SMACKDOWN WITH PASTOR DARRELL SCOTT, SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2025

Summary

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Real America’s Voice: Smackdown with Pastor Darrell Scott

Episode Date: September 29, 2025
Host: Pastor Darrell Scott
Co-Host: James Davis

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Brief Overview

This episode returns after a brief hiatus in the wake of Charlie Kirk's tragic death, setting a reflective but unfiltered tone. Pastor Darrell Scott and James Davis cover a series of political and cultural topics: Donald Trump’s current actions and attitude at the United Nations, reactions to Vice President Kamala Harris’s new memoir, the fallout surrounding Charlie Kirk's passing (including commentary on Candace Owens's responses), media hypocrisy (with a particular focus on Jimmy Kimmel), the failed rapture scare, and the “smackdown of the week” regarding Ryan Ruth, who attempted to assassinate Trump. The episode features boisterous banter, irreverent humor, and passionate opinions delivered in a conversational, often provocative style.

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Key Segments & Discussion Points

1. Return to Air & Charlie Kirk’s Passing

[03:13 – 04:12]

• The hosts explain their absence after Charlie Kirk’s death, feeling it would be disrespectful to “hoot and laugh” so soon after.
• Pastor Scott:

  “I just didn't feel it to come in and sit down and hoot and laugh… while we were still in shock from the event.” (03:16)

• James Davis agrees, calling the event “a shock to the nation… not just conservatives.” (03:56)

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2. Donald Trump at the United Nations

[04:12 – 11:46]

• Trump’s activities, including trips abroad and a return to the U.N., are discussed with lighthearted banter.
• Stories of Trump’s fondness for New York motorcades:

  “He feels especially, especially good about a New York motorcade.” – Scott (04:38)

• The hosts mock supposed sabotage at the U.N.: first a stopped escalator and then a broken teleprompter, suggesting intentional disruptions because Trump is “the king of anti-globalism.”

  “Some a-holes at the UN got together and conspired to do some nonsense…” – Scott (05:42)

• Trump’s teleprompter quip:

  “I can only say that whoever's operating this teleprompter is in big trouble.” – Trump (06:17)

• Trump’s speech is played and dissected—he calls climate change “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.” (07:32–09:37)
• Hosts claim Trump “ripped them a new one” and praise his authenticity and “America first” stance.

  “He punked the United Nations.” – Scott (11:46)

• Light mocking of global leaders and the state of Europe is interspersed, as well as praise for Melania Trump.

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3. Trump’s “Wall of Fame” and Political Showmanship

[11:46 – 14:09]

• The hosts recount Trump constructing a “wall of fame” for presidents, poking fun at Biden’s auto-pen signature as his portrait.
• Davis calls Trump a “media genius,” adding, “No one thinks of this except Trump.” (13:21–13:37)
• Scott wraps, “He makes America fun again.” (13:57)
• James affirms, “It is a fun presidency… and making it fun at the same time.” (14:02)

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4. Kamala Harris Memoir & Media Tour Reactions

[17:01 – 22:51]

• Kamala Harris is heavily critiqued for being “a quadruple DEI” figure (Black, woman, Indian, would-be running mate gay).

• “She dropped a gossip piece… like I’m about to give y’all all this skinny… I got the tea!” – James Davis (17:47)

• The hosts lampoon her shifting narrative on Biden and contrast her public persona on Black vs. “white media.”

• “She’s all over in white media... She’s spilling tea and she don’t care.” – Scott (18:07)

• They ridicule the idea of adding Pete Buttigieg to her ticket, using crude jokes.
• Lampooning hypocrisy, Harris is accused of both criticizing and backing “commies,” as in her support of a left-wing New York mayoral candidate.

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5. Jimmy Kimmel, Media Double Standards, and Cancel Culture

[23:27 – 27:29]

• The suspension/firing of Jimmy Kimmel is discussed, with the hosts drawing a contrast to how Roseanne was treated.

• “When Roseanne got kicked off, it was cool. But when Jimmy got kicked off, oh my God, this regime is taking our rights away.” – Scott (24:03–24:06)

• A montage of Kimmel’s historical controversial bits (misogyny, blackface, etc.) is replayed and mocked.

• “The hypocrisy is insufferable… they get away with this stuff. Anybody else had done a hair of this...” – James Davis (26:28)

• The hosts opine on how old jokes/tweets end some careers but not others, especially on the political left.

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6. Candace Owens and the “Grift” Accusations

[30:56 – 36:52]

• Candace Owens is accused of capitalizing on Charlie Kirk’s passing for attention and subscriber revenue.

• “She wants to do it because she wants to get clicks. She’s addicted to clicks and likes.” – Scott (30:56)

• Clips play of Owens describing herself as a “dragon” above the Kirk event, which the hosts parody as self-aggrandizing.

• “If there ever was somebody that thinks more highly of themselves than they ought to, it was Candace Owens.” – James Davis (32:25)

• Roseanne Barr and Michael Rapaport appear via sound bites, with Barr calling Owens a “monster” and Rapaport labeling her a “con artist” whose “receipts” never materialize.

  “She’s a Jew hater on every level and from medieval times…” – Roseanne (34:01)
  “She seems miserable… you seem more and more miserable as the days go on.” – Rapaport (34:32)

• The hosts play a parody promo mocking her conspiracy-mongering.

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7. Tribute to Charlie Kirk

[36:52 – 43:22]

• Pastor Scott shares a heartfelt personal tribute, recounting text exchanges and “race war” banter with Kirk and reaffirming their friendship despite disagreements.

• “Charlie was my friend. When I heard the news, man, it hurt my heart. I honestly had to fight back a tear…” – Scott (38:12)

• James Davis affirms, “There was literal grief… he was a good American and a great Christian.” (38:20)
• Scott plays an old segment where he jokes that “Charlie was right” about Juneteenth being too close to other BBQ holidays, using the moment as both levity and tribute.

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8. Failed Rapture Prediction and Social Media Reaction

[46:04 – 51:56]

• The hosts ridicule a South African “prophet” who promised the rapture would occur on September 23–24, 2025, and the subsequent panic and letdown.
• James Davis jokes about people believing “date-setters” and notes the destructive effect of viral misinformation.

  “How many times we keep falling for this nonsense?” – Davis (46:24)

• Social media jokes about the rapture are shared.

  “We up here. We got raptur[ed]. Where you at?” – Scott paraphrasing Twitter (51:17)

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9. Smackdown of the Week: Ryan Ruth

[52:05 – 57:24]

• The “Smackdown” target is Ryan Ruth, who attempted to assassinate Trump and made bizarre demands (strippers, his ex, a golf match with Trump) while representing himself in court.
• The hosts mock his requests and discuss the trial’s farcical aspects, including his attempted courtroom self-harm.

• “This dude put the A crazy, but here we go once again with this stuff. But you're right, it's like a death [row meal]… I want some strippers, I want this…” – James Davis (53:34)

• They end by lampooning the rapid jury verdict.

  “They went right. As soon as they went in the back, like a letter came out, and they thought it was them asking for something.” – Scott (56:59)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Trump's U.N. performance:

  “He went to the U.N. and ripped them a new one. Peep game.” – Scott (07:18)
  “Climate change, no matter what happens, you’re involved in that. …It’s the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world, in my opinion.” – Trump (08:47)

• On Kamala Harris's memoir tour:

  “She dropped a gossip piece like I'm about to give y'all all this skinny.” – James Davis (17:47)
  “I ain't about to be number four and put this gay dude on here with me.” – Scott, on Buttigieg (19:28)

• On Candace Owens:

  “She is the most kooky podcaster in the world… and the feds told us to say that.” – Satirical promo (36:30) “She think I'm making this all about me. Ain't nobody thinking about no candy owners right now.” – James Davis (32:25)

• On Charlie Kirk:

  “Charlie was my friend… I didn’t like everything he said, but I didn’t like everything my wife says…” – Scott (38:12) “Charlie was right. I don't want no more damn barbecue. … Juneteenth done screwed up the 4th of July.” – Scott (42:02)

• On Jimmy Kimmel and cancel culture:

  “The hypocrisy is insufferable. They get away with this stuff. Anybody else had done a hair of this…” – James Davis (26:28)

• On the failed rapture:

  “Rent still due tomorrow.” – James Davis, on the aftermath (49:54) “We up here. We got rapture[d]. Where you at?” – Scott, recounting a tweet (51:20)

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Segment Timestamps (MM:SS)

• Return / Kirk remembrance: [03:13]
• Trump at the U.N.: [04:12–11:46]
• Trump’s White House/Wall of Fame: [11:46–14:09]
• Kamala Harris media blitz: [17:01–22:51]
• Jimmy Kimmel/Media Hypocrisy: [23:27–27:29]
• Candace Owens & Kirk fallout: [30:56–36:52]
• Charlie Kirk tribute: [36:52–43:22]
• Rapture fail: [46:04–51:56]
• Smackdown of the Week – Ryan Ruth: [52:05–57:24]

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Tone and Style

The tone is rambunctious, blunt, and satirical—often mixing serious political commentary with irreverent humor, roast-style takedowns, and affectionate tributes (particularly for Charlie Kirk). The hosts pride themselves on saying what others won’t, challenging political correctness, and lampooning media/political hypocrisy with a blend of mockery and heartfelt asides.

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Summary

For regular “Real America’s Voice” listeners — and those new to the show — this episode is a dense mix of political posturing, cultural critique, and locker-room humor. The hosts reaffirm their allegiance to MAGA authenticity, grieve a fallen comrade, lampoon perceived media bias, and close with a “smackdown” of the week that doubles as both comedy and catharsis for their audience.

Transcript

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Get ready for Smackdown with Daryl Scott. You've been served. No political nonsense here. The truth will set you free. Smackdown with Daryl Scott starts now. Welcome to Smackdown. I'm Daryl Scott Got my sidekick bobblehead right here. Still land in the cut. He's personal assistant, valet and manager, actually. And my road dog, James Davis, riding shotgun.

[James Davis]

James, what up, sir?

[Rodney Davis]

Amen. We back here.

[James Davis]

Back in the air chair in these smackdown streets.

[Rodney Davis]

Yeah, we've been off for a couple of weeks, you know, after the, you know, we record. For those of you that don't know, we pre record our broadcast on Thursdays, and it was the day after the tragic incident regarding Charlie Kirk and I just didn't feel it to come in and sit down and hoot and laugh, you know, taping the very next day while we were still in shock from the event. So we didn't record. And I know that we air on Sunday evenings, and so I didn't feel it would be appropriate to record the next week either, so that on that Sunday evening, during the aftermath of his memorial service, we'd have been on there laughing and jeffing and joking. I just didn't feel like doing it, man. I couldn't do it. What'd you think?

[James Davis]

It would have been inappropriate to do it. And it probably just fell on deaf ears because it was in everybody's mind. It was something that was a shock to the nation, you know, not just, you know, conservatives and, you know, those of us that, you know, watched him and followed him down through the years, but kind of hit the pause button for a couple of weeks.

[Rodney Davis]

Yeah, yeah. I just wasn't feeling it. And, you know, but we're back. We back now, you know, and President Trump is back on the scene after, you know, an extended time. He's been away for a while. You know, he had to deal with the tragic death of Charlie as well. And then immediately he had to go to England for a week. And then he went over there and did what he had to do. Then he came back. And when he came back, James, he came back on home turf.

[James Davis]

Yes.

[Rodney Davis]

And had to go to the U.N. he was back just in time to go to the United nations, and, you know, he loves it. They had to do the motorcade. And you and I both, we've been in motorcade with him before, so we know how much he likes it. But he feels especially, especially good about a New York motorcade.

[James Davis]

Yes. Shut it down. Oh, east side of Manhattan shut down. You can't move.

[Rodney Davis]

McCrone was trying to get off the street, and he called Trump. We can't get through the motorcade. I can't get to the. To the U.N. you know what Trump told him? He said, man, just walked in. I'M not stopping my motorcade for you and I'm not pulling over and letting you in clock.

[James Davis]

Right.

[Rodney Davis]

But when he got to the UN he was immediately met by some Okie doke and some riff raff. Watch this.

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President Trump.

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President Trump, Schumer.

[Rodney Davis]

Some a holes at the UN got together and conspired to do some, some nonsense or so while he was halfway up the elevator, they stopped it.

[James Davis]

That's definitely on purpose. Now it's, you know, escalator, gate, escalator, not elevator. Right? Yeah, we, we all try, you know, people try to say, well, it was this, it was that, it was about. No, it's some clowns inside there, they don't like him because he's the king of anti globalism. So he figured we're gonna trip him going up the steps. But Melania, like you said, is in shape, but she just, you know, went on up the steps like, like a champion.

[Rodney Davis]

I know that's right. Then he gets there on stage and there's some more nonsense. Watch.

[Donald Trump]

Very much appreciate it. And I don't mind making this speech without a teleprompter because the teleprompter is not working. I feel very happy to be up here with you, nevertheless. And that way you speak more from the heart. I can only say that whoever's operating this teleprompter is in big trouble.

[Rodney Davis]

See, now it's the nonsense. You know what, James? They better kept him on teleprompter. Yes, because if he got off teleprompter, they wasn't going to like that.

[James Davis]

I was kind of sitting there rooting that they didn't get it fixed because we, we know Trump, especially on these subject matters that he was going through. He doesn't need somebody to be a speechwriter for him. He can go off the cuff and tell them how crappy their countries are and how, you know, the stuff that they stand for, that America is not with it right now. It's about America first.

[Rodney Davis]

Hey, man. So you know he's, you, you know he's irritated now, right? He's heated now. So he wasted no time and just going in and ripping them all a new one. He went to the UN and ripped them a new one. Peep gang.

[Donald Trump]

It's not politically correct. I'll be very badly criticized for saying it, but I'm here to tell the truth. I don't care. It doesn't matter to me. In 1982, the executive director of the United Nations Environmental Program predicted that by the year 2000, climate change would Cause a global catastrophe. He said that it will be irreversible as any nuclear holocaust would be. This is what they said at the United Nations. What happened? Here we are. Another UN official stated in 1989 that within a decade, entire nations could be wiped off the map by global warming. Not happening. You know, it used to be global cooling. If you look back years ago, in the 1920s and the 1930s, they said, global cooling will kill the world. We have to do something. Then they said global warming will kill the world. But then it started getting cooler, so now they could just call it climate change, because that way they can't miss. It's climate change because if it goes higher or lower, whatever the hell happens, there's climate change. It's the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world, in my opinion. Climate change, no matter what happens, you're involved in that. No more global warming. No more global cooling. All of these predictions made by the United nations and many others, often for bad reasons, were wrong. They were made by stupid people that have cost their country's fortunes and given those same countries no chance for success. If you don't get away from this green scam, your country is going to fail. And I'm really good at predicting things. You know, they actually said during the campaign they had a hat, the best selling hat. Trump was right about everything. And I don't say that in a braggadocious way, but it's true. I've been right about everything. And I'm telling you that if you don't get away from the green energy scam, your country is going to fail.

[Rodney Davis]

Man, he stayed up there and just tore them all. He looked around. Your country ain't crap. You, you over there. Your country ain't crap. London is all screwed up. The mayor sucks. You got Sharia law, you got this, that, and the other. You got Putin flying around in NATO's airspace and y' all too chicken to shoot him down. Y' all looking at me, asking me, what should you do about him flying a plane over your country? He know he better not fly no plane over the United States. He ain't crazy, right?

[James Davis]

And then you're stupid enough to keep buying oil from him while we, while we, we should have protected you. You buying oil from him and the countries are going to hell. Like you said. I didn't hear a single lie in his. I don't know if he was on proper off property right there, but you're stupid. Your countries are going to hell. And, and this is what you get when you throw your borders open and got all this wild immigration and everything. So you have to just let them know. I know they was burning in their seat while he was talking.

[Rodney Davis]

And by the way, I'm down with Israel too.

[James Davis]

That. That part.

[Rodney Davis]

Yeah. So he concluded. Watch how he concluded, James, before he did a walk off. Watch this.

[Donald Trump]

I ended seven wars, dealt with the leaders of each and every one of these countries, and never even received a phone call from the United nations offering to help in finalizing the deal. All I got from the United nations was an escalator that on the way up stopped right in the middle. If the first lady wasn't in great shape, she would have fallen. But she's in great shape. We're both in good shape. We both stood and then a teleprompter that didn't work. This is. These are the two things I got from the United Nations. A bad escalator and a bad teleprompter. Thank you very much.

[Rodney Davis]

Hey, man. What do you say wrong, man? Hey. He was still pissed about that later on. Because he truthed out. Yeah, he truthed out about it.

[James Davis]

Yeah, exactly. Because if nothing else, we know that this was a sabotage. And it was still in his mind because you're trying to play me on a national, you know, like I'm Biden or something that can't handle a staircase and trying to play me. They was hoping he to fail. That's what it was. But EG said the right stuff and clowned him on this climate scam and the rest of it. Everybody knows that it's a scam. And so he's pointing it out like he should.

[Rodney Davis]

Yeah, he punked all of them. He punk the United Nations. So then he had to go home. He had to return back to D.C. where he immediately handled, like he left some orders on something he wanted done. By the time he got back, okay, because you know, he's in his refurbishing the White House mode. And so he handled. He left some of my orders. I want this done. I want that done. I want that done by the time I got back. So when he got back, the first thing he did, he had to do some. He had. He had some priority pettiness that he had to address. I love this dude. The only person on earth that can out petty me is him. When he came back home, James, watch what he did. He. He made a wall of fame, okay. For all of the presidents, the 47 presidents of the United States. He made a wall of fame, man. Wow. Stating back from George Washington till now. Look at it right here. Looks this guy's a genius. I would have never thought about that if I'd have had 10,000 lifetimes to think about it. He did 46 pictures and then he had the auto pair, but he had it nicely framed. He had his name under there and all of that. It was, Come on, man.

[James Davis]

He is a media genius. I mean, nobody thinks of this except Trump. Like, know what? Go make. Take a picture of the auto pair, put Biden's name up, and we're gonna make a portrait of it. Put it on and clown, clown him once more. He sitting at home like, okay, when they gonna get to my picture? Here go the auto pin.

[Rodney Davis]

It's gonna be hanging up there at least until 2028. Right? And if we take the White House again, it's gonna be up until 2036.

[James Davis]

That's right.

[Rodney Davis]

This guy right here, he killed nobody. Let me tell you something, America. Enjoy him while we have him.

[James Davis]

Indeed.

[Rodney Davis]

Because he not only makes America great again, he makes America fun again.

[James Davis]

Man, it is a fun presidency. And it ain't just a clown show where he ain't getting nothing done. He getting all this wonderful stuff done and making it fun at the same time.

[Rodney Davis]

He sure is. All right, we'll be back.

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[Rodney Davis]

Kamala Harris is back out here in these streets. James she has a memoir she's just put out and she's on her media tour advertising, and she's proving through her media interaction and media blitz that she is indeed black. Is she black? Is she Indian? Is she blending? Is she Jim Indian? What is she? She black. Because when a black woman get pissed, she telling everything. She ain't holding back. She telling what she really feel. She's not on there trying to be politically correct or diplomatic, anything. Man, she kicking butt, taking names and pulling as many pairs of pants down and tan off as many covers as she can. What say?

[James Davis]

Yeah, normally a book from a former president, vice president is a historical narrative of things. She dropped a gossip piece like I'm about to give y' all all this skinny. I go like they say, I got The TE 107 days of the tea of what was really going on and I don't care who I spray.

[Rodney Davis]

And you know what else? It's not like she's just doing black media.

[James Davis]

Right?

[Rodney Davis]

Cause you can get away with stuff on black media that you can't get away with on white media. She's all over in white media. She on MSNBC and all of them with white hosts, with Rachel Maddow and all them. And she's spilling tea and she telling it and she don't care. Watch this one.

[Cynthia Littleton]

I guess I'd ask you to just elaborate on that a little bit. It's hard to hear. Yeah with you running, as you know, you're the first woman elected vice president. You're a black woman and a South Asian woman elected to that high office, very nearly elected president.

[Rodney Davis]

To say that he couldn't be on the ticket effectively because he was gay is hard to hear.

[Narrator/Announcer]

No, no, no, that's not what I said. That. That's that he couldn't be on the ticket because he is gay. My point, as I write in the book, is that I was clear that in 107 days, in one of the most hotly contested elections for President of the United States against someone like Donald Trump, who knows no floor, to be a black woman running for President of the United States and as a vice presidential running mate, a gay man, with the stakes being so high, it made me very sad. But I also realized it would be a real risk.

[Rodney Davis]

Hey, man, what'd she say wrong? She like, look, it's gon be hard enough as it is. I'm running as a quadruple. If I brought him along. I'm a quadruple. Dei, I'm black. That's number one. I'm a woman. That's number two. I'm Indian too. That's number three. I ain't about to be number four and put this gay dude on here with me. I'm not running with no gay. It's hard enough running as a black. If I run as a gay, people might discriminate against him because he's gay. So I'm going to discriminate against the gay because I don't want people discriminating against the gay on my ticket.

[James Davis]

Somehow I just don't even think she had a choice in this. Like, this, man. Tyrion got told, hell no, you ain't doing that. Wait, no, ain't no Pete Buttigieg. We are not doing it. We're not putting him on the ticket with you because like you said, the whole country, half the country anyways, was against this DEI stuff at the time they was running on that. So now here you come with a dude that's, that's kissing a dude in the mouth. Like, no, we, we ain't doing this.

[Rodney Davis]

So married to a man, he.

[James Davis]

To a man. He got the breast. Yeah. Breast pump shaped like a breast. Breastfeeding a baby. You think flyover country is voting for that? She was like, no, we ain't doing that.

[Rodney Davis]

See, think about it. They're in the back room now. The conspiracy is in full, full measure. Like, okay, here's what we going to do. We going to get Joe Out. We made him look bad on the debate because we drugged him the night before. And so now we're gonna get Joe out. Cause we don't think Joe can win. And we gonna put you in. So she like, okay, okay. And we're gonna run you. We're gonna get all of these different people to sign off on you being the candidate. Okay. Okay. Then we're gonna put Pete Buttigieg on as your running mate. Oh, hell no. She got up from the table. She went straight into Jasmine Crockett. Sister girl. Oh, hell, hell no. We ain' put no gay on no ticket with me. You think they didn't have argument about that?

[James Davis]

You know, they was fighting about it. But then it's okay. Who can we get that's close to gay tampon? Tim?

[Rodney Davis]

We can't get a gay. We can't get a gay.

[James Davis]

Somebody that's close to gay is damn fine tip out here.

[Rodney Davis]

All right, so now she's back on tour. She's backtracking on Biden. Watch this.

[Narrator/Announcer]

I didn't fully appreciate how much people wanted to know there was a difference between me and President Biden. I thought it was obvious. And I didn't want to offer a difference in a way that would be received or suggested to be a criticism. And. And. And, you know, in the campaign full time, I was pointing out the differences. Well, if anything, would you have done something differently than President Biden during the past four years? There is not a thing that comes to mind in terms of. And I've been a part of most of the decisions that have had impact.

[Rodney Davis]

Now she's out there trying to act like James, like, I wasn't in. I wasn't down with none of that stuff he was doing. And then they got. It's always a tape, like you say.

[James Davis]

Listen, like I'm Sister west. All of a sudden, I wasn't in it. You know, I throw my hands up and all the rest of it. I wasn't. I wasn't a part of it. But we know that she was right. This is what they call lethal loyalty. She should have just went ahead and said, you know what? I'm doing everything different. But she couldn't because she was being handled.

[Rodney Davis]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then here, the hypocrisy continues. She called Trump a commie on a number of occasions, but here she is endorsing the commie that's running for mayor of New York. Watch.

[Cynthia Littleton]

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[Rodney Davis]

And what do you think of mainline.

[Cynthia Littleton]

Democratic shyness and agitation, the prospect that.

[Rodney Davis]

He'S going to win.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Look, as far as I'm concerned, he's the Democratic nominee and he should be supported.

[Cynthia Littleton]

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[Rodney Davis]

Speaking of Democrat and left wing hypocrites, Jimmy Kimmel got the boot. He got kicked off of TV for a while because of some comments that he made regarding Charlie Kirk's passing and the liberals. Everybody had their shorts in a bunch and all like that. And they have short memories, man. Remember this trip down memory lane? Watch this.

[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Rodney Davis]

When Roseanne got kicked off, it was cool.

[James Davis]

Thank you.

[Rodney Davis]

But when Jimmy got kicked off, oh my God, this, this regime is, this dictatorship is just taking our rights away. Yeah.

[James Davis]

The fascist regime that's controlling the, you know, it's North Korea. All of a sudden we got state controlled media. You want to have anybody to say anything against them. But before they took Trump's Twitter, they took his Snapchat, Facebook, I mean, literally just kicked him out of social media 100%. And they were applauding it like, we have to protect our democracy from this tyrant.

[Rodney Davis]

Yeah. And Kimmel was one of the main ones doing it. Watch has been suspended from Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and even Snapchat. Not only did Trump get banned from Twitter, Google, Apple and Amazon removed the parlor app from their platforms. Parlor is where all the right wingers gather. See, but you know, truth be told, man, Kimmel should have been kicked off tv. He's been crossing that line and they've been letting him get away with murder for a long time. Remember this?

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I mean, do you think that she's. Do you think that. I mean, do you think that she's attractive or not? That was funny. He was off into his misogynistic bag, right? Misogynistic, sexist, borderline stalker bag right there.

[James Davis]

Yeah. Like Greg Gutfield had done that, they'd have hung him upside down and beat him. You know, he got away with it and this and it wasn't even funny. On top of that, he's been non funny for years. But again, he's that token that they can put up there, you know, on the left, so that he can just sit up there and try and clap Trump every day.

[Rodney Davis]

Yeah. Remember old blackface Jimmy? Oh, yeah. When he did that. Look, look. Remember this?

[James Davis]

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That's what karma say. Change name diabetes to live be this.

[Rodney Davis]

Yeah. That's all right for him to do blackface. And, you know, these days, the left will pull out something you did 40 years ago and try to get you fired for it. But they give him a pass. He even did Oprah. He did fat Oprah. Remember this?

[James Davis]

Yeah.

[Rodney Davis]

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[James Davis]

Once again, it's. The hypocrisy is insufferable. They get away with this stuff. Anybody else had done a hair of this. Roseanne had one little comment about Valerie Jarrett, and now she's sent off into. Into the. Into the woods. They brought Roseanne's show back. She couldn't even be on her own show. But it's across the board again. They jump out of the, you know, ah, this is so bad. It's so horrible. But once it's Jimmy or one of the ones that they like, then all of a sudden now it's some scf, you know, some problem that. That we can't have him out there because it's a threat.

[Rodney Davis]

Yeah. And they'll be like, oh, that was then and this is now. He's not doing it anymore. And it was acceptable back then, and it's not. Then how come you'll dig up something or somebody on the right did 25 years ago and say that's unacceptable now.

[James Davis]

Even on the left because they. Kevin Hart lost the Oscars or something like that because of a tweet he did. But. But now Kevin was black, though, right?

[Rodney Davis]

That don't count. Like that don't count. Then dig up some. Some black people did during slavery and you that get something we did during reconstruction or during Jim Crow and use that against us.

[James Davis]

We made an antebellum letter and we pulled it out.

[Rodney Davis]

That come with the territory. But Scott Jennings, he summed it up good. Watch this. Jimmy Kimmel's still free to speak. He just isn't necessarily free to do it on abc, which obviously made a business decision. Jimmy Kimmel, Monday night flat lied about the shooter. He has a right to do so, but he does not have a right to have a television show where he lies his ass off to the American people and attacks half his country on a nightly basis. I'm surprised that a guy who once wore blackface and caused large breasted women to jump on trampolines lasted this long in the media business to begin with. Scotty was right. All right, we're going to go to a word from our sponsors and then we'll be back. Stop settling for weak sound. It's time to level up your game and bring the boom. Hit the town with the ultra durable LG X Boom portable speaker and enjoy vibrant sound wherever you go.

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[Rodney Davis]

Capitalizing. Candace Owens is back, and she's trying to capitalize on, of all things, Charlie Kirk's tragic death. And she wants to do it because she wants to get clicks. She gets. She gets high. She's intoxicated. She's addicted to clicks and likes and pay. She took personal tweets of hers and chart not tweets, personal text. And hit them behind a paywall. If you want to read them, you can pay and everything. And, you know, she said she wasn't going to go to the memorial service, James, because her security, she was afraid of security. Even though you got the president, the vice president, half the cabinet, Congressman Sanders, everybody there in her mind, it's all about me. If I go, I'm not secure. So she said that she was going to go kick it with Kanye west, even though I know and she knows and I know for a fact Kanye don't mess with her. No more like that I'm going to go and watch Kanye, and I'm not going to even participate. But she wound up watching the memorial service on television instead. And this is what she had to say, James.

[Narrator/Announcer]

All right, you guys, Happy Monday. Erica Kirk, man, that she really is just the moment, the speech that she gave, everybody was just wowed by her. I felt my energy personally, like last night going into that. I was effectively, like, soaring in the air above the convention center like a dragon above, waiting for Erica to just be like fire. And I was just gonna come down and swoop in out of nowhere. All the politicians, all the fake people, everyone was just gonna be in that moment.

[Rodney Davis]

Toast, hit me with the one.

[James Davis]

Man, if there ever was somebody that thinks more highly of themselves than they ought to, was Candace Owens. I mean, she think I'm making this all about me. Ain't nobody thinking about no candy owners right now. And that's what he's trying. Like you say, stir up that she's a grifter. I'm a grift off of Charlie's death right now. And the people that ran away from her will run away once again.

[Rodney Davis]

Yeah, but she said she felt like she was a dragon up there waiting on Erica to give the word. You know what she supposed to say? Dracarys. And she was gonna swoop down. But I actually, she actually, she was truthful. Jane, I have a slight snippet I was able to catch a little video of her up there above the ceremony on the dragon. Watch. See, everybody always wondered who the Night King was. Was he one of the first men? Was he one of the androids? They thought he was really a Targaryen because he could ride the dragon. They always wondered why he didn't kill Jon Snow. They always wondered. I found out the Targaryen, the. The Night King was Candace.

[James Davis]

Candy's a dragon rider. But, you know, again, making herself more important than she was, too. I was just waiting Erica to give me the notice. Erica probably even talked to them. Candy, Eric.

[Rodney Davis]

See Candace, she gonna smack the. Smack the taste out of her mout. People have strong feelings about her. Anyway, let's watch some of these. Roseanne had something to say about her. Watch. What's your take on Candace Owens?

[Cynthia Littleton]

Monster? If I see the, I'll knock her the out. She's an Islamist. Everything she says is straight out of it. It obviously comes down to this. He's taking the Qatari money. Hello. There's nothing else.

[Rodney Davis]

Where do you think this came from? Because she obviously used to be she's.

[Cynthia Littleton]

Getting paid by Jews. So she was doing that number. But I think when she got fired for being a Jew hater, and she is a Jew hater on every level and from medieval times with her blood libel and all that stuff, Ben Shapiro said it to her straight. If you feel taking money from the Jews is against your God, then by all means, quit. Her answer to that was, are you saying I can't quote the Bible? She's frigging crazy.

[Rodney Davis]

And Roseanne isn't bashful about her feelings. Then Michael Rappaport, another Jewish guy, came in and took it over the top. Watch what he had to say. This is a con artist. Why do you people keep going back to the well of Candace Owens? The B don't deliver. The has not delivered. She's always like, I got receipts. Where are the receipts? What makes you happy, Candace Owens? You're a mother of small children. You seem miserable. And you seem more and more miserable as the days go on. Come on, man.

[James Davis]

Rapaport is. You know, he's in. Came almost into the mega world with his comments. But he's right about Candace. We said it years ago, but we got castigated because we said she's a grifter. She's gonna jump on anything and try and make it her issue or whatever. But she has to do this because the stuff that she's putting out there doesn't get traction. So I gotta ride Whatever's popular. If it's George Floyd, if it's this one, if it's that one. So now it's just Charlie Kirk. And then too much of now to be something else.

[Rodney Davis]

Hey, but listen, she knows that she's been under a lot of constant scrutiny.

[James Davis]

Yeah.

[Rodney Davis]

And criticism. So she put out. She's in damage control right now. And in an effort to repair her image, they put out a promo video about herself. Why? She can connect any two events in history with yarn, thumbtacks and unwarranted color confidence. She doesn't need sources. She is the source.

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[Rodney Davis]

But then again, the feds told us to say that.

[James Davis]

That'S perfect. That is so perfect. Because I've sat there and I tried to listen to her like for longer than 10 minutes. I'm like, what is this confusing nonsense she got on here? A bunch of lies on. We got the receipts. We're just not putting them out there yet. And then never talk about it again. Where the receipts at, Candy?

[Rodney Davis]

Tell me about it. Well, I want to take this time though, to do a tribute to Charlie Kirk. People don't know Charlie was my friend. He and I had a lot of dust ups, whatever, but he was my friend. In fact, you can see right here on air the final. Since people were showing text that they had, I, I had the final. Let me pull it up here so I can read it. I can't see it from here. Text that Charlie and I had with each other. And in the text I said, hey Charlie, what's up? You haven't said anything inflammatory or controversial lately. I miss the old Charlie. I know we have a one year agreement, but Juneteenth is coming up and I'm going to give you a pass to say something controversial. God bless you and your family. Then I said, I consulted with my lead advisor, Kareem, and we both agree that you need to get back out in these streets to say some controversial stuff in honor of Juneteenth. It won't be the same this year without you. And Charlie came back with a laugh and he said, haha, I love you, man. This is hilarious. Charlie and I were Friends. And when I heard the news, man, it hurt my heart. I'm gonna be honest. I honestly had to fight back a tear, man, because I liked him a lot. I've known him 10 years and I liked him a lot. I didn't like everything he said, but I didn't like everything. I don't like everything my wife says I don't like everything my mother. I don't agree about. With anybody about everything.

[James Davis]

Exactly.

[Rodney Davis]

And so. But the thing I loved about Charlie was he and I were able to look past each other's disagreements. When we saw each other, we were back brothers, man.

[Donald Trump]

Yeah.

[James Davis]

It wasn't just a national event for me. There was literal grief. You know, he kind of felt it. I can't even, like, act like I didn't grieve for him because of how violent it was. And he was just a good American and a great Christian. You know, we've been commissioned to do certain things as believers, and he did it in spades. Going to the highways and the hedges of compelled men. And he did it. And so, you know, I pray for his wife and his children, but like you said, you guys were friends and. But even with friends, some of your best friends, you can have a dust up. And we still friends after the dust up.

[Rodney Davis]

Yeah. So I want to replay this. This snippet we did a segment we did several months ago right here on smackdown called Charlie Was Right. I hope you enjoy it again. All right, so since we're on this, and I'm going to title this segment the C block segment, and it's going to come as an amazing shock to a lot of people because, let me. Rehab. You know, there was some division in Macedonia in the last four years.

[James Davis]

Yes.

[Rodney Davis]

One of the main sources of division was the intra party race war that me and Charlie Kirk had. Yes, Charlie Kirk and I had an intra party race war, man.

[James Davis]

Indeed.

[Rodney Davis]

And we was going at it. We was battling hard, you know what I mean? And MAGA was shook because they were like, well, he's close to the president. He's close to the President. And to be quite honest, I told Trump to stay out of it. Right. So I'm a grown man. I don't even know, you know, I handle my own business. But Charlie and I. And Charlie was taking the high road. Well, I consistently took the low role because I'm a low role taker, you know what I'm saying? And I came out there, some of my other friends got involved, and I was calling them out. I think Wolfman, Matty Geitz got in and I said something to him. And it was division in Macedonia. But through it all, I will say this. I told him, I like Charlie. He's my friend. It's just I didn't like some of the stuff he said. Charlie said some stuff about pilots. Charlie said some stuff about this and that. But I have to go on record and saying. Regarding one of the things that Charlie said, James.

[James Davis]

What's that?

[Rodney Davis]

Charlie was right.

[James Davis]

Which was that I have to admit it.

[Rodney Davis]

Wait a minute. Hold on. Charlie and I ended our race war with some pictures. Me and Charlie, right here. We together. We. On a couple of occasions. I was with Charlie, we watching football together one night. Because, like I said, I always liked the guy, right? And. But I didn't like what he was saying. But there's one thing. Charlie came out and Charlie made some statements about Juneteenth. Okay, James, remember that?

[James Davis]

Yes.

[Rodney Davis]

And he said that Juneteenth was a bad holiday. And I was like, how dare that white boy say this about the Juneteenth? And he said Juneteenth was going to basically screw up the Fourth of July. And I'm like, how the hell is Juneteenth gonna screw up the 4th of July? Charlie was looking at stuff from a white perspective, right? I was looking at it from the black perspective. And from the black perspective. I have to go on record of saying this for all of you out of Macedonia. Charlie was right. Charlie was right. I'm gonna tell you how May 30th was Labor Day. That's. No, that's Memorial Day.

[James Davis]

Memorial Day.

[Rodney Davis]

And, man, Memorial Day, you know what we do in black. Black in black community? Memorial Day, man, we have ribs and chicken and potato salad, coleslaw and greens. All the soul food, man. We grease back. Yes. On Memorial Day, didn't you barbecue and do it? That's what we do.

[James Davis]

If you don't barbecue, they say something wrong. You got the barbecue on Memorial Day.

[Rodney Davis]

Less than three weeks later was Juneteenth. What do we do? We barbecued, man. We barbecued on Juneteenth. We ate potato salad, ribs. We had coleslaw, baked beans, greens, macaroni and cheese, yams. All of that good stuff, man. I'm telling you now. I still had a little bit left in the refrigerator from Memorial Day, but it didn't matter.

[James Davis]

You gotta celebrate, right?

[Rodney Davis]

Right. Next thing I know, from June 19th to July 4th was like two weeks on the phone. Now I called him. Cause we were thinking about what you. I called Kareem on the phone. I Said, hey, man. He said what? I said, man, Charlie was right. I don't want no more damn barbecue. I don't want no more damn baked beans. I don't want no more damn greens. I don't want no more damn potato salad. I don't to want. I'm no more. Ma', am, cook out. I'm not cooking out, man. Charlie was right, James. We ate seafood on the 4th of July. We, we was like, man, we gonna get some fish. I. I actually ate crab legs and stuff cuz I'm like, man, I don't want no more. That crab Juneteenth done screwed up the 4th of July.

[James Davis]

We had to listen to the white boy on this one because he had it right. Nobody want to eat no barbecue every two weeks or something. It's too sit up with a heart attack. Like Richard Pryor said, you be fine till that pork grab your heart.

[Rodney Davis]

Charlie was right. He was right. Like I say, and that's been a running joke with Creaming out for the last two years. Charlie was right, man. Charlie was right. Charlie Kirk. Charlie was right about that. Charlie, you were right about a lot of other things, man. I'll see you later, my friend. I'm getting choked up over here, honestly. So goodbye, Charlie. Goodbye, my friend. I'll see you in the morning. We'll be back.

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[Rodney Davis]

All right James, you know what? The rapture occurred or was supposed to occur last week. We either missed it. We missed it or it didn't happen. One of the two stock on bootleg prophet, prophet, P R O F I T from Africa said the raptor was coming. Man, what's your take on that?

[James Davis]

Yeah, here we go with the date setters, you know and everybody was getting ready. I wonder if people sold their stuff and you know, cancel some things and you know, said I'm not doing this and that because the rapture. Scott, how many times we keep falling for this, this nonsense but you know, here we go again. And what's wrong this because I can remember some of this stuff from years back but now people got social media, you know, I mean so now they everybody hearing this nonsense and believing it. That's the bad part.

[Rodney Davis]

I remember that, that, that that book when I was younger in the Lord 88 reasons why Christ will return by 1988. 88 came in one it and you know what dude did? He wrote another book. He said oh I was off by one year because of the different calendar. Now he wrote Another book called 89 Reasons why Christ Returned to 89. And then he got his money after that and we have never heard from him again. But watch this.

[Narrator/Announcer]

The Rapture is happening tomorrow. Are you ready for Jesus Christ return? A South African pastor named Joshua Michaela said Jesus told him personally that he will be coming back for his church on September 23rd and 24th of 2025. According to Christian prophecy, the Rapture is when believers in Jesus Christ are suddenly taken up to heaven, leaving the rest of the world behind. They say it will happen in the blink of an eye with millions disappearing all at once. Those left behind are going to face so much chaos, disasters, war, War. And they're gonna have to battle with the Antichrist. Some people are preparing for the Rapture by asking for forgiveness from God, calling up loved ones, and even quitting their jobs. While others are saying this prophet is a scam because the Bible says that you can't predict the day or the hour for when Jesus Christ is going to come back.

[Rodney Davis]

Days have been spoken and they came to nothing. But not this one. I give you a billion percent that on the 23rd or 24th, the rapture of the church will take place. I'm asking, I'm asking the world. Excuse me. In 2026, in 2025. 20. Sam. Hey, man, I feel sorry for the people. He got away with that crap over in Africa because then a lot of areas in Africa, Christianity is new and Pentecostal and Charismania Charismatic is new. And so he comes across, he's the man of God. He's guaranteeing them a billion percent the Rapture is coming. And people unfortunately believed him. Man, A lot of people sold their stuff, quit their jobs. One lady put her kids in child silence services. Wow. Child protection service. They all got ready for the Rapture. We saw when they went up on the mountain, they're looking up in the sky, they call themselves praising God. Next thing you know, later on, they walking down and it didn't happen. Now. Oh, wait a minute. And now he's done disabled all of his social media. He done went dark, man. What you got to say?

[James Davis]

Yeah, rent still due tomorrow. I know he tried. People would have had a rapture so we could escape all the bills and everything else that we got to do. But, but you know, once again, and that stuff leaked over to the west where you had people in, in, in our country just, I'm like, are you serious right now? People that, that read the Bible every day, A lot of these people in these African nations, they don't have a Bible. So they just believe the prophet, the so called prophet that's out there. And, and they, they hearing what he's saying, they believe in it. I mean, this stuff is crazy. It's funny, but sad at the same.

[Rodney Davis]

Time that they, you know, everybody was like, man, Rapture happening, right? Just in case I. I want this happening today. A and what was killing me was the comments on social media. Somebody said, because, you know, the Seventh Day Adventist started out of William Miller making prophecies about the coming of the Lord. And that whole movement started out of that, right? Somebody said, so what's the dude going to do now? Start the Eighth Day Adventist?

[James Davis]

Yeah, the comments were good. I got a couple of tags like, well, Pastor, you still here? Because if you still here, that means that we didn't miss it.

[Rodney Davis]

The funniest one, though, was the way somebody got me. I put a tweet out, okay? And I said, did the rapture happen today or was it happening later on the night or whatever? And my friend Samantha came back. We're up here. Where are you?

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[Rodney Davis]

We up here. We got rapture. Where you at?

[James Davis]

Where you at?

[Rodney Davis]

We still got our cell phones in that. Right?

[James Davis]

Right.

[Rodney Davis]

Our Twitter still working.

[James Davis]

We in a mansion. I'm sitting there on the couch tweeting you.

[Rodney Davis]

Oh, man, I'm telling you. So I feel sorry for the people. And dude, you need to. Maybe you better move to America now. Something. You better lay low for a while. Cuz one thing about it over an African, he gonna look up, they gonna have his butt on the spit like them old T movies. They don't play that crap.

[James Davis]

They don't play that crap.

[Rodney Davis]

You deceive us. Bugger the booga. The booger be a spear going through his.

[James Davis]

Through his chest or something worse than that. They're time up. Because they get them bamboo sticks and be beating them in public. It'll be a public. A public flogging. We'll be watching the prophet getting beat.

[Rodney Davis]

Yeah, he better chill. All right, now it's time for our smackdown of the week. Smackdown of the week goes to Ryan Roth. He's the guy that laid in the butt. Bush is trying to assassinate President Trump. He decided to represent himself in a court of law, and he gave a list of demands to the court before he was ready to, you know, assume his responsibilities. Watch. We've got the Ryan Ruth trial that's underway in a federal court now in Florida. And. And look, there's say what you want about people who try to represent themselves being a fool for a client, but this guy takes the cake because he had some really wild pretrial requests. Look, he. He wanted to have strippers. He wanted to have. He said he wanted to have an ex lover come. He said he wanted to avoid the trial and just challenge Donald Trump to.

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[Rodney Davis]

What in the world is going on in South Florida? Hey, man, what did he say wrong? Hell, I'm gonna lose the case. I'm about to be out here the rest of my life. Let me try to get, get, get here. He put a, like a center rider out. We have some entertainers come in. I want some strippers. I want this, I want that. I want this, and I want to play around the golf with Trump. And it was a winner take all round. If I win, I get to kill you. If. I mean, no. Yeah, and, and, and, and if, if you win, whatever he said, I get to be president or something.

[James Davis]

This dude put the A crazy, but here we go once again with this stuff. But you're right, it's like a death when the guys on death row and they get their last meal request. And so he putting in his request, I want some strippers. You know, this is gonna be my last time seeing the light outside on this side of the wall. So what's wrong with me having a few requests?

[Rodney Davis]

And so here's how it went. Let's see how it went. Let's go back to back to back to back with this. Rodney. All charges count one.

[Cynthia Littleton]

So far, we know guilty unanimously. Paul, get your reaction here as we.

[Rodney Davis]

Await more information from the court.

[Cynthia Littleton]

It's quite shocking. As the verdict was read, it appeared to our producers inside the courtroom that Ruth tried to stab himself in the neck with a pen. That's what it appeared to look like. Then four marshals dragged him out of the courtroom, took his coat off. They then shackled him at the waist and ankles.

[Rodney Davis]

I just want the world to know who my dad is for who he is and not for what the media has painted him out to be.

[Cynthia Littleton]

Sarah Ruth says her father, Ryan Ruth, is a loving father who spends his life helping others and doing good for the community.

[James Davis]

I mean, like, he's never wronged anybody.

[Rodney Davis]

And he's always been devoted to helping other people. And he doesn't understand why there's not more support.

[Narrator/Announcer]

He was there, just not only crying.

[Cynthia Littleton]

As she left, obviously she went into.

[Rodney Davis]

A full sprint to get away from.

[Narrator/Announcer]

The media and yelled out some profanities.

[Rodney Davis]

John, hey, man, dude had a full day. He wanted to strippers and all that. Then he got found guilty. Then he tried to do from the scene in the Godfather, remember when the guy stabbed somebody, got stabbed with some eyeglass, stabbed with an ink pen or something. The guy tried to stab himself. That didn't work. His daughter was talking about what a good man or father was. She couldn't believe it when he was found guilty and she ran off. Get the f away from me. And it was a fool night.

[James Davis]

I mean, literally, he's a good man laying in the bushes, trying to kill the leader of the free world. And then all the rest of this stuff. I mean, planned it, walked it out, all this stuff, and then did the craziest thing that any defender could ever do. Representing himself once again, just absolutely mental. I'm surprised they put him on trial and that he didn't cop an insanity plea. He had a better chance than that. At least they have a nicer place to go. Spend the rest of his life in an insane asylum. But.

[Rodney Davis]

But.

[James Davis]

But, you know, here we are.

[Rodney Davis]

You want to hear something funny? I remember right after the campaign and after the election in November, and President Trump wound.

[James Davis]

Right, right.

[Rodney Davis]

I called him on the phone that night. We talked about it. So I said, man, I know you ain't played no golf in a while. I know you wouldn't get back out on that golf course. He said, man, I don't know. People be hiding in the bushes with rifles trying to kill me. And I started laughing, man. He always had something funny to say.

[James Davis]

He said golfing got dangerous now, especially with the.

[Rodney Davis]

The.

[James Davis]

With the Ryan roofs out there. But I'm. I'm glad we got this verdict.

[Rodney Davis]

So, Ryan, Ruth, because you tried to assassinate the president and because you ordered you some strippers and you want to play around the golf and all that, because your daughter said you was a good man and ran telling everybody to f off on three, James, we smack you down. Ryan, come on, man. What you thought, James?

[James Davis]

I guess he thought he was gonna get away with it. I guess in his mind, you know what? You so crazy. We're just gonna let you out of here. We're just gonna let you.

[Rodney Davis]

You.

[James Davis]

That you go and do this, do something else, try and kill somebody else. No, man, they gonna drop the jail on top of his head, and he ain't coming back.

[Rodney Davis]

The jury deliberated for, like, 2 minutes and 38 seconds. They went right. As soon as they went in the back, like a letter came out, and they thought it was them asking for something. And they was like, what? Hold on. You mean to tell me that. Hey, man, this ain't even. They got in the back and looked around like, man, this ain't even nothing to talk about.

[James Davis]

I try to get back to work, I would be stuck down here all day with this nigga. Let's do the guilty verdict in five minutes.

[Rodney Davis]

All right, all right. It's been good. We'll be back next week, same smack time, same smack network. On behalf of James Bobblehead, myself, Rodney, our director, listen, we'll be back. And once again we want to express our condolences to the family of Charlie Kirk. He's going to be missed. Charlie's going to be missed, man. Final words for Charlie. James.

[James Davis]

No. Again, a great Christian, a great American, great husband and father. I salute what he put in the kids in this nation because that wasn't happening.

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