Dems Get DESPERATE in LA! - Scrolling w/ Hayley (Ep. 308)

Summary

Scrolling with Hayley, Ep. 308: “Dems Get DESPERATE in LA!”
Host: Hayley Caronia
Date: May 28, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this lively episode of Scrolling with Hayley, Hayley Caronia dissects the drama surrounding the Los Angeles mayoral race, skewering Democratic tactics as “desperate” and highlighting the left’s reliance on celebrity endorsements. With her signature blend of wit and unapologetic conservative fire, Hayley covers everything from alleged election law violations to viral policy stunts and celebrity ops, all while providing biting commentary on the state of Democratic politics in LA and New York. Co-host banter adds levity, and Hayley rounds out the episode with sharp asides about culture wars, virtue signaling, and the latest headline-making lawsuits at JP Morgan.

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Key Discussion Points

1. LA Mayoral Race: Tensions, Tactics, and Polls

• Karen Bass Under Fire:

  • Alleged election law violation: Hayley spotlights a video Bass posted where she encourages “Babies for Bass” and solicits votes at a ballot drop box.
  • Spencer Pratt’s campaign has filed a formal complaint, accusing Bass of “illegally gaming the election.”
    • Quote [07:53]: “She’s so accustomed to breaking the law with no accountability, she even filmed herself doing it. Well, those days are over. We just filed a formal complaint for illegally gaming the election." — Hayley Caronia
  • Hayley ridicules the campaign strategy: “Who would have thought...this is like the question that I have anytime I see a bad commercial...How many people signed off on this?” [09:06]

• Poll Watch & Voter Reality:

  • Bass is leading in most polls, but Pratt is a close second. Hayley warns not to conflate social media buzz with actual votes.
  • Hayley sets the context for upcoming midterms, emphasizing the need for MAGA turnout even in off-presidential years.

• Celebrity Endorsements

  • Samuel L. Jackson's low-energy video for Karen Bass critiqued as forced and uninspired.
    • “He is a famous actor with somebody standing off screen, like, with, like, a gun. That was terrifying.” — Co-host [12:27]
    • “You would think, being as a famous professional actor, you could just feign enthusiasm. He wasn’t even doing that.” — Hayley [13:34]
  • Hayley questions the authenticity and efficacy of such endorsements, claiming LA voters don’t care what celebrities think, and punctures the “dear friend” narrative:
    • “Do you think that Karen Bass and Samuel L. Jackson have ever met before?...I don’t think they’ve ever met.” [15:51]
  • Analysis: Celebrity backers (from John Legend to LeBron James) don’t live near the crime or homelessness they’re weighing in about.

• Pratt’s Viral Policy Stunt—Cleaning Up the Streets

  • Spencer Pratt’s team power-washes campaign messages onto grimy sidewalks to highlight the city’s filth and promise of improvement.
    • “They're power washing the message into the street because the street’s so dirty. I love it.” — Hayley [29:09]
  • Infrastructure focus: Pratt promises to restore a $100 million pothole fund that Bass diverted.
    • “If it's not going to the roads and the homeless crisis isn’t fixed, where did that money go?” — Hayley [31:47]

2. Hypocrisy, Virtue Signaling & Cultural Crossover in Democrat Politics

• Revisiting the Kente Cloth Scandal:

  • Hayley ties Bass not only to the current mayoral mess but also to the infamous kente cloth “solidarity” photo op in 2020:
    • “They just have to rebrand cultural appropriation to solidarity, and you can get away with whatever you want.” — Hayley [37:16]
  • Bass was central in organizing the symbolism, given her role in the Congressional Black Caucus.
  • Bass’s repeated trips to Ghana questioned, especially during LA crises (e.g., the Palisades fire).

• AOC and Religious Photo Ops:

  • Hayley skewers AOC for wearing a hijab at a Muslim event in NYC while never veiling for her own religion (Catholicism).
    • "When AOC and other Democrats appropriate a culture or a religion that isn’t theirs, Democrats never see a problem with it...What bothers me is the hypocrisy.” — Hayley [40:30]

• Left-wing Intolerance:

  • Exposes Democratic officials and candidates in New York for overt anti-Semitism and racism, quoting a Brooklyn councilwoman condemning other Muslims to hell for supporting Jews.
    • “May Allah condemn you to Jahanam…” — Shahana Hanif [Councilwoman, described at 41:21]
  • Uncovered posts by a former Mamdani staffer running for Congress, exposing anti-white sentiments and pro-BDS activism.
    • “There are disgusting racists on the left who claim to be the party of love.” — Hayley [43:50]

3. The Power & Limits of Celebrity Influence

• Are Endorsements Effective?
  • Hayley argues both sides inflate the power of celebrity support, citing failed Democrat campaigns backed by pop stars and “cool” podcasts.
    • “I don’t think that Angelenos care about celebrity endorsements. They didn’t work for Kamala Harris.” [17:38]
    • “I think people are inflating how much influence people have in terms of politics.” — Hayley [21:40]
  • Co-host insight: Podcasts give “visibility” but don’t necessarily sway base voters [21:40-22:04].

4. Culture War Watch: Religion, Immigration, & National Security

• Progressive politicians accused of intolerance, especially toward Jews and white Americans; Hayley raises concerns that anti-assimilation and “open hate” by some elected officials threaten American values and security.
  • “Our country doesn’t stand for the killing of certain groups...We allow people who believe the opposite of what we believe...and then they overtake areas and take down this country from the inside out.” — Hayley [45:05]
  • Summary of her position: Genuine religious freedom is fundamental, but values fundamentally at odds with American norms are a national security threat.

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5. News Quick Hits

• Political Shake-ups:

  • Rep. Thomas Massie and Sen. John Cornyn both out of office, signaling MAGA dominance and low tolerance for anti-Trump Republicans.
    • "Rhinos don’t have the stronghold they think or that they once had.” — Hayley [05:59]

• JP Morgan Lawsuits: From Sex Scandals to Super Bowl Snafus

  • Former Employee's Sex Allegations Dismissed:
    • Ex-banker’s salacious claims led nowhere; now representing himself after being dropped by his own lawyer.
  • $642 Super Bowl Platter Turns into $4 Million Payday:
    • Fired broker wins lawsuit after being terminated for an “unauthorized” deli tray at a client meeting.
      • “Which is the most expensive deli platter of all time.” — Hayley [56:14]
    • Co-host: “They handed him that company card and he was like, I’ve been waiting my whole life for this.” [53:51]
    • Hayley: “Four million now. Four million. Now we’re talking.” [56:41]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• “[07:53] She’s so accustomed to breaking the law with no accountability, she even filmed herself doing it. Well, those days are over. We just filed a formal complaint for illegally gaming the election.”
• “[12:27] He is a famous actor with somebody standing off screen, like, with, like, a gun. That was terrifying.” — Co-host (On Samuel L. Jackson’s endorsement video)
• “[13:34] You would think being as a famous professional actor, you could just feign enthusiasm. He wasn’t even doing that.”
• “[29:09] They’re power washing the message into the street because the street’s so dirty. I love it.”
• “[31:47] If it's not going to the roads and the homeless crisis isn't fixed, where did that money go?”
• “[37:16] They just have to rebrand cultural appropriation to solidarity, and you can get away with whatever you want.”
• “[43:50] There are disgusting racists on the left who claim to be the party of love.”
• “[45:05] Our country doesn’t stand for the killing of certain groups...they overtake areas and take down this country from the inside out.”
• “[56:14] $4 million. Which is the most expensive deli platter of all time.”

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• 00:00 – 06:00: Intro, LA mayoral race, Trump-MAGA base, upcoming midterms
• 06:30 – 13:10: Karen Bass’s ballot drop box controversy, election law, campaign mishaps
• 13:11 – 18:30: Samuel L. Jackson’s endorsement, broader discussion on celebrity influence
• 24:30 – 29:45: Celebrity endorsements vs. actual community impact, homelessness policy, Pratt’s plans
• 28:50 – 32:40: Pratt’s sidewalk cleaning stunt, $100 million pothole fund debate
• 35:44 – 41:00: History of cultural/virtue signaling (kente cloths, Bass’s Ghana trips, AOC’s photo ops)
• 41:01 – 47:35: Brooklyn councilwoman and staffer anti-Semitic/white comments, party of “tolerance” exposed
• 47:51 – 56:44: JP Morgan sex slave lawsuit update & Super Bowl deli platter lawsuit breakdown
• 58:38 – 61:49: “Singing salesman” viral video segment (lighthearted closing)

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Tone & Style

Hayley maintains a breezy, biting, and highly opinionated tone, punctuated by sarcasm and sharp cultural observations. She pulls no punches in calling out what she sees as Democratic failures, phoniness, and hypocrisy—especially around photo ops and election law. Banter with her co-host keeps the show engaging, even as serious subjects are tackled.

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Final Thoughts

This episode frames the LA mayoral race as a microcosm of Democratic desperation and disconnect from everyday concerns, while lampooning the left’s reliance on out-of-touch celebrity influence. Hayley’s commentary is both entertaining and intensely critical, offering her conservative audience ammunition for watercooler debates. The show closes with lighter moments, showcasing Hayley’s range and desire to both inform and entertain.

Transcript

[Haley Caronia]

Hello and welcome to Scrolling with Haley. I'm Haley Caronia, Louisiana Mayor Karen Bass. Man, she is calling in the big guns. Samuel L. Jackson in a last ditch effort to gain support ahead of the election. Meanwhile, Spencer Pratt is actually busy cleaning up the streets. Imagine that. Then JP Morgan shells out even more dough in a new shocking lawsuit surrounding super bowl snacks, if you can believe it. And the party of love is openly hateful and racist and intolerant of views outside of their own. We knew this, but a former Mamdani staffer is being exposed as a white woman hater. And another democratic socialist councilwoman is telling fellow Muslims to actually go to hell. Oh, this is all happening in New York and I'll. I'll see them soon. I'm excited to be in New York this weekend. I'm going to be there for my best friend's wedding. Which brings me to this programming note. I will not have a show tomorrow. I hope you can all forgive me, but when your best friend from high school gets married and you live away from all of your friends, I do have to travel. So I will be traveling to New York for that wedding and I will not be here tomorrow because I'm going to be on a flight. So anyway, I will see you right back here on Monday. Make sure that you subscribe to this show. Rumble.com Haley this is the Bongino Report channel where you can watch Vince at 8 and me at noon. If you can't catch me at noon, that's a. Okay. You can watch whenever you want. You can also watch on Spotify now and listen on your favorite pod podcast platform. Rumble.com Haley's the only place you can watch live. Once the live show is done, then you can listen on whatever podcast platform you prefer. Um, all I ask is that you subscribe and that you tell a friend. And I want to tell you about one of my friends. My friends over at Beam so Beam their dream powder. Let me just tell you, this one is different. 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Get Dream their best selling sleep powder for up to 40% off. This week. This week we found out that Massey is out of office. We have found out that John Cornyn is out of office. This means that the black pillars, as Dan Bondino calls them, they don't have the stronghold that many people think that they have. Also, rhinos don't have the stronghold that they think or that they once had. I don't even know if rhinos think that they have a stronghold anymore. But Cornyn was holding on. He was trying. We don't want anyone anti Trump in office. You know, even though, even though President Trump is not going to be on the ballot ever again. The party has moved on. We are pro Trump. Anyone who is anti Trump, we're leaving them in the dust. We're leaving them in the past. That means, you know, this MAGA base is alive and well, despite the gas prices, despite the grocery prices, despite the war. Like, things might not be perfect, but nobody's jumping ship, at least based on these last two races. And it'll be interesting to see how the midterms play out. We've got to get our heads in the game. Midterm turnout is lower. We don't show up as strong as we do in the presidential elections. So we've got to stay enthusiastic even when President Trump isn't on the ticket. And guys, he's never going to be on the ticket ever again. I'm sad about it, too. I would vote for President Trump over and over and over and over again if I could. But the Trump train is still at the station. When it pulls out of the station, the party is still going to have to keep that momentum going somehow. And it starts with the midterms. So all of these upcoming elections, it's going to be big. Massie out. Cornyn out. Now we just got to get Spencer Pratt elected in Los Angeles because I know that there are liberals over there, but I don't want to see Los Angeles fall. I don't. I. We are better than the left. They want us to all die. I don't want that. I don't want that for them. I really don't. We're better than them. We're the bigger person. But we are in the home stretch of this LA mayoral race. And here's what the polls are saying right now. Unfortunately, Karen Bass is still leading in most polls, not by a lot, but she is still in the lead. How is this possible? I don't know, but it is Spencer, though, polling in second. Some polls put him slightly behind Nithya Rahman, the councilwoman. But this is going to be a very tight race, it seems. Let's be cautious of polling, of course. Let's also be cautious of social media attention. Just because Spencer Pratt is getting a lot of social media attention or a lot of clout, a lot of likes, a lot of shares, a lot of attention. That doesn't equal real votes. So, yes, there could be a lot of people out of state that support Spencer Pratt. That doesn't help. I can support Spencer Pratt. I could tell all of you to vote for Spencer Pratt if you don't live in the LA area. Not going to work, not going to happen. And. And I know people were kind of joking about, you know, well, they don't have voter ed in California, so I'm just going to drive over and vote for Spencer Pratt. You know, if that's what you want to do, then that's on you. I'm not going to encourage that. But certainly, as much as I support Spencer Pratt, I can't go there and vote myself. So in the last, you know, few days before this election, which is on June 2nd, Karen Bass was seen stumping outside. Let me just say, not even just seen. She willingly posted this video of her stomping outside of a ballot Dropbox, which is how she is encouraging people to vote, by the way, she posted this on X saying, quote, you could drop your ballot at voting centers and drop boxes throughout the city. Voting early is easy. Even Babies for Bass agree. Okay, here's the video.

[Karen Bass]

Hello, everybody. All right. We're on the countdown. On the countdown. Just one more week. One more week. Let me just thank you so much for all of your support. I know you have been walking precincts, you've been making phone calls, you've been over there at the headquarters. Because we're gonna bring this to home base and win, right? I even have the babies on my side. Babies for Bass. All right. You're never too young. Young. Hi, Joy.

[Haley Caronia]

You're never too young to be a political.

[Karen Bass]

Thank you,

[Haley Caronia]

baby.

[Karen Bass]

Four more years. Four more years. Four more years. One more month to win.

[Haley Caronia]

People are dropping off their ballots to win.

[Karen Bass]

All right, there you go. You're done.

[Haley Caronia]

Well, now, I don't know what social media manager on Karen Bass's team thought that this was a good idea to get them all on camera committing a felony.

[Co-host/Guest]

I was just about to say, Haley, isn't this a crime?

[Haley Caronia]

Wait a second. So Spencer called her out posting this on X. Karen Bass just violated election law here. She is so accustomed to breaking the law with no accountability, she even filmed herself doing it. Well, those days are over. We just filed a formal complaint for illegally gaming the election. We must protect our Democracy. Electioneering within 100ft of a ballot box is against the law. Soliciting votes at a ballot box is against the law. These clear violations show a reckless disregard for the rule of law and our democratic processes. Someone in a position of power should be especially respectful of our democratic laws. But this is just emblematic of Karen's mafia like regime. It's rules for the. But not for me. Here is the formal complaint we filed this morning. We will uphold the rule of law and our democratic norms. Enjoy your conference calls with your lawyers, Karen. Great. Just absolutely great. You know, it is crazy to think about this, though. You're not allowed. And she should know this. To Spencer's point, she should know this. Anyone who's running for office should know the do's and don'ts. And certainly I say this too. Karen Bass is not new to the election thing. She's run for office before. Obviously. She ran for mayor. She was a congresswoman before this. She's been in the political game for a while. You know that you're not supposed to stand outside a ballot box and be like babies for Bass. You know, this is not right. So I don't know if maybe she just has dumb people around her and she's just as dumb or what the situation is, but certainly someone on her team. You know, this is like the question that I have. Anytime I see a bad commercial, I just think to myself, how many people signed off on this? You know, no one had the balls to raise their hand and say, hey, this is a stupid idea. And then you see, like, a Super bowl commercial that just stinks, and you're like, how did this get. How did this slip through the cracks? You know, you just picture a boardroom full of, like, 20 people, and they're all like, full send. Let's just. Let's put this out. And it's trash. And I would imagine that politics Is mostly like that, where there's a bunch of. Maybe they're sitting around a conference table. Maybe they're in like a small campaign headquarters type thing. And. And they're all just yes men, right? Oh, this will be great. Oh, yeah, this will be great. And then it's just. Just post. Just don't think, just post. And this is going to get her in a lot of hot water. I mean, this is something that her team probably thought, what a shoe. And we've got a baby as a political pond. What could be better than that? Love signing babies, heads and all that. This is great. We'll get all these voters, you know, casting ballots for Bass right on camera. Um, not thinking for one second that this is illegal. Who would have thought? Um, to my point from earlier, I don't know if this is just Karen Bass being dumb. She's got bad advisors. I don't know. I think there's absolutely no excuse for this. And she's, like I said, not a political outsider like Spencer Pratt. You know, and I, I still. You have to hold politicians to a high standard. Even if Spencer Pratt did something like this, it's like you can't even argue. Oh, he's new to this. He didn't know. He should have people in his campaign that could tell him right from wrong. And hey, this is not how we do these kinds of things. So anyway, I don't give her a pass on this at all. I hope that Spencer Pratt, I hope she. Spencer Pratt is. Has good luck with this. And I hope that she has all these, you know, good luck with her lawyer calls, these conference calls with her lawyer. She's going to need it. What'd you say?

[Co-host/Guest]

So dumb.

[Haley Caronia]

Oh, yeah. So dumb. So she may be in the lead in the polls, um, but I think she's panicking. And what do Democrats do when they need a boost? Of course, they find celebrity endorsements. So Karen Bass posted this on X saying, honored to have the endorsement of my dear friend Samuel L. Jackson. I'm sure they're dear friends. Sam has always shown up for the people and causes he believes in. I am grateful he is showing up for Los Angeles. We are aligned I on the change I'm working to bring to la. She's been mayor, which is just so crazy. But anyway, that means getting more people off the streets into housing and connected with comprehensive services. It means more affordable housing units being built. And it means continuing to lower crop. Okay. To historic lows. And here is that endorsement. Watch.

[Samuel L. Jackson]

These are the times. We need someone who Understands government, who also understands the needs of the people. So someone who go in the streets and gather the people together, not someone who will divide them. Karen Bass is that person. Karen Bass from Mayor.

[Haley Caronia]

Such a weird video.

[Co-host/Guest]

He is a famous actor with somebody standing off screen, like, with, like, a gun. That was terrifying.

[Haley Caronia]

It was really not a good video at all. You would think that you could just have someone. I mean, it seems like he just set a camera up and he's off center. No one was there to direct him. I mean, you would think that he'd be able to do this kind of stuff by himself. You know, being on film sets for your whole life. This is your job. Someone in the chat said, hostage video.

[Co-host/Guest]

Maybe, like, a smidgen of enthusiasm.

[Haley Caronia]

It's really weird. It's just. It's low energy, to your point. No enthusiasm. The jazz music behind him is just odd. It's strange. The. He's so. It's so small. They, like, cropped out. I mean, the whole thing is bizarre.

[Co-host/Guest]

You want to run it back real quick? Yeah, let's run it back.

[Samuel L. Jackson]

These are the times. We need someone who understands government, also understands the needs of the people. Someone who go in the streets and gather the people together, not someone who divide them. Karen Bass is that person. Karen Bass for mayor.

[Haley Caronia]

You would think being as a famous professional actor, you could just feign enthusiasm. He wasn't even doing that.

[Co-host/Guest]

I sooner believe he could actually use the force than he's actually endorsing Karen Bass.

[Haley Caronia]

It's the craziest thing I've ever seen in my life. And then I. I do. It's always tough for the incumbent, too, right? Because you have their own record to go on. When they say, when Karen Bass says, I'm gonna bring down crime, I'm gonna fix the homelessness, it's like, you had. Didn't do it. You. You haven't done it yet, so why would we trust you to keep doing it? She's like, you know, more of where that came from coming if you vote for me again. And it's like, what have you done? Except for make things worse? And then Samuel L. Jackson says that Karen Bass knows what the people need because she's this political insider. Democrats are obsessed with political insiders. They hate political outsiders. The American people, in my opinion, they're so sick of these career politicians. They don't know what they're doing. And how does that make it better than you? An insider versus an outsider. None of them know what they're doing. So it's like, who cares. I mean, you have someone that's completely bought and paid for and doesn't know what they're doing, and then you have someone on the outside that doesn't know what they're doing. So what's the difference? You know, you pick someone that isn't completely bought and paid for and part of this political system. So the people, you know, when. When Samuel L. Jackson says that Karen Bass knows what the people need, the. The people need their mayor to not be in Ghana for no reason when shit hits the fan. And when they need water, you know what the people in LA need? They need water in their fire hydrants. And unfortunately, the left is so beholden to climate alarmist freaks that, you know, when it comes to deforestation, deforestation, and all that stuff, you know, they don't want to touch it. And then it becomes kindling for the next wildfire. And also, you know, Karen Bass knows that the people need. But all she knows how to do is coddle criminals and not fix the homelessness crisis and basically waste money. So Samuel L. Jackson is talking out of his backside. And I'm not impressed when someone says their dear friend endorses them in a race. Do you think that Karen Bass and Samuel L. Jackson have ever met before?

[Co-host/Guest]

I think it's a no.

[Haley Caronia]

Like, have they ever even been in the same room?

[Co-host/Guest]

For her sake, I hope that they hang out all the time. That'd be so cool to hang out with Samuel Jackson.

[Haley Caronia]

That would be cool. But I don't think that they're friends at all. No, my, my dear friend Samuel L. Jackson. It's like, what are we talking about here? I don't think they've ever met.

[Co-host/Guest]

He probably gave money to like, something and they were like, hey, you know,

[Haley Caronia]

hey, you're good friends.

[Co-host/Guest]

Since you some money, would you mind making us a quick video? Just like, no.

[Haley Caronia]

I wonder how much they paid him to do that. Because if you're. You're a real friend, you maybe would do it for free. I don't, I don't peg. Samuel L. Jackson is the kind of guy that does anything for free. So I don't even know if you're

[Co-host/Guest]

allowed to pay for endorse UN endorsement like that. Are you? I don't know. I've never run for government. Clearly I'd be at the ballot box shaking hands.

[Haley Caronia]

I mean, they paid, you know, Meg the Stallion to shake her behind for Kamala Harris.

[Co-host/Guest]

I suppose that is true.

[Haley Caronia]

But I guess that was a performance, right? So it's like if the celebrity endorsement is in the. Is in the performance category, maybe you could write it off as, like, some kind of a necessity somehow. But maybe this. I don't know, maybe they are friends. Who knows? But if someone says, you know, my dear friend and endorsed me, it's like, duh. It's like saying, my mom's gonna vote for me. Like, I think she has to, you know, so what about the endorsement of the citizens of la? That's. That's what this is really about. That's what's at stake here. And she knows that that's who she needs to win over, not celebrities. And I don't think that's. I don't think that Angelenos care about celebrity endorsements. Do you think anyone really cares about celebrity endorsements? They didn't work for Kamala Harris.

[Co-host/Guest]

Not in la. I mean, being a celebrity, everybody's a celebrity in la.

[Haley Caronia]

You kind of get like. I think. I actually think when people get starstruck, that's a huge ick for me.

[Co-host/Guest]

It's only happened one time to me.

[Haley Caronia]

Who would you be starstruck by?

[Co-host/Guest]

I. Short story time. The band I was playing in played a show at Mar a Lago, and they were like, hey, you're welcome to walk around the property. And we were just wandering around, and the Don was there, and he caught me off guard.

[Haley Caronia]

That's cool.

[Co-host/Guest]

Yeah, I like.

[Haley Caronia]

Did you get to meet him or anything?

[Co-host/Guest]

No, he was having, like, a meeting in, like, the foyer or whatever, like, with some general. Gave him the head nod. Like a crazy person. Like, the. What's up?

[Haley Caronia]

Yeah. And he was probably. The Secret Service was probably, like, who's this guy?

[Co-host/Guest]

They let us walk over. That's what's so crazy, is, like, we just were wandering around.

[Haley Caronia]

Well, you were probably checked before performing.

[Co-host/Guest]

Very much so.

[Haley Caronia]

Yes. If you've ever been to Mar a Lago or if you haven't, this is how it works. You hand over everything.

[Co-host/Guest]

They searched every guitar case, every speaker, my back. Like, if it could be opened. It was opened and checked for.

[Haley Caronia]

I went to an event there once, and my ticket. There was a. An issue with my ticket for the event, and they had to pull me because they'll have your bus like you. You have to get on a party bus at a different location, and then they bring you over because they got to check the sheet to make sure that no one who's not supposed to be on the bus gets on the bus. So it's like, different location. Then they bring everyone who's on the list into the bus. Then they take you over to Mar a Lago and it's like a back way. And then they bring Secret Service onto the bus and they check everyone's ID on the bus. Then they were checking tickets on the bus to make sure that there was no one on the bus that didn't have a ticket. And like, I was on the list, but there was something wrong with my ticket. So then they pulled me off the bus. Embarrassing. In front of everyone.

[Co-host/Guest]

Not in front of your friends.

[Haley Caronia]

I was like, oh, my gosh, this is so embarrassing. Like, I'm supposed, I was invited, I promise. And I'm supposed to be here. And I, you know, I'm in a gown, I'm in heel. Like, I'm not, you know, I was carrying a bag, like this big. If you're a woman, you know that female clothes, they don't have pockets and bags are very small. You can't fit anything in anything. So anyway, they pulled me off the bus and they brought me into this other security area and then they had to do another background check. They background check everyone. So anyone who wants to do harm to the president, they're going to have a harder time to get. At least at Mar a Lago. Certainly you would hope.

[Co-host/Guest]

Which, which term was this?

[Haley Caronia]

Second site?

[Co-host/Guest]

Mine was like legitimately months after he was elected.

[Haley Caronia]

Oh, wow.

[Co-host/Guest]

So it was like different time. Yeah, they were still trying to figure all that out. It was a little less time. Spooky.

[Haley Caronia]

Different time. Yeah, it's there. There have been a lot of assassination attempts since then. So things are a little different. Yeah, it's a little more high tech now maybe. But going back to this celebrity endorsement thing, it's kind of weird that Democrats, this is their go to right. Like once someone is struggling in the polls, like Kamala Harris was, they had to get JLo, they had to get Beyonce, they had to get Megan the Stallion. They had to, you know, Taylor Swift make sure that Taylor Swift posts on Instagram and it's like she still lost. So I don't even think that Democrats care too much about celebrity endorsements. And I would go as far as to say I don't think that the celebrity endorsements on the right side make a difference either. It's cool. But people were saying that Joe Rogan and Elon Musk and some of these people endorsing President Trump made a huge difference in the election. I don't think that if celebrity endorsements, if they don't work for Democrats, they certainly don't work for us. I don't think that there's a Joe Rogan voter that was like, oh, Joe Rogan is endorsing President Trump. I guess I'll vote for him now. I think everyone pretty much makes up their own mind. I think people are inflating how much influence people have in terms of politics.

[Co-host/Guest]

I think there was a certain amount of these celebrities gave a little bit more visibility to, to some of the good that Donald Trump was doing. But also I think they normalized saying like, hey, I'm stepping outside of my, my usual party. Like, you can too. It's okay to vote for the best candidate versus vote for this candidate. Just like, hey, maybe think about it. I'm thinking about it, right? I mean that's kind of how it felt going into this term for sure.

[Haley Caronia]

Yeah. No, and when I, when I mean influence, like I, I'm talking about the celebrities endorsement of the candidate. Like, I don't know how much that makes a difference. I think that our candidates going on all these podcasts, that was amazing that, that super smart absolutely helped him. And certainly I think it helped when JD Vance was on Theo Vaughn's podcast. It's like, wow, he's the most personable guy ever. He's, he's a great storyteller. He's having fun. He can let loose. He's not just like this stuck up politician type. It's very cool to see people kind of let their hair down a little bit and be normal. And I think Republicans are way better at doing that than Democrats are. Certainly the only podcast that Kamala Harris went on was Call Her Daddy long form. And then maybe she did some other social media stuff, but like, that didn't help. And that was really stupid too because all the people watching Call Her Daddy were already gonna vote for her anyway. I think that Theo Vaughn and Joe Rogan have a little bit of a wider net in terms of who watches them. It could kind of, it's left, right, center. Not just, you know, one way or the other. But I don't know if Theo Vaughn saying like having him on his podcast, amazing. I don't think that the Ovon saying, I'm going to vote for this person, you should too. Like, I don't think people are really that swayed by that. But it is pretty telling that that is the Democrats go to thing. And now they've gotten, you know, Chelsea Handler to speak out against Spencer Pratt. John Legend has come out. Chrissy Teigen's husband, gross couple. They've come out in support of Karen Bass, Alyssa Milano, Rosario Dawson, Spartacus's ex girlfriend. How he ever pulled her, I have no idea. Total, total wild card there. Mark Hamill, Jane Fonda, LeBron James, you know, all these leftists that all the celebrity friends are coming out to endorse anyone but Spencer. And a lot of these people have made videos for Karen Bass. Now, I think it's interesting to note that, and it's an obvious point, but I think we should talk about it. None of these people live anywhere near homeless people. If they never wanted to see a homeless person ever again, they don't have to. I don't know if these people need to be anywhere near them. When do you think the last. When was the last time LeBron James

[Co-host/Guest]

saw a homeless person maybe, like, walking

[Haley Caronia]

outside a stadium or something, getting out

[Co-host/Guest]

of his car at a place he wasn't quite supposed to be at?

[Haley Caronia]

Maybe, maybe, maybe. But my point is these people have enough money. They don't need to live anywhere near where the crime is happening. They are not anywhere near skid row. They can afford personal security. They live in the hills far, far away from any of the issues. So they think, why not vote for Karen Bass? The problems aren't that bad because they don't see them. It's completely out of sight, out of mind. And if they're lucky enough to have a house that isn't burnt to the ground, you know, they live high above all the rest of the sorry people that have to live amongst the homeless as the trash, the crime. They're just very out of touch. And Spencer, I don't know if you heard this, but his. One of his plans to get rid of the homeless people is to dump them all and relocate them to Seattle. Can you imagine, because we've covered this on the show, if. If you haven't caught that episode, there is a downtown McDonald's that is in Seattle and they have renamed it. The locals there have renamed it McStabies because it is so dangerous. The homeless have completely overtaken it. And they've boarded up all the windows you can't dine in anymore. It's basically like Covid all over again, where they essentially made, like, a doggy door that you have to go in and retrieve your food like a dog. That's how. That's how bad the homeless crisis is in Seattle. So Spencer's like, clearly, you guys. You guys like living like this, so why don't we just dump all of our homeless people? They're taking a page out of Governor Abbott's book and a page out of Governor DeSantis, his book when all the illegals came over into Texas and Florida, and they said, all right, well, we'll just send them to the sanctuary states. So I think Spencer Pratt has a great plan there. You know, taking the page out of these two very successful Republican governors. I think that's a wonderful idea. Pick them up and drop them off. That's where they welcome this kind of thing. Clearly dump. And then, not only that, I actually think that Spencer should. I don't know if this is legal, but he should dump these homeless people into the neighborhoods of the rich and famous. And then when they call the cops, then they want to defund it so bad, they'll send a social worker instead, and then see how quickly they give up the scam. Do you think that celebrities that are endorsing Karen Bass, do you think that they're actually Democrat, or do you think that they go into the polling booth, they close the curtain behind them, and they vote for a Republican?

[Co-host/Guest]

I think it doesn't matter to them. I legitimately think that it doesn't affect them in any real way. So, like, who cares?

[Haley Caronia]

Hmm.

[Co-host/Guest]

So, like, Karen Bass says, hey, I need a video.

[Haley Caronia]

Do you think they even vote?

[Co-host/Guest]

There's, like, a huge chance they don't,

[Haley Caronia]

because that's like a photo op in and of itself. But I guess in California, I mean, you could do a Dropbox. They probably send their assistant to go do it for them. Yeah, they dropped my ballot off. Or they mail it in or what happened.

[Co-host/Guest]

Unless you're super passionate about it. I could see how it, like, doesn't even enter your. Your radar. Also, if you're interested in the mixtape, episode 293, it is. It's a good one. It's a very interesting story.

[Haley Caronia]

Episode 293. If you want the McStabbies rundown that's making me hungry, we should do another episode where I eat something. I want to taste test something.

[Co-host/Guest]

The real hero of McStabees, me.

[Haley Caronia]

What is Ronald McDonald. Haley McDonald. Anyway, while all these celebrities are stumping for Karen Bass, Spencer Pratt has real people that are working for him and working to clean up the streets. And they did this campaign where they had stencils out on the. On the sidewalks. And I used to see this kind of thing in Nashville all the time and in New York all the time. They. This is big in major cities. If you live in the suburbs, you probably don't see this kind of thing maybe in your downtown area. But to promote something, they usually use a stencil, and they'll spray paint or, you know, chalk whatever it is, and they'll, you know, when I was living in Nashville, it was always like someone's album coming out or like a release party or something and they would put it on the sidewalks. Now Spencer Pratt is essentially doing the opposite where he uses a stencil and then power washes it so the people seeing it can see how dirty the sidewalks are and how clean they can actually become. Watch this.

[Co-host/Guest]

What do you mean, you got your number?

[Karen Bass]

Yeah, he got my number. You can record me. I met him at the Plaza Mayor's Day because. Because the corrupt Karen Bass came after me. I'm an activist. She sent her little dragoons after me being unhoused.

[Haley Caronia]

Look at them. They're power washing the message into the street because the street's so dirty. I love it. And then Spencer Pratt said this. It's time to think bigger for la. We don't have to accept the filth and the decline. We have the greatest slice of heaven on earth in our city and we deserve better. Vote for Pratt, vote for la. Vote today. Let's clean this city together. And speaking of roads, this was the Post, the California Post cover. I didn't know that they had a California Post. I thought it was only the New

[Co-host/Guest]

York Post shouts out to the California Post.

[Haley Caronia]

I don't know, maybe this is new or maybe I'm just. I've never seen it before.

[Co-host/Guest]

What a great. How do you vote against this guy? It's like just good stuff. It's not even like, I know, like controversial. It's like, hey, is your road suck? I'll fix it.

[Haley Caronia]

So here's the thing. So this is the COVID of the California Post. The Post is notorious for their headlines and their covers. So Spencer Pratt's on the COVID here. It's a shot, you know, of him looking down at him and he's got rocks from the road, you know, broken road. And it says road Warrior. That Pratt vows to restore LA's 100 million dollar pothole fund that Bass ended. I mean, this is an image that I think speaks to people. LA is a city that relies on drivers. There's a lot of traffic, you know, there's eight lane highway. Like it's. Everyone's got a car, everyone drives. It is a huge deal if the road is falling apart. So people can see that and say, well, I drive, I drive. And that would make my life easier. Doesn't matter if you're left, right or center, everybody drives. And everybody doesn't want to get their car stuck in a pothole. So he said this, the infrastructure of the city is everyone's priority. We pay taxes. That money was meant for infrastructure. And when he means that money. There was a 100 million federal grant that according to Karen, or under Karen Bass, was canceled. It was diverted from street repairs to then moving that funding over for issues like homelessness programs. And again, $100 million for a federal grant. She moved it over to homeless crisis. You would think that the homeless, homelessness crisis would be over, it would be fixed. I mean, $100 million, that's a lot of money. That's a lot of money. So if it's not going to the roads and the homeless crisis isn't fixed, where did that money go? Or what did they use it for? I mean, it just makes you think. I mean, I guess maybe it could cost more than a hundred million dollars to get all these people off the road. I don't know how, but these people are really bad at spending money and they're really bad at saving money. They're very, they're just bad with money in general. And, and unfortunately it's LA's money, it's the people's money and they misuse it. So frustrating. So if elected, Spencer Pratt says, well, I'm going to find this $100 million and we're actually going to use it to fix the roads because certainly it's not being used to fix the homelessness crisis. And Spencer Pratt has said, I'll fix your homelessness crisis and I'll fix the roads. But again, everyone can get behind better infrastructure. And again, clearly whatever money Karen Bass was dumping into the homelessness crisis, I mean, could we get Nick Shirley on the case and Vice President Advances Fraud on the, I mean, where was it going?

[Co-host/Guest]

That's always my question.

[Haley Caronia]

When these politicians funneled into something like

[Co-host/Guest]

it's going somewhere and it's not going to where it should be.

[Haley Caronia]

Right. That's why I genuinely, for the life of me cannot understand when Democrats want to give more money to the government and they want the government to have more power over our lives. It's like what, you know, what makes you think that they would do a good job? I mean, point to me the, the example of how this would work and

[Co-host/Guest]

then you're starting to get into like the wasted funds where like, oh, you could have just given everybody $10,000 in the whole state.

[Haley Caronia]

Right? I mean these are, these are self proclaimed communists, like they're, they're democratic socialists. It's like, okay, so then just spend the money some other way and make Them happy. I mean, everyone was happy when Trump did the stimulus checks during COVID Could you imagine if someone just ran on, hey, this $100 million, that was meant to go to the roads, and it was meant, hey, do you guys just want, you know, we'll just cut you guys a check.

[Co-host/Guest]

We'll just split you 100 bucks. Get whatever. They'll be like, sure, you call of duty for all we care. It's got to be better than just throwing it away.

[Haley Caronia]

Exactly. But here's the thing. It's not just thrown away. And they wouldn't just give it away because it's going into their pockets. Surely I don't have proof of that, but it's like, where else would it go?

[Co-host/Guest]

Surely we need Nick Shirley.

[Haley Caronia]

Surely we need Nick Shirley. Exactly. And, you know, with just a few days here left in this race, Spencer Pratt says that the race is in God's hands now, which is true. It's in the hands of the voters, but it is in the hands of God. And he said this. He talked to Vanity Fair and said before the debate, all day long, I'm praying to Jesus, I'm on my knees like, God, if you want me to be mayor, have me destroy these two demonic entities that are representing themselves as city officials. And if you don't want me to be mayor, God, I will know. Right after the debate and after I walked off that stage, I was like, okay, God, I see you. You want me to be the mayor of la. Whoo. That's pretty powerful. That is pretty powerful. And he did very well in that debate. And so well in the debate. I mean, he runs the show. This, the secondary debate. I mean, they just. Nobody showed up. If he wasn't going to show up, nobody else wanted to show up. So that certainly means that they're very afraid of him. And he runs the show. So. And then. So I want to cover this because AOC did a whole virtue signal, Muslim virtue signal, which was insane in New York. This was yesterday. But it got me thinking. And I kind of like, put these puzzle pieces together here, because I'm thinking about Democrats virtue signaling, and AOC is wearing this hijab. And I'm thinking, that's weird. And then it got me thinking of the Democrats wearing the kente cloths. Remember, in 2020, this is during George Floyd this. I mean, you've got Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, and Bernie Sanders was there. And, you know, all these Democrats on the Congressional Black Caucus, I mean, that's Karen Bass standing right behind Nancy Pelosi there. And of course, they have all their masks on. Well, some of them. Chuck Schumer was too cool to have his on. He just wore it around his neck.

[Co-host/Guest]

Super spreader. Super spreader.

[Haley Caronia]

Yeah. So anyway, but most importantly, they've got these. They've got their African garb on. And anyone with two brain cells looked at this and thought, well, this is weird. You know, this is. This is definitely a look. This is definitely a choice to essentially, in my opinion, culturally appropriate African garb. I mean, seeing Nancy Pelosi wear this looks ridiculous. Because it is ridiculous. And even the New Yorker called it an embarrassment. So you've got leftist media networks coming and saying, you know what? This actually wasn't what you guys thought it was. This. This wasn't the flex that you guys thought it was. So the embarrassment of Democrats wearing kente cloth stoles. So I'm reading through this article because I'm just trying to jog my memory of this virtue signal. And it came to my. It came across my desk that this whole thing was orchestrated by Karen Bass because she was the head of the Congressional Black Caucus. And she said that they had gone to a trip to Ghana, and then the people in Ghana gave the Democrats this gift, the kente cloths, as a gift. So that's why they wore it. And they said that, you know, this is my favorite. It's never cultural appropriation. If you're on the left and you appropriate someone's culture, they just say that you're acting in solidarity. So that's what Karen Bass said. The significance of the kente cloth is our African heritage.

[Karen Bass]

And.

[Haley Caronia]

And for those of you without that heritage who are acting in solidarity. So, you know, she comes to the defense of, you know, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, who are wearing African garb for no reason. And that's all the Democrats have to do. They just have to rebrand cultural appropriation to solidarity, and you can get away with whatever you want. So I put this together because I'm thinking Karen Bass went to Ghana, apparently got these kente cloths, and she was behind the kente cloths. Then she. Remember during the Palisades fires, she was also in Ghana again. So she's going back and forth to Ghana, not only when she's a congressional congresswoman, but also as mayor. And remember, during this whole Palisades fire debacle and tragedy, she was in Ghana because they had installed a new president. And it's like, why do you need the LA mayor to go to Ghana for That and like, represent Los Angeles just seems odd. But I guess she had been there before, so she probably made friends on her first trip. And so they, you know, and of course they gave her the kente cloth. So she comes back and she. I was doing research on her trip to Ghana because I'm thinking, you know, why was she there in the first place? And she said that the White House at the time sent her. So that was the Biden White House. The Biden White House wanted Karen Bass to go to Ghana. And then that's when the fires happened. Just really bizarre. So I. I tagged Spencer proud in that. I don't think he saw it. That's okay. But I feel like he should make at least LA voters aware of the fact that Karen Bass was behind that whole lunacy that even Democrats admit was lunacy. And she was in Ghana while the Palisades were burning. And it's because she's been there before on these, you know, these official trips during her time as an American politician. I mean, why would you have to go to Ghana? I have no idea. Anyway, I put that together while I was researching that. But anyway, aoc, another virtue signal. She donned a hijab for an Eid celebration in New York City alongside, you know, our first Muslim mayor of New York City, Mayor Mamdani. And here she is. Our community. Into this country, we can bring light to our neighbors, our community and to this country. And Mamdani is in the weirdest get up I've ever seen. Country. We can bring light to our neighbors. So you've got AOC in the head wrap and you've got Mamdani in what looks like. Like, I mean, I don't want to misspeak. I have no idea what that garb is called, but it's like it. It's got the three stripes on the side. It's. Is that an Adidas Emirates jersey? But it's also like, what am I looking at? I don't even know what that is.

[Co-host/Guest]

Yeah, it's a Emirates robe that he had, like, custom made. They were there at like a soccer event.

[Haley Caronia]

How very communist of him. You know, it's like you waste money on. But it's. He's the leader, so of course, you

[Co-host/Guest]

know, kind of fly a little bit, I guess. Maybe. Probably not.

[Haley Caronia]

I just think, and I'm not really talking about Mamdani here, I'm talking about aoc. When AOC and other Democrats appropriate a culture or a religion that isn't theirs, Democrats never see a problem with it. They Always see it as a sign of respect. Respect, participation, appreciation of the culture, which honestly doesn't bother me. What bothers me is the hypocrisy, because every dang Halloween, the left becomes the cultural appropriation costume police. This race can't dress up as this person. This white blonde little girl can't dress up as this princess. You can't be Princess Tiana or Moana or whatever. It's. Then it's like they forget about the cultural appropriation thing. Then. Then they don't care. An AOC who isn't Muslim wears a hijab and apparently that's okay. Like, no one has a problem with that. And a lot of religions practice covering their hair. Christians, veil. And AOC claims to be Catholic, but she doesn't cover her hair for her own faith. But then she'll do it for another faith. Like that, to me, just says, you're a complete phony. I'm not saying you have to cover your hair, but you're going to do it for a photo op for another religion, but you're not going to do it for yourself. So it's like you clearly don't believe in that, so you're doing it for the photo op. It's just all fake. And the Democrats aren't exactly accepting of all religions. Also in New York, a Democratic socialist councilwoman, her name is Shahana Hanif. She condemned two fellow Muslim women to hell because they were involved in a protest outside of Mamdani's mansion fighting against anti Semitism. Believe it or not, these Muslim activists, they don't like Mamdani, these two, and what he stands for. They actually think he paints a negative view of Islam. So they're against him. And this is the. I don't know what this is like some poster for the event, this Mamdani protest. And Anila Ali says, we are on our way to join End Jew Hatred to stand with the Jewish people and protest NYC mayor's refusal to stop religious freedom violations against the Jewish people, their intimidation and harassment under his leadership. And Shahana Hanif, this counts. This Democratic councilwoman who's in Brooklyn, said, may Allah condemn you to Jahanam, which is hell, their version of hell. So just for supporting Jews, just for going against Mamdani, she says, go to hell. So certainly this woman, who's an elected official in New York City, in Brooklyn, where there are a lot of Jews, by the way, doesn't look too kindly on the Jews. And all of this is in support of Mayor Mamdani. Then one of Mamdani's ex staffers. She's actually running for Congress. She's running for New York's 13th congressional district. And she. All of her social media posts have since been deleted but found because the Internet is forever and she really hates white women.

[Co-host/Guest]

Oops.

[Haley Caronia]

Oops. So here are some of the posts that she has made on social media. She posted something about wearing a BDS shirt. You know, if you want to pull that up, that post up.

[Co-host/Guest]

Yep.

[Haley Caronia]

I held the door open for this old white lady at Popeyes. Like, why is this even necessary to say that white people, people of color, love to do this? Like this old white lady, this white girl held the door open for this old white lady at Popeyes. Her. Is that a BDS shirt? BDS stands for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement, which is a Palestinian led campaign, which is a economic boycott against Israel. So is that a BDS shirt? Me? Yes, her. You know what they do to door close before I could find out what they do. So clearly pro Palestinian, anti Israel, and not very willing to even have a conversation about the other side. And then she made another post about black men and Arab men, both fetishizing ugly colonizer women. So essentially this is just proof that there are disgusting racists on the left who claim to be the party of love. Of course, meanwhile, they hate Jews and white people and other groups. And they do it in public. They do, they do it proudly because they don't believe that you can be racist against white people. Then of course you run for office. And then you have to delete all of those posts, not because you don't believe it, but because you don't want people to know. You don't want the bad attention. It's like you're not sorry, you're just sorry that you got caught kind of a thing. But for this to be true, you know, you'd have to bend the definition of racism, which they do all the time. They don't believe that you could be racist against white people. You certainly can, but they. They don't believe that. And this is not what the founding fathers had in mind, by the way, when they built this country on the foundations that its citizens would be free to follow whatever religion they wanted. Because the tenets of Christianity are based on kindness, acceptance, and love for your neighbor. But in order for this melting pot to work, we can't coexist with people who openly hate us and want to kill us and send us to hell. This country was founded so that our founding fathers could escape religious persecution and now it feels less safe than ever to talk about your faith if you're a Christian or a Jew. And then you have areas in Michigan and Minnesota where we have elected officials who hate Jews, they hate Christians and they hate white people. And again, I'm all for religious freedom. I want people to be able to worship however they see fit. But if your religion is antithetical and poses a threat to the values of this country, how does that work? Gen, genuine question, how does that work? I don't think it still does because our country doesn't stand for the killing of certain groups of people based on race or religion or anything else. We don't hate any group of people. We don't think that children should be married off and raped. We don't throw gay people off of buildings. Women have basic rights here. So we allow people who believe the opposite of what we believe to come here and then freely practice that religion. And then when immigrants refuse to assimilate to our country's values, they overtake areas of the country. Then they vote in representatives that want to take down this country from the inside out. It's a national security threat, is it not? And they're holding political office in this country. It is a horrifying thing to think about. And this is mainstream Democrat politicians now. This is how they think. Their pro Palestinian stance justifies their anti Semitism. Their pro black stance justifies their racism against white people. Their pro trans stance justifies attacks on women. They have no standards to size from double standards. And every slope is a slippery one. And I really do worry for the future of this country if more Democrats who think this way get into office and then illegals vote, which we have proof of, and then our elections aren't secure. Absolutely horrifying to think about. Let's get, let's get to an easier topic here. I don't want to get. So this is depressing and I don't want it to be so depressing. This is a very interesting story. I've got updates from JP Morgan, the world of JP Morgan.

[Co-host/Guest]

I don't know what's going on over there.

[Haley Caronia]

They need a good crisis PR team.

[Co-host/Guest]

She's Louise. They're just handing out money. All you have to do is be

[Haley Caronia]

offended if, if they don't have a crisis PR team because I don't know, do they have one that's not doing a good job or is this beyond the work of a crisis PR team? I don't know.

[Co-host/Guest]

I think it's beyond. But also they are giving anybody and Everybody money.

[Haley Caronia]

Well, they haven't paid the other woman yet.

[Co-host/Guest]

Well, here you can get into this story. And then because they're. They offered the one guy a million bucks just to, like, get out of

[Haley Caronia]

town, but then he didn't take it.

[Co-host/Guest]

True, but that's what I'm saying. They're giving money.

[Haley Caronia]

Yeah, they are giving money, or they have the money to give. Let's put it that way.

[Co-host/Guest]

Yes.

[Haley Caronia]

So, yes, everyone knows the. The crazy story with the ex banker that accused his boss of, you know, making him a sex slave and showing up at his apartment naked in the middle of the night and, like, demanding threesomes with his friends and, you know, being racist towards him at the same time, which doesn't make any sense. It's like, if this woman is truly racist and hates you, I don't think that she wants to bang you. But whatever, you know, for that reason, lots of holes being poked in his story. And, you know, when he filed this complaint, internal complaint with J.P. morgan, they were like, do you have any evidence of this? He said, yes, but then he didn't provide it. He wasn't cooperating with the investigation. So then JP Morgan was like, okay, we're going to stick with the girl who has the evidence, and your story is screwed. So, sorry, uh, you're not working here anymore. So they let him go. And then he filed a complaint in New York, a legal complaint, and that was thrown out. And now we find out that his lawyer has dropped him. Update in the story. Now he is representing himself in court, which we found out yesterday. And I am just dying for this. They need to have cameras in the courtroom just for the content purposes alone. Listen, he originally, he wanted to be able to file this under John Doe. He wanted this to be anonymous because of the sexual nature of these complaints. He's like, this would be embarrassing. I mean, imagine. And then you're lying about it. And now look. Now look. Now this is really embarrassing because everyone knows that you're a liar.

[Co-host/Guest]

You think his fish head wife will

[Haley Caronia]

be there with the big cannons? I mean, the no cannon. She doesn't have cannons. Even more embarrassing, a fish head with no cannons. Oh, my gosh. Yeah. I don't know. She's. I think the. He certainly has to pay for lawyers in this case, and then he certainly has to pay for a divorce lawyer as well. There's no way that his wife. Does he even have a wife?

[Co-host/Guest]

Couldn't tell you. This story rocks.

[Haley Caronia]

So I think that if he does have this wife, she certainly can't Be staying with him. I mean, this is so embarrassing. I know. Till death do us part. But my goodness, there's got to be a clause for something like this. Unless you find out that your husband is someone that you had no idea he was.

[Co-host/Guest]

I. Like, unless. Crazy plot twist.

[Haley Caronia]

They cooperated.

[Co-host/Guest]

She's the mastermind, and she's equally as dumb as he is.

[Haley Caronia]

Yeah, I.

[Co-host/Guest]

And true love has won by allowing the two dumbest people in the whole world.

[Haley Caronia]

Yeah, but what did they win?

[Co-host/Guest]

Well, I mean, they could have won.

[Haley Caronia]

They could have walked away with a million dollars, which, honestly,

[Co-host/Guest]

that's. I mean, that's not nothing.

[Haley Caronia]

It's not nothing, but it's not like you can retire and, like, never work again.

[Co-host/Guest]

You could quietly escape for a little bit. Just like, you know, you could go

[Haley Caronia]

on a nice vacation and have some savings and invest wisely.

[Co-host/Guest]

Man, what does the world come to where we're like a million dollars?

[Haley Caronia]

Well, we'll leave it. No, I. I certainly. I would. I would love to have a million dollars, but maybe one day. Maybe one day. If more people watch this show and support my advertisers. Maybe one day. Anyway, so that's the. The update on that JP Morgan story. And then there's another JP Morgan story. And this is crazy. I didn't even know that there was. It was possible for the JP Morgan stories to get even more wild. But this. This is a separate fired J.P. morgan employee. He claimed wrongful termination over a $642.5 Super bowl deli platter, and he was awarded $4 million. See, $4 million. Now we're talking. Now we're talking.

[Co-host/Guest]

My guy took the company card and said, you know what? We'll just head on over to the Deli Jay Alexander Steakhouse and have him load us up.

[Haley Caronia]

Not even like, this is a deli platter.

[Co-host/Guest]

I know, but 6:50 for a deli platter? Go to Costco.

[Haley Caronia]

Yeah, I agree that you could. Yes, I agree. I agree. But so we'll. Let me just read this part. So In February of 2024, this is around the super bowl, this guy who is a. Or was a broker at JP Morgan, said to the company, hey, I'm going to host a meeting at my home. This is a client meeting. And he said that at this meeting, which he told the company about it is going to be a client and a prospective client. So my question is, a client could be a company where you have multiple people. I don't think that this is just three people sitting around a table. Munching on 650 worth of deli meat. No, this is what I'm getting from the. The client. It's like you have a client that's. You've got two clients, but two clients can mean a lot of people at the house for sure.

[Co-host/Guest]

And like, you know, clients send over like their ambassador squads.

[Haley Caronia]

Right. You're probably looking at like 10, 15 people maybe.

[Co-host/Guest]

Yeah.

[Haley Caronia]

So, you know, they needed a lot of deli meat. $642 a Delhi meat.

[Co-host/Guest]

It's. That's, it's either a ton of deli meat or my guy went to like the best deli in New York City.

[Haley Caronia]

And he probably did.

[Co-host/Guest]

They just, you know, they handed him that company card and he was like, I've been waiting my whole life for this.

[Haley Caronia]

Well, he had probably done things like this before. I mean, he was like a. They called him a veteran broker. So he knows what he's doing. He's. He's swiped up, he's lit the company card on fire before.

[Co-host/Guest]

So then what happened that everybody was like, hey, we got to get rid of this dude?

[Haley Caronia]

Yeah, I don't know. So his assistant submitted the expense report. You know, he's got people for this. He's too big shot to get his own deli platter. So his assistant did it, put in $642. And you know, this was the expense report. And this deli platter, very expensive, was sent to the house. And according to this, it's reportedly under the firm's $900 entertainment limit. So again, this is a meeting. He could have spent way more. They were under budget. Or is this $900 entertainment limit? That's can't be for one event. That has to be, you know, for the quarter or something like that.

[Co-host/Guest]

It's New York.

[Haley Caronia]

I don't know. Each department has a.

[Co-host/Guest]

My experiences in corporate America. Although not super large, when we would have guests in town, the low people like me knew that the leftovers were going to be amazing that would hit the kitchen after, like they were sparing no expense.

[Haley Caronia]

Yeah.

[Co-host/Guest]

So like 650 for a deli platter doesn't sound super crazy.

[Haley Caronia]

Jasmine just said in the chat that's honestly not outrageous to cater a meeting or an event.

[Co-host/Guest]

And Jasmine, Jasmine, yeah, she's like party planner, like top tier. S tier.

[Haley Caronia]

So yeah, this, this is I guess the going rate and like I said, under the $900 entertainment limit. So JP Morgan, for whatever reason, after the assistant put in this expense report, they said this is unauthorized. It was an unauthorized super bowl. Party. And it's like, how did this turn into a Super bowl party? I thought this was a meeting at the house. Now all of a sudden, they were like, oh, my God, $600 of deli meat. That means they were throwing a party. I don't know. Anyway, they accused him, and again, his assistant was doing the expense report, so maybe she just made a mistake. But they accused him of mischaracterizing the expense and fired him. I wonder if she got fired, too.

[Co-host/Guest]

They had something out against this guy. They're like, how can they want to get rid of. Yeah, they're like, how can we get rid of this guy? And they're like, maybe he spent a little too much on deli and smoked turkey.

[Haley Caronia]

Yeah, well, didn't turn out so well for JP Morgan because he sued them and won $4 million. $4 million. Which is the most expensive deli platter of all time.

[Co-host/Guest]

Do you think, to celebrate, he went and got said deli platter and hosted, like, a small little party.

[Haley Caronia]

He could get. He could get so many deli platters for that.

[Co-host/Guest]

Four million now. Four million. Now we're talking.

[Haley Caronia]

That is a big hunk of change. That is a big hunk of change. So they also. So on top of giving him $4 million, JP Morgan also said they're going to change his termination record. Instead of being fired for cause it was voluntary. Like, because when you're fired for cause, you're, you know, that's tough to go to a different job and be like, you know, why did you leave your last job? Oh, well, you know, anyone in the financial industry could go call someone at JP Morgan and say, hey, why was he fired?

[Co-host/Guest]

Platter.

[Haley Caronia]

You know, deli platter comes up and it's like, oh, super bowl party. Oh, he's. Oh, we're going to hire him, and he's going to run up our tab, too. You know, that could look badly on him. So anyway, they're gonna change that in the system. And I. I wonder. He doesn't have to work.

[Co-host/Guest]

Boris Head could do the funniest thing and sponsor him. Oh, 100.

[Haley Caronia]

They should do a Super bowl ad

[Co-host/Guest]

with this guy and be like, if you want the best meats, if you

[Haley Caronia]

want to throw a Super bowl party. The weird thing about super bowl ads is you can't say the word super bowl in it. That's why around the super bowl, you'll notice that all the commercials say the big game.

[Co-host/Guest]

Yeah. It's trademarked, right? Yeah, I. I did some advertising at my last job. We had the same issue. And we were international, so, like, most people didn't even care. So we just called it, like, game day.

[Haley Caronia]

Yep. It's always game day, the big game, things like that. It's like, if you're throwing a party for the big game, you'll notice that super bowl commercials, unless they're in the super bowl, like, any other super bowl coded commercial, like, if it's not literally during the super bowl, they can't say that. Anyway. Just little tidbit from my advertising days.

[Co-host/Guest]

Classic, classic.

[Haley Caronia]

Classic. Well, I guess we've got 90 seconds left. Is there a story that I should do? Pick one video. Should we. Should we go? Okay.

[Karen Bass]

May the Lord bless this man and make his face shine upon every one. One who rides along and may he give you peace and bring you joy for may the Lord bless this same song, different guy. Make his face shine upon every one who rides along and may he give you peace and bring you joy for. For the journey on every road that leads you home.

[Co-host/Guest]

Huge finish.

[Haley Caronia]

So if you're listening and not watching, this is all. This opera singing that you're hearing is taking place at a car dealership and a salesman. He calls himself the singing salesman. After someone makes a. Or he makes the sale and someone buys a car, he serenades them off into the sunset before they.

[Co-host/Guest]

I don't even think that's a serenade. I think that's more of a blessing, which is a blessing.

[Haley Caronia]

Which is very sweet. Yes.

[Co-host/Guest]

Also awkward.

[Haley Caronia]

Very sweet. But, yes. They're making a grown man sit there with his, like, little goodie bag. I don't even know what that is. And he's like, I wonder if they asked him, like, hey, do you mind being in this? How do they even come up with this? Like, hey, do you mind standing here? We're gonna sing you a song before you leave. And then it's like, you can't say no.

[Co-host/Guest]

I bought my car, like, Peak 20, 22, 23, where it was like, they're, like, yelling at me, like, if you're not gonna get the car, get out of here. We don't even need you here. Like, it was not fun. So I kind of appreciate, like, the confetti on the floor and the gift bag.

[Haley Caronia]

I know. Then it makes me think, like, are they selling that many cars? Because it's like, they've got to do all the pump and circumstance.

[Co-host/Guest]

I wish they had, like, Wind and Dine me a little bit. I just had, like, a kid named Tyler. It was just like, we have a car. Good luck.

[Haley Caronia]

Yeah. Like, thanks for coming. This is. This is what I call customer service, though. This is top tier customer service. And then I played this on the. On the show. Or I, like, sent this in and Justin said, oh, is this the singing car salesman that sings opera? And I said, is there another one? And apparently there is another one. So do you have that. For this small price? And it's $70,000.

[Co-host/Guest]

See, but nobody was, like, harmed during the making this advertising. Not making somebody stand there awkwardly while you bless them.

[Haley Caronia]

No, I love it. And hey, it's a. It's tough out there these days. So I. Any salesman that has to come up with, like, a little gimmick to get attention and, and get some sales, I. I'm all for it.

[Co-host/Guest]

Both super talented. Can't be. Can't be neglected.

[Haley Caronia]

Very, very, very talented. Very talented. And I wish them luck in their endeavors. Thank you for scrolling along with me today. You could follow me on social media at Haley Carania, and I will again, just a reminder, no show tomorrow. So I won't see you tomorrow, but I'll see you on Monday. Have a great weekend.

[Karen Bass]

It.