You Can't Recover From a Pause

Summary

Armstrong & Getty On Demand — "You Can't Recover From a Pause"

Episode Date: July 7, 2026
Podcast Host: Armstrong & Getty (Jack Armstrong & Joe Getty)
Network: iHeartPodcasts

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Episode Overview

This episode centers on the political and personal fallout from serious sexual assault allegations against Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Maine, and the resulting impact on Senate control and media coverage. The hosts also discuss shifting priorities within progressive politics, a personal Las Vegas adventure, and debate the culture of protest within the American left.

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Major Discussion Topics & Insights

1. Graham Platner Allegations and Senate Implications

[02:47–21:42]

• Background:
  Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine, faces new and severe allegations of rape from former partner Jenny Racicot.
• Initial Media Soft-Pedaling:
  The New York Times had previously reported on Platner's problematic dating history but omitted the rape allegation, only including vague or "oogie" stories and burying any serious accusations deep in the story ([02:51]).
• Accuser Speaks Out:
  Jenny Racicot went public with direct rape allegations, detailed in interviews with Politico and CNN. CNN's Jake Tapper interviews her, where she decisively claims she was raped by Platner, describing events from late 2021 ([07:04]–[10:32]).
• Political Fallout:
  After Racicot's public account, top Democrats including Chuck Schumer and Ro Khanna urge Platner to drop out, effectively ending his campaign and likely impacting Senate control ([11:02], [20:00]).
• Media Critique:
  Armstrong & Getty express strong criticism of the New York Times for initially “soft-pedaling” the story and failing to uncover more serious allegations ([15:30]).

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2. Detailed Retelling of Jenny Racicot's Allegations

Key Allegation Sequence [07:04–15:34]

• Racicot's Account:
  • Platner drunk, ignored clear requests not to visit ([13:29]).
  • Entered her unlocked house uninvited.
  • Initiated unwanted contact, repeatedly told “no,” ignored protests.
  • Eventually raped her while in a blackout state.
  • Racicot shared her account with close friends and a later boyfriend at the time, strengthening her credibility ([15:34]).
  • She did not contact police, reflecting common trauma responses rather than a lack of credibility.
• Notable Quotes:
  • “I remember just at first being like, hey, I'm not into this. Like, don't. I'm not in the mood... Like, he's not listening to me or he's not hearing me.” —Jenny Racicot ([07:04])
  • “When somebody in the middle of it says, don't touch me, like, that's obviously not consensual.” —Jenny Racicot ([08:53])
  • “She likes his policies. But she didn't like the idea of a rapist becoming a US Senator.” —Armstrong & Getty ([10:09])
• Platner’s Response:
  Platner denies the allegations categorically and claims any "non-consensual" accusations are false, but acknowledges “the political reality” makes a campaign pause or exit likely ([19:01]).

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3. Broader Progressive Politics & The "Woke" Center of Gravity Shift

[36:32–44:21]

• Party Energy Shifts:
  • Citing NYT's David Brooks: Democratic Party energy has shifted from unions and working class toward university/academic/progressive activism ([36:54]).
  • Sexual orientation issues have ceded priority within progressive activism to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, particularly among the most activist members.
• On-the-Ground Example:
  • San Francisco politician Scott Wiener, once considered a champion of trans rights, gets berated at a Pride event because of his support for Israel ([39:10]).
  • Armstrong contrasts this with earlier instances when conservative voices were silenced or swarmed during debate on trans issues, suggesting some perspective shift ([40:30]).
• Cultural Diagnosis:
  • Armstrong speculates that persistent America-hating among progressives is less about specific issues (trans rights, Gaza, billionaires) and more about a need for self-critique or societal self-loathing, suggesting it “should be in the DSM” (the manual for mental disorders) ([42:13]).

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4. Personal Stories: Vegas and Car Culture

[25:28–32:29]

• Vacation Recap:
  Armstrong shares a father-son trip to Nevada and Las Vegas: dirt biking, renting a vintage Mustang GT350 (“looked super badass…when you romped on it”), and cruising the Strip, noting Vegas’ family-friendly reputation despite its notorious “whores and gambling” ([27:00], [30:12]).
• Life in Vegas:
  • Observations on renting supercars, street performers.
  • Son meets Conor McGregor by chance ([32:11]).
  • On driving: “If you're over 5'10, I don't know how you could possibly drive a Lamborghini and not be miserable.” ([26:15])
  • “I lived a lie for several days. But if it's somebody's cool car, man, I didn't say it's a rental...I didn't feel that helped their experience, my experience, anybody's experience.” ([28:02])

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5. Critique of Anti-American Sentiment

[32:31–33:49]

• Topic Set-Up:
  • Discussion of NYC’s Zohran Mamdani releasing an anti-America message for July 4th.
  • Armstrong’s Response: “If you hate it, leave. Just leave. Would you just...GoFundMe...fly out of the country...Go where you think it's better and live your life there. And shat app.” ([33:25])
• Follow-up:
  Promise to discuss this more—a running theme on culture wars and patriotism.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• “This woman, Jenny Racicot, clearly does not sound like a whack job. And...sometimes these accusers sound like whack jobs. Whack jobs get raped also. So that's not proof of anything.” —Armstrong & Getty ([09:11])
• “You just lost them for the rest of the afternoon.” (Re: Lingokids ad, showing playful banter continues throughout) ([18:12], [34:43])
• “We don't need rapists or perhaps more rapists in the Senate.” —Armstrong & Getty, on politicians and allegations ([21:36])
• “I think this happened. She's a very credible witness. Those are very credible pieces of information for her friends and her ex boyfriend and et cetera. And he's going to have to get out of the race.” —Armstrong & Getty ([15:30])
• “Sorry that happened to you, Scott, but… now you're on the wrong side of the Israel–Gaza issue, and you're finding out what it's like to be shouted down by crazies.” ([41:16])
• “I think it is a mental illness of some sort… I think there actually is some sort of mental illness or flaw or psychosis or something that goes on with that crowd where they need to hate their own tribe to be okay.” —Armstrong ([42:13])
• “Do you know people with hangovers get IV drips in Vegas? You can do it in the mall...you can go into the mall and get an IV drip if you're too hungover.” ([43:51])

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Important Timestamps

• 02:47 — Beginning of Platner discussion; stakes of the Maine Senate race
• 07:04 — Jenny Racicot tells her story on CNN
• 10:09 — Motives for Racicot coming forward; her political alignment
• 13:29 — Further details about the alleged assault
• 15:34 — Friends corroborate Racicot shared her story at the time
• 19:01 — Platner's campaign statement; question about pausing campaigns
• 20:00 — Dem leaders call for Platner to drop out; Ro Khanna’s statement
• 27:00 — Armstrong discusses renting a vintage Mustang in Vegas
• 32:31 — Armstrong rants about anti-American politicians
• 36:54 — Shifting “woke” politics from unions to academic activism
• 39:10 — Scott Wiener berated at Pride for Israel stance
• 42:13 — Armstrong theorizes about America-hating as a mental phenomenon

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Episode Tone & Style

• Conversational and unfiltered, consistent with the Armstrong & Getty brand
• Mixes serious political commentary with personal stories and humor
• Hosts often veer into cynical hot takes, pop culture references, and personal anecdotes to break up the politics-heavy segments
• Willingness to critique media, political parties, and progressive activism bluntly
• Frequent meta-comments about podcasting, vacationing, and the show’s own format

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Summary

This episode is heavy on timely, high-stakes political controversy, especially around the very real possibility of Senate control hinging on the collapse of a single candidacy under the weight of credible rape allegations. Listeners are guided through the evolution of the story, the media’s handling (or mishandling) of it, and the political consequences, all while the hosts maintain their signature mix of irreverence, blunt critique, and storytelling. Interludes of personal vacation stories and observations on American protest culture provide relief and add to the Armstrong & Getty show’s distinctive mix of news analysis and personality-driven banter.

Transcript

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Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty Armstrong and Getty.

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And now here's Armstrong and Getty.

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And this may seem a little bit rich.

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I just want to make this clear. There's there's nothing out there that's actually concerning. People will make everything seem very concerning because that's what people do in politics. So rugged, so manly, so handsome. Graham Platner, who's running was not was yet, but it soon to be was, running for Senate in Maine. This is a big deal. This is not just one of those pick a race somewhere and because you're obsessed with politics, focus on it. This is a big deal because the US Senate is basically a 5050 tie and one senator this way or that for the Republicans or Democrats could control who's in charge of the U.S. senate. And that makes all kinds of difference for all kinds of legislation and this and that. I mean, it's a very, very big deal. So Graham Platner, Democrat, he won the nomination up in Maine and he was going to run against Susan Collins. And he is in theory, although not in actuality, a working class regular guy who wants to fight the system. Well, there are, you know, he's got the Nazi tattoo. I'm going to assume you've been following this story somewhat because we've talked about it a lot. He's got the Nazi tattoo that he's had his whole adult life that he explained away and the fact that he's never had a real job that he's explained away. And then the New York Times did a story several weeks back that had all kinds of oogie ish but not horrible stories about his dating life. For some reason, the New York Times did a softball piece about Graham Platner not being a good guy to date with. Nothing that was like over the top disqualifying. And not only that, the story was written in such a way, I remember Joe counting the paragraphs. They buried the most explosive thing about the guy where he was twisting the woman's arm behind her back. One woman that he was dating, they buried that in like paragraph 23 after doing a puff piece around him. So the New York Times several weeks ago had quotes from a bunch of different women of stuff that's like, okay, that sounds kind of bad, but that's not, I don't know. He said, she said, I don't know. It just kind of went away. And so that clip we just played a Graham Platner saying there's nothing out that's actually concerning. That clip was him being interviewed on MSNBC after that New York Times piece came out. Well, one of the women featured in that New York Times piece, Jenny Racketcott, she had more to say. She did not tell the New York Times that she had been raped by Graham Platner. But she did tell her some more horrifying stuff that for whatever reason, the New York Times didn't put in the piece. The New York Times also didn't contact any of her friends who were easily gotten to. Well, Politico and cnn, among other news outlets, have dug into this story more over the last couple of days. And this Jenny Racacott is now out on the record talking about having been flat out no wishy washy this or that. No kind of alluding to something bad but not saying it out loud. She just flat out saying she was raped. She told Jack. Jake Tapper on CNN the other day. And Politico's out with more details around that, which we can get into. We'll lay this out for you. If you haven't heard it. What, what it's going to mean is that this Graham Platner guy is going to have to get out of the race. I mean, I think that's almost guaranteed, which means Republicans most likely will hold on to that seat, which means the Republicans have a really good chance of holding on to the Senate, even if the Democrats take the House, which matters a lot for legislation and, and for Donald Trump. Okay, let's start here. This is Jenny Rackycott on CNN with Jake Tapper telling the story just a couple days ago.

[Jenny Racicot (Accuser)]

So he had kind of like jumped on top of me and indicated that he had intentions that were sexual in nature. And I remember just at first being like, hey, I'm not into this. Like, don't. I'm not in the mood. Like, don't. Whatever. And it got to the point where I was like, okay, I feel like I've said this enough times. Like, he's not listening to me or he's not hearing me. And I looked at him and I remember this very specific look in his eyes. And I could smell alcohol. And I was like, this is different.

[Armstrong and Getty (Host 2)]

Racicot, I guess, is the way you pronounce her name. Sorry about that. Jenny Racicot goes on with Jake Tapper.

[Jenny Racicot (Accuser)]

I remember specifically him, like, grabbing at my chest and I like, hit his hand. And I said, don't touch me. And I remember that during the altercation

[Armstrong and Getty (Host 2)]

specifically, he kept going.

[Jenny Racicot (Accuser)]

Yeah. And it was this weird mix of, like, coming in and out of. I don't think consciousness is the word, but like, coming to and kind of falling back into that drunken. I don't know what I'm doing. State and. Yeah. And he just, he would apologize in those moments and then go Back to doing what he was doing

[Armstrong and Getty (Host 2)]

again, Graham Platner rejects these claims.

[Jenny Racicot (Accuser)]

He released a video responding on social media.

[Armstrong and Getty (Host 2)]

She, by the way, so that clip where she's talking to Jake Tapper, she's talking about him. That wasn't completely clear. She's talking about him coming in and out of consciousness because he was so hammered drunk. She thinks that he was like blacking out, which he very well may have. Jake Tepper and Jenny Racicot go on way that he thought this was consensual or no, just because I don't believe

[Jenny Racicot (Accuser)]

that you can think that that scenario is consensual. You have to. You have to understand that that wasn't. When somebody is repeatedly. I mean, when somebody in the middle of it says, don't touch me, like, that's obviously not consensual one.

[Armstrong and Getty (Host 2)]

And this is no way to judge these sorts of things, really. But sometimes these accusers sound like whack jobs. Whack jobs get raped also. So that's not proof of anything. But sometimes the whack jobs sound like whack jobs because they're whack jobs. Like the accuser with Brett Kavanaugh, she was all kinds of a whack job. I don't think what she claimed happened. You know, she never told her friends about it. Blah, blah, blah, all the different sort of stuff. This woman, Jenny Rascott, clearly does not sound like a whack job. And to the. Is there some sort of political reason you've come forward? Jake Tapper gets into that. Just to underline the point, you're not coming forward because you have any political motivation.

[Jenny Racicot (Accuser)]

No, not at all. That was actually one of the huge reasons that I didn't come forward and. And still struggled. Like that was a huge moral conflict to. To feel like.

[Armstrong and Getty (Host 2)]

Because you'd like a Democrat to be in the Senate.

[Jenny Racicot (Accuser)]

Yeah, Yeah. I like the things that he speaks about. They're important. They're important to people. I'm one of those people.

[Armstrong and Getty (Host 2)]

She didn't want to derail his candidacy because she believes in the sorts of things that he does. She likes his ads, she likes his policies. But she didn't like the idea of a rapist becoming a US Senator. One more clip of her with Jake Tapper. The New York Times story came out. You were in it, but you didn't go as far in that story as you are today.

[Jenny Racicot (Accuser)]

Yeah. Why not? I didn't want to. I didn't want to have to violate this huge level of privacy to my own life to be able to infer that this person is not honest and trustworthy. I felt really protective of, of my own privacy throughout this whole process. And I, it got to a point where my privacy was no longer going to happen. And that was when I kind of just made the decision that, like, I'm going to say my piece and, and get it out there.

[Armstrong and Getty (Host 2)]

There are lots. We got a text earlier saying, if he's guilty, then how come nobody's going to jail? She's not. She didn't go to the cops. She's not trying to have him arrested for rape. And it's not, well, it's not uncommon. And it's not hard to imagine that there are lots of women that just, they want to try to move on with their lives. They don't want to go through the incredible hassle that it would be to actually confront somebody, charge them with rape. All the different things, the trial, reliving it, the pushback you're going to get in the courtroom. Not everybody wants to deal with that. And I can understand why. Now, filling in some of the gaps from Politico, by the way, Graham Platner swears up and down that this didn't happen. He didn't do it. He's innocent, and that will be proved. Although he has suspended his campaign, Chuck Schumer, the leader of the Democrats in the Senate, has come out and said Platner needs to get out of the race. So have a whole bunch of other prominent Democrats who had stood by him through all these other kind of whispers and accusations light that have been going on for several weeks. A bunch of politicians, including, most importantly, Chuck Schumer, had stood by him. Now they're calling for him to get out, which means it's over. It's just a matter of time before he gets out of the race. But filling in some more of the details from Politico. Cause I think this is important to the whole thing. That night in late 2021, she said she had exchanged text messages with him and told him not to come over. So he did the classic booty call or booty text. He's drunk. And here's somebody that he had dated for a while and they'd had consexual sex in the past. And he texts her late at night because he's hoping to have sex again. I mean, that's, you know, it's in all kinds of sitcoms, TV shows, everything. It's, it's a, it's a thing. She said, do not come over. I'm not in the mood for Company. Later that evening, she realized when she heard a sound on the stairs that. That he had come into her house. She didn't have her door locked. Common thing. If you live in certain kinds of neighborhoods, you don't lock your door. If you live in big cities, maybe you can't imagine that, but in lots of the world, maybe most of the country, it's perfectly normal to have your house unlocked. He just came in. She told him specifically, don't come over. And he came into his house. Now, I've seen it as forced his way into his house. I'm perfectly fine with that language. That's what he did. She said, don't come in.

[Jenny Racicot (Accuser)]

And.

[Armstrong and Getty (Host 2)]

And he came out without. Came into her house without her approval. Then he sits down on the couch. Platner comes up the stairs, Racat said, to where she was on the couch. He got on top of her and kept grabbing her, she said, while she repeatedly told him to stop and that she wasn't interested. She said that he smelled out. She smelled alcohol on his breath and believed he was almost blackout drunk because he ignored her protests and continued to grab after her. Knocked over some stuff in the. In the room, spilling things everywhere, making a big mess. I had been telling him these words like, no, don't, she recalled. And the look on his face and realizing what was happening, I just realized like, that I'm in a situation where there is no consent here. She said she tried to separate herself from Platner by telling him she couldn't be in that room anymore, after which he followed her to her bedroom and had sex with her against her will. He completed the act. I won't go into the details, but she was not using birth control, so she was worried that she was gonna be pregnant. When she returned to the room, she left the room. After that, he was done because he fell asleep. She came back. He was completely passed out. She contemplated waking up to kick him out, but worried he could hurt someone driving in the state he was in. All right, I don't know if I would do that, but she gets to make these decisions. The following morning, Platner tried to put his arm around her. She pushed him away. She said she asked him whether he remembered what had happened the previous night. Platner said he didn't remember. She said she told him to leave and never contact her again. She waited several weeks until she got her period to ensure she wasn't pregnant, then sent Platner a private message on Instagram saying that the encounter was not consensual and she did not want to hear from him ever again. She had no further contact with him after that. Now, she deleted all her texts in her social media correspondence with Platner. So she can't prove bring back that Instagram post where she told him that. But and I think this is key

[Tony Ayo (The Real Report Host)]

stuff,

[Armstrong and Getty (Host 2)]

she told friends, including her best friend at the time, about the sexual assault who have testified to well, testified is not the right term because that's a legal term. But they have told Politico and CNN and other outlets that yes, these friends said yes, she did tell us about this five years ago, right after it happened. And the next guy that she dated in a serious relationship, she told all about this incident and he passed that fact along to Politico. That's the sort of evidence they use in rape cases like this when you've got, you know, happened at the time testimony from people who say, yeah, this is the story she told me. That's the sort of thing that, for instance, didn't exist with that crackpot woman in the Kavanaugh case. But yeah, I think it's, I think this happened. She's a very credible witness. Those are very credible pieces of information for her friends and her ex boyfriend and et cetera. And he's going to have to get out of the race. It's over for him. The fact that the New York Times soft pedal this story didn't dig into it more that they're not the ones that broke the story. What the hell is going on there? That's a question that still needs to be answered, but wondered what you think about all this. Text line 415295 KFTC more on the way.

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I wanted to directly address the troubling, serious and false allegations against me. Any accusation of non consensual behavior is categorically false. Regardless of the inaccuracy of the reporting, but mindful the political reality it will inflict. We are taking the time to reflect on the best path forward for the state that I love, the people that I love, the movement I belong to and the goal of defeating Susan Collins. Has anybody ever paused their campaign during a controversy and then restarted it in one? I don't even know if I can remember anybody ever pausing their campaign and not dropping out. That's Graham Platner, the guy that's running for the Senate in Maine. Woman came forward quite credibly accusing him of rape as being reported lots of different places. And now he's starting to lose support among Democrats who had previously supported him through other bad news. There's an example of the reporting on that.

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Democratic California Congressman Ro Khanna, who campaigned

[Jenny Racicot (Accuser)]

with Platner for a while, among those

[Armstrong and Getty (Host 2)]

telling him to drop out. He posted this.

[Jenny Racicot (Accuser)]

Brett, I've been very clear that sexual assault or violence against women is a red line. These allegations are very serious. Incredible. Graham Platner should drop out from the race. I'm withdrawing my endorsement.

[Armstrong and Getty (Host 2)]

Yeah, the fact that Ro Khanna is out and Chuck Schumer is out. And so he's done. Graham Platner will get out of the race. We just wanted to tell you the story in case you didn't catch it over the long holiday weekend. Oh, Racicadder. We've heard her name pronounced three different ways. We're not sure which is correct. But she showed political emails with her therapist in which she explained she was talking to the media about her relationship. So she's been dealing with this with her therapist and she had been emailing her therapist before, long before Platner ever got into politics about this. In fact, she reached out to a friend who was thinking about dating the guy and she said, don't date him. He's bad news. And again, this is before any of the political stuff came out. And to repeat again, she likes his politics. She just doesn't like him as a guy because he's a rapist, allegedly. And factually, she likes his politics. She hates to derail his candidacy. She doesn't want a Republican to win the Senate, but she decided that she needed to come for it. So just wanted to get that out there because it's going to be worthless news by tomorrow when he has gotten out of the race, which I think will be the case. And we don't need rapists or perhaps more rapists in the Senate. More stuff on the way. If you missed a segment, get the podcast Armstrong and Getty on Demand Armstrong

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No idea.

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Bang up, bang up, bang up. Terry, put in reverse.

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Terror put in reverse. Oh Lord, Lord, save me.

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Oh Lord.

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Oh save me. What the. What you doing? A T T?

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Oh, boy. And so what was that, Michael? What did we just hear?

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A gentleman who was in a wheelchair, he goes and lights a firework. Okay.

[Armstrong and Getty (Host 1)]

And.

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But instead of backing up, he just lets the thing go off. And so he just basically stands around it and they're telling him, back up,

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back up, back up. Well, he's in a wheelchair. Is he sitting around it?

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Yeah, he's just kind of sitting around it. But he's enjoying it. But the sparks are going around.

[Armstrong and Getty (Host 2)]

Luckily, he's not getting burned or anything.

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Terry, back up.

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Terry, back up. Now, did he end up in a wheelchair because of that level of decision making?

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I have no idea, but it's a funny video.

[Armstrong and Getty (Host 2)]

Yeah, that's pretty funny.

[Jenny Racicot (Accuser)]

Yeah.

[Armstrong and Getty (Host 2)]

I would like to know the background of why he's a wheelchair. There might be a backstory there that would, you know, be self explanatory there. So we're Back after a vacation. Joe's not back yet. He's still doing his 40th wedding anniversary, longest vacation of his life thing. And he'll be back in a couple of days. I am back and happy to be back into my regular routine. I, my youngest, my 14 year old is doing three Boy Scout camps in a row. He's doing three weeks worth of Boy Scout camps in like 24 days. He's only going to be home like long enough to do some laundry and repack and then how to head out on another trip. So good for him. And he's having a really good time so far and that's awesome. It's been very, very weird not having him around because he's been around because he's homeschooled practically every minute of his life. My whole, my, my, my last 14 years of my life. So it's very weird having him gone. But so it leaves. Me and my 16 year old have had time to do some stuff and we did a vacation kind of just the two of us which was really fun. We loaded our dirt butt bikes in the back of my truck and we went over to Nevada and we got a place we ride south of Carson City that's really fun. And then we drove down to just north of Vegas is a really cool off road place to ride motorcycles. And we were in Vegas. We used Vegas as our home base for about three days and stayed in a hotel and ran around there eating and looking at the sights and seeing street performers and all that sort of stuff. But one of the things I did in Las Vegas was rent a car. Now I had decided to rent some sort of cool car. They that's a popular thing to do in Vegas and you can rent Lamborghinis and Ferraris and classic cars and all kinds of different stuff. And I didn't know what I was going to rent. I went to this place and I was thinking about maybe getting a Lamborghini because my son's really into him just from videos he watches and stuff like that. And all of his favorite rappers drive Lamborghinis. Have you ever sat in a Lamborghini? If you're over 5, 10, I don't know how you could possibly drive a Lamborghini and not be miserable. There is no back seat. The seat's up against the wall and with the seat as far back as it go. I'm a little over 6 foot tall. My knees were in my neck and just plus getting in there at my age, I kind of had to roll out onto the Pavement and crawl out of the car. And I thought, I don't want to do this for several days. So the Lamborghini thing was off. And I ended up renting a 1966 Mustang GT350, which is a very, very cool car. It's got the Cobron symbol on the back. And the place that rents them out, they try all kinds of different exhaust systems on them to find the one that sounds the coolest. And so not only does it look super badass, but it sounded just amazing when you romped on it. I mean, it had the throatiest of just. I mean, it was fantastic. So we drove around Vegas in that for every. Every place we were going. And we drugged the strip at night. We'd drive up and down Las Vegas Boulevard where all the people are in front of all the. And everybody giving me thumbs up and high fives at the window. And at every crosswalk, they're just all excited and people taking pictures and people asking me about it. And I didn't tell anybody. If people got into a conversation with me, I would tell it would tell them it was a rental. But most people, I didn't say, hey, it's a rental. I didn't do that. I just took in the glory. Is that okay? Because I just thought, what's the point of making this a complicated interaction for two seconds? So you lived a lie, right? I lived a lie for several days. But if it's somebody's cool car, man, I didn't say it's a rental. I don't know. I didn't feel that was like that was necessary. I didn't feel like that helped their experience, my experience, anybody's experience. So you're right. I lived a lie. I pretended a guy who had that cool car, I have no idea what one of those is worth, but man, the amount of attention you get, I mean, I couldn't go anywhere. I just go to a parking lot and pull into park so we could go into the Walgreens and get some ibuprofen or something like that. And people are wanting to get selfies with it and is. I can see why, especially if you're a single guy. I suppose I didn't even think about that, why people get cars like that. It was just a person magnet was amazing. And somebody I know, I'm not going to say I did this because it would be highly illegal and break the contract and get me in all kinds of trouble because I have to sign like 19 different pieces of paper. When you rent one of these cars, in terms of responsibility and in terms of hurting anybody or hurting the car or anything like that. Somebody I know who rented a similar car who has a 16 year old, let their 16 year old drive it and he thought it was the coolest experience of his life. Obviously getting to drive one of these cars. I'd never driven one in my Life. And he's 16 and I let him drive around and romp on it and stuff like that. And man, if he'd erect that thing, I would have. I would have had this. Or if we got pulled over, we'd have had to switch seats before the cops got in the car. I mean, I can't even imagine how much trouble I would be in if that happened. But man, did he love that. We went down to. If you're a Vegas person, you know they've got a racetrack south of Vegas where you can rent Ferraris and Lamborghinis and stuff like that and drive them around a racetrack if you want, as fast as you can go. I've never done that. It's real expensive and I'm just. I'm not into driving cars that much. But you can also have a guy take you out in a Highway Patrol Dodge Charger Hellcat and you just ride in the car and it's an expert driver and he goes flying around the track and drifting around the corners and doing three sixes and stuff like that. I paid for that and he. And I did that. I got hella nauseous because I'm an old man, but that was very, very cool. This guy just smokes his tires all the way around this racetrack. We're going 110 when he was on the straightaways, then sliding around the corners. That was a very, very cool thing to do. I'm glad we did that. That's fun. That's south of Vegas. If you've never been. Like I said earlier, people that don't know Vegas is a family vacation destination number two only to Orlando. There's tons of stuff through there. If you like swimming, if you like VR, if you like those escape rooms, if you any of that kind of stuff that people do for fun, they've got it in Las Vegas. They also have whores and gambling. But if you don't want a horse and gambling, you can do something else. Lots of whores and gambling. Street performers all over the place. Super entertaining. Love that sort of thing. You know, you see people doing acrobatics or musicians or whatever that. Whatever the heck you want to see. Oh, and my son, he went out walking around. I went to bed and he went out walking around the strip late one night and he saw Conor McGregor going down the street with his posse because Conor McGregor's got a big fight coming up in Vegas.

[Jenny Racicot (Accuser)]

He.

[Armstrong and Getty (Host 2)]

He must be training in. In Las Vegas because he was out doing the any and. And Sam, my son said he walks in real life just like he does on tv. When you see him, he struts and swings his arm back and forth like he wants to fight everybody he walks by. It's just Conor McGregor.

[Armstrong and Getty (Host 1)]

That's.

[Armstrong and Getty (Host 2)]

That's really him. Apparently.

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He didn't ask for an autograph, did he?

[Armstrong and Getty (Host 2)]

No. I wouldn't get very close to Conor McGregor because you. You catch him in the wrong mood and he's going to sucker punch you because he's a coward and a punk and I hate him. But he is quite the personality. One news thing we have to get to. I'm trying to decide whether I do it next segment or next hour. Mayor Mamdani of New York did a anti America video for the 4th of July on this 250th anniversary of this country. People say we're an exceptional country. We're not exceptional. Look at all these things that are wrong with us. Load of crap that got a lot of attention and a lot of pushback online that I want to get into a little bit. That whole crowd that hates America. I've got a new theory about that. Get there. You're. You're so annoying. Please leave. And yeah, I get the first amendment and you're allowed to say it. And it's what? I don't care.

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Leave.

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If you hate it, leave. Just leave. Would you just. We'll all do GoFundMe. There's plenty of them. We're a rich enough country to afford plane tickets for every freaking one of you. A holes to fly out of the country. You hate it so much. Go where you think it's better and live your life there. And shat app. More on that later.

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Get the hell outta here.

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I agree wholeheartedly. Stay here. More to come.

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You just lost them for the rest of the afternoon.

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I got so many things to talk about. I got so many notes that have taken over the last week and a half as we've been off. Here's one of the things that happened while we're off. Because June was Pride Month and there were some big pride events going on all of June and the week we are off, I'll set this up this way David Brooks, is he still with the New York Times?

[Tony Ayo (The Real Report Host)]

Used to be.

[Armstrong and Getty (Host 2)]

Anyway, he was on PBS and he identified what's going on with the new democratic socialist wing of the Democrats. As we all know, before we went on vacation, the, the socialist crowd beat out some mainstream Democrats and are now going to end up in Congress. And another one won just the other day in Michigan, another socialist one. And what David Brooks pointed out is that the party's energy has shifted from unions to the universities in particular

[Jenny Racicot (Accuser)]

from

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the working class to the woke world there and then even within that, there has been a shift just recently from sexuality stuff being the focus of the woke wing of the Democratic Party to Israel, Gaza being the focus of the woke wing of the Democratic Party. And here's some proof of this right now. Because it used to be, if you wanted to be in good favor with that crowd, the loudest, craziest, to my mind, part of the Democratic Party, you just had to be good on all the trans stuff and, you know, all the, you know, all that sort of stuff, and you were fine. That's not the case anymore. See here Scott Wiener, who we've been talking about forever because city council member in San Francisco, he's been part of San Francisco politics forever. Gay man, like on the most outer edge of pro all kinds of weird sexual behavior. And I'm not calling being gay weird sexual behavior. I'm calling being naked in front of a school weird sexual behavior. He's been in favor of that for very, very many, many years. And he used to be fine with the woke left because he was so pro trans, pro this, pro that, pro everything that had to do with sexual stuff. But he was not on the right, right side of Israel in Gaza. And so he shows up to the big gay pride parade, trans this or that thing they had in San Francisco, and he got met with some protesters. Here's what it sounded like.

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You've been wonderful for trans people.

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And you've been terrible.

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And you've been terrible.

[Armstrong and Getty (Host 2)]

You've been terrible. You've been terrible at Gaza. Yeah, he had a whole bunch of people screaming at him about how he was killing brown people and you know, all the sort of stuff that that crowd yells at people. They were yelling at what used to be one of their own, Scott Wiener, because he has been in favor of Israel all these years and taken money from their various supporting groups and all that sort of thing. So who cares that you're on the right side of the trans issue? You're on the wrong side of the Israel thing. Here's Scott Wiener explaining what that was like. This went beyond free speech. You know, I represent San Francisco. We have a very robust democracy and people do not hesitate to tell me when they agree or disagree with me. People will challenge my views, we'll have conversations, people will sometimes record me. And that's all fine. That's all protected first amendment speech here. It was different. I went to the park to attend the trans march, attending a trans led pride Shabbat first and I was. And these folks ran towards me and swarmed around me. A few of them touched me and they were screaming at me while they were doing it and trying to bully me and intimidate me out of it park. And I ended up leaving because it wasn't safe for me to remain. Really. That must be really awful. It was awful for people who opposed some of the various trans things that were going on, like trans athletes, you know, winning competitions in schools and whatnot. And when they would try to stand up at a city council meeting and say, you know, I don't think boys should be playing in girls sports, they would have that sort of thing happen to them. Swarmed me, touched me, screamed at me, bullied me, forced me out of the room, wouldn't let me speak. Sorry that happened to you, Scott, but that sort of hap thing has been happening to people trying to speak up about against some of the craziness in the trans world. You were fine with that though, because then you were one of the favored children of that group. Now you're on the wrong side of this Israel Gaza issue and you're finding out what it's like to be shouted down by crazies. Anyway, the main point of this to me is that the center of gravity for the woke crowd has moved from the sexual orientation stuff to the Gaza stuff, as you have seen with AOC or a whole bunch of these people who have won as socialist Mamdani himself there in New York City. That's the topic that you got to be on the right side of right now. And it's going to be interesting to see how that plays out through the next election. Got a little more on that coming up. Later, Bill Maher started talking about some of these new socialists that won elections. Talking about the woke mind virus. I've been, I've become convinced that that America hating crowd and it doesn't matter which subject they pick, that's more of just an excuse. Whether it's a trans thing or you decide it's Israel and Gaza or whatever it is. Inequality, billionaires Whatever that weird self hating thing. I think it is a mental illness of some sort. I think it should be in the dsm. That's the big book that they put out every couple of years a new edition with mental illnesses in it. I think there actually is some sort of mental illness or flaw or psychosis or something that goes on with that crowd where they need to hate their own tribe to be okay. And I'm not exactly sure what drives it but but I don't think it's the particulars that we argue about all the time. I think it's that mental problem. Anyway, I got some more examples of that. Maybe I can get to an hour four, including Mayor Mamdani of New York and his weird anti American 250th birthday video he put out. Actually sitting at George Washington's desk as he delivered this anti American screed. We're gonna check in on the Supreme Court with Anastasia Bowden, who we really, really like an hour for though a couple big rulings that came down while we were on vacation. Speaking of trans, the whole can high schools say no boys can't participate in girls sports? Well, the Supreme Court says, yep, you're allowed to do that. It was misreported a lot of places, but that's what the ruling was. We'll talk about that in some of the other big Supreme Court rulings that came down in hour four. If you miss a segment, get the podcast Armstrong and Yeti on demand. So many things to catch up on. Do you know people with hangovers get IV drips in Vegas? Do you know that's a common thing? That's one of the things I want to talk about. You can do it in the mall. You can go into the mall and get an IV drip if you're too hungover. Anyway, join us for hour four, won't you?

[Armstrong and Getty (Host 1)]

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[Tony Ayo (The Real Report Host)]

What?

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Moana and Elsa and Marvel's Spider Man. All of them on Lingokids? Yes, dad, on Lingokids. That's pretty cool. I know.

[Armstrong and Getty (Host 1)]

You just lost them for the rest of the afternoon.

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[Armstrong and Getty (Host 2)]

Lingokids.

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