You're Going To Get Boiled Potatoes On Your Head

Summary

Armstrong & Getty On Demand

Episode: "You're Going To Get Boiled Potatoes On Your Head"
Date: October 9, 2025
Hosts: Jack Armstrong, Joe Getty
Producer/News: Katie Greener

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Episode Overview

In this lively episode, Armstrong and Getty dive into the latest international developments concerning a breakthrough Middle East peace deal, analyze the political fortunes and scandals of California Democrat Katie Porter, and riff on the cultural phenomenon of Antifa mug shots. With trademark banter and insight, the hosts mix current affairs, political analysis, and pop culture critique, highlighting both absurdities and consequences in today's news landscape.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Middle East Peace Deal & Trump’s Role

(00:27–11:28)

• Hostage Movements and Ceasefire:
  The episode opens with real-time reporting of Red Cross vehicles moving through Gaza, possibly foreshadowing an impending hostage release and a major shift in conflict dynamics.
  “There’s a real sense of celebration here on the ground.” – Joe Getty (00:27)

• Trump’s Negotiations with Netanyahu:
  The hosts play and analyze clips from Donald Trump discussing personal conversations with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on bringing about a Middle East peace deal.
  “Israel cannot fight the world, Bibi… It’s amazing the way it’s all come together, and it’s a beautiful picture.” – Donald Trump (01:40)

• Statecraft and Trump’s Persona:
  Armstrong and Getty remark on Trump’s uncharacteristically “adult” and statesmanlike tone, noting the contrast to his public persona.
  “That was a version of Trump you don't often hear… That was a statesman, makes sense, adult Trump.” – Jack Armstrong (02:42)

• Broader Implications:
  The hosts explore what a genuine resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could mean for the entire Middle East, asserting the difficulty yet historic nature of the steps being attempted.

• Historical Parallels for Presidential Legacy:
  Armstrong references historian Jon Meacham’s argument that great presidential legacies are forged by leaders acting against their own established “type” (e.g., Reagan, Nixon, LBJ)—and questions if Trump could fall into that category.
  “If a president really makes a mark, it's because they ran against their type to accomplish something huge.” – Jack Armstrong (05:15)

• Skepticism About Lasting Impact:
  Getty injects historical realism, noting that many grand presidential accomplishments are either short-lived or not as transformative as remembered (06:26).

Notable Quotes

• “You don't not do the good stuff because sometimes it doesn't last forever or goes sideways. That's what human beings do.” – Joe Getty (06:32)
• “Trump has got three years and three months left in his presidency. I don't know if our brains can take it.” – Jack Armstrong (07:18)

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2. Reflections on Trump’s Political Strategy and Nobel Buzz

(08:06–11:28)

• The Trump Identity and Tribalism:
  Discussion on voters’ personal attachment to Trump, and the “us vs. them” dynamic from years in the political trenches.

• Advice for Trump’s Messaging:
  Getty relays Karl Rove’s advice that Trump should focus on celebrating victories and avoid distracting controversies, to maximize political capital.

• Behind-the-Scenes Players and Nobel Prize Guestimates:
  Speculation about who (e.g., Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner) really orchestrated the peace breakthrough, and humorous predictions on Trump’s reaction to Nobel Peace Prize deliberations.
  “What will Trump write on Truth Social about whoever does win the Nobel Peace Prize instead of him next year?” – Jack Armstrong (10:32)

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3. Katie Porter, Staff Abuse, and Political Downfall

(12:43–23:30, 31:42–32:27)

• Viral Video & Staff Misconduct:
  The hosts break down a widely circulated clip showing Rep. Katie Porter berating a staffer during a video shoot, sparking accusations of a toxic work environment and corroborating prior allegations of abusive behavior—including toward her ex-husband.

• Responses and Spin:
  Porter’s statement about “striving to be intentional in showing gratitude” is mercilessly lampooned as empty “therapy speak.”
  “I've sought to be more intentional in showing gratitude… is such stereotypical therapy speak…” – Jack Armstrong (15:46)

• Personal Anecdotes & Past Abuse Allegations:
  Discussion of divorce proceedings revealing incidents of physical and verbal aggression by Porter, including a notorious “boiled potatoes” attack—giving the episode its title.

• Parenting and Political Messaging:
  Porter’s recounting of her daughter’s emotional response to Trump’s election (alleging fears of rape and abortion access at age 12) is met with skepticism and concern from the hosts about political indoctrination of children.

• Policy Positions and Media Appearances:
  Clips from Porter’s public defenses of trans women in women’s sports are aired and dissected; Armstrong is openly critical of her stated positions and public demeanor.

Memorable Moments & Quotes

• “Wouldn't it be better to say, ‘I'm wound really tight, I run hot, and sometimes I say things I shouldn't, and I end up apologizing a lot’… as opposed to ‘intentional in my gratitude’?” – Jack Armstrong (16:42)
• “You better be careful, you’re gonna get boiled potatoes on your head!” – Joe Getty (18:03)

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4. Mug Shots, Woke Mindset, and Social Commentary

(23:30–32:27)

• Antifa Portland Mug Shots:
  The hosts and Katie Greener discuss a viral collage of Antifa mug shots from Portland—commenting on appearance, visible mental health struggles, and the prevalence of gender nonconforming individuals.

• The “Woke Mind Virus” and Identity Politics:
  Armstrong references Elon Musk’s phrase to describe the apparent ideological homogeneity among arrested protesters.

• Cultural Critique of Self-Modification:
  Entertaining riffs about tattoos, body modifications (like horns and split tongues), youth fashion, and how appearance shapes societal reactions and assumptions.

Notable Quotes

• “We need to preemptively jail people with head tattoos. Just doesn't seem to be a good sign.” – Jack Armstrong (26:12, joking)
• “You are trying to send a message. And you have to understand other people aren't obligated to take in the message you think you're sending.” – Joe Getty (30:00)

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5. Miscellaneous Segments

(12:43–13:20, 33:33–34:40)

• News Stories:
  Quick news on a New Orleans fugitive captured after several months on the run (13:04).

• TSA and Government Shutdown Humor:
  Light joking about TSA agents calling in sick due to a shutdown, with comedic speculation on “who’s really feeling up passengers” at airports (33:33).

• Pew Research Poll on Trump:
  Interesting poll on how many Republicans believe Trump committed misdeeds—such as punishing enemies or enriching himself—with a notable 40%–42% admitting impropriety within their own party (34:40).

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Notable Quotes (with Timestamps)

• “There is such a thing as luck.” – Donald Trump (01:40)
• “What will Trump write on Truth Social about whoever does win the Nobel Peace Prize instead of him next year? That's probably true because it's hard to imagine the Euros giving him the prize. And then whoever does get the prize, loser. Total loser.” – Jack Armstrong (10:32)
• “Get out of my effing shot.” – Katie Porter (impersonated/quoted), via Armstrong & Getty (14:56)
• “Intentionally showing gratitude is such stereotypical therapy speak…” – Jack Armstrong (15:46)
• “You're gonna get boiled potatoes on your head. You better be careful.” – Joe Getty (18:03)

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Final Thoughts (36:04–37:27)

• Host Summaries:
  • Katie Greener: Ponders the challenges of overcoming hate indoctrination in Gaza’s youth after peace (36:24).
  • Jack Armstrong: Reflects on how unlikely it is that "the host of The Apprentice" might solve the Middle East crisis (36:54).
  • Joe Getty: Declares that Katie Porter has “committed career suicide” to the nation’s benefit, humorously warning listeners about proximity to her (37:07).

“The arc of history is so strange. Go back 15 years… who’s going to solve the Middle East? The host of The Apprentice.” – Jack Armstrong (36:54)

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Episode Highlights & Tone

• Tone:
  Characteristically irreverent, quick-witted, and opinionated, the hosts blend sarcasm and skepticism with moments of earnest historical reflection.
• Energy:
  Spirited interplay, laced with candid takes, personal anecdotes, and pointed humor.
• Audience Takeaway:
  Listeners get a brisk survey of complex issues (international diplomacy, party politics, cultural shifts), filtered through Armstrong and Getty’s unique lens—part news, part satire, and part cultural critique.

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Section & Segment Timestamps

• [00:27–11:28] Middle East peace, Trump and Netanyahu, statesmanship, legacy
• [11:28–12:43] Speculation on Nobel Prize, behind-the-scenes players
• [12:43–13:20] News: Jailbreak fugitive captured
• [13:22–17:40] Katie Porter viral video, staff abuse, therapy-speak statements
• [17:40–21:44] Parenting story, Porter’s media interviews, skepticism over stories
• [21:44–23:15] Trans athletes, Riley Gaines discussion
• [23:30–32:27] Antifa mug shots, tattoos, “woke mind virus,” personal anecdotes on self-presentation
• [33:33–34:40] TSA agent sickouts, shutdown humor, poll results on Trump’s conduct
• [36:04–37:27] Hosts’ final thoughts

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Note: All timestamps are approximate and refer to content segments, excluding ads and sponsor messages.

Transcript

[Jack Armstrong]

This is an iHeart podcast broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln radio studio at.

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The George Washington Broadcast Center. Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

[Joe Getty]

Armstrong and Getty.

[Jack Armstrong]

And now here's Armstrong and Getty.

[Joe Getty]

Real sense of celebration here on the ground. And as you noted, there's a number of parts that are already moving and moving quickly. We've seen some video of Red Cross vehicles in Gaza alongside that seaside road.

[Jack Armstrong]

There, making their way through Gaza. It's assumed that those are the type.

[Joe Getty]

Of vehicles that could be used eventually to transport hostages. So even though no ceasefire yet in effect, it appears things are already on the move.

[Jack Armstrong]

President Trump said Monday we could see.

[Joe Getty]

Some movement even before then.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, Trump did say on Sean Hannity's show on Fox last night he expects all the hostages to be back by Monday. But. Well, I'm assuming that if you listen to this show, you're enough of a news junkie that you're aware that Hamas agreed to the. Basically, they agreed to a surrender. They didn't call it a surrender because it's hard to get somebody to surrender. If you call it a surrender, let's call it a deal. You just, you agreed. We agreed, you know, agree to disagree as opposed to saying we're getting everything we want and you're getting nothing you want.

[Joe Getty]

You are going to lay down your arms and not fight anymore and get the hell out of the way or.

[Jack Armstrong]

We'Re going to kill you all. Which is what Trump said the other day. Anyway, Trump went on to explain how he got Netanyahu to fall in line on this thing.

[Donald Trump]

I spoke to Bibi Netanyahu just a little while ago. He called, he said, I can't believe it. He said, everybody's liking me now. They meaning him, he said. And I said, more importantly, they're loving Israel again. I said, Israel cannot fight the world, Bibi. They can't fight the world. And he understands that very well. So it's amazing the way it's all come together and it's a beautiful picture. I don't know if it could ever happen again. It was just a set of circumstances. So many different things happened that were so amazing. It's a lot of talent involved, I'll tell you. But there was a certain degree of luck, too. You know, you need luck also. There is such a thing as luck.

[Jack Armstrong]

You know, I just read a, I think a 300 page book about the Middle east peace deal from the Carter era back in 79 and it was fantastic book. There will be books written about what has happened over the last couple of months.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, 100%, yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Lots of books.

[Joe Getty]

And that was a remarkably down to earth Trump, by the way. That was a version of Trump you don't often hear.

[Jack Armstrong]

That was. Yeah, that was a statesman. Makes sense. Adult Trump. I mean, a guy to say, hey, you can't fight the world. For a guy who, like, regularly seems to be willing to fight the world like Donald Trump, that is quite a thing to say to Netanyahu.

[Joe Getty]

Well, interestingly, that's how everybody describes him as being in person, in real life. Curious, wants to listen, wants to hear your ideas.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. What's Gaza going to look like with Hamas out of there? He goes on to talk about that.

[Donald Trump]

You'll see Gaza being rebuilt. We're forming a council that. The Council of Peace, we think it's going to be called, and it's going to be very powerful and it's going to really, I think, to a large extent, it's going to have a lot to do with the whole Gaza situation. People are going to be taken care of. It's going to be a different world, I think, really. The Middle east came together, amazingly, they came together. You know, they have some countries with extraordinary wealth and just spending a small portion of that wealth can do so much for that area.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. And what will this do to the whole Middle East? Who knows? Assuming that it works out, which is a heck of a thing to assume. I was listening to an author yesterday talk about how peace in the Middle east or the Middle east, you know, turmoil in the Middle east is always the Israeli, Palestinian conflict. That's what they mean. Nobody says that about the Houthis or Syria killing hundreds of thousands of people.

[Joe Getty]

That's not actual genocides. Yes.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. That's not turmoil in the Middle East. Turmoil in the Middle east is always just the one issue, Israel and Palestine. And if that gets settled, I don't know what that means for the world.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Now, it's worth mentioning, as any sane human being knows, every single step along this road is going to be very, very difficult. But not too long ago, there was like, no sign that there's ever going to be a step along this road.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right.

[Joe Getty]

Because, well, frankly, you know, bottom line, Jack, tell me if I'm wrong or to what extent I'm wrong, because the Palestinian authorities, whether the Palestinian Authority or the plo, were never negotiating in good faith.

[Jack Armstrong]

No, never.

[Joe Getty]

They have no intention of coming to an agreement and coexisting with Israel.

[Jack Armstrong]

No. Bill Clinton will tell you that. Jimmy Carter would tell you that.

[Joe Getty]

Well, right. Yeah. And now, essentially, and Sometimes you have to do this geopolitically. Hamas and company have been beaten into. Yeah, you're going to accept it or we're going to crush you. Which is frequently how things get solved in history.

[Jack Armstrong]

If you want to talk legacy stuff, I was listening to historian John Meacham this morning, who is a great author of great historic books. He is also a nut job with his own personal politics, in my mind. But anyway, he said usually if a president really makes a mark, it's because they ran against their type to accomplish something huge. And he used the examples of, I mean Reagan was one of the all time Cold War warriors, you know, and then he's meeting with what's his name, Gorbachev, you know, and, and in the cold, wrapping up the Cold War and all this sort of stuff. Same with Nixon, Cold warrior to the end, anti communist, that was his whole thing. He opens China. Lbj, who was the impediment to civil rights for decades as a guy who was running the Senate and was so powerful, brings about civil rights. Now Trump the, you know, the throw a stink bomb into everything that he ever come across and try to cause turmoil. Being the guy that is able to bring this together.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, yeah, it's funny.

[Jack Armstrong]

I hope I live long enough to see Trump treated fairly by both sides of what he actually is and isn't.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, you know what's, and this is not defeatist. I swear it's not. And I'll explain why it's not in a second. But it was funny as you were going through that list, which are all accurate, turns out the opening of China was a Chinese plot. Right. Turns out the Soviet Union came back under another name. Shortly thereafter, LBJ completely effed up black America with his Great Society, perhaps irreparably. And the list goes on. But that sounds defeatist. But it's not that you don't do, you don't not do the good stuff because sometimes it doesn't last forever or go sideways. That's, that's the, that's what human beings do. We try to do good stuff and not have the bad stuff happen. But it is kind of funny that so many of those examples were, well, short lived or imperfect. But.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, the thing with, you know, I don't care about the whole legacy stuff. I like reading history, but who cares about legacy stuff? What legacies are. Trump has got three years and three months left in his presidency. I don't know if our brains can take it.

[Joe Getty]

Mine can't. For the record, I mean, with everything.

[Jack Armstrong]

That'S Gone on tariffs and vaccines and the ICE and immigration border and this and everything. It seems like he should be that we just had an election. You know, he's rounding out his term because, like, Carter's big peace deal was the end. Reagan's big thing was toward the end. It feels like we should be rounding it out.

[Joe Getty]

Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

And a new president's coming in in January and wow, what a, what a time that was the Trump presidency. But no, we just started. So I know a lot of, a.

[Joe Getty]

Lot of, oh, two points. Number one, the whole legacy thing. There are a lot of folks whose ego, their identity is tied up with. I'm a Trump person. And part of that is they've been attacked so much for supporting him.

[Jack Armstrong]

Sure.

[Joe Getty]

They've said, you know what? F you, I'm with Trump, you don't like it, you know, f off. And I get that. I'm not, I'm not criticizing y'. All, I'm not that. I'm just more kind of an observer. And I will tell you, he deserves the largest accolades that exist along with BB Netanyahu because BB Made the, you know, the stick credible in the carrot and stick scenario or silver lead, as we were talking about earlier. He made that the threats absolutely credible to the point of like sending missiles into Qatar and saying to the Qataris, yeah, yeah, you know, playing footsie with Hamas has a cost, boys. And that was a major transitional moment. The second thought I had, which flitted out of my head during the first thought.

[Jack Armstrong]

You want to think of that while I say this?

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, go ahead.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Mark Halpern writes in his newsletter today. I wonder two other things from the. The big story, the Middle East.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, I'm sorry. The other thing was Karl Rove has a good column and I know a lot of people don't like him, but saying if Trump would narrow his focus a little bit and like the really peripheral stuff, let it go and spend that time celebrating the victories and letting America know what a victory it was. Cuz the Democrats aren't going to do that.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right.

[Joe Getty]

If, if he and his administration, conservative America don't celebrate the victories, nobody's going to. If he does all that, he will be much more effective on the stuff that matters. I think he's right.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's true. But that's not Trump's history. I mean, he would have a great debate performance and then they say something crazy the next day to obliterate that news cycle before he even got credit for it. So we'll see if he, like, doesn't do something today. But a couple things. Mark Halpern wrote. I wonder a couple of things. Who will be the first to tell the true story of how Steve Witkoff and Jared pulled this off? Because I guarantee you there's a fascinating story behind this that might not be written for 15, 20, 25 years, but yeah.

[Joe Getty]

And all I've gotten from the media's criticism of the choice of Witkoff, I don't, I don't know whether he is an incompetent boob or a master, a wizard behind the scenes. No idea.

[Jack Armstrong]

What will Trump write on Truth Social about whoever does win the Nobel Peace Prize instead of him next year? That's probably true because it's hard to imagine the Euros giving him the prize. And then whoever does get the prize, loser. Total loser.

[Joe Getty]

Obama's probably working the phones right now and says, hey, hey, I am sick of hearing about how I got the Nobel Prize for nothing. And Trump won't for this, so please give it to him.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, everyone from Hillary Clinton to Andrea Mitchell on NBC News have said if he pulls this off and he started down that road, he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. I mean, his is there a bigger enemy of Donald Trump in the world than Hillary Clinton and she says he ought to get the Nobel Prize if this actually comes together.

[Joe Getty]

And Comey and who's the heavyset gal who fled America? Rosie o'. Donnell. If James Comey and Rosie o' Donnell say he should get the Nobel Peace Prize, then he'll get it.

[Jack Armstrong]

James and Rosie o' Donnell who's that heavyset gal who left America? Okay, we got more on the way. Stay here.

[Joe Getty]

My heart is broken, Armstrong and.

[Katie Greener]

Tired.

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[Jack Armstrong]

Five months after a brazen jailbreak in New Orleans.

[Katie Greener]

A convicted double murderer now captured at.

[Jack Armstrong]

This home in Atlanta, ending a multi state manhunt.

[Katie Greener]

SWAT team surrounding 28 year old Derrick Groves, the last of 10 escapees. A tip leading to an hours long standoff. A police canine finding the murderer in a makeshift crawl space.

[Jack Armstrong]

According to officials, GR will be transferred to Louisiana to face more charges. He was never getting out anyway. He was a convicted murderer. But the last of those New Orleans escapees finally caught. He was on the lam for quite a while and wondering. He was doing that whole time.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Hiding out.

[Jack Armstrong]

So there's a new Katie Porter clip today. She, she's the Democrat that was, I guess, leading for being governor of California. Good lord. Now that we know who she really is, that's a pretty horrifying. You've probably heard or seen the video in which she gets all angry about what actually was kind of a stupid question, but she didn't handle it very well and stormed out of the interview.

[Joe Getty]

Got so angry at being challenged on anything, she stormed out of the interview. And she's well known for abusing staff, her husband. She's just, she's, she's a bawling, she's a burning ball of bitter anger.

[Jack Armstrong]

What's the setup for this video where she's sitting there talking to a camera?

[Joe Getty]

Oh, yeah, she's recording a feel good video with Jennifer Granholm, the secretary, I think of energy at the time, or transportation, I guess Mayor Pete was transportation anyway. But they're talking about how wonderful EVs are and how everyone loves them and they're going to cure climate change and everything. And, and one of her staffers hears her saying something completely wrong and steps in so they can, you know, correct that and then go on with the.

[Katie Greener]

Videotape and the state could lose. Get out of my shot.

[Joe Getty]

I wanted to tell you that that's actually incorrect.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's not that it's electric vehicles, it's that if we don't meet the commitments.

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Under the Paris climate ward.

[Katie Greener]

Okay, it does.

[Joe Getty]

Okay.

[Katie Greener]

You also were in my shot before that. Stay out of my shot.

[Jack Armstrong]

Get out of my effing shot. It's interesting the way that staffer responds. She responds like she's used to being talked to that way.

[Joe Getty]

Right? Yeah. Berated and verbally abused and what's especially stupid about that? And proves that this Katie Porter is an unbalanced monster. Said all you have to do and all they do is Say, all right, you want to pick it up from there? Okay. And then they continued on the conversation. It's a simpleton.

[Jack Armstrong]

I called her a B. Joe said, she's upgraded to a C based on our recent videos of her. So this is how she's responded in a statement on the video of her berating the staffer. She released this statement. It's no secret I hold myself and my staff to a high standard. And that was especially true as a member of Congress. I love it when people are dicks and they say it's just because I have very high standards. Okay, a lot of people have high standards who don't talk that way.

[Joe Getty]

I mean, it's, get out of my effing shot.

[Jack Armstrong]

They don't, they don't have to go together, you see, is the thing. She continued, I, I have sought to be more intentional in showing a gratitude to my staff for their important work. Uh, somebody on Twitter said, I've sought to be more intentional in showing gratitude. Is such stereotypical therapy speak from the sort of person who is rude because she thinks being politically progressive is a substitute for being interpersonally pleasant. But it is therapy speak. I, I, I seek to be intentional in demonstrating my gratitude.

[Joe Getty]

Who talks like that? I know, I know.

[Jack Armstrong]

What is that?

[Joe Getty]

What else is she gonna say?

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, a normal person says, I'm trying harder to be nice.

[Joe Getty]

I've an egomaniacal monster who berates and physically assaults anybody who gets in my way, including my husband, my ex husband, who I scalded with hot potatoes in a temper rage tantrum.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wouldn't it be better to say, I'm wound really tight, I run hot, and sometimes I say things I shouldn't, and I end up apologizing a lot. That's just the kind of person I am. Wouldn't, wouldn't everybody say, I know people like that? I know some people I like that are like that, as opposed to, unless.

[Joe Getty]

You were a monster.

[Jack Armstrong]

Unless you say something like, I'm, I plan to be more intentional in my gratitude. Which is a weird thing to say.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Katie there, who's staunchly in favor of children voting and boys playing in girl sports and the whole package of, you know, progressive values. Matt Taibbi describes her brilliantly as the, the person who simmers with nuclear rage while scrupulously cataclysm cataloging all the mistakes the vast flawed universe of other people make in delaying her obviously deserved success. That's her autobiography shot. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

The only thing that would be great is if she got elected governor. I think we would have endless material.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Either in.

[Joe Getty]

That is absolutely true.

[Jack Armstrong]

I know, I know. What a. What a horrible human being you seem to be, Katie Porter. And we're in the capital of California, so people actually hear what we say sometimes. You are a horrible human being, and that's the way everybody sees you. I think you got to just quit. I don't think you can overcome this.

[Joe Getty]

You're gonna get boiled potatoes on your head. You better be careful.

[Katie Greener]

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[Jack Armstrong]

So everybody's really enjoying kicking this Katie Porter woman. We are. We certainly are.

[Katie Greener]

You're out of my shot.

[Joe Getty]

I'm not in your shot, you nasty be.

[Jack Armstrong]

So her husband and her are divorced.

[Joe Getty]

Yes.

[Jack Armstrong]

And.

[Joe Getty]

And in the divorce proceedings, there was ample evidence of verbal and physical abuse of him by her. And she went to mandatory anger counseling.

[Jack Armstrong]

And I wonder, like, why did, why, why did he bring forward the fact that she dumped scalding hot potatoes on his head? Was he trying to get custody, a child or. I wonder why that would even come up.

[Joe Getty]

I don't know. I guess she regularly berated him. One quote being, are you so effing stupid you can't make jello?

[Jack Armstrong]

But I'm pretty sure that's got nothing to do with spousal support or anything like that. So I don't, I just wondered why it came out and I just, you know, did it go farther? Did he charge her with assault or think she wasn't capable being mom? I mean, if, if he didn't think she was capable of being a mom, and that was a reason. That's a political issue. How are you gonna get elected governor if you get A divorce. And the other person says, yeah, you can't be a mom. You're not, you're, you're too dangerous.

[Joe Getty]

Right, well, speaking of her parenting skills, why don't we just, we'll do 78 first. Michael. Here's the lovely Katie Porter on CNN.

[Katie Greener]

So on election night I was with, I went to pick up my daughter from water polo practice and she's 12. And she got in the car and she was crying and I said, did someone punch you? Water polo is a rough sport. I was like, did someone hit you? Did the coach yell at you? What happened? And she said, mom, Trump won. Trump's gonna win. And what if I get raped and I need to have an abortion? This is from a 12 year old, my 12 year old daughter. And so it was really a reminder of how scary, scary this time is for people and how important it is for Democrats to have strategies both at the state level and the federal level to make sure that we can continue to protect people's rights.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That wasn't a referendum on Trump, lady. That was a referendum on you.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I remember when we had that clip. I'd forgotten who Katie Porter was, but I remember playing that clip back when it happened and I remember the same thought I had there. I think I'm like 85% that never happened at all. And then the other 15% if it did. Why are you talking to your 12 year old about being raped? And they need whether or not she carries the baby. I mean, what the heck conversation is that?

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, what kind of life are you giving your child or her school or whatever that a 12 year old girl is weeping about this coming out of water polo practice?

[Jack Armstrong]

The good news is I think it probably never happened, right?

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, yeah, it was probably just lying. She also did an appearance with Piers Morgan and Bill Maher in which she was discussing her support for dudes playing girls sports. 77.

[Katie Greener]

He should be able to have a civil debate. Nobody, including Riley Gaines, who I disagree with strongly, should be, should disagree with, out of interest. I, I think that it should be up to sporting bodies to make their decisions about who.

[Jack Armstrong]

What has she said that's actually wrong?

[Katie Greener]

I think that what she has done is try to turn this, we talked about people, you know, becoming, using things to kind of get likes and get clicks.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's not what she's doing. I mean, I've got no chuck for Bradley Gaines personally, but all I've seen her do is stand up for women's rights to fairness and equality. She actually competed against Lia Thomas. And it was obviously unfair. Lia Thomas won one of the races in the NCAA Championships by 50 seconds against a bunch of biological females who simply couldn't keep up. That cannot be right. It cannot be fair.

[Katie Greener]

That is something that I trust. I think our sporting bodies should be dealing with. And by the way, Riley is speaking up for herself, and that is her prerogative. And I respect her free speech.

[Jack Armstrong]

I think she's speaking up for pretty much every female athlete in the world. Clearly. Well, and good luck keeping those goats from crossing the bridge. She looks like a troll.

[Joe Getty]

Not like an online troll of the old fashioned kind.

[Jack Armstrong]

Old kind?

[Joe Getty]

Hulking, green, rotten teeth. The whole deal, Right?

[Jack Armstrong]

Exactly right. The whole package and the whole troll accoutrement.

[Joe Getty]

Speaking of bad people, if I may, our Katie, Katie Green, sent the crew pictures. Somebody compiled all the antifa Portland. Go ahead, Katie.

[Jack Armstrong]

Come on.

[Joe Getty]

The antifa Portland mug shots, and they, like most of them, look badass crazy. A significant percentage of them are clearly gender bending nuts. And I'm glad in the mug shots, they don't have masks on. I was watching the news last night, and at their big hearing, every single damn one of them was wearing the big N95 mask. They were not totally disguised.

[Jack Armstrong]

Them. Oh, yeah, okay.

[Joe Getty]

In court for the hearing.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's clever. So they wanted to cover their face. They. They claim it's because of COVID And it's difficult to stop them from wearing a Covid mask because places like Portland or whatever are still crazy about COVID.

[Joe Getty]

Right, because it's part of their cult. Hey, America, tell people to take off their damn mask in a situation like that, like in the justice system or whatever. No, you can't be masked. You. You've been charged in open court. Let people see your faces. You don't get to. Can I wear a Halloween mask?

[Jack Armstrong]

No.

[Joe Getty]

And don't they claim, well, I'm concerned about COVID Bull crap.

[Jack Armstrong]

Where'd you get that thing with all the mug shots there, Katie? I mean, that there. There's such a sameness among all those people.

[Joe Getty]

Right? There's definitely a theme. It's popping up on a bunch of law enforcement social media pages.

[Jack Armstrong]

And I think it is because you look at it and you immediately think, wow, they have. Why do they look so similar?

[Joe Getty]

And remember I quoted. I can't remember precisely who it was, but somebody had been spending a fair amount of time amongst them, the Portland antifa crowd, and said, you can't believe how many of them are medicated.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, like, medicated as in like SSRIs or like meth. Not.

[Joe Getty]

Not recreational drugs. No, no, like SSRIs for depression and anxiety and ADHD and whatever else.

[Jack Armstrong]

Practically all of them. Because they would just come from a family where you're going to get on that stuff no matter what. Probably.

[Joe Getty]

Well, and they all look. And I'm going to tweet this with a caption I've been working on my head in just a minute or two, so if you follow us on Twitter, I refuse to call it X. You can go ahead and see that. We'll.

[Jack Armstrong]

We'll post [e-mail] I like you dying on that hill.

[Joe Getty]

X is the letter of the Alphabet. You know, it's. It's X rated. It's the person I used to be romantic with and now I'm not anymore. It's just. It's too many things already. Elon, how many of them are women?

[Jack Armstrong]

Of all these mug shots of the antifa book?

[Joe Getty]

Well, quite a few.

[Jack Armstrong]

Hard to tell. Yeah, that's true. It's not. It's not very real. Easy to nail down, but way too many head slash face tattoos. I. I know, I know this goes against libertarian philosophy, but I feel like we need to preemptively jail people with head tattoos. Just doesn't seem to be a good sign. If my kids shave their head and tattoo their bald head, I'm thinking things didn't go well.

[Joe Getty]

This person has the scrawny mustache and the barely a beard of the transgender person. Lots of dudes wear an eyeshadow. Yeah, right. That person. True trans. That person is definitely trans. That person is definitely trans. That person is wearing rainbow makeup. That person has rainbow hair. Let's see. Oh, nice head tattoo, sweetheart. Another crazy person. Clearly a trans person.

[Jack Armstrong]

I like Elon referring to it as the woke mind virus, because it is. There's something going on there. I don't know how it leeches into you if you get bit by something or what, but you get the woke mind virus. And then you end up like that therapist we were playing last hour where she said she had a client come who identified as a wounded male dog.

[Joe Getty]

It was a woman worth noting, a.

[Jack Armstrong]

Woman who came and said, I. I identify as a wounded male dog. And her colleagues said, well, you just. You just love them and tell them. Good for you for understanding who you are. What. That's what I do with that person.

[Joe Getty]

Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't tell them you're crazy.

[Joe Getty]

Here's how to get out of it, then. The heartbreaking story of a profoundly troubled 13 year old who is being shoved down the road of transgenderism by her sick ass father. And this counselor was saying, I need to do something about this. And she was told, you will shut your mouth or you will lose your career. You never question that. You got it, folks. Friends fight this everywhere, all the time, if you can, please.

[Jack Armstrong]

But it, you know, it is some sort of woke mind virus. It's like you get into that cult of you just. You lose your ability for critical thinking. Apparently, if he ever had it, maybe that's it.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. I don't know.

[Jack Armstrong]

What do you think on jailing everybody with a head tat? I gotta.

[Joe Getty]

I gotta reread the Constitution. I think that might be a little over the line.

[Jack Armstrong]

You're younger and closer to a wilder element than me, Katie. Do you know, Pete, normal people with head tats?

[Joe Getty]

Normal? No, I. I know a few that have them and they. They're not exactly law abiding citizens, you know, I, I too tend to make certain assumptions based on certain arrays of tattoos. And we've had all sorts of workmen at the house for months now. But there's one guy on one of the crews who. If. If he'd said, yeah, I. I was in Portland Antifa and I had to move to settle parole, I'd have thought, yep, that figures. Yeah. Turns out the case. Utterly charming. Just. I mean, just a lovely young kid.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, you can't always tell him. That reminds me that you. You told this story. I think your son was sporting a certain look. My son sports a. A certain look that I will not describe. But he said, whenever I go to convenience store, people follow me around or they ask me questions. I said, yeah, because you looked like the sort of person that's gonna steal. You dress like the sort of person that's gonna put the energy drinks in their big sweatshirt and walk out the door. That's why. Yeah, well, they don't. I'm not. Well. Okay, but you're dressed like it, so, you know, buy the ticket, take the ride, right?

[Joe Getty]

You. You are trying to send a message. And you have to understand other people aren't obligated to take in the message you think you're sending. They're allowed to interpret it themselves.

[Jack Armstrong]

I realize it's a cool look, and it is, but it also goes with a certain crowd.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. I'm so glad Surgeon was able to sew my tongue back together and get rid of all the lizard bumps that I had in my scalp back during my lizard phase.

[Jack Armstrong]

The tongue that. The split tongue, that's rough to look at. But I did see there was a guy a couple rows.

[Joe Getty]

My head, my entire head tattooed green as well. Which. The laser treatments are painful, but they're effective. They're coming along.

[Jack Armstrong]

Couple rows in front of me on the plane.

[Joe Getty]

I now just look like I'm nauseated. Not like a lizard. I'm just kind of a pale green. Quite the sight. I'm done now.

[Jack Armstrong]

Like you rolled around on wet grass is kind of. We are now, right? No, a couple rows in front of me on the plane, there was a guy that had the horns, I guess they call them. They're really like lumps. Yeah, just one lump on each side like horns.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, you're so dangerous and non conformist.

[Jack Armstrong]

And did they put. They put that under the skin, I guess is. How do they do that?

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, it's an implant under the skin.

[Jack Armstrong]

Have you.

[Joe Getty]

I had a friend who had a. She had a heart put on the back of her hand and boy, did that thing get infected. And she did not have a good time with it afterwards.

[Jack Armstrong]

The horns though.

[Joe Getty]

Man, look how shocking I am. Edgy and different.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, to me, I think like most of us who are on the normal side, we see somebody like that and you know, what you're portraying is, look how sad I am. Look how uncomfortable I am being a human being on planet earth.

[Joe Getty]

Full exemption until age 20 to 21. By the way. You got to go through stuff as an adolescent. You got to try stuff. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Although going to horns is going pretty far.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, no, no, no. Well, I don't think an adolescent can have that done.

[Jack Armstrong]

No, that's true.

[Joe Getty]

Those are all adults. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

No, I, I had some looks I'm not happy about and I wasn't, I wasn't like despondent or anything. I was just trying to figure out who I was going to be, you know, you had a permit. Well, that, that's not crazy. But I did have an earring briefly and I, I'm not earring guy. I had a bony tail for a while. That's embarrassing. Highly embarrassing. I know. Katie just made that face. What?

[Joe Getty]

You're at the point in your life where you could get away with it now though. You got to regrow the bony. Come on.

[Jack Armstrong]

All right, we will finish strong.

[Joe Getty]

Next, Armstrong and Gettys.

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[Joe Getty]

Meanwhile, since TSA agents aren't getting paid during the shutdown, I read that hundreds of them have been calling in sick. Yep. Passengers are like, wait, then who just felt me up at the airport?

[Jack Armstrong]

How you doing? How's it going? Come on. Yeah, you can go get on. You can get on.

[Joe Getty]

You.

[Jack Armstrong]

How about you?

[Joe Getty]

Who's that? Yep, hundreds of TSA agents are calling in sick while the rest are working from home. Over zoom. Okay, do you have any liquids? Close whatever you're on and put it in the tray. Okay.

[Jack Armstrong]

I had completely forgotten the shutdown was happening until just that joke. Completely forgot. That's how devastating it's been to me. I completely forgotten.

[Joe Getty]

We're about at the point that the troops don't get paid, though.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, yeah. If it goes on.

[Joe Getty]

Not cool.

[Jack Armstrong]

When it goes on long enough becomes a real problem. But did you know what?

[Joe Getty]

Did we not have the clips that everybody was playing? I'm sorry, you had something you want to talk about? Various congress people were berating each other in the Capitol yesterday. That's good stuff.

[Jack Armstrong]

I think we do.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. If you like yelling. People yelling at each other is good stuff, but go ahead, sir.

[Jack Armstrong]

So this is kind of interesting. Pew Research Center. It's a respected poll. The number of Republicans. This is what's a highlight in this poll. The number of Republicans that think Trump has done some things wrong. First of all, improve the way government works. 74% of Republicans. Improve the country standing around the world, 73%. I'm surprised these numbers aren't higher. I mean, improve the country standing around the world. How did okay. Run an open and transparent administration? 70% set a high moral standard for the presidency. 63%. These are all Republican numbers. But on the other side, in your own party, when he's the most popular person in their own party. I think that's ever been measured as a president improperly used his office to punish those who say things he does not like. 42% of Republicans say that.

[Joe Getty]

Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

Improperly encouraged federal investigations of his political opponents. 40% of Republicans say that. And has been trying to enrich himself and his family. A third of Republicans believe he's doing that. That's pretty surprising.

[Donald Trump]

I have some final thoughts. And some people say they are the greatest final thoughts they've ever heard. But if you look at what's happening, I would have to say Armstrong and Getty have some wonderful final thoughts. They are right up there with Abraham Lincoln and everybody knows it.

[Jack Armstrong]

All right, here's your host for final Thoughts, Joe Getty.

[Joe Getty]

Thank you, Mr. President. Let's get a final thought from everybody on the crew to wrap up the show for the day. There he is, Michelangelo, pressing the buttons.

[Jack Armstrong]

Michael, final thought.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Monday's a big day. We got hostages that may get released. And Joe Getty's gonna start a new fitness program so he can live to be 100.

[Jack Armstrong]

So he can see what happens. Yeah, that's interesting. Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

Out of sheer curiosity, Katie Greener, our esteemed news woman, has a final thought. Katie, I obviously think the peace deal is wonderful, but I do wonder about all the teenagers and kids that have been raised in this element of hate because they have a whole generation. They're gonna have to be re educated or something.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I heard somebody talking about that last night. You got a lot of young people out there who've spent their entire lives being taught that Jews are evil and must be killed.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Yeah. The indoctrination in our schools, we let go way too long. Jack, final thoughts for us. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

The arc of history is so strange. I mean, you go back 15 years and you think, you know who's gonna solve the Middle east problem? The host of the Apprentice.

[Katie Greener]

Just.

[Joe Getty]

What?

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay, yeah. How is this gonna unfold?

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, yeah. My final thought is, I think the evil, angry, bitter, hateful, progressive Katie Porter has committed career suicide and the country is better for it. Just if you see her across the street because she may wail on your head or pour potatoes on.

[Jack Armstrong]

Keep, keep fighting, Katie.

[Katie Greener]

Get out of my shot.

[Jack Armstrong]

I think you, I think you can climb out of this hole. Keep fighting a good fight. Armstrong and Getty wrapping up another grueling four hour workday.

[Joe Getty]

So many people. Thanks. A little time. Go to armstrongaghetti.com check out those Antifa mug shots. These people are like, every single one of them looks badass, crazy.

[Jack Armstrong]

We will see you tomorrow. God bless America.

[Joe Getty]

Armstrong and Yeti. She's a mom.

[Jack Armstrong]

She's a mom and a leader from Orange County.

[Donald Trump]

And if you're lucky, California.

[Joe Getty]

Lucky California.

[Katie Greener]

She's gonna lead the Golden State. It's Katie Porter. Get out of my shot.

[Donald Trump]

Katie Porter. What a charmer.

[Jack Armstrong]

If she wins, you gotta leave the state.

[Katie Greener]

I don't wanna keep doing this.

[Joe Getty]

I'm gonna call it Armstrong and Getty.

[Jack Armstrong]

This is an iheart po.