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I love this American ride. Todd Stearns. Yeah, well, hello, everybody. Welcome to the Todd Stearns Radio Program. Very happy to have you with us today, and a lot going on.

So, there is a very interesting story developing out of Nashville, and later on in the program, you're gonna wanna stick around for a very important interview. A country music duo, the Ducker Band, they are coming under fire because of a pro-America song they wrote called True Colors. You're actually going to be able to hear the song. We're going to play this song for you a little bit later on, the entire thing. Also, well, and it turns out that they have been banned, censored from a local television station in Nashville, WSMV-TV, the NBC affiliate.

They had been invited to come on and sing this song, but when the station executives read the lyrics to the song, they said, Oh, this is too pro-America. And they said, We don't do political songs on this TV station.

So that's it.

So they told the band they could not perform. By the way, these guys are connected with our good buddy John Rich. We're going to have Jordan and Seth Duggar, and we're going to have John Rich on later in the program to talk about what's happening. Also, Ray Richardson, our good friend from WLOB in Portland, Maine, is going to join us over the chaos and what's happening there. We got word late yesterday that the USDA has now suspended federal monies for the university system in the state of Maine.

This is all because the governor simply refuses to follow President Trump's executive order. What is that executive order?

Well, that executive order says that you cannot allow men, boys, to play in women's sports. You can't do it. And the president was very clear that any school that allowed boys to play with girls on Athletic teams play against girls would, in fact, Lose their federal funding.

So Janet Mill is not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed, but she is defying the President, and she says that's going to be that. But I want to start out with something, and I am curious to get Penn Dieter's thoughts on this. Yours truly, ladies and gentlemen, is coming under fire by the. Far left black community.

So a few days ago, I weighed in on this controversy surrounding Jasmine Crockett, the Congresswoman from Texas. And she's out there, and when you listen to her speak, she acts one way in front of one group of people and another way in front of another group of people. And she's not being her authentic self. She wants you to think that she has grown up oppressed when, in fact, she grew up in a very well-to-do home. She attended some of the top schools in the area, costing tens of thousands of dollars every year.

She got her degree at Rhodes College, which is sort of like an Ivy League-ish school in Memphis, Tennessee. And that cost $55,000 a year.

So this woman comes from a good family, a good upbringing. And we have seen this over and over and over again, where these organ where people like Jasmine Crockett get out there and they speak one way when they're trying to get elected. And then when they get elected, boom. The gloves come off. And so, anyway, this is what I.

This is what I wrote that has caused me great. Tom Joyner has now jumped into the controversy. They're all accusing me of being a racist. Here's what I wrote. Jasmine Crockett wants you to think she's from the hood, that she grew up on the streets.

The exact opposite is true. She attended an exclusive day school where tuition was nearly $35,000 per year. She also attended Rhodes College, a private school where tuition is nearly $55,000 per year. She's cosplaying a gangsta. That is what I wrote.

And the headlines are pretty insane out there. We've been getting a lot of hate mail, and I don't know why, but this one person in particular has been very, very anxious to see my My white backside. I don't know why. They're begging for it, Todd. The people have spoken and they want the backside.

I mean, can you tell them, though, why this is such a big controversy? Can you tell them how many people viewed your post? Because it's not just like a little blurb you wrote on your website. This post about Jasmine Crockett, this one is bruising her ego a bit. This totally went to her office.

This went to her staff, and they're in response, in rapid response, because how many people saw this tweet? Todd, It went viral. It did. Millions and millions of people have seen this. And no one's reporting on her history.

That's the thing. That's the thing. It's the background that they're so upset because someone's calling her out on being a fraud. And she's, well, and I'm not the only one. I mean, black America, conservative black America has been calling her out as well.

And I appreciate that because, again, this is, and you have to look at this the way. Oh, hold on. I want to read this to you. This is something.

Well, we'll get to Jason Whitlock in just a moment. But he's had a couple of things. Oh, here we go. Jason Whitlock, this is the headline. Jason Whitlock exposes fake ghetto congressman.

I didn't even go that far. But she is cosplay. I said cosplay. But Jason Whitlock, you just went full fake ghetto.

Well, he kind of can't. He can say things that you probably cannot.

Well, apparently, I'm not allowed to say everything I already said, which is, you know, and people are getting really upset about it. I don't know how that makes you racist. You're just explaining where she went to school. She should be proud of this. This is the whole point.

You're absolutely right about this, Ben. Is that why are you not celebrating that? You want people to think that we're living back in 1861 when in fact, when in fact you have been brought up in a nation of privilege where you can claim your American dream. You were educated in some of the finest schools in America. Why would you not celebrate that and again step out of this race-baiting ideology and say, you know what?

This is America. It's a great country. We have learned from our mistakes in the past. Here we are in the 21st. Century where a young black lady, the daughter of a pastor, can get educated, can become a lawyer, and can go on to be a member of Congress.

Mm-hmm. And you're celebrating that. Like, you're doing the opposite of disparaging this congressperson. You're saying, you know, you were able to rise from the ranks, from the fields. Although she never went.

And you're just celebrating the accomplishment. Here she is. She's an esteemed attorney from down in Texas, makes her way into the halls of Congress. This is the headline, the latest headline. Racist host falsely claims Representative Jasmine Crockett is pretending to be hood and gangsta.

So here's what gets me this article on News One written by Jack Lindley. Zach Lindley, my apologies.

So is Zach Lindley suggesting that Jasmine Crockett is from the hood and is gangsta? I mean, I'm trying to help Jasmine Crockett out here. Yeah. You know, she's out there. She's the one calling President Trump.

Putin's hoe. All right, that's not my language. That's coming from one Jasmine Crockett. When she was asked what she wanted to say to Elon Musk, she used a profane word. About fornication.

Yeah. You sound like you want to have her on. Should we reach out? I'd love to get her on the show.

Okay. As a matter of fact, let's do that. Right now. All right. I'm sending an email.

Let's get her. Oh, here we go. Why are white conservatives so pressed about Jasmine Crockett's blackness?

So I have a question about that because now they're saying, well, she's just how a normal black person behaves. It's not switching. It's not code switching. No, no, no. They say this is very normal, and this is her blackness.

So she's exuding her blackness. Um my My question there is. This would have been like you going to New York, Todd. How many years did you spend in Manhattan? Oh, gosh, 15 years.

That would have been like you going to Brooklyn and you going to the East Village. Yee-hoo! How? I'm here, Todd Starnes. I'm a white guy from Tennessee.

Woo-hoo! Give me some moonshine. Woo-hoo! But then you sit down for your bagel and Yes, I'd like a bagel blaze with a smear of salmon if you don't mind, and perhaps a soy latte. They would call you out so fast and so fast.

As well, they should. That's what that's the equivalent. That is the Todd Starnes equivalent. And every person in America sharing your skin color would call you out for being a f. Fake and phony.

I grew up in a trailer park in Tennessee. You're sitting there all hoity-toity, your pinkies up, sipping a tea, a matcha latte, and like the East Village, and all of a sudden you just take off your sweater and you're sitting there in a wife beater. Pardon me, do you have the style section of the New York Times? That's exactly what this is. Thank you.

I tried making my point. This was my point. Oh, here we go. This one writer is saying, Todd Starns, respectfully, shut yourself. Wipe ass up.

Shut your hand. I I'm d I I don't see how this is racist. That's what I don't understand. How is what I said racist? Because it's all fake.

As a matter of fact, Jason Whitlock did a whole show on this on Fearless, and he said, and again, he pointed out, as I did, that she grew up middle class. Her dad was a pastor. She was a sweet person. I'm just reading this from the well-articulated young lady when she ran for the statehouse. There are interviews of her talking then and now with all the quote ghetto unquote talk.

It's all well orchestrated. Why? Who are you trying to appeal to with that kind of language? Black America, but black Americans aren't buying it. That's what's so ironic about it.

They see right through it. They do see through it. And again, it's, I mean, we just call it like it is on this program. There was nothing, and I'm very careful about what I say on this show. And I can tell you this, folks, we call these folks out because she is a race baiting agitator.

That's all she is. And we've got, look, let me tell you something. I live in Memphis, Tennessee, and we have got a mess of them. It's like they are the true basket of deplorables in Memphis. And they get their paychecks based on dividing all of us along racial lines.

Yeah. And it's not like this woman doesn't throw down herself. Like all these people that are like, oh, Todd is racist. This is the woman that looked at Marjorie Taylor Greene and said, bad, built, butch body. Like, that was her whole thing.

Great.

So she's homophobic. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Where's the human rights campaign and GLAD calling for her to be rude because they know they can't touch her?

Well, that's right. I don't think Marjorie Taylor Greene is a lesbian. They were using that as a slur towards Marjorie.

So I'm curious why the activist community hasn't come out in defense of MTG calling this woman out for who she is. She's a very hateful and apparently homophobic. Woo, Todd Starnes here. This is Todd Starnes, the Southern version. Man, I could use me some vittles right now.

Woo! I need me some grits. Give me some grits and fat pack. Todd Stearns, New York version, back to you. I am a bit famished and a little parched today.

Perhaps could we get a sushi menu, please? Sushi, give me some fried catfish and some collared grease. What's the hell a calamari? Is that bait? No, no, calamari is Todd's favorite dish when he's saying no octopus, not here, not on this program.

I'm a good God-fearing Baptist. I'll take the Sardines. I don't eat that. Ladies and gentlemen, that's exactly what. Jasmine Crockett is doing.

And you know what? The media is buying it hook, line, and sinker. That's what's going on here. And you know what, folks? We're not going to be bullied.

We're not going to be intimidated. We're not going to be scared. All you folks call up, I'm going to beat his ass. I'm going to hunt him down.

Well, you better be very careful with what you wish for because on this program, we not only defend the First Amendment, we also embrace the Second Amendment. 901-260-5926. Our telephone number, that's 901-260. Wow, what did we just do here, Dieter? I mean, I.

I know, but now I'm hungry for calamari or sardines. We could go either way on the show. Why don't we do some grits and sardines? We'll split the best of both worlds. All right, countrytop, getting the number out again.

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I just had a lot to get off my chest. That's all. It was building up since last night. Let's go to the phone lines here. 901-260-5926, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

What a great town. MC is on the line. Hi, MC. What's going on? Not much, mister Sears.

Thank you for taking my call. I just wanted to correct something. Your misappreciation of Miss Crockett, you can imagine yourself into anything these days. That's the thing. You can imagine.

You know, she's probably been down to 201 Poplar. And And went over to Airways where young Golf got shot.

So she just absorbed. The street of Memphis, even though she was in the pristine halls of Rhodes University, which, by the way, I think is named after the guy that had Rhodesia, right? Anyway. It's just amusing. If it wasn't so sad, it would be amusing.

You know, isn't it sad though, MC? Because she could actually. Be an incredible role model for young kids that are growing up in the inner city. And yet, she wants to, and we saw the same thing happen. And I know you're in Winston-Salem, but you worked in Memphis.

We have the same situation where John Morant, who is our big basketball star over at the Memphis Grizzlies, had the same sort of upbringing and decided to embrace the whole gangsta thing. And he's getting called out by local black sports reporters saying, Dude, what are you doing? You don't have to go down this path. It doesn't make any sense.

So it's, you know, again, but for us to talk about that, they say, well, this is part of the black experience. I don't think it is. Just like I don't think me pretending to be or cosplaying, you know, a redneck from a trailer park somewhere in Alabama, you know, that would be the same comparison. On John Morant, he I saw him play in person right before the COVID shutdown at Murray State. A fabulous young man, well behaved.

He was playing against UT Martin. That's maybe too local for your wide ranging audience, but He, you're absolutely correct about him. He played into the gangster thing. And he's also not very bright because when his buddies were filming and driving down 240 and he held up the gun. He didn't, he just thought maybe they were taking local pictures, I guess.

And he didn't know it's going out everywhere. But man, God bless John Morant. God bless you, and God bless the United States of America. Amen, MC. And thank you so much for listening to our great affiliate there in Winston-Salem.

We love Stu Epperson and the great people there in the true network. What a great group of folks. All right, folks, hang tight. We are going to get to Gwendolyn. We're going to get to you, William in Moorhead City, 901-260-5926 is our telephone number.

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So many of you have been incredibly generous. We're getting a lot of folks donating today, and we certainly appreciate that. All right, let's get right to the phone lines. William in Moorhead City, North Carolina. Hi, William.

What's on your mind? All right, Todd, listen, I've been listening to you for Many, many years. A buddy, I lived in Haywood County, and he said, Hey, There's somebody who thinks like you think, And you were in, I believe, you were somewhere in Tennessee, and you had just come out with your book, and yes. I am a deplorable American and you gave me the book. And I read that book and I thought, don't go on, discuss them like me.

Today, I'm not kidding you now, and today I don't know if maybe y'all did get a hold of some of that good moonshine, but this has got to be this is. the most entertaining show I have ever heard y'all do.

Well, thank you for that, William. And I'll tell you something, as far as Here in North Carolina, our state flag is equal to it, and that's our state. L logo or something. Yes. To be rather than to sin.

And I I'm gonna tell you stuff. I like my grip. Like red-eyed gravy. I mean. I'm on that.

Look, I went. Yeah, look, uh, sir, I I graduated from Duke University. And I do that right. And so yeah, I can I can act like that, but that's not who I am. And everybody knows that's not who she is.

Come on, man. Um Go and dig your grave. That's it. Just digging it deeper. That's it, William.

That's it. Well, look, I appreciate your call. And look, yeah, you're absolutely right. One time I got in trouble. This is a funny story.

I was one of my early publishers was a Christian Publishing House, and they were just so. They were really puckered up, I guess is a nice way to say it. I actually had a little line in the book, Ben, that said, I asked the question was, who peed in your weedies? And so I got a note back from the copy editor saying, You can't say peed in someone's weedies. You have to say urinated.

And I'm like, That doesn't have the same effect or impact. No. My favorite part was I had a a chapter called Getting Drunk Off Pot Liquor, and they were horrified. What is pot liquor? Pot liquor.

I'm going to let our listeners explain what pot liquor is. And if you could help Ben Dieter out, but it's really, it was a funny story. By the way, 901-260-5926. If you don't explain to Dieter what pot liquor is, that's 901-260-5926. But I got this angry email back from the copy editor.

We're a Baptist, we're a Baptist publishing house. We don't drink here, we're teetotalers. How dare you Who do you think you are? Do they not know that you're a Southern Baptist, Todd?

Well, I know, but they th I guess they thought I was a backsliding Baptist, you know, who was drinking pot liquor. It's a great story. I need to know what pot liquor is, Todd, because I've never heard of it. You got me at liquor, which I could use. By the way, Todd, I saw that you made your first homemade creation in the Starnes kitchen last night.

Yeah, so one of the, you know, we have these people that give us recommendations, and somebody said, Todd, you ought to start posting some cooking videos. Wow, Paula Dean, here he comes. Just call me Paul Dean. But yeah, so I made a casserole last night. You made a casserole.

Okay, so it's called Baptist Chicken Divan. Divan, and you said no white wine? No, that's what makes you a bit of a drink. Why didn't you cook it with white wine and drink the white wine? I love white wine.

Yeah, but that's what makes it Baptist, it doesn't have any booze in it.

So if it was just the chicken. Man, that was good. I'm actually having leftovers because you have to make a full pot of stuff. You made a massive cash roll. I did.

You guys could come over for supper tonight if you wanted to. Wait, but I am proud of you because I got so many messages after your listeners found out that you were spending $30 to DoorDash everything to your apartment and studio that you must have listened, and you're now cooking cash rolls. Like my grandma would cook this casserole and Todd is a man of many skills. He can do both. Do T V and make a good cash roll.

Let's go to Carol in Hiawassee, Georgia, listening to us on W De Own. And Carol, I just want to say before we even get started, I knew somebody from Hiawassee, Georgia was going to call in because everybody there knows what pot liquor is. Thank you. Hey, Todd. Yeah, well, I was actually raised in South Florida, so that kind of defeats that.

And I've only lived in Hiawatha for two years, but. Um pot liquor bin is the juice that is just absolutely scrumptious. Um in the black-eyed piece. Wait, what?

So it's not alcoholic? Yeah. Well, not unless you spike it, I guess. But yeah, my mom used to make wonderful pot liquor. That's usually what I only want.

Wow. I love black-eyed peas, but the pot liquor was the best part.

Now, I'm going to put you on the I'm going to test you here, Carol.

Now, you are from Florida, so I'm going to have to give you some grace. But how do you spell pot liquor? How do you spell pot liquor? P O Yeah. L-I-K-K-E-R.

Oh, yeah, that's it.

Well done. Yeah, pot liquor, Vendator. It's the basically, it's the broth.

So when you're cooking like collard greens or black-eyed peas or whatever, and you have that broth, you can either drink it right out of the bowl or eat it like soup, or some people even crumble up their cornbread and eat it that way. Wow. That's good eating, right? I'm not compelled. You have not sold me on this.

I just don't know how we're getting juice coming from these pot, what kind of beans, black-eyed beans. I've never even eaten those. Carol says the man who drinks something called bone broth.

Okay. All right. On that note. All right. Carol, thanks for the lesson in Southern history.

But pot liquor is actually very flavorful. Very tasty.

So they clearly did not understand what it was. They didn't understand it. I was having fun. You had to explain it to your editor. Please, let me put it in the book.

It's not bad. I'm drunk on pot liquor. Mercy. Oh, can we talk about what happened at the White House yesterday, ladies and gentlemen?

So. We were telling you about Tesla coming under attack, and actually, all of Elon's companies have come under attack. There was a cyber attack on X. That we believe originated in Ukraine, at least that's what Elon is telling us. His stock is taking a tumble, and now you've got these radical domestic terrorists, as President Trump calls them, that are attacking Tesla dealerships all over the country.

You folks listening to us in Salem, Oregon, you guys know you sort of, you guys have been ground zero for all of this stuff. And so President Trump, really out of the goodness of his heart, said, Hey, look, I'm going to buy a Tesla. And so instead of going to the local Tesla dealership, Elon had the dealership brought to the White House. And the president yesterday picked out a beautiful Tesla. It's the shiny red one.

And the president just affirmed Elon Musk. And the media has gone. Bonker's crazy over this Who does he think he is? He's turning the White House into a car dealership. That's so inappropriate.

It's so low class. I mean, and now they're calling him what he did illegal. That the president was promoting Teslas over everybody else. And again, I didn't see that. I saw the president basically wanting to affirm Elon and say, you know what, you've given up a lot, you have sacrificed a lot.

to help your country. And As a way of saying thank you, I'm just going to go out there. I'm going to buy a Tesla, and everybody else, you ought to buy a Tesla, too. Oh, my gosh. I wasn't paying attention.

Sorry, I was looking at an email. I thought you were telling everybody you're buying a Tesla. Are you buying a Tesla? No, I don't get into the whole electric cars. I love Elon.

Yeah, no. Great guy, but no, I'm an American. I drive a gas-powered vehicle. He has a Cadillac. Can we, can we, political commentary aside, Todd, can we step back?

Do you like the Tesla Cybertruck? Eh, you know, I mean, they're okay. I just it gets it's getting old for me. I I mean, I like it. Uh, by the way, they don't do well in snow.

Well, they look no, when I see a Tesla truck, I just see a toaster. On wheels. Like it looks like a toaster, like a tin box trolling down the road. And I just. Aesthetically, they're ugly.

Stick with the car if you get an EV and one of these Teslas. The trucks look like something from Ukraine. I've ridden in a couple of Teslas without knowing. As a matter of fact, somebody pranked me. Oh, I was at Lancaster Baptist Church at West Coast Baptist College, and they were taking me out for lunch or something.

And one of the guys on staff has one of these cars. All right. And so I didn't know. And so I'd never ridden in one. You know, never been around them.

I don't.

So we get in, and I'm like, man, this is like a very quiet ride. And the driver turns around his mouth. He goes, You're in a Tesla. And I'm like, oh, wow. And so then we came to a full stop.

And, you know, up in the high desert, the roads are just straight as can be.

So, and there was not any traffic around. And so he said, watch this. We hit zero to 60 in about 20%. 0.1 seconds, and it was like being at the Daytona 500. And didn't even hear a thing.

And then the battery died. No, it didn't. No, it didn't. The stock market. But all that to say, The media has been blasting President Trump over this.

How dare you, sir? You have sullied, sullied the sanctity of the White House. Really?

Well, three years ago, Joe Biden invited the makers of the Jeep, the EV Jeep, to come to the White House, and he literally drove a Jeep around the South lawn. And not a single person in the mainstream media complained about that. Not a one, not a one. There's only one difference, one major striking difference between what Biden did and what Trump did. Biden promoted a Canadian-made vehicle, and Donald Trump promoted a vehicle made right here in the good old US of A.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what we call. Hypocrisy. All right, we got to take a break here. 901-260-5926. Our telephone number, that's 901-260-5926.

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This is the Todd Starns Radio Show. By the way, at this hour. President Trump meeting with the Prime Minister of Ireland. By the way, did you hear about Rosie O'Donnell? This is brilliant.

Rosie O'Donnell has self-deported. I'm just loving this president. It's like this is pretty spectacular.

So, anyway, Rosie O'Donnell now leaving the country for Ireland. Oh, let's go to the phone lines. Gary in Daytona Beach, Florida wants to weigh in. Hi, Gary. What's going on?

Well, yes, just two comments.

Now that Rosie's there, I I sent a message over. I sent I hit went up on uh Went up on X and told Elon if he finds any spare change to send it over as they uh of domination to the Irish people to keep her there. as long as they possibly can. And ask us if there's if they need any assistance. They can not we can polar passport or something, make sure she stays there longer than the four years.

But yeah, that's uh Cool. quite adamant on how safe America is. You know, isn't it interesting, Gary? Here again is a country name. Rosie O'Donnell back in the day, and Dieter, back in the day, she was like, A huge comedian.

She was so much fun, very entertaining. And then she just Gary, I guess, she just lost it and embraced the whole alphabet activist community and just went bonkers crazy. The anger is off the chart. Oh. And the comment about what they were mentioning about the people.

uh a lot of the people that they have caught uh demolishing Teslas or throwing malts off cocktails or at dealerships. again, I spoke to you maybe over a week ago and I said the jurisdictions have to be the problem. You know, uh it that the These uh These people, it's arson. And they release people on their sign here and show up later. if you're in town, come back to court and we'll talk to you about your bad behavior.

I mean, it's amazing that that they treat it like that. uh class class A or class B fawnies is uh You know, nothing, shop listening. Look, I see where Trump is going with this, and I have to, I would agree with the President. This is a form of political hate. This is a form of terrorism.

And they're trying to get Elon to step away from his role at Doge. And that is just unacceptable. And we've got to, these people have to be punished. And you're right. Once we catch them, lock them up and don't let them out.

Gary, thank you for the call. We have some audio from the White House. This is brilliant. So, the President is having a conversation with the Prime Minister of Ireland, and the question about Rosie O'Donnell just came up. Let's take a listen.

Ireland is known for very happy, fun-loving people. Great attitude. Many in this room right now that I've met. Why in the world would you let Rosie O'Donnell move to Ireland? I think she's going to lower your happiness level.

Thank you. I like that question. Do you know who she is? I'm joking. You get better off not knowing.

That's great. That's incredible. I don't know how America survives this one. How do we truly... I've been grappling with it all morning since the news came out last night that.

We lost this woman. We lost Rosie. How do we come back from this? My thoughts and prayers are actually with the people of Ireland. You know, they don't deserve that.

They're going to be fine. They drink a lot. They just drink it all. May I just say, better them than us, though? We love the Irish, but God love you.

Better, better you guys than us. Uh It's going to be a fun four years, everybody. It really is. All right. Coming up, we're going to be talking with our good buddy Ray Richardson from WLOB, the state of Maine, now losing federal funding millions, I think $30 million so far.

And you got to love what the Trump White House is doing. They're doing it incrementally, right?

So the full defunding has not happened yet, but they're going to make it hurt, and they're going to make it very painful for these renegade states here that are staging these insurrections.

So we'll be talking with Ray Richardson coming up about that. Also, the Department of Education, we're going to get into this story in the next hour as well. The Department of Education. Eliminating almost half of its workforce. It's been shut down.

The buildings will reopen tomorrow, but only those who are still employed will be allowed to actually show up. Everybody had to vacate their offices by 6 o'clock Eastern yesterday, and people are going nuts. I thought we had a wildebeest out in front in the front parking lot yesterday when this news broke during the news match. I thought we had a wildebeest that was howling. It turned out to be no, it turned out to be Randy Weingarter, the head of the teachers' union.

Yeah. She was like, She's stroking out. She's stroking out. She's unwell, Todd. It's not good.

It's not good. So we'll do a deep dive into that as well. Also, we're going to tell you about the The misgendering, the gender bender throwdown. That happened In Congress on Capitol Hill yesterday. It is a doozy.

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So the Irish Prime Minister is in Washington, D.C., meeting with President Trump right now, having a great conversation. And Rosie O'Donnell came up. I want to circle back because Rosie yesterday announced on the socials that she has escaped the United States and she has self-deported to Ireland. Let's take a listen to Cut 10, please. And I'm here in Ireland, and it's beautiful and warm.

Not physically, it's actually quite cold. Moved here on January 15th. And uh It's been Pretty wonderful, I have to say. The people are so loving and so kind, so welcoming, and uh I'm very grateful. in the process of Getting my Irish citizenship as I have Irish grandparents and, um, That's what's going on, and that's where I've been, and what I've been doing.

Although I was, um never someone who thought I would move to another country. That's what I decided would be the best for myself and my twelve year old child. And Here we are. Here we are. I miss my other kids.

I miss By friends I miss uh many things. about life there at home. And I'm trying to find a home here in this beautiful country. And when, you know, it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights there in America, that's when we will. Consider coming back.

So Rosie Wow, she's messed up. She's got all these kids. I think what, five, all five of them are adopted. And I mean, it has been the horror stories coming out of that household, just really shocking. But President Trump was asked about all this, along with the Prime Minister from Ireland, there in the Oval Office, just a few moments ago.

And I don't think the Prime Minister even knew who she was or that she, you know, was now living in. In Ireland, by the way, the child she mentions, Rosie, the small child. What, 12 years old, 11, 12 years old? Says her child is now non-binary.

So you can get a pretty good idea of what's going on in that household. Anyway, here's the president. Ireland is known for very happy, fun-loving people. Great attitude. Many in this room right now that I've met.

Why in the world would you let Rosie O'Donnell move to Ireland? I think she's going to lower your happiness level. Thank you. I like that question. I mean, do you know who she is?

I'm joking. I'm not sure. I'm not a funny jokes. You're better off not knowing. Oh, geez, the Lord.

All right, there you go. You're better off not knowing. By the way, the Breakfast Club. They are being canceled by the black community. This is fascinating.

And this ties into what we were talking about in the first hour of the show with Jasmine Crockett. And you've got all these radical black activists trying to cancel me for simply speaking truth to Ms. Crockett.

So, anyway, the 13-year-old cancer survivor, DJ Daniel, and I don't know if you guys have seen some of the pictures. This kid is just amazing. He was supposed to be dead. But he survived cancer, brain cancer, and he's had a rough go of it his entire life. And of course, the president made him a full-fledged Secret Service agent.

That happened during his address to a joint session of Congress. And the Democrats sat on their butts. Nobody stood up except for one Democrat. There was one female Democrat. She stood up.

Everybody else sat down. They rolled their eyes. Really shameful behavior coming from the Democrats. How do you not honor a 13-year-old child? Why are we bringing politics into this?

That's what I don't understand. So they've been attacking this poor little boy, DJ Daniel, and Jasmine Crockett was on the breakfast club. And here's You're going to hear what they had to say, and then you're going to just hear random people in the black community that are going crazy. And now they're calling for the breakfast club to be shut down. Take a listen.

Effective stunt. It was so effective, right? But then you had people arguing: okay, this was race baiting. This little black boy shouldn't have been used as a prop. And I'm like, are y'all like black?

I don't, whatever, he's a person of color, obviously.

So I don't know his name. Exactly. But when I saw him, his head was nappy. His head was not nappy. It wasn't.

He was black. I think he was black. His dad was black. I don't know if that was his dad, but yeah. I feel like that was his dad.

I just don't think Lil Wood was black. I mean, it was patchy, but it wasn't nappy.

Well, it was very effective. I'm not going to lie to you. The breakfast club been finished, but I think this just put the icing on the cake. How dare y'all sit up there and try to make fun of a kid that recovered from brain cancer, gang? I literally feel like everything has a limit, and lines need to be drawn seriously.

And children, to me, are going to always be the limit.

Now, just Hilarious, I get it. You're a comedian, and comedians often will take.

Some risk when it comes to their comedy, but this is not a laughing matter, nor is it humorous.

Now, the Breakfast Club in general, that show should have been canceled a long time ago. Let's be honest. But to sit on that show and talk about the young man that was honored by the current president. This is this child is terminally ill, okay? Yeah.

He's a brain cancer survivor, but terminally ill. And you proceed to attack his physical. His he ain't nappy, so that means he's not black. Like, what the f? You're talking about miss his hair is patchy because he had like 12 brain surgeries.

He got brain cancer. How do you work at the breakfast club and don't know this information, you idiot? Yeah, but it goes on and on and on. I mean, it's a great question here. And again, they hate.

The leftist, they hate. Any minority who leaves the Democrat plantation and joins the Republicans and joins the America First Movement, even if they're 13-year-old black cancer survivors. It's just appalling what they've done. But again, I I love what the lady said. The line has been crossed, and it has.

But honestly, that line was crossed a long time ago. A long time ago. And I'm glad that people are waking up. And I'm glad that people are realizing, you know what, we've been had. These Democrats have been out there promising us everything when in fact it's the Democrats that have been holding down minorities in this nation.

So I say good for you, President Trump, for calling all these folks out. Everybody's getting canceled thanks to Donald Trump. 901 260 5926 is our telephone number. That's 901260-5926. I want to play some audio here from A subcommittee meeting up on Capitol Hill.

You had Congressman Keith Self. And Congressman Self, you're going to hear some different voices, and I want to try to explain this before we play the audio here.

So, Congressman Keith Self is a Republican from Texas, and he is chairing the committee. Then you have a Democrat Congressman Bill Keating, who is the enraged party. And then you have Congressman Sarah McBride. Mr. McBride is that transgender dude, the guy who wears a dress.

Yeah. Says he's a woman. He's not a woman. He's a dude. Anyway, here's what happened when he was recognized by Congressman Self.

I now recognize the representative from Delaware, Mr. McBride.

Okay. Thank you, Madam Chair. Ranking Member Keating, also wonderful. Mr. Chairman, could you repeat your introduction again, please?

Uh yes, it's a it's a We have set the standard on the floor of the House, and I'm simply What is that standard, Mr. Chairman? Would you repeat what you just said when you introduced a duly elected representative from the United States of America, please? I will. The representative from Delaware, Mr.

McBride.

Mr. Chairman, you are out of order. Mr. Chairman, have you no decency? I mean, I've come to know you a little bit, but this is not decent.

You will not continue it with me unless you introduce a duly elected representative the right way. This man is a woman, sir. It's like a comedy show. a comedy show.

So look, here's the deal. I hate to break it to you, but yeah, Sarah McBride is a dude. He can wear a dress, he can wear a bra, pantyhose, he can wear a girdle, he can change his name, but he's still a dude. And good for the Republicans on Capitol Hill for not buying into this man's delusion. But again, apparently up on Capitol Hill, the greatest crime of all is misgendering this guy who, by the way, is.

And this is. This is somewhat tragic for Mr. McBride because he thought he was going into Congress and he was going to be the superstar celebrity. He was going to be the new poster child of the transgender movement. And then the entire culture of the nation changed.

And the nation as a whole said, you know what? We're just, you know, we're a little uncomfortable here. We're just as, you know, if you want to do drag, okay, do drag at a drag bar. There's no need to do it at the local preschool. We really don't want our male teachers wearing halter tops and, you know, wearing mini skirts.

We just don't want that happening in the classroom, and we don't want it happening on Capitol Hill. By the way, Congresswoman Mary Miller from Illinois came under fire, Illinois, Indiana. Congresswoman Mary Miller. When uh she was Overseeing the house, and she recognized the gentleman from. Delaware, and man, did that mob go after her.

So I say, good for the Republicans for standing up, and they're not being rude about it. I mean, you heard Congressman Selfie was very. Um he was very polite. He wasn't making some sort of a political statement, but Mr. McBride was.

By the way, if you want to. If you really want to have this conversation about misgendering, well, let's have that conversation because I want to go back and Dylan, I want to play that thing I want to play that clip again, and I want you to listen very clearly what mister McBride called Congressman Self. I now recognize the representative from Delaware, Mr. McBride.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Boom, there it is. Call him a woman. You misgendered him. Who do you think you are, Mr.

McBride? Misgendering a man, man? Hm? Who do you think you are, sir? I'm just saying, I mean, two can play at that.

But look, here's the deal. God ordained and President Trump declared there are two genders in the United States of America, ladies and gentlemen. You got your men, you got your women, the guys and the gals. Or if you're going to Long John Silver's The Buoys and the Gulls. I love that place.

Everything else is either a figment of your imagination or it's just simply made up on Facebook. That's all. That's all. So there you go, the gender-bending Donny Brook up on Capitol Hill. All right, we've got to take a quick break here, ladies and gentlemen.

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President Trump was giving an answer to something. Then he glanced down at J.D. Vance's socks. And I don't know what it is with the millennials and the gen zers and their designer socks, but President Trump was like. He stopped what he was talking about.

He's like, dude, what's up with your socks? Talking about the vice president.

So, anyway, you can't make this up. You know what I'm seeing here? I am seeing a president who's having a lot of fun. I am seeing a president Who is being his authentic self. And I'm seeing an administration that's being their authentic self.

Now, that's not to mean that there are some issues here, and there are, by the way, it bears repeating: today is March the 12th. And the Justice Department still has not released the Epstein files. They have not released the JFK files. They have not released the RFK Jr. files.

They have not released the MLK files. And I'd like to know why. I posted something last night on our socials, and we're getting. Dieter, this is a shocking number. 62 million people have engaged on my Facebook page.

In just the past month, 62 million people It's unbelievable.

So. I'm getting all these messages from America First Conservatives, and they're good patriots. But again, they may be under the delusion that I just bow down and worship the America First Movement, and I don't ask any questions. And there is a. There's a sliver of this group, and they believe that.

Criticizing anything about the Trump administration is treasonous. And For the past couple of years, what have we been hearing from the America First Movement? We've got to see the Epstein files. We've got to see the JFK files. We've got to know if our government can.

Killed a sitting president of these great United States. We've got to get the real story on what happened with MLK. And I believe we do. I believe that the truth will set you free, whether it's good, whether it's bad. We need to know our history.

And now I'm getting blowback from the America First Movement, and this is pretty much how it goes. How who do you think you are? Who do you think you are questioning Pam Bonte? and Cache Patel. Who do you think they are?

And why do we need to see all these files after all? We don't, that's not important right now. We need to put other things first.

Okay, well, what would you like to put first? Again, President Trump said, I want these things released. The America First Movement said they wanted these things released, but now all of a sudden, because they're not releasing it, you're coming to the defense of people. who are not doing the will of President Trump. I got a problem with that.

By the way, And I will keep repeating this as we go through what is going to be a little bit of a rocky road with the economy. Your retirement, if I were you, I wouldn't look at your 401k for a little while now. It's going to bounce back. But I likened what's happening in this country right now because a lot of people are upset. And I get it.

And prices some prices are going down, others are going up. People are getting killed with their retirement plans in the stock market. It's not good right now, but it's going to get better. Am I happy with everything? Do I support everything the administration has done with the economy?

No, I haven't. I feel like we should be cutting a heck of a lot more. I think we need to be shutting completely shutting down the Department of Education. Mm-hmm. Instead of laying off half, I think we should have laid off everybody.

But again, I am on board. I see where the President is going with all of this. It's sort of like having surgery. You have major surgery to save your life. And what happens after surgery, you feel like crap.

But after a couple of weeks, after a couple of months, you get back up on your feet, you start to feel a little better, and sooner.

Sooner the later, you're going to be back to your great healthy self. That's what President Trump is doing here, folks. He's taking the country through major surgery. And we're going to get out of it on the other side. You got to trust me on that.

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Well, we have been all over the stories coming from the great state of Maine, which has really become ground zero in this fight over transgender athletics and athletes. As a matter of fact, our next guest, she made her very first national debut on this issue. On the Todd Stearns Radio Show. We're honored to have back on the program Maine State Representative Laurel Libby and our good buddy, the host of the WLOB show, the Ray Richardson Show on WLOB Radio, Ray Richardson. Guys, welcome to the program.

Thank you so much for having me, Todd. It's a pleasure to be back. Yeah, absolutely. Todd, good to talk to you as always. And Laurel was with me this morning.

So, Laurel, good to talk to you again. Absolutely. Nice to chat with you, Ray. Laurel, I want to start with you because the breaking news happened yesterday. We understand that the defunding of the universities, the federal defunding, has already started initially with the USDA now suspending funding to a number of main universities.

Your reaction to that? I never thought that President Trump was bluffing, and I'm not sure if Governor Mills did, but I took him at his word. He is at least, while our Democrat majority and governor are not concerned about Ensuring a fair and safe and level playing field for Maine girls. Obviously, President Trump is. And so this is just the start.

And the thing is, it's a really easy answer, change the policy in our state, ensure that girls have a fair safe and level playing field, and we get our federal funding back. This is a no brainer. Ray, I'm curious what WLOB listeners have been saying about the President's move here.

Well, as you may imagine, they're pretty much all on our side, the three of us that are speaking right now. You know, this is one of the most disrespectful conversations in all of American history. What is a woman? I met Laurel several years ago. We shook hands.

You know, Todd, I didn't have to guess. I know what a woman is. And I saw her and I said, wow, she's a woman. Hallelujah. This is like.

This is like Satan has walked into Maine and said, Democrats, Be as evil as you can be. Let's try to confuse people on what a woman is. I mean, this is so disrespectful. I don't know why all women have not turned against it. But unfortunately, we have some wackadoodle legislators on the Democratic side Who can't seem, even though they're women themselves, to figure out what the heck a woman is.

It's crazy. Yes, Laurel, of course, your story it continues to unfold because you brought really brought to the forefront of the nation's attention what was happening in the state of Maine. And as a result of your efforts, you found yourself censured by the State House. What in practical terms happened to you and what does that mean now that you've been censured? Yes, straight party line vote.

The Democrats in the main House have voted to censure me. And as part of that censure, I am barred from speaking or voting on behalf of my nine thousand constituents.

So Think about that with a simple majority vote. The Speaker of the House and the Augusta Democrats have barred a sitting legislator. from carrying out my duties that I am sworn to do. and the implications for free speech. not just in Maine, but across the nation, if this is allowed to stand.

Right. It is. Truly remarkable. And we did file a lawsuit yesterday because this can't be allowed to stand. It's an unacceptable infringement on my constitutional rights and my constituents.

And this all came about because you called out a young man who was competing against girls, and you shared some images. But Laurel, again, these were all public images. This was a public event. It wasn't something private. This individual put himself out on the public stage.

Mm-hmm. Yeah, this this individual made a deliberate decision. to participate in in a public event, in a public setting, and in a way that You had to know was going to draw attention, right? When you are a biological male and you win a state championship for pole vault. You have to know it's going to garner attention.

And if you don't want that attention, Don't put yourself in that position. Ray, I'm just astounded by this, and I've covered politics for a long time, but to punish, to single out Laura Libby and silence her voice, silence her vote for doing what she believes is right, I just that's unbelievable to me.

Well, it is. It's absolutely crazy. Look, we all know the Main State House, along with the U. S. House, They set the rules and they get to do these things.

So they censured Laura.

Okay, fine. They decide to do that. Slap her on the wrist, what have you. But the Speaker of the House decided He was going to impose a condition that was greater than just a censure. She has to apologize for what she's doing.

And I said to the world the day after her censure. If you apologize for this, I think less of you because you stood up to the right thing here. But he wants her to go on bended knee, which is kind of weird because he's part of the gay mafia in Maine. And I want to be clear what I mean by that. Not regular walking around gay people, but these political activists that will try to destroy you if you defy them.

And Ryan Specto, the Speaker of the House, is the leader of that mess. And it's just so awful. If you saw the imagery, there he is sitting up on high, wagging his finger at her, scolding her like she was a ten-year-old girl who took a cookie out of a cookie jar. She's a grown woman. I don't know why women aren't outraged, but I think that many women in this country Wiley Gaines being a notable exception.

Are afraid of what these people will try to do to them. Thank God for Laurel for standing up for biological women. I mean, we have my state representative where I live here in Maine, she put out a thing about cis women. When did women quit being women and now they're trans women or they're cis women or they're whatever the heck? God said there are two genders, male and female.

That's good enough for me. No elected person can change that. Ray Richardson from WLOB Radio, host of the Ray Richardson Show. Also, we're honored to have Maine State Representative Laurel Libby. Laurel, was that a tough decision for you initially to make to step out and to speak out on something that you found troubling?

No, it was not. I think I've probably gotten a reputation in the State House for doing just that. It certainly was surprising when the post went viral. But it's also not a hard decision to stay the course and continue to speak up. There's an absolute right and wrong here, and I won't apologize for speaking the truth.

The truth of the matter is that our girls' rights are being infringed here in Maine. Uh and these policies are setting Maine back decades. as our girls are denied the right to compete in a fair, safe and level playing field. It really is an atrocious situation, but I'm thankful that it's getting the federal attention that it is so we can address it head on. Uh instead of Diving behind other issues as the speaker has tried to do by censuring me.

And Laurel, it seems to me, though, that one of the new arguments coming out of all of this from the Democrats is, well, there just aren't that many. You know, th we're talking about one or two incidents, you know, around the entire country. And I'm wondering, is that true? And what are you hearing from girls that are involved in sports there in the state of Maine? You know what?

I do hear that argument asked a lot. And what an insulting question to the young ladies whose rights are denied. When you look at the picture that I shared, there are two young ladies who have worked four years. To become experts at their craft in pole vault, and they are relegated to second place. Because of this biological male who participated and easily beat them.

And they knew when they found out he was going to be participating that that would be the end result. And so my answer to that question is always, that's the wrong question. The question is, How many boroughs is it acceptable that we push aside and silence? and erase. How many is acceptable?

Because to me, that number is zero. Yeah, I'm with you, Laurel. And I don't care if it's one person that's being impacted. It's still an issue. And Ray, again, I know you've been talking about this for a number of years.

We have as well on the national show. And I'm wondering what it is going to take for the good people of Maine to step up and say, you know what, we're not going to allow people like Laurel Libby to be censured anymore. We got to put Republicans back in control of the State House.

Well, Todd, you and I have talked about this for years. I've often wondered what is the line in the sand for Maine people. Clearly, it's not taxation. We're second highest tax burden in the country. It's not the economy.

It's not even the poor educational results. But for the first time, I have seen main fathers step up and stand up for their girls in a way in which I've never seen before. And you know the question you were asking, well, there aren't that many. You know, if it's one, it's one too many. Those young ladies that Laurel just spoke about have worked their behinds off.

Trying to be the best at what they do, and they act like this doesn't matter. I'm 63 years old. I won a state baseball championship 46 years ago, and I still talk about it because when you're the very best. it matters. It's a moment that you work your behind off for and for it to be stolen from them.

And that's what happened here. Girls are girls, boys are boys. That's why we have girls and boys sports. That's why we have the WNBA. You don't see LeBron James putting on a dress and playing in the WNBA, do you?

Because everybody would think that would be crazy.

Well, we don't think so, but yeah, I get your point. Yeah. Governor Mills has decided this is a line in the sand. It looks like it's going to cost the university system hundreds of millions of dollars. And the state education system may be two hundred fifty.

I think many people are going to care about it because our educational system has fallen under Mills as it is, and now she's choosing biological boys over biological girls. And there's a big cost, not just to the girls, but also to the wallet. I think this could be the issue that finally wakes main people up.

Well, I hope so. And folks, we're going to have to leave it there. Ray Richardson from WLOB Radio, host of the Ray Richardson Show, and Maine State Representative Laurel Libby. Thank you both for coming on the show today. Thanks so much.

Yeah, Todd, I appreciate it. And Laurel, we appreciate your courage. Thank you. All right, there you have it, ladies and gentlemen. What do you think about President Trump's decision here?

He's making good on the threat. He said any any Anybody, any state that refuses to keep men out of women's sports, they're going to lose their federal funding, and it is already beginning in the state of Maine. 901-260-5926, our telephone number, that's 901-260-5926. I I want to share this story with you only because it's connected to this issue. A Texas Republican lawmaker.

His name is Tom Oliverson. Yeah. And he has introduced legislation in Texas That would criminalize transgenderism. In other words, it would become a felony offense for a person to identify their sex at birth incorrectly. to an employer or a government entity.

So Here's where I would have a problem with this. I am a constitutionalist. And I believe that under the U.S. Constitution, you are afforded the right to live your life however you want to live your life. I may not agree with your life choices, but that's between you and God.

Now, if your transgenderism or your way of life begins to impact me personally or somebody else personally, that's when I have a problem. But my issue here is: are we really going to criminalize how people think they want to be? I mean, okay, fine, you've got a man pretending to be a woman. Should that be a felonious crime? And I'll just say, if you open Pandora's box here, you could find yourselves criminalizing a lot of stuff.

And I'll give you an example. How many of you out there, maybe you grew up and you had the finest head of hair? In America. I mean, your hair looks good. Ben Dieter good.

Got the power throw going. But then you get older. And what happens?

Well, that hair starts to come out a little bit by little bit by little bit. And one day you realize that you're bald. And you don't want to be bald. you're embarrassed by being bald. There's nothing wrong with being bald, by the way.

But maybe you're embarrassed by that.

So what do you do? You go out to the the store and you buy yourself a a toupe and you put a big ol' big old rug on top of your head. Yeah. So My question would be: well, what happens one day if somebody in the Texas State House says, you know what? We ought to criminalize that.

That guy's a baldy. But he's got hair on his head. He's pretending To be a hairy man. Pretending to be a hairy man. You're out of here, pal.

No, I yeah, I know it's ludicrous. But again, I mean, if you're just going to get out there and start. Charging people with felonies. Is that the path we want to go down here, ladies and gentlemen? Are we going to take a break?

We'll take your calls on that as well. 901-260-5926. Your call's coming up next. All right, folks. Want to remind you of something real quick here.

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So all you need to do is go to the website and donate, and we'll take it from there. All right, let's go to Alice in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Hi, Alice. What's on your mind today? My, I'm telling you, I'm so sick and tired of that lady crack it.

I just want to punch her in the face. I swear.

So I do believe that you don't imagine all that stuff. God, what is wrong with us? Yeah Alice, I think she's been the victim. She's been victimized in her schools growing up. You know, she's a millennial.

So she came up with all that race baiting, critical race theory, common core nonsense. And I think it's infected an entire generation. And it's really sad because she ought to be celebrating how great America is. But I was Yeah. I was victimized by black people because of um, um, what do you call it?

Martha Luther King Day. I I had it was me and my six brothers and sisters. I was getting thrown glass bottles at by this little black girl I the the gla the the glass bottle hit my my my little brother. and cut 'em. And because of what she did, I I went over, I beat the crap out of the girl.

And instead of the principal called my mom, what does he do? He calls her mom.

So the mother gets in my face and she beats the crap out of me. Oh, geez. Hello, that's terrible.

Well, I'm sorry to hear that horrible story, Alice. I hope everything worked out there. And by the way, happy birthday to you as well. All right, guys, we got to take a quick break here. We'll be right back.

This is the Todd Starn Show. Live from the Liberty University Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, it's America's conservative blowtorch. That's right. I love this American. Todd Starns.

Oh, yeah. Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Todd Starns Radio Program.

So honored to have you with us today. And we are just so excited this show continues to grow and grow.

Next week, we are going live in Houston, Texas. And of course, we welcome all of our great listeners on the Real Talk Radio Network in St. Louis, KRTK, 933FM, KVMO, and KRTE. And also Winchester, Virginia. You guys are coming online next week as well.

So we continue to grow. We're going to need a bigger front porch and more cracker barrel rocking chairs, Dieter.

So if you could get on that. You know, I was reading a chapter of my book during the break, went downstairs into the library, and earlier this year, or last year, Twilight's last gleaming Can America Be Saved came out, and President Trump was gracious, sat down for a long form interview for the book. But I was drawn to chapter 18. And it was the story of what happened to Governor Mike Huckabee and the Country Music Association Foundation when the governor was told that his sorts of values - God and country, faith and family, were no longer welcome and were frowned upon by the country music industry. The chapter title in Twilight's Last Gleaming: Dixie's Done Gone Woke.

So when I heard what happened to our next guest, In Nashville, I was not all that surprised. I want to go to our Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line, and we are honored to have Jordan and Seth Duggar of the Duggar Band, and also our good friend and great American patriot, John Rich, with us. Guys, hope you're doing well. Welcome to the show. Hey, thanks for having us.

Thank you. All right. So guys, I'm going to let you sort this out amongst yourselves. But one of the duggers, I want you guys to tell us what happened. You guys had been invited on to a local T V station there in Nashville and take us through what happened.

This is Jordan. We were set to play this week on a Nashville news station there. And we we're going to do full band performance. And they'd asked for us to stand out what song we were going to play ahead of time. And obviously, we had a new single, and that's what we're promoting on.

all the media outlets that we were visiting. And we'd sent it um you know probably a week before we had received the email from them. on I guess it was Monday afternoon, Monday evening. Uh saying that we were still welcome to play on the show, but we would not be able to play our new single, True Colors, Because it they viewed it as being politically biased. And so we're still could come on the show, but we need to play a different song.

And So basically we decided not to do the show. And So that's cat. Yeah, that's a good idea. Um we decided not to play a different song if they weren't going to let us play the single that we had put out.

Well, of course. Yes, of course not. And good for you. I think that was certainly the right decision to make. And Seth, I'm curious about the lyrics of the song.

Would do we know what they had an issue with? No, they never let us know what they had an issue with. And for us, I mean, we we never intended for this to be viewed as a right wing or left wing or independent or anything like that. We just two guys that are patriots. We love our country.

And I didn't we didn't really realize that loving our country would be viewed as being wrong. But I guess that some people still take it that way. View that as being a political statement, which I would think that every I would hope. That everybody in America, whether you're a Republican, Democrat, Independent, or whatever your affiliation is. That you could say that you love America.

And that's what we did with this song. That's how we wrote this song, and everything in it points towards that. And so we were just kind of taking it back whenever they. Made the determination that was too politically biased for us to be able to perform on their show.

So, guys, I called WSMV this morning personally and spoke to someone in their newsroom. I asked if they had a statement, if they plan on issuing a statement. They say no. They were pretty short and did not want to talk. WSMV-TV is actually owned by Gray Television, which is based in Atlanta, and we have reached out to them as well.

And we're waiting to hear from them to get some sort of an explanation. I doubt we're going to hear that. But, ladies and gentlemen, I've got the song. And we're going to play this song, and I want you to determine if this song is offensive, if this song is politically motivated, if there's something else going on here. But the name of the song, and again, this is a brand new single that's out from the Duggar band.

And we got two brothers, Jordan and Seth Duggar. They love America, they love their country, they love God. They're just good old country boys. And they wrote this song, and they were told that the song you're about to hear is offensive because it is political in nature. Let's take a listen.

I see you looking down, while I'm looking up You just sitting there sipping on that Starbucks cup, hating on everything Doing it. I crank up some Toby Keith. Come back in my truck and it don't matter which Chips may found that Statue of Liberty will be standing tall. The best part about the land of the free is if you don't like it, you're free to leave. But I ain't leaving here, I'm a native generation.

Got fear and blue collar with a flag waving tonight. Don't wait for the 4th of July. Get cheer out lifelong. American pride and arride here, right now. Drawing the line, if this country ain't something you can stand behind, then that's the difference between me and you.

Cause my true colors are red, white, and blue. Yeah, my path is in a second world war. I ain't ever giving up on the heat fall for. And if you're coming here, aiming to take what we got, we're gonna fight, fight, fight, go on and take our shot. But I ain't leaving here, I'm an eighth generation.

Generation got fear and blue collar with a flag waving. And I don't wait for the 4th of July this year out. Life on American crowding around here, right now. Drawing the line if this country ain't something you can stand behind. And that's the difference between me and you.

Cause my true colors are red, white, and blue. Red, white, and blue. Red, white, and blue. God bless the U.S. I ain't leaving here.

I'm an eighth generation. Got fear and blue collar with a flag waving. And I don't wait for the 4th of July this year out. Life on American pride right here, right now. Drawing the line if this country ain't something you can stand behind.

And that's the difference between me and you. Cause my true colors are red, white, and blue. Red, white, and blue. Red, white, and blue. Red, white, and blue.

All right. Wow. What? I mean, this is an awesome song, which will be going into my iPhone immediately after the show. We've got Jordan and Seth Duggar joining us, and also John Rich joining us.

And, John, I know that you have been defending the guys here. What a beautiful song that these fellows wrote. And what's your reaction to what WSMV-TV did?

Well, Chad, it's good to join you on such a positive day like this, the the Debber band These two brothers met them a couple of years ago. They opened a show that I was headlining, and I was just knocked out by their talent. traded phone numbers and I said, man, it There's something we can ever do together. I'd love to work with you. And we went in the studio, and they had written this great song you just played, True Colors, and asked me to produce it.

So I produced that track. And uh Said, all right, guys, good luck. And they went out and started doing publicity. And WSMV in Nashville said, Yeah, come on the show and play your song. And then, as the story goes, they read the lyrics to the song you just played.

and said, unfortunately, We're not going to allow you to play this song on WSMV in Nashville because it is too biased. And told the boys.

Sorry, but you can play another song if you want to, but not this one. which the arrogance of that is just choking to me. It is just there is no end to their arrogance. And so the Duggar band called me and they said, What do you think, man? I said, Under no circumstances Do you kiss the ring of some leftist, locust news station I said, they just handed you the greatest marketing of all time, because I'm going to tell the whole world.

What just happened to you guys, and maybe the Patriot world. Will back you up. And the last time I checked iTunes, which was about 30 minutes ago. True Colors is now the number one most downloaded song in all of country music. Wow.

I love that. And I think the millions of people that are listening to this radio show, listening, watching to us on digital right now, and again, tonight, all you guys are going to be joining us on the Newsmax show. We're going to keep that song at number one. But, John, it goes back to an issue I wrote about in my last book, just stunned at how even the South is going woke. And this is a fight that we all have to fight in our homes and communities, even a place like Nashville, Tennessee.

It is, but I tell you what, the Duggar band, Jordan and Seth, have set a great example for pretty much all Americans. When you are speaking the truth, which that song does, that is how they feel about the United States of America. And it's a beautifully written song. When you feel that way and the left tries to shut you down and says no, All that is, is fuel for the fire. Never take the bait.

Never play games with these people. You stand up and you go, well, we're moving on down the road and we'll make it without you. And I'm so proud of these guys because listen, They don't have a big record deal. A lot of people don't know about them or didn't until yesterday. They're just out trying to make great music, and now they are on a national platform being recognized by millions of people.

That is the reward you get. For sticking to your guns.

Now, Jordan, Seth, I want you guys to give us a little bit of your history, your background, where you're from, and how long you guys have been playing.

Well, we grew up in Northeast Tennessee. and grew up in a musical family, so we started Singing and playing instruments in church when we were kids. We recorded on our first record with our parents. when Seth was four and I was seven, And so we were exposed to music at an early age and didn't really get serious about it until high school. We both went to college, graduated from the University of Tennessee.

And by the time we finished school, we were playing probably four times a week. and we figured that music is what we wanted to do and Eventually moved to Nashville and started doing a country music thing and A lot of doors is open for us, and it's just We'll keep grounding away, putting out music and and playing shows and thankful to have met John. He's been a great friend and We're just amazed by what's happened this week. We could never have imagined this. John Rich, I think this may be the first time in the history of this show that we have all the regions of Tennessee represented, East, Middle, and West.

And I knew these guys were good. They're Tennessee volunteer fans, so they're good people. But you know, John, it's just sad that this kind of stuff happens. But I think you're right here. And the way these guys have handled it, they've just been very mature about it.

They've been matter-of-fact said, here's what happened to us. And they took a stand. And that's hard for a lot of folks to do, but these guys took a stand. It is hard for a lot of people to do, but I think Americans have had enough. They're sick to death of this nonsense.

And the as Elon calls it, the woke mind virus You know, he says it's dead.

Well, it's still gasping for air, it's still alive in pockets. around the United States and the Duggar band ran into one of those pockets. But like I said, they they could have said, okay, we need the publicity, we'll just play a different song. But they didn't do that. They said, no, we want to play true colors or we're not going to play.

And so WSMV said, Well, and I guess you're not playing. And we went on X. I posted it on X, they posted it on X, told the story.

Next thing you know, people like Libs of TikTok and all these other massive accounts start pushing it. And what do you know? People love the song. You know what's cool, Todd, is you're not asking people to download some. C level.

Country song. I mean, you just played it. That sounds like a smash country song. It sure does. I mean, it sounds like a hit, baby.

And it says exactly how we all feel about our country. I'm really proud of these boys. And I think this is just the beginning for them. All right, Duggar Brothers, tell our listeners where they can go if they want to get more information about what you guys are up to, where you're seeing it next, where can they go for that? You can always visit our website, duggarband.com, and that's D-U-G-G-E-R-B-A-N-D.

And then also just search us on Facebook, TikTok. Uh X Instagram, all the social media platforms. We try to stay active on all those there. But yeah, we just are so humbled by everything that's happened. We're so appreciative to all the country music fans out there.

And we thank you, Todd, for having us on your show. And just we really appreciate this opportunity. It fits God's opening doors for us that we never even really imagined, and it's just mind-blowing to see how He can move. All right. Well, guys, we're going to have to leave it there.

We're up against a hard break, but we're going to continue the conversation tonight, 5 o'clock Eastern on Newsmax. Jordan, Seth Duggar, John Rich, guys, appreciate you coming on the show today. Take it to all of you. Thank you. All right.

Guys, you got to get out there. You got to get yourself this song. We're going to play it again. We're going to wrap the show with this song. It's just a fine song.

Again, Jordan and Seth Duggar, D-U-G-G-E-R, the name of the song, True Colors. And folks, I'm telling you, John Rich is right. We've got to start standing up to these awoke bullies, and good for them for doing just that. 901-260-5926, our telephone number, that's 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show.

Yeah. All right, welcome back, everybody. Wow, we're going to take a quick break coming up, and we're going to get right to your calls. I see you folks. Go ahead and dial in 901-260-5926.

That's 901-260-5926. And I hope that you go check out this song. We're going to play the Duggar band's song True Colors again to wrap up the show. Also, I want you to head over to ToddSterns.com, click on our blue banner, and help out our efforts to raise money for our friends at Food for the Poor, an incredible Christian ministry. They don't get a single penny of government money, and they don't want it.

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So. All right, let's uh go to the phone lines here. 901-260-5926. Ken in Jackson, Tennessee wants to weigh in on the country music, guys, the Duggar Band. Hi, Ken.

Hi, Ken. What's on your mind? Hey, Todd. I've lived in your station for several years now. I've been quiet.

I've been sitting back and patient and That right there just stuck a stuck a nose.

Well, you can't stand up and praise the country for which you're living in. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, Ken, can you believe of all places, Nashville, Tennessee, and they're telling country music artists, you can't be pro-America? Yeah, that to me is communism. When they start trying to tell you that you can't do your country like that, you've got to do what they say.

Yeah, it's crazy, Ken. It really is. And Ken, you got to get yourself a copy of this song. It's really a great song. And I love patriotic music.

We've got Toby Key. You know, when we launched this show, gosh, over seven years ago, almost eight years now, we made sure that we had a country music singer have the lead of the song.

So our theme song is Straight Out of the Country Music World.

So there you go. Ken, thank you for that call. Let's go to Greg in Jackson, Tennessee, listening to us on WTJS. Hi, Greg. What's going on?

Hi, Todd. Can we do a comparison on Bernie Sanders Entertainer compared to Downboats to the Duggars? Wow. You know, that is a great point. And Dieter, we were talking about this just the other day, this transgender singer at the Bernie Sanders rally who was just singing about the most Horrible things about God and Christians, and the media loves that.

That's apparently okay, but you can't sing about God and country. Yeah. Well, I think this speaks to media and your local TV stations. They need to be calling up the news directors. You think that it's just the MSNBCs, the NBC, CNN stations that are woke?

No, these local TV stations in these markets, Todd, are so incredibly liberal, and they hire these kids straight out of school, and that's what's happening. These journalism students are to the left of Bernie Sanders, and they're writing your quote-unquote fair and balanced news copy, aka they hate what this country was built upon. You know, Greg, I think it all started to go downhill with the Dixie Chicks, to be honest with you. Oh, man. I thought.

Boom. The reason I really oh man, he cut me off. No, you're on the air. Oh, okay. I'm sorry.

Um The reason I called really is didn't you say that they're trying to lustrously Uh make uh transsexuality a f a felony in Texas? Yes, sir. That is correct. They want to outlaw transgenderism and uh make it a felony crime in Texas.

Well, I mean, the Constitution, you know, we swear, everybody, public officials, military swears. To defend the Constitution, and it says. An inalienable right is the pursuit of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And if these people are happy and feel you know, I would go to war to defend their right to be homosexual or transsexual. But that doesn't mean I want to be in a voxel with them.

No, and fair enough. And you know what? That is really a conservative viewpoint right there. And this idea that they're trying to force stuff on you, okay, that's another story. That's a problem.

But if that's how you want to live your life, and as long as you're not interfering with my pursuit of happiness, hey, I. I have had it. Good luck to you.

Well, you can't legislate morality. Morality is a choice. Yeah. And I've come to con to the conclusion that the world is full of two types of people. People brainwashed by truth.

are people brainwashed by lies. And I thank you for being on the brainwashing the truth part.

Well, we do what we can here, Greg. I know it ticks a lot of folks off on both sides of the aisle, but that's okay. At least everybody knows where I stand on the issues.

Well, keep standing, Tod, you're a blessing, and we thank God for you. You know, it's not about our reality. It's about the Creator. Let's learn to live in. That, well, amen to that.

Amen to that. All right, Greg, thank you for that call. And we love all of our listeners in Western Tennessee and all over America, by the way. 901-260-5926. By the way, Dieter, I got a letter, a card in the mail from your mom, Mrs.

D. Oh, wow. What did she say? Thoughts and prayers for putting up with our s oh no, that's I'm sorry. I misread that.

No, they had that card. You know, they came to me. They gave me the card. Wow, that's a lot of writing in that card. And she wrote a lot.

She had a lot to say about you. It was all good. Single. Wow. She has very good penmanship, too.

It's in cursive. I don't know if you'll actually be able to read it. No, that was not passed down. The apple fell far from the tree. Jennifer.

I heard something about you. You were doing a story this morning on cursive writing. Yeah, in Idaho, they're legislating that every student that graduates will have to learn cursive. I love this idea. I think it's a terrific idea.

Next, they're going to have us writing in Arabic. Because It's the same to me.

So, this is in code. I could tell you what she wrote, or you would never even know if it's true or not. No, I'd have to put it through a translator. No, well, look, does she say nice things? She said nice things.

Did she say, give Ben a raise? Because he's poor and broke, and he's calling his parents asking for money. No, I don't see that in here.

Okay. Yeah. That must have, yeah, she must have room for that. She says, Dear Todd, it was a pleasure to be at K-Wam for a couple of days in February. We especially enjoyed listening in on your national show.

You know, Paul Shanklin was on that show, and they love Paul Shanklin. Everybody loves Shanklin. I won't read that. Blah, blah, blah, blah. It was all very nice, by the way.

This is like when there's a parent-teachers' conference. At the school after hours. This is what this is giving. Where the parent meets with the principal and they talk about the kid behind the back.

Well, she said a big thank you as well for the signed copies of your books. Our congregation will benefit greatly by your prolific writing skills. May God bless you and your labors as a beacon of truth. Wow. Thank you, Mrs.

Dieter. I didn't even get a card like that for Christmas, for goodness sakes. Cheese moth. Yeah. Oh, it's very lovely.

I like the lavenders on the front. You know, that is interesting though. Cursive writing. Nobody really writes in cursive anymore. And by the way, she wrote a letter.

This is what's interesting. Very rarely do we actually get letters. You know, delivered to us, right? And it is usually an email. And if we do get letters, it's hate mail, and we have to make sure there's not a bomber anthrax.

Bombs the police. Yeah. Bombs. Bomb technicians. We don't refuse mail.

We just encourage it not to be laced with what looks like powdered sugar because we don't know if it's actually powdered sugar or anthrax, and we're all dead.

Somebody brought by some donuts and they're covered in sugar, and you're like, is that really sugar? Is that really sugar? You know how we screen these so you can eat the donuts? There's a couple of stray cats outside of the building, and we give all of the feral cats, the powdered donuts, any food before we give it to you. Why are the cats dead?

What happened to all the cats? Because we've got a couple donuts that look like they're Krispy Kreme that they are not. No, they were Krispy Kreme. You gave the cats diabetes, for goodness sakes. They're all dead because they had the diabetes.

So the feral cats are either dead or fat. Huge old fat cat. And if they survive to tell the tale, we give them to time. Sweet mercy. Let's go to Atlantic Beach, North Carolina.

CD is on the line. Wants to weigh in on true colors. Hey, CD, what's going on? Man, I just think it's a great song them guys has written. I mean, just to talk about our.

patriotics And uh everything and and uh Yeah, yeah. Yeah, but anyhow though, uh I just wanted to talk about that 'cause we had a lot of guys die for our freedom. And we just got to remember that. And these guys are one of the most patriotic songs I've heard in a while. Right, it is.

I mean, you listen to it, and man, you're just sort of bursting with pride for America. And these are just a couple of good old boys from East Tennessee. And you know, they're good people because they're University of Tennessee volunteer fans. And I just wanted to say, we ain't got a whole lot of wokes down here where I'm at. But anyhow, though, and that song they sang on the look at the music they played on the Super Bowl, and then they're going to sit here and run these guys in the ground.

That's crazy. You know, the one difference I can actually understand what these guys were singing. There you go, man. I'm with you. I'm with you, bro.

All right. I tell them guys to keep on marching on because I said that's what we got to do. CD, I know they're listening and they appreciate what you're saying here. And, folks, I'd encourage you to go out and get yourself a copy of this. You can download it on iTunes, and it's worth it.

And I'll be doing that immediately after the show. 901-260-5926. Our telephone number. That's 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show.

All right, folks, don't forget 5 o'clock Eastern tonight, John Rich, the Duggar Band, joining us. We're going to have an action-packed show. And you can watch, by the way, on Newsmax.com. If you don't get Newsmax 2, you can watch us on Newsmax.com on the right-hand side of the website. Let's go to Patty in Statesville, North Carolina.

Hi, Patty. What's on your mind today? Mm-hmm. Oh, no, I just want to let you know I gave you seventy five dollars for the food for the poor. Patty, thank you so much.

That is incredibly kind. Very kind. Thank you, Patty. Hey, now I I'm Jeff Peter. Oh, it's Dieter.

He snuck into the sky. You can't get rid of me, Patty. They said Patty was phoning in, and I ran upstairs. You know what? Was going to say to you, when remember, we were talking last when we said, Yeah, you know, get some big boy pants on.

I was ready to take you to Dutch Wonderland and put you on a kitty rod. And I would probably be screaming like a schoolgirl, Patty. And I need you to come with me. I Did it, tell Todd, what are the names in some of those principles that you count? Tell them the things that intercourse and it's bird and a half, right?

Oh, are you guys like from the same neck of the woods? You're a Jersey girl. I'm a Jersey girl, but we went on vacation to Amish country all the time. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So Amos Country is incredible, Patty. We've got to get Todd over to Lancaster. He goes to Lancaster, California. No, no, no, it's Lancaster, right? No, it's different.

Lancaster. No, it's Lancaster in near the Strasbourg area. And we've got to get Todd in the horse and buggy, teach him how to make some cheese churn butter. Get a lot of Some bugs because I already did that. I rowed an homage for him and we went to the one school room.

Remember the one school room now? Mm-hmm. Yep, I do. Yeah. Can I have my show bag?

I think, Patty, we should find Todd a nice Amish lady because I hear they cook it. Don't you agree? And she could save Todd, even though she's the damsel and Todd would be in distress. If there is some apocalypse, she could teach Todd a thing or two about surviving in the wilderness. We'll be able to churn butter together.

Can I say something? I don't think she'd like wife Petership. Ha ha ha. For crying out loud. All right, Todd, we'll give you the show back.

Patty, thank you. I'm not sure I can grow that much of a beard.

So the Amish have some pretty fierce beards. But we'll work on it. All right. I love you, Todd. Patty.

All right. God bless. What a kind lady. $75. That's pretty awesome.

So thank you again. And again, folks, whatever you can give, give ToddSterns.com over at Food for the Poor.

Now, look, we promised you that we're going to wrap the show today with this incredible song from the Duggar band, and we are going to do that. But, folks, it's just a reminder that we've got a lot of work to do in this country. If you are listening to this program, I want you to call WSMV-TV. You go to their website, look at their contact, call the newsroom, and let them know what you think about a TV station, an NBC News affiliate in Nashville, Tennessee, the heart of the Bible Belt. Censoring a patriotic band.

And then I want you to, you can Google Gray Television, G-R-A-Y television. They're based in Atlanta and give them a good piece of your mind as well. And that's what we have to do. And God bless these two guys, Jordan and Seth, brothers, grew up in northeast Tennessee, country folks. You know who, you know, that's Diana Harshbarger and Tim Burchett.

Front tree.

So you know they're good people. Yeah. That's just unacceptable. Just unacceptable.

So anyway, we're standing alongside these guys, and I'm excited to be able to have the conversation with them tonight on Newsmax. Also, President Trump, he's going to be hosting a St. Patrick's Day celebration at the White House this afternoon, and we'll be dipping into that as well. But again, as we wrap up today's show, and Dylan, you just take it away when we need to. We're going to wrap it up by enjoying this incredible new Pro-America song.

It's called True Colors. You can download it wherever you get your music. I'm going to be heading out this afternoon. I'll be down at Shelby Farms in Memphis doing the big walk around the Baptist Promenade. The big lake there, and I'll be listening to True Colors.

Get out there, folks. Have a great day. You be good, America. I see you looking down, while I'm looking up You just sitting there sipping on that Starbucks cup, hating on everything Not doing anything, I crank up some Toby keys Come back in my truck and it don't matter. When chips may fall that stand Can't you live?

Birdie up. Be standing tall, the best What about those landers? It's a fear. You don't like your free delay, but I ain't even here. I'm an eighth generation.

God, fear and blue collar with a flag waving. And I don't wait for the 4th of July. It's here out. Lifelong, American pride. And I'll ride here, right now.

Drawing the line. If this country ain't something you can stand behind, then that's the difference between me and you. Cause my true colors are red, white, and blue. Yeah, my baby sir. In the Second World War, I ain't ever giving up all that he fought for.

And if you're coming here, aiming to take what we got, we're gonna fight, fight, fight. Go on and take your shot. But I ain't leaving here. I'm an eighth generation. God, fear and blue collar with a flag.

And the night don't wait for the 4th of July this year out, live on American pride. And around here, right now, drawing the line if this country ain't something you can stand behind. And that's the difference between me and you. Cause my true colors are red, white, and blue. Red, white, and blue.

Red, white, and blue. God bless the USO land. I ain't leaving here. I'm an eighth generation. Got fear and blue collar with a flag waving.

And I don't wait for the 4th of July. It's year out. Life on American Pride. Right here, right now. Drawing the line.

If this country ain't something you can stand behind, then that's the difference between me and you. Cause my true colors are red, white, and blue. Red, white, and blue. Red, white, and blue. Red, white, and blue.

Red, white, and blue.