete who was... I didn't realize he was back at work, but apparently I thought he was still on maternity leave, but now Mayor Pete or Transportation Secretary Pete is back home with the China virus.

So there you go. We're going to get in trouble for that, Grace. We're going to get in trouble.

So anyway. I'm just waiting for the phone calls. Thanks a lot, Todd. You know it's going to happen. I'm not going to get my extra egg rolled down at my favorite Chinese joint.

No, you're not. See, I'm in trouble now. All that to say, folks, if you want to watch it, watch it. Fox News is not going to broadcast it. I think it's going to be fairly entertaining because what we're going to see are selectively edited video interviews, investigative notes.

we're going to see a narrative about whatever happened on January the 6th that is completely void of reality. But the good news here, this is great news for Donald Trump, President Trump, they haven't found anything that would come close to being wrongdoing in this case.

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All right, folks, welcome back to the Todd Starnes Radio Show.

So glad to have you with us today. 844-747-8868. That's 844-747-8868, our toll-free telephone number. Let's go to the phones, WDUN and the great state of Georgia. Mike on the line.

All right, Mike, you have a casting selection for the big reality show on Thursday. That's right. But I thought for Nancy Pelosi, I ought to have Jane Fonda. I couldn't think of her name there for a second. Hanoi Jane.

You know what? That is a brilliant suggestion, Mike. She actually kind of looks like Pelosi. Yep, yep. They could pass on the TV with the right makeup.

Well, they've got to paint on those big, arching eyebrows. Remember those? Mercy. But I think that their political views are probably real close. Yeah, I think they both hate America, so that's a good starting point.

So there you go. All right, Mike, great idea. I love it. If you have a casting selection, we've got to figure out who's going to play Jerry Nadler, maybe Michael Moore. That's a thought.

But who's going to play Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, Pete Butt-Edge-Edge? I mean, there's Butt-Edge. Oh, my apologies. I've been mispronouncing it for years. 844-747-8868 if you want to help us come up with a casting couch today on the Todd Starnes radio show.

By the way, big primaries all over the country. And one of the big ones is over in San Francisco, in California. Primaries, California, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota.

Now, here's the big race that we're all looking at is in San Francisco, and it's for the district attorney, a guy by the name of Chesa Budin. And that's a dude, right? Is that a dude, Grace? Yeah, Chesa. All right.

Man, his parents must have hated him. I just... Anyway, Chesa Budin is the far leftist district attorney. And this guy is so liberal that even the liberals are freaking out. He has eliminated cash bail.

He is not prosecuting these quality-of-life crimes.

So we're talking about shoplifting. We're talking about maybe somebody knocks out the glass in your – the windows in your car. Those are quality-of-life crimes. He's putting fewer people behind bars, and he is basically a friend of the criminal. This is the quintessential George Soros district attorney.

By the way, the guy's father was a member of the Weather Underground, which is a domestic terrorist group. His dad spent 40 years in prison and was granted parole last year.

So this is the big issue on the ballot in San Francisco. and everywhere you go across America, the only thing we're hearing about is how violent crime has gotten in local cities. And I'm curious about what things are like in your neighborhoods, in your cities. Are you seeing the spike in crime? You know, here in Memphis, Tennessee, we've got some video up on our website.

Beale Street is sort of like the popular place. It's actually larger than Graceland as far as the tourists who come to the city. Everybody wants to go to Beale Street, BB King's, Hard Rock Cafe. Is it Rum Boogie? Is it still there?

I haven't been over there in a long time. Anyway, the crime on Beale Street is off the charts. We have video of a mob surrounding police officers, and they're literally manhandling the police officers. As a matter of fact, they're shoving them. One of the police officers was knocked to the ground.

They were heckling one of the other police officers. There were about five or six cops there. And clearly they were overrun by this mob. They were calling one of the police officers who happened to be a little white boy. Yo, little white boy!

I mean, they were just, they were heckling the guy. I mean, he can't help the color of his skin.

So anyway, they had to call in backup. up and the police on horseback came and then the crowd dispersed. There's other video of a woman who went full. I mean, she took her clothes off. I mean, and she was a well-rounded woman, took her clothes off right smack in the middle of Beale Street, squatted down and commenced to urinating on the sidewalk in front of God and country and BB King, God rest his soul.

And it looked like a freaking National Geographic special, somebody walking around without a top on. It's just ridiculous. And nobody did a thing. It's that sort of debauchery and lawlessness. I saw this a lot in New York City where people are now terrified to ride the subway.

And I'm flying up to New York tomorrow. I'll be speaking at a convention for a talk radio host. And I'm not actually looking forward to making that trip. Because the New York City that I lived in for 15 years is not the same New York City. People live in fear.

And it should not be that way. And now you've got the Democrats that are promising, promising to go after our guns.

Now, look, if you are a longtime listener of this program, you know that that cannot happen. Because when they take your guns away, they take your freedoms away. It's that simple. It's that simple. But what a terrible thing that is happening in our beautiful American cities.

San Francisco, they're spending $20, $30 million a year just to clean up the human waste that's left on sidewalks. your tax dollars at work in San Francisco. They can't even let little kids go to the playgrounds because of the dirty needles that are left on the ground. I'll tell you, for years I used to go on vacation in Santa Monica, beautiful place right there on the beach, shutters, great hotel, and had their own little private beach, the whole nine yards. I stopped going down there because you can barely get there because of the homeless and drug population, and then they've got all these dirty needles that are just lodged in the sand.

It's unbelievable. It didn't have to be like that. But this is what happens, ladies and gentlemen. I mean, you let Democrats control your country. How do we take back our country, America?

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So I've got to tell you about Dave Weigel over at the Washington Post.

Now, Dave pretty much hates my guts. Dave has written about me for years, and he's just on the other side of the political spectrum. I don't say he hates me. He just hates my politics. And Dave is in a world of hurt.

I mean, he's been at the Post since, I think, 2015, and he's a leftist. There's no way around it. The guy is a raging leftist.

So anyway, but Dave is a guy's guy, and you know how guys will. You know, guys will tell jokes, and sometimes there are guy jokes that guys tell about women that are just funny. And there's nothing to that, right? I mean, it's just that's the way it is. I suspect you women do the same thing when it comes to guys.

Anyway, Weagle was on Twitter the other day, and he retweeted a joke about women. And people are really offended by all of this. And people are just in an uproar over all of this.

so um should i read the joke i don't know if i should i tell the joke i don't know maybe i should tell the joke should i tell the joke grace you're the you're a woman you i guess you're like no you've already teased it too much that you can't tell it how's that that that's true but i want to warn you it's um i don't think it's necessarily a uh it's it's not an offensive joke i don't think it's a knee slapper. I think it's a good joke, but I don't think it's like a knee slapper. Anyway, here's what, and he didn't even come up with a joke. Dave Weigel retweeted somebody else's joke. And here's what the guy said.

Every girl is bi. You just have to figure out if it's polar or sexual. See, it's it's not a knee slapper, though, but it's kind of funny. It's all of the guys are shaking their head. Yes, it is funny.

And Grace, what say you? It's OK.

So I don't know. Producer Kyle, I think, has an opinion. I mean, I laughed.

So see, exactly. Because it's just one of those like, ha, ha, ha. And what makes a joke a funny joke? Because it offends people. No.

No! Truth. Thank you, Kyle, because there's always a little bit of truth. A little bit of truth. A little nugget of truth there.

I bet our friend Jerry Lynn would laugh at that. I laugh at it like, ha, ha, ha. And Miss Janice, I bet she would laugh at that.

So the ladies of the Todd Stearns Radio Show, I think, would find that to be humorous. But here's the problem. At the Washington Post, you don't have a lot of humorous people. And that's a big problem.

So the Washington Post, and I will try to explain this from my experiences at Fox News. But first, let me tell you what happened to Dave Weigel.

So Dave Weigel retweets this joke. Every girl is bi. You just have to figure out if it's polar or sexual. I'm sorry. Anyway, so he retweeted it, right?

That was it. I've retweeted tons of stuff. And then all you know what breaks loose.

So there's this woman named Felicia Somnes, and she works at the Washington Post. I would say she is a young millennial, and she got offended. Oh, I'm just horrified. I feel violated.

So my question to her would be, are you bipolar or bisexual? What offended you about that? But Dave didn't ask those questions. I would have, though. And so she goes nuts, but she doesn't go to him privately.

She, like, starts attacking her work colleague on social media and then goes after him within the company and a bunch of the other women there because they're all woke feminazis over there at The Washington Post, to borrow a phrase from the late, great Rush Limbaugh.

So they're accusing him of being sexist.

So that's the argument now. That's the allegation is that Dave Weigel, by simply retweeting this, is somehow sexist and offensive and they feel violated.

So now the Washington Post, instead of coming out and smacking these people and saying, what is wrong with you? Do your jobs, get a sense of humor and shut up. Back in the old days, that's exactly what would have happened in the newsrooms. but instead the Washington Post has apologized. I'm not sure why they've apologized.

I'm not sure what there is to apologize for. And then they announced last night that Dave Weigel has been suspended for an entire month without pay for tweeting this, retweeting this nonsense. Oh, by the way, this Felicia chick, the feminazi, she was suspended by the paper in early 2020 after she posted a tweet linking to a story about a rape allegation against an NBA superstar.

So she's just – she's a nutcase. She's a nutjob. And by the way, she apparently had filed a complaint against the company alleging discrimination or whatever. It's one of these. She sounds like a horrible human being.

So there you go. So all these people are now attacking poor Dave Weigel. And you say, well, wait a second, Todd. Dave Weigel hates your guts. Yeah, I know.

But I don't know what it is. I feel bad for the guy. I do. I know what that is like when you've got this fascist mob of feminazis coming after you. I know what that's like, and that is a very, very uncomfortable position to be in.

And so now you've got the Babylon B-dude, Seth Dillon, and Seth Dillon is basically taunting Dave Weigel and telling Dave Weigel, hey, you know what, if you're a man, you'd tell the Washington Post to, you know, you're a bunch of sorry so-and-sos, and I'll pay you three months salary if you do it.

Well, okay, well, who's going to pay the pick of the bill after the three months? It's hard to find a job out there. I mean, I get it. Anyway, he says, Dave, I'm offering you three months salary to retract your apology. Oh, yeah, they made him apologize.

To retract your apology, repost the joke and quit. Have some respect for yourself. You know, each man has to make that decision for himself. I made that decision at the Fox News corner of the world. And, you know, it is what it is.

Fox came after me because I suggested. No, I didn't suggest. I said that what was happening at our border was an invasion of our nation. And Fox did not take offense at that, but the National Association of Hispanic Journalists did, and they lobbied to have me fired from Fox News Channel. But what these morons didn't realize is that I was under contract.

So unless I had done something offensively horrible there no way they could break the contract But the great irony is that my contract had just expired and we were in negotiations for yet another renewal and they decided not to renew. It's that simple. It's a big ugly mob out there and I don't want to wish that on anybody. I mean, look, Dave Weigel, he does a good job for what he does. I don't like his politics, don't like his work, but you know what?

He's a good writer. He does a good job for the post. And it's just not right. It's just not right. And here's why I'm standing up.

And I'm catching a lot of fire from our fellow conservatives. Why are you standing up for this guy? It's very simple. Because if we don't stop this cancel culture mob, they're going to come after all of us. And they're going to keep coming after us.

And they will silence every single one of us.

So we've all got to stand together here. Listen, it's not about liberals. We're talking about leftists. A liberal can still love their country. And I'm telling you, we've got to have every conservative and every liberal, freedom lovers, one and all, standing together and fighting these fascists.

Got to do it. And if we cannot muster the courage to do that, then I think we're going to be in a world of hurt as a country. I'm just telling you it's going to be nasty. 844-747-8868. That's our toll-free telephone number.

That's 844-747-8868. Tulsi Gabbard, she's an interesting bird, isn't she?

So Tulsi Gabbard giving a speech at the Western Conservative Summit yesterday, and she basically explained what we've been saying for years now as far as what the true problem is in America. Let's take a listen to Tulsi. The reality is that we are facing a spiritual crisis in this country. The tribalism that is tearing us apart is really an indication of the erosion of a spiritual foundation. A lack of a recognition that we are one nation under God, that we are all God's children, And knowing that inspires among us a respect and care for each other.

Now, let me tell you something about Tulsi Gabbard. God bless you, ma'am. But this is why the Democrats hate her. This is why she was not the nominee for the presidency on the Democrat side, because she believes in God.

Now, she's a far left lunatic on a lot of other issues, especially on the culture war side. But even she understands, because Tulsi Gabbard is a patriot. She's a liberal, but she's a patriot. And she understands that we all share a common bond. And what is that common bond, ladies and gentlemen?

That common bond is Almighty God. We are one nation, not a divided nation. You see, without God, we are a divided nation. And that's why they hate Gabbard. That's why they had to destroy Gabbard.

that her mommy and daddy fought against gay marriage in Hawaii, and they used that against her during the Democrat primary. It was an ugly thing. But Tulsi Gabbard's on to something here, folks. Do you believe that is the problem with America right now? Because the left is telling you we've got to grab the guns.

The only reason they want the guns is for power. That's it. They don't care. You know, look, at the end of the day, they don't care if all the people in the inner cities kill themselves. They don't care.

They can use knives. They can use baseball bats. They can use glass bottles. They don't care. It's not about that.

It's about power and control. That's what the left wants. But that's not the problem facing.

So guns are not the problem facing America. Crime, not even the problem facing America. Problem facing the America, in my estimation, is we've turned our back on God. What say you? 844-747-8868.

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And we've got a big event that we're a part of, and I want you to be a part of it as well. We've got the information on our website, toddstearns.com. I'm going to be speaking at Lighthouse Baptist Academy, as well as their church. It's a Saturday-Sunday event. It's going to be a big banquet, and we're raising money for their Christian school.

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So if you go there, you'll be able to help us out by sending a few dollars to help the Lighthouse Baptist Church and Academy as they grow this great, great Christian school, raising up next-generation patriots. That's what it's all about. And I'm going to be out and about a lot for the rest of the year, doing a lot of speeches and helping a lot of Christian schools as they raise those next-generation patriots.

So I certainly hope you'll go to our website. And if you got $5 or if you have $500, we'd love for you to help those folks out. By the way, tax deductible, and you're going to be doing a good thing. All right, let's go to the phones here, 844-747-8868. Murph in Germantown, Tennessee, on our flagship station, KWAM.

Hey, Murph, what's up today? Dr. Starnes, always a pleasure. Enjoyed your commentary on Representative Tabby Tulsi-Gaver. unfortunately she talks out of both sides of the mouth she yeah but you know what i i think her i i think part of that heart is in the right place because she nails it when she talks about what's really wrong with the country oh yeah and i think you you've discussed this already that that blurb on fox last night about parents taking their kids to a drag queen event what kind of mother and father and grandfather and grandmother would allow that.

I just don't understand it. And this is a very historic week for any history buffs out there. Monday, June the 5th, was the anniversary of George Marshall's presentation at Harvard University presenting the Marshall Plan. And, of course, June 6th was D-Day. But the interesting thing about George Marshall speaking at Harvard, when he proposed it and when it went through Congress, the Democrats put some kind of fancy name, a European Restoration Act.

And Truman said, if we put a Democratic name on it, it won't pass. But if we put Marshall's name on it, it will pass. and it literally rebuilt Western Europe, and it was one of the most historical events ever in American history.

So I thought you might find that interesting. And you know what I found really interesting, Murph, not a single mention of that from the White House. No commemorations at all from the White House. They're too busy promoting the LGBT Pride Month, lots of other things happening, but those issues the ones you just brought up are not all that important to this administration i don't think the president even mentioned d-day no no he did not not a single mention of d-day not a single mention now i think i may have told you this already one more comment i'll let you go real quick this july this july the last d-day pathfinder glider pilot will turn 100 years old the last living glider pilot pathfinder that the guys that landed behind the lines in the early morning of june 6 he's the last one living is that right murph uh in a in a very odd coincidence my grandfather who passed away oh about 15 20 years ago uh he was actually a glider pilot during world war ii and they they don't make them like that anymore i can tell you that much you talk about gut uh yes sir murph always good hearing from you and murph raises a great point though about you parents what kind of a parent sends their kids to a drag show or drag queen story hour for that i mean i don't know we put this out in a commentary i think parents who do that ought to be brought up on charges. What say you, America?

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And we have a discharge petition on the floor of the House of Representatives. Not one single Democrat has signed a discharge petition to force us to actually pass a law to say we're going to continue to force Title 42 as long as there's a state of emergency in states. But importantly, great, yes, I'm glad there's a handful of Democrats, Kristen Sinema, some others that have said, hey, you know, maybe we shouldn't have Title 42. But you know what? Title 42 is a bandaid on a gunshot wound.

We actually need to tell the world if you come to the United States, you have to follow these rules. You're going to follow these rules. You're going to be detained for the entirety of an adjudication of an actual asylum claim. And then you'll be turned and you'll be turned away if we're not detaining you. If you do that, that's what the Trump administration did.

The numbers go down. They become manageable. And here's the important part to the part about caring for people. We need to be exporting the rule of law and improving the Western Hemisphere to beat back on China rather than importing lawlessness, importing fentanyl and endangering Americans. The Biden administration is doing it purposefully for crass political reasons, and they're endangering Americans and migrants in the process.

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Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Todd Stearns Radio Show. It is a great question that Congressman Chip Roy from Texas raises. He was on Fox News Channel with our good friend Shannon Breen. And what's happening at the border is appalling and it is unforgivable.

This invasion that is happening and our government is turning a blind eye. I want to go to the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker right now. Congressman Chip Roy joins us. Congressman, I thought you did a heck of a great job last night.

Well, thanks, Todd. Yeah, it's always great to be on Shannon's show. She does a great job presenting the facts. Bill Malugin's doing a great job out there looking at the border And look, we've got to keep our attention on it. Everybody's getting distracted by a lot of different news stories, but the border is still wide open and dangerous.

And from the reporting we are seeing, they're expecting another massive surge at the border in the coming days. Yeah, there's about 15,000 migrants and growing, kind of moving through Mexico. They started off down to Guatemala, down the Northern Triangle. They're moving up. And frankly, it's a pretty rambunctious group that are demanding that the president, demanding that Americans, you know, give them, quote, freedom and liberty coming into the United States.

Now, you know, every single one of us wants America to be a beacon of hope to the world. But no one has a right to come across our sovereign borders, bum rush our border, weaken us, distract border patrol, allow fentanyl to come into our borders, allow cartels to be empowered because they want to storm our border. I know Venezuela is bad. I know there's bad parts of the world. But that's what I was getting at with Shannon last night.

Our strategy ought to be to secure the border, stop allowing people to flood in, and get busy improving the Western Hemisphere and exporting the rule of law and have a stronger Western Hemisphere to push back on China rather than allowing this lawlessness to occur. And is there any hope that Border Patrol is going to be able to do that? Do they have the resources they need to push back and stop this invasion? no because they can't do anything until there's policies that actually give them the power to turn away that's the bottom line right now the only power they have at all is the title 42 power which is hanging on by a very thin thread under one judge's order the administration wants to do away with that one last vestige of some degree of power for border patrol to turn people away and so if you don't give them that power they got nothing they literally are nothing more than a processing entity. You think you go through customs, right?

You got to go check in and do all this stuff. That's basically what they're doing, except there's no actual real structure. They come in, they get put in, they get processed, they get released in the United States. In April, 234,000 apprehensions, 117,000 of them were released in the United States, all while 2,000 a day, 60,000 gotaways that we even know of. That's just an absurd way to do things.

So I'm curious to get your take on this report out of Breitbart. Neil Monroe is the author. says Mexico's president is reviving calls for basically a super state. He wants a continental super state that would combine North American employees, South American employees, and quite frankly, sideline tens of millions of middle-class American citizens. He wants open borders.

Yeah, well, that's obviously absurd on its face. Look, you want to have a conversation about how we can strengthen alliances in the Western Hemisphere and embrace the rule of law, we need to flex our muscle as a country to get, whether it's the Northern Triangle, whether it's Venezuela, whether it's all throughout South America and Mexico itself on our southern border, to embrace the rule of law. Like, Mexico is barely not a full-blown narco-terror state. That's what it is. And if Mexico wants to, you know, be talking about changes, how about they get their own house in order?

I think America can help get their house in order, but that requires addressing the fact that cartels or effectively terrorist organizations, knocking their knees out, cut off their funding, actually attack them where it's appropriate, get the Mexican government to agree with us, and let's solve this problem like adults instead of wandering around, you know, clamoring like college students in some sort of thesis group. Congressman, I'm curious to get your take on whatever is going to happen on Thursday with this committee, the primetime hearings. They've hired the former president of ABC News to basically stage what, I don't know, a reality tv show i've never heard of anything like this well you know this this really does i think shine a light on what has been the problem with this january 6th process from the beginning right it's been politicized from the beginning this is why um you know i opposed it it's why a lot of my colleagues opposed it uh and you know last night i was going on uh shannon um you know i thank her uh for for you know focusing on this important issue that border uh because right now the left and Democrats in this town and obviously a handful of Republicans want to have no problem going down the road of this sort of theater, right? It's political theater.

Meanwhile, go read our friend Steve Dates, who posted today a email thread from a January 6th target to walk through how his entire life was upended. He lost a six figure job. He's now, you know, working immediately. He's about to go to jail. He pled and he pledged because he didn't think he did anything wrong necessarily, but he pled to cut a deal and how much they're being targeted.

Like, look, that's what's happening right now. This is a political targeting, and it really is theater that's unfolding in front of our eyes. And again, you know, we have seen the stories, we've seen the videos and the photographs of these January 6 suspects who are still in jail well over a year. They haven't made bail. They're not being given or granted bail, and they're being treated worse than some killers, people who have gone out there and shot people in the streets.

It's unbelievable. Well, that's one of the things that I think people need to understand. I said at the time, you know, a year and a half ago in January, obviously anybody that was carrying out violence and breaking into the Capitol and destroying things or hurting people or hitting people should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. I believe that then. I believe that now.

But what we have here is a number of people, and, you know, we have to go sort through it all. But out of almost 800 people who have been arrested, targeted, are in jail, or they're in charge of the crime, and a large number of them are pleading to things like parading.

Now, okay, say what you want about whether they should have been in the Capitol and whether that was directed to disrupt a proceeding. Not necessarily a good way to do things. But should they be in jail for parading around the Capitol if they didn't hit anybody, didn't break anything, they just walked in, and some of the cops are saying go in? These are the questions that I think people, the average American is asking. They see somebody punch a cop, they're like, yeah, you should probably go to jail.

But they're watching what's happening here with people getting targeted for January 6th. And meanwhile, you've got criminals across our country running amok, getting let out of jail, killing people. You've got that guy who hit a woman with a stroller in Los Angeles, and he gets five months at some frigging camp because the DA there won't prosecute bad guys. It's absurd, and the American people are tired of it. All right, Congressman, we're going to leave it there.

Appreciate the great info. and look, we're paying attention to what's happening on that border. The reality is we've got to get Republicans in the majority in Congress if we're going to have any hope of fixing this.

Well, you need Republicans with a spine who will actually fight on spending and use the power of the purse. We can do that September 30th, and we ought to. All right.

Congressman, always good hearing from you. Chip Roy, everybody. Congressman, thank you. God bless. Take care, Tom.

All right.

Look, the reality is we can't do anything right now. There's nothing we can do. Elections have consequences, and as a result of never-Trumpers staying home, not voting, as a result of the Democrats stealing the election, well, guess what? We basically have a de facto open border.

So the big issue here is making sure, and the congressman's right, we need Republicans with backbones. We need Republicans who are willing to take a stand and do what needs to be done. That's what we need. You know, we mentioned Steve Dace, and Steve is a friend of this program. Here's what Steve was referring to, by the way.

Steve Dace posting this on Twitter. He says, I'm going to post a note here I received this morning from a January 6er. I'll post it without comment. Feel free to read it and then come to your own conclusions. Quote, I listen to your podcast.

It's every bit as bad as she describes. I am a husband and father who has zero criminal history, and I am looking at years in prison after I took a plea. You may ask, why would people take a plea if they are innocent? Innocent has nothing to do with this, as my lawyer told me over and over again. This is payback.

There are only a handful of representatives in D.C. that care about us. The vast majority couldn't care less. They secretly despise Trump and anyone on January the 6th as well. The DOJ knows this.

There will be no reform of this government. There will be no going back. All there is now is the path ahead. But that path will never lead back to the country we once were. I watched for four years as our government that I pay taxes for try to impeach and even oust our president with sheer impunity.

Hillary's smearing, and let me get this back here, Hillary's smearing stunt morphed into a coup that lasted Trump's entire term. Then I watched the election get stolen from the American people.

so I went to D.C. to support the way I thought best. I wasn't violent. I didn't break anything. I didn't steal anything, and that doesn't matter.

I lost my six-figure income, friends, and my family as a wreck. I had the FBI in my home. I was brought before a judge in shackles. And I am a lucky one. I got to remain free until sentencing.

So this is the country that I now live in, where the powerful few can attack an elected president, attempting to remove him for four years and where elections no longer matter. We're no longer free, and this country was taken without firing a single shot. Guns are meaningless at this point. It was the First Amendment that people should have been fighting for the most. I am now barely making a living doing manual labor for just over a minimum wage until my sentencing is over.

I was threatened with 20 years in prison, something only murderers face. We couldn't change the venue, and none of the motions to dismiss were accepted.

So at the pleading of my wife, the extreme bias of D.C., and its jury pool of my peers, and advice from my lawyer, I destroyed a part of me and signed a paper full of exaggerations, lies, and more importantly, a narrative that fits what they want. I am a Christian, and somehow I feel damned. I lied to save my family. My pastor tells me about rehab, but it doesn't help. I don't look at myself in the mirror anymore.

A part of me is dead now. I now wake up longing for the Lord to take me. January 6th was a dark day. There was violence by some. That's reprehensible.

No one should have broken anything or stolen anything or hurt anyone. Having said that, January 6th should be remembered as the last outburst from people who were sick of the coups against Trump. The lies about Russiagate, the double standard of the Bidens and how they obtained their wealth compared to the treatment of Trump, the double standard of BLM rioters and everyone else. They forced LGBTQ pumped into our children's minds at school while trying to shut out God at every corner. The endless wars, the celebrations of abortions, the government spending that has put children not even born into lifelong death.

The list goes on. This was the last cry out for the death of a nation. I don't know what's going to happen to my family while I'm gone for years. My wife has depended on me, her whole marriage. She's the only woman I've ever been with, the only woman I've ever loved.

I hope she and my kids can make it without me. I'm a January 6er, and I'm going to prison. There you go. I mean, it's horrifying what's happening to our fellow citizens, and I don't know what this guy signed. Look, here's the deal.

If I'm innocent, I'm fighting tooth and nail. I'm not signing anything. I don't care if I don't have a single penny left to my name. I'm not signing anything. I'm not confessing to anything.

I did not do. And I feel for this guy, and I don't know what he's been through. I haven't been in this guy's shoes. But I wouldn't have signed a single piece of paper.

Now, I'm just curious. We haven't spent a lot of time talking about January the 6th. And I contend that those who broke the law deserve to be punished. But those who are allowed to just walk in, what wrong did they do? and again i still wonder how much the fbi was involved the sources i've been talking to say that the fbi was responsible for the actual planning and the execution of what happened at the u.s capitol so i'm curious what do you tell these people do you do you take the government deal or do you fight what would you do if you were in this guy's spot 844-747-8868 toll-free telephone number.

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Paul, what's going on? Yes, sir. I just heard the story that you told about the man that all that fell apart on like that. I would say stand and fight for everything that you're worth, and I do believe that America will not be back, just like he stated. I mean, he really wrote a very good letter right there.

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Click the banner to get your Galaxy Z Fold 4. The law is probably about right. It's probably roughly the right age. I think it's probably about okay. but there are certainly people who um are capable of um uh of giving consent at a younger age i certainly consider myself to be one of them people i know people who are sexually active younger um i think it particularly happens in the gay world by the way uh and in many cases actually those relationships with older men this is one of the this sort of this is one of the reasons i hate the left you know um there's sort of stupid you know one size fits all policing of culture there's sort of this arbitrary milo is arbitrary let him talk oh i'm sorry i'm sorry i was just i'm just gonna i'll be quick this arbitrary and oppressive idea of consent which totally destroys you know um the you know understanding that many of us have the complexities and subtleties and complicated nature of many relationships you know people are messy and complex and actually in a homosexual world particularly some of those relationships between younger boys and older men The sort of coming of age relationships, the relationships in which those older men help those young boys to discover who they are and give them security and safety and provide them with love and a reliable sort of a rock where they can't speak to their parents.

Oh, geez. All right.

So that's Milo Yiannopoulos. Milo, you've known him for years. We've actually had Milo on the show years ago, back when I was at Fox and the whole dust up over at Berkeley. um milo is back in the headlines um regarding some sort of an internship or something with our with uh with our friend marjorie taylor green the great congresswoman from georgia so i thought you know what let's see if marjorie can come on the program today and help us figure this out and she's also got some things to say about lindsey graham so on the patriot mobile newsmaker line uh marjorie taylor green marjorie good to have you back with us hey todd how's it going today Okay, so what the heck, Marjorie? What's going on here with Milo?

Oh, Milo is someone that he was abused as a teenager, sexually abused, raped by a priest, became gay. Probably said something to offend everyone at some point in time, I think across the spectrum of everyone. but he is also someone I admire because he went to church. He found Jesus, completely changed his life. And, you know, I'm a big believer in God's grace and redemption and second chances.

And he's someone I've known for quite a while. And he's also very talented, and I've got him as an intern in my office. How did you meet Milo? Tell me about how you guys were able to connect.

Well, you know, Milo was one of the founders on the right of pushing and projecting the views that most people call America first now. A big part of the MAGA movement, a huge supporter of President Trump. And, you know, he spoke on college campuses all over America and toured. And just, you know, he's someone that I've known through multiple people. and I can't remember the first time I met him, but I've known him for quite a while.

We played a clip where it certainly appears that he is condoning and explaining rationalizing pedophilia. Have you asked him about these comments? It was very well publicized back when he resigned from Breitbart. Did you guys have a conversation about that? Oh, yes, of course we've talked about that.

Like, how did that go? It's like, that's got to be an awkward conversation.

So, Milo, what's up with the pedophilia thing? Not an awkward conversation at all, Todd, and I hope you're not trying to portray it that way.

Well, it's pedophilia. It would be really unfair to say that Milo supports it because absolutely he doesn't. As a matter of fact, he even wrote a book about his experience because he was a victim of pedophilia. He was a victim, like I said, of sexual abuse as a young teenager.

So, you know, in all fairness, if you're going to quote him, you should read his book and quote him there.

So, you know, it's not fair to ask me about someone else's words. But, yes, of course, we talked about this because I am strongly against pedophilia and I speak about it. And I will do everything I can as a member of Congress to stop any type of child abuse, including drag queens in schools, including gay strip clubs where parents are taking their children. You know, including all of these grooming things that the Democrats are pushing out, I'm strongly against them.

So I would never bring someone in my circle that supported any of that. And Milo certainly doesn't.

So, you know, I'm happy to report that. You know, if you want to ask me any more questions about it, that's really all I can tell you. No, I mean, but again, I mean, 37 years old, that's kind of young for an unpaid internship. And I'm wondering, you know, does he live in your congressional district? um he he does at this time yes um you know this is of all the things that are happening in the country i'm pretty amazed at at your intense interest um of of milo uh who is someone i'm really proud to know and watched him change his life dramatically and as a christian i i think that's something that we should all support on the patriot mobile newsmaker line congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.

And again, this is not just an interest of our program, but I mean, everybody is talking about this because it certainly is an interesting story. And I think you've explained your position on it. And that's the whole point of having you on the program. But Marjorie, you also made some pretty fierce comments, which I really respected, about what's happening in Dallas with this drag show and the moms and dads who brought their kids and exposed their kids to this. And you had some pretty tough things to say about those parents.

Yes, absolutely. I think it should be illegal. I think it's child abuse. Thanks to social media sites like Libs of TikTok and different people who are willing to expose these videos over and over again, where it's shocking to see that parents would take them in. You know, you would never take your children into a strip club and watch some kind of show like that.

But parents are willing to take their children into these drag queen shows and they're supporting drag queens coming into schools, which has nothing to do with education and shouldn't have anything to do with education. And I think it should be illegal. I sincerely believe it should be illegal to take children into these shows and expose them to what I consider to be completely immoral and filthy and disgusting. And it's not appropriate for children. If children under 17 shouldn't go in an R-rated movie, they do not belong in a drag queen show, nor a strip club or anywhere else.

No, look, I'm with you. I don't care if it's a drag bar or a strip club. I mean, kids have no business in there. And this is a matter of age appropriateness. And I find it hard to believe that a toddler needs to be stuffing dollar bills into the underpants of a drag queen.

That makes no sense to me. no it is completely wrong and it just shows how lost our society is um you know but this is the democrats this is who the democrat party is you know they talk about they talk about republicans being dangerous absolutely not we're the party for america first we're the party that wants to lower inflation we we want to be energy independent again we want to secure border we want to stop deadly fentanyl. We want to protect children, not only protect them physically, but protect their hearts and their minds and their souls and provide them good traditional education. We care about families. We care about our American company.

But what the Democrats are trying to do is they are really trying to break down the family. They're trying to confuse children on what gender is. trying you know here they are there these gender pediatric clinics are all over the country now and i think those should be illegal there there shouldn't this should never exist and it's completely wrong somebody just sent me a text they said well starns what about hooters uh you should should the kids be going to the hooters for the for the hot wakes well i i don't think you can really compare Hooters to men dressing up as women and dancing provocatively for money. You know, I think I don't really go to Hooters either, so I never took my children there. I'm an Applebee student.

But I don't think there's really the same comparison. It's a crazy world, Marge. Isn't it just a crazy world? Yeah. As a matter of fact, it's absolutely astonishing to me.

The big things happening this week, though, Todd, what everyone is really talking about, not really Milo, but what everyone's really talking about is gun control. And the Democrats moved to completely violate our Second Amendment rights. Other things that are happening this week on Capitol Hill is the January 6th committee thinks this is the time to convince Americans that it doesn't matter how much gas is, it doesn't matter how much inflation is, it doesn't matter how much you're suffering. The only thing you should care about is January 6th. This is the same Democrat Party that funded and supported burning down cities all across America in 2020.

So I don't understand any of it. I'm only here to represent my district and fight for the values we believe in, and that's America first. All right, Marjorie, we've got to leave it there. We've got to run to a break. Appreciate you coming on the program and appreciate the great work you're doing.

You bet. Thanks, Todd. All right, Marjorie Taylor Greene, everybody.

So she says Milo lives in her district.

So I guess he lives in northwest Georgia. Wow. All right.

We'll see.

So anyway, again, the controversy, and it's a little surprising here. His views on pedophilia are pretty much out there. And we played the audio. I know she wants me to read a book, but we've got the guy's audio. Do we have more audio?

Oh, we do? Grace is shaking her head. I want to hear this. You're misunderstanding what pedophilia means. Pedophilia is not a sexual attraction to somebody 13 years old who is sexually mature.

Pedophilia is attraction to children who have not reached puberty. Pedophilia is attraction to people who don't have functioning sex organs yet, who have not gone through puberty, who are too young to be able to understand the way their bodies are. That is not what we're talking about. Ann Coulter? Sure, granted.

You don't understand what pedophilia is if you think that I'm defending it. Grace, why are you hiding under your desk? What's going on over there? This whole segment's made me so uncomfortable.

Well, the congresswoman sounded surprised that we wanted to ask about it, but this is what everybody's talking about. Yeah, it's kind of a big deal. He was a big deal. He was, and then he wasn't because of what he said about pedophilia. I just want to say I've been in the control room, and we cut.

I mean, there was a lot more things he said that were, honestly, we felt like we couldn't even play on the radio. Kyle was weeping and he was shaking. It was really uncomfortable. I had to go get some tissues. Very uncomfortable.

And she says that he's had a change of heart. I haven't seen such a thing. Is he a born-again Christian? Does he go to Joel Osteen's church? I don't know.

Well, you know there's some freaky stuff going on at Joel Osteen's church. I don't want to talk about that. I don't want to bring that up. Too much nudity talking about it. On toddstarns.com.

but too much nudity i that that's just weird but here's what gets me he's 37 years old and he's an unpaid intern that's can i just say i'm not saying anything about her i'm just saying that's creepy in general like have you ever heard of a 37 year old unpaid intern just in general i've never heard such a thing unpaid interns are like freshmen in college i was like what it makes me question like maybe he just had a lot of money saved up and he's just got nothing better to do 37 years old unpaid internship unpaid internship from where's he getting all his money from and he lives i mean she said she he lives in the congressional district and that's my concern is are you taking away a spot from some poor little 18 year old girl or guy they want to be in politics they want to represent america and then you've got you know milo i have a lot of things to say but not here not now i i again i you know it is what it is but she did you know again it's an interesting point so you're not going to take the kids to the gay bar for drag queen night would you drag the little boys over to hooters so they can get their pictures with the um with the waitresses see and i've seen pictures of that before and it's she kind of deflected that but like that is bad too is it i think it's bad you think it's bad i do i'm not saying it's like an illegal thing but it's one of those things it's a slippery slope it all started with hooters you know they started another restaurant chain with guys for with the mail waiters no i'm serious what's that called do i even want to know no you got to look it up it's we can't say it on the radio but but it's a true i think it's in texas actually but that's a good point. We should open this up to the callers and let them decide. If it's wrong to take the kids to the gay bar, is it wrong to take the kids to the Hooters? Yes. No, I don't.

Is it? I don't know. 844-747-8868. I mean, I don't think you're going to have your church deacons meeting down there. Maybe.

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Well, if it's wrong to take the kids to the drag bar, it ought to be wrong to take the kids to the Hooters.

Someone texted and said, okay, well, what about the beach? I mean, the women are more scantily clad on the beach than they are at the Hooters. That's a fair point. They're all fair points, I think. Let's go to the phones here, 844-747-8868.

Aubrey in North Carolina, what say you? I'm a pastor myself, Todd, and I've never been at Hooters. And when my boys were younger, I would not have taken them in. They're adults now. I have grandsons.

I will not take them in there. I think I won't go myself. But my point, I think, is not to objectify women. And that's what I think is happening. Yeah, I mean, well, there you go.

Grace Baker, you seem excited about the pastor here, Pastor Aubrey. She's cheering you, Pastor. She agrees with you a thousand percent. Can I say one other thing? Sure.

I know you talk about alcohol a lot. Listen, I was born Southern Baptist. I pastored Southern Baptist churches. And, brother, when I study the Word, I find that the New Testament does not forbid the consumption of alcohol. Getting drunk, yes, but it's okay to drink.

If you want to have a beer, have a beer. Oh, I think you became the most popular Baptist preacher in America. just trying to speak the truth i love it you know i i prefer a baptist martini myself pastor aubrey that's a diet coke with a wedge of lemon that's about as crazy as i get now i know the definition i've heard you use the term now the definition i got it yeah i try to yeah i get every now and again i'll get like a little church lady and she'll like you need to cut back on those baptist martinis i said well yeah i probably do it's it is what it is All right, Pastor.

Well, we appreciate the call. And I will say this, Grace Baker, speaking of Hooters, they do make delicious wings. Their sauce isn't bad, but I prefer, in terms of a chain, I mean, I just would normally go to Buffalo Wild Wings. You see, I'm not a big... Oh, dang!

What was that? Don't come at me. It's not my favorite. I mean, I could list off local places, but I'm not going to do that. Why?

Why? You know, that's what we ought to do is come up with a list of the best hot wing places in America. Ching's Wings here in Memphis. Ching's Wings? Ching.

Ching's? Ching. Stop. It is. It's Ching's Wings.

All the famous athletes go there. It's called Ching's Wings? Yes. Are they like big wings or little wings? They're big wings.

They're big wings. So my favorite, believe it or not, I am a huge, I'm a big, I like smoked wings.

Okay.

Okay, so no sauce. No sauce. Oh, I love the sauce. It's the best part. The commissary.

And can I say this? And I know I'm going to get hate mail. Commissary. You got to go for Ching's. Come on.

It's not Chinese, okay? I've lost control of my show. Crumpy's is good, too. But Ching's is the best. I like Papa John's.

What? I know. Okay, that's gross. Where's the sound effect for that one? Come on.

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

So, look, right before the end of the last hour, we had, it was just a weird conversation with Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene on the program. And we asked her, and I think she sort of took offense that we asked about these stories circulating, that Milo Yiannopoulos is now a 37-year-old unpaid intern for her congressional staff. And Marjorie said that he has repented of his ways, that he is now a born-again believer in Christ. and we played some audio from, what is it, was this 2017? It's not that long ago when Milo was very controversial in some of his remarks regarding pedophilia.

And so Green also has been rather adamant that moms and dads who take their kids to drag shows should face some sort of punishment. And that led to a lot of people writing in and saying, okay, well, fine, if you're going to get in trouble for taking the kids to the drink show, what about taking your kids to the Hooters? And that led to a lot of calls.

So all that to say, I want to go to the phones here, and we're going to be checking in on the primaries here in just a few moments. But I want to go to Joe in Georgia, listening to us on WDUN. Joe, good to have you with us. What's on your mind?

Well, thank you for taking the call, God and Grace. She explained a little bit. I just needed clarification when this interview took place with this fellow. The interview itself where he made the comments about pedophilia? Correct.

Yeah, that was, hold on, I believe that was back in 2017. Hold on here. Yes, 2017. 17.

So in Marjorie's defense, maybe she was accurate in what she said, but I don't know. If the guy is still professing pedophilia-type sentiments, he doesn't need to be in her office, and my support for her will just be eliminated. I know. I mean, it just makes no sense to me with what he's saying and then what she commented on the phone. Joe, maybe this is where I'm just off the mark.

I think there's nothing wrong with being a firebrand, with being out there and making controversial statements or being the center of attention. But at some point, you've got to back off of that, and you've got to pick your fights. Not everything can be a fight. And I'm wondering, okay, I get the guy's 37 years old, but were there any other 37-year-olds in the district who maybe wanted an unpaid internship? I don't know.

This just seems – I just don't get it.

Well, it is controversial. It needs clarification. She did somewhat partly, and then you and Grace opened my eyes a little bit, that it was, what, six years ago? yeah yeah yeah so if the guy i mean i do know there are homosexuals that have repented and have changed their ways but you know still it leaves a bark you know those scars are still there and it's real controversial and upsetting to me that that guy is in her office if he's you know i mean anybody can say that they're uh born again and but what are what is their lifestyle And as far as the Hooters go, you know, you can't even go to a track meet now, a college track meet. These men and women are wearing hardly nothing clothes to an athletic band or gymnastics or whatever.

No beach time for my kids. We didn't do none of that. Or Walmart after 11. I don't know. I haven't been there either.

But thank you for taking the call. I love your program. I listen every day. Thank you, Ms. Gray.

Well, all right, Joe. appreciate that and joe said thank you miss grace so there you go what about kyle whoops poor kyle he he really takes that personally uh let's go to let's go to bob in north carolina on the talk station all right bob what say you uh in my 50 years or so of traveling uh i've been in my fair share of hooters i've been i've been to the original one in st petersburg florida i can go to the beach and study the heavenly bodies a lot more than i can go to a hooters they are more scantily clad on the beach and around the pools than the well-dressed hooters girls well bob i look i mean there's there's a lot of truth in what you just said i mean they the ladies are clothed and um there you go i mean all i got on is short shorts and a in a large halter top but you go to string bikinis on the beach and that's a whole lot less clothing than a hooters girl it's it's a fair point and and to be honest some of those people on the beach probably do need to be wearing a little bit more clothing if you know what i mean great for astronomers that study heavenly bodies you know so are you a professional astronomer bob or is i try to do my best i love it All right. Bob? One serious note. Why can't Abbott in Texas call out the National Guard and seal that border?

I know Joe Biden is breaking the Constitution. He's continuously breaking the law. Why can't Abbott, to protect his citizens, close the holes in that wall with the National Guard? You ever seen somebody shot with a water cannon? It ain't good.

and put some water cannons in the holes of that wall, and that herd comes through there, you spray them down and push them right on back to the Rio Grande. You know, I'm tired of this lolliness going on in the Biden administration. I really am. Bob, you and a lot of other people, I've got to run, sir, but thanks for the call, and that's a good way to do it. Grace, he's a professional astronomer.

He loves to gaze on heavenly bodies. uh no comment i love that all right let's go to david at central arkansas david i i you know i've i don't know what's going on today david well i just i you know i like i mean milo is is it's a tool as far as he can be used to combat the left's addiction to uh uh all these alphabet people conservatives don't know how to fight them and conservatives Republicans run with their hands up there and don't try to confront these people he gets out there and confronts them face to face and I applaud him for that I don't necessarily agree with his lifestyle but that's neither here nor there that's his business and as long as he don't try to ram it down my throat or anybody else's I'm okay with that unlike the left's alphabet people who try to do at every turn, everywhere, you're fighting these people, and it's the decay of the nation. But, you know, Milo said a lot of things in the past, that is, in Senegal, but so what? I mean, that's not that big of a deal. and he has repented of his sins, so I think you ought to give him the benefit of the doubt.

You know, for me, it wasn't even all of that. I'm just, I'm like, okay, why do you need a 37-year-old unpaid intern? I just don't understand that. Give that to a college kid, you know, somebody who, you know, is up and coming. I just don't get that, but maybe that's just me.

Maybe that's the only way she could get him in. Maybe her budget's tight and she couldn't afford to hire him as a consultant. You know, who knows? Who knows? And I wouldn't be surprised if Pelosi and those Democrats didn't cut her budget down to almost nothing.

But he up there and I hope he goes after him and I hope he maybe points her Because she kind of a loose cannon in some respects and she needs a little bit of direction And you think Milo going to give her that direction Well, it might sharpen the message a little bit. He can be the calming force in that congressional office. But, you know, like I said, it is what it is. But I'm glad to see he's there because I don't think he's pushing anything except for a conservative agenda. and we need all the help we can get.

All right, David. Got to leave it there, sir. Thanks for the call. I'm not going to say who sent this. I can't say who sent this, but it's a good thought as we wrap up this segment regarding Hooters.

If I should not touch them, I don't want to see them. That's the – no, I can't tell you who sent it. I wish I could, but I can't. All right, hey, got to take a break here. We're going to check in with our favorite collegiate correspondent, Riley Neeson, coming from the Midwest.

A lot of big primaries happening all over America. We're going to get the latest there. 844-747-8868. That's our toll-free telephone number. That's 844-747-8868.

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Oh, from WRVA, Richmond, Virginia. I love Jeff Katz. By the way, Jeff is going to be honored at the Big Talkers Convention as the Humanitarian of the Year. Just a super nice guy. You're going to love Jeff Katz tomorrow.

I am off to New York City. Thursday, we're going to be broadcasting the show from historic WABC. Rita Cosby is going to be with us. Also, AJ Castamitidis, who is one of my favorites. She is a riot.

Her dad may be with us as well. They own WABC. There's going to be a lot of fun. We're going to be talking a lot of politics, and we look forward to doing that in New York City. Right now, though, a lot of politics going on, and I want to go to one of our great collegiate correspondents, Riley Neeson from the Midwest.

Riley, hope you're doing well today. Thank you, sir. You as well. And, Riley, I have to brag on you, your Instagram, it looks like National Geographic with the mountains and the hiking. You're a big outdoors guy.

I am, yes, sir. All right, so where are you? What state are you in right now? I am in Montana right now. All right, Montana.

Riley, I know you're originally from South Dakota. Your state, one of the big primaries. What are some of the big issues facing voters there in South Dakota? You know, I think one of the largest issues is we're getting a pretty big influx of people from other states moving to our state, and it's really increasing the price of everything. And not only that, but it's diluting the South Dakota ideology that we're so well known for.

What sort of ideology when you mention that sort of ideology? Just you're old-fashioned, conservative, hardworking, you know, is willing to give back to the community, things like that. See, Riley, that's why you guys need strong border security.

So no Californians allowed. Yes, sir. That's how we should have done it down south. And now we can hardly find anybody that speaks with an accent down here. It's very unfortunate.

Yeah. Riley, I know you've been very active in conservative politics, both in the Republican Party and some of the advocacy groups. Looking at where we are right now, I know you're a college student, the economy, what are some of the big issues that are facing conservatives and young conservatives here in the country? You know, I think the scariest thing for me personally is the fact that in the next couple of years, I'm going to be looking for a job, and I'm worried that I'll find a good job with my college degree, but it won't be enough to pay for the expenses that I'll inevitably have, buying a house, things like that. I mean, the prices of things are just outrageous, and it's only getting worse.

I mean, how are gas prices in y'all's neck of the woods? It's getting close to $5 a gallon. Oh, sweet mercy. $10 a gallon, by the way, in some places in California. I got a message before the start of the show.

So I'm very happy, content to be staying here in the southern states. I get that.

Now, aside from finding a job and figuring out how to pay for school, are you seeing that college students that you're surrounding, are they beginning to complain about the Biden administration, or are they starting to understand that maybe this is not the way, being a liberal? Yes, sir. I have many friends that voted for Joe Biden, and they strongly regret their decision. And I think that they're really starting to see that the Republican Party has a lot to offer, a lot of good ideas that could solve these problems. And so this is about like a conversion experience.

Are you leading them? Are you like bringing them to the Republican way of living? I am. And, you know, a lot of them are just so clouded by the mainstream media that they don't even know the facts. And so when they're exposed to these real statistics, it's an eye-opening experience for them.

They realize that they've been misguided all along. You see, I think that – and honestly, Riley, I think this is the way. I mean, if we're looking to grow this big tent party, I think the way is not – it's got to be economics. It's got to be fiscal responsibility. I mean, these are things that I think people truly understand and they can wrap their heads around, even as a young college student.

I absolutely agree. And I think adding on to that, that another very important thing that we as Republicans need to demand with our elected officials is that they're actively trying to bring people in, young people especially. I think a lot of our elected officials are not as focused on the younger generation, and I think that that should be their primary focus because we're up and coming, and we're at a point where we can decide which route we want to go, whether it's Republican or Democrat. You see, I think that's a smart strategy, and I think there's a balance. I think there's a healthy balance that you have to have.

Unfortunately, on the Democrat side, you know, our reporting and the reporting we hear is that there are so many young people working in the White House that they don't have that balance. You know, they don't have the experience. And I think you've got to have a good mix of both. I agree. I agree.

All right, Riley, this is great.

So now are you doing any big road trips this summer? How do you guys from South Dakota, how do you spend your summers? You know, I'm planning a road trip to California of all places. And I'm really saving up for it because I know the gas is going to be so expensive. Yeah, I would bring your own gas.

By the way, Riley, and I have to brag on some of our family members here. A couple of the second cousins have launched an Instagram page called Project High Tech Rednecks. Kyle, these are the cousins from Georgia. And they have outfitted a kayak. And, Riley, they're on a kayak trip from Helen, Georgia, in the North Georgia mountains, all the way to Panama City Beach on the Chattahoochee River.

Wow. That is really cool.

So, yeah, it's pretty awesome.

So they're filming the entire trip all the way down, and these are the Stearns family. This is the more adventurous side of the Stearns family. Riley, I'm more of a Ritz-Carlton guy, but it is what it is. All right.

Well, Riley, who are you rooting for? who are you pulling in the big South Dakota races? You know, I'm rooting for Governor Noem, and I'm rooting for Dusty Johnson. Dusty Johnson called me yesterday, and we chatted about the more local elections from my hometown, and I think that I'm confident for both of them, and I think they're both great leaders, and I know them personally. I know they're good people.

Governor Noem is a good friend of this program, and we'll certainly get her back on, and we'll try to get Dusty on as well.

So good luck to all you folks voting out there. Get out and vote, folks. That's your right as an American citizen. And Riley, you be safe out there on the roads. All right.

Thank you. All right.

Riley Neeson, everybody, one of our college correspondents out there in the Midwest. And we like checking in with our students out there around the country to get an idea of what's really going on and what's on people's minds. By the way, if you want to follow the if you want to follow the family trip, Project High Tech Rednecks, you can do that on Instagram.

So it's Project High Tech Rednecks.

So it's like a good trip, though, but I'd just rather hang out at the Ritz. All right, got to take a break here. This is the Todd Stern Show. We all know someone who's all work and no chill. Trust me, that used to be me.

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Have you ever just, I don't know, had one of those days where it's just sort of a weird day? You know what I'm talking about? Today's one of those weird days. Again, want to welcome all of our brand-new listeners in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and High Point, North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina, WSJS, great radio station, brand-new talk station, and we're just honored to be a part of the lineup, noon to 3 Eastern. And we want to welcome our listeners.

So if you are listening to us from that area, give us a call. We'd like to send you a gift, just our way of saying thank you for being a part of the show. Our telephone number is 844-747-8868. That's 844-747-8868. All right, let's go right to the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line.

A good friend of this program, Liz Harrington from Team Trump. Liz, how's it going? How is it going today? Hey, Todd, it's going good. But how about you?

Liz, I'm doing well. I've got to brag on your little one, the most beautiful baby in all of America. You're far too kind. She is pretty cute, though, I must say. What a blessing.

What a blessing. She really is.

So, Liz, today, a big day, a lot of primaries, President Trump putting out a lot of endorsements. I was telling somebody, you know, if the president had that batting average, he'd be in the World Series. I mean, it's pretty remarkable. Oh, it's incredible. It's definitely, you know, Ted Williams' territory is not better.

I mean, it's unbelievable. He is just, he knows how to pick winners. He really does. And it's so important because we need strong candidates to win these primaries. We can't have the rhinos.

We can't have, you know, the weak people that just will not serve the American people once they get in there. We've seen it time and time again, just the betrayal after betrayal. And so, yeah, another big day. We've got California. He's endorsed some good candidates there.

Lots of people up for reelection. We know we have some good members of Congress that we want to keep in there. And so it's going to be another, I think, good day for President Trump. Like you said, the record, it's unmatched in history. And the request for endorsement is unmatched in history.

I mean, I have to tell you, everyone wants this endorsement. I don't think there's a similar demand for Joe Biden. In fact, I think it's like 0 for 1, gave out one endorsement. That right there shows you, hmm, I wonder, like, who's the most popular according to votes? It certainly doesn't sound like the guy who nobody wants his endorsement, and it would be a kiss of death if he came to campaign for them like Joe Biden would be.

Liz, I mean, you're absolutely right. And President Biden out there, even Stacey Abrams from Georgia, has been putting a lot of distance between herself and the Biden administration. And the reports now leaking out about the amount of unrest and people leaving, the confusion and the chaos. This is clearly an administration that is in peril. And it's looking like the Republicans, thanks to President Trump, are going to have a good midterm election.

Oh, absolutely. I mean, look at the chaos and they're just flailing. I mean, I just looked up at the TV and they've got Mackie McConaughey in the White House briefing room. I mean, to push for gun control. It's just, it's so desperate.

They can't distract anymore from just the complete and utter destruction that they've wrought on our great country. I mean, the gas prices, the food prices, we've got the biggest caravan ever headed for our border. Obviously, we've got, you know, war in Ukraine that would have never happened under President Trump. I mean, there's so much chaos, and I guess there should be chaos in this White House also because they don't know what they're doing. Or if they do, that's worse, which I think it might be the latter.

I mean, you wouldn't do these things otherwise. I mean, you wouldn't shut off oil and natural gas leases, the biggest ones in Alaska and the Gulf, at a time of record high gas prices, unless you were intentionally trying to, you know, keep gas prices high. I mean, while Americans are suffering and hurting, and now they're using the Defense Production Act for solar panels. I mean, this is out of control. This is what regimes do in third world countries, and Americans are sick and tired of it.

I think we've got to get a free and fair election this midterm because it's going to be the biggest red wave we've ever seen. It's going to be incredible, and even folks on CNN are now saying and acknowledging that this is going to be devastating for the Democrats, which it should be. Liz, very excited to hear President Trump coming to my hometown, and folks around Memphis are just so excited to welcome the president to the Lander Center. I just hope, Liz, that maybe you can put in a good word, he's got to have some ribs, and I've got to be the guy to tell him where to go to get the ribs. I'll try to make that happen for you, Todd.

I mean, he'd love to see you. I know he's a big fan of your show.

So it's always great to be going to some of these great cities and great places. He loves it. This is another one of these good events. He's done every couple months or so. I believe it's the Great American Freedom Tour.

And he'll give a great speech to a great crowd. I mean, the energy is just unbelievable. And people are just so hungry for his leadership. They miss it. They want it.

And so, So all these events, it's a great time. If you get a chance to go, if you're in the area, absolutely go. And I'll see if I can get you to see Mr. President when you're down there, Todd. We'll bring some Central Barbecue and introduce him to the wonderful world of banana pudding.

So it'll... It sounds delicious. All right, Liz.

Well, look, we always appreciate the great work you do, and we look forward to getting you back on soon. Oh, thanks so much, Todd. All right, Liz Harrington. And, yeah, I mean, people are really excited about this, the president coming to town, and the Democrats are triggered, and that's always a great thing. All right, let's go to the phones here before we have to take a quick break.

844-747-8868, High Point, North Carolina. Tammy on the line from WSJS. Tammy, welcome to the show. Hey, hey there. I enjoy your show so much I got nervous there.

Oh, you're fine. You're fine.

Well, Tammy, we're just so excited to be in town now. This is great. It is. I've been listening to you for years, and sometimes I've had trouble finding you, and I'm glad we've got a local station now.

Well, we are too. And, you know, we're growing, and it's been a lot of fun adding new cities.

Now, High Point, they call that the triad. Is that right? Yeah, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, High Point. It's like the furniture capital of the world. We have the furniture market twice a year.

Is that right? Oh, that's right. I've driven through there. That thing is pretty remarkable. It is.

It is. It's not as busy when it's not going on, but it gets pretty crowded during that time.

Well, I'll be.

Well, I'll be.

Now, is that anywhere near? Is it Elon University? Is that anywhere near you guys? I'm not exactly sure. That's not too close to us.

I think that's an hour or two away. I'm going to have to get my bearings in North Carolina. It's a big state, a big state. It is. We've got the mountains and the beach.

I love it, born and raised here. Let me tell you something. Tammy, I love Asheville, especially as Black Mountain. Oh, yeah. We always used to joke Southern Baptist always summered at Ridgecrest.

That's where we always went to camp, so we love that area. Yeah. I love getting on the motorcycle with my husband and just riding the parkway, too. It's so pretty. One of the lessons we learned when you're going to Ridgecrest, if you miss that exit, you've got about 30 miles down the mountain before you can turn around.

So don't miss the exit. That's right. All right.

Well, Tammy, here's what we're going to do. Thank you for the call. I want to send you a copy of my new book. It's called Our Daily Biscuit, Devotions with a Drawl. and Grace is going to get all your info, and we'll love to send that to you as a way of saying welcome to the neighborhood.

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North Carolina Charles on the great WSIC. Charles, thanks for holding on. What's on your mind today? Hey, Todd. Todd, I was just listening to Liz before the break and just to kind of echo things.

I don't think I have ever seen as rapid decline in the country as I'm seeing right now on all fronts. You know, the inflation, energy, the Second Amendment, foreign policy. I mean, it just goes, the culture just goes on and on and on. And I'm not sure that we have another two years for 2024 to wait. And I certainly question the leadership of the Republican Party and the RINOs to do anything about it to course correct.

But I'm just wondering, Todd, and tell me what you think. Do you think now is the time that Donald Trump just needs to come out and announce his candidacy and run for president? And in doing so, I think he would be more able to help shape the legislative agenda that's going to be coming up in the fall when the Republicans win. And just start, you know, being more visible, going down to the border, going into the intercity, talking about crime. telling the American people what he and the Republican Party are going to do for them to try to reverse things.

And hopefully, you know, I think at the top of the list, you need to impeach Joe Biden. Yeah, look, yes, yes, and yes. But, Charles, if I'm the president, maybe this is how I'm thinking.

So let's let the midterms be the midterms. if Trump came out next week and said, you know what, I'm going to run for president, then I think that would make the midterms a referendum on the presidency. What I would like to see is a couple of weeks after the midterms, President Trump surrounded by every single person that he endorsed. And there are just dozens and dozens of them. And I would like to see him surrounded by those winners the day after the election and then announce his candidacy for 2024.

I think that would have a pretty and make a pretty powerful statement that the Trump agenda is alive and well, and it is a winning agenda, as we just proved in the midterm elections. Right. And I mean, I would love to see that, too. And in doing so, you know, start your campaigning. Just go ahead and claim the mantle of the president.

I mean, personally, I think he was elected and Biden is illegitimate. But that being said, just go out there and campaign, remind people how much better it was three years ago and remind people how we need to reverse course immediately. You know what I would love to see? I would love to see Donald Trump. And I mean, look, he's got the conservative vote.

He's got, I think, most of the Republican vote. I would love to see him campaign almost exclusively in minority communities around the nation. I would love to see him go to Chicago, New York, Atlanta, places like that, and just extend the invitation and say to them, you know what, minority community, you need to emancipate yourself from the Democratic Party like you did in the 1860s and come back home to the party that gave you the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment to the Constitution and will accept you and judge you by the content of your character and not the color of your skin. I think that's the message he needs to go after. Charles, appreciate the call.

Good hearing from you. 844-747-8868. Time now for some gay news. YMCA, the gay national anthem. Did you ever hear that?

We call it the gay national anthem. But YMCA gets people up and it gets them moving. Oh, you're fabulous, Mr. President. Fabulous.

We love you. All right.

You know, Grace, we do this because we're tolerant. We're diverse. Yes, this is very true. We don't judge here at the John Stern's radio program. Whether you're bipolar or bisexual.

We just, you know what, Grace? We think you're fabulous. Fabulous. Is that your favorite word, Todd? You know, it very well may be my favorite word.

This story comes from CNN, the most profane name in news. Skittles, Grace, are you a big Skittles fan? Not really, and especially not now. You know, they've always listened. They've always been pretty open.

They said, taste the rainbow. They've always said that. All the colors of the rainbow. Yeah. Yes.

Skittles, because it is a rainbow. I mean, if you're looking at a gay candy, then this would be it. I mean, this is the gay candy. Very flavorful, very colorful, and it's Skittles.

So now Skittles has announced that they are celebrating Gay Pride Month. And it's really not – they just call it Pride Month now, right? Yeah, now it's Pride Month because – They had to rebrand. I mean, think about it. There's all kinds of different folks.

And I don't think – you know, I don't think the L's really cared much. I think it's the T's that are the problem. I've noticed that. It's, you know, the L's and the B's and the Q's, eh, you know, whatever. The Burns and the B's.

Yeah, but the T's, they take this really seriously.

So I think that's why they had to, because it used to be called children back in the day, Gay Pride Month. And now it's just Pride Month. It's just Pride Month. It's a month-long celebration. Our Lord gets two days.

So anyway, Skittle says that they are ditching the rainbow colors to celebrate Pride Month. And so when you buy the Skittles, all you're going to get are white. Are Skittles plural or singular? Is it a Skittle? I say a Skittle if it's just a singular piece.

But you normally never just eat one. No, no, no, you can't.

So anyway, when you open up the bag of Skittles, the individual Skittle, well, they're Skittles. The individual Skittle is going to be white and not rainbow colored.

So they say only one rainbow appears during Pride. See, this feels weird. Only one rainbow matters. This is reversed. They're calling it a Pride pack, much like the Oreos.

There's something a little off about saying, here's a Pride pack. You know, it seems to me, though, they could be accused of white supremacy. Why white Skittles? Yeah. Yeah.

True. True. Why not? I don't know. I mean, what?

Why not have black Skittles? What's wrong with Skittles? Here we go. I mean, this could be offensive. I mean, think about it.

They were already rainbow, so they're like, we've got to have some kind of a marketing ploy, so we've just got to do the opposite of everyone else. You know what? I've got to make it a Baptist martini, a double. Yeah, hold the ice. We've had Milo, Hooters.

MTG and gay Skittles. We didn't even get to Matthew McConaughey. I really need an aspirin. All right, be good, America. We all know someone who's all work and no chill.

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