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Hello, everybody. Happy Tuesday to you, America. Welcome to the Tod Stearns Radio Program. We've got a lot to get through today, and we've got a lot of ground to cover and a lot of dirt to dig up. And I want to start by having a conversation with all of you folks in Georgia.

And I'm very curious to get your take on what's happening in the U. S. Senate race there.

Now we all know that Raphael Warnock is a pro baby killing communist who once tried to run over his wife. With a car. We know that to be a matter of fact. As a matter of fact, we have the ex-Mrs. Warnock on audio saying just that.

This man's running for the United States Senate, and all he cares about right now is his reputation. I work at the mayor's office, and this is a big problem. I've been trying to be very quiet about the way that he is for the sake of my kids and his reputation. I've tried to keep the way that he acts under reps for a long time, and today he crossed the line.

So that is what is going on here, and he's a great actor. He is phenomenal at putting on a really good show. Jeez, look, that's just terrible to listen to. I mean, it's heartbreaking. But, I mean, you know, again, the people of Georgia said, you know what, we want to elect a wife beater to Congress.

And, well, there you go. You got one. Senator Warnock, the wife beater. And then came Hearsal Walker. And there were some pretty ugly accusations that were levied last night.

There have been some ugly accusations that have been levied for quite some time. You might remember it. I was trying to be somewhat diplomatic about all of this back in the day, but I warned you folks in Georgia. To be very careful about Herschel Walker.

Now, I will say this: I have been at several. Campaign events with Herschel Walker. I will say that at one, early on, I was not all that impressed. The second, just a couple of weeks ago, I was very impressed. I thought he really did well.

I thought he connected with the crowd. The crowd responded to him. And what he was selling, people were buying. Yeah. But I've got a couple of issues here, and I want to work through these.

And maybe you, Georgia folks, can help me work through this because this is becoming a big deal.

Now, Herschel Walker last night was on Hannity, and he denied these accusations that he paid for a girlfriend's abortion back in 2009, and that he sent her a get-well card. Which was very thoughtful, I guess. I mean, if you're going to pay for somebody's abortion, you're going to send them a game. No, it's not nice, it's terrible. That's what it is, terrible.

And I heard Herschel's interview with Sean Hannity last night on Fox News, and I was. I I was not all that convinced.

Now let me finish a thought here. Early on in this campaign cycle, and I know this is a moot point now, but I just want to bring it up because it's important. I got a lot of you know what from a lot of people, a lot of conservatives in Georgia, a lot of Trump supporters in Georgia. How dare you not support Herschel Walker? In the primary.

Yeah. And the reason why is there were a lot of really good, solid conservatives in that race. There were a lot of really good, family oriented conservatives in that race. There were a lot of conservatives in that race that actually wanted to debate each other. But there was one person, one Republican running in Georgia for the U.S.

Senate nomination who refused to debate his fellow Republicans, and that would be Herschel Walker. And I raised concerns early on about this.

Okay.

Now, there are a lot of people that and look, I don't know how this is going to go, but I'm curious. Herschel Walker has denied that he paid for the girlfriend's abortion. She's got all the receipts. She's got the card. And Herschel Walker said he gives lots of people cards.

He gives lots of people money. Yeah. So here's my concern about the Hannity interview from last night. There are really no good follow-up questions. And I will say this, we have had an open platform.

We have been very fair. We've been very honest and open with Herschel. We ask him the questions on this radio program. And they know that. All the candidates know that.

They know that when they come on here, for example, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, when she brought on Mayo Yiannopoulos as a campaign or as a congressional intern, we raised that issue. And we're not afraid to do that. And here's the reason why. And I want you to hear me. We don't carry anybody's water on this radio program.

I am a conservative. That's who I am, a conservative. And so, if you want to come on this program, you want to run for office and you want the listeners of this show, you want their vote, then you're going to have to answer the tough questions. And we're going to get to Dr. Oz in just a moment.

Hashtag puppy killer. We're going to get to that in just a moment. But I want to talk about Herschel Walker because this is a problem with the Republican Party. The Georgia Republican Party. They've got the dirt on everybody, and they could have put a stop to this early on.

They could have if they wanted to. But they did not. Back to the Hannity interview. Hannity should have asked some follow-up questions because it was sort of open-ended. And honestly, I would have felt a lot better coming out of that interview if the questions would have been asked.

We wanted to ask Herschel the question. These are the questions we wanted to ask Herschel. But his people did not let him come on the show today. We don't know why. We don't know why.

But it seems to me, after whatever happened yesterday, you would want to have your candidate out in front of the cameras. Adamantly denying this. No, we're going to get to the sun in just a moment. The family's messed up. No doubt about that.

The family's messed up. But here's what I wanted to know from Herschel Walker last night in the interview. And these are the questions that should have been asked but were not asked. When he said, Well, I give a lot of money to people.

Okay, did you give money to this woman? Yes or no? That's all you yes or no? And he implied that he didn't know the woman, but then he implied that he did know the woman.

So, and I don't know if he knows the woman or not. I don't care about that, but I do care about whether or not a candidate is out there paying for someone's abortion. I care about that because, as you know, on this program, I am a pro-life American. A pro-life Christian. The other question.

I send people a lot of cards. All right, did you send this individual a card? She has the copy of it, and it looks like his signature, but he didn't deny that he had sent this woman a card. Why would you send this card? And again, if in fact he did send the card, because he says he sends people lots of cards, do you find it odd that he sent this woman a card right after she had an abortion?

This is not somebody just out there making accusations. This is somebody who has the evidence to back up whatever the allegations are. And I know right now I feel bad for all you Republicans, and especially in the leadership, because you guys are having to clean up this mess. If you can clean this mess up.

So then, while all that's happening, you have the sun and Grace Baker. I am. I I'm just stunned. I mean, I I appreciate how Herschel handled this. He said he's gonna he loves his son no matter what.

But you have to imagine by behind the scenes, I mean this is brutal stuff. I would be feeling a little betrayed. Just a little bit, you know? But I don't know what's going on behind the scenes there. We don't know.

And you know, the the allegations and a and my oh, someone actually defe somebody sent me a note. Todd, you have to understand this is all this all happened, you know. 2009.

So that's a different Herschel Walker.

Okay, that's not that long ago. No. And don't you feel like if we're going along that train of thought, he needs to be more honest about that and say, I've just opened up. And I think people will relate to that. Here's what should have happened.

Early on, he should have sat down and had a, he could have done it on Tucker's show, or he could have done it on my show. We could have had Herschel on, he could have said, you know what? I was really I was just in a bad spot, and here's what I did, and I am not proud of it. And here's what I've done since then to make things right with my family. But based on what the kid was saying last night, they've got a lot of family issues to work out.

Yeah, a lot.

So we're just going to play this for you. And again, this is, folks, I don't want you to ever think that we're out there. Toting water for any candidates. That's not what we do. And I got a big problem with somebody who's out there projecting themselves one way, and then the family is saying, well, it's something else.

Here's cut number three. This is Christian Walker, Herschel's son. Fathers, it would be great if you stayed home and raised your kids instead of ran off to bang a bunch of women who weren't your baby mama. Stay home and raise your freaking kids. Your kids need a father.

Get back home. Get back home. If you take out your thing and you get a woman pregnant, guess what? The party days are over. The acting foolish days are over.

You go get a freaking job and you support your new family. Get home. Raise your kids. Kids need a man in the house raising them. They need a good dad.

They need a loving father. And while you're out taking shots of vodka and tequila, living your high life, your kid is suffering. Get home. Get home. Raise your kids, fathers.

Get home. Ha ha ha ha. Wow. That's the son, who, by the way, is openly, openly. openly gay.

Bros movie.

Okay.

Uh and the Yeah.

So here's what gets me about this. I don't like bringing the kids in it, but when you put your kid out there, I mean, the kid's an adult. He's a grown man. He's putting himself out there. And this is, but again, for the past year, he's been, he hasn't said a lot about his father's campaign, but he was there at Mar-a-Lago and introduced his father.

There was that awkward, you've probably seen the video on social media where Walker's doing the kiss with the sun, and it looks very awkward. Here's cut number one. I stayed silent as the atrocities committed against my mom were downplayed. I stayed silent when it came out that my father Herschel Walker had all these random kids across the country, none of whom he raised. And you know, my favorite issue to talk about is father absent.

Surprise, because it affected me. That's why I talk about it all the time, because it affected me. Family values, people, he has four kids, four different women, wasn't in the house raising one of them. He was out having sex with other women. Do you care about family values?

I was silent lie after lie after lie. The abortion card drops yesterday. It's literally his handwriting in the card. They say they have receipts, whatever. He gets on Twitter, he lies about it.

Okay, I'm done. Done. Everything has been a lie. And so, for the right to say I'm being suspicious for saying, hey, I'm done with the lies, when you all have been calling me saying, is this true about your dad? Gosh, we're not going to win Georgia, this can't all.

That's been you. You have no idea what I've been through in my life. You have no idea what me and my mom have survived. We could have ended this on day one. We haven't.

I haven't told any stories. I'm just saying, don't lie. Don't lie on my mom. Don't lie on me. Don't lie on the lives you've destroyed and act like you're some moral family man.

Y'all should care about that, conservatives. And then for people on the left to act as though I'm responsible for all of the things that he has done. I've talked about father. I've talked all these issues because they've been close to me, because they matter to me, because I went through it. That's why I've talked about it.

So when you say, well, talk about your dad, but I am. I'm saying this behavior is atrocious. Don't come for me. You don't have to like my apology. You don't have to like me.

You don't have to. I'm just saying I'm done with the lies. Mm. We were told at the beginning of this he was going to get ahead of his past, hold himself accountable, all of these different things, and that would have been fine. Go ahead.

He didn't do any of that. Everything's been a lie. Everything's been downplayed. Everything's been cutting corners. The whole thing.

And whose expense is that at? Me, my mom, as we're chased down by the media, where we're terrorized, all these different things. People are questioning my authenticity. I'm done. Don't lie.

Don't put this on me. You, this is a candidate issue, not a me issue. I wouldn't have spoken out if there weren't all these lies every day. All right. That's Herschel Walker's son, who, by the way, is a.

Very conservative. Um activists And he's a very conservative activist. He's been out there at Turning Point USA, very involved in Charlie Kirk's organization.

So that kid's conservative credentials, I mean, honestly, the kid is more conservative in his values than his father is. I mean, that's kind of out there. My question is, you know, and again, he talked about you conservatives wanting family values. May I just say something here? That's not why the conservatives supported Herschel Walker.

They knew all of this. I mean, I think they knew all of this. They knew all the stories about Herschel. But the conservatives in Georgia were willing to set that aside because Herschel Walker was a great football player. Herschel Walker was a great businessman.

Herschel Walker has name recognition. And you see, the most important thing and what we're learning in Georgia and what we're learning in Pennsylvania is the most important thing is it's not values. It's whether or not someone can be elected. It's electability. And they took a look at all of the.

Rock solid. Georgia Republicans running in that primary, family men, one and all, and they decided that's not what they wanted. They wanted the celebrity. They wanted to put, and just like Kelly Loeffler, Brian Kemp did not want the best person for the job, he wanted a woman for the job.

Now, if there would have been a woman who would have been the best person for the job, that would have been another story. But no, Brian Kemp wanted a woman because he wanted to get female voters. Yeah. Got to have a black to go up against Raphael Warnock. That was the mindset.

Let me tell you something here, folks. Listen up. When Republicans Play identity politics. We get doom and disaster.

Now, Eric Erickson, who is a very popular conservative pundit in Georgia, says this is it. It's a knockout. Do you agree? Or do you think that Herschel Walker, this is only going to motivate Republican voters and Independents to get out and vote? 844-747-8868, this is the Todd Stern Show.

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Let's get to the phones. Dora in Florida wants to weigh in on Herschel Walker. Hey, Dora, what's on your mind today? Hey there, Todd. I've been listening all week.

I just cunt. Attributed or not, to Harsha Walker's campaign last night. And I'll tell you why I did. I think he's the best man to run for the office. I feel terribly sad that the son is experiencing all this pain.

and that they have problems in their family life. We don't put our representatives in office to be choirboys. We put our representatives in office to try to represent the people.

Now I have a gay family member and I know much how I know how much hurt and pain there was in my p family life with my brother who is if e able to put our personal life before the scrutiny of social media, probably we wouldn't manage it. We all have our issues and our problems and our families and our homes. And it's unfortunate that the sun In terms of timing, came out at this point. In the political cycle. Yeah, Dora, I hear you there, and I'm glad you're looking.

I'm glad you're politically active. I just, I don't know if this is going to do it for independent voters. And that's really the issue. The Republicans will vote for whoever they put out there. I think it doesn't really matter if they stand up for the party values or not.

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I am not a prophet, but I can read the culture. And it turned out that everything in that book has come true. And now here we are, a very powerful and well-funded group of sex and gender revolutionaries have literally declared war on the nuclear family. And they want to create this genderless society. And that's why we're going through this transgenderism fight right now.

Remember, it was originally: can boys identify as girls and vice versa? But now, now we're dealing with a situation where medical doctors are leading a campaign to normalize body mutilation. For children, these irreversible surgeries. Yesterday, the American Medical Association wrote a letter to the Justice Department and big tech, and they are playing hardball. They want to shut down all of their critics on every social media platform.

They also are calling for the Justice Department to investigate and prosecute any organization or person who opposes or is standing in opposition to transgender surgeries for minors.

So this is an ugly, ugly war, ladies and gentlemen. Uh And that's why I'm glad we have people like Pacific Justice Institute in the fight. They have filed a federal lawsuit in Florida, Florida, on behalf of a Christian employee I want to go to the Patriot Mobile newsmaker line, our good friend from Patriot. Pacific Justice Institute, Brad Dakis joins us. Brad, hope you're doing well today.

Oh, I'm doing well, Todd. Thank you. Brad, I want you to tell us about this horrible story. This guy was apparently an aide to the Board of County Commissioners in Miami-Dade. Tell us the story.

Yeah, this uh gentleman, uh John Labriola, Was suspended without pay for three days in order to attend a Punitive extra diversity training program. After he wrote on an online opinion piece, disagreeing with the left wing sexual and gender ideologies and so-called Uh Equality Act he was exercising his basic First Amendment rights. Then he refused to undergo the punitive extra training on the belief that it would require him to apologize for his beliefs. And to require people to and for him to identify people as transgender by their quote preferred pronouns. Which, of course, violated his beliefs in affirming something that he strongly didn't believe in and disagreed with.

Uh this was effectively compelled speech being thrust upon him, violating his Free exercise rice is Right to freedom of the press. And uh and he was fired. And um So we at Pacific Justice Institute filed this major lawsuit in federal court on his behalf and on behalf of so many people like him who have been or will be under attack and the workplace. Brad, I'm wondering in your position at Pacific Justice Institute, are you guys seeing an uptick in the number of these kinds of incidents around the country? Unfortunately, yes, we are.

We have a case very similar to this on the other side of the country in Grants Pass, Oregon, on behalf of two teachers who are expressing themselves online on their own time. off campus on their own website, communicating their opinion about policies for school districts in general. But because someone found out about it, they were fired. And we have had to file a lawsuit. We got their jobs back.

Now we're suing for to have lost wages restored. But this is becoming very, very commonplace, and it's a very frightening attitude that we haven't seen in decades. in the modern developed world where In a free world where we have people being compelled to believe only one way. or you lose your job. That may be fine for Communist China or Brussels Putin.

Putin's Russia, where you have to agree with the state or you lose your job, But this is the United States of America. And I think it's important to note that in their investigation, the county's HR department admitted That it did not find any evidence at any time that this gentleman was engaged in any harassment or discriminatory behavior. and that they had absolutely no workplace justification to fire him uh for what he he did or didn't do on the job.

So This is a classic case of a violating of free speech rights, free exercise rights, and freedom of the press. And again, what does this have to do with the job that he was hired to do? That's what I n I never can understand that with these you know, a lot of these are HR-mandated lessons and workshops and seminars that you have to go to. Yeah, this had absolutely nothing to do with his job. He was doing his job fine.

There was in his employment file, there was absolutely nothing. to justify termination, much less discipline or punishment.

So this was based solely upon his belief. did express on his own time. in another forum, exercising his free speech rights And it's actually is this His arguments and philosophy was very, you know, very reasonable. He you know, he criticized the Equality Act's. promotion of abortion on demand, homosexual marriage, transgenderism, The threat to women's sports and privacy, parental rights, freedom of religion, freedom of expression.

Yeah. These are things that over half of America uh agree with him on And yet he's being singled out, punished. And if we don't, if we're not, we have Pacific Justice resolute to make sure that no one's left on this side of the road, that every single person like him gets the protection they need. Because if we don't, it's going to have a chilling effect on other people working for the government, even private sector corporations. that they have to hide their faith, be ashamed of their faith or their convictions.

or they'll lose their job and will not be able to support their families. And that's why the work of Pacific Justice Institute is so vitally important. And what I love is that you guys are literally all over the country now. And Brad, Pacific Justice getting ready for a big fundraising gala. Why don't you tell folks about that?

Yeah, it's going to be on october the twenty second, and we have a fantastic MC. Todd Starnes. The best of the business, Brad Dacas. Yes, but so. We're looking forward to that.

We're going to have Charlie Kirk and also Governor Mike Hakubi Speaking, and it's going to be a great event in Anaheim. We have a waiting list of people who want to attend, they can go to our website. Or if they want to sign up to get our press release, we have over 100 cases in active litigation. We do all our work without charge. They just go to our website, pji.org.

P for Pacific, J for justice, I for institute. We got great free resources to empower people, to equip people, and to serve them without charge all across the country. in uh in twenty states coast to coast. Brad, we're going to leave it there. Looking forward to seeing you guys later this month.

And congratulations. I mean, waiting list, that's huge. It really is. You guys put on one of the best galas in all of America. It is so fun, and you do a great job.

Well, thank you, Todd. And you make that you're part of that, and we're very appreciative of your participation as well. Thank you very much for what you do. Brad Dacos, ladies and gentlemen, from Pacific Justice Institute, we have links to their website over on our live show blog, and be sure to check that information out. What a crazy story.

I mean, it's just unbelievable what's happening to folks out there on the work site. You know, I remember when I was at Fox News Channel, and over the last couple of years of my time there, the HR department was radicalized, and we had to go to these LGBT workshops and all this kind of stuff. You know something, Grace? I realized after the first couple of times that I was summoned to those meetings, they stopped sending me the invites. And the reason why is because I always asked questions.

And it was really funny.

So I, you know, they give you these, this is terrible. This may be the reason they didn't renew my contract. Here it comes.

So, so one of these things, they have the word problems.

So it's like, and it was always like when they were referring to someone of a different ethnicity, they would say the blank word or the blank, you know, whatever. And they would not spell it out. And you had to read these out loud, right? No. So it would be like, I don't know, you know, Larry called somebody the N-word or the S.

There was a word for, oh, S-word for Hispanic. There was some Hispanic slur.

So all the slurs were dashed out, right?

So then it came down to the. Tyrone called Larry a cracker. And my hand just shot up, and I'm like, wait a second, you can't say that word. That's the C word. You're not allowed to say that word.

Oh, my gosh. Oh, it was. And they were like crossing him off the list. I'm surprised you didn't have ones that were like, Sally, misgendered Larry. What are the correct words?

They had out of those. And I mean, it was, look, the LGBT stuff was getting really insane towards the end. But they stopped making me go to those. And it was funny. I can't tell you who the on-air anchors were, but they were just sitting there and they were like, oh, my God, I can't believe you just said that.

I'm like, why not? They probably secretly agreed with you. Everybody in that room agreed with me. But nobody wanted to put their contracts on the line. Of course not.

I was just stupid.

Okay.

It's okay, Todd. It is what it is. But I am curious: do people, I mean, that's like a big part of the work experience now. We don't do that here at Starnes Media Group. Thank you.

We let people live their lives. What you do is your business. As long as you come in and do my business and take care of it, we're good. Exactly. That's all.

That's the way it should be. Exactly. And we did the same thing during the China virus pandemic. You want to wear a mask? Wear a mask.

You don't, don't. This is true. And I'm proud to say, I don't think anybody, I mean, not that it was a matter of pride, but nobody wore a mask in the building.

Now, it's kind of hard to do radio and have a mask on. Oh, the people at NPR. This is NPR. I'm like, dude, come on, take the mask off. Don't be a good one.

Just clean the mic after. Right, exactly. And you got the wet wipes, you're good to go. A little bit of common sense. All right, we got to take a break here.

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All right, folks, coming up in the next hour, our good friend Bill O'Reilly has a brand new book out called Killing the Legends. And talking about John Lennon, Elvis Presley, and Muhammad Ali. Great book, and we're going to enjoy talking with Bill. Also, Congressman Jim Jordan is going to be here, and some crazy news out of Oregon, where a Republican could actually become the next governor, and she's a conservative. We're going to be speaking with Denise Quinn from KYKN, our great radio station and affiliate out there in Salem.

Right now, though, let's go to the phone to 844-747-8868. Paul in Georgia, WDUN, our great station. Hey, Paul, what's on your mind? Hey, Todd. I listen to you every day, but I'm a little confused.

I have a question. Is it your position that we should not vote for Herschel Walker and not vote for Dr. Oz. But the Republicans must win the Senate.

Well, I'll answer, it's a two-part question. I'll answer Dr. Oz first.

Well, first of all, I will say this. I'm glad I don't live in either Georgia or Pennsylvania right now. But I will say this: Dr. Oz is on the record as being a pro-abortion. He has not renounced those beliefs, and I will not vote for a pro-abortion candidate.

I don't care if they're Republican, Independent, Democrat, or from Mars. As far as Herschel Walker, he talks a good talk. I mean, I believe every single thing that he says, but the accusation has been made that he paid for an abortion. I would like for him to address that issue, and I don't think he's done so adequately. And if, in fact, he did pay for a woman's abortion, I got a problem with that, Paul.

Well, you haven't answered my question. What's your question, Paul? Oh, let me ask you a question, Paul. Who do you vote for, the man or the party? In this case, There you go.

In our country, I vote for the party.

Okay, got it.

So, Paul, don't be surprised one day when you wake up and the Republican Party is pro-abortion. Because that's what's going to happen if we keep nominating. My question is, why was Herschel Walker not forced by the party to debate his fellow Republicans in the primary? I mean, it's a moot point now, but the Republican Party there in Georgia could have fixed all of this from day one. Once again, The priority is to win the Senate.

That's it.

Okay, I got it.

So the priority is to win. Values don't matter. As long as the Republicans, as long as the Republicans are in. If we don't win, what are we going to get?

Well, you're going to get the same thing, but if you do win, what are you going to get? A little bit better.

Well, I hope so. You know what, Paul? I hope you're right. But honestly, I would like to have had a candidate where you wouldn't have to worry about that. I really do hope you're right, Paul.

And I hope Herschel Walker has been honest with the voters out there. I really do. I've heard him speak in a church house, and I just find it hard to believe that somebody would be untruthful in a church house. But his interview. Do you think it's a priority?

Do you think it's a priority to win the Senate? I do, but not at the not by forsaking our values. I don't.

So we'll take the other guys. That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying we need to be nominating people who at least ascribe to the party platform. That's all. And, Paul, if you don't look.

I don't and Herschel Walker just needs to come out and answer some direct questions on this. But the campaign doesn't want him doing that. I don't know why. It would serve him well. And it would clear all of this up.

But your problem, Paul, and not yours, but the party's problem, is you've got to attract you've got to attract Democrats and you've got to attract Independents. And I you know As you know, Raphael Warnock has has been a pastor for 30 years. But he favors abortion. How come the Democrats have not asked him to? to understand and explain that.

Well, and that's a fair look, that is a fair question. But I'm just telling you, this could have all been resolved, and that's the point of this argument. The point of this is if we keep electing people that share the same values as the Democrats, we're just getting Democrat light. We're not getting Republican. We're sure not getting conservative.

Paul, got a run. Let's go to Jerry in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, real quick, listening to us on KWAM. Jerry, what's on your mind? Todd, I love you so much, but you've really got to get past this thing. You have to tell people to vote for Earth.

You can't be so against Oz. And I know that Herschel, I've hated Herschel Walker as a candidate from the beginning. He's an illiterate. I'm not sure he could pass the high school GED thing that I passed. But the point is You're not if you don't control the Senate, if we don't get the House, We're not going to have a country or a party.

to try and fix things in the future. You can't be a one-party Or one, what do you call it, a one-subject voter. If we don't get control of the House and the Senate, it's going to be over. And if you have to hold your nose, then hold your nose. But come on.

If you don't vote for Oz, I'm let Fetterman win. And if you don't vote for Herschel Walker, who I can't. Stand.

Okay? Then you can let Warnock win and then there's no chance, at least with Oz, And the other guy, Walker, there'll be a chance. Got it.

So let me see if I'm clear here that if you're pro-abortion, if you're a Republican nominee and you're pro-abortion, you're anti-Second Amendment, you are supportive of. No, Jerry, no, no, no, that's exactly what you're saying because that's what Dr. Oz is. Dr. Oz does not support the Second Amendment.

He is pro-abortion and he's pro-transgenderism.

So you're saying, but that doesn't matter as long as there is an R behind the name. Here's my concern, Jerry. You got a handful of votes in the Senate on those issues, like abortion and other issues that are coming down the pike. You better believe those folks are going to be voting with the Democrats. But as long as they're Republican, that's all right.

Jerry got to run. Folks, hang tight. Hour two coming up next. This is the Todd Starns Radio Show. Live from the Liberty University Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, it's America's favorite cunt toton, Bible-clinging, deplorable American.

That's right. I love this American. Todd Starr. Oh yeah. And welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to your election headquarters as we head into the home stretch of the midterm elections.

I'm Todd Starnes.

So great to have you with us today. Write down our telephone number. You will need it if you plan on calling in to this segment of the program, 844-747-8868. Again, that's 844-747-8868. Folks, I can tell you the polling data nationwide is looking very good for the Republicans.

As a matter of fact, according to the most recent Gallup poll, which political party do you think will do a better job of keeping the country prosperous? And by the way, the economy is topping everybody's list. Of big concerns. 51% say Republicans, 41% say Democrats. It is looking like a shellacking is in the works for the Democrat Party.

And this is one particular poll that caught my attention from Oregon. I was just there about a month or so ago doing a big event in Salem, Oregon. The new polling coming out from the Oregonian is a shocker. It shows the Republican gubernatorial nominee in the lead in a three-person race. 32%.

Again, this is Christine Drazen is getting 32% support. The Democrat nominee, Tina Kotek, getting 31%, and the Independent getting 18%. Folks, if the Republicans are able to pull this off, it'll be the first time in nearly 40 years that a Republican has won the governor's race there. I want to go to the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line. Honored to have with us a great broadcaster, good friend from radio station KYKN, Denise Quinn.

Denise, how's it going? Oh, Todd, it's going great. And then hearing those numbers, I mean, kind of pinching myself. I've been an Oregonian for a long time, and it feels like we're going to do this. I will ask this question, and it's one we've asked in Memphis when things got really bad.

I mean, how bad are things in Oregon that a Republican could actually get elected to the highest office in the state?

Well, you know, Portland has made the news for the past couple of years. I mean, even starting all the way back in, you know, sort of the Occupy movement, Portland's gone kind of crazy. Portland is so bad now, and it's sort of trickling into that whole I-5 corridor with Salem is, you know, we're seeing it in Salem. And people just don't feel safe in Oregon. We talk to listeners all the time and, you know, in our social media.

There's just a general feeling of unease. Gun violence is up. I mean, murders in Portland are up. And these are things that aren't partisan issues. And I think that's why the Dresen campaign is resonating out there, because that's what she's focusing on, are those sort of kitchen table family issues, where the other side, the Democrats, are talking about abortion.

Now, Kate Brown is, and by the way, abortion. I was reading a survey last night. It's last, dead last on voter concerns. Nobody cares. Yeah, and that seems to be the, you know, both the Democrats, you know, God love Bessie Johnson, she's great, but she was a Democrat five minutes ago.

And they're both pro-choice, and the CO-TEC campaign, I mean, if you pretty much watch her Twitter, you can count on 321, there's another tweet about abortion. They're not talking about the issues. That really matters to Oregonians, or when they do, these two ladies have been in power for 21 years combined. you're going to start fixing it now? Why should we believe you now?

Now Kate Brown, the current governor, incredibly unpopular. My understanding is what she's one of the least liked governors in the entire country. Why is this? She's number one in that regard. She is the least liked governor of all.

Well, we had government the reaction to the COVID pandemic here. Oregon doesn't seem to make the news. It's like California gets it, it's bad. It was really terrible up here. Kids were locked out of schools for much longer than most of the rest of the country.

Mask mandates were in place. I mean, it was dark. And parents are coming out of the woodwork now, newly, newly mobilized and energized to advocate for their kids. And I think that had a lot to do with them. I'm curious about that school board angle.

What kind of things are you hearing from moms and dads, maybe listeners calling in at KYKN?

Well, right now, the Salem Kaiser School District is The board is basically dysfunctional. It's got four progressives and sort of three conservatives. It's a dysfunctional board. There is now a recall effort underway for three of the school board members because basically, I mean, just the lack of respect for parents, not being able to get their questions answered. They're treated with disrespect.

School board meetings have descended into name calling from some student activist groups. I mean, it is a mess. Parents are fed up. And the indoctrination that is happening with CRT and sexualized curriculum, parents are not happy about that as well.

So there's a group of parents out here that are mobilizing and taking action, and we're currently underway gathering signatures to recall three of these people. On the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line, Denise Quinn from radio station KYKN in Salem, Oregon. Denise, when you look at the nominee, and Christine actually, I believe, came to the event that we were at. Yeah, she was there, yep. And was really, I was just very impressed with the way she was working the crowd, the things she had to say.

What is it that's resonating with the voters there? She is, we had her on the show a few weeks ago. She's very warm. She's very genuine. And you can see that she genuinely does care.

It's kind of like you want your politicians to care about your issues. She's a parent. That gives her a different perspective and one that is resonating as well to come out and say, I will not be. Shutting down schools again and really listening.

So there's that connection that's being made there. I think, and again, she speaks well to the issues. She understands that the issues that matter right now are the economy, and crime, and education. And she has a road map on her website that lays out clearly what she's going to do. And I think one of the things that she said too, day one, she's going to fire Kate Brown's agency heads.

And that's like a yes, because that's it's sort of that administrative state that's been ruling the roost here with zero accountability. It's fascinating, Denise. When you think about Oregon, you think, oh, it's a lost state like California. It's never going to go red. But this is pretty exciting to see, especially in the governor's race.

But what about any of those down ballot races? Any movement there? Yeah, I'm glad you asked. We've got a lot. I think we've got Republican candidates running if not all, but most all of the legislative races that are up.

We've got really great candidates.

So we've got to get them elected. We've got to get that balance back because it's been one party rule with a supermajority and it is completely out of control.

So we've got to get balance back because even if Christine gets in the governor's office, if we don't flip those seats, what do you you're not going to get as much done. We've also got a very, very frightening ballot measure, ballot measure one hundred fourteen, which is gun control and gun registry, that is being sold out there as this sort of Compassionate way of reducing gun violence, and all that will do is turn law-abiding gun owners in Oregon into criminals, and it simply must be stopped.

So there's a lot on the ballot in November in Oregon. All right. Well, I know that the listeners of KYKN are very politically active, and we hear from them a lot on the radio shows. I have to imagine there are others out there, and we just have to get out that vote. Absolutely.

That's the name of the game right now. It's a numbers game. And everybody and from me and my perspective, every Republican needs to get out and vote Republican all the way down the ballot. All right. Denise, always good hearing from you.

Thanks for coming on the show today. Great to talk to you, Todd. Thanks very much. All right, Denise Quinn, everybody, radio station KYKN. Would love to hear the perspective of some of our Oregon folks because this is a shocker.

The fact that you could, for the first time in nearly 40 years, actually have a Republican in the governor's mansion. I think that says a lot. A lot about the condition of things in the state of Oregon. I think people are just absolutely frustrated. 844-747-8868.

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We're talking, I'm trying to educate the stamp here about Loretta Lynn. And uh I think I'm being somewhat successful. Anyway, what a fascinating story. And just a good-hearted person and loved animals and had that big ranch and Hurricane Mills.

Now, Grace Baker, I know you've traveled to and from Nashville from Memphis, and surely you've passed, you've driven by and you've seen the signs for Loretta Lynn.

Well, here's the thing. I've never looked for it, but now that you've said that next time I travel that way, I will notice it. Which will be tonight because we're going to a big event at the Country Music Hall of Fame. I know. And so the radio station, KWAM, and you are up for some awards tonight.

It's very snazzy. Very excited.

So you're wearing a T-shirt right now.

Okay, I have an outfit. I've got to go, you know, see Merlot real quick and change. But don't worry. Don't worry. All right.

No, I'm not worrying. I just, I mean, you can wear whatever you want to wear. You've got the suit and tie situation. I know. I had to think about it.

These guys are easy. They just throw on a suit and tie. I'm like, I got to curl my hair. I got to do my makeup. I've got to put on a dress, the jewelry.

It's a whole thing. All right. Well, anyway, Loretta Lynn.

So we need to drive by. You'll drive by on Interstate 40. You'll see the exit there for the Loretta Lynn Ranch.

So it's very more. The more you know. The more you know. All right. You know what?

We're going to take a call, and then we're going to throw out a trivia question. And the book, the prize, is going to be pretty awesome. It's a copy of Bill O'Reilly's Killing the Legends. the lethal danger of celebrities.

So this is we're talking big money prize here, folks.

So hang tight. I do want to go to the phones. Let's start in Indiana. Robin on the line. Robin, what's on your mind?

Hi, Todd. Thanks for Having Bill O'Reilly on that was good. Um, I don't think maybe you aren't aware of this yet or I maybe you've addressed it, but Doctor Oz came out and made his stance clear on abortion. And he said As recent as September 11th to the Philadelphia Press Corps that was out there, that he is pro-life. He supports abortion only in rape, incest.

or a danger to the mother.

So he also has said in this past, he wouldn't want anybody in his family to have an abortion. But before when he was with Oprah and them and he had his own show, his stance was a little bit different. But he has come out and clarified what his stance is. And it is the same as Donald Trump's.

Well, I will do some research on that, Robin. To my knowledge, and again, when and what date did you say this happened? The most recent one was september eleventh of this year. They were addressing that because the Planned Parenthood put all their support behind Fetterman because they said that doctor Oz Considered abortion of children murder, and that the life begins at conception. And he's clarified that he is not for abortion.

Now, he did also say that he would not be for criminalizing doctors who performed abortions, but he only thinks abortions are good in those three same incidents that Donald Trump said. Yeah, I'm looking at that data now, and Dr. Oz says he is strongly pro-life.

So, and look, I and you know what, Robin, I'm happy for him. If that is his true position, if in the past six months Dr. Oz has had a complete change of his His ideology and his belief system, and now suddenly he is. As he just said, strongly pro-life. I say good for Dr.

Oz. Next question, explain to us how you went from being pro-choice and pro-abortion just last year to being strongly pro-life this year. And I think that's a legitimate, reasonable question to ask a candidate.

Well, I'm not saying that it isn't, and I know you're getting a lot of flack today, but the thing about it isn't. And well, and I hear what you're saying about, um You know uh Ah. getting people in our party that are, um They are all pro-life and they stand on the thing. But right now, the nominees we have are the nominees we have. And Oh yeah.

I don't like to hold my nose either.

Now, I wasn't a Donald Trump fan when he first ran. As a matter of fact, I didn't even vote. because I didn't like Hillary and uh I just felt like every party was letting us down. But then with uh when Trump was in and I saw all the things that they were going after him at all the time, I s I even said to my friends, I said, you know, I wouldn't blame Donald Trump if he just walked away, and he didn't. He kept fighting, and I watched my 401k go up.

I watched uh all kinds of good things happening. And so So then I started supporting him and I started to wake up and see exactly what was going on in politics because I was busy. I was raising my son. I was a law enforcement officer for 27 years. And I knew that when Donald Trump got in office, things change for the better for law enforcement.

So that's what started me making me accept him. But I didn't always believe in everything that he said either. He was a Democratic donor at one time. He changed all of his. And all I can say, and so was Ronald Reagan, but they changed.

There was a change, and that was over a process of years.

Now, look, if, and I'm not, I do believe that people can change, I have no doubt about that. But I would just like to note the story. That's all. Robin, we got a run for a break. Appreciate your call, and I want you to give us a holler back.

Here's the question. For a book from Bill O'Reilly. Loretta Lynn. Had a famous country music singer as a sister. Who was that?

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Should be a lot of people out there tonight in downtown Nashville. Welcome back to the Todd Cearns Radio Program. Of course, Loretta Lynn passing away at the age of 90 years old, one of the great country music legends. We have a trivia question out there, and the phones just exploded. But I want to go to Waterloo, Iowa.

That's home of the great KXEL Radio, Jeff Stein. Is the radio guru there? Jackson's on the line. Hi, Jackson. How are you doing today?

Well, all right, Todd. I got you the answer, I think. Don't invite me to.

Well, hold on, hold on, Jackson. We're going to get to it. We're going to get to it. I want to give the question out again. But first of all, Jackson, how are you doing today?

Oh, not bad. We've got ball-like weather here in Iowa now. We got down to almost 34 the other night. Ooh, geez, Alou, that's yeah, that's chilly, especially in the Memphis area. And last year we were in the 80s at this time.

It's just no rhyme or reason, is it? All right. Well, Jackson, we're going to help you win a prize here. The question is: Loretta Lynn, she had a younger sister who was a very well-known and famous country music artist herself. Who was that individual?

Don't it make my brown eyes blue crystal gale? Yeah, that's right, Jackson. Crystal Gale. She had the whole Rapunzel thing going with the hair. Remember that?

Well, way down to actually longer than Willie.

Well, Willie Nelson now has longer hair than her. Wow. Willie Nelson. He's going to be around for another couple of hundred years, I think, that one. Oh, one other thing, Todd, I got to tell you, our governor is fighting that student loan thing.

Is that Kim Reynolds is her name? Yes, yes. She's fighting that student loan. Good for I like her. She's a fighter, that one.

And she is doing a from what I understand, a terrific job. And there they're rumblings that there might be a bigger office in store for her one day. Yeah. All right, Jackson, we're going to put you on hold. Congratulations.

We're going to send you a copy of Bill O'Reilly's brand new book, Killing the Legends. And it's a great read, by the way. You're going to love this: The Lethal Danger of Celebrity.

So hang tight, and Grace is going to get all your intel. You know, one of the things I love about Loretta Lynn, before we get into nuclear war here for just a moment, she had these amazing songs. And it was a hard scramble upbringing. She got married when she was a very, very young teenager. I mean, very.

It was almost. You know, I was 30, she was 12, kind of a scenario. I mean, it was just a rough upbringing, but she was able to take all of those things, those issues in life, and she was able to turn those around and write these incredible songs. And, Grace Baker, I wanted you to hear this one. I just love this song, You Ain't Woman Enough.

To take my man. Yeah. It'll be over my dead body.

So get out while you can. Cause you ain't woman had not to take my man. This country music brace country music. No, not funky, it's contra Sometimes a man's caught looking at Things that he don't need. He cooker.

Second look at him, but he's in. Love with major Well, I don't know where that leads you. Oh, but I know where I stand. Anyway, well, but enough to take. Come on, singer, Lear Graceman.

You're not a good singer, Graceman. Women like you, there are dynamic girls that you can find. Um it works. Are you? I have to move over, and I'm gonna stand right here.

It'll be over my dead body.

You tell him, girl. While you can, cause you ain't woman enough to take my man. All right, thank you there. We'll rent all in. They just don't make country music like that anymore, Grace.

Yeah, it doesn't say anything. I mean, the stuff coming out in Nashville these days. These kids. I mean, yeah, nobody's yeah, I mean, us back in the day there was a formula to a good country music song. You know, you you lived in a trailer, you know, you're in a bad relationship.

Kicked your dog. I mean, it was just, there was a formal dog.

Well, you know, it's. Mm-hmm. Uh yeah. It is what it is. It wasn't what I'm trying to say is pol country music today is politically correct.

Oh, fair enough. I mean, I just I don't think Taylor Swift could hold Loretta Lynn's cast iron skeleton. That's all I'm saying. That girl ain't even, she's not country. No, well, they want you to think she is.

And all these other folks, this, what is this, bro country, what do they call it? I guess. I don't Todd, I don't listen to country music. Wait, what? No.

What? I don't.

What's wrong with you?

Well, f you just said it's not very good at. I know, but still, you ought to listen to country. You're Southern.

Sorry. I list to electronic dance music. No, you do not. Yeah, I do. No, you do not.

I do. Go stand in the corner. What are you talking about? Listen to other stuff. Hey, I listen to old stuff like the Doobie Brothers.

You're not in charge of the radio when we're heading up to Nashville tonight. I'm not going to be doing some sort of electronic dance German funky thing going on. Come on. We had to introduce some Whalen Jennings and Merle Haggard. Who?

All right. You know Grace. Seriously, I don't know. Twitty what? Twitty s yeah.

Minnie Pearl. Minnie Pearl. You got to know who Minnie Pearl is. I do know that name. Hee Haw.

You've never heard of crickets over here, sorry. Come on, Grace. You know what we need to do, ladies and gentlemen? We need to help Grace get a country music we need to get you a mixtape. A country music mixtape.

Spotify playlist. What's Is that what they're calling? Is that what the mixtape is? Is that what the kids are calling it these days? Hey, honey, I'll share my Spotify playlist with you.

Back in the day, that was when you had the boom boxes. My parents did that. They shared mixtapes. I'm feeling very old right now. You're not helping matters.

Sorry. And we still haven't talked about the threat of nuclear war. And by the way, when that happens, the only people who will have music because the internet will be destroyed are the people with the mixtapes. Oh, well, I'm just trying to help you out here. This is a good point.

We got to get you some Kenny Rogers, and we got to get some Dolly on there, Dolly Part. Reba.

Okay, I know. By the way, Reba's coming to Memphis for a concert. Didn't know that. We should do a road trip to the FedEx Forum. Let's go.

All right, if you have suggestions for Grace Baker, we got to get her a country music mixed up. We just got to do it. 844-747-8868. That's our toll-free telephone number. That's 844-747-8868.

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Um All right, Grace, we're working on some titles for you. There's a great Loretta Lynn Conway Twitty duet. called You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly. That's a great country music song for you. That is an interesting title.

Get Off the Stove, Grandma, You're Too Old to Ride the Range. Oh, are we allowed to say that on the radio? I think it's an actual song, actually, yes. Also, if your hair's too long, there's sin in your heart. That's an old Southern gospel song.

I've heard that before. And I thank God for the preacher who scared the hell out of me. Yep, heard that one too. Let's go to Rob in central Arkansas. Rob knows a thing or two about country music.

Hey, Rob, how's it going? It's going good. Uh George Straight. Mo Bandy. Mo Bandy.

All right. Charlie Pride. Oh, we got to have some Charlie Pride. Charlie Rich and Gary Stewart. Oh, that's a good that's a good mixtape right there.

Okay.

It wasn't God who made the honky talk angels. That's Kitty Wells. That's a great song. Uh what was the uh oh, Billy Ray Cyrus, I want my mullet back. Oh, that's one.

country started going Yeah. It went down. You know, some people say Jimmy Buffett is a count. I never have really thought of Jimmy Buffett as a country music guy. No, no.

You got Allen Jackson. I still like Bologna. That's a good idea. I like Alan Jackson. And of course, Toby Keith, wacky tobaky.

So. Among some of the others. All right, Rob, they just don't they just don't make country music like they used to, Rob. No, sir, it's idle. It's sad.

We need to do something about that. That's why I love Pandora.

Well, everybody's got Pandora. Nobody has a mixtape anymore. All right, Rob, thanks for calling in, and thanks for listening to the show. 844-747-8868. Grace, we're going to get you fixed up.

I can promise you that. Yeah, we're working on it. I'm writing them down. All right. Hey, Achy Breaky Heart's a good song.

No, no, no, no, no. I knew it. Go stand in the corner, Grace Baker. Ah, that's a good idea. Wow, that's two times you've been in the corner.

Two strikes. I don't even want to know what happens on the third. Interesting story. Oh, so. Our good friend Paul Shanklin says you forgot heaven, yes, hell no.

Oh, that's another great song. Who sings that, you think? Got to look that up and go. You can Google it. Did you see the big football game last night?

Peyton Manning and Eli Manning, they do a great job now with the play-by-play kind of thing. It's really kind of funny how they do that. Yeah, my husband will turn that on and I'll hear like little snippets. Because, see, this is like a longtime thing. I don't watch the NFL, never really have.

But I like their commentary. I like the Manning.

So, anyway, this video from last night, ladies and gentlemen, where you had the LA Rams playing, and who are they? Oh, it was at the 49ers? The Rams and the 49ers. Anyway, they were playing, and a couple of these animal rights activists come running onto the field. That's apparently a thing now.

That was happening during the NBA finals and the championship and the playoffs. And all these animal rights, the PETA people, would run onto the. They would run onto the court and they would be dragged off. And here's my thing: if you are going to do that, then you, as an athlete, have a responsibility to make sure they are carted off the court or the field in a stretcher. That's really the only way you're going to stomp this nonsense.

So, anyway, last night they had a guy and a gal from Direct Action Everywhere, Animal Rights Group. And one of the guys, I don't know, set himself on fire. There was some sort of fire or flame coming out of the guy. He ended up suffering burns. But you had two of the football players, Bobby Wagner, and I'm going to get this guy's, I'm going to butcher this poor guy's name.

To Karist McKinley. They literally knocked out the protester. And sent him it was a great hit, by the way. Both protesters wearing a shirt that read WriteTorrescue.com. Anyway, Peyton and Eli were doing like a play-by-play of all of this, and the guy said he was naked, but he really wasn't.

It was faux nudity. And to Peyton's point, or Eli's point, rather, if you're going to streak, you've got to go full throttle and go nude, right? I mean, if you're going to do that, you can't just say, oh, I'm going to go streaking, and then you're wearing a suit. That's just not, you know. Yeah.

The expectations are there. Or lack of, if you will. I mean, we don't judge on this program. But anyway, they were banged up and battered. They didn't knock out the girl.

She just fell or something or tore ACL or something. I mean, she took a tumble on her own. Not very athletic, these two. But the 49ers beat the Rams 24-9. Anyway, I wonder if those tackles are going to count in the History books.

I don't know. No, I don't think so. Let's go to Bill in Cordova on KWAM, our flagship station. Bill, what's on your mind today? Hey, Dodd, how are you guys today?

Well, we're doing well. Thanks for asking. Um I wanted to say, you know, we're talking about the country music and the artists and the history and everything. Randy Travis just had it all right before he had his stroke. He was He was the king, in my opinion.

I liked old Randy Travis. You know, he had a rough upbringing just had a rough go of it in life, but he kept bouncing back and then he had that horrible stroke, but he recovered from I mean, you know, it's um but he he was the guy back in the day. Yeah, he was. He had one in particular song called Thought He Walked on Water about his grandfather. And um That one just kind of solidifies his, in my opinion, his career.

You know another good guy? Yeah, go ahead, Bill. Who's that? Go ahead. I was just going to say the other song he did with I forgot the guy's name now, I had just had on the tip of my tongue.

uh was uh Josh Turner with long black crane.

Well, I was a big Ricky Skaggs guy, and you know, Ricky Skaggs is kind of bluegrass now. But uh he's a great singer. Mm-hmm. Yeah, he was. Nashville's seen a lot of good people come and go, but Randy Travis, I think if he hadn't had his stroke and Everything, and I've read a lot of articles about him and his progress because I run the Merriam Hess Foundation.

And for stroke recovery, And trying to keep That up. Um you know, trying to keep up with him and people like him. Gosh, Kevin Soros. And those guys, they've all had strokes and they've all made some really good recoveries. Granny Travis, from what I can gather, is doing really well, but not quite performance ready.

But I Yeah, I'd I'd love to see him make full recovery and and everything. Anybody, any stroke survivor, you know, needs to be able to do that. They can. Bill, we appreciate the call, and thanks for calling in today, and we appreciate your support of KWAM.

So I'm looking at some more song names from Loretta Lynn because I'm educating myself. And one of the songs, Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man. That's an interesting one. That one caught my eye. And then another one, Don't Come Home a Drinking.

And that's good advice. You don't have good life advice. And there was a great Elvis song back in the day, Poke Salad Annie. Anybody remember Sally? Poke Salad Sally?

Annie.

Okay, I know some of his songs, but I don't know that one. That one doesn't ring a bell. Oh, she was down in Louisiana. That's a great song. So I'm sure someone will call in and correct.

Poke Salad Annie. You weren't kidding about the You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly. I cannot believe that's a song. It's a great song. And You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly, Little Darling.

I'm reading it. Man, ruthless. You see, they don't make those songs.

Now it's all like little, you know, bubblegum pop music. Oh, for sure. Not even a twang, not even a steel guitar anywhere to be found in Nashville these days. No. I'm just telling you, it's just the vegans.

That's the problem. When country music stopped eating meat, it became a problem. And it started with the Dixie Chicks. They're not even called that anymore. No, now they're just called what?

The babes? The chicks? The broads? The chicks? The chicks.

That's it.

Yeah. Go figure. Coming up tomorrow, let me explain what's going to happen. Tomorrow, we're going to do a deep dive into the situation between Russia and Ukraine. We're going to be talking with David Giamona, who is our military expert, retired colonel.

And there's some pretty crazy stuff going down, and we're going to be getting into all of that tomorrow with him and several other guests as we start putting the puzzle pieces together. Very clear now that the Biden administration had some sort of a role in the sabotage, the destruction of the Nord Stream pipeline.

So we're going to be getting into all of that tomorrow, as well as your calls. We're going to be checking in with some of our great political pundits around the nation as we draw closer to the midterms. And look, folks, there's nothing wrong, nothing wrong. If you want to vote for Dr. Oj, you vote for Dr.

Oz. You want to vote for Hearsel, you vote for Hearst. I'm just telling to me personally. But we've got to do our homework on all of these candidates. And as someone sent me a text message, they said, you know what?

We should be doing the homework in the primaries. Absolutely. That's absolutely what we've got to do.

So, all right, folks, got to get out of here. Been a great day. ToddStarns.com. Be sure to check out that website. Live from the Liberty University Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, it's common sense conservative commentary from Todd Starnes.

That's right. I love this American. All right. Hello, everybody. Welcome to hour two of the big show.

Grace. Quick question here.

So, is it safe to say we have riled up just about the entire listening audience? Yeah, Tom. Is that about right? Where do I even start? You've been called a closet Democrat and a lot of other things I can't say on the air.

Thank you for that, Grace. And that's from some of our friends. Oh, yeah, people who listen to us regularly. I'm just saying, you folks, I don't carry water for anybody on this show.

So, we're going to wrinkle some people and get on some people's nerves, but that's part of radio.

So, hang tight. We're going to give you an opportunity to yell at me in just a few moments. But I do want to go to the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line. You know, Bill O'Reilly never got, no, no one ever got upset with Bill O'Reilly. Bill, good to have you with us.

Yeah, so Twilight's. Own comment, Todd. You know, my whole life, people were upset. Even when I was born, my mother went, Is this it? Is this what we're going to do here?

Well, Bill, we're so glad you could join us. Congratulations on the new book, Killing the Legends: The Lethal Danger of Celebrity. And I'm very intrigued because you write about Elvis Presley. And of course, I was born and raised in Memphis, and the radio station I purchased has a note in Elvis' history. It was the first radio station where he performed on the radio back in the day.

And I was really intrigued with this new take on and the new information you shared in his passing. Yeah, cultural history has been largely ignored by historians. They're kind of snobby, and they, you know, you say, well, look, Elmas President was a Titan and Changing our culture. They look at you like, what? What?

And that's what Killing the Legends is all about. These three men, Elvis, John Lennon, and Muhammad Ali, changed American culture. And they're Titans. You may not like them. A lot of people are forgetting about them.

But the way we live today, Was directly shaped by what they did. A quick example. You know, in Memphis in the middle of the 50s, Post-World War II, Dwight Eisenhower president, conformity ruled the day. Everybody looked the same, sound the same, thinking was the same. All of a sudden, in the space of six minutes, a teenager from Mississippi goes on the Ed Sullivan Show, and some people even forgot that, most powerful entertainment vehicle in America at the time, and sings a dopey song called Hound Dog, and the whole American culture crashes, Pop.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. The next day, preachers are screaming that Elvis Presley is an agent of Satan. Parents are telling their sons, you can't slick your hair back, you can't wear a leather jacket, you can't ride around. It was just all over the place. And who won?

Elvis won. the culture changed from conformity to rock and roll rebellion. And he did it. And that's what you're doing. Monumental historical thing, people should zero in on that.

Same thing with the Beatles. Come over in 64 between 64. 64 and 1969, culture changes again in the USA. Sex, drugs, rock and roll, as we have now. That culture was Beer pointed by the Beatles, Magical Mystery Tours, Sgt.

Pepper. And then Muhammad Ali brought the scent to the highest level ever when he refused to go into the army. and at the same time was doing all kinds of civil rights stuff Um And he was an amazing figure. American history. You know, I've seen a couple of uh documentaries and uh fictionalized uh accounts of Ali's life and the influence uh that uh that I believe Farrakhan ha not Farrakhan, um Malcolm X had on him and the Muslim faith.

And I mean, he really was a deep thinker and someone who truly embraced the religious side of life, much like Elvis Presley did. You know, a lot of people don't realize that Elvis learned a lot of those moves coming up and attending church in the black community in the Memphis area. There's no doubt about it. I'd uh quibble with you a little on uh Muhammad Ali's intellectual prowess. What Ali did was he ceded his whole life to the nation of Islam, Elijah Muhammad.

Elijah became his father figure. And Elijah's son Herbert Mohammed then took over Mohammed Ali's career And um the abuse was off the chart. And the best writing Some of the best writing I've ever done is the opening of the Muhammad Ali section in Killing the Legends, where I put you in the ring. where he's fighting Joe Frazier in Manila, the Philippines. Frazier almost kills Ali.

literally kills him. And Ferdie Pacheco, the fight doctor, said to Ali, you can't fight for at least a year. Four months later, guess who's back in the ring? Because the Muslims wanted the money.

So Ali basically ceded all his autonomy to the black Muslim Nation of Islam movement. Yoko Ono took over Lenin's life. And Presley Gave full authority to ruin him to Colonel Tom Parker. That's what they all have in common. Their fame crushed them.

and they all gave their autonomy away. And when you do that, even if you're not famous, bad things will happen. I'm curious uh about your take on on Colonel Parker. I noticed that you wrote that uh when word came down that Elvis died, uh he was in Maine, and but he did not go to Memphis directly. No, he was trying to sell stuff.

I mean, this was a gangster. He's a horrible human being.

So he's up in Maine because that's where Elvis was supposed to go to. a concert. and Elvis drops dead in his bathroom from narcotics use. And Parker instead of going down and and lending solace to the Presley family. immediately pivots and and tries to Get Presley memorabilia marketed so they can capitalize on his death.

I mean, that's the kind of guy Colonel Parker was. My God. And there's been a lot of debate, at least here in Memphis, about what kind of a person he was. And we saw that during the last Elvis movie. There's no debate.

He's awful. Tom Parker. Oh, he's in with The a lot with uh Herbert Mohammed, they're in a very hot place right now. I can guarantee that. Bill O'Reilly's on the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line.

The name of the new book, Killing the Legends, The Lethal Danger of Celebrity. Bill, how do you sit down and come up with these three? Why these three individuals?

Well, I'm a historian, and I'm interested in my country. And the last book we wrote, Killing the Killers, is contemporary. Temporary history, the fight against terrorism, how we're being protected, what we're doing to the jihadists who still want to kill us. And it was a natural extension to go into the culture, because we're in the middle of a culture war, as you know, you talk about it all the time, Todd. And how the culture got where we are.

I mean, how did this happen? And the three men that really made it happen were the guys that I write about. in killing the legend. And people don't put history together. It's my job to do that.

It's my job to provide context to the way Americans live today. And we're undergoing profound changes in this country. And the culture that was established in the fifties, sixties and seventies is under siege now again.

So it's all in a mosaic of the American history and how we live. I guarantee you, if you read Killing the Legends, you are going to learn so much about your country today You know, I wrote about Lincoln, I wrote about Patton, I wrote about World War II extensively, but. I didn't write about today until killing the killers and killing the legends.

Well, it's a fascinating book. Again, growing up in Memphis, I remember I was in the front yard of, I was a little kid, I think third or fourth grade, and I remember a neighbor just come running out. She was screaming that Elvis had died. You know, it's just when I was reading that, you know, your description of those events, I mean, that was happening in our neighborhood. I mean, people just had this visceral reaction to that news.

Yeah, and younger people don't understand it. They they don't know how what kind of impact these three men wielded Um and you know I don't portray them as victims. I don't see them as victims. They knew what was happening to them and they decided to go along with it. Presley destroyed himself.

Lenin turned his life over to Ono. Ali allowed the Muslims to do whatever they wanted to do.

So, but. Individually, particularly Elvis and And Mohammed Ali. I mean, these were. Unbelievable talents. You know, you don't see talent like that very often, and it's just a damn shame.

That the celebrity crushed them. And you Yeah. you know, Todd, is long about people who just cannot survive. in the public eye, it is a hellacious place to be. What is the antidote here?

I mean, you said there's this lethal danger of celebrity. I mean, what advice do you give to people maybe going into the news business or celebrities on their way up to make sure they don't end up like this? There's no way you can make sure you don't end up like I'm famous. I got pounded. I had no idea.

What was coming to me? I should have. It's my fault. I should have known you're going to blow the 8 on TV about politics. It's going to be a lot of people who want to hurt you.

And I didn't protect myself the way I should have. Of course, I've righted that ship. And I had. two responsible parents. And I had an education of a Harvard degree.

And a guy like me can get blindsided by it, and I did. All right, that can happen to anybody. And today, you know, I'll submit to you that both Donald Trump and Joe Biden have been hurt badly. by their celebrity status. And neither, I don't think, understands how much they've been hurt.

Hurt. Is there any way? I mean, you know Trump really well. I mean, I told him. I told him, I said, You're addicted to the spotlight.

You're addicted to this. It's like a drug. I mean, and it's hurting you and the country. You can't fight every fight. You just can't every day have a turbulent thing surrounding you.

You got to just step away from it. You don't need it. the most famous man in the world. You don't need any more of this. But he can't stop.

And Biden sold out every single principle he ever held. Everyone.

So the progressives would embrace him on the way to the White House. Bill, we got to leave it there. Are you doing a book tour? Because you've got to come to Memphis if you are. No, no, I can't do it anymore.

I got radio, TV. I got one more killing book to write. I just can't get out. I'd love to come down, see those ducks at the Peabody. That's always my favorite.

We'll get you to walk the ducks, Bill. We've got a great studio here at the K-Wam facilities, the broadcast bunker, and the ribs are always on us.

Well, that sounds great, Todd. It's always good to talk to you, and I hope we can do it again soon. Hey, congratulations, seriously, on the great new book. 18 number one bestsellers.

Well done, sir. Thank you, Todd. See you. All right. Take care.

Bill O'Reilly, everybody, a former colleague at Fox. And it really is a fascinating book. He's killing somebody else. We should have asked him, Grace, who he but there are a lot of people getting there's a big body count. Yeah, you say he's got one more killing book to write.

I'm like, okay, who's he killing? I don't know. I don't know. Fox News? As long as it's not puppies.

No, nobody's killing puppies.

Well, people are, but not Bill. We've got a link to the book on our website. By the way, and you know what's fascinating is, again, going back to Elvis and even the three people that he wrote about: Muhammad Ali, John Lennon, and Elvis. Tens of thousands of people still turn out in Memphis for the anniversary of Elvis' death. I mean, they have a huge candlelight vigil, and it's quite the, it's almost like a Universal Studios experience now.

It's not just Graceland the Mansion, it's just a massive facility out there. Just absolutely beautiful. All right, we got to take a break here. When we come back, your calls: 844-747-8868. Toll-free telephone number.

That's 844-747-8868. This is the Todd Stern Show. Wendy's new French toast sticks are so delicious, some are saying that they're better than their mom's breakfast. Excuse me, did you just say Wendy's new French toast sticks are better than my breakfast? Mom, is that you?

Answer the question. I said some people are saying that because they're so crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside and perfect in every way. Uh-huh. And what do you think? I think it's time to tell people to choose wisely.

Choose Wendy's new, sweet, and crispy homestyle French toast sticks. That's still not an answer. I participate in U.S. Wendy's during breakfast hours. All right, welcome back, everybody.

Good to have you with us today. And I'm telling you, one of the things that we don't shy away from, if you disagree, we're going to put you on the air. If you agree, we're going to put you on the air. You know, we want to have a conversation here. That's what it's all about.

Let's go to the phones 844-747-8868. Eileen is listening to us in Cleveland, Georgia, home of True at McConnell University. Eileen, what's on your mind? Hi, Todd. Thanks for taking my call.

I normally agree with you on almost everything, but I think you're being a little harsh on Herschel. don't we have the mainstream media and the Democrats already slamming every Republican under the sun.

So do we really need you to do it too? And I just wanted to say I wanted to say that People make mistakes in their life. And sometimes those things change people. And who are we to stay? that he made a mistake, yes.

But everybody that has made a mistake, an important mistake like that? Are they not to be Forgiven. If they want to, you know, I'm looking for him to help make this country better. The Democrats aren't going to do that.

Well, I do too, Eileen. No, no, look, let me explain. I'm not being judgmental at all. I'm responding to what Herschel is doing and the response to this. I want him to do well.

I want him to win. But again, his appearance last night on Hannity did not resolve the issue. It only raised more questions. And, Eileen, here's the reason why you're right. I am being harsh, and I think that we should all be harsh when it comes to the Republican candidates because Republicans have a bad tendency of getting elected and then not turning out to be what we thought they were going to be.

And I would direct you to Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, Mitt Romney. I just don't want any of those surprises when we elect somebody. they go to Washington, D.C. I certainly get that, and there are going to be some. I believe.

that every single person that starts out who wants to go to DC goes out with good intentions. And somewhere along the line, they get They get told or insinuated that unless they play ball, They're not going to get. Certain things. Eileen, here's the problem. Here's the problem with Herschel Walker.

I don't believe that Herschel, I don't think there is really a problem. No, there is a problem. Eileen, listen to me, please. I'll let you finish. The problem with Herschel Walker is his campaign messaging.

All they had to do was sit down with someone like Shannon Bream, who is a fair and balanced journalist. Not Sean Hannity, not even Tucker Carlson, but Shannon Bream, who can sit down and he could take her through whatever. And again, we don't have all the facts here, but she could get to the bottom of it. She would be a fair and balanced arbiter. But the campaign is that they shut people out, and that's a problem.

Okay, all right, I see. First of all, I always say that when a story comes out, regardless of who it's about, you better wait at least a week for the truth to come out. Sure. And I agree with you, but Herschel did not wait a week. He came out last night and he tried to answer these questions, and then the son comes out, and I don't know what that's all about.

And you can't attack your own kid. It's a big mess. But Eileen, I hope you're right. He didn't attack his own child. No.

I didn't say he did, Eileen. But are you telling me the son didn't attack his father? Did the son not attack his father? Yes, he did. And Herschel responded.

And he said he loved yeah, that's what I just said. You can't attack your own kid. You can't do that.

So Herschel can't really respond to any of the accusations coming from his own son, who called him a liar and an abuser. And so Herschel did what a father would do and said, I love you, son. Yeah, well, I still think that you're a little harsh on a lot of these Republicans. Absolutely. We already have the media and the Democrats doing what you're doing that dirty work for us.

Eileen, and I understand what you're saying, but every time Mitt Romney stands against his own party, I will remind people that we were not harsh on Mitt Romney. We were not harsh on Adam Kinzinger or Liz Cheney. Or John McCain. I mean, the list goes on and on and on. The Democrats, they don't have this problem.

Democrats, they campaign and then they govern the same way. Republicans, we got a bad track record of doing that, and we got to fix it. We just got to fix it. All right, we'll be right back. Yeah.

I'm proud to be a cold miner's daughter. I remember well the way.

Well where I drew water The work we done was hard. At night, we'd sleep because we worked hard. I never thought. Of ever leaving, but you're hollering.

Well, some sad news here in the volunteer state, where we broadcast from our flagship radio station, Loretta Lynn. The great Loretta Lynn from Butcher Holler has passed away. She was 90 years old. She passed away this morning. And one of the great legends of country music.

And of course, she and Patsy Klein were best friends back in the day. Patsy Klein, one of the greats as well, who died far too young in a terrible plane crash. Going back, Rolling Stone interviewed Loretta Lynn back in 2017. Here's what she said about President Trump. She said, I think they ought to leave him alone.

Talking about the media and all the protesters, they ought to leave him alone. Let him do his job. That's what I think. He's up there. He's the president.

They need to help him, not hinder him. Everybody ought to pitch in and help, do everything they can to help the man. Loretta Lynn, by the way, a A lifelong Republican.

So she said they asked her why she was a lifelong Republican. They said her daddy was a Republican.

So there you go. All right. So certainly pray for the Lynn family there in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. There's a good country buffet there, Grace Baker. If you've ever been driving up I-40, get off at Hurricane Mills and you can grab some food there.

The more you know. There you go. We try to help people out on the Todd Stearns Radio Show. Especially with food.

Well, you're driving around the country. Exactly. All right, enough of that. Let's get to the Patriot Mobile newsmaker line. Good friend of this program, great American Patriot from the great state of Ohio, Congressman Jim Jordan.

Congressman, good to have you with us today. Good to be with you, Todd. Thanks for all you're doing. Appreciate that. Congressman, you pointed out a very important marker for today, the one year anniversary that Merritt Garland unleashed those FBI agents on moms and dads.

Yep. Yep, this is uh This is the case study for this now what we know because all the whistleblowers have come talk to our to our office. This is the case study on how political they've made the Justice Department because this was the first thing. This is over a year ago now when the letter first happened. Of course, today marks the day that Mayor Garland did the memorandum.

to all U. S. attorneys around the country saying treat parents as domestic terrorists. And that was of course followed up by the email from the FBI Put this threat tag designation on moms and dads that they went out and investigated. We know that they investigated over two dozen parents.

So, this is as serious as it gets. And the very first whistleblower we had. was on uh was on this particular issue.

So um You know, it's scary that it's just scary to see what this Justice Department's up to. Over 2,000 parents they've investigated. Have you been able to talk to any of these folks? Oh, well, we had a whistleblower come forward and tell us some of the specifics. This one was in this group of moms and because she had a she was in the Moms for Kids, I forget the name of the exact name of the group, but she and she had a firearm That was the reason she was on this threat tag was put on her name, and they investigated this mom.

I mean, if you investigate every mom who cares about the education of their kids and owns a firearm, you're going to investigate half the country, for goodness sake, because that is just how America is.

So it, again, underscores. How political now that place has become because the very first whistleblower we had was on this issue. And here's one of the things I want to really figure out if, in fact, the American people put us in the majority in five weeks. is Who? Who made the decision to include in that initial letter?

from the school boards association, the language that said to treat parents as domestic terrorists to use the Patriot Act and counterterrorism measures against parents. Because we know, Todd, that the School Boards Association was in communication with the Justice Department, with the White House and with the Department of Education Before they sent the initial letter on September twenty ninth of last year.

So before the letter was ever sent, they were talking about the content of the letter. I want to know, was there someone at the White House that said, hey, it's a good idea to put in the Patriot Act language? Or did the White House just simply know about it and say, oh, that's fine that you include that? What was going on there? Because there was a decision made that that was going to stay in the initial letter and that would be the pretext.

For Merritt Garland's memorandum one year ago today. You know, going back to the Obama years when they unleashed the IRS on the Tea Party and other conservative groups, going back to the Trump campaign when all those breadcrumbs were leading back to the White House on who authorized the investigations and the surveillance and these kinds of things, and you do wonder what kind of an ops campaign is being waged against the American people out of the Oval Office. Yes. One of the things we have to do is find out exactly who made the decisions. For example, more recently, just a couple of weeks ago, we had We had the 20 agents, Gunstrong, kick in the door of the pastor and arrest him in front of his wife and seven children when local police determined that there was no crime there.

So yet the FBI gets involved and conducts themselves in that manner.

Someone at the Justice Department made a decision to do it that way. Who was that person? Did it go all the way to Merritt Garland? Was it someone else? Who made that decision to go to a pastor's home, arrest him in front of his children and his family?

Who made that decision? Those are the kind of things we got to get to the bottom of. I mean, because if you don't, then you have no chance to stop this idea that there's now two. Two forms of justice: one for the connected and another one for those of us who are the political opposition for the party in power. You know, Congressman, we tell people on this program: do not talk to the FBI, get an attorney, let your attorney do the talking for you.

And it was, I thought, you know, it's easy for us to tell people, you know, don't be bothered by this. But I got a call a couple of weeks ago from an investigative reporter at Forbes magazine, and they said, We understand you were at Mar-a-Lago. You interviewed President Trump in his office. Did he give you any, you know, private documents or top-secret documents? I'm like, the guy gave me a Diet Coke, for God's sake.

But you know what, Congressman? One day I was just sitting around after I heard the story about the guy, the pro-life guy, and I got to thinking, well, wait a second, what happens if there's a big knock on my door at 2 o'clock? I mean, they want you to think like that. They want you to be intimidated. Yeah, and they're actually doing fur things to further intimidate you.

So when I first go and talk in the media. Several weeks ago, about the number of whistleblowers that come to our office. It was interesting. The very next day, Yeah. Merrick Garland sends out a memorandum to everyone in the Justice Department saying, hey, wait a minute, here's how you're supposed to talk to Congress, here are our rules, here are our guidelines.

Everyone saw that for what it was. It was a memorandum to chill the speech of people who might want to come forward and be whistleblowers.

So this is. This is how they're operating. It's all designed, as you said, to chill everyone's speech, make you think to have a second thought about engaging in just normal things that Americans have always done. And it's truly an infringement on the Bill of Rights and the First Amendment. Congressman, when you look, and by the way, folks, Congressman Jim Jordan on the Patriot Mobile newsmaker line, when you look at the landscape of America right now, one of the big stories no one's really even talking about is the rising threat of a possible nuclear war.

This situation with Ukraine and Russia, the Nord Stream pipeline, so many issues, both foreign and domestic, which is why the midterms are so important. Yeah, they sure are. And it's why it's it's important to have someone in the White House who actually projects strength and someone in the Oval Office who is seen as a strong leader. And unfortunately, I just don't think we have that today. And we sure had it with President Trump.

I mean, I always point to I remember when this thing started, this this thing started in Ukraine. Former Secretary of State Mike Pompey was doing an interview, and he was asked a basic question. He said, Mr. Secretary, would this have happened under President Trump? And I thought Secretary Pompeo gave just a tremendous answer.

He said, The short answer is I don't know. But I do know this. It didn't happen under President Trump. And that sort of says it all. And that is the o over overriding problem here is that.

Um you just you this m administration just appears weak. And projects weakness instead of the strength you need from the commander-in-chief, and it's unfortunate.

So, let's hope the midterms. go the way we think they're going to go, and that that's in the message. Around the country, and frankly, to our adversaries around the world as well. And bringing this back full circle, last night I know the radio station I own, the morning show host, was moderating a school board town hall with candidates. And it was standing room only.

I think that people are waking up. Moms and dads are waking up and realizing how important those local school board races are now. Yeah, they sure are. And, you know, it was just a year ago, 11 months ago, that Glenn Young became the governor of a blue state because of that single issue. You know, the Democrats ran maybe the craziest campaign in history last year in Virginia.

Remember when Terry McCullough basically said, we think government is smarter than moms and dads when it comes to a child's education? And a bunch of moms and dads said, I don't think so. And so much so that they got organized, they campaigned hard, and they made Glenn Younken governor of a blue state, governor of Virginia. I do think that's an important issue. I said the other day in an interview: don't vote for anyone who's not for school choice.

I don't care what party they are. Don't vote for them. Don't vote for anyone who doesn't understand the fundamentals and the basics here. That moms and dads actually know the child's name, for goodness sake, and they make a much better decision about the well-being and the upbringing and the education of their son or daughter than some bureaucrat in D.C. or some bureaucrat in some state capital around the country could make.

Well said. All right. One final note, Congressman, AP, top 25, my Tennessee volunteers, number eight, Ohio State, number three. Oh, I think we lost the Congressman on the football, but we were going to give him a little prompts there. My apologies, Congressman Jim Jordan.

But anyway, there you go. We're going to give him a shout-out. We don't do that for Ohio State fans very much, but we do it for the Congressman. All right, Congressman Jim Jordan on the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line. We've got some time here.

Let's take a couple of calls. Line's full, but we do have one open now: 844-747-8868. Let's go to Jeff in Gainesville, Georgia, W-D-U-N. Jeff, what's on your mind? Oh, I was just listening to your conversation earlier with the people about Herschel Walker and doctor Oz, and I would just like to I'd just like to uphold you for your views on things where you have integrity and you don't back up from what you believe in.

If if the other folks, the other Christians in the country had that same way about 'em. Would have never come to this point in this country that we are today. I'd just like to thank you for that, Todd.

Well, Jeff, you're kind to say that. And look, I hold no ill will. We love Eileen. We love all the other folks that are calling in. And every now and again, we are going to have a difference of opinion.

But I'm just tired of coming back and telling people, hey, this person campaigned as a conservative. And, well, they turned out not to be. I just want Herschel. And I really, I'm sincere in this. I heard him speak.

I saw the crowd reaction. I think he would make a fine senator. I just think he needs to get ahead of all of this stuff, sit down and air out all the dirty laundry and let the people make a decision for themselves. And again, going back to the idea of, well, Starnes wants a purity test.

Okay, well, there's really nothing wrong with being able to demand that Republican candidates. Subscribe to certain beliefs. Otherwise, you could have Democrats running as Republicans. Yes, sir. I followed you exactly, huh?

Appreciate what you're doing. Jeff, appreciate the call. 844-747-8868. Let's go to Gene in Iowa. Gene, what say you?

Oh uh I just And If we're gonna have troubles with uh Version. Ah which I have Never. Ever a fan was and from what you said about him, so what's the difference if you vote for a Democrat or vote for him? I mean, but McConnell has shut the money off to good people, the guy out there in Arizona. Gallop.

Yeah. Answer. They they've shut all the money off to 'em. They can't They're broke and they can't campaign. And I tell you what, McConnell's a real piece of it.

Well, yeah, keep it family friendly, Gene. Yeah. I can't I will. I will, but at any rate Um And I've been called by the R and C. wanting money and I tell them.

Wow. I ain't giving him a penny. If I want to give it to somebody, I'll go directly to their website and give to them. And you know what, Gene? That is a great idea.

Is give money to the candidates that you believe in, that you support. And to your point, you've got Republicans in Arizona pleading with Mitch McConnell to put some money back into that Blake Masters race. McConnell is thinking that maybe they're not going to be able to win in Arizona. I sincerely disagree, and I suspect Kerry Lake is going to get out the vote, the Republican vote, in November. And we've got to make sure that the Republicans are well funded there.

But apparently, there's a big money problem over at the RNC. Big money problem. I will submit to you that McConnell's biggest problem is The fact that Donald Trump has endorsed some of these people. And it feels feelings towards Donald Trump. Bad.

Clouds is judgment. And uh I don't know, I just Well, I'm sure what Trump said about the Mrs. probably didn't help matter as much either.

So no love lost on either side there. But McConnell can't let that get in the way of helping out these conservative candidates. Can't do it. Hey, Gene, got to run. We're late for a break here.

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All right. Let's get back to the phones here. The great state of Michigan. Bread, what's on your mind? Hi, Todd.

Yeah, I just wanted to kind of weigh in on the whole issue of. you know, a candidate purity or whatever. I remember back in twenty sixteen, I was a huge Ted Cruz fan. I wanted Cruz because I knew he was the only true conservative uh that had a chance and um Then when Trump got the nomination, I just literally I was like, I am never voting for that guy.

So I was like taking this never trump approach. But when it came to the general election, when you have the candidate that you have and there's no other choice, It came down to him or Hillary, and I thought, okay, I have to vote for. for Trump or the Republican. And in the long run, We ended up with uh three amazing Supreme Court picks That changed and completely got rid of Roe, and not to mention all the other good. conservative things that I had my doubts about.

So For me, I had to vote when it came to the general election, I had to vote for the Republican. whether or not he was my choice or not. And Fred, I appreciate your call. We're coming up on the top of the hour, so thank you for that. And look, I'm not telling you don't vote for somebody.

I just want you to understand, folks. And again, with Ted Cruz, I was a Ted Cruz guy. Donald Trump said, hey, look, I'm pro-life. I'm going to defend religious liberty. You got to give me a chance.

All right. We gave you a chance. We gave him a chance, and he delivered on those promises. He had my support. All I'm saying is you need to be aware, and we have a job to do as Republicans, as conservatives, to make sure we're vetting all of these candidates.

And unfortunately, in some cases, we've gone with the celebrity instead of the substance. That's all I'm saying. All right, got to take a break here. 844-747-8868. Fred, thanks for the call.

Stick around, everybody. ToddStarns.com. By the way, the website. We'll be right back.