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Trump Calls for WNBA Boycott · ToddCast Podcast with Todd Starnes

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  Speaker 1: From the principal Toyota Studios, it's Morning in Memphis with
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  Speaker 1: Todd Starnes.
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  Speaker 2: Griffiths, end zone, intercepted! Memphis wins the game! The game
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  Speaker 2: is not over.
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  Speaker 3: The game is not over.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, it's over. It's over.
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  Speaker 2: The game is over. The Royal on the field is
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  Speaker 2: an interception.
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  Speaker 1: It is Ellis Ellis Jr.
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  Speaker 3: And Mitch Griffiths can't believe a flag wasn't thrown. Ellis
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  Speaker 3: Ellis Jr. hand fighting with Landon size. He's that one
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  Speaker 3: on one matchup on an inside fade. And it sure
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  Speaker 3: looked like they were hand fighting to me, Matt.
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  Speaker 2: What a finish here in Memphis.
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  Speaker 3: Going to see him go to this edge at one
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  Speaker 3: and two. Landon Sides sort of plays that off. Surprised
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  Speaker 3: they don't call that. Landon Sides gets pushed away. It's
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  Speaker 3: a little bit of hand fighting. And Ellis Ellis, how
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  Speaker 3: about that?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, how about that, everybody? Hello, welcome to the show.
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  Speaker 2: Happy Friday. I'm Todd Stearns. Great to be with you.
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  Speaker 2: And wow, what an incredible overtime thriller last night at
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  Speaker 2: the Liberty Bowl. And the Memphis Tigers rallied from a
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  Speaker 2: 16-3 deficit to defeat ECU Eastern Carolina. And it was
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  Speaker 2: a wild game. Not a lot of people in the
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  Speaker 2: stands for that Thursday night game. It looked a little
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  Speaker 2: sparse there, to be honest with you. but certainly an
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  Speaker 2: incredible game, huge win for the Memphis Tigers. By the way,
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  Speaker 2: I just want to get this out of the way.
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  Speaker 2: We'll rip this Band-Aid right off because a lot of
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  Speaker 2: folks on the Memphis Tigers fan pages, social media pages
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  Speaker 2: are freaking out right now, and many are concerned that
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  Speaker 2: Coach Huff may be a short timer because Coach Huff
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  Speaker 2: is being mentioned as a possible replacement for at the
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  Speaker 2: University of Maryland. So the New York Times, many other
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  Speaker 2: publications are suggesting that Coach Huff may be headed to Maryland.
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  Speaker 2: I'm just sharing that with you. We have no confirmation,
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  Speaker 2: but that's what the rumblings are about. And a lot
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  Speaker 2: of folks very concerned on... on the social media pages.
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  Speaker 2: So look, just enjoy the win. It was looking pretty
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  Speaker 2: ugly last night, and it turned out to be a
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  Speaker 2: great night. So take the win, Tigers fans. and we
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  Speaker 2: live to fight yet another day. Well, we've got a
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  Speaker 2: great show for you today. Vicki Gandy is going to
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  Speaker 2: be here, Vicki running for school board. She is the
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  Speaker 2: bona fide Republican nominee, the only Republican nominee running for
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  Speaker 2: school board in Germantown. We'll be talking to her. Also,
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  Speaker 2: Lauren Pinkston is going to be here. She's one of
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  Speaker 2: the independents running for governor in Tennessee. And what I
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  Speaker 2: find very interesting about this race, it is now generating
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  Speaker 2: national attention. Pingston, by the way, is polling at about 1%.
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  Speaker 2: So we're going to find out what her strategy is,
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  Speaker 2: because she believes she can win this thing. So we'll
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  Speaker 2: find out what her strategy is all about. But Most
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  Speaker 2: of the attention in the race is being directed at
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  Speaker 2: David Hatley, the independent who, depending on what polling data
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  Speaker 2: you look at, is doing pretty well and is definitely
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  Speaker 2: in the double digits when it comes to his support.
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  Speaker 2: And many folks in the national media say this could
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  Speaker 2: be the big upset race of the midterm elections. And
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  Speaker 2: it's not Hadley, it's Jerry Green that could end up
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  Speaker 2: winning the governor's race as a result of David Hadley
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  Speaker 2: pulling votes away from Marsha Blackburn. So curious to hear
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  Speaker 2: your thoughts on that. Who are you supporting and why?
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  Speaker 2: Give us a call this morning, 901-260-5926, our telephone number.
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  Speaker 2: That's 901-260-5926. We'll be taking your calls. I know Hadley
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  Speaker 2: has been making calls. a pretty major play here in
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  Speaker 2: West Tennessee and specifically in the Memphis area. You hear
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  Speaker 2: his ads running all the time now on KWAM. Also,
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  Speaker 2: the congressional race, Charlie Hatcher now jumping in with an
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  Speaker 2: ad buy and Chas Mulder as well. So those two
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  Speaker 2: are going at it. And Democrats do see when they're
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  Speaker 2: looking at the races, they really do see the fifth
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  Speaker 2: congressional district race as an opportunity to pick up a
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  Speaker 2: Democrat seat. So they believe that Charlie Hatcher is vulnerable.
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  Speaker 2: As for the very contentious 9th Congressional District race, well,
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  Speaker 2: the good news here is that Brent Taylor is really
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  Speaker 2: generating a lot of attention outside of Shelby County, and
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  Speaker 2: that's important because most of the vote in the 9th
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  Speaker 2: Congressional District is outside of our area. However, There is
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  Speaker 2: a massive, massive Republican pool of voters in Shelby County,
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  Speaker 2: more than any other place in the state of Tennessee.
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  Speaker 2: So it's really going to be important for these candidates
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  Speaker 2: to make sure they're doing their due diligence back in
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  Speaker 2: their own backyards. We cannot take anything for granted as
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  Speaker 2: we move toward the midterm election. So how are you
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  Speaker 2: guys feeling out there? Voting turnout has been off the
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  Speaker 2: charts insane. Just huge, huge numbers. And if the trends continue,
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  Speaker 2: we will be surpassing the 2022 numbers. So this is
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  Speaker 2: really looking like an election cycle turnout, at least here
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  Speaker 2: in the state of Tennessee. But let me just say this.
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  Speaker 2: I was in Houston, Texas, just a few days ago,
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  Speaker 2: and we saw the same kind of historic turnout there
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  Speaker 2: in Harris County, which is where Houston is located. So
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  Speaker 2: a lot of indicators that people are fired up. The
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  Speaker 2: question is... Which side are they fired up for? Are
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  Speaker 2: we watching a blue tsunami or are we watching a
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  Speaker 2: red tsunami? And that's the big question. That's the great
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  Speaker 2: unknown right now. And the fact that— and I am puzzled
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  Speaker 2: by this— the fact that we don't have any official, legitimate
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  Speaker 2: polling out there on the races in Tennessee is really,
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  Speaker 2: really shocking. By the way, President Trump coming to Mississippi.
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  Speaker 2: He'll be campaigning in Corinth, Mississippi. Mississippi, the Democrats believe
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  Speaker 2: Mississippi is in play. I'm not too sure I believe that,
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  Speaker 2: but you've had Kamala Harris, Barack Hussein Obama, Pete Buttigieg,
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  Speaker 2: all of these guys are out there campaigning for Democrats
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  Speaker 2: there in the Magnolia State. We'll see how that goes.
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  Speaker 2: But anyway, President Trump will be in Corinth, Mississippi, campaigning
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  Speaker 2: for Republicans there in the Some news dropping last night,
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  Speaker 2: the president officially endorsing Marsha Blackburn for governor, also the
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  Speaker 2: rest of the Republican slate. So that's good news. And
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  Speaker 2: certainly all of the candidates running are taking full advantage
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  Speaker 2: of that news that dropped yesterday. Before we go to
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  Speaker 2: break here, I wanted to. This just bears repeating, and
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  Speaker 2: it angers me when I see these morons. And I'm
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  Speaker 2: talking about the big, morbidly obese, magenta-haired, nose-ring crowd, the
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  Speaker 2: ones that pile into City Hall. And I.
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  Speaker 2: I have a question about that in just a moment,
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  Speaker 2: but they're all upset at Elon Musk. Elon Musk has
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  Speaker 2: been really a de facto citizen of Memphis for quite
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  Speaker 2: some time, living in a trailer as they are building
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  Speaker 2: out his data centers. And I think it's important for
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  Speaker 2: us to understand that. What Elon Musk has actually been doing,
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  Speaker 2: and it's not just building data centers or providing great
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  Speaker 2: jobs for people who need really good jobs in the Mid-South,
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  Speaker 2: but he's also donating a lot of his own personal money,
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  Speaker 2: $ 50 million pledged to St. Jude. That's Elon Musk. $ 50 million. $ 350, 000,
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  Speaker 2: a check he wrote for the Boys and Girls Clubs
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  Speaker 2: of Greater Memphis. We're talking about millions of dollars in
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  Speaker 2: improvements at Fairleigh High School. $ 3. 6 million for locker rooms,
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  Speaker 2: classroom and restroom renovations. Millions of dollars at John P.
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  Speaker 2: Freeman Optional School. $ 50, 000 to the Memphis Police Association. And
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  Speaker 2: get this, XAI was the presenting sponsor of Starry Nights
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  Speaker 2: in 2025. So those are just some of the things
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  Speaker 2: that Elon has been doing for the community. And here's
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  Speaker 2: my question for all those big, fat, magenta-haired slobs at
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  Speaker 2: City Hall. What have you done? What have you done
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  Speaker 2: for the city of Memphis? What have you done to
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  Speaker 2: make our city great again? What have you done to
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  Speaker 2: beautify the city of Memphis? I ask that question of
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  Speaker 2: Justin Pearson, the state representative. I'm curious about his charitable donations.
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  Speaker 2: Does he actually care about his community, or is he
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  Speaker 2: just a big blowhard with a big afro? I'm just curious,
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  Speaker 2: asking questions here, folks, just asking questions. Elon Musk has done,
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to go out on a limb here and
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  Speaker 2: say Elon Musk has done more for the city of
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  Speaker 2: Memphis over the past two years then Justin Pearson and
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  Speaker 2: all these, what is it, the Defecate Memphis crowd, all
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  Speaker 2: those folks have done in the history of their organizations.
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  Speaker 2: No doubt about it. So you know what? Instead of
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  Speaker 2: pitching a fit, maybe, just maybe, the folks over at
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  Speaker 2: Defecate Memphis and all these other radical left-wing groups ought
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  Speaker 2: to write a thank you note to Elon Musk for
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  Speaker 2: the great work he's doing here in Memphis. Just a thought.
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  Speaker 2: And one final question as we go to break here.
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  Speaker 2: I'm just curious. Who's picking up the bill for having
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  Speaker 2: to fumigate City Hall after all of those nasty protesters
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  Speaker 2: were in there? Just asking. 901-260-5926, our telephone number. We'll
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  Speaker 2: be right back. All right. Welcome back, everybody. Great to
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  Speaker 2: have you with us on this Friday edition of the show.
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  Speaker 2: So one of the most contentious, weird races that we
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  Speaker 2: have in Shelby County is the Germantown school board race.
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  Speaker 2: It is. I have never gotten so much hate mail
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  Speaker 2: for who I endorsed and who I voted for than
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  Speaker 2: this particular race. And that individual happens to be here
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  Speaker 2: in studio this morning. Vicki Gandy, who is the Republican
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  Speaker 2: nominee for the school board in Germantown. Vicki, good to
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  Speaker 2: have you with us today.
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  Speaker 6: Thank you, Todd. I'm glad to be here.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, look, I've been getting all sorts of nasty messages
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  Speaker 2: because I endorsed you. And I have a very simple policy.
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  Speaker 2: I happen to be a registered Republican. And I support
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  Speaker 2: the Republican nominee. So if you win the Republican primary,
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to vote for you. It's a pretty simple
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  Speaker 2: thing for me. What is going on in Germantown right now?
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  Speaker 6: I have no idea.
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  Speaker 7: I'm just running as a conservative Republican like I have
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  Speaker 7: always run. I've been pretty transparent about my faith and
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  Speaker 7: my beliefs and what party I support. It's not like
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  Speaker 7: this is a big surprise, but apparently I'm rattling some
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  Speaker 7: cages and I don't even know why.
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  Speaker 2: No, well, you are. And again, well, you know, if
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  Speaker 2: your opponent wants to come on the program, we'll be
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  Speaker 2: more than happy to have her on. I don't think
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  Speaker 2: it's her. I've never met the person. She seems like
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  Speaker 2: a very nice person. And you've said nothing. Every time
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  Speaker 2: I talk to you, you've said nothing but nice things
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  Speaker 2: about your opponent. So I just don't understand why all
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  Speaker 2: the hate and vitriol is being directed at you here.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, and she is.
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  Speaker 7: She's a fellow real estate agent and we've spoken several
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  Speaker 7: times and are trying really hard. But she and I
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  Speaker 7: both are trying to continue to be very fair and
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  Speaker 7: kind to one another. And we've had a discussion about
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  Speaker 7: it a couple of times because it is hard.
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  Speaker 2: But.
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  Speaker 7: Because, you know, we're in competition, and that's normal. But
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  Speaker 7: she is a very sweet person, and I think we'll
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  Speaker 7: be friends hopefully afterwards, whatever happens.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, one of the message boards in Germantown has
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  Speaker 2: especially been ugly to you, using all sorts of words
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  Speaker 2: we can't even use on the radio to describe you.
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  Speaker 2: They are coming after your supporters. I understand they even
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  Speaker 2: came after a restaurant because you guys held a campaign
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  Speaker 2: event at this restaurant.
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  Speaker 7: Yes, that seems to be... These people are doing this.
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  Speaker 7: They kind of hide behind their little words. They don't
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  Speaker 7: make anything... I've never seen anyone say anything to me.
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  Speaker 7: Some of them are actually... related to some of the
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  Speaker 7: school board members, which is kind of scary. But I
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  Speaker 7: just ignore it and move forward. I don't even read it.
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  Speaker 7: There's no sense in it.
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  Speaker 2: Is it true the other side actually said they were
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  Speaker 2: videoing you the other day?
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  Speaker 6: Yes.
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  Speaker 4: Yes.
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  Speaker 7: Yesterday, there was a person there that I have known
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  Speaker 7: from earlier campaigns that was there and videoing me. And
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  Speaker 7: several people saw her and said.
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  Speaker 6: She's videoing you again. She did the last.
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  Speaker 7: Time I was, I'm just talking to voters, just telling
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  Speaker 7: them about what I stand for. Also talking about her,
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  Speaker 7: the Tennessee constitution amendments, just so they would have, you know,
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  Speaker 7: be informed.
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  Speaker 6: I'm doing what I'm supposed to do. That's it. I'm not,
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  Speaker 6: Stealing anything or hitting anyone, I'm just doing my job.
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  Speaker 2: Joy Williams is the other. And so that's their whole
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  Speaker 2: shtick is that their campaign is all full of joy.
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  Speaker 2: I have not seen a lot of joy from those supporters.
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  Speaker 2: And I saw it firsthand when I went to go
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  Speaker 2: vote early. And I wouldn't say accosted, but they're very aggressive,
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  Speaker 2: come up to you. And I said, I'm voting for
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  Speaker 2: the Republican. And boy, all you know what broke loose.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 7: Well, they haven't said much to me, but I have
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  Speaker 7: been hearing that. But it's definitely, it's hard because politics
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  Speaker 7: are just dirty and ugly, unfortunately. I didn't realize it
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  Speaker 7: before I ran the first time.
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  Speaker 6: I've learned a lot.
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  Speaker 2: Why are you running for the school board?
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  Speaker 7: I'm running because I'm a mother of five sons. I
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  Speaker 7: want our school system to be great. And I started
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  Speaker 7: that school system. I was on the committee that started
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  Speaker 7: my Germantown schools, what, 11.
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  Speaker 6: 12 years ago.
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  Speaker 7: And And I watched all that happened and what we
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  Speaker 7: had to go through to get it done.
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  Speaker 6: And it's made a huge difference.
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  Speaker 7: It just so happens yesterday, I went on a tour
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  Speaker 7: of the school because I'm a real estate agent and
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  Speaker 7: they want us to come through. And I spent about
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  Speaker 7: six hours there.
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  Speaker 6: It was amazing.
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  Speaker 7: I'm so proud of our school system. And I wanted
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  Speaker 7: to keep it great. It's just, I mean, you can't,
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  Speaker 7: I was amazed myself, even though... I thought I had
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  Speaker 7: seen everything, but no, they just are continually improving. And
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  Speaker 7: Jason Emanuel has done a fabulous job.
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  Speaker 2: What is the big issue, the biggest concern you have
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  Speaker 2: for Germantown schools?
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  Speaker 7: Well, I just want to keep us Germantown. I don't
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  Speaker 7: want to see if we can possibly keep as many
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  Speaker 7: citizens in. And one of the things that they're doing,
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  Speaker 7: which I think is a great idea, and I'm promoting
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  Speaker 7: this as well, is grandparents. If you have a grandchild,
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  Speaker 7: then you could bring your child into the school system,
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  Speaker 7: which is ideal because it's still a resident. And that
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  Speaker 7: puts another Germantown resident into school instead of someone being
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  Speaker 7: transferred in. And I think that's what keeps us great.
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  Speaker 2: When you look at the school system, and it's one
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  Speaker 2: of the premier school districts, I think, in the entire
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  Speaker 2: state of Tennessee, what is it that the school system
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  Speaker 2: has done a good job of?
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  Speaker 7: Well, they're expanding CTE classes and technology, all that. It's
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  Speaker 7: just so wonderful. They're looking at not necessarily going to college.
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  Speaker 7: Kids can actually have you know, employment ideas and suggestions
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  Speaker 7: that they can start and consider instead of having to
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  Speaker 7: do the four-year college and getting the expenses. And we
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  Speaker 7: need that. You know, in real estate, we're losing all
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  Speaker 7: our HVAC people and all that. They're all retiring. And
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  Speaker 7: we need people to do those type jobs.
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  Speaker 2: And I know there are a lot of big dollar
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  Speaker 2: projects that are coming up. And you're not going to
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  Speaker 2: be one of those yes men. And I think that's
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  Speaker 2: ultimately the big rub here. There's big money at play.
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  Speaker 2: And somebody doesn't want you on that school board.
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  Speaker 6: They don't. And I'm not sure why. But yes, no,
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  Speaker 6: I will. I will stand my ground.
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  Speaker 7: I'm not a, I mean, I would love to be
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  Speaker 7: a team player, but I have a big mouth, as
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  Speaker 7: you know, you know me really well. And I talk
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  Speaker 7: a lot and I, I will stand up and I'm
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  Speaker 7: not afraid to. That's the one thing about living with
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  Speaker 7: six men.
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  Speaker 2: Fair enough. Fair enough. Vicki, where can people go that
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  Speaker 2: want to get more information about your campaign?
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  Speaker 6: You can just go on my website.
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  Speaker 7: It's Vicki Gandy, B-S-E-K-I Gandy, four, number four, gmsd.com.
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  Speaker 2: All right. Vicki Gandy running for school board. And again,
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  Speaker 2: we invite all the candidates on this program. If you
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  Speaker 2: want to come if you want to come on this program,
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  Speaker 2: all you have to do is call and we make
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  Speaker 2: room for all of the candidates here. But Vicki Gandy
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  Speaker 2: has run a very good campaign and a decent campaign.
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  Speaker 2: And it's too bad. It's really unfortunate that there are
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  Speaker 2: a lot of jackasses in Germantown, apparently. That's unfortunate. All right, Vicki,
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  Speaker 2: good to see you. Good luck out there.
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  Speaker 6: Thank you, Todd, and thank you so much for your support.
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  Speaker 6: God bless you.
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  Speaker 2: All right. Folks, it's the craziest thing. It's an election.
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  Speaker 2: Take a big, deep breath, okay? It's not like the
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  Speaker 2: end of the world here, all right? We're going to
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  Speaker 2: take a quick break. Lauren Pinkston is running for governor.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to have a conversation with her coming up next.
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  Speaker 2: We'll be right back, everybody. All right, welcome back, everybody.
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  Speaker 2: Great to have you with us here on the Mighty 990.
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  Speaker 2: You just heard from Vicki Gandy running for school board
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  Speaker 2: there in Germantown. I'm just telling you, that school board
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  Speaker 2: race is just ugly. And Vicki Gandy has really taken
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  Speaker 2: the high road here. And I appreciate that. And just really,
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  Speaker 2: I don't like it when people get bullied. And that's
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  Speaker 2: when I step in. And you just had to say
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  Speaker 2: something about that. But come on, folks, be better than that.
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  Speaker 2: I know a lot of these folks are alleged churchgoers, too.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes they're the worst. All right, a big rumor percolating
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  Speaker 2: out there about who the next U.S. senator, the junior
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: senator from Tennessee, is going to be. So look, we'll
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: just place a make-believe here. Let's just say that Marsha
• 19:02
  Speaker 2: Blackburn does, in fact, become the governor of Tennessee. If
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  Speaker 2: that's the case, Our understanding is that she has already
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: decided she will not resign until she becomes governor, which
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: means she will be the one to decide who the
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  Speaker 2: next senator is. So it will not be Governor Bill Lee.
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  Speaker 2: So we already know that part of the puzzle piece.
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  Speaker 2: So the next question is, OK, well, who is Blackburn
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  Speaker 2: going to pick? There had been some general thought that
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  Speaker 2: it might be Congressman Tim Burchett. or Knoxville Mayor Glenn Jacobs,
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  Speaker 2: who has served on her campaign team. And those are both,
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: I think, Burchett would be a fine choice. no doubt
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: about it. Don't know a lot about the mayor's politics. But, again,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think we're going to be sending liberals to
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  Speaker 2: Congress from Tennessee. Now, there's another story that's rumbling out there,
• 20:05
  Speaker 2: and that story involves War Secretary Pete Hegsepp. Now, there
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: have been some rumblings in Washington that Hegseth may be
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: a short-termer in the Pentagon. In other words, Hegseth may be,
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: I mean, these are just rumors, nothing confirmed, that Hegseth
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: may be calling it quits after the midterm elections. If
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: that is the case, then this story would make a
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: little bit more sense. But the rumblings, and I think
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: all of this started out of the Knoxville New Sentinel,
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: the rumblings are that Pete Hegseth could be appointed as
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  Speaker 2: the next senator from the great state of Tennessee. Now,
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: Hegseth now lives in Tennessee. He's from Middle Tennessee. But
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: the question is, is Hegseth a bona fide Republican? Now,
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  Speaker 2: certainly Blackburn can appoint whoever she wants to to the seat.
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  Speaker 2: But the reality is, when Hegseth has to run again
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  Speaker 2: for office, will he be a bona fide Republican? Would
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: he then be able to run on his own? And
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: that's the rub right now. So it's a fascinating idea.
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  Speaker 2: Just curious, what do you think about having a senator
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  Speaker 2: by the name of Pete Hegseth from the great volunteer state?
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  Speaker 7: 901-260-5926.
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: That's 901-260-5926. Want to play some audio here. And again,
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: this is, you know, as we look at some of
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: the national politics out there, President Trump posting this item
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  Speaker 2: on his social media feeds, cut number 10. He's a
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: true American. He puts God first. He loves our country.
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: His children are amazing.
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  Speaker 5: And you know why, personally, that I voted for him?
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: Because he's never had a drop of alcohol in his life.
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: He's never had a drop of alcohol in his life.
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  Speaker 7: And any man that can go through what he's been
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  Speaker 7: through and never have a drink.
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  Speaker 2: I think he's amazing.
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  Speaker 6: He is a.
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  Speaker 7: He's an amazing man.
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: He's amazing. He's so smart. He's genuine. Yes, he's... Tells
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: it like it is. But I'm telling you.
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  Speaker 7: Right now, I think he has America.
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  Speaker 2: True in his heart. And a lot of people feel
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  Speaker 2: the same way. CNN, meanwhile, is in panic mode that
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  Speaker 2: Trump supporters and Trump voters are simply ignoring the phone
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  Speaker 2: calls from these pollsters out there. And now if you've
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: been watching CNN or PMS now lately over the past,
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: I don't know, 48, 72 hours or you've noticed there
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  Speaker 2: has been a shift in their coverage going from a
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  Speaker 2: blue tsunami to maybe not a blue tsunami. Cut number six, please.
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  Speaker 4: What do you think the polls may be missing? Do
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  Speaker 4: you think they're undersampling the kind of voter that Trump
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  Speaker 4: usually brings out, sort of non-engaged voters that may not
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  Speaker 4: respond to a phone call from a pollster?
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  Speaker 1: We know that they don't respond to phone calls. We
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  Speaker 1: know that in the exit polling back in 2016, and
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  Speaker 1: I say this publicly because i want people to hear
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  Speaker 1: this you know i teach at west point i cannot
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  Speaker 1: lie cheat or steal the cadets can't i can't i
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  Speaker 1: got 2016 long i believed in the exit polls trump
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: voters walked away refused to participate because they thought that
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: it was against them they thought that the polls were
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: all biased and that's what republicans are being told right
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: now don't believe the polls they're not accurate well they
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: may be we're about to find out but i'm still
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: skeptical In the end, Republicans are less likely to participate.
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: They're less likely to believe the polls are happening. But
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: I'm most interested in turnout in the end. And there
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: are ways to measure it. And I'm not convinced that
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: they're doing it, that they're polling how the electorate overall
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: feels and not polling the people actually going to participate.
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: But in the end, who the hell cares?
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  Speaker 6: How do you get around that, though?
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: That's why you have to do focus groups. That's why
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: you have to do one-on-one interviews. I can tell by
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: looking at you if you're going to participate or not.
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: And these are people who are counted in the polls,
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: but I know they're not going to vote.
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  Speaker 5: Wow.
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: They sit like this. Their hands are folded. And they
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: don't really care. And they're looking down and looking around
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: because they're not engaged. They're not involved. And turnout determines everything.
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: And I ask the viewers, pay attention to to how
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: they've asked the questions about turnout. It's not whether you
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: say you're going to vote or not, because people lie.
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: How interested are you in the election, number one? Number
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: two is how often do you collect election news, political news?
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: And number three, how often do you talk politics to
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: your friends and neighbors? Those are three essential questions in
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: determining turnout. I hate to say this, but a lot
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: of polls don't ask it.
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  Speaker 2: All right, that's Frank Luntz over at CNN dropping some
• 25:09
  Speaker 2: truth bombs. Now, last night, and we do not have
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: any live report. We did not send a reporter to
• 25:15
  Speaker 2: cover this event. But Jerry Green, who is trying to
• 25:19
  Speaker 2: portray herself as some sort of a moderate Democrat, held
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: a drag show fundraiser last night. And this was it
• 25:29
  Speaker 2: was really bizarre. This was in Nashville at a place,
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: a gay bar formerly known as Peckers. And it is
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: now a Latino gay bar. And so anyway, they had
• 25:44
  Speaker 2: the campaign very excited about this. The drag queen who
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: was hosting the event at Trax 237, known as Veronica Electronica,
• 25:54
  Speaker 2: not exactly the most attractive drag queen, if you know
• 25:57
  Speaker 2: what I mean. I don't know if this was from
• 26:00
  Speaker 2: the discount. I don't know. I don't know. I mean,
• 26:02
  Speaker 2: it came from the discount store. I do not know.
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: how they get their drag queens over at the DNC headquarters.
• 26:11
  Speaker 2: But anyway, the Drag Marsha Drag Show benefiting Jerry Green
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: held last night in Nashville, and it was advertised in
• 26:20
  Speaker 2: a very odd way. Come see the queens do what
• 26:24
  Speaker 2: Marsha can't. And I mean, I'm not sure this is
• 26:27
  Speaker 2: actually a head scratcher, but I'm thinking right away, well,
• 26:31
  Speaker 2: the drag queens can pee standing up. I mean, that's
• 26:34
  Speaker 2: one thing they could do that Marsha can't. I don't know.
• 26:38
  Speaker 2: It's very odd. But ladies and gentlemen, it does illustrate
• 26:42
  Speaker 2: that Jerry Green is a far leftist. And Jerry Green,
• 26:46
  Speaker 2: when you go down the list of things that she supports,
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: abolishing ICE, opening our borders, defunding the police, boys and
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: girls sports, I mean, the list goes on and on
• 26:57
  Speaker 2: and on. And you really do have to wonder exactly
• 27:00
  Speaker 2: who Jerry Green supports. really is. So all you folks
• 27:04
  Speaker 2: out there on the Republican side, and you know who
• 27:07
  Speaker 2: you are, that for some reason do not like Marsha Blackburn,
• 27:11
  Speaker 2: and it may be a legitimate reason, but if you
• 27:14
  Speaker 2: stay home and don't vote, or you cast your vote
• 27:17
  Speaker 2: for the independent, you are going to be electing Jerry
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: Green as the next governor of Tennessee. I mean, it
• 27:23
  Speaker 2: really is that simple. So don't mess around here, folks.
• 27:26
  Speaker 2: You've got to get behind Marsha Blackburn, and let's get
• 27:29
  Speaker 2: her across the finish line. All right, we've got to
• 27:31
  Speaker 2: take a break. 901-260-5926, our telephone number. That's 901-260-5926. We'll
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: be right back. And welcome back, everybody. I'm Todd Starnes,
• 27:54
  Speaker 2: and you're listening to the Mighty 990. If you're looking
• 27:57
  Speaker 2: for some fun stuff to do, the South Haven Police
• 28:00
  Speaker 2: Department posting a free trunk or treat on Sunday. Families
• 28:07
  Speaker 2: invited out. It's going to be a lot of fun.
• 28:09
  Speaker 2: One until three o'clock in the afternoon. That's going to
• 28:12
  Speaker 2: take place at the South Haven Police West Precinct. on
• 28:16
  Speaker 2: Highway 51 North. So be sure to get your little
• 28:21
  Speaker 2: youngsters dressed up and to get out there for the
• 28:24
  Speaker 2: big trunk or treat. Also, Salvation Army asking us to
• 28:28
  Speaker 2: pass along this information. The Kroc Center hosting a free
• 28:31
  Speaker 2: fall celebration tomorrow. The Fall Fun Bash begins at 11
• 28:36
  Speaker 2: o'clock in the morning, goes on until 2 o'clock. And
• 28:39
  Speaker 2: this year's event has a rodeo theme, so there are
• 28:42
  Speaker 2: going to be lots of great activities, lots of food
• 28:44
  Speaker 2: and concessions. All of that happening at the Kroc Center
• 28:48
  Speaker 2: over on East Parkway South. So you're going to want
• 28:51
  Speaker 2: to be able to do that as well. One final
• 28:54
  Speaker 2: note to share with you, a free international festival hosted
• 28:59
  Speaker 2: by our friends at Bellevue Baptist Church. That's taking place tomorrow.
• 29:04
  Speaker 2: The Memphis Cup of Nations and Family Festival starts at
• 29:07
  Speaker 2: 9 o'clock tomorrow morning and goes on until 6 o'clock
• 29:12
  Speaker 2: tomorrow evening. There are going to be lots of wonderful
• 29:15
  Speaker 2: things to do, including a parade of flags. That starts
• 29:19
  Speaker 2: at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at Bellevue Baptist Church. Some
• 29:25
  Speaker 2: very sad news coming out of Collierville this morning. Many
• 29:29
  Speaker 2: of you are familiar in the Collierville area with the
• 29:33
  Speaker 2: Russell Farm Supply Company. There was a big fire overnight.
• 29:37
  Speaker 2: The building was damaged and there was one fatality, the
• 29:43
  Speaker 2: beloved parrot Popeye. The beloved parrot Popeye did not survive
• 29:48
  Speaker 2: the fire. Popeye the parrot had called the store home
• 29:52
  Speaker 2: for decades, and no word on what exactly caused the damage,
• 29:56
  Speaker 2: but it was The damage was concentrated toward the center
• 30:01
  Speaker 2: of the building. Popeye was 44 years old. Well, that's
• 30:06
  Speaker 2: not too bad for a parent, but certainly our condolences
• 30:11
  Speaker 2: there to Popeye. The parent and his family. 901-260-5926, our
• 30:17
  Speaker 2: telephone number. That's 901-260-5926. A lot of voters out there.
• 30:26
  Speaker 2: Before we get to that, we were expecting Lauren Pinkston
• 30:30
  Speaker 2: to join us. The campaign had actually reached out to
• 30:33
  Speaker 2: us asking if they could come on the show today.
• 30:37
  Speaker 2: And we agreed to do that. And then they stood
• 30:39
  Speaker 2: us up.
• 30:40
  Speaker 7: So.
• 30:42
  Speaker 2: No, I don't know why. We're very friendly folks around here.
• 30:46
  Speaker 2: So anyway, we'll find out what happened, let you know
• 30:50
  Speaker 2: on Monday. Anyway, this voter warning about a major threat
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: that we are facing in this nation, cut number 12.
• 31:00
  Speaker 5: Democrats, I get it. Everybody's mad. The prices are high.
• 31:04
  Speaker 5: I feel it too. I voted for Donald Trump. Do
• 31:08
  Speaker 5: I like everything he does? No. But Are you aware
• 31:13
  Speaker 5: of the fact, and I think you're aware of it,
• 31:16
  Speaker 5: that Muslims are using you to get into office? I
• 31:24
  Speaker 5: know this is true because I've been getting messages from Muslims,
• 31:28
  Speaker 5: ex-Muslims all around the world, who are telling me that
• 31:32
  Speaker 5: ever since I started posting about the Koran, that yes,
• 31:35
  Speaker 5: this is the truth. Muslims are trying to take over
• 31:38
  Speaker 5: our country, and they are using the Democrats to do it.
• 31:44
  Speaker 5: I just want to put the message out there. You know,
• 31:47
  Speaker 5: when you go to vote, if you haven't voted already,
• 31:49
  Speaker 5: please be mindful of this. We've got to save our country.
• 31:54
  Speaker 5: We don't want to lose our country to Islam or socialism.
• 32:00
  Speaker 5: You know, you think you're mad now. If that stuff
• 32:03
  Speaker 5: gets into power, just wait until you see what happens then.
• 32:09
  Speaker 5: So anyway, vote wisely.
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Again, folks, you got to be smart. We are
• 32:16
  Speaker 2: facing a clear and present danger to the republic right now.
• 32:21
  Speaker 2: And it is a double whammy. You've got the rise
• 32:23
  Speaker 2: of political Islam and you also have the rise of
• 32:26
  Speaker 2: the of the DSA, the rise of communism. And we're
• 32:29
  Speaker 2: looking at both of those big issues here in here
• 32:32
  Speaker 2: in our part of the country. as we're watching, for example,
• 32:38
  Speaker 2: Justin Pearson is palling around with Hassan Piker, who said
• 32:42
  Speaker 2: that America deserved 9-11, America deserved the atrocities that happened
• 32:48
  Speaker 2: on that day. You are no condemnation from Justin Pearson.
• 32:51
  Speaker 2: So Justin Pearson is out there claiming to be this
• 32:55
  Speaker 2: woke little victim all the time, when in fact, this
• 32:58
  Speaker 2: guy is a nasty, nasty player. I'm serious. And If
• 33:03
  Speaker 2: you think that those shenanigans, calling the state trooper an
• 33:07
  Speaker 2: MF-er boy, calling the white state trooper a boy and
• 33:11
  Speaker 2: getting up in his face, calling him a boy, if
• 33:14
  Speaker 2: you think that was limited to just the state capitol,
• 33:18
  Speaker 2: you mess around and end up electing this guy to Congress,
• 33:21
  Speaker 2: Memphis will be the laughingstock of the nation every single
• 33:25
  Speaker 2: day on national television. That's who Justin Pearson is. And
• 33:30
  Speaker 2: it's all about Justin Pearson. Justin Pearson has accomplished absolutely
• 33:34
  Speaker 2: nothing with his life. He's like, I don't know, Barack
• 33:37
  Speaker 2: Hussein Obama with a power throw. Remember Obama before he
• 33:41
  Speaker 2: was elected? What was he? He was a community organizer.
• 33:45
  Speaker 2: He was a professional rabble rouser. That's who Barack Obama was.
• 33:51
  Speaker 2: And that's exactly who Justin Pearson is. He hasn't done anything.
• 33:56
  Speaker 2: You go and walk around his district that he represents
• 33:59
  Speaker 2: in the state house, and you just ask people, and
• 34:02
  Speaker 2: they'll tell you the guy hasn't done anything, not a
• 34:05
  Speaker 2: single thing. That's who Justin Pearson is, and that's exactly
• 34:10
  Speaker 2: what he's going to do when he gets to Washington, D.C.,
• 34:13
  Speaker 2: if he gets elected. And again, if there really is
• 34:16
  Speaker 2: a major Democrat surge happening at the polls, and nobody knows,
• 34:20
  Speaker 2: nobody knows right now, But if there is, then you
• 34:24
  Speaker 2: better buckle up. By the way, Chas Mulder, and I
• 34:27
  Speaker 2: know Charlie Hatcher hasn't really done a lot out here campaigning,
• 34:31
  Speaker 2: but let me tell you something about Chas Mulder. The guy, yeah,
• 34:34
  Speaker 2: he looks like a Republican, sounds like a Republican, but
• 34:37
  Speaker 2: the first vote he's going to take if he's elected
• 34:41
  Speaker 2: is to make Hakeem Jeffries, one of the most liberal
• 34:44
  Speaker 2: men in Washington, the next Speaker of the House. That's
• 34:49
  Speaker 2: what Chas Mulder is going to do. Chas Mulder. And look,
• 34:52
  Speaker 2: here's the problem. You want to be able to believe
• 34:54
  Speaker 2: that there are some of these blue dog Democrats out
• 34:57
  Speaker 2: there in the southern states, but you can't do that
• 35:00
  Speaker 2: anymore because they'll lie to your face. They'll pretend to
• 35:04
  Speaker 2: be a moderate out on the campaign trail. But as
• 35:06
  Speaker 2: soon as they get elected, well, they become radical leftist.
• 35:10
  Speaker 2: And I would just direct your attention to what happened
• 35:12
  Speaker 2: in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the most recent governor's race,
• 35:16
  Speaker 2: Abigail Spanberger. Turns out she's to the left of Lauren Pinkston,
• 35:22
  Speaker 2: who failed to show up for her interview today. What
• 35:24
  Speaker 2: does that tell you about? No wonder the woman's polling
• 35:27
  Speaker 2: at 1%. Maybe she got wind that we were going
• 35:31
  Speaker 2: to ask her some very difficult questions about abortion and
• 35:35
  Speaker 2: whether or not she believes that women should be able
• 35:38
  Speaker 2: to abort their babies on the day of delivery. That
• 35:43
  Speaker 2: was one of the questions we were planning on asking.
• 35:45
  Speaker 2: And it's important for us moving forward to ask these
• 35:48
  Speaker 2: kinds of questions, ladies and gentlemen. You deserve to know
• 35:51
  Speaker 2: who you're voting for. You deserve to know. And that's
• 35:54
  Speaker 2: one of the reasons why debates are so vitally important.
• 35:57
  Speaker 2: Next week, there is going to be a gubernatorial debate.
• 36:00
  Speaker 2: You're going to have Pinkston, you're going to have Green,
• 36:03
  Speaker 2: and you're going to have Hantley debating. Marshall Blackburn refuses
• 36:07
  Speaker 2: to debate anybody, period. No debates from the Republicans. All right,
• 36:12
  Speaker 2: we've got to scoot out of here, folks. It's been
• 36:13
  Speaker 2: a good, good week. We're going to be back at
• 36:16
  Speaker 2: it 11 o'clock exclusively here on the Mighty 990, the
• 36:20
  Speaker 2: Todd Stern Show. Get out there. Have a great, fun weekend, Memphis.