Latest / Sid & Friends In The Morning / Matt Brooks | CEO of the RJC Previews RJC 2026 Annual Leadership Summit in Las Vegas
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- 0:00Speaker 1: You're taking your first cousin to Las Vegas with you
- 0:05Speaker 1: next week.
- 0:05Speaker 2: Hey, listen, he's Donald Trump's favorite radio announcer, right? Being
- 0:10Speaker 2: inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame. You've got a
- 0:12Speaker 2: good one there in the morning with my cousin Sid.
- 0:14Speaker 1: I mean, he's going to Las Vegas and you guys
- 0:18Speaker 1: are going to have fun and I'm working Monday and
- 0:20Speaker 1: Tuesday for him.
- 0:21Speaker 2: We're going to be working in Vegas. We're going to
- 0:22Speaker 2: be working in Vegas and we're going to have everybody
- 0:25Speaker 2: from the vice president's going to be there. The Speaker
- 0:27Speaker 2: of the House is going to be. We're going to
- 0:28Speaker 2: do an interview with him. I think we'll do that remote.
- 0:31Speaker 2: We'll get, I believe, Bibi Netanyahu. We'll get Ambassador Huckabee
- 0:36Speaker 2: by video. We'll have a number of fights. It's going
- 0:38Speaker 2: to be a day and a half event. It's going
- 0:40Speaker 2: to be rather compressed this year. But Sid's going to
- 0:42Speaker 2: be part of the show. And listen, he's been a
- 0:45Speaker 2: champion for the Jewish people. Big time. It's really, I
- 0:49Speaker 2: love it. I'm proud of him. So he's still working.
- 0:52Speaker 1: I got it. Thank you. You should have been the
- 0:58Speaker 1: Senator still. Thank you so much for calling in. Mr.
- 1:00Speaker 1: Brooklyn's going to Vegas this weekend. You heard Norm Coleman
- 1:03Speaker 1: right there. Norm runs the RJC with my friend, Matt Brooks.
- 1:07Speaker 1: So I had Norm on a couple of days ago
- 1:09Speaker 1: and I go, Norm, I can't believe I've been doing this,
- 1:12Speaker 1: but because my daughter, Ava, goes to UPenn Law School.
- 1:16Speaker 1: She's doing fantastic already after a couple of weeks. I
- 1:19Speaker 1: find myself saying nice things about the city of brotherly hate.
- 1:25Speaker 1: And I hate Philly. I hate the people. I hate
- 1:28Speaker 1: the fans. I hate everything about Philadelphia. But now that
- 1:32Speaker 1: my daughter goes to school there, I'm like saying nice things.
- 1:36Speaker 1: It's kind of weird. Now, November 8th, I'm going to
- 1:40Speaker 1: go visit my daughter and take Justin to To see
- 1:43Speaker 1: the Eagles play the Giants in Philly. I'm going to
- 1:46Speaker 1: beat the living daylights out of Justin. Right there at
- 1:48Speaker 1: the stadium in Philadelphia. So his Eagle fans scumbags can
- 1:51Speaker 1: see it. But now I got two issues. My daughter
- 1:55Speaker 1: goes to school in Philly. And my next guest, I
- 1:58Speaker 1: actually love him. He's from Philly too. Matt Brooks. Matt,
- 2:03Speaker 1: what is a man supposed to do?
- 2:06Speaker 3: Well, I got to tell you, Sid, this was probably
- 2:11Speaker 3: the most interesting intro I've ever had to walk into.
- 2:15Speaker 3: Now I can see why rightly you are in the
- 2:17Speaker 3: Radio Hall of Fame, my friend, because that is the
- 2:20Speaker 3: perfect setup.
- 2:22Speaker 1: No, it's true. By the way, Mazel Tov on that.
- 2:25Speaker 3: What an incredible honor for you to be named to
- 2:27Speaker 3: the Hall of Fame, my friend. I'm so happy and
- 2:29Speaker 3: proud of you.
- 2:29Speaker 1: Thank you. Thank you.
- 2:30Speaker 3: So deserved.
- 2:31Speaker 1: Thank you, Matt. I sent you the Trump video, and
- 2:34Speaker 1: you were at the White House with me on Hanukkah
- 2:35Speaker 1: last year, and you called me up on stage, standing
- 2:38Speaker 1: right there on the front with Norman. So it is
- 2:40Speaker 1: a big deal. I thank you very much for saying that,
- 2:41Speaker 1: but it's all true.
- 2:43Speaker 3: By the way, if you're going to the Giants game,
- 2:45Speaker 3: maybe I'll go with you. Maybe I'll get my friend
- 2:50Speaker 3: to get us some field passes. You need some protection
- 2:54Speaker 3: in the link. I'm worried about you getting out of
- 2:57Speaker 3: there alive. I might have to be your body man.
- 3:00Speaker 1: You know, you're not kidding because I was attacked at
- 3:03Speaker 1: the old stadium, veteran stadium in the 700 section, because
- 3:07Speaker 1: I wore a giant jersey back then. I wore an
- 3:10Speaker 1: LT jersey. Randall Cunningham was a quarterback. So I am
- 3:13Speaker 1: going to go November 8th. I'll see my daughter the
- 3:15Speaker 1: night before, but I'm not going to wear a giant jersey.
- 3:18Speaker 2: Why?
- 3:18Speaker 1: Because you people can't control yourselves.
- 3:22Speaker 3: That's smart on your part.
- 3:23Speaker 1: That is smart on your part. Yeah, but I heard
- 3:25Speaker 1: it's different now. Like, there's no jail in the stadium anymore,
- 3:28Speaker 1: and people have calmed down.
- 3:29Speaker 2: I heard.
- 3:29Speaker 1: It was not a jail.
- 3:30Speaker 3: It was not a jail.
- 3:31Speaker 1: It was a maximum security prison. It was a prison.
- 3:35Speaker 3: It was a holding cell.
- 3:36Speaker 1: It was a holding cell.
- 3:37Speaker 3: It was not Rikers.
- 3:38Speaker 1: It was a holding cell. I know, but why do
- 3:39Speaker 1: you need a holding cell in a football stadium?
- 3:43Speaker 3: You got to put people somewhere.
- 3:45Speaker 1: There's no room with a.
- 3:50Speaker 3: I'm sure next you're going to dust off from almost
- 3:54Speaker 3: 60 years ago throwing snowballs at Santa, right? That's your next.
- 3:58Speaker 1: No, I'm not going to bring that up. Or the
- 3:59Speaker 1: fact that you booed Mike Schmidt, you morons in Philadelphia.
- 4:02Speaker 1: But I will tell you this, Matty. When I went
- 4:05Speaker 1: to see my daughter, I went to like 9,000 stores,
- 4:07Speaker 1: bookstores and stuff. Every store that I saw in and
- 4:12Speaker 1: around the university had t-shirts. And on the t-shirt were
- 4:16Speaker 1: five faces. Maxie, Joel Embiid, Jalen Brown, LeBron James. So
- 4:23Speaker 1: the James signing seems to have, I guess, re-energized Philadelphia basketball.
- 4:30Speaker 3: A hundred percent. A hundred percent. Look, the Phillies are
- 4:36Speaker 3: rocking and rolling right now. The Eagles are going to
- 4:38Speaker 3: have a great season. The Sixers and the Flyers are rebuilding.
- 4:41Speaker 3: Philadelphia sports fans are very happy.
- 4:43Speaker 1: No, it's a good city. No question about it. I
- 4:44Speaker 1: don't know about the Eagles. You're not worried about A.J. Brown?
- 4:47Speaker 1: You're not worried?
- 4:49Speaker 3: No, no, no, not at all. Okay.
- 4:51Speaker 2: Not at all.
- 4:51Speaker 1: A lot of people think the Giants.
- 4:53Speaker 3: I'm just worried if your Giants are going to be
- 4:54Speaker 3: in last place or second to last place. I can't
- 4:57Speaker 3: figure out if they're going to be better than the
- 4:59Speaker 3: Redskins or not.
- 5:00Speaker 1: I got to tell you, a lot of experts are
- 5:01Speaker 1: picking the Giants to win the division. I'm not. I'm not.
- 5:05Speaker 3: I'll take that bet with you any day.
- 5:07Speaker 1: No, I'm not. I think the Giants come in second.
- 5:09Speaker 1: I really do. I think it's Eagles one, Giants two,
- 5:11Speaker 1: Dallas three. Washington Ford. That's my prediction. All right, let's
- 5:16Speaker 1: get to Vegas. This is a huge event. You've got
- 5:19Speaker 1: an amazing amount of great Republicans. I've talked about them.
- 5:22Speaker 1: Norm talked about them. A few have already been on
- 5:24Speaker 1: the show the last couple of days. We'll get some
- 5:26Speaker 1: more tomorrow. So what are people looking at when they
- 5:28Speaker 1: get to Vegas this weekend?
- 5:30Speaker 3: It's going to be an incredible gathering and an important gathering. Look,
- 5:35Speaker 3: I think we are, as I know you talk to
- 5:38Speaker 3: your listeners all the time, as you know so well,
- 5:40Speaker 3: because you're such an important fighter and defender for the
- 5:43Speaker 3: Jewish people. We are in dark times, Sid. This is
- 5:47Speaker 3: not just for Jews in America, but for our country.
- 5:49Speaker 3: We are under assault. The very fabric of America is
- 5:54Speaker 3: at stake in this election with the rise of the
- 5:56Speaker 3: Democratic Socialists, with what we're seeing in Michigan, with El-Said,
- 5:59Speaker 3: with what you guys have had to deal with, with
- 6:01Speaker 3: Mondami in New York. These are a different breed of
- 6:05Speaker 3: candidates that are running now. These are people who fundamentally
- 6:09Speaker 3: hate the American ideal, who don't believe in the values
- 6:13Speaker 3: that have made America the greatest country in the world
- 6:16Speaker 3: and want to get elected or going to work to
- 6:18Speaker 3: undermine that. So we've got a lot at stake. at
- 6:22Speaker 3: this election. And we're gathering the time where anti-Semitism is
- 6:25Speaker 3: the worst it has been in my lifetime. And you
- 6:28Speaker 3: have to go back to probably the 20s and 30s
- 6:30Speaker 3: to see.
- 6:30Speaker 1: A comparable time.
- 6:31Speaker 3: So the fact that we have so much and support
- 6:37Speaker 3: within the Republican Party and that the top leadership of
- 6:40Speaker 3: the party is taking time out of their days to
- 6:43Speaker 3: fly across the country, to come to Las Vegas, to
- 6:46Speaker 3: engage with the Jewish community, to speak to the country
- 6:49Speaker 3: and to talk about these issues that are so vital
- 6:51Speaker 3: right now. I think is critically important. And of course,
- 6:55Speaker 3: the fact that we've got Sid Rosenberg as one of
- 6:57Speaker 3: the headliners in the main room in Vegas doesn't hurt either.
- 7:01Speaker 1: Come on, baby. It's huge. People will come there just
- 7:03Speaker 1: to see you. You know, when I was going.
- 7:06Speaker 3: You and Sinatra in Vegas.
- 7:09Speaker 1: I love it. When I was growing up in New York,
- 7:12Speaker 1: I liked the Democrats. I liked Ed Koch, who is
- 7:14Speaker 1: my favorite mayor. I even liked Bill Clinton. And when
- 7:17Speaker 1: I look around now at this Democrat Party, you mentioned
- 7:20Speaker 1: the DSA folks. Okay, they hate the Jews. They're, you know,
- 7:23Speaker 1: they're Mamdani and El Sayed says he's not, but he is.
- 7:27Speaker 1: But even the old timers, Chuck Schumer, what a waste
- 7:30Speaker 1: he's become, a complete waste, a coward, just no good. Really,
- 7:35Speaker 1: any of them. Kathy Hochul, the governor here in New York.
- 7:38Speaker 1: I look across the Democrat Party, and I find one
- 7:41Speaker 1: guy I like. You can invite him, in fact, if
- 7:43Speaker 1: you want, even though he's a Democrat. And that's John Fetterman.
- 7:45Speaker 1: That's it, man. So I was a young kid. I
- 7:48Speaker 1: really was a Democrat in Brooklyn, New York. As I've
- 7:51Speaker 1: gotten older, I despise this party. Something tells me you
- 7:56Speaker 1: may have been a Democrat at one point in your life.
- 7:58Speaker 1: Norman certainly was.
- 8:01Speaker 3: Yeah, Norm was. I was not, interestingly, but I came
- 8:03Speaker 3: up at a different time, right? So for me, what
- 8:06Speaker 3: defined me growing up was the contrast between Jimmy Carter
- 8:08Speaker 3: and Ronald Reagan, and it was very easy to see
- 8:11Speaker 3: the difference. So I became a Republican when I was
- 8:14Speaker 3: a kid because I was able– I clearly understood and
- 8:17Speaker 3: embraced– Reagan's, uh, optimistic vision for America, the patriotism, the
- 8:21Speaker 3: strong national defense and, uh, you know, strong economic policies, uh,
- 8:26Speaker 3: as opposed to, you know, what I had experienced and
- 8:29Speaker 3: what I had seen, uh, I was fortunate in my
- 8:34Speaker 3: life to have, um, had him as a dear friend,
- 8:37Speaker 3: and we had gotten to know each other after he
- 8:39Speaker 3: had been mayor. And in fact, we traveled around the
- 8:42Speaker 3: country together campaigning for George W.
- 8:44Speaker 1: Bush.
- 8:45Speaker 3: And as he liked to say, I'm a liberal, but
- 8:46Speaker 3: I'm a liberal with sanity. And I got to believe, Sid,
- 8:49Speaker 3: right now, he is turning over in his grave. And
- 8:52Speaker 3: by the way, what an outreach that Mondami wants to
- 8:56Speaker 3: take his name off the bridge that's named in his honor, too.
- 8:59Speaker 3: I heard some talk that he wants to take Koch's
- 9:03Speaker 3: name off the Ed Koch bridge, which would be just
- 9:05Speaker 3: an absolute disaster. I mean, it's just an insult to
- 9:07Speaker 3: a great man.
- 9:08Speaker 1: And it's not just here, because you look across the world, Europe,
- 9:11Speaker 1: and Europe has always been an issue. We know that.
- 9:12Speaker 1: Getting back to World War II, which you referenced not
- 9:14Speaker 1: that long ago. But anti-Semitism there is out of control.
- 9:18Speaker 1: You know, my daughter went to school, university in Wales.
- 9:21Speaker 1: We spent a lot of time in London. That's a
- 9:24Speaker 1: scary place. And that's a gorgeous city. I love London.
- 9:27Speaker 1: I can live in London. Not really.
- 9:29Speaker 3: It's scary.
- 9:30Speaker 1: I went to Paris.
- 9:31Speaker 3: You couldn't live there today. It's gone. Right.
- 9:33Speaker 1: Paris too, by the way. All these, Ireland is the worst.
- 9:37Speaker 1: All these, even Italy, all these beautiful countries and cities.
- 9:41Speaker 1: We're not welcome there, Matt Brooks. We're not.
- 9:44Speaker 3: No, no, we're not. And this is something your listeners
- 9:47Speaker 3: have to really understand. This is the crystal ball. This
- 9:50Speaker 3: is the canary in the coal mine. If we don't
- 9:53Speaker 3: take action now, look at London, look at Paris, look
- 9:57Speaker 3: at Europe, look at what's happening in Spain. That's the
- 10:00Speaker 3: future for America. If we allow the Mandamis and the
- 10:04Speaker 3: Al-Saeed and the Rashida Tlaibs and all these people to
- 10:08Speaker 3: enact the vision of America they want, it's going to
- 10:10Speaker 3: be exactly what we're seeing. Open borders, immigration, radical Islamization,
- 10:15Speaker 3: Sharia law, all that kind of stuff that they're putting
- 10:19Speaker 3: forth in Europe now is coming to America. And that's
- 10:21Speaker 3: what's at stake in this election and why it's so
- 10:24Speaker 3: very important.
- 10:26Speaker 1: And the next election, too. We know what President Trump is. Right.
- 10:29Speaker 1: I mean, we know that President Trump has been better
- 10:32Speaker 1: to Israel than any other president ever. And I know
- 10:34Speaker 1: the last couple of months he's had his moments. He
- 10:37Speaker 1: yells at Bibi. People don't like that. I don't like that.
- 10:39Speaker 1: You know, he's had his moments with the Arab nations.
- 10:42Speaker 1: You go, wait a second. I thought you were on
- 10:43Speaker 1: our team. So I know that every now and then
- 10:45Speaker 1: people call Trump into question. I don't. I know what's
- 10:47Speaker 1: in his heart. He loves Israel. He loves the Jewish people.
- 10:50Speaker 1: He's the best president we've ever had. But now he's done.
- 10:54Speaker 1: Ain't no more Trump in two years. So what's coming
- 10:57Speaker 1: up next? Maybe J.D. Vance. A lot of questions about J.D.
- 11:01Speaker 1: Guy hangs out with Tucker Carlson. People don't like that. Now,
- 11:04Speaker 1: Marco Rubio, Marco Rubio, slam dunk. If you tell every
- 11:08Speaker 1: Jew in this country Marco is the next president of
- 11:11Speaker 1: the United States, they're thrilled. Even Teddy Politics, Ted Cruz.
- 11:15Speaker 1: But if it's not them, the next presidential election is
- 11:19Speaker 1: going to have a lot of Jewish people in this country, Matt,
- 11:22Speaker 1: on edge.
- 11:24Speaker 3: Well, here's what here's what I can tell you about.
- 11:26Speaker 3: And our focus right now is on on the midterm elections.
- 11:29Speaker 3: Our focus is making sure that El-Said is not a
- 11:32Speaker 3: senator from from Michigan.
- 11:34Speaker 1: He's not going to win.
- 11:35Speaker 3: He's not going to win.
- 11:36Speaker 1: Mike Rogers is going to be.
- 11:37Speaker 3: I hope you're right. But, you know, we can't take it.
- 11:39Speaker 3: We can't take it for granted. We can't phone it in.
- 11:41Speaker 3: We've got to we've got to, you know, have. boots
- 11:45Speaker 3: on the ground, and we've got to make sure that
- 11:47Speaker 3: we don't win. Because you know what, though, Sid? I
- 11:50Speaker 3: remember people telling me that Mondami couldn't win, and he did.
- 11:57Speaker 3: We are at strange times right now, and if you
- 11:59Speaker 3: don't take these races seriously.
- 12:05Speaker 3: Nobody wants surprises. So my focus is on the midterms.
- 12:09Speaker 3: But here's what I will say. Unlike the Democrats in 2028,
- 12:12Speaker 3: I don't know who our nominee is going to be,
- 12:15Speaker 3: but I will tell you that whoever it is will
- 12:17Speaker 3: be pro-Israel and somebody that the Jewish community can support
- 12:21Speaker 3: and feel comfortable with and know that they will defend
- 12:23Speaker 3: them against the rising of anti-Semitism, the rise against the
- 12:28Speaker 3: progressive left and democratic socialists, and they will defend the
- 12:31Speaker 3: and support the unbreakable U.S.-Israel relationship and the strategic alliance
- 12:37Speaker 3: between Israel and the United States. I agree. That prediction
- 12:40Speaker 3: I can make. No, I agree.
- 12:41Speaker 1: And I'm going to vote for that guy, whoever he is.
- 12:42Speaker 1: I don't care who it is. I'm going to vote
- 12:44Speaker 1: for that Republican candidate over Democrat any day of the week.
- 12:47Speaker 1: So give me some of the great names, Matt Brooks.
- 12:50Speaker 1: I know that Mike Johnson... Mike Rogers, you just mentioned,
- 12:53Speaker 1: he's got to beat El Sayed. I think he will.
- 12:55Speaker 1: He's going to be there. People like Brandon Gill love him.
- 12:58Speaker 1: Dan Patrick. Even other stars in this business, like Scott Jennings.
- 13:03Speaker 1: We've got a big, big crew coming this weekend.
- 13:06Speaker 3: We have a big crew. Stay tuned, everybody, for some
- 13:09Speaker 3: big announcements that haven't been made that I think are
- 13:12Speaker 3: going to be very important. We've got our good friend
- 13:14Speaker 3: Randy Vine, the Hebrew Hammer, is coming out. We've got
- 13:18Speaker 3: an incredible, absolutely amazing, amazing friend in leo terrell who
- 13:25Speaker 3: you know is out there fighting the fight against anti-semitism
- 13:27Speaker 3: day in and day out at the department of justice
- 13:29Speaker 3: he's coming out uh and we've got the incomparable hall
- 13:33Speaker 3: of fame broadcaster sid rosenberg so you know what else
- 13:37Speaker 3: could you hope for.
- 13:38Speaker 1: That's it you know you know the weather's gonna be
- 13:40Speaker 1: nice and it's gonna be fun because it's vegas so
- 13:44Speaker 1: in all seriousness the first time i went was last
- 13:46Speaker 1: year and i remember flying home with danielle matt and
- 13:48Speaker 1: i go man They did a really, really good job. Now,
- 13:51Speaker 1: Levin's not coming this year on Mayweather, but he got
- 13:54Speaker 1: some other big, big, big, big names. But you guys,
- 13:57Speaker 1: last year, I left, I was like, man, Matt and Norm,
- 14:01Speaker 1: these guys, they do a really good job. And again,
- 14:04Speaker 1: looking at the names of the folks that'll be there
- 14:06Speaker 1: this weekend, it looks like it's going to be an
- 14:09Speaker 1: unbelievable couple of days.
- 14:12Speaker 3: It is, and if any of your listeners want to
- 14:14Speaker 3: join us, we'd love to have them. You can go
- 14:16Speaker 3: to our website, rjchq.org. Tickets are still available, and we
- 14:22Speaker 3: would love to have you come out. You'll get a
- 14:25Speaker 3: chance to meet Sid and meet a lot of very,
- 14:28Speaker 3: very interesting and important and, I think, consequential political leaders
- 14:34Speaker 3: who are out there joining us.
- 14:35Speaker 1: So in closing, because you referenced this earlier, I think
- 14:38Speaker 1: you're right, Matt. Do you think... This is a big statement,
- 14:41Speaker 1: if you do say it. Do you think that being
- 14:44Speaker 1: where the country is, with all these DSA hating Jew candidates,
- 14:49Speaker 1: and the world is, is it fair to say this
- 14:52Speaker 1: is the most important RJC convention maybe ever?
- 15:00Speaker 3: Oh, I definitely think it is. And, you know, it's fine.
- 15:04Speaker 3: I've been doing this job. I've been doing this for
- 15:06Speaker 3: almost 40 years. And I lookingly say, especially around election time,
- 15:12Speaker 3: that this is the most important election in our lifetime. And,
- 15:16Speaker 3: you know, I it's not hyperbole. Every year the stakes
- 15:19Speaker 3: get higher and higher. And the threats get bigger and bigger.
- 15:22Speaker 3: And the fact that we have to beat back people
- 15:25Speaker 3: who are actively campaigning and saying they hate the American flag,
- 15:28Speaker 3: who are running for Congress on a platform saying that
- 15:31Speaker 3: they hate the American flag and they hate what America
- 15:33Speaker 3: stands for. And the Democratic socialists who want to tear
- 15:37Speaker 3: apart the fabric that makes America so great. Uh, it's just,
- 15:41Speaker 3: it's critically important. So, so RJC Vegas, uh, yeah, this is,
- 15:46Speaker 3: this is the most important one we've ever had. And,
- 15:48Speaker 3: and the midterm elections are vitally important and everything is
- 15:52Speaker 3: leading to, to 2028, where that is all on the
- 15:54Speaker 3: agenda for the future of our country.
- 15:56Speaker 1: Matt Brooks.
- 15:57Speaker 3: Nothing less is at stake.
- 15:58Speaker 1: No, you're right. You're an amazing guy, Matt Brooks. I
- 16:00Speaker 1: love you. I really do. We are so lucky to
- 16:02Speaker 1: have you. Thank you, buddy. I can't wait to see
- 16:04Speaker 1: you this weekend. You're amazing. Thank you. See you soon.
- 16:07Speaker 1: Matt Brooks right there, him and my cousin Norm do
- 16:10Speaker 1: an amazing job running the RJC. And the annual event
- 16:14Speaker 1: in Las Vegas comes your way this weekend.
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- 16:45Speaker 1: What the heck is going on here?