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Memphis Mayor Paul Young: “I Ain’t No Fool” · 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: All right. You better put Red Bull on the Froot Loops,
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  Speaker 2: ladies and gentlemen. We have got a jam-packed show for
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  Speaker 2: you today. Senator Marsha Blackburn is going to be here
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  Speaker 2: in just a little while. Connie McCarter, running for mayor
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  Speaker 2: in Lakeland, is going to be here. We have a
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  Speaker 2: lot of news. It was a terrible weekend for crime
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  Speaker 2: across the Mid-South. Just pretty much a war zone. Of course,
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  Speaker 2: Memphis police are still searching for the people responsible for
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  Speaker 2: that double shooting in Hickory Hill over the weekend. That
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  Speaker 2: was at Night Arnold and Ridgeway. We'll keep you updated there.
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  Speaker 2: Another big story we're following, by the way, State Representative
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  Speaker 2: Justin Pearson and so-called faith leaders are now renewing calls
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  Speaker 2: to end the Memphis Safe Task Force this after this
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  Speaker 2: insane weekend of violence. And, of course, we are watching
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  Speaker 2: the big heat dome. The good news is, folks, there
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  Speaker 2: is some relief on the horizon. And KWAM's chief meteorologist,
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  Speaker 2: Laura Huckabee, will be along in just a little while
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  Speaker 2: to tell you all about that. In the meantime, we
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  Speaker 2: are honored to have in studio. One of the busiest
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  Speaker 2: guys out there in the 9th Congressional District, State Senator
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  Speaker 2: Brent Taylor, in studio this morning. Senator, good to have you.
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  Speaker 3: Good to have you.
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  Speaker 4: Glad to be here. I knew there was a 7.04
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  Speaker 4: in the morning because I got to look at the
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  Speaker 4: clock and tell it was actually 1. This is really early, Todd.
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  Speaker 2: It's very early, and I'm a night owl. This is
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  Speaker 2: my problem. So I have to force myself now to
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  Speaker 2: go to bed early, and it never works out. Normally
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  Speaker 2: there's a football game or something on, and, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it catches my attention early. And the next thing you know,
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  Speaker 2: three hours of sleep.
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  Speaker 4: I'll tell you what happens. I do the same thing.
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  Speaker 4: I wind up watching television and watching the History Channel
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  Speaker 4: or something. And next thing I know, I'm all into
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  Speaker 4: some ancient aliens documentary that's really important at 1 o'clock
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  Speaker 4: in the morning. And then when I have to get
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  Speaker 4: up the next morning, I'm thinking, oh. What in the
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  Speaker 4: world was I thinking? I don't even care about ancient aliens.
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  Speaker 2: Speaking of alien creatures, can we talk about this race?
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  Speaker 2: First of all, how's it going? You've been literally out there.
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  Speaker 2: I know you've been getting some blowback from the local
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  Speaker 2: folks who miss you because they haven't seen you. And
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  Speaker 2: the reason why is it is a freaking big district
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  Speaker 2: here in the 9th.
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  Speaker 5: It is.
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  Speaker 4: It's 200 miles long. When I go to Fayetteville, for example,
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  Speaker 4: we were just in Fayetteville over the weekend yesterday. You
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  Speaker 4: go all the way over there. It is a four-hour
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  Speaker 4: trek from Memphis all the way over to Fayetteville. And
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  Speaker 4: then you turn north and you go all the way
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  Speaker 4: up to Williamson County. So it is a very big district.
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  Speaker 4: And it's 750,000 of the finest Tennesseans you ever want
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  Speaker 4: to meet.
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  Speaker 2: What is something that maybe you did not know that
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  Speaker 2: you know now about the district?
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  Speaker 4: Well, just how diverse it is. I mean, it literally
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  Speaker 4: looks like Tennessee. It stretches from Whitehaven at Graceland. It
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  Speaker 4: has an urban core. It has a suburban area to
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  Speaker 4: it and suburban Shelby and Fayette counties. And then you
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  Speaker 4: go up to Williamson County. There's a suburban area there.
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  Speaker 4: And then there's a lot of rural area. So it's
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  Speaker 4: been interesting to see how this district really does look
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  Speaker 4: like Tennessee. And I think that will make me and
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  Speaker 4: Charlie Hatcher, who's running the 5th District, make us better
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  Speaker 4: congressmen because we will have to really represent much of
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  Speaker 4: what Tennessee looks like.
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  Speaker 2: I think there is a lot of concern here locally.
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  Speaker 2: We had a black pastor call in, and he is
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  Speaker 2: very concerned that Justin Pearson is gaining ground. I think
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  Speaker 2: everybody's seen the polling that allegedly said he was within
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  Speaker 2: four points, pointing out you've got to do your research
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  Speaker 2: into the polls, and that's a left-leaning poll, but still
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  Speaker 2: four points. What do you make of that? What's going
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  Speaker 2: on there? Because people are scared about having a DSA
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  Speaker 2: candidate elected in the ninth?
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  Speaker 4: Well, first of all, the polling that Democratic Socialist Justin
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  Speaker 4: Pearson put out, it does not match our polling. However,
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  Speaker 4: I will say it is a bad environment, Todd, for Republicans.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, if you look at districts all across the country,
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  Speaker 4: Democrats have the advantage going into this election. So there
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  Speaker 4: are headwinds for Republicans. So we have to treat that
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  Speaker 4: poll as if it could be accurate. And that's why
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  Speaker 4: we're out every week campaigning, getting our message out that, look,
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  Speaker 4: the way to– and we know, by the way, Todd,
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  Speaker 4: that people are feeling the pinch at the gas pump.
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  Speaker 4: We know that they're feeling the pinch at the grocery store.
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  Speaker 4: But to get inflation down and to help improve the economy,
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  Speaker 4: you can't elect a democratic socialist. What you need to
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  Speaker 4: do is elect somebody who has a record of making
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  Speaker 4: sure that we cut wasteful spending. and that we cut
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  Speaker 4: regulation on our family farms and our family businesses. And
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  Speaker 4: those are the types of things you need to look
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  Speaker 4: at to reduce this inflation and improve our economy. And
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  Speaker 4: look at the record that I've got. I have done
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  Speaker 4: that in the state Senate. And you look at the
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  Speaker 4: record of Democratic Socialist Justin Pearson, who has not even
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  Speaker 4: been able to pass gas.
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  Speaker 5: In the state legislature.
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  Speaker 2: He's wanting to debate you.
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  Speaker 4: Well, look, he can keep wanting to debate all he wants,
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  Speaker 4: but I don't share the debate stage with anybody who
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  Speaker 4: gets up nose to nose with a law enforcement officer
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  Speaker 4: and calls him a stupid MF-er and calls him an
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  Speaker 4: MF boy. I just don't share the debate stage with
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  Speaker 4: people like that. And we're going to carry our message
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  Speaker 4: out to the people of the 9th Congressional District, Tennessee Niners,
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  Speaker 4: as I call them. And I suggest he focus on
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  Speaker 4: them and getting his vote out and reaching voters out.
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  Speaker 4: rather than trying to get me to help his campaign.
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  Speaker 2: You mentioned the headwinds here. What is it that's concerning voters?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, when you look at the president's agenda, it
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  Speaker 2: looks like a winning agenda. What's the problem out there
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  Speaker 2: for Republicans?
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  Speaker 5: Look, let's face it.
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  Speaker 4: You go, there's $ 4 a gallon gas. People want gas
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  Speaker 4: prices down. People don't like the fact that we're embroiled
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  Speaker 4: in this war in Iran, and we thought that this
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  Speaker 4: war should be over by now. We have to finish
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  Speaker 4: it over there. And once we do that and we
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  Speaker 4: can keep the Strait of Hormuz open, that will help
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  Speaker 4: bring gas prices down and improve the inflation. But, Todd,
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  Speaker 4: what we have to do is we have to quit
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  Speaker 4: depending on these Middle Eastern tyrants for our energy. We
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  Speaker 4: need to unleash American energy. here in America, and then
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  Speaker 4: we don't have to be dependent on what the hell
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  Speaker 4: happens over at the Hormuz Strait.
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  Speaker 2: You know, another big issue for farmers has been bringing
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  Speaker 2: in the Argentinian beef, bringing in foreign beef. The cattle
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  Speaker 2: farmers up in arms over that.
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  Speaker 5: They are.
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  Speaker 4: And look, we have.
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  Speaker 5: To be clear.
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  Speaker 4: These tariffs are hurting some industries in Tennessee. And I
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  Speaker 4: support the president on the issue of tariffs. I believe
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  Speaker 4: it is a way to make sure that Americans... aren't
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  Speaker 4: continuing to be ripped off. But what we have to
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  Speaker 4: do and what I want to do in Congress is
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  Speaker 4: I want to work with the administration and where there
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  Speaker 4: are Tennessee farmers, Tennessee businesses, Tennessee industries that are feeling
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  Speaker 4: the pinch of these tariffs and the pain that they
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  Speaker 4: could cause, I want to work with the president to
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  Speaker 4: help get our Tennessee businesses on the exclusion list. And
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  Speaker 4: so I support the president's effort on the tariffs, but
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  Speaker 4: I want to also work with him to exclude much
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  Speaker 4: of what is going on here in Tennessee so we
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  Speaker 4: can protect our farmers, our cattle farmers, and our Tennessee industries,
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  Speaker 4: and right here in Memphis with FedEx.
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  Speaker 2: I think one of the big challenges here is just
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  Speaker 2: how radical Justin Pearson is. And I don't think the
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  Speaker 2: average person living in the 9th Congressional District understands that.
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  Speaker 2: This is a guy who sat on a couch with
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  Speaker 2: Hassan Piker, the guy who believes America deserved what happened
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  Speaker 2: on 9-11. This I mean, why is it that Justin
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  Speaker 2: Pearson is sharing a couch with this guy?
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  Speaker 4: Well, that would be a good question for radical Democrat
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  Speaker 4: socialist Justin Pearson. He says he's not DSA, but yet
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  Speaker 4: he shares the couch with Hassan Piker wearing a mouse suit,
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  Speaker 4: I might add. And if you look in the background,
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  Speaker 4: there are signs behind Democrat socialist Justin Pearson that say
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  Speaker 4: Democratic Socialist of America. So he can't hide from it.
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  Speaker 4: He shared the couch with Hasan Piker, a known radical
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  Speaker 4: who said that the United States was the worst country
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  Speaker 4: in the world and that America deserved what happened on 9-11.
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  Speaker 4: Radical Justin Pearson shared the stage with Hasan Piker, who
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  Speaker 4: was wearing a Mao suit on that podcast. And I
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  Speaker 4: think it's disgraceful, and I think Tennessee Niners need to
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  Speaker 4: look into Justin Pearson, they will see that he really
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  Speaker 4: is radical.
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  Speaker 2: It is interesting when you think about it, because here
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  Speaker 2: he is, Pearson, sharing, and surely he had to have
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  Speaker 2: known about the things that Assange Piker had said in
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  Speaker 2: the past. But instead of, you know, calling him an
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  Speaker 2: M-effing boy, saying, what do you mean you hate America?
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  Speaker 2: He didn't do that. He was all smiles and giggles
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  Speaker 2: with this guy.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, he was so far up Hassan Piker's rear end
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  Speaker 4: that his feet were dangling out.
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  Speaker 5: Yikes.
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  Speaker 4: And I think it's important that people hold him accountable
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  Speaker 4: for sitting on the couch with Hassan Piker after saying
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  Speaker 4: that America deserved 9-11 and that the United States is
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  Speaker 4: the worst country on the planet. And he is there
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  Speaker 4: like a fanboy sucking up to Hassan Piker wearing a
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  Speaker 4: mouth suit.
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  Speaker 2: I want to play some audio here. Memphis Mayor Paul
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  Speaker 2: Young went to the Congressional Black Caucus gathering in D.C.
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  Speaker 2: I wouldn't wish that on anybody. anybody, but it was
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  Speaker 2: rough because they came after him. Angela Rye was just
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  Speaker 2: a she she was basically a Congressional Black Caucus version
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  Speaker 2: of Karen. And here's how she spoke. She really spoke
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  Speaker 2: dismissively of our mayor, the issue, Elon Musk, and these
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  Speaker 2: data centers. Let's take a listen real quick to what
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  Speaker 2: the mayor had to say.
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  Speaker 6: Like, while all of these other civil and human rights
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  Speaker 6: are at risk, to be doing a business deal with
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  Speaker 6: a fraud, I think is probably the biggest, or I
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  Speaker 6: shouldn't say, I don't want to speak for folks in Memphis,
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  Speaker 6: but it's probably one of the largest concerns. Then when
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  Speaker 6: you're also talking about water, you think about Flint, you
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  Speaker 6: think about Jackson, you don't want to put your city
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  Speaker 6: in the same position there when there's already such, you know,
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  Speaker 6: economic depression.
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  Speaker 3: So, first of all, I don't have to be coached
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  Speaker 3: on not trusting dudes. I ain't no fool. Like, I'm
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  Speaker 3: not stupid. I understand this is a trillionaire. It's not
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  Speaker 3: about trusting him. I'm for Memphis. I'm not for dude.
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  Speaker 3: I'm for Memphis. Remember, our community has been shrinking. Everything
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  Speaker 3: that our community needs.
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  Speaker 6: Who operates the data center?
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  Speaker 3: They do. Who is they? SpaceX AI. Who owns SpaceX AI?
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  Speaker 3: Elon Musk. Okay. Yeah. All right. I.
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  Speaker 3: I'm just saying. I'm just saying. But that has nothing
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  Speaker 3: to do with me trusting him. He paid for a
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  Speaker 3: piece of property in our city, a transaction that me
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  Speaker 3: as mayor, I don't stop a transaction between two private parties.
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  Speaker 3: So I come in after the transaction and try to
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  Speaker 3: negotiate things that we can get, like a $ 200 million
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  Speaker 3: graywater facility, like investments in the community around us with schools.
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  Speaker 3: Who knows what's going on? The biggest thing happening in
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  Speaker 3: the global economy right now is data centers. This is
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  Speaker 3: the biggest thing happening in the global economy. So it's
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  Speaker 3: up to us to figure out, are we going to
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  Speaker 3: just say, put a fence around our communities? We don't
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  Speaker 3: want to play a part in the global economy of
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  Speaker 3: the future. Or are we going to say, let's figure
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  Speaker 3: this thing out? We had to figure it out in
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  Speaker 3: real time.
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  Speaker 2: I want to stop this for a second. You get
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  Speaker 2: the gist of it here. I appreciate the mayor. I
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  Speaker 2: think he's got the right point here. And yeah, there
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  Speaker 2: are some issues with the data centers. Looks like they're
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  Speaker 2: trying to figure them out. But the idea that we're
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  Speaker 2: just going to push Elon Musk and say, you know what,
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  Speaker 2: we don't want you here in Memphis.
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  Speaker 4: But you see, this goes back to just like my opponent,
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  Speaker 4: Democrat and socialist Justin Pearson. They don't understand capitalism. They
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  Speaker 4: don't understand free enterprise. They think, if you heard her question,
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  Speaker 4: or her statement, they talk like government owns the means
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  Speaker 4: of production, that somehow the mayor can force SpaceX AI
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  Speaker 4: to do something that they want. The mayor has it
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  Speaker 4: exactly right. SpaceX, XAI bought that property. They did not
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  Speaker 4: get a single dime in government incentive money. They built that.
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  Speaker 4: They built their data center. And the mayor is doing
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  Speaker 4: what he can as our government allows, local government allows.
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  Speaker 5: Him to do.
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  Speaker 4: But look, data centers, there is a headwind against data centers.
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  Speaker 4: And the only data center bill, Todd, that came out
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  Speaker 4: of the legislature last year that regulated data centers was
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  Speaker 4: a bill that I sponsored that basically addressed a lot
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  Speaker 4: of the concerns that people have. And that is that
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  Speaker 4: if they... produce, if they require infrastructure improvements, that the
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  Speaker 4: data centers have to pay for that infrastructure improvement. They
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  Speaker 4: can't pass that on to taxpayers and the people who
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  Speaker 4: pay rates at the utility. Also, it says that if
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  Speaker 4: they generate too much electricity, they have to generate their
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  Speaker 4: own power. And I supported that. I got that passed
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  Speaker 4: in the legislature.
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  Speaker 5: It's now a law.
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  Speaker 4: But you know who voted against it? Democrats, socialists. justin
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  Speaker 4: pearson he voted against the one bill that would have
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  Speaker 4: regulated the industry that he is railing against it shows
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  Speaker 4: that he wants the issue more than he wants a
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  Speaker 4: solution and so uh i think that's important now the
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  Speaker 4: other thing is it ought to be up to local
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  Speaker 4: communities across the state and across the country to decide
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  Speaker 4: where data centers go it should be local input uh
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  Speaker 4: but but we should um You know, all of us
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  Speaker 4: are dependent on the data centers for the phones that
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  Speaker 4: we use and the computers and the artificial intelligence that
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  Speaker 4: really will make our life better if we can put
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  Speaker 4: guardrails around it.
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  Speaker 2: All right. Senator, we got to leave it there. Where
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  Speaker 2: can people go if they want to get involved in
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  Speaker 2: the campaign? They want to make a donation. Where can
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  Speaker 2: they do that?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: So Brent Taylor for Congress dot com. Brent Taylor for
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  Speaker 4: Congress dot com. Go there if you'd like a yard sign.
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  Speaker 3: Look.
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  Speaker 4: We spent every dime we raised in the primary. And
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  Speaker 4: my opponent, he is that ActBlue network. He can send
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  Speaker 4: out a text message, raise a quarter of a million dollars.
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  Speaker 4: And we're out here. We're trying to raise money and
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  Speaker 4: to get our message across so that we can make
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  Speaker 4: sure that we defeat Democratic Socialist Justin J. Pearson in November.
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  Speaker 2: There you have it, ladies and gentlemen. State Senator Brent
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  Speaker 2: Taylor running in the 9th Congressional District. The choice is
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  Speaker 2: very clear, very clear. and we've got to make sure
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  Speaker 2: that we do not send a communist to Capitol Hill. Senator,
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  Speaker 2: good to see you. Safe travels.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you. I appreciate it. People are looking for confidence,
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  Speaker 4: not chaos, common sense, not a communist.
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  Speaker 2: All right. We'll be right back. Let's check in with
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  Speaker 2: Diana Howard. Diana, Ms. Howard, is an English teacher and
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  Speaker 2: librarian at Middle College High School. Get this. Over the weekend,
• 18:09
  Speaker 2: she got a $ 1, 000 check from the College Football Playoff
• 18:14
  Speaker 2: Foundation and the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.
• 18:18
  Speaker 3: Ms.
• 18:18
  Speaker 2: Howard's been an educator here in the Mid-South for 23 years,
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: and she plans to get this. She's going to use
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: her cash to buy supplies and equipment for the classroom.
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: What a great lady there, and congratulations to Ms. Howard
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: there at Middle College High School. Connie McCarter, running for
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: mayor of Lakeland, coming up next. Hang tight, everybody. And
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: welcome back, everybody. It is a wild morning here in
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: the in the KWAM studios. State Senator Brent Taylor here
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: coming up in just a little while. We're going to
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: check in with Marsha Blackburn, who is running for governor.
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: And we are jam packed. We've got a lot of
• 19:02
  Speaker 2: folks running for office coming through. We're going to get
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: to our guest in just a moment. A couple of
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: big things happening in the Mid-South. I want to share
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: those with you. There is a major, major food drive
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: that's coming up in Olive Branch, and we're going to
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: tell you more about that later this week. Also, the
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: Hernando Water Tower Festival is over at the Historic Square,
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: Courthouse Square. That kicks off later this weekend. Coming up
• 19:34
  Speaker 2: on Saturday, more than 150 vendors expected. They're going to
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: have a KidZone food truck. So much fun. They're heading
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: into a Main Street chamber behind that big event. And
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: in downtown, the Orpheum Theater Group celebrating Diary. Parton this
• 19:51
  Speaker 2: coming Friday for free screenings of the movie 9 to 5.
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: That's happening down at the Halloran Center. All that information
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: we'll post on KYMRadio.com. I have to add, I'm just curious.
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: I'm going to put our next guest, Connie McCarter, who's
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: going to be running for mayor, who is running for
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: mayor of Lakeland. And Connie, you're going to have to
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: deal with these journalists that just ask you random questions.
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: So this is a trial for you. Are you a
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: big Dolly Parton fan?
• 20:19
  Speaker 8: Yes, I am. I love Dolly Parton. As a teenager,
• 20:24
  Speaker 8: I loved her music.
• 20:24
  Speaker 7: As a matter of fact, Todd, I aspired to be
• 20:27
  Speaker 7: a singer at one time in my life.
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: Is that right?
• 20:29
  Speaker 7: Yes, I was always in the talent shows and had
• 20:32
  Speaker 7: many offers to pursue that career. But I decided to
• 20:37
  Speaker 7: forego that and go into nursing. But I still enjoy
• 20:43
  Speaker 7: singing to this day. But I remember The Coat of
• 20:46
  Speaker 7: Many Colors, and I would sing that. Of course, I
• 20:49
  Speaker 7: Will Always Love You. And loved all of those songs.
• 20:53
  Speaker 7: And Dolly is such a great example for all women
• 20:57
  Speaker 7: and men as well, for everyone. And the way that
• 21:01
  Speaker 7: she gives, I just always will value that because I
• 21:04
  Speaker 7: was brought up to always give, give to others and
• 21:08
  Speaker 7: give of myself. And I have a servant heart, and
• 21:12
  Speaker 7: I thank God for that.
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: You know, I had to have the heart thing done
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: down at Baptist East, and the nurses there, you brought
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: up nurses and singing. I'm not good with drugs, Connie.
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: And so when they gave me the Benadryl, I think
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: that's what it was. And I just, you know, I'm
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: not used to that kind of stuff. But I told
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: the nurse, I said... I hear Barry White singing right now.
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: And she said, enjoy the ride. We love nurses here
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: on the Mighty Night. Thank you.
• 21:41
  Speaker 8: Thank you.
• 21:42
  Speaker 7: Nurses are actually, according to the Gallup poll, for 16
• 21:47
  Speaker 7: years plus the most trusted profession. And I'm proud to
• 21:51
  Speaker 7: say I'm a registered nurse. And thank you so much
• 21:54
  Speaker 7: for that.
• 21:54
  Speaker 2: Well, all I can tell you is anybody who has
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: a legal right to poke you with a needle, you
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: got my respect. Connie, you're running for mayor of Lakeland.
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: And this is I mean, this may be genetic because
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: that position runs in the family, from what I understand.
• 22:10
  Speaker 8: Yes, it does.
• 22:12
  Speaker 7: My brother and sister and I were brought up to
• 22:15
  Speaker 7: always put God first and then family and and always
• 22:20
  Speaker 7: to give. and to give to our society and give
• 22:24
  Speaker 7: to others. My dad was always involved with the conservative
• 22:31
  Speaker 7: values that he taught us to look and to seek
• 22:36
  Speaker 7: people to represent us well in our city, in our county,
• 22:42
  Speaker 7: and so forth. So we were always exposed to that.
• 22:46
  Speaker 7: My dad pursued the position of Lakeland commissioner and he
• 22:52
  Speaker 7: was elected from 1995 to 97 and then he decided
• 22:59
  Speaker 7: to run for Lakeland mayor after serving only two years
• 23:02
  Speaker 7: as a commissioner and so he ran for Lakeland mayor
• 23:05
  Speaker 7: and he won that election in 97 and he served
• 23:09
  Speaker 7: until 01 and my dad and I had several conversations
• 23:13
  Speaker 7: a lot of conversations last year my dad passed away
• 23:17
  Speaker 7: October 19th last year And I was so grateful for
• 23:22
  Speaker 7: the time I had to spend with him and for
• 23:23
  Speaker 7: him to give me a lot of his advice and insight. But,
• 23:29
  Speaker 7: you know, one of the things he said was his
• 23:32
  Speaker 7: greatest achievement as mayor was when he was able to
• 23:36
  Speaker 7: bring the first school to Lakeland. And a lot of
• 23:39
  Speaker 7: people don't realize that, but he was able to with
• 23:42
  Speaker 7: Shelby County. Mayor Jim Routt was in office then. and
• 23:46
  Speaker 7: many others to bring Lakeland Elementary School there. And, you know,
• 23:51
  Speaker 7: he was so proud because it did not cost the
• 23:54
  Speaker 7: citizens of Lakeland anything for Lakeland Elementary back then.
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: I want to talk about something that happened on the
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: show last week, and we believe in being fair and
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: balanced here on KWAMM. Your opponent was a guest on
• 24:07
  Speaker 2: this morning show. He's the incumbent mayor. And he came
• 24:11
  Speaker 2: after you and made all sorts of accusations. First of all,
• 24:15
  Speaker 2: he said that you were not a true conservative. I'm
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: just wondering what your thoughts are about what the mayor
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: had to say about you and your campaign.
• 24:25
  Speaker 7: Well, I'm really surprised that he would say such a
• 24:28
  Speaker 7: thing because I have been very active in the Shelby
• 24:33
  Speaker 7: County and also the state Republican Party.
• 24:36
  Speaker 8: And I might say even the.
• 24:38
  Speaker 7: National Republican Party, for three decades at least. And then
• 24:43
  Speaker 7: my family has always been involved in the party over
• 24:47
  Speaker 7: my entire life.
• 24:48
  Speaker 8: And when you.
• 24:49
  Speaker 7: Think about a conservative Republican, if you look in the
• 24:52
  Speaker 7: dictionary and look up conservative Republican, my picture's right there.
• 24:57
  Speaker 7: Because what does that mean? What does a conservative Republican mean? Well,
• 25:00
  Speaker 7: it's our economic policy. I believe in supporting lower taxes.
• 25:04
  Speaker 7: I believe in reduced government regulation. I believe in free market.
• 25:08
  Speaker 7: I believe in the trade measures and the tariffs. I
• 25:11
  Speaker 7: believe in the social values. I believe in protecting our
• 25:15
  Speaker 7: Second Amendment gun rights. I believe in restrictions on abortions.
• 25:19
  Speaker 7: And I believe in preserving traditional and faith-based values. One
• 25:24
  Speaker 7: of the reasons that that people know I believe in
• 25:26
  Speaker 7: that so strongly is I brought back the National Day
• 25:30
  Speaker 7: of Prayer observance in Lakeland when I was elected in
• 25:32
  Speaker 7: 2022 as commissioner. And my dad also ensured that there
• 25:37
  Speaker 7: was an observance during his term as mayor. I have
• 25:40
  Speaker 7: very strong ties with my family and faith. Also, I
• 25:44
  Speaker 7: believe as a conservative Republican in the role of government
• 25:48
  Speaker 7: that we should advocate for limited federal government to promote
• 25:51
  Speaker 7: the state's rights and maintain strong defense in military. And again,
• 25:57
  Speaker 7: I believe in immigration and law, supporting the strict border
• 26:01
  Speaker 7: enforcement and opposing illegal immigration and a firm emphasis on
• 26:06
  Speaker 7: rule of law.
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: Are all of those big problems in Lakeland?
• 26:10
  Speaker 7: I would say that the one thing that the biggest
• 26:13
  Speaker 7: issue we have in Lakeland right now is transparency, accountability,
• 26:18
  Speaker 7: and responsible spending.
• 26:19
  Speaker 2: Is the mayor doing a good job or a lousy job?
• 26:22
  Speaker 8: You know, I don't like to be very critical of people.
• 26:25
  Speaker 2: But?
• 26:27
  Speaker 7: But I do like to point out the truth. Lakeland's
• 26:30
  Speaker 7: projected debt is $ 101 million, and that's projected for June
• 26:36
  Speaker 7: of 2027. This debt is not acceptable. With approximately $ 14, 000
• 26:42
  Speaker 7: in our population, that is $ 7, 000 responsibility for every.
• 26:48
  Speaker 8: Man, woman, and child tied.
• 26:50
  Speaker 7: And I'm running because I believe Lakeland deserves a mayor
• 26:53
  Speaker 7: who listens to the people. The people are hungry. I've
• 26:57
  Speaker 7: been knocking doors since September 1st. I have not seen
• 27:00
  Speaker 7: my opponent knock a door. I have not seen that.
• 27:03
  Speaker 7: But when I knock the doors, the people want to
• 27:06
  Speaker 7: talk to me. One of the things I have done
• 27:09
  Speaker 7: that our current mayor has not done is since October
• 27:13
  Speaker 7: of 2023, I have sent a recap out of our
• 27:16
  Speaker 7: meetings to our constituents.
• 27:18
  Speaker 8: Continue to do that.
• 27:19
  Speaker 7: And my email is growing by leaps and bounds every day.
• 27:23
  Speaker 7: And the people have thanked me as I knock their
• 27:25
  Speaker 7: doors for that.
• 27:26
  Speaker 2: Connie, why are you guys in debt? Over $ 100 million?
• 27:31
  Speaker 7: Well, I'm going to tell you how we're in debt. Okay,
• 27:34
  Speaker 7: we have a debt mix by purpose as of June 30th, 2027.
• 27:38
  Speaker 7: And you can find this on our Lakeland website.
• 27:42
  Speaker 8: And currently.
• 27:43
  Speaker 7: 41% of our debt is our high school construction, 13%
• 27:48
  Speaker 7: middle school construction, okay? We also have 22% in public
• 27:53
  Speaker 7: works projects, sewer interceptor. Our mayor, since he's been elected
• 27:59
  Speaker 7: as mayor, and our board of commissioners I serve with,
• 28:02
  Speaker 7: because remember, Todd, we are a city manager commission form
• 28:06
  Speaker 7: of government, okay? And so the mayor is really no
• 28:10
  Speaker 7: more than a titular mayor. The mayor has the right
• 28:14
  Speaker 7: to ability to sign ordinances, to do ribbon cuttings and
• 28:19
  Speaker 7: so forth, but not the true form of power that
• 28:22
  Speaker 7: you see in a mayor alderman form of government. So
• 28:27
  Speaker 7: since he's been in office, he has promoted lots of development.
• 28:31
  Speaker 7: Now development is good, but the development can be bad
• 28:34
  Speaker 7: if it strains the backs of the taxpayers and if
• 28:37
  Speaker 7: it disrupts.
• 28:37
  Speaker 8: The normal function of our city.
• 28:39
  Speaker 7: And I'm seeing so many developments that have been started
• 28:43
  Speaker 7: and nothing is finished. And that's one of the things
• 28:46
  Speaker 7: that the.
• 28:47
  Speaker 8: Constituents are not happy with. But back to where the
• 28:50
  Speaker 8: debt is.
• 28:51
  Speaker 7: Again, the sewer interceptors and the sewer plant that we
• 28:56
  Speaker 7: are having to develop because of all of the development.
• 29:00
  Speaker 7: And that is, and sir, let me say this. Our
• 29:02
  Speaker 7: sewer rates have gone up 30% this year. Many people
• 29:06
  Speaker 7: are complaining because their MLGW bill, they're seeing it double.
• 29:10
  Speaker 7: It's going to go up 30% for the next four years.
• 29:13
  Speaker 7: And also, we've got New Canada Road, Lakeland Community Center,
• 29:17
  Speaker 7: and Beverly Rivera Roadway Extension. So that's where your debt's
• 29:20
  Speaker 7: coming in.
• 29:21
  Speaker 2: The mayor insinuated that you are not pro-law enforcement.
• 29:26
  Speaker 8: Oh, my goodness.
• 29:27
  Speaker 7: That is just the— Where is she coming up with this?
• 29:30
  Speaker 7: That's so untrue. Well, you know, this is where I
• 29:34
  Speaker 7: think he's coming up with this. I voted against the hotel,
• 29:37
  Speaker 7: the EconoLodge Hotel condemnation initiative.
• 29:40
  Speaker 8: Eminent domain.
• 29:41
  Speaker 7: And the reason I voted against that, I did not
• 29:45
  Speaker 7: want a hotel where there's crime going on. But, Todd,
• 29:49
  Speaker 7: in my opinion, the sheriff could have come in and
• 29:52
  Speaker 7: made some arrests there, okay, and done their job. And
• 29:56
  Speaker 7: then this hotel could have been declared a public nuisance.
• 30:00
  Speaker 7: I brought this up to the board, but this is
• 30:03
  Speaker 7: not what the mayor and the board wanted to do.
• 30:06
  Speaker 7: They wanted to condemn the hotel and take it by
• 30:09
  Speaker 7: eminent domain. The hotel would have been closed if it
• 30:12
  Speaker 7: had been declared a public nuisance.
• 30:14
  Speaker 8: Then guess what? You know where this land is? This
• 30:17
  Speaker 8: is prime commercial property.
• 30:20
  Speaker 7: All right off the expressway, which our city spent a
• 30:22
  Speaker 7: lot of money on our expressway system so that people
• 30:25
  Speaker 7: could get to that prime commercial property. That would have
• 30:28
  Speaker 7: been saved for a business off the interstate, and we
• 30:32
  Speaker 7: would be seeing generation of higher tax revenues. So this
• 30:37
  Speaker 7: was totally lost. We have lost our commercial property for perpetuity. Currently,
• 30:43
  Speaker 7: there is a YMCA that is being erected there, okay?
• 30:46
  Speaker 8: Okay.
• 30:47
  Speaker 7: Now, I'm not against YMCA, but at that time I said,
• 30:50
  Speaker 7: if we're going to get YMCA a community center, which
• 30:53
  Speaker 7: I was told the people wanted, but only 158 people
• 30:57
  Speaker 7: filled out a survey who said that they might consider it,
• 31:01
  Speaker 7: that's not as much as not even close to 14,000 people. So,
• 31:08
  Speaker 7: like I say, the YMCA is going there now. So
• 31:13
  Speaker 7: that's a non-profit. And then the YMCA is another thing
• 31:17
  Speaker 7: that a lot of our constituents are not happy with
• 31:21
  Speaker 7: because guess what? That is costing us millions of dollars
• 31:24
  Speaker 7: to build. We have spent millions on this project, and
• 31:28
  Speaker 7: it's still not complete. Hopefully, we will see it complete
• 31:31
  Speaker 7: next year.
• 31:32
  Speaker 2: All right. Connie, where can people go if they want
• 31:35
  Speaker 2: to get more information about you, they want to get
• 31:37
  Speaker 2: more information about your campaign?
• 31:39
  Speaker 8: They can go to.
• 31:42
  Speaker 8: Connie McCarter's, uh, Facebook. And they can also go to.
• 31:46
  Speaker 2: Um, McCarter for mayor.com.
• 31:50
  Speaker 8: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. McCarter for mayor.com. Thank
• 31:53
  Speaker 8: you so much. And, um, and so forth.
• 31:56
  Speaker 7: And, uh, one thing I do want to point out,
• 31:59
  Speaker 7: the mayor also brought up was that my father supported him. Well,
• 32:04
  Speaker 7: let me just read, I just want to share one thing.
• 32:06
  Speaker 7: And this was what I actually, uh, found on my
• 32:10
  Speaker 7: dad's Facebook that is still there today. He posted this
• 32:14
  Speaker 7: December 28th of 2023. As 2023 comes to an end,
• 32:18
  Speaker 7: I want to say to Mayor Josh Roman and the
• 32:20
  Speaker 7: city commissioners that in their first year in office, they
• 32:23
  Speaker 7: have raised our property taxes again. That's when they went
• 32:26
  Speaker 7: from $ 1. 04 to $ 1. 19 and have spent more tax money
• 32:30
  Speaker 7: than any other administration in its first year of public service.
• 32:34
  Speaker 7: I want to say that if this Josh Roman administration
• 32:37
  Speaker 7: spending continues, Lakeland will get more and more in debt,
• 32:41
  Speaker 7: now pushing more than $ 90 million plus in the near future.
• 32:45
  Speaker 7: Is this what Lakeland taxpayers want? Now is the time
• 32:51
  Speaker 7: for conservative Lakeland citizens to step up and save Lakeland
• 32:55
  Speaker 7: that used to be the dream city.
• 32:58
  Speaker 8: From these fiberless spenders.
• 33:00
  Speaker 7: Let's make Lakeland a conservative city once again who cares
• 33:03
  Speaker 7: for the taxpayers and not what the politicians want.
• 33:05
  Speaker 8: Does that sound like support to you?
• 33:07
  Speaker 2: All right. Connie McCarter, McCarter for Mayor.com. We'll be right back.
• 33:17
  Speaker 2: You know what I really wanted to do this morning, Dylan?
• 33:20
  Speaker 2: I wanted to play some of the great audio from
• 33:22
  Speaker 2: the student party at Ole Miss as they warmly embraced
• 33:26
  Speaker 2: and welcomed Lane Kiffin back to campus, but it would
• 33:29
  Speaker 2: have just been beep. Yeah, we couldn't have done that.
• 33:34
  Speaker 5: Yeah, not even national television could bleep that out.
• 33:36
  Speaker 7: No.
• 33:37
  Speaker 5: They were so loud and in unison.
• 33:40
  Speaker 2: By the way, I don't know if you watch Game Day.
• 33:43
  Speaker 2: We love Morgan Freeman, but I think there's one role
• 33:46
  Speaker 2: that he is not qualified for.
• 33:48
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 33:49
  Speaker 2: And that was it.
• 33:50
  Speaker 5: That's it. That right there.
• 33:51
  Speaker 1: I was wondering if you caught that because I was thinking, man,
• 33:55
  Speaker 1: I guess he does get old.
• 33:56
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 33:57
  Speaker 2: Wow.
• 33:57
  Speaker 1: For the longest time. I'm like, Morgan Freeman doesn't age.
• 34:00
  Speaker 1: And then I saw him on game day and I'm like, yeah,
• 34:02
  Speaker 1: he does.
• 34:03
  Speaker 2: You know, it's, it's interesting. Um, I think the concern
• 34:07
  Speaker 2: is that when you don't have a script for him, yeah,
• 34:11
  Speaker 2: he's not, there's not a lot.
• 34:12
  Speaker 1: There, not a lot to rehearse, but you know, it's
• 34:14
  Speaker 1: Morgan Freeman. He's a legend, but, The funniest thing, maybe
• 34:18
  Speaker 1: the saddest thing that he said was, if I don't
• 34:20
  Speaker 1: pick Ole Miss here, I might not be able to
• 34:22
  Speaker 1: go home.
• 34:23
  Speaker 2: That is true. Yes, he did. And he was wearing
• 34:25
  Speaker 2: Ole Miss gear. He was.
• 34:26
  Speaker 5: He was ready to pick Ole Miss. You know he was. But,
• 34:29
  Speaker 5: you know, the fans were not going to let him
• 34:31
  Speaker 5: out of there if he didn't.
• 34:32
  Speaker 2: And the Tigers had a good win. Yeah, go Tigers.
• 34:36
  Speaker 5: Hotty toddy.
• 34:37
  Speaker 1: Everything, like, you know, Tennessee Vols, all the Tennessee teams
• 34:40
  Speaker 1: had a good week.
• 34:41
  Speaker 2: Vanderbilt. That Vanderbilt game with NC State.
• 34:44
  Speaker 5: That was crazy.
• 34:45
  Speaker 2: Holy cow.
• 34:46
  Speaker 5: What a way to end.
• 34:48
  Speaker 2: It really was. So anyway, you're right, but it was
• 34:50
  Speaker 2: a great weekend, and Parker made no doubt. We should
• 34:52
  Speaker 2: have given him two minutes for the conversation. By the way,
• 34:57
  Speaker 2: we're going to have to hold our interview with Marsha
• 34:59
  Speaker 2: Blackburn until tomorrow, but that's okay. Marsha had a lot
• 35:04
  Speaker 2: to say, and we did a pre-tape interview, so we'll
• 35:07
  Speaker 2: have Marsha on tomorrow's program. Now, if you are a candidate...
• 35:11
  Speaker 2: And you are running for office, then give us a call.
• 35:16
  Speaker 2: We will provide a platform. And again, we want to
• 35:19
  Speaker 2: have conversations with all of the candidates, Republican, Democrat, Independent.
• 35:25
  Speaker 2: So just reach out to us on our website, or
• 35:27
  Speaker 2: you can give us a call here at KWAM, 901-260-5926. Again,
• 35:33
  Speaker 2: that number, 901-260-5926. Also, don't forget the Orpheum Theater hosting
• 35:40
  Speaker 2: the free screenings of 9 to 5, their salute, Dolly
• 35:44
  Speaker 2: Parton Movie Day. That's coming up Friday. So if you
• 35:47
  Speaker 2: want something fun and free to do, then you need
• 35:51
  Speaker 2: to go to Dolly Parton Movie Day. I mean, it
• 35:53
  Speaker 2: really is that simple. Very good. Coming up, 11 o'clock today,
• 35:58
  Speaker 2: the Todd Stern Show. We have a jam-packed show. I'm
• 36:01
  Speaker 2: going to explain what's really going on with the White
• 36:04
  Speaker 2: House and their decision to ban CNN, MSDNC, or PMS now.
• 36:10
  Speaker 2: And also Politico. So there's a backstory there. And yours
• 36:14
  Speaker 2: truly happened to be right in the thick of it.
• 36:17
  Speaker 2: So looking forward to having that conversation at 11 o'clock today.
• 36:21
  Speaker 2: And I'm going to take you back in the time machine.
• 36:23
  Speaker 2: And I'm going to tell you about the time that
• 36:25
  Speaker 2: Barack Hussein Obama literally kicked conservative reporters off of his airplanes.
• 36:32
  Speaker 2: And all of that coming up at 11 o'clock. Armstrong
• 36:35
  Speaker 2: and Getty coming up next. I was talking to a
• 36:38
  Speaker 2: guy came up to me at church. And I normally
• 36:41
  Speaker 2: have to show up at church about 20 minutes early
• 36:44
  Speaker 2: to get from the lobby to the actual sanctuary. And
• 36:47
  Speaker 2: a guy said, I just want you to know I
• 36:49
  Speaker 2: love those Armstrong and Getty guys.
• 36:51
  Speaker 5: Stan.
• 36:52
  Speaker 2: So Stan from Germantown, this one's for you. All right, folks,
• 36:56
  Speaker 2: we've got to scoot out of here. Deli, good to
• 36:58
  Speaker 2: see you in the wee hours of the morning. Helen
• 37:00
  Speaker 2: is back with us tomorrow. We will see you at
• 37:03
  Speaker 2: 11 o'clock right here on the Mighty 990.