Armstrong & Getty On Demand

Episode: Oh No! He's Vomiting, Folks.
Date: February 17, 2026

Episode Overview

This episode of the Armstrong & Getty Show revolves around current political events, media narratives, and recent international conferences, with a characteristic blend of sharp critique, humor, and cultural commentary. The hosts dissect coverage of public figures (notably Jesse Jackson), scrutinize progressive politics, evaluate the performances of U.S. politicians abroad—including at the Munich Security Conference—and digress into topics ranging from AI autocorrect fails to U.S. citizenship requirements versus Europe. The titular "vomiting" refers to co-host Getty's exasperation (and a running joke) about media whitewashing certain topics.

Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Media Coverage and Jesse Jackson (02:47–05:00)

• Armstrong and Getty question the media's overly positive coverage of Jesse Jackson, highlighting a lack of honest appraisal about his later career.
• Getty expresses frustration:

  "Is everybody going to pretend that he didn't end up being what he was where he just went around strong arming companies for million dollar donations to his Rainbow Coalition nonprofit...?" (03:49)

• Armstrong refers to Eric Hoffer:

  "Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business and eventually degenerates into a racket. Why is absolutely the classic case." (04:33)

2. Progressive Left Critiques and Hypocrisy (02:47–06:03)

• The hosts target what they see as hypocrisy in progressive circles, especially in relation to figures like Jennifer Siebel Newsom.
• Armstrong lambastes Newsom for criticizing tech’s political turn, claiming she is herself ensconced in a privileged bubble.

3. Immigration, Citizenship, and Language Expectations (07:00–11:14)

• Using Germany’s stringent language and citizenship requirements as a foil, Armstrong and Getty argue the U.S. treats its own national culture apologetically.
• Armstrong:

  "In the United States, it's considered nasty to even ask somebody if they're a citizen." (08:05)

• Getty:

  "Why does every other country get to do that but us, when we talk about it, it makes monsters of some sort of." (09:08)

4. Munich Security Conference—Foreign Policy Performances (14:05–37:03)

• Segment focuses on American politicians' attempts to burnish foreign policy credentials:
  • Gretchen Whitmer: flopped at the event
  • AOC: notably unprepared for a Taiwan-defense question
  • Gavin Newsom: critiqued for comparing U.S. police to secret police in Germany
• Marco Rubio lauded for his rousing, diplomatic performance.

Notable Rubio Quotes

• Rubio:

  "Many came to believe that the West's age of dominance had come to an end... together, our predecessors recognized that decline was a choice, and it was a choice they refused to make." (29:01)

• Rubio:

  "We want allies who are proud of their culture and of their heritage, who understand that we are heirs to the same great and noble civilization..." (29:57)

• Rubio:

  "An alliance that does not allow its power to be outsourced, constrained, or subordinated to systems beyond its control... an alliance based on the recognition that we, the west, have inherited together... something that is unique and distinctive and irreplaceable." (31:53)

On AOC’s Struggle

• Getty:

  "She was asked about Taiwan and it looked like she had never heard the question in her life." (23:02)

• AOC’s answer criticized for being vague and uncertain.
  Getty:

  "That's not a gotcha question. That's... maybe the Number one foreign policy topic on planet Earth." (37:02)

On Newsom's Comments

• Getty:

  "He said we have secret police—something you all know about here in Germany in our country now—comparing our police to Gestapo in a foreign land." (12:25)

• Armstrong adds:

  "They would machine gun people who tried to escape from their communist hellhole." (39:06)

5. Humor Break: Autocorrect/AI AIneptitude (19:01–22:53)

• The hosts riff on frustrations with Apple’s autocorrect and editing features.
• Getty:

  "It changed the word or to whore, and, like, the meaning was really not appropriate, especially for who I was sending it to..." (20:28)

• General banter about AI mistakes, privacy, and quirky editing features.

6. Side Story: International Sports, and Saudi Arabia’s Star Power (17:43–18:50)

• Commentary on Tom Brady and Logan Paul promoting a Saudi flag football game.
• Armstrong:

  "How starved for entertainment are you? If you're thinking, wow, a flag football game in Saudi Arabia..." (18:50)

7. Czech Deputy Prime Minister vs Hillary Clinton at Munich (44:39–47:20)

• Audio and commentary from an exchange between Hillary Clinton and the Czech Deputy PM, who critiques Trump, woke culture, and the gender debate.
• Tension arises as Hillary attempts to reframe the gender topic as women’s rights, displaying generational/political disconnect.
• Peter (Czech Deputy PM):

  "I think there are two genders. So. But, but some of us can. Some of us, some of us think that there is more than one or more than two. Sorry, more than two. Gender. I think there is male and female, and the rest probably is a social construct." (45:30)

• The hosts note how the moderator steps in to protect his time, a rare move with a former U.S. Secretary of State.

Memorable Quotes & Moments

• Getty: "Oh my God, it's the eighth time I vomited today. Watching the Jesse Jackson coverage on all the news channels." (03:41)
• Armstrong: (mocking progressive narrative) "The irony police have laid down their weapons and their badges and gone to their homes." (06:23)
• Rubio: "For we in America have no interest in being polite and orderly caretakers of the West's managed decline." (29:57)
• Armstrong: "The Western world need not apologize for itself and it should damn well defend itself." (32:52)
• Getty: "As Charles C.W. Cook of the National Review said, the problem is she's a stupid communist." (37:22)
• Getty: "If AOC, exact same personality and answers, was a middle aged, bald, fat guy, would she have gotten anywhere?" (38:09)
• Getty: "When you bring up gender and wokeness, you're talking about the trans thing and... that's what." (46:03)
• Peter (Czech Deputy PM): "What I think Trump is doing in America, I think it is reaction, reaction, reaction for something that, for some policies that really went too far, too far from the regular people, too far from reality." (44:56)

Timestamps for Notable Segments

• Jesse Jackson media coverage & critique: 02:47–05:00
• Siebel Newsom and progressive left hypocrisy: 06:03–07:00
• German citizenship requirements vs. U.S. standards: 07:00–11:14
• Munich Security Conference, U.S. politicians, & foreign policy: 14:05–37:03
  • Marco Rubio speech highlights: 29:01, 29:57, 31:53
  • AOC Taiwan flub analysis: 23:02, 34:54–37:22
• AI/autocorrect woes & Apple grievances: 19:01–22:53
• Tom Brady & Logan Paul in Saudi sports: 17:43–18:50
• Hillary Clinton vs. Czech Deputy PM on gender & Trump: 44:39–47:20

Tone and Language

The episode features Armstrong and Getty’s trademark blend of satirical sharpness, skepticism toward media and progressive politics, irreverent banter, and the occasional serious policy analysis. There’s affectionate ribbing, pointed sarcasm, and a palpable frustration with what the hosts perceive as hypocrisy or a lack of common sense among political and media elites.

Conclusion

This episode is a quintessential Armstrong & Getty experience—combining heady policy debate, unfiltered opinions on culture and current events, and sardonic takes on everything from autocorrect to international diplomacy. The breakdown of the Munich Security Conference performances and the mockery of media/political doublespeak serve as the episode's backbone, with both earnest and humorous moments throughout. Ideal listening for those who like their political commentary both biting and broad.