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State Rep. Justin Pearson Sues City Council Over Meeting Ban · 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. Wow.
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  Speaker 2: Happy Friday, everybody. And you might want to batten down
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  Speaker 2: you guys are doing great. We've got a lot going on.
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  Speaker 2: So a lot happening here. By the way, I want
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  Speaker 1: All right.
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  Speaker 2: We've got a lot going on today, and first, I
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  Speaker 2: want to share the very latest numbers we've got on
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  Speaker 2: early voting. Shelby County Election Commission will be releasing day
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  Speaker 2: two numbers, and hopefully later on, usually around midday, we
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  Speaker 2: get those numbers. But what we can tell you is
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  Speaker 2: that over 11,000 people turned out to vote on the
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  Speaker 2: first day of early voting. Those are massive numbers. We're talking...
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  Speaker 2: We're talking over, wow, twice as many as came out
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  Speaker 2: in 2022 when about 6,000 people came out to vote.
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  Speaker 2: So well done, everybody, getting out there and getting out
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  Speaker 2: the vote. Statewide, almost 100,000 people voted on the first day.
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  Speaker 2: of early voting. And there's already some speculation that we
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  Speaker 2: could be watching presidential election-style numbers when it comes time
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  Speaker 2: for Election Day. So the question is, what does all
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  Speaker 2: of that mean? Is that good news for the Democrats?
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  Speaker 2: Is it good news for the Republicans? because right now
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  Speaker 2: there is a lot of angst on the Republican side
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  Speaker 2: of the aisle. And even here in Tennessee, there is
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  Speaker 2: growing concern about the campaign of David Hatley, Hatley putting
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  Speaker 2: even more of his own personal money into his campaign,
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  Speaker 2: and the Blackburn campaign launching another series of attack ads
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  Speaker 2: and also sending information to local media about Hatley's past,
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  Speaker 2: things he did back in the 1990s, which were absolutely horrible,
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  Speaker 2: and many of them were criminal. And the question is,
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  Speaker 2: should Hatley be held accountable for something he did, a
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  Speaker 2: crime he paid for back in the 1990s? Does that
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  Speaker 2: impact his ability to to be the next governor of
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  Speaker 2: the state of Tennessee. There is enough concern that even
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  Speaker 2: the Democrats are getting involved now in this. I think
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  Speaker 2: everybody is really wary of David Hatley and whether or
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  Speaker 2: not the disenfranchised Republican voters are going to rally around
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  Speaker 2: Senator Blackburn or are they throwing their hands up in
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  Speaker 2: the air. They're disgusted with the way things have been going.
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  Speaker 2: and they're going to give David Hatley a chance. Here's
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  Speaker 2: the problem. I don't know if there's any chance, any
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  Speaker 2: pathway to victory for David Hatley other than to steal
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  Speaker 2: enough votes away from Marsha Blackburn. where Jerry Green is
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  Speaker 2: able to walk into the governor's mansion. So curious to
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  Speaker 2: hear your take on that. If you have been out voting,
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  Speaker 2: if you voted early, give us a call. Let us
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  Speaker 2: know how things were going. I'm curious to know what
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  Speaker 2: it was like where you vote. I can tell you
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  Speaker 2: I voted in Germantown and took about, I don't know, 30,
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  Speaker 2: 35 minutes to vote. The line moved along pretty quickly,
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  Speaker 2: and everybody very nice, very kind, and everybody was in
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  Speaker 2: a good mood. But people were there, and they were
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  Speaker 2: there to vote. So anyway, our telephone number, 901-260-5926. Again,
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  Speaker 2: our telephone number, 901-260-5926. Justin Pearson. And by the way,
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  Speaker 2: we're going to talk about Justin Pearson with our next
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  Speaker 2: guest coming up in just a matter of moments, Kevin Snyder,
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  Speaker 2: founding attorney for the great law firm Snyder & Horner.
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  Speaker 2: He's going to be here in just a moment. Justin Pearson.
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  Speaker 2: is suing the Memphis City Council. You know, the council
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  Speaker 2: sent him and a number of other far-left agitators notices, letters,
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  Speaker 2: banning them from upcoming council meetings because of their bad behavior.
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  Speaker 2: And when you see, you know, Justin Pearson, so he's
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  Speaker 2: like the, you know, he's sort of like a, I
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  Speaker 2: don't know, bipolar politically. One minute he's talking whiter than
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  Speaker 2: me and the next minute It's almost as if he's
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  Speaker 2: in a Spike Lee movie. It's hard to figure out
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  Speaker 2: which version of Justin Pearson we're getting. But the one
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  Speaker 2: that showed up at city council was Spike Lee with
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  Speaker 2: a bullhorn. And Justin Pearson, you know, is really butthurt
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  Speaker 2: about all of this. He sent out his wife, and
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  Speaker 2: his wife is sending out these angry messages to the media.
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  Speaker 2: So the wife is out there fighting on behalf of
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  Speaker 2: her husband. And that's the way Pearson's M.O.
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  Speaker 1: Is.
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  Speaker 2: If you've noticed him, he's always the guy that stirs
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  Speaker 2: up the crowd. But then when the police come rushing in,
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  Speaker 2: he scurries away. Oh, I didn't do anything, officer. I'm
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  Speaker 2: just a good and decent person standing here with a
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  Speaker 2: bullhorn in my hand. I am curious, who shows up
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  Speaker 2: to city council meetings with a bullhorn? Who does that?
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  Speaker 2: So anyway, Pearson is now suing the city council in
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  Speaker 2: federal court. He's saying that his constitutional rights were violated.
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  Speaker 2: And they're also demanding they want to know who leaked
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  Speaker 2: the letter about Pearson to local media. And we'll see
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  Speaker 2: how all of that plays out. But anyway, we'll check
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  Speaker 2: in with Kevin Snyder about that. I do want to
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  Speaker 2: play this audio. This is Justin Pearson talking. Oh, you
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  Speaker 2: know he's in trouble because he's talking about his mama
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  Speaker 2: and his daddy.
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  Speaker 1: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: My mama's a teacher. Daddy's a preacher. They taught me
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  Speaker 2: the golden rule.
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  Speaker 1: Do unto others as you would like done unto you.
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  Speaker 2: So that's a new ad, by the way, that Brent
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  Speaker 2: Taylor put out, the state senator. He talks about his
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  Speaker 2: mama and his daddy. I guess he was bragging about
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  Speaker 2: his upbringing and how he learned his values from his
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  Speaker 2: mama and his daddy. I want to know, did he
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  Speaker 2: get that filthy mouth from his mama or his daddy?
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  Speaker 2: Where did that come from? This is just the real
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  Speaker 2: Justin Pearson is the one you see. And it's very
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  Speaker 2: rare because a lot of this is political theater. But
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  Speaker 2: when you go back to the state capitol, the one
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  Speaker 2: thing that was not political theater was the way he
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  Speaker 2: behaved towards that state trooper calling him an M effing boy.
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  Speaker 2: That is the real Justin Pearson. And the question for
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  Speaker 2: all of you folks in the 9th Congressional District is
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  Speaker 2: very simple. Does that man, Justin Pearson, reflect and represent
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  Speaker 2: your value system? But I'm just telling you, that guy
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  Speaker 2: is bad news. All right, we've got to take a
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  Speaker 2: quick break. Kevin Snyder coming up. Can't wait to hear
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  Speaker 2: his take on what's happening politically. A lot going on.
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  Speaker 2: But first, let's check in with Commander Chuck. Got to
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  Speaker 2: look at your morning commute. All right, a lovely start
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  Speaker 2: to your day here in the Mid-South on this very
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  Speaker 2: breezy Friday. It's about, oh, I don't know, 65, 66
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  Speaker 2: In studio, as promised, Kevin Snyder. You're sort of like
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  Speaker 3: Everybody loves Matlock. What's there not to love?
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  Speaker 3: I have not because we've been so busy this year,
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  Speaker 3: I think they are. I think a lot of people
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you're there to be entertained as well as
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  Speaker 3: see some balls. So why not combine the two?
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  Speaker 2: Exactly. Uh, Kevin Snyder.com. That's a Snyder with an I
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  Speaker 2: Kevin Snyder.com. Uh, Kevin, I've, I've noticed of late, you
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  Speaker 2: have really jumped into the political fray. Uh, curious to
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  Speaker 2: hear your, your take on these big numbers we're seeing.
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  Speaker 3: Well, um, when I retired from elected office several years ago,
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  Speaker 3: I vowed I wouldn't be back, but things have gotten
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  Speaker 3: so crazy. Um, in the words of the Godfather, I'm back. And,
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  Speaker 3: you know, they keep dragging you back in, but these
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  Speaker 3: numbers are very, very encouraging. And now, obviously, the eternal
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  Speaker 3: question that we won't know the answer to is all
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  Speaker 3: these people that are showing up to vote everywhere, both
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  Speaker 3: in the rural areas, both in the metropolitan areas, who
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  Speaker 3: are they voting for?
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  Speaker 2: You've been very outspoken on social media recently. What is
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  Speaker 2: the message here, especially for Republicans who seem to be
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  Speaker 2: statewide really divided? I don't think we're all on the
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  Speaker 2: same page here. No.
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  Speaker 3: And that's one of the reasons I got out of
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  Speaker 3: you've got a lot of Republicans. You even got a
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  Speaker 3: lot of Democrats of saying, well, let's take a look
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  Speaker 3: at some of this independence, you know, because their person
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  Speaker 3: didn't win the primary. That is absurd. And the fact
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  Speaker 3: that we're even having this conversation is one of the
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  Speaker 3: reasons I've come back out is you've got literally a
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  Speaker 3: convicted felon running for governor who could not even vote
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  Speaker 3: until last year because legally he was prohibited until he
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  Speaker 3: got his voting rights restored. I mean, the fact that
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  Speaker 3: we're even having this conversation, whether he gets 5, 10 percent,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, come on, people. Exercise some common sense. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: you give me $ 10 million, I'm running your campaign. I
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  Speaker 3: can make everybody sound great. We know nothing about this guy.
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  Speaker 2: He's, from what I understand, talking to some folks that
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  Speaker 2: know the campaign, we're hearing those internals could be as
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  Speaker 2: high as 20%. If that's the case, Jerry Green becomes
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  Speaker 2: the next governor of Tennessee. I mean, that's just the
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  Speaker 2: reality of it.
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  Speaker 3: It could be. I mean, the question is, obviously, he's
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  Speaker 3: pulling votes from Marsha. Marsha's the nominee. And if you
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  Speaker 3: are considering voting for the convicted felon that nobody knows
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  Speaker 3: anything about, you know, heaven forbid.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that it's just all very puzzling to me. And again,
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  Speaker 2: I understand the draw that, you know, that that Hatley
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  Speaker 2: has out there. People want to compare him to Donald Trump.
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  Speaker 2: But we knew about Donald Trump. We don't know anything
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  Speaker 2: about this guy, you know, and and that fact. to me,
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  Speaker 2: is a red flag. You know, you want to be
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  Speaker 2: able to, I mean, if you're going to be the
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  Speaker 2: governor of the state of Tennessee, we need to know
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  Speaker 2: more about you.
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  Speaker 3: Well, absolutely. I mean, you know, back when I had
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  Speaker 3: dark here, when I was running campaigns, I've served in office,
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  Speaker 3: you know the people that are running. And you give
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  Speaker 3: somebody $ 10, $ 20 million, you can market them any way
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  Speaker 3: you want. But at the end of the.
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  Speaker 2: Day, you're right. He's never voted. His campaign message is,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not taking any donor money. I'm funding all of
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  Speaker 2: this myself. You know, I don't want to be beholden
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  Speaker 2: to anybody, you know, talking about the special interest. But
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  Speaker 2: what he's also saying, maybe it's unintentional or maybe it
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  Speaker 2: is intentional. I don't know. But he's also saying he's
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  Speaker 2: not beholden to you or to me, because if he's
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  Speaker 2: not getting any donor dollars from anybody, it's all about him.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. And hopefully it really is his money, because as
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  Speaker 3: you've probably seen, there's a massive tax lien that was
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  Speaker 3: just filed against him or his company back in August
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  Speaker 3: of this year for, what, $ 7, $ 8 million? I mean,
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  Speaker 3: if you got an extra $ 10 million out of the blue, hey,
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to run for governor. How about you pay
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  Speaker 3: the taxpayers first?
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  Speaker 2: And that is a fair argument. In the bankruptcies that
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  Speaker 2: were filed, were the small businesses impacted, the other businesses
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  Speaker 2: that were impacted? Were they eventually paid? You know, those
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  Speaker 2: are questions that need to be addressed.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: And if you were really serious about being the so-called independent,
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  Speaker 3: where have you been for the past years? I mean, again,
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  Speaker 3: nobody knows anything about this guy, but hey, let's vote
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  Speaker 3: him for governor because we don't like Marshall or we
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  Speaker 3: don't like Jerry. I mean, that's that is absolutely mind numbing.
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  Speaker 2: I do think it's interesting that Monty Fritz has not
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  Speaker 2: endorsed anybody. And that's probably another big question. Will those
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  Speaker 2: Fritz voters, will they join Marsha here?
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  Speaker 3: Well, we certainly hope so. And I would encourage Manny
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  Speaker 3: to get out because I think at the end of
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  Speaker 3: the day, Democrats and Republicans can agree on one thing.
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  Speaker 3: We don't want an independent as governor. I think that's
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  Speaker 3: one thing we can all agree on.
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  Speaker 2: All hands on deck. Absolutely. I mean, that's what it is.
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  Speaker 2: I want to ask you about Justin Pearson. First of all,
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  Speaker 2: he's saying his constitutional rights were violated. Does he have
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  Speaker 2: a constitutional right to disrupt a council meeting with a bullhorn?
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  Speaker 3: In a word, no. My theory is I think my
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  Speaker 3: good friend Justin is going for the trifecta. He's been
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  Speaker 3: kicked out and banned from the state. He's been kicked
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  Speaker 3: out and banned for local. He's running for Congress. He
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  Speaker 3: wants to see if he can do all three and
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  Speaker 3: get kicked out of Congress. I mean, this guy, this guy,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, there is no way to put it. He's
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  Speaker 3: a lunatic. I mean, it is that simple. I've never
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  Speaker 3: seen anything like it. He's another reason I, for lack
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  Speaker 3: of a better word, came out of retirement. This guy
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  Speaker 3: wants to be my congressman. I live in Fayette County.
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  Speaker 3: People are scared of him out there, not just Republicans, Democrats,
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  Speaker 3: long term. friends of mine that are Democrats, African-American, they
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  Speaker 3: always support the Democrat. They aren't supporting him, but they're
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  Speaker 3: scared to speak out against him for fear of the
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  Speaker 3: wrath that you'll get from his people.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and he's got a lot of money, no doubt
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  Speaker 2: about it, a lot of out-of-state money coming in, and
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  Speaker 2: I think he's really, my question is, does he really
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  Speaker 2: represent the values of the 9th Congressional District, a guy who,
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  Speaker 2: praise to Mother God, a guy who basically has a
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  Speaker 2: Talafrico problem, you know, the James Talafrico running for the
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  Speaker 2: Senate in Texas.
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  Speaker 3: Well, and that's even before you get to the Hassan Piker,
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  Speaker 3: if I'm pronouncing his name correctly, hanging out with these
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  Speaker 3: DSA people. You know, as a former first responder, when
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  Speaker 3: somebody says, we deserved 9-11, no, sir, you need to go. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: No, I think it's a very fair point you raise.
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  Speaker 2: Can you stick around for a few more minutes?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, we've got all morning if we're talking about politics.
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  Speaker 2: I have more questions. New data coming out, financial reports,
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  Speaker 2: and the Democrats are outracing Republicans here in a lot
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  Speaker 2: of these races, including a very, very important race, Tennessee
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  Speaker 2: House District 97. That's John Gillespie. $ 50, 800. That's how much
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  Speaker 2: he raised. His Democrat challenger, Jesse Husseth, reports $ 98, 000. So
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  Speaker 2: a lot of money coming in to the Democrats. The
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  Speaker 2: same situation with Justin Pearson, who has millions of dollars
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  Speaker 2: in the bank. Brent Taylor, the Republican, struggling to raise
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  Speaker 2: money right now. So we'll talk more about that coming
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  Speaker 2: up next. We'll be right back. All right. Welcome back, everybody.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Todd Stearns. Great to be with you. KWAMradio.com. Be
• 18:42
  Speaker 2: sure to check out our website. All sorts of great
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  Speaker 2: news and information for you. Kevin Snyder joining us from
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  Speaker 2: the great law firm of Snyder and Horner. KevinSnyder.com is
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  Speaker 2: the website address. I want to go back to Justin
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  Speaker 2: Pearson for a minute because he is saying— We don't
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  Speaker 2: have enough time. Well, there is. But he's saying that
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  Speaker 2: legally it's against the law what the city council did.
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  Speaker 2: Does the council— have the right to ban people that
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  Speaker 2: are causing disruptions or disturbances.
• 19:13
  Speaker 3: They absolutely do. I mean, the law is crystal clear.
• 19:16
  Speaker 3: It's been crystal clear for literally decades. I forget the
• 19:20
  Speaker 3: precedent setting case of somebody argued free speech where they
• 19:24
  Speaker 3: ran in a movie theater and yelled fire. I mean,
• 19:27
  Speaker 3: you can't do that. And, you know, as I understand,
• 19:31
  Speaker 3: part of his defense is, well, there's no rule that
• 19:34
  Speaker 3: says I can't bring a bullhorn to the meeting.
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: Okay. Okay.
• 19:38
  Speaker 3: I mean, the fact that we even got to have
• 19:40
  Speaker 3: rules of decorum and he's saying, yeah, it probably doesn't
• 19:43
  Speaker 3: say you can't bring a bullhorn, but common sense and
• 19:47
  Speaker 3: decency would tell you otherwise. I mean, this guy, I
• 19:51
  Speaker 3: don't know what his deal is other than just to
• 19:53
  Speaker 3: cause chaos, commotion, and just get out there and just
• 19:58
  Speaker 3: rile everybody up. And I think you said it when
• 20:00
  Speaker 3: I was sitting downstairs listening to you. And then he says,
• 20:03
  Speaker 3: oh no, I'm the victim here.
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: He's the victim. You know, everybody else is the bad guy.
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: And it's always about him. And I'm just curious, what
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: did he do for his constituents in the statehouse? What
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: did he do to make their lives better, to make
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: the lives of the people in his state district better?
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: And I don't think he did anything.
• 20:25
  Speaker 3: I mean, I've looked. I mean, he calls himself a
• 20:29
  Speaker 3: political activist or whatever it is. I mean, has he
• 20:32
  Speaker 3: even ever had a real job? I mean, all he
• 20:34
  Speaker 3: literally does is go around and cause commotion. And then
• 20:38
  Speaker 3: we get all these liberals from California, your Jane Fondas,
• 20:41
  Speaker 3: your AOC. Oh, yeah, we support Justin. Let's send him
• 20:44
  Speaker 3: a bunch of money. All you're doing is providing him
• 20:47
  Speaker 3: a job. I mean, his job paid is to go
• 20:51
  Speaker 3: out and cause chaos.
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: So later on this morning, the attorney general is going
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: to be here in Memphis. His first visit, Todd Blanche,
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: his first visit to Memphis. I know Pam Bondi had
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: been here several times. He's holding a roundtable. We understand
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: that U.S. Attorney Mike Donovan is going to be there,
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: also Senator Marsha Blackburn. Looking back, I think, and that
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: will be the focus, is not only the past year,
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: but also do we still need the National Guard? Has
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: the crime problem been resolved here in the Mid-South?
• 21:26
  Speaker 3: Yeah, and I mean, ultimately, that's a decision that has
• 21:29
  Speaker 3: to be made. Certainly, it's significantly better. And I can
• 21:32
  Speaker 3: tell you that from personal experience of, you know, when
• 21:35
  Speaker 3: I'm in court in downtown Memphis, the scariest part is one,
• 21:40
  Speaker 3: not only driving down there, but once you get there,
• 21:42
  Speaker 3: there is no parking adjacent to the courthouse. So you
• 21:45
  Speaker 3: have to park around the courthouse in public parking. And
• 21:47
  Speaker 3: that one or two block stretch was getting pretty sketched
• 21:50
  Speaker 3: for a while. We had an attorney robbed and beat up.
• 21:54
  Speaker 3: I mean, we've had attorneys get run over. I mean,
• 21:56
  Speaker 3: it's just, but it's been night and day and the
• 21:59
  Speaker 3: people that stepped up and made that happen.
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: Well, guess what?
• 22:03
  Speaker 3: Marsha Blackburn, Brent Taylor, they made that happen. Brent went
• 22:07
  Speaker 3: to Washington to get that done. Marsha chimed in, got
• 22:11
  Speaker 3: Trump's attention. And now we've got Republicans questioning, oh, well,
• 22:15
  Speaker 3: should I vote for them? I mean, come on, people.
• 22:17
  Speaker 3: They are doing their job and doing what they're supposed
• 22:20
  Speaker 3: to be doing.
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a lot of people just aren't thinking correctly.
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: I mean, this is the only radio station in Memphis
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: that has direct access to the White House. And you've
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: got establishment Republicans like, oh, you know, well, that's you know,
• 22:33
  Speaker 2: we don't want that. You know, well, OK. But you
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: know what? There's a reason why we had the National
• 22:38
  Speaker 2: Guard here. And I know all the I know all
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: the politicians are out there claiming responsibility. But the reality
• 22:44
  Speaker 2: is one person asked and it was on this very
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: radio station. Again, it's like, folks, I just feel like
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: the Republicans are, you know, I don't know, they're self-harming them.
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: It's like self-harm with these folks. Yeah.
• 22:59
  Speaker 3: I mean, the good news is the Democrats are somewhat
• 23:02
  Speaker 3: doing it, too, because if you look at— Well.
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: They're just crazy. They're slap crazy.
• 23:07
  Speaker 3: Well, I mean, put it this way. When you get
• 23:10
  Speaker 3: banned by a heavily Democrat-controlled city council meeting and you're
• 23:15
  Speaker 3: a Democrat, you know you're crazy.
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: Oh, it's true.
• 23:18
  Speaker 3: When Steve Cohen won't have anything to do with you,
• 23:21
  Speaker 3: endorse you, support you. He knows. I mean, Steve, we
• 23:25
  Speaker 3: disagree completely philosophically. But he knows Justin Pearson's a nut job.
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: You know, pardon, I do not feel bad for him.
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: I don't know if I've told you this story. So
• 23:37
  Speaker 2: I'm on the board of directors for the Tennessee Association
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: of Broadcasters. And we lobby on behalf of all of
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: our TV stations and radio stations here in the state.
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: So a group went up to Capitol Hill. It was
• 23:51
  Speaker 2: Lobby Day. And they had put together this beautiful brochure
• 23:54
  Speaker 2: of all the great charitable things that our radio stations
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: have been doing. And they highlighted KWAM because we do
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: a lot for the community. And we don't toot our
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: own horn like that. But the TAB did. So anyway,
• 24:08
  Speaker 2: they're in Cohen's office. And I got a text message,
• 24:11
  Speaker 2: an urgent message from the executive director of the TAB.
• 24:14
  Speaker 2: He says, you're not going to believe what just happened.
• 24:16
  Speaker 2: Steve Cohen, Congressman Cohen, in his office, he's thumbing through
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: our beautiful brochure. He saw the KWAM logo, became enraged,
• 24:24
  Speaker 2: and literally tore up the document and threw it on
• 24:27
  Speaker 2: the floor. Kicked him out.
• 24:30
  Speaker 3: Well, that's when you know you're doing the right thing, Todd.
• 24:32
  Speaker 3: I felt bad for him. Look, I would have loved
• 24:36
  Speaker 3: to have been there to see that. But the fact
• 24:38
  Speaker 3: that they had experienced that, I'm like, hey, welcome to
• 24:41
  Speaker 3: my world.
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 24:43
  Speaker 2: So it's hard for me to feel sorry for Cohen,
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: but we saw this coming a mile away. I mean,
• 24:48
  Speaker 2: it was only a matter of time.
• 24:50
  Speaker 3: Yeah, and honestly, it would have been fun to watch
• 24:54
  Speaker 3: had the redistricting not occurred to watch Justin and Steve
• 24:58
  Speaker 3: go at it. That would have been the probably entertaining
• 25:02
  Speaker 3: thing of the year in politics. But, you know, times change,
• 25:05
  Speaker 3: people change. I mean, Justin, this is the new face
• 25:08
  Speaker 3: of the Democrat Party. Jerry Green's right there along with him.
• 25:12
  Speaker 3: I call her his sidekick, and she cheers him on.
• 25:16
  Speaker 3: I mean, you got Chaz Mulder. I think he's just
• 25:18
  Speaker 3: trying to hide and stay away from it, but, I mean,
• 25:21
  Speaker 3: he's right there with him. Let's be serious.
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll say this about Mulder, who's, you know, we've
• 25:25
  Speaker 2: had all the candidates on this show, and Mulder.
• 25:30
  Speaker 3: Is making— Yeah, Justin Hunt. Except for Justin. Thank you
• 25:34
  Speaker 3: for that. Justin, you need to come on the show.
• 25:36
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 25:36
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Look, I mean, look, if he wants to come
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: on the show, but he's going to have to. But
• 25:40
  Speaker 2: I'll tell you this, that bullhorn's not coming in the studio.
• 25:43
  Speaker 3: Do you have that posted downstairs, no bullhorns in the studio?
• 25:47
  Speaker 2: We have another sign that says no bull. Oh, sorry,
• 25:49
  Speaker 2: I can't say that on the radio. Kevin Snyder joining
• 25:54
  Speaker 2: us here in the studio this morning and one of
• 25:57
  Speaker 2: our great sponsors, and maybe we should call you the
• 26:00
  Speaker 2: official legal counsel of the morning show here. We have
• 26:04
  Speaker 2: an official chaplain for the national show, so you never know. Kevin,
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: when you look at where we are right now, I mean,
• 26:12
  Speaker 2: you're in Fayette County, and a lot of population is
• 26:17
  Speaker 2: evacuating Memphis, and they're moving out to the burbs. Are
• 26:21
  Speaker 2: you guys actually seeing that?
• 26:23
  Speaker 3: Yes, and in As a long-term resident of Fayette County,
• 26:26
  Speaker 3: we love it. You're making our property values go through
• 26:30
  Speaker 3: the roof. I mean, it really is. People are tired
• 26:33
  Speaker 3: of it. And you've had Marsha, Brent, and the Republican
• 26:36
  Speaker 3: Party are the ones trying to fix Memphis. And it
• 26:39
  Speaker 3: seems like every turn, we get guys like Justin that
• 26:42
  Speaker 3: just want to tear it back down for whatever reason.
• 26:45
  Speaker 3: I mean, Memphis is a beautiful, wonderful city. And if
• 26:50
  Speaker 3: we don't fix the prime problem, fix the other problems...
• 26:53
  Speaker 3: I mean, that's what Justin needs to be focused on,
• 26:56
  Speaker 3: not just causing more of it.
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: And I think that Mayor Paul Young, what's your take
• 27:01
  Speaker 2: on Paul Young?
• 27:03
  Speaker 3: Obviously, we disagree politically, but I think, you know, he's
• 27:08
  Speaker 3: doing the best he can. I mean, look at what
• 27:10
  Speaker 3: you've got. He's got to deal with the Memphis City Council.
• 27:13
  Speaker 3: And now you've got a Memphis City Council that can't
• 27:15
  Speaker 3: even deal with Justin. And now he's getting ready to
• 27:19
  Speaker 3: run for reelection. And if I had to guess, Guess
• 27:21
  Speaker 3: who's probably going to run against him next year?
• 27:24
  Speaker 2: Justin. Yeah, I think Pearson loses the congressional race, and
• 27:28
  Speaker 2: I think he'll be the next mayor of Memphis. There
• 27:33
  Speaker 2: are a lot of people that are angry at Paul Young,
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: and I think Mayor Young's a pretty pragmatic guy. I
• 27:39
  Speaker 2: think he's a good man when you look at his family,
• 27:42
  Speaker 2: and that's the first measure of a man. Take a
• 27:45
  Speaker 2: look at his family, and he's got a great family. Yeah,
• 27:48
  Speaker 2: classy guy. But I don't think he knows how to
• 27:51
  Speaker 2: fix what's broken with this city.
• 27:55
  Speaker 3: I don't think you can unless you have other people
• 27:59
  Speaker 3: in the legislative process, in particular the city councilman, backing
• 28:03
  Speaker 3: you up. I mean, everybody just wants to, it seems
• 28:06
  Speaker 3: like in the Democrat Party, they want to tear everything apart.
• 28:09
  Speaker 3: But there's no solution to fixing it. It's, oh, let's
• 28:12
  Speaker 3: just destroy everything. Let's stop data centers. Let's bring bullhorns.
• 28:16
  Speaker 3: Let's go crazy. Okay, then what? Let's say you get
• 28:19
  Speaker 3: what you want. Then what? And that's what the Republicans
• 28:22
  Speaker 3: need to listen and stand up, get out and vote.
• 28:26
  Speaker 3: I mean, if one of these lunatics wins, and if
• 28:29
  Speaker 3: you vote for Hatley, if you vote for whatever the
• 28:31
  Speaker 3: lady's name is, Pinkston Pinker, whatever her name is, I mean,
• 28:35
  Speaker 3: all you're doing is taking away any type of progress, anything.
• 28:40
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a fair point. It's a fair point. All right. Kevin,
• 28:43
  Speaker 2: we're going to get you on between now and election day. Uh,
• 28:46
  Speaker 2: a lot of, it's just, it's fun, but man, it
• 28:49
  Speaker 2: is insane right now in the political world.
• 28:52
  Speaker 3: You gotta love it. And, uh, you know, I haven't
• 28:54
  Speaker 3: been retired out of the game for several years. Um,
• 28:57
  Speaker 3: It's fun to be back.
• 28:59
  Speaker 2: Well, you picked a good election cycle to come off
• 29:01
  Speaker 2: the bench. I'll tell you that much. All right, Kevin,
• 29:04
  Speaker 2: and we also greatly appreciate your support of the Mighty
• 29:06
  Speaker 2: 990 and what we're doing here.
• 29:08
  Speaker 3: Well, you do a great job, and we appreciate you
• 29:10
  Speaker 3: for speaking it like it is and getting the word out.
• 29:13
  Speaker 3: And Republicans, everybody, get out and vote. Just vote for
• 29:17
  Speaker 3: common sense. Because right now it's lacking in the Democratic Party.
• 29:21
  Speaker 2: Common sense over chaos. There you go. All right. Kevin Snyder. KevinSnyder.com.
• 29:27
  Speaker 2: That's Snyder with an I. KevinSnyder.com. Go check out his
• 29:30
  Speaker 2: great website. We've got to take a quick break here, folks.
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: Our telephone number, 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. I'm Todd Stearns in
• 29:42
  Speaker 2: the principal Toyota Memphis studio.
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: Well, that's all right, mama. That's all right for you.
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: That's all right, mama. Just any way you do. Well,
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: that's all right. That's all right now, Mama, any way
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: you do. Well, Mama, she done told me. Papa done
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: told me, too. Son, that gal, you fool, and I
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: wish she ain't no good for you.
• 30:19
  Speaker 2: But that's all right.
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: Well, that's all right. That's all right now, Mama, any
• 30:27
  Speaker 1: way you do. Well, one and one is two. Two
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: and two is four. I love that woman, but I
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: got to let her go.
• 30:39
  Speaker 2: Now that's all right. Well, that's all right.
• 30:43
  Speaker 1: That's all right now, mama, any way you do.
• 30:50
  Speaker 2: All right, welcome back, everybody. This is Todd Stearns, and
• 30:54
  Speaker 2: you're listening to the Mighty 990. The voice you're hearing,
• 30:58
  Speaker 2: Russell Lindeman, starring as Elvis Presley in Million Dollar Quartet.
• 31:03
  Speaker 2: The show opens tonight at Theater Memphis. Russell, a student
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: at Memphis University School, and playing the guitar as well
• 31:11
  Speaker 2: as singing. And all of the artists, the phenomenal artists,
• 31:16
  Speaker 2: and last night they had a sneak preview. It's going
• 31:19
  Speaker 2: to blow you away, the level of talent that we
• 31:23
  Speaker 2: have here in the Mid-South. So if you love music,
• 31:27
  Speaker 2: if you love Memphis music, you're going to love the
• 31:31
  Speaker 2: Million Dollar Quartet, that show that they put together over
• 31:35
  Speaker 2: at Theater Memphis. All right, 901-260-5926, our telephone number. Curious
• 31:41
  Speaker 2: to see how things are going out there for early voting.
• 31:45
  Speaker 2: And who got your vote, if you want to share
• 31:47
  Speaker 2: that information? Again, 901-260-5926. Well, one of the other big
• 31:55
  Speaker 2: stories we're going to be following is the takeover of
• 31:59
  Speaker 2: MSCS by the state, the Oversight Board. And it looks
• 32:03
  Speaker 2: like Roderick Richmond could be out of a job very soon.
• 32:09
  Speaker 2: That story coming from the Daily Memphian. We could have
• 32:13
  Speaker 2: a new superintendent by the end of the year. That
• 32:17
  Speaker 2: is the recommendation from a consultant who's been developing plans
• 32:22
  Speaker 2: to fix what is broken with the state's largest school system.
• 32:27
  Speaker 2: You know, it's interesting. They've been looking at Houston, as Houston, Texas,
• 32:32
  Speaker 2: as really the prototype of how the state can go
• 32:38
  Speaker 2: in and fix a broken school system. The takeover of
• 32:42
  Speaker 2: Houston school by the state was phenomenal, and the results
• 32:47
  Speaker 2: have just really, really been incredible. So anyway, we're going
• 32:51
  Speaker 2: to see how all this plays out, but the good
• 32:53
  Speaker 2: news here is That help is on the way. And
• 32:56
  Speaker 2: moms and dads need to know that their tax money
• 33:00
  Speaker 2: is being used efficiently and that ultimately boys and girls,
• 33:05
  Speaker 2: when they go to a Memphis Shelby County school, are
• 33:08
  Speaker 2: going to learn how to read, they're going to learn
• 33:11
  Speaker 2: how to write, and they're not going to be stupid.
• 33:14
  Speaker 2: And that's the problem. We've been churning out kids that
• 33:19
  Speaker 2: don't know anything. And it's just unacceptable. So anyway, great news.
• 33:24
  Speaker 2: And thank goodness for the Republicans who are taking a
• 33:28
  Speaker 2: stand here and doing what the Democrats refuse to do,
• 33:32
  Speaker 2: which is to make sure that our kids know how
• 33:35
  Speaker 2: to read and write and do simple math. That's it.
• 33:38
  Speaker 2: Sad news for you folks that like to head over
• 33:42
  Speaker 2: to Crosstown Concourse for the Crosstown Brewing Company. They're going
• 33:46
  Speaker 2: to be shutting down. That's after eight years. That story
• 33:50
  Speaker 2: from the Daily Memphian as well. The brewing company posting
• 33:56
  Speaker 2: a message saying that they're closing their doors. They never
• 33:59
  Speaker 2: really explain why. Have you noticed that a lot of
• 34:02
  Speaker 2: these restaurants and these pubs, they don't tell you why
• 34:06
  Speaker 2: they're shutting down or they'll use an excuse. They'll say, well,
• 34:09
  Speaker 2: it's COVID. Well, COVID was a long time ago. The
• 34:12
  Speaker 2: real reason is that people do not want to go
• 34:15
  Speaker 2: out to places like Crosstown Concourse because of the crime
• 34:19
  Speaker 2: out there. I mean, it's really that simple. And I've
• 34:22
  Speaker 2: always been befuddled over why these restaurants especially just won't
• 34:28
  Speaker 2: come out and be honest with folks. But I suspect
• 34:32
  Speaker 2: it's because many of these restaurant owners and pub owners
• 34:35
  Speaker 2: are liberal as the day is long, and they don't
• 34:38
  Speaker 2: want to say anything that's going to offend the Democrat leadership.
• 34:42
  Speaker 2: in Memphis or Shelby County. So anyway, sad news, and
• 34:47
  Speaker 2: Crosstown Brewing Company shutting down. It was interesting, though, as
• 34:51
  Speaker 2: people were commenting on this, I love scrolling through the comments,
• 34:54
  Speaker 2: and you guys over on the KWAM pages have spectacular
• 34:57
  Speaker 2: comments about literally everything. But one of the things that
• 35:01
  Speaker 2: people complained about, first of all, you have to pay
• 35:04
  Speaker 2: to park now at Crosstown Concourse. And the second big
• 35:08
  Speaker 2: part of this is that they've got the flock cameras
• 35:12
  Speaker 2: over there, some sort of a surveillance system, and people
• 35:16
  Speaker 2: are really going bonkers crazy over that. So anyway, there
• 35:20
  Speaker 2: you go. Another brewing company, another restaurant shutting down in
• 35:26
  Speaker 2: the Mid-South. 901-260-5926, our telephone number. That's 901-260-5926. Someone said
• 35:35
  Speaker 2: on the KWAM Facebook page, Vern in writing, talking about
• 35:39
  Speaker 2: Justin Pearson, I hope he shows up with his bullhorn
• 35:42
  Speaker 2: at federal court in support of his application. Grab the
• 35:46
  Speaker 2: popcorn and watch the show. It's a great point. Also,
• 35:50
  Speaker 2: our good friend Kristen from Germantown says, Todd, KWAM needs
• 35:54
  Speaker 2: a no bullhorn sign. So, you know what? We'll try
• 35:58
  Speaker 2: to work on that, and we may just have to
• 36:00
  Speaker 2: craft a makeshift sign, but we'll keep you updated on
• 36:04
  Speaker 2: our progress. You know that's what would happen. The guy
• 36:06
  Speaker 2: would show up with all of his little protesters in tow. Unbelievable.
• 36:12
  Speaker 2: By the way, coming up at 11 o'clock today, we
• 36:14
  Speaker 2: have a great show planned for you. Sean Hannity had
• 36:18
  Speaker 2: the new White House press secretary on yesterday, Katie Zachariah.
• 36:23
  Speaker 2: It was very clear to me that Hannity was told
• 36:27
  Speaker 2: to go after her. And I'm going to explain all
• 36:31
  Speaker 2: of that at 11 o'clock today right here on the
• 36:34
  Speaker 2: Mighty 990. Good luck to our Memphis Tigers as they
• 36:37
  Speaker 2: take on the Green Wave of Tulane tonight. Good luck
• 36:40
  Speaker 2: to all of our high school football teams in action
• 36:43
  Speaker 2: across the Mid-South as well. Been a lot of fun.
• 36:46
  Speaker 2: I'm heading off to Los Angeles back on Monday. Folks
• 36:50
  Speaker 2: get out there. Have a great day, everybody. You be
• 36:52
  Speaker 2: safe out there, Memphis.