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Haley Caronia
Hello and welcome to this special edition of Nightly Scroll. Thank you so much for joining me. I appreciate it. We've got a big show for you tonight on Deck. I've got Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton here. He wants to unseat Senator John Cornyn. Lots to discuss with him. Plus, Target is in hot water. They've got everyone boycotting them left, right and center. But they think teaming up with Reverend Al Sharpton will do the trick this time. Okay, whatever. Then I've got a patriotic parenting hack for you that I think will end this generation of antifa losers and Tesla terrorists once and for all. The left's fear mongering campaign is ramping up. I'm going to get into it in just a second. This episode of Nightly scroll starts now. The Trump Derangent syndrome is really, really been acting up on the left. So much so they have to pretend that the Trump administration securing the homeland is a horrible thing for society and it's the end of this constitutional republic as we know it. Give me a frickin break. I played a clip earlier this week on the show of an NBC foreign correspondent. He joined some MSNBC show and he was peddling the lie that the Trump administration can just essentially round up anyone they want and deport them to El Salvador or, or anywhere their hearts desire, which we of course know is not true. Now Senator Elizabeth Warren is also perpetuating that same lie that they can just disappear anyone. Watch this.
Elizabeth Warren
We do not disappear people in the United States. Because here's the thing. If they can disappear Mr. Abrego Garcia, then they can disappear you. It's about disappearing people, but it's also about obeying court orders. But now what we've got is truly a man who threatens it. A spineless bunch of Republicans in the House and Senate who help it along. And the American people saying, wait a minute, I think this is the moment we're going to have to start fighting back for our country.
Haley Caronia
Okay? They think that this is some constitutional crisis. I'm not worried about being deported. Are in the chat. Anyone in the live chat. Are you worried about being deported? That she just, you heard her. Anyone. They could just deport anyone to El Salvador. They could just make them disappear. Are. Are you afraid of being disappeared? I'm not. But that's because you and I, we're not illegal immigrants. We are not gang members. We are just normal law abiding citizens. So we have nothing to worry about. Of course. But even worse, the left has turned Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia into The next George Floyd. He is the political martyr pawn of the week. The inconvenient truths about their precious Maryland father, as they like to call him, who was wrongly deported, are now coming out that he is indeed an illegal immigrant. His partner, his wife, ordered a temporary order of protection against Garcia for domestic abuse, punching and scratching her eye until she bled. And then a judge in 2019 wanted to protect him, not send him back to his home country of El Salvador because he could be a target of gang violence there. Well, why would that be? Why would he be a target more so than anyone else? Well, police reports confirm that he has affiliations with the MS.13 gang.
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Haley Caronia
All right, so what is the left doing about this now? Well, yesterday we saw the total embarrassing walk of shame, or trip of shame, I like to call it. Senator Chris Van Hollen went to that notorious prison in El Salvador to do a wellness check on that Maryland father they claimed to care for so much. Listen to this.
Chris Van Hollen
The Supreme Court, nine to nothing, has told the Trump administration they must facilitate his return home. They've refused to do it, so I called upon the government of El Salvador to do it unless they can provide evidence that he's been involved in MS.13. They said they had no evidence. So this is not about Ms. 13. I know President Trump wants to make this about gang violence. I have been fighting Ms. 13 probably longer than Donald Trump even knew about Ms. 13. I care about every victim of crime. That's why we have a court system to hold people accountable when they commit crimes, to make sure that they get the punishment they deserve. We also have A court system to make sure that people who have not committed crimes or not been convicted of crimes are not disappeared out of the United States and sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
Haley Caronia
There he is peddling that lie again. He's been disappeared out of the country. Just a regular old Maryland dad. I mean, are you believing any of this in the chat? I don't think you would be. Senate majority or. I'm sorry, Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin. He responded to that video on X. He wrote this. Thank you, Chris, for your tireless efforts to speak truth to power in El Salvador. Why don't you guys speak truth to power in the good old US Of A? Why don't you start there? And maybe you should care about your other constituents. I search Senator Van Hollen's X feed for any posts about two Maryland citizens who are brutally raped and murdered by illegal immigrants. Kayla Hamilton, she was raped by an MS.13 gang member in his home state of Maryland. And of course, Rachel Morin, same thing. Brutally raped and murdered by an illegal immigrant. Nothing turned up. He did not say one thing about those Maryland constituents, but he'll go. He'll go to El Salvador to go check up on the criminal, the gang member. Okay, make it make sense. So the White House, they posted this absolutely savage post on X. They said, hey, and they tagged Senator Chris Van Hollen. We sent you a collab request on Instagram to help tell your constituent Rachel Morin story. Raped and murdered by an MS.13 alien from El Salvador in your state. Just tap, accept. Do we think that this post is going to show up on Senator Van Hollen's Instagram page anytime soon? I certainly won't hold my breath. So while liberals in Congress and the media cry over an illegal immigrant domestic abuser with gang affiliations not living on American soil anymore, the American people, they don't really care too much about those details. They don't care too much about sports. Splitting those hairs. The majority of them want all illegal immigrants deported. They even admitted it on cnn. Watch.
Pollster
Deport all undocumented immigrants. Voters favoring the government trying to deport all 11 million of them. Back in 2016, just 38% of voters wanted the government to try to deport all 11 million undocumented immigrants compared to where we are in 2025. 56% the majority. The American people have come a long way on this issue, much closer to Donald Trump. And I think that's a big part of the reason why Americans are increasingly saying the country is on the right track when it comes to immigration policy and why Donald Trump's net approval rating on that issue is in the positive.
Haley Caronia
I just think it's funny because the left will try to say that Trump supporters are regretting their vote, and then they have to report on the actual facts and statistics and the polling numbers that say the exact opposite, that they do overwhelmingly support President Trump's efforts to deport gang members and all illegal immigrants. And, you know, my next guest, he is vying to work with some of these fools in the Senate who seem to care more about virtue signaling and pushing their own agenda rather than listening to their constituents. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is vying for Senator John Cornyn seat in 2026. And he joins me now. Thank you for joining me.
Ken Paxton
Hey, thanks for having me on.
Haley Caronia
I want to get your take first on this Maryland dad, stand up guy wrongly deported. This is, of course, how the left is painting him. But American citizens, I mean, they don't want guys like this around.
Ken Paxton
Look, I understand the desire to get publicity. It just seems like they chose a bad case. I mean, you pick an MS.13, even though they're arguing not, he's still illegal. And this idea that somehow people are going to disappear, we're talking about people who are not supposed to be here. And as the statistics show, as the polling shows, American people don't want these people here, and particularly if they're gang members. And who do you believe? Do you believe the Department of Justice? You believe the FBI on this? Do you believe Donald Trump, or do you believe this senator who's. Who's making a play for publicity?
Haley Caronia
Yeah, it's a really poor play for publicity. That's like the worst walk of shame I've ever seen in my life. He went down to the prison in El Salvador, met with the president. President says, no, you can't meet with this guy Abrego Garcia. So then he just had to make this trip back. And it's like, all for what?
Ken Paxton
Yeah, and I saw the video of him in the car. It's clear this is just a PR show. He doesn't care what the answer is. And if he had absolute proof that the guy had committed many crimes, I don't think that the senator would care. I think he wants publicity. And he's using this guy as part of his show, part of his prop.
Haley Caronia
Yeah, certainly the liberal media is trying to memory hole all of these inconvenient truths that his wife wanted to, you know, he, she put a temporary protection order on him because of domestic violence. And, you know, of course, they're just not going to cover any of these things. But Judge Boasberg, this activist judge who has been, you know, just ruining the Trump administration's deportation efforts at any turn that he can, he wants to now hold the Trump administration in contempt of court for not returning those flights to that prison when he asked because he wanted to return them. The Trump administration went through with it. Of course, the Supreme Court upheld the Trump administration's right to use the Alien Enemies Act. But now, I mean, what are we going to do about these activist judges? Is there anything that the Trump administration can do?
Ken Paxton
Look, this. Unfortunately, yeah, they can say no to this judge. Unfortunately, they did. This is exactly what the founders were afraid of. They always viewed judiciary as the weaker branch of government. They never envisioned that they would step into the role of legislature or in the executive branch. This judge is stepping into the shoes of the president, making decisions that only he is authorized to make. And so the first way to handle it is exactly what the President did, is just say, no, we're going to do. I'm going to do my job, and I'm not going to let some federal judge that thinks he's running my office do it. Second, I think we need to look at reining in some of this ability to get these nationwide injunctions unless there is absolute need for one, and it's absolutely going to affect the entire country. There shouldn't. They shouldn't be allowed.
Haley Caronia
Yeah. I want to move now to this measles outbreak that's happening. A lot of this is concentrated in Texas in your state. And there are seven current outbreaks, about more than 700 cases. And, you know, there were 16 outbreaks during President Biden's presidency. We didn't hear about that. The liberal media, they didn't want to report on that. I guess it was just an inconvenient truth for them. Just another one of those inconvenient truths. Now they get to blame RFK Jr because, of course, he fell out of the good graces of the Democrats when he teamed up with President Trump. But it seems like he doesn't. You know, whatever RFK Jr. Does, he gets the short end of the stick. It's kind of like damned if he does, damned if he doesn't. If he pushes the vaccine, people get pissed off at him. And then if he doesn't push the vaccine, same thing. So what do you think is the best course of action here to get this under control?
Ken Paxton
First of all, I trust. I trust RFK a lot. He's done an amazing job Already. And he's spoken out on these issues. He's been very, I think, smart in looking at the facts. And look, some of these vaccines are effective and some of them work and some of them don't. And I think he's spent a lot of time understanding this issue, these issues. I have a lot of respect for his courage and standing up to the established. Standing up to his own party and standing up to some of these big corporations that are trying to push vaccines on us that actually don't work. For instance, Pfizer and their COVID vaccine. We know that it didn't do what they said it did, and fortunately, he spoke out on it.
Haley Caronia
Yeah, it's curious. I mean, I'm not going to ask you to speculate here. I'll do that. But I think there is a curious connection between the fact that all these outbreaks started are mostly during the Biden administration. I think we had a lot of unvetted people coming across the border. A lot of these measles outbreaks are happening where a lot of these undocumented migrants ended up. And I think there are a lot of unvaccinated communities in Texas, the Mennonite communities. And RFK Jr. Has gone there and spoken with those families, and he's urged people to get vaccinated. But these unvaccinated communities, they didn't. They weren't contracting measles before. There was this overflow of people coming across the border that are completely unvetted. We don't know where they're from. I just find that curious.
Ken Paxton
I think you make a very good point, and it's one that I have not heard, oddly, in the. In the mainstream media or really anywhere else. You're the first person I've heard say that. That makes a lot of sense. We've had millions, I mean, 10, 15 million people cross the border, mostly unvaccinated. And how surprising would it be if some of them were part of the problem and spreading a measles epidemic and not surprised.
Haley Caronia
Yeah, I actually googled. I just, you know, I was curious. I mean, how do measles outbreaks occur? How does this spread? Even on the CDC's website, they will say over the border. They'll say that it is spread across borders. So I just, I don't know. I'm putting two and two together. But maybe, maybe RFK Jr. Can look into that. I want to talk about your 2026 aspirations. You want to unseat Senator John Cornyn. Why?
Ken Paxton
Look, he said 23 years. He's going on 24 years as a US senator, he's not been effective. He's not represented the people of Texas well. He's held positions that we disdain and that the Republican primaries particularly disdain. And he hasn't done anything that really represents the people of Texas in a good way. And so after 23 years, there's not much that he has to say about what he's done. And so I just, I think it's time for a change. He's had long enough. He's been there for, as I said, almost 24 years. And it's just time for a change.
Haley Caronia
Yeah. And what is the most concerning thing about his voting record, in your opinion?
Ken Paxton
Well, there's, there's a couple of things. Well, the main thing is his passing of the gun restrictions for the United, whole United States. And this is something that Biden was pushing. He helped Joe Biden get passed. He was congratulated by Joe Biden. On the other hand, President Trump criticized him as a Rhino for passing these gun restrictions that also enabled the ATF to put out more regulations restricting gun ownership. So in Texas, as you might imagine, restricting gun ownership is not a very popular thing. As a matter of fact, he went to the state convention three years ago. He got booed for 30 straight minutes, loudly booed for doing that. He's also held positions on ambassadors, insinuated that that's appropriate. He's also said many times he doesn't want a border wall, and he's fought that idea even though Trump was for it. And he's also been very critical of President Trump's running in 2016 and 2024. So this is a guy that does not hold our values and yet. And maybe he'd be a great Republican representative or senator from Vermont, but not from Texas.
Haley Caronia
Yeah. And I want to talk to you about these red flag laws, and I can't ask you that without bringing up the horrific shooting today at Florida State University. We're seeing updates now that this was potentially the sheriff deputy's son who had access to her firearms. It's horrific. There are, there are deaths reported, injuries reported. We don't want to see this ever. And on the topic of red flag laws, I, I don't think that there's any gun law that can stop this. I think most Republicans are on the same page as this. I don't know how to get Democrats on that same page.
Ken Paxton
It makes no sense if somebody that is going to not follow laws about murdering people. And somehow if we have a gun law in place, they're going to follow that it makes absolutely no sense. That's why I've never, it's one of the most ludicrous arguments I've ever heard that if we have gun laws, these people that are willing to kill people will go, well, there's a gun law, so now I'm not going to kill somebody. It doesn't make any sense. So there have, we have to do other things and there's going to be no perfect result. But there are other things we can do other than restricting the gun ownership rights of lawful people who are not committing crimes.
Haley Caronia
Yeah, there is a bill in Tennessee that has been stalled now. So it's been stalled until 2026, but they want to bar giving guns to certain mental health patients. And I think that this is an interesting angle because the common denominator between all school shootings, mass shootings, the person who is doing this is mentally ill. No one in their right mind is going into a grocery store or a nightclub or a school and shooting people to death. And like you said, this is already illegal. So I mean, what more can we pass to prevent this? And I'll even say I think I respect the fact that they're taking the mental health route to this, but at the same time, I mean, what they're saying and they, they stalled this because there's a lot of gray area. What they want to do is prevent people who have gotten inpatient mental treatment. They want to prevent those people from getting a gun or getting their hands on a firearm for five years. And a lot of these people that commit these horrific crimes, they're not getting treatment for their mental health.
Ken Paxton
Yeah, I mean it's a slippery slope and there's really no way to necessarily identify exactly who's going to do it. So once you start targeting different groups, whether it's people that are under 21 or whatever your pick, you are going to eliminate people who are law abiding citizens who might want to have a weapon to protect themselves. And there's always a chance that they'll be harmed because they weren't able to defend themselves. So we're not omnipotent. All we can do is try to identify when we see a problem, try to deal with it, try to stop it and, and have people prepared, have, have law enforcement prepared, have schools prepared, have individual citizens prepared because at some time bad things are going to happen and we, we have to deal with it when it does.
Haley Caronia
Yeah, absolutely. I mean, I was talking about this with my producers just before you, you hopped on here And I said, you know, what if, what constitutes inpatient care? I mean, what if we have a veteran who has received care for PTSD or depression and he was, he was medicated, he was prescribed something. Are we not gonna allow veterans to have a firearm for self defense? I mean, to your point, it's just an extremely slippery slope. And I think the best course of action is just to put armed guards and police officers at every school entry point. We could put them at grocery stores, have armed security. I think the more security, the, the less we can or the less criminals can get into these places.
Ken Paxton
Look, they've been making these arguments forever. And you'll notice that the places that have the most restrictive gun laws tend to have the highest crime because criminals know, hey, we're safe. The places that have open carry or concealed carry, those people are not known. I mean, give me. There might be a few examples, I don't know of any examples of people that are, that do those programs that actually have committed crimes. And so it seems to me that we have to deal with the problem. Like you just said, we have to have armed, armed people at schools and other places or train. You can train administrator teachers in how to use a firearm so that you have. If a first responder can't get there, and time. You have people trained right there. We just need to prepare for the inevitable. It's going to happen. No matter how many laws you have, there are bad people out there who are not going to follow along. They're going to try to kill people.
Haley Caronia
Yeah, well, Senator Corner Cornyn has called you a con man, a fraud. I mean, I just want to point out that people have also called President Trump those things and it worked out for him. So what do you say to these, These, these nicknames and name calling?
Ken Paxton
The fact that he has an incumbent senator has to go immediately to the names, tells you where he's at. He's been there for, like I said, a long time. He doesn't have anything to talk about. He doesn't have any notoriety for doing good things. He's got notoriety for passing gun laws and for being against border security and giving money to the Ukraine instead of giving money to the border and to Texas to his own citizens. So when you start off your first, you know, first day after I get in, calling me a fraud. And by the way, when he did that, he was talking about how supportive he's been of Trump and he had this little spiel about how supportive and I'm like, talk about fraud, talk about con man. Here it is. He goes from talking about his support of Trump when we all know he's got documented statements criticizing Trump as an albatross around our neck in 2016 and then saying in 2024, I do not support President Trump. We need to go a different direction. And by the way, he insinuated that he was a criminal before. This is a guy that was a Supreme Court judge. I've always thought judges should presume innocence instead of guilt. And he presumed guilt instead of innocence, as he has with me. This is a guy that needs to go home.
Haley Caronia
Yeah, you would think so. Obviously, you're the MAGA candidate, he's the rhino candidate. Do you think you'll get President Trump's support behind you? When do you think he'll make an endorsement?
Ken Paxton
He typically, I mean, I've watched him. He waits a lot. He usually waits to see how things are going, which I don't blame him. I would do the same thing. I've been supportive of him from the beginning, from 2016 on. I worked with him a lot when he was president in some very significant ways. And by the way, when things were not going so well for him, when he was going through all of these legal battles, when he announced that he was running for president, Mar A Lago who showed up? Troy Nels. Congressman Troy Nels and me, we were the only two elected officials there. By the way, this is when DeSantis was looking strong. That loyalty was there because I truly believe that he was the best choice. And I also think Ron DeSantis is great.
Haley Caronia
Great.
Ken Paxton
He was a great governor. But I felt like Donald Trump was the right man for the job now and can be later.
Haley Caronia
All right, well, we've got a lot of work to do before 2026. Hopefully I talk to you before then. Attorney General Ken Paxton, thank you for being here.
Ken Paxton
Thank you for having me on. I'll talk to you soon.
Haley Caronia
Thank you. All right, keeping in the vein of Texas, Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett. She is in hot water. Okay? She is in hot water. There is an FEC investigation into some, I don't know, very concerning campaign funds through Act Blue. And this is the headline here, Headline seven. It says, yeah, there's this FEC complaint over Act Blue and the Coolidge Reagan Foundation. They were the ones that filed this Federal Election Commission investigation into Crockett. The eight page complaint says that Crockett's campaign accepted a total of $610 from 56 separate transactions in 2023 and 2024. It's from the same 73 year old retiree who was totally unaware of the donations. They asked his wife. His wife was totally unaware of the transactions. You wouldn't donate to the same candidate 56 times. If you're going to donate $610, I mean, 56 times. I don't think anyone is that amped and that jazzed about Jasmine Crockett to get her in there. So the complaint says that Act Blue has been providing thousands of dollars of contributions to Democrat candidates, not just her, but in the names of unsuspecting elderly people, in order to allow people in Congress like Crockett to shield the true source of the funds. This would mean they could potentially accept excessive or otherwise illegal contributions. So they are looking into this. It's very curious. Act Blue. It just seems like they're Democrats are really, really good at ripping you off and using people's names and basically money laundering in order to win. So hopefully they get to the bottom of that. And I don't know if you all remember Adam Kinzinger, former Congressman Adam Kinzinger, I totally forgot about him. But he was on that January 6th committee trying to get Trump and here he is, he took to social media, he posted this video talking about how we need to really get up there, get in the streets and confront our congressmen and women. Watch this.
Adam Kinzinger
Listen, we are in unbelievably unchartered territory here and you know, we're approaching the point where, I mean, I mean, honestly, it's like we're all gonna have to take to the streets or something. I don't think it's time to, you know, general strike and everybody be on the streets yet. But I think not yet in terms of that. Like, what happens if truly, you know, we find out that Donald Trump doesn't care about anything about the Constitution and there is nobody in Washington willing to hold him accountable. So look, that fury you feel right now, it's real. I'm not going to sit here and tell you guys that, you know, just don't worry about it, it's all going to be fine. What I'm trying to say now is like, we have to start thinking through what are the steps here. Right now it's confronting members of the House and Senate, but of the House in these town hall meetings. And if they're not doing town hall meetings, compel them to don't cross the line and like confront them, you know, in a restaurant when they're eating or whatever. That actually backfires all the time. Right? That's, that's what I'm coming to realize is that nobody is coming to save us. It is us. And so we have to decide what we're going to do. God bless you guys.
Haley Caronia
God bless. No one's coming to save us. Says crying Adam Kinzinger. What was he crying for again? Oh, this was during the January six hearings. Yeah. What? Like, so, no, can we. Oh my gosh. Can we pull up the chat? People are making fun of him. This guy's a straight effing. Someone says, don't cry in their food, Accountability should be real. Oh my gosh. I mean, what a joke. Nobody listens to crybaby Adam Kinzinger. Yeah. And it's just so funny. He's like, it doesn't really work. He's like, definitely confront your lawmakers, but don't actually get up in their face while they're at restaurants and stuff. That actually usually backfires on us. Yeah, no kidding. That's harassment. It's harassment and you might be inciting violence. I don't know why the left is so hell bent on pushing their followers and their voters to protest and riot and get up in their faces and go in the streets. Nobody on the right does this. It's only a leftist phenomenon. They're obsessed with blaming us for inciting violence. I. E. January 6th. But it just seems like a total projection projection to me. And speaking of political violence on the rise, this is a crazy story out of Washington State. Of course, the Pacific Northwest is known for their leftist lunacy. This is where antifa. They all gather and they organize. They all got their blue hair and their green hair and their purple hair. They all have got septum piercings and whatever else. But over at Washington State University, a Ph. A Ph.D. student, instructor Patrick Mahoney, and a Washington State University employee, employee Gerald Hoff attacked a student. They attacked an engineering student named Jay Sonny. Does anyone in the chat want to guess why they attacked him? And when I say attack, I mean, this was a brutal beatdown in the streets. Anyone want to guess maybe what his political leanings are? I mean, this is what Jussie Smollett wished happened to him. But Jay Sonny was wearing a red Trump hat. It was a Trump 2024 campaign hat, and he was totally beaten up for it. Watch this.
Jay Sonny
After a long day at work, the WSU junior says he got ambushed and jumped by Patrick Mahoney and G.E.
Haley Caronia
Hoff.
Ken Paxton
Patrick ripped the hat off my head.
Jay Sonny
For wearing this bright red Trump cap.
Ken Paxton
He said to me, go get it or punch me a bunch of Times on the back.
Jay Sonny
Sonny says they unleashed a vicious beatdown, all caught on surveillance cameras right in front of the Coug, a popular campus bar packed with students.
Ken Paxton
Gerald also kicked me, also a bunch of times, too. Patrick, he. He grabbed my chest. I slammed it on the concrete as I was falling.
Jay Sonny
He tried to defend himself. Himself.
Ken Paxton
So I have to go throw my food at his face.
Jay Sonny
But Sonny says two against one was just unfair.
Ken Paxton
And I was like, what the hell just happened?
Jay Sonny
And the melee left him with multiple scrapes and bruises.
Ken Paxton
Because of this. Yeah.
Haley Caronia
I can't believe this is still happening, can you? I mean, the left is so angry, and they're so violent. I don't understand. I mean, I've never seen anyone in a Biden Harris hat or Harris Walls hat. I've never seen one in my life, but if I did, I would just walk on by and mind my own fricking business. I don't understand. Like, you can't coexist with people. Aren't these the people with the coexist stickers on their. Their Subarus in the Pacific Northwest? I mean, they can't coexist with anyone who thinks differently than them. So someone walks by you with a Trump 2024 campaign hat. Yeah, look at this. This camo hat, they were. This was a conservative cultural. Cultural appropriation. That's what I like to call it. Harrison Walls. They put their name on a camo hat, thinking that it would just get all of the conservatives to get on board and buy their hat. No. No one pushes merch like the Don. Okay? So I just. I can't wrap my head around seeing someone wearing a political hat or a shirt or anything. Like, when I see a Harris or Harris Walls or Biden Harris sticker on a car or something, I'm like, they're a liberal, and then I don't think about them for the rest of the day. What would possess you to physically harm someone? They're all mentally deranged. Totally deranged. And by the way, this was a Washington State university employee, a PhD student, teacher, and an employee who ganged up on a student, a junior. Could you imagine paying your. You're paying your son's way through engineering school, and he gets two on one. Beaten down by employees of the school. The lawsuit. I couldn't even tell you how fast I would file a lawsuit. So I will stay on the story, but it is absolutely insane. Someone's joking about the Harris Walls hat. That must have sold zero times. Yeah, I've never seen anyone wear it. It's just, it's crazy. I really, the world we live in, it's, it's, it's horrible. But I do have a parenting hack at the end of the show that will maybe help. Maybe we'll get less of the hyper violent leftists and we'll, we'll get some more conservative children, which seems to be going in that trend anyway. So that's just a little tease. But I want to talk to you first about Target. Target, as you know, they're extremely woke. And Target executives are now running to meet with Al Sharpton after woke groups have threatened yet again another boycott, this time over their DEI rollback. So once President Trump came into office, Target made this declaration that they're going to do away with the diversity, equity and inclusion nonsense. Target also said that they were going to trash the program that focused on carrying black and minority owned businesses and products. They also were going to scale back the pride collections, you know, all the gay queer bathing suits, the tuck friendly bathing suits that they were putting in the kids sections of Target. Yeah. So that received a lot of backlash. And now they're going that, you know, that obviously hurt their sales because parents were snatching their pocketbooks back up saying, I'm not giving my money to a company that hates my kid and wants to trans my kid. So of course there's a, the right is boycotting Target, then they've got to do away with DEI to make the leftists happy. Now they, or make the right happy. Now the left is pissed off because they did away with dei, so now there's threatening more boycotts. And to fix this, Reverend, Reverend Al Sharpton, he came out on CNBC and he said, you can't have an election come and all of a sudden you change your old positions. If an election determines your commitment to fairness, then fine, you have a right to withdraw from us. But then we have a right to withdraw from you. Well, oh, because Reverend Al Sharpton, the left loves him. He's like a voice of reason on the left. So if Reverend Al Sharpton is saying, you know, we have a right to not buy from Target, that's not so good for Target because they already pissed off the conservatives, now they pissed off the left. Target can't afford another boycott. They can't afford, afford to piss everyone off. So Target CEO Brian Cornell is set to go meet with Al Sharpton in New York this week. This is why you don't give in to cancel culture. People who are threatening boycotts on either side. I mean, I do not like cancel culture I do not like boycotts. You know, Nike hates me. Adidas hates me. Everyone hates me. I still wear Nike sneakers to the gym because I don't know, it's not like Nike's going to go under because I pull my money out. This is just my. This is my view on it. I don't participate in boycotts. I understand why others do. And you have every right to not give your money, your hard earned money to companies who hate you. I completely support that. But with Target, you know, there's a threat from a boycott on this side. There's a threat from a boycott on this side. What Target should stop doing is selling clothes to either side. Stop selling clothes for the left. Stop selling clothes or items for the right. Just sell to everyone. Your Target, your target. You have everything. You sell everything. You sell makeup, everyone wears makeup. You wear. You sell bathing suits, everyone wears bathing suits. Flip flops, whatever. They probably should focus on selling flip flops because that's what they do best. But sell to everyone. Why alienate your customer base at all? I mean, why sell anything political? Why sell Black Lives Matter stuff? Why sell LGBTQ stuff? Just sell stuff that Americans are gonna buy. And don't get into the race war. Don't get into the culture war. You don't have to. But of course, when the left sees that a company, you know, their favorite store is not buying into the leftist lunacy or the, you know, the thing of the week that they're upset about, you know, oh, Target didn't make a statement about this. Therefore, we're going to boycott them. So they're so afraid of cancel culture, and it bites them in the butt every single time. It's just stupid. All right, we're getting into my favorite part of the show, and that is scrolling time. Oh, come on. My friends Vince and Guy, they're not in D.C. dancing with me today. It's fine. I'll just have to dance alone. Just like good old times. Anyway, you know, we talked a lot on the show today about these crazy leftists and the antifas of the world, the blue hairs and the purple hairs and the septum piercings. You know, I think we're seeing a good trend where a lot of kids are, you know, not young kids, of course, but older kids, teenagers, college students. They're kind of coming to their senses a little bit. Normally it was the college kids that were all about the social justice warrior stuff and the virtue signaling, but we're seeing that they're kind of losers. And everyone on the right is Tending to be like a lot cooler. But it is starting younger now. And I. I have two videos for you that are giving me hope for the future generations. Here's the first one can.
Ken Paxton
Look, there's a country like there.
Haley Caronia
You sure are right. What is that? A chem. You are correct. You know what? I hope that this mother watches this show and she's one of the tinfoil hat scrollers, the homies. Because I know a lot of you in the chat. You are part of the tinfoil hat scrolling community, as am I. And I. I think it's good. I think it's good. I don't think that all vapor coming out of the back of an airplane is a chemtrail. However, we know that the government uses planes to spew stuff all over. You know, West Nile virus. Anytime there's something like that, they. They will just mass spray all this like mosquito repellent all over. We know that they do this stuff whenever there's a fire. You know, they. They spew fire retardant all over. And you know, so we know that the government has the ability to do this and we know that the government hates us. So what's stopping them from spraying stuff that'll kill us? I don't know. That's just me. But here's another patriotic parenting hack. Never let your toddler know your next move.
Ken Paxton
Oh, say can you see.
Haley Caronia
By the.
Ken Paxton
Dawn'S early lights what so proudly we.
Haley Caronia
Hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? She's totally patriotic. All you have to do to get your kid to stop crying and screaming is start singing the national anthem. This is how you raise the next generation of patriots. Okay, this is the life hack. Someone in the comments said, confuse the enemy. She really didn't know what was going on. But Chelsea said, see how she stops crying for the anthem. Very demure. Very, very patriotic. Coco commented she was just overwhelmed by patriotism. Valerie commented, she's like, I'm mad, but I'm not disrespectful. I will stop crying for that. Sarah Brett said homegirl knew she needed to take a moment of silence. Everyone in the chat is loving it. Good singing. That was awesome. Sound of freedom. Can we get a sound of Freedom in the chat? Love it. On that note, I mean, I'm starting off with the good stuff now. We're going to go. I found this video of a brother sister duo and one is in corporate America. One lives off the grid in Hawaii. Watch this.
Ken Paxton
It's very interesting how two parents can have vastly different children. I work in Corporate America. My 26 year old sister lives in an off grid shed on a farm in Maui. US chose not to sell our soul to excel every day. MTV Cribs. Welcome to my crib.
Haley Caronia
It is a cool little shack she's got there in Hawaii.
Ken Paxton
Welcome to my kitchen.
Haley Caronia
Very small, newest addition. Kitchen outside, living room. Living room outside. You'll see this is a very long video, but we'll play, we'll let it play out. She's got a very small bedroom and you know, she's certainly not living in luxury. She's showing her outdoor shower right now that she says isn't hot on most days. So this woman is really living off of the grid. Right? And I would say this is a very peaceful life. I mean when I saw this video I thought good for her. I wouldn't do this because obviously, you know, I've got my, my hair, my hair extensions, my makeup. I mean I need hot water in my shower. So this would not be the lifestyle for me, but I can appreciate it. And someone in the comments, leftist in the comments, they just get very angry, okay? Someone said, oh no, she didn't sell her soul. She's occupying native Hawaiian land where they're begging white folks to stop moving there. Closer to corporate America than you think. Someone else commented, at what expense to native people? Jolene commented, I wish to see this for someone born and raised in Maui. Someone else commented, making gentrification cute. Again, another comment, you have to be privileged to purposefully want to live like this. I grew up having to deal with these issues. Someone true Canadian commented, so basically she was blessed with wealth from her parents and doesn't have to live in the real world. Again, these people are miserable on the left. They can't just see someone. I mean if she was really rich and living a lavish lifestyle, they, they would hate on her too. The fact that she's living off the grid and she's living this peaceful lifestyle and she's got her weird fruit medicinal stuff going on in the jars. I mean, what I mean just let people live their lives. But it's always like, oh well this is on native land and you have to apologize for this. Again, this is the cancel culture mindset. Get out of the cancel culture mindset. They're miserable and misery loves company. So everyone in the comment section piling on and bullying this girl because she's living their dream life probably, or maybe not mine, but she's living a very peaceful life. I'll say that. Someone says, maybe she, someone in the chat, maybe she Identifies as Pacific Islander. And that is a great point. Great point. I mean, all she has to do is identify and the left has to accept it. I like it. Now, I was scrolling like this. Scrolling so fast. Because I wanted to have a holy week TikTok for every day of the show this week. And I did find one. The Savannah Bananas. They're. What would you call them, like an entertainment baseball team. Yeah. Not a real baseball team, but they, you know, they dance and the umpire shaking his booty. Very fun. But here's an inside look at their locker room where they praise the Lord. Watch this. It says praising God banana style. And all the guys, they're listening to worship music. I love to see this. Very sweet. I love this song. I just thought that was a really good way to end the week for Holy week. If you didn't know, now you know. The Savannah Bananas, they praise the Lord in the locker room. So I thought that that was sweet. And I just want to let you know that I didn't remind you yet on the show. I want to remind you to go to the Bontino Report Channel, rumble.com Haley's where you can watch this show live. And then if you don't want to watch live, that's okay. You can watch it whenever you want. And you could take it on the go on your favorite podcast platforms, Apple podcasts, Spotify. Wherever you get your shows, leave a five star review. Say something nice about me, of course. And I want to say you can follow me on social media at Haley Caronia on all platforms. I also want to tease a very special show tomorrow. So tomorrow I have sat down with Brittany Burnett. She's a mom of two. She is 34 years old and her bones are dying. You heard that, right? Her bones are dying. She was diagnosed with a horrific bone disorder and now her doctors are saying it might possibly be because of the COVID 19 vaccine. So she joins me tomorrow night. It is an interview you do not want to miss, so I hope that you'll tune in for that. In the meantime, follow me on social media and I will see you right back here tomorrow.
Nightly Scroll with Hayley – Episode 29 Summary: "TX AG Paxton Joins Hayley, Has Sights Set on Senate Seat"
Release Date: April 17, 2025
Host: Hayley Caronia
Guest: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
In this engaging episode of Nightly Scroll with Hayley, host Hayley Caronia dives deep into a range of pressing political issues with her characteristic sharp wit and unapologetic conservative perspective. The episode centers around a significant interview with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who reveals his intentions to challenge Senator John Cornyn for his Senate seat in the 2026 elections. Additionally, Hayley addresses the tumultuous situation surrounding Target’s conflicting boycotts from both the left and right, shedding light on the pervasive influence of cancel culture.
Hayley opens the discussion by condemning what she terms the "Trump Derangement Syndrome" rampant on the left. She criticizes liberal narratives that paint the Trump administration’s immigration policies as catastrophic threats to the constitutional republic.
Hayley Caronia [00:00]: “The Trump Derangent syndrome is really, really been acting up on the left. So much so they have to pretend that the Trump administration securing the homeland is a horrible thing for society and it's the end of this constitutional republic as we know it.”
Hayley highlights misinformation propagated by figures like Elizabeth Warren, who suggested that the Trump administration had the power to "disappear" individuals arbitrarily.
Elizabeth Warren [01:37]: “We do not disappear people in the United States. ... The American people saying, wait a minute, I think this is the moment we're going to have to start fighting back for our country.”
Hayley refutes these claims by emphasizing that law-abiding citizens have nothing to fear from deportation efforts aimed solely at illegal immigrants.
The conversation shifts to the controversial deportation case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father with alleged MS-13 gang affiliations. Hayley criticizes Senator Chris Van Hollen for his handling of the situation, accusing him of using Garcia as a political pawn rather than addressing the underlying issues of crime and immigration.
Ken Paxton [09:43]: “...as the polling shows, American people don't want these people here, and particularly if they're gang members.”
Paxton echoes Hayley’s sentiments, critiquing Van Hollen’s actions as a PR stunt lacking genuine concern for public safety.
Ken Paxton [10:15]: “...this is just a PR show. He doesn't care what the answer is. And if he had absolute proof that the guy had committed many crimes, I don't think that the senator would care.”
Hayley probes Paxton about his decision to unseat Senator John Cornyn, labeling Cornyn as ineffective over his long tenure.
Ken Paxton [16:13]: “He hasn't been effective. He's not represented the people of Texas well. ... It's time for a change.”
Paxton criticizes Cornyn’s voting record, particularly his support for gun restrictions and lack of support for President Trump, portraying him as out of touch with Texas values.
Ken Paxton [16:13]: “...restricting gun ownership is not a very popular thing. ... He's been very critical of President Trump's running in 2016 and 2024. ... he does not hold our values.”
The discussion turns to red flag laws and their efficacy in preventing shootings. Both Hayley and Paxton argue that such laws are ineffective against individuals determined to commit violence, emphasizing the importance of empowering law-abiding citizens with the means to protect themselves.
Ken Paxton [17:49]: “...how restrictive gun laws tend to have the highest crime because criminals know, hey, we're safe.”
Paxton advocates for armed security in schools and other public places as a more practical solution to prevent mass shootings.
Paxton outlines his alignment with former President Trump, expressing confidence that Trump will endorse his Senate campaign. He underscores his long-standing support for Trump and hints at potential future collaborations.
Ken Paxton [23:14]: “I worked with him a lot when he was president in some very significant ways. ... I truly believe that he was the best choice.”
Hayley shifts focus to Target Corporation, critiquing its recent policy changes and the resultant backlash from both conservative and liberal factions. She explains Target’s rollback of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives and the contentious partnership with Reverend Al Sharpton aimed at mitigating boycotts.
Hayley Caronia [24:08]: “Target, as you know, they're extremely woke. ... they think teaming up with Reverend Al Sharpton will do the trick this time.”
Hayley argues that by attempting to appease both sides, Target is caught in the crossfire of cancel culture, unable to satisfy either group without alienating a segment of its customer base.
Hayley Caronia [26:00]: “...what Target should stop doing is selling clothes to either side. Stop selling clothes or items for the right. ... just sell stuff that Americans are gonna buy.”
In her typical closing segment, Hayley offers her observations on cultural phenomena and leftist behavior. She shares incidents highlighting leftist intolerance, including violent attacks motivated by political affiliations and critiques of off-grid living as privileged escapism.
Hayley recounts an assault at Washington State University where a student was attacked for wearing a Trump campaign hat, illustrating the extreme measures some on the left take against conservative symbols.
Jay Sonny [30:31]: “After a long day at work, the WSU junior says he got ambushed and jumped by Patrick Mahoney and G.E.”
Hayley condemns such actions as inherently violent and rooted in a refusal to coexist with differing viewpoints.
She critiques a video showcasing a woman living off the grid in Hawaii, mocking the negative reception from leftist commentators who label her lifestyle as culturally insensitive.
Hayley Caronia [42:44]: “...they have to apologize for this. Again, this is the cancel culture mindset.”
Hayley concludes with a "patriotic parenting hack," advocating for instilling patriotism in children as a means to combat the rise of hyper-violent leftist ideologies.
Hayley Caronia [40:56]: “All you have to do to get your kid to stop crying and screaming is start singing the national anthem.”
Before wrapping up, Hayley previews an upcoming episode featuring Brittany Burnett, a mother battling a severe bone disorder potentially linked to COVID-19 vaccinations. She encourages listeners to subscribe, leave positive reviews, and follow her on social media for more updates.
Hayley Caronia [41:07]: “...tomorrow I have sat down with Brittany Burnett. ... Please tune in for that.”
Ken Paxton’s Senate Ambitions: Paxton positions himself as a staunch supporter of Trump’s policies, particularly on immigration and gun rights, while criticizing long-standing Senator John Cornyn for perceived ineffectiveness and divergence from Texas values.
Immigration and Public Safety: The episode underscores the tension between immigration enforcement and political narratives, with Hayley and Paxton advocating for aggressive deportation of illegal immigrants, especially those with criminal affiliations.
Cancel Culture’s Impact on Corporations: Hayley highlights the challenges companies like Target face when navigating the polarized political landscape, illustrating the broader implications of cancel culture on business operations.
Cultural and Political Intolerance: The discussion extends to societal issues, emphasizing the rise of politically motivated violence and the intolerance of differing viewpoints, as exemplified by incidents at educational institutions.
Future Content and Engagement: Hayley continues to engage her audience with upcoming interviews and interactive segments, maintaining a strong connection with her listener base.
This episode of Nightly Scroll with Hayley offers a comprehensive look into the current conservative discourse, blending political analysis with cultural critiques. Through her conversation with Ken Paxton and subsequent discussions, Hayley Caronia provides listeners with a fervent exploration of the challenges facing the right wing in today’s politically charged environment.