California’s Meltdown Goes Prime Time

Summary

The Rob Carson Show

Episode: California’s Meltdown Goes Prime Time
Date: May 7, 2026
Host: Rob Carson
Guests: Spencer Pratt, Matthew Farace, Ken Griffin (clip), Call-in from Mark (Baltimore)

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Rob Carson Show takes a sharp, humorous, and highly critical look at California’s ongoing political, economic, and cultural crises, focusing especially on homelessness, redistricting, and the fallout from progressive governance in major Democrat-run cities. Rob Carson draws frequent comparisons between California and other blue states, highlighting the broader national implications, and is joined by guests including candidate Spencer Pratt and commentator Matthew Farace. The show weaves in debates on immigration, public safety, anti-Semitism, and faith, all while maintaining Carson’s trademark blend of sarcasm and conservative outrage.

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Main Discussion Points & Insights

1. Class Action Lawsuits and Apple Settlement

[00:46-02:00]

• Rob opens with comedic disdain for most class action settlements ("you get 35 cents"), then reveals Apple is settling for up to $95 per customer on certain iPhones.
• Carson’s reaction: “I’ll take it! That’ll buy three hot dogs at a Nationals game.”

2. Redistricting Favoring Republicans

[02:00-03:40]

• Carson reports a redistricting trend: “Republicans are dominating the redistricting war.”
• States like California, Texas, and Florida are set to gain Republican seats, with a potential net gain for the GOP.
• He frames this as a rare cause for optimism for conservative listeners.

3. The Spencer Pratt Phenomenon & California’s Decline

[03:43-08:38]

• Carson lauds Spencer Pratt's “model” for fighting in blue states:

  “Republicans in Congress, wake up, get a little Spencer Pratt in you.” [03:43, Rob Carson]

• The homelessness crisis is a primary punching bag:

  “They’ve made Eden into a crap hole.” [04:16, Rob Carson]

• Carson humorously torches LA councilwoman Nitya Raman, likening her to “the bad ramen at Walmart."
• Homelessness is depicted as an "industrial complex" enriching NGOs and politicians without helping those in need.

Key Clip: Spencer Pratt on LA’s Homeless & Building Crisis

[06:39-07:42]

• Pratt describes billions spent on homelessness with little effect, citing “abandoned buildings… drug addicts lighting them on fire” and sky-high building costs:

  “Some developers… are charging $750 a square foot for stuff that should be costing 250.” [07:10, Spencer Pratt]

• Critiques policies enabling squatting and discouraging rentals.

Notable Moment:

Carson tells a story about his “badass” mother as a landlord who would sit in tenants’ foyers until they paid rent—a comic but pointed critique of current squatter-friendly policies. [07:42, Rob Carson]

4. Safety and Leadership Failure in LA

[08:38-11:09]

• Pratt and Carson slam California Democrats for rising crime and unsafe cities:

  “Downtown is so unsafe now... employees have to eat inside.” [08:38, Spencer Pratt]

• Carson blasts Karen Bass for being out of the country during wildfires, mocking her claim to deserve a second term.
• Critique of slow rebuilding after fires: “10,000 houses burned down…and 10 have been rebuilt.” [10:54, Rob Carson]

5. Fire Department Mismanagement

[11:09-12:17]

• Pratt on fire mismanagement:

  “There were a thousand firefighters…but there was no equipment for them…” [11:46, Spencer Pratt]

• Carson injects sarcastic commentary on diversity hiring at the fire department.

6. Voting Rights for Illegals & Local Election Integrity

[12:38-13:27]

• Y/N debate: Should non-citizens vote in local elections?
• Pratt: “No.” [12:51, Spencer Pratt]
• Karen Bass’s evasive answer: “It depends… they could have green cards.” [12:53-13:06, Karen Bass]
• Carson: “You’re not a citizen. How’s that?” [13:08]

7. Callers and Gender Issues in Shelters

[15:03-15:13]

• Mention of a transgender Honduran immigrant in a CA homeless shelter; Carson’s quipping tone underscores his criticism of the left’s priorities.

8. Benny Johnson: The California Nightmare

[16:08-17:40]

• Benny Johnson describes California as in a “psychotic death spiral.”

  “Every one of them told me the same thing. They can’t get out of California fast enough. Everything is nightmare fuel.” [16:35, Benny Johnson]

• Carson: “This is a revolutionary year.” [16:59, Rob Carson]

9. Anti-Semitism, NYC Protests, and Islamist Influence

[24:04-26:34]

• New York protests: Zoran Mandami cited defending "the right to protest," while Farace condemns protests that turn violent outside houses of worship as part of a “global Islamist revolution.”

  “This is all part of the same Islamist global revolution that is happening all over the world…It’s one connected network.” [25:32, Matthew Farace]

• Both denounce conflation of free speech with terrorizing minorities.

10. Judicial Overreach & Public Safety Failures

[27:17-29:50]

• Farace: “Judicial overreach…is coming in and throwing [representative democracy] out.”
• Carson cites failed prosecutions and immigrant crime, especially in Virginia and Maryland.

11. Anti-Israel Sentiments in NYC

[30:08-31:57]

• Recent removal of Israeli business promotion cited as evidence of anti-Israel/anti-Semitic sentiment in city politics.
• Farace: “The soul of Mamdani’s home is ‘we support October 7th.’”

12. Rising Anti-Semitism & Political Implications

[33:22-36:53]

• Farace: “Antisemitism and anti-American sentiment…are the same crowd.”
• Carson: “When political movements turn toward anti Semitism, it means they're in their death throes.” [34:51, Rob Carson]
• Farace calls antisemitism “rebellion against God,” taking aim at political figures on both left and right.

13. Faith and America’s "Jubilee"

[38:21-39:59]

• Carson and Farace promote the upcoming Rededicate 250 event in DC:

  “Brothers and sisters…coming together as the counter to the evil that's taken over the world. And I can feel it.” [38:54, Rob Carson]

• Comic back-and-forth about parting or walking across the Potomac.

14. Ken Griffin & Wealth Flight from New York

[41:12-42:58]

• Ken Griffin’s reaction to being doxed by NYC council member, and his decision as a billionaire to leave New York for Miami:

  “It's unquestionably they're moving out.” [42:32, Ken Griffin]

• Carson frames this mass exodus as "organic secession" rather than civil war—Democrat states are “starving for tax dollars...bankrupt...losing programs.” [42:58, Rob Carson]
• Conclusion: Carson claims, “Socialism always fails when you run out of other people’s money.”

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Notable Quotes

• Rob Carson:

  “They've made Eden into a crap hole.” [04:16]
  “You’re not a citizen. How’s that?” [13:08]
  “When political movements turn toward anti Semitism, it means they're in their death throes.” [34:51]
  “It is actually happening and it didn’t need a Berlin Wall to happen.” [42:58]

• Spencer Pratt:

  “Some developers… are charging $750 a square foot for stuff that should be costing 250.” [07:10]
  “No.” (On non-citizen voting) [12:51]

• Matthew Farace:

  “This is all part of the same Islamist global revolution… It’s one connected network.” [25:32]
  “Antisemitism is rebellion against God.” [35:24]

• Benny Johnson:

  “Everything is nightmare fuel. It feels good right now. Being insurgent Republican.” [16:35, 16:57]

• Karen Bass:

  “It depends. It’s not a yes or no.” (On non-citizen voting) [12:53]

• Ken Griffin:

  “It’s gone from creepy to…frightening…The CEO of United Healthcare was killed just a few blocks from my house.” [41:42-41:57]

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Key Segment Timestamps

• Apple Lawsuit / Class Action – [00:46-02:00]
• Redistricting Takeaways – [02:00-03:40]
• Spencer Pratt Excerpts on CA – [06:39-08:38]
• Karen Bass on Homelessness & Fires – [09:48-11:05]
• Voting Rights for Illegals – [12:38-13:27]
• Benny Johnson on CA “Nightmare” – [16:08-17:40]
• New York, Anti-Semitism, and Violence – [24:04-26:34]
• Ken Griffin Interviews on NYC Wealth Flight – [41:12-42:58]

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Tone and Style

• Rob Carson maintains a sarcastic, often irreverent tone, peppering rants with jokes (“bad ramen,” “Berlin Wall,” “walk across the Potomac”).
• Guests amplify the urgency, framing California and blue-state decline as cautionary tales for the entire country.
• The gravity increases with topics like anti-Semitism and Islamist influence, though humor remains present even in serious segments.

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For Listeners Who Missed It

This episode offers a rapid-fire, humor-laced but deeply skeptical take on California’s political and cultural challenges, as seen through the eyes of Rob Carson and his guests. Whether dissecting homelessness, redistricting victories, progressive overreach, anti-Semitic trends, or the exodus of the wealthy, the show’s message is clear: blue states are in crisis, and their woes are bellwethers for the nation. With mockery for politicians, compassion for victims, and a measure of conservative faith-driven optimism, the episode weaves in listener calls, expert analysis, and headline news for a lively and provocative broadcast.

Transcript

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Hold it now. You are about to hear the most interesting, informative, thought provoking and funny show in America on air and on the world wide web. This is the Rob Carson Show. This is our number two of the Rob Carson Show. Our good friend Matthew Farace joins us at the bottom of the hour. He's always awesome, been a friend of mine for a number of years and he's always got incredible insights, particularly with regard to Israel. He spends a lot of time in Israel and so we'll talk to him about what's going on in Iran and all that stuff. Hey, I might be. You ever get those messages in the mail where you get a class action settlement and you get nothing? You get D word for Richard. You know, it's like, oh, we got a gian, you know, class action settlement against Comrex or whatever company you just want to make up, you know, and they say we're gonna, you know, we've settled a 200 million dollar lawsuit and our lawyers are gonna get 199 million of them. You're gonna get 35 cents. That, that's the way it is, right? And I'm like, screw it, I don't even care. They'll send you. You check here and fill out this form if you want to take a part of this class action lawsuit and you get $3. I'm like, screw that. But Apple has settled a lawsuit. Must pay owners of a certain iPhones$95. What? Apple heavily promoted Apple intelligence, including enhanced Siri capabilities, but didn't deliver. Here's who qualifies for the rebates up to $95. All iPhone models right here, including 16, 16E 16 Plus. I've got a 16 Pro. No, I think I might have a pro max. Hold on one second. I think I might have a Promax. It's pretty, you know, it's pretty cool. But Anyway, roughly covers 35, 36 to 37 million devices. Base roughly $25 per eligible. Nice. Could raise to $95. I'll take it. I'll take it by, you know, like three hot dogs at a Washington Nationals game. Here's a new Republicans are dominating the redistricting war. Confirmed. California is going to gain five Republicans. Utah, one. Florida, four. Missouri, one. North Carolina. North Carolina, one. Ohio, two. Texas, five. Let's see. Yeah. Alabama, one. Louisiana, two. Mississippi, one. Tennessee, one. As far as potential is concerned, it looks like as far as Democrats, Democrats plus four in. In Virginia, but there's a 65% chance of that being overturned. Likely outcome, 18 more Republicans and six more Democrats. So this is going to help us. And the Democrats are losing all sorts of ways to cheat, and this is one of the ways. So I remain optimistic. This guy Spencer Pratt is a pretty impressive fella. Pretty impressive Fella. And Kayleigh McEnany says the Republican Party needs to be more like Spencer Pratt.

Spencer Pratt was phenomenal last night. He prosecuted the case. He has laid out a model that we as the gop, we cannot surrender blue states. We can't surrender blue cities. We have to stand up and fight for conservatives everywhere they exist. And he has done that to great effect. Phenomenal model that everyone should look at. And Republicans in Congress, wake up, get a little Spencer Pratt in you, because you just heard what they're about to do. Health care for illegal immigrants, potentially. Health care, potentially voting for illegal immigrants. And you guys can't even get the Save America act across the finish line. Give me a break.

Yeah, we're sick and damn tired of it. By the way, Newsmax was doing a poll online this morning about frustration with the Republican Party. And I think 97% of us are not only frustrated but pissed off at Republicans for doing nothing with regard to the SAVE Act. We're sitting and tired of it. You're not listening to us. You better start listening to us, John Thune, because we've had enough of your do nothing nonsense. Did you see what happened in Indiana? Did you see what happened in Indiana, John Thune, you better get your bleep together. There is a new new sheriff in town here. But anyway, there was a candidates debate. Justin Pratt, Karen Bass, who's a terrible, terrible, terrible mayor of, of Los Angeles, and this woman, Nitya Raman, who's a city council person and not the good Ramen. You know, like the good ramen, you go to the restaurant. You ever been to one of those ramen restaurants? I've never. You know, when I was in college, I ate that crappy ramen. And it's weird because I graduated in 1989. And it still costs the same. You know the block ramen that you buy, you can go to Sam's or Walmart, Walmart and you can get the case of 24 packs of ramen and it's like four bucks. And there are three flavors. Beef, really questionable. Chicken, really questionable. Shrimp, highly questionable. She's the bad. She's that crappy ramen that you buy at Walmart and it still costs as much as it did when I was in college. Like four for a dollar, five for a dollar on sale. That's who she is. She's that kind of ramen. But Spencer Pratt was going. He just went bananas on these. These idiots. And I love the fact that he's giving them what for. He is. He is unrelenting. He's hitting them with facts. There's no defending the policies of the Democrat party the last 16 years in the state of California because they made Eden into a crap hole. Here he is talking about the homelessness crisis in California. They spent billions of dollars on homelessness in the state of California. Pardon me, Excuse me, I just ate some fruit. Anyway, billions of dollars on homeless in California. It's only gotten worse because there's a homeless industrial complex. All it does is pay off people who have NGOs. Those NGOs give money to the government to I should Democrats to be reelected. It's just a massive amount of palm greasing and none of the homeless get anything from it.

[Spencer Pratt]

Well, the good news is when I enforce the law and clear the street of the drug addicts that have taken

[Rob Carson]

over 40 blocks, you can't say that they're poor homeless people. They're just out of work, of downtown L. A.

[Spencer Pratt]

Abandoned buildings that have drug addicts just lighting them on fire every other day. I will have potentially 20,000 units available to build. And thankfully, I spent a lot of time in a. In a town that has a lot of builders. And I see all the new 3D printing and the potential of how fast we can do it. And with this 81 that Mayor Bass is talking about, I met with the developer this week, Carlos, and he said yes. She did an initiative where she fast tracked it six months. It's been two and a half years and he hasn't been able to get his permits. The best part is some of these developers that are taking all of our tax money are charging $750 a square foot for stuff that should be costing 250 doll. Councilwoman Rahman, this plan that she's going to build all these units, guess what? She's going to sue all the people that actually rents to the tenants, and then they're not going to even want to rent to anybody because she wants people to squat in there for a year.

[Rob Carson]

And yeah, that's what Democrats have done. Of all the most outrageous things that Democrats have done in places like Los Angeles and New York is they allow squatters to stay in rental units. And you can't kick them out. And the only way you can get them out is to bribe them essentially to get them out. My mom used to run several rental properties, and a lot of times we'd have low income section 8 housing live in those in those units. This is back in the 1970s, early 80s, and my mother used to have this deal. If you didn't pay your rent, what would she do? Is when you were doing whatever you're outside, she would just move in to the foyer inside the door of your apartment and set up a card table and play solitaire and say, I'm going to be here until you pay the rent or move. It worked beautifully. My mother was a badass. She was a badass. She kept the.38 snub nose in her purse just in case there are any issues. I miss you, mom. You're the greatest. Oh, here's some more from Spencer Pratt about the Democrat party and what they've done to Los Angeles.

[Spencer Pratt]

Downtown is so unsafe now that they have to serve the food, all the employees have to eat inside. They can't risk going out. That's why all these beautiful restaurants are closing, because it's so unsafe. So before we require city workers to go back into any Billy's, we need to enforce the laws on the street. Councilman Rahman is talking about safety. Yet when animal rescue activists Rebecca Corey came in and said the dogs are being tortured, abused on the streets of Dunhole, she walked out of the hearing. She doesn't care about safety. She doesn't care about anything she's talking about. At least Mayor Bass pretends to care.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. What they do is they try their fentanyl on the dog, and if the dog dies, they don't take the fentanyl. That's what they're doing to the. These insane people in, in California, these homeless people. Oh, here's Karen Bass. This is just rich. So she. She's warned about the fires, possibility of them happening. She decides to go to Africa anyway. Now she saying last night that I felt so terrible being stuck in Africa while, you know, my heart was in Los Angeles. This is so. This is so bourgeois. Of her. I mean, this is so ruling class.

[Karen Bass]

As I have told you before, it was one of the worst moments of my life to not be here when my city needed me. And it didn't matter where I was or why I was away. To me, it reminds me, I was

[Rob Carson]

sitting there and I was drinking those tropical drinks, riding on the back of an elephant on safari, and I'm like, all I can think of is all those poor people back in Los Angeles.

[Karen Bass]

Like, if you're away and a family member is in an accident, oh, my God. But I think that I deserve a second term and I'm going to hold on.

[Rob Carson]

That's. Was that a laugh line that she was here? Oh, okay.

[Karen Bass]

Fight for that because we have made significant progress in a variety of areas.

[Rob Carson]

That has to be a laugh line that she's. Again, she's okay.

[Karen Bass]

For example, homelessness was going up year after year, and under my watch. It is the first time we've had a decrease in street homelessness while it

[Rob Carson]

went up because they died of overdoses.

[Karen Bass]

The country, 18%. It came down in Los Angeles, 17 and a half percent. I have expedited the building of housing because our number one issue in this city is affordable.

[Rob Carson]

10,000 houses burned down because of the fires over a year ago, and 10 have been rebuilt. If that's expediting, then I guess they'll be done in the next 1200 years.

[Karen Bass]

And one of the main drivers for affordability is housing.

[Zoran Mamdani]

Right.

[Matthew Farace]

So let me follow up on the fire, though.

[Zoran Mamdani]

One gets the impression based on what we saw, that you prioritized wages and benefits, a hike in the salaries of the.

[Rob Carson]

Of the firefighters union over the operations budget. We saw those, which is absolutely true. Here's actually Spencer Pratt calling out this awful, awful communist idiot. I mean, honestly, just a complete buffoon on the LA fires. His house burned down. He's still living in a nice little Airstream trailer fire.

You lost your neighborhood.

How does that really color your view

of what needs to happen at this

point and how does that help others moving forward?

[Spencer Pratt]

Yes, thank you for the question to the Mayor Karen Bass. The thousand firefighters that were available, but there was no engines for them because of the $17 million that Chief Crowley.

[Rob Carson]

But they did have a very diverse chief of the fire department who was lesbian, transgendered, amputees. Something person of color had asked the

[Spencer Pratt]

mayor for nine weeks before, and Mayor Karen Bass denied it. So they may have been available, but they didn't have the equipment.

[Rob Carson]

Everybody knows it was completely mismanaged. And if you don't Believe me. Look at the fact that only 12 houses have been rebuilt after 10,000 burned down. Dear God in heaven, do you think we're stupid? One more thing here. Asked about yes or no question, should illegals be able to vote? The only way these two Jackweed Democrats could win is if illegals are allowed to vote. They're asked a yes or no question. Of course they didn't give it.

[Zoran Mamdani]

This is a yes or no question, an answer. So there's an LA council member. He wants voters to decide. He is saying that these are democratic.

[Spencer Pratt]

Should they be allowed to vote in local elections?

[Zoran Mamdani]

Is this a yes or no, Mr. Pratt?

[Spencer Pratt]

No.

[Rob Carson]

There you go.

[Zoran Mamdani]

Mayor Bass?

[Karen Bass]

It depends. It's not a yes or no.

[Rob Carson]

Depends on what it is.

[Karen Bass]

Well, first of all, when you say non citizens, it doesn't mean they're here illegal. It doesn't mean they're undocumented.

[Rob Carson]

Yes, it does.

[Karen Bass]

They could have green cards. They could be here.

[Spencer Pratt]

Perfectly legal.

[Karen Bass]

And there's a lot of states and cities.

[Rob Carson]

You're not a citizen. How's that?

[Karen Bass]

He said on very, very local elections.

[Rob Carson]

Well, very, very local. Sure. They'll never become national. Give me a break.

[Karen Bass]

We have to see what the councilman is proposing.

[Zoran Mamdani]

Council Member Bremen.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, I would say again, it does depend. In other places, school boards have non citizens.

Mr. Fred, I have a question for you. I just hope and pray Spencer Pratt wins. And I also hope that Steve Hilton wins the California debate. Highlights from Steve Hilton on the other side of the break. Let's take a break right now. This is the Rob Carson Show. Hey, guys, it's Carson. If you are on Medicare or about to be, you could be overpaying right now and never know it. Here's why. Millions of seniors are in a plan that doesn't fit their needs. Because Medicare is complicated, many brokers just steer people into plans that pay them the most. That's absurd. That is so absurd, I decided to write a little slogan for it. Medicare sure ain't fair and choosing a plan is a bear. Pick a plan with a broker if you dare, and you might end up with a scare. Okay, you listen. It's a little rough. You need to know about Chapter. They're the only national advisor that looks at every plan in the country. Matches your doctors, your prescriptions and your situation to a plan that fits your needs. With Chapter, you'll see what a plan actually costs when you need it. Not just the zero dollar some plans advertise. Your doctors are covered and your prescriptions are too. You'll have confidence you have the coverage you need. A call with chapter is free. Takes about 20 minutes. If you're turning 65 or already on Medicare, call 27 Medicare again. That's 27 Medicare. Call 27 Medicare today.

[Matthew Farace]

One thing I would like to see updated is the word homeless to the word unhoused.

[Rob Carson]

How about new? Yeah, I think we're kind of done with that nonsense. Here's one of the many reasons California is such. I mean, so freaking insane.

And she feels safe here.

With the help of a Spanish translator, Lysa says he's staying in a homeless shelter, identifies as transgender, and is undergoing hormone therapy to become more like a biological woman after entering the U. S. Illegally. Yeah, there are three things that are preventing you from becoming a biological woman. Honduras tea trash, transgender. In this Manhattan Institute City Journal investigation, a whistleblower with access to city data. What, was he blowing his whistle? Okay. On homelessness says Lysa story is becoming more common. Universal health care for all and regardless of your immigration status. Especially after California Governor Gavin Newsom announced he's. Oh, my God, just shut up. I can't take it anymore. Benny Johnson. I had a chance to meet Benny a couple years ago. He used to have a weekend show on Newsmax like me, and both of us are now superstars, thank you very much. Here's Benny Johnson talking about the California nightmare.

[Zoran Mamdani]

You gotta ask the question, are you better off? And that's ultimately the question. Not just for four years, eight years, but for the last 20 years, that state has been in a psychotic death spiral. And I was just.

[Rob Carson]

Who said that about the Democrat Party? Right here. Death spiral into hell.

[Zoran Mamdani]

Anybody in California? Yeah, I went everywhere from Beverly Hills to skid row and we interviewed people. We were interviewing hobos smoking weed, and we.

[Rob Carson]

You can't say ho. Yeah, you can.

[Zoran Mamdani]

Reviewed billionaires that were trying to sell their house for half the price. Up next, close to the Palisades and burned down. And every one of them told me the same thing. They can't get out of California fast enough. Everything is nightmare fuel. It feels good right now. Being insurgent Republican.

[Spencer Pratt]

It feels good.

[Zoran Mamdani]

What happened?

[Rob Carson]

Listen, what I tell you. Just remember what I told you about. This is. This is a revolutionary year. This is.

[Zoran Mamdani]

This is Indiana last night, sticking it to the establishment in the Republican Party that have betrayed us time and time again. That's a great feeling. Ripping them out of their halls of power and casting them into the unemployment line. That's a great feeling. Democrats should do that. In California, you've been betrayed by your leaders. Rip them out of their marble hallways and cast them into the welfare lines and the food lines just like they. Where they want you to live. It's a great feeling. Democrats, you can do it.

[Rob Carson]

This is what I say to you. Democrats on the national level, are you hearing this? It's not just California. This is what I've been preaching to you. 80% of you come on in this nonsense in Washington, D.C. they don't vi. They don't represent you. Dear God. They don't represent you. Real quick. Mark in Baltimore. Hello, Mark. Welcome to the Rob Carson Show. What's on your mind?

[Caller Mark]

Yes, I could have to. Shalom. I just want to let you know, first of all, Last week, Tuesday, April 28, was a special day for me. It was my 66th birthday, by the way.

[Rob Carson]

Hey, happy birthday, brother. Happy birthday.

[Caller Mark]

Six, like Route 66, you know. Okay. Now, the main thing is yesterday I had the privilege of going to a monthly women's Republican meeting as a local club where us men are associate members. But that's okay.

[Rob Carson]

Maybe you were transitioning or something. I had no idea.

[Caller Mark]

No, I'm not. This is where we're propagating. Anyway. It was reported that throughout the state of Maryland we have more women Republicans that are running for office on different levels. They're not running, unfortunately, for the US Congress level or the governor, which they did, or anything like that, but they're looking for different officers throughout the state, whether it's county, local, or, you know, state legislature or the like. This is important. We can get more women and Republican women out there. You know, like, you know, I admire, you know, the former Congressman Michele Bachman, very pleased with what she did for Minnesota. I wish he stayed in there. But of course, we got a difficult state as it is in Minnesota.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, yeah. Minnesota sucked. Maryland. Maryland sucks. Listen, I got to run. I got to run. The, the. Your governor is. Is losing steam. A lot of people are kind of done with him. I call him the Westmore, the Fresh Prince of Bel Airhead, because he's all. He's all show and are all talking no show. He has bleeped things up. He took a budget surplus, five plus billion dollars, made it into a $3 billion deficit. And of course, the bay, which was supposed to cost 2 billion. Not the Bay Bridge, the Key Bridge project that was hit by a container ship a couple years ago. A little over a year ago, they were going to do it for $2 billion. They hired a contract that was going to cost $9 billion. I think Marylanders are tired of it. And I hope and pray to God that the Berlin Wall is going to finally fall in Maryland. I lived in Maryland for a dozen years. I fantasized and dreamed about living in Virginia. And then of course, they elected an insane socialist Marxist CIA agent. CIA agent, crazy cat lady over here. So we'll see. But as far as Maryland, I think Maryland, like California, like a lot of states run by Democrats, are sick and damn tired of the people in charge. It's going that way in Minnesota, by the way, as well. But I do appreciate your phone call very much, very, very, very much. Coming up, I want to talk to Matthew Farachi about what's going on in New York after October 7th. I remember seeing after this horrific attack on the Jewish people, raping women multiple times, you know, standing in line to rape a woman and then the last guy in line shoots her in the head, baking babies alive. And I mean, I could say it because it happened. Crowding people into bus shelters and throwing grenades in and watching them explode. That's what the Hamas did to the Israelis. That the next day they had anti Israel protests locked and loaded, locked and loaded, bought and paid for by people like George Soros and Neville Singham. Those are the people who support Zoran Mandami. There were violent protests outside of a mosque in New York City. Zoran Mandami, rather than condemning the violence, has decided to defend free speech. Supposedly there is a. It's not a fine line between a protest and a violent mob. If you're a violent mob, you need to be put down with a beat down. Pepper balls, rubber bullets, the whole deal. And then, of course, handcuffs. We're gonna talk to him on the other side of this break. This is the Rob Carson Show. Hey, guys, it's Carson for ghostbed. I am sleeping better than I've ever slept in my entire life. I used to think a mattress was just furniture, but I got a ghostbed. Ghostbed doesn't build mattresses like furniture. They build engineered sleep systems. Their beds are serious health equipment. Beds designed for relief and recovery, not looks. Your body should be healing while you sleep, not fighting for comfort. I noticed immediately my first night on a ghost bed, I slept for 10 hours. If you're waking up stiff, tossing and turning, sleeping hot, even reaching for a pain reliever before bed, hoping tonight will be different. That's not aging. That's your mattress talking. Here's another thing I love about Ghostbed. You get 101 nights to try it at home. If you don't like the difference, just send it back. Risk Free Ghostbed is currently having their Memorial day sale plus an extra 10% off for my audience. Go to ghostbed.comcarson and use promo code carson ghostbed.comcarson promo code carson for the sleep of a lifetime. My entire life, my bedding has just been bedding. I got the least expensive stuff I could find. Have you noticed your sheets slipping off the corners lately? Maybe your pillows just don't feel supportive anymore. Most people actually keep their bedding way longer than they should. It slowly wears down and you don't realize how much it's affecting your sleep. That's why I upgraded to bowl and branch. They make everything your bed needs. Their signature organic cotton sheets, pillows, blankets and comforters are all designed to be breathable, incredibly soft and get better over time. Most people start out with their signature sheets. I added the waffle blanket and now the whole bed just feels amazing. The moment you get bowl and branch is the moment you discover the difference. Upgrade your sleep with bowl and Branch. Get 15% off your first order plus free shipping at bolandbranch.com that's B O N L L and branch.com Rob Carson promo code Rob Carson that's bolandbranch B O L L A N D branch.com Rob Carson code Rob Carson to unlock 15% off, exclusions apply.

[Zoran Mamdani]

This is Mamdani's New York and he's defending it. We in this city believe in the sacrosanct nature right to protest and also are committed to ensuring that any New

[Spencer Pratt]

Yorker can safely enter or exit from a house of worship and that they

[Zoran Mamdani]

that access never be in question. While we also protect the first amendment.

[Spencer Pratt]

And I do believe that the police

[Zoran Mamdani]

ensured that yesterday evening.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, you see there's a difference between first amendment and violent mob that's inspiring fear and terrorizing people. And those people need to have a serious Took us kicking. I'll just say took us kicking. Matthew Farachi is the founder and president of Gideon 300 and Inspire Buzz media companies. They need a tuck is kicking, don't they?

[Matthew Farace]

Oh, Rob, Rob. How am I supposed to get it together for your show when you make me laugh right at the out this is always do this to me Bob.

[Rob Carson]

Well, you know, I could start off being really hacked Bob and everything but I, I, you know, honestly I, I, I can't just be angry all the time. I get so tired of hearing that nonsense. I look at this as an opportunity. We knew what we the we knew what we're getting with with with this jackass. I said that he's Islamist first. He uses the left. And, and just like they did in Iran in 1979, once they get into office, then, then they're, you know, the useful idiots are gotten rid of. So this is not a big surprise, but tell me your thoughts on this. On this protest out in front of a synagogue, which was nothing more than a terror rally.

[Matthew Farace]

You know, Rob, the bottom line is that this is all part of the same Islamist global revolution that is happening all over the world. It's the same people that are chanting Free Palestine in New York are backing the Iranian mullahs who are slaughtering their own people. It's one connected network. And it's amazing how slow the west has been to figure that out. Right. We're watching what's happening in London, in France and all these European countries shaking our heads. It's happening now in our own country. And by the way, not just in New York, in Texas. Yes, you know, which we can get into at some point, but we will. It's outrageous to say that we have to protect the First Amendment when people are bent on violence. That's not the First Amendment. The First Amendment is the right to speak. Speak freely and air your opinion. It doesn't mean the right to hail obscenities and try to rough up the country and terrorize. There's a big difference there.

[Rob Carson]

And terrorize, number one of all of the things. Terrorism. That's what the damn thing happened on America's college campuses when you had Jewish students hiding in the library. That isn't free speech. That's terrorism. That is a threat. That is illegal. And I got to tell you what, this is why I came up with the expression homeboys, hillbillies and Hebrews. Matthew, sooner or later, if the authorities aren't going to do it, we're going to have to head down and we're going to have to get involved and we're going to have to end this crap. That's just the way it is. And this is going to have to happen wholesale. Americans are going to have to stick up, say we're done with this bullcrap down in Texas, of all the states that this, this massive, you know, Sharia compliant subdivision could happen. I can't believe it's happening in Texas.

[Matthew Farace]

It's amazing, right? Why don't they at least have a sign outside that says beat your wives for free? Yeah, I mean, you know what I'm saying? It's absolutely absurd. And this is. This goes into. Rob. Judicial overreach, where we vote for people who represent us, who Represent our interests and our priorities. And then an out of control judiciary is coming in and an activist judiciary, which was never intended by the founding fathers is coming in and throwing that out. Look at the. Could you believe the other day that they let the guy out in Georgia that stabbed that Ukrainian girl on the train?

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Matthew Farace]

Or, or the judge who apologized to the would be assassin of President Trump for how he was treated. These people are not, these, these judges are not part of mainstream America. Americans don't agree with their point of view and, and particularly con. You know, Congress has the ability to do something about this in many cases or the state governments. But I think Americans. I don't know what you think, Rob, but I think Americans are sick of this.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, of course we are. Of course we're over in, where I live here in Northern Virginia, in old town Alexandria, there is a county prosecutor called Steve Descano and he is letting people out of prison who should be in prison. It resulted in the death of his wonderful woman named Stephanie Minter. This guy was an illegal alien arrested 40 times. He gutted her at a bus stop a couple miles from where I live right now. And it looks like the Fed is going after this guy. I want to play the audio from this Wonderful reporter on ABC 7 in

D.C. dOJ is specifically looking into Descano's decisions when it comes to plea deals, sensing policies and essentially if he's going too soft on crime, if you will, when it comes to prosecuting undocumented defendants. Now take a look. The DOJ tells us, quote, this investigation will uncover whether this prosecutor is putting the community at risk in offering sweetheart deals to illegal immigrants charged with, with serious crimes.

[Zoran Mamdani]

These policies are only part of the puzzle to find out what's happened over the last six years with Steve Discano

[Matthew Farace]

and so many victims who've been left

[Zoran Mamdani]

out because of what he does and really doesn't do as the chief prosecutor for Fairfax County.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. And this happened all over the country. He's a Soros. He's a Soros. Bought and paid for political hack. And hopefully the Fed is going to start going after these people, including the judges.

[Matthew Farace]

Yeah, well, you, and you identified it there, Rob. This is part of a. Because you know, your average person says, how does this happen? This doesn't make any sense. It does make sense when you realize it suits a political agenda, which is to promote one group over another group. So it's the opposite of justice is blind.

[Rob Carson]

Well, it's also creating chaos. It's also bringing down the country. As founded. I want to Play a soundbite from Zoran Mandami. I want you to listen to this. Apparently there was a business page sponsored by this city promoting Israeli businesses and they took it down. Listen to this.

[Matthew Farace]

EDC recently removed a page promoting Israeli businesses. I said the Economic Development Corporation recently removed a page promoting Israeli businesses in New York City. I'm wondering, why did that occur? And I'm wondering, does that have to do with your sort of expressed views about Israel, the rights of Palestinians? And furthermore, does this suggest any sort of shift, shift in the city's treatment of Israeli businesses or Israeli companies in the city?

[Zoran Mamdani]

I can get back to you on

[Matthew Farace]

the specifics of that.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, my God, that's you. I mean, duh, you ask the question. He wears it on his sleeve.

[Matthew Farace]

Well, also, and also, why would the reporter settle for that? You are a terrorist loving individual.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Matthew Farace]

Israel, whose wife came out. We, we know that his wife, you know what is, was supportive of October 7th. Just think about the wife of the mayor of New York, which, by the way, how much sunlight is there between the wife and the husband?

[Rob Carson]

Of course.

[Matthew Farace]

Right, right. In fact, if you think about it, Rob, your wife represents the heart of your home. She represents the soul of your home. Right. And so the soul of Mamdani's home is we support October 7th. So of course, of course this was done intentionally. And I love how he says, I'm going to have to get back to you on the answer. You know what I mean? Yeah, I think, I think Elon Musk, like, you know, you, you removed a page from a competitive company that makes rockets. Is that because you own SpaceX and.

[Spencer Pratt]

Yeah.

[Rob Carson]

Yes, yes. All right, so I've got much more to get to. On the other side of the break, we're talking to the great Matthew Farace. Let's take a break. This is the Rob Carson Trip Show. Hey, guys, it's Rob Carson for Relief Factor. There's a reason why at my age I could still crush it at the gym, carry an armchair by myself or do any home improvement project without pain during or after. And that's Relief Factor. When it comes to supplements, the two things that matter most. It works and you trust it. Relief Factor was created by a combat wounded Vietnam veteran. He decided to become a doctor simply to help people to heal them. If pain is holding you back, find out why so many people, including me, make Relief Factor a part of their daily routine. Try the three week quick start today. Go to relieffactor.com that's relieffactor.com or call 800 for relief. That's 800 for relief, for relief factor. I feel like I'm in 1932 Berlin at the standing up against what was going on. Not 1938, I'm not saying 1938, but in 1932 before the election of Hitler as chancellor, the universities were turning against Jews.

[Matthew Farace]

If there was Israel, they'd have been turning against Israel. And I feel I'm one of the few people who am standing up against my old, my old party. Look, I became a Democrat when I was 14 years old.

[Rob Carson]

I used to go with a loudspeaker

[Matthew Farace]

and campaign for a guy named Philip

[Rob Carson]

Shupler who was running for assembly of the Democratic ticket. So I've been a Democrat for 70 years. I now am strongly opposed to that party. Yeah, 100%. You should be. Anti Semitic attacks in the United States reached a record high in 2025 even as overall incidents fell by a third according to the new Anti Defamation League audit showing violence against Jews continued to escalate as, even as broader incidents decline nationwide. Now this is bought and paid for by the way. It's bought and paid for. Neville Singham, George Soros and other. And I think America's had a belly full of it. Matthew Farace, what are your thoughts on Professor Dershowitz's comments and the statistic I just mentioned?

[Matthew Farace]

Oh, well, unfortunately I think it's true for the Democratic Party, not just on that issue. I mean let you know, I read an amazing piece the other day that said it this way, Rob. Antisemitism, it's the same crowd. Antisemitism and anti American sentiment. In other words the two are linked. Again this is fundamentally trying, this is the Islamist revolution trying to overthrow the biblical worldview based Western world. And that is, that is absolutely what is happening right now.

[Rob Carson]

But the thing is I heard Victor Davis Hanson I think was the other day and I agree with him. He said when political movements turn toward anti Semitism it means they're in their death throes. And I believe that this, I believe the Democrat Party is in its death throes right now. There is a great awakening happening I believe around the rank of rank and file. I think we're going to see some incredible things happen in the state of California in the city of Los Angeles. And, and I, I'm optimistic. I, I think that they have peaked and they are, they like as I always say, they expose their flanks so we can kick their tuck us, you know.

[Matthew Farace]

Yeah Rob. Yes. And let's remember that anti Semitism, it's not a Racial thing. Okay. It's not like racism. Antisemitism is rebellion against God. And so these people are openly rebelling against God. And by the way, in many cases, the worst possible foul. Rebelling against God in the name of God, which, which the Bible talks about. And so we know, we know God wins in the end, and we know it's our job to align with God regardless of the way the winds are blowing. I think that a lot of people, Rob, you and myself concerned, are also very concerned about the Jew hatred taking place on the right. Now, I would just say, by the way, I don't think that Jew hatred on the right is on the right, meaning I don't believe they represent the right. I think that people like Tucker and Candace are lefties who have embedded themselves and are posing as being part of the right to destroy my.

[Rob Carson]

Did you see? No, no, no. Did you see what. Did you see what? He was. He, Tucker was in an interview with the New York Times woman, what's her name? Zulu. Zulu. Zulu Walla. And he. And he denied calling Donald Trump the Antichrist. And she. And it's in my TV show, Rob Carson's what in the World, which airs twice on Newsmax this weekend. Thank you very much. And he denied calling Trump the Antichrist. And then she had the tape. Why in the mother bleeping hell would Tucker Carlson suggest that Donald Trump is the Antichrist unless he is on the wrong side of God and the wrong side of good?

[Matthew Farace]

Well, also, Robin, his explanation, he said he didn't really know what the Antichrist was. So what happens is when somebody does that, and this is biblical as well, when you start striking out against God, God takes his hand off of you and says, okay, if you want to go down that rabbit hole and go down the rabbit hole and insanity, I'm going to let you do it.

[Rob Carson]

It. And by the way, I, I can tell what's happening. I contend that the Antichrist is not an individual. The Antichrist is a movement. And that is what is going on with, with the left. I, I believe it is. I really, really do. That's why I believe this is an all. This isn't about kicking one person's rear end. This is about taking down an evil group of people who are siding on the wrong side of good and the wrong side of God. I believe this from the depths of my soul. You know this. I've been talking to you this from, from day one when I first talked to you. I said that we are in the, we are in the throes of battle between good and evil. And I believe it more than ever in my life. My faith is only blessed. My brother well.

[Matthew Farace]

And Rob, you are privileged to work for a stalwart called Chris. Ruddy started this wonderful network and Chris isn't influenced by the winds of change. Chris acts on principle and he hires people based on a pro American, pro Western worldview. And he doesn't apologize for it. And that's why Newsmax is such a wonderful place to be.

[Rob Carson]

Now, I want to mention something before we go, Matthew. Washington D.C. is doing Rededicate 250, which is going to take place May 17th on the National Mall, describing it as a national jubilee of prayer, praise, and thanksgiving. This is what I'm talking about. The brothers and sisters, my Hebrew brothers and sisters, my Christian brothers and sisters, my Muslim, not Islamist brothers and sisters, my Hindu brothers and sisters coming together as the counter to the evil that's taken over the world. And I can feel it. This is going to be an amazing event, bro.

[Matthew Farace]

Yes, it is. Yes, it is. And it's got a lot of energy behind it. I just went to an event yesterday. That bright part put on yesterday morning with Monica Crowley doing an amazing job over there.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Matthew Farace]

And Monica was describing this event and wow, the way she, she, she put it together, everybody in the room was jazzed to be able to attend.

[Rob Carson]

I hope to be down there myself. I just live across the river, so I may. I am going to go over for the event for sure. Matthew, I appreciate you, man. Thank you so much.

[Matthew Farace]

When you show up, don't worry about it.

[Rob Carson]

You know what? I'll just walk across the Potomac.

[Matthew Farace]

You're just going to walk across the Potomac? That's what you're going to do? I mean, you can look, you can do the Jewish version and the Potomac will part or you can do the Christian version. You can walk across. Across. I just want to see you get there. Okay.

[Rob Carson]

I need to drive my staff into the Virginia side of the Potomac and watch it part. You know what would part the Potomac? Just some disinfectant. It was just.

[Matthew Farace]

Yeah, no, that actually, that, that's probably true. Rob, if you just said something true, the Potomac might part out of.

[Rob Carson]

I know. I could walk around. All right, Matthew. Thank you, brother. I appreciate you. Matthew Ferrachi on the Twitter. Anywhere else people can find your glorious his work.

[Matthew Farace]

That X is absolutely perfect at. Matthew Parace. That's the best.

[Rob Carson]

All right.

[Zoran Mamdani]

All right.

[Rob Carson]

God bless you. We'll talk soon. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob CARSON SHOW Come on feet.

[Zoran Mamdani]

Stop.

[Rob Carson]

Come on, get there. Thank you Matthew Ferachi for being on the show. He's always awesome. Make sure to check out the podcast if you missed any of the any of the interview and we course on all your usual podcast platforms. ROB CARSON SHOW Ken Griffin is a billionaire. He was called out by Zoran Mandami a couple weeks ago and Zora Mandami said, well we're going to, we're going to, you know, I'm going to tax the rich. And he was standing right out there in front of the his home. And here is his reaction this on Fox News with regard to the Mandami pied a terror tax of billionaires and millionaires people that have a property above $5 million in New York City and wanting to tax them more. And the terrifying video where Zoran Mandam

doxed Ken Griffin city Mayor Zoani, remember

that video from the mayor?

[Matthew Farace]

Well, Ken Griffin is reacting after the

[Rob Carson]

Democrat socialist singled him out in that viral video announcing a new tax on second homes.

[Ken Griffin]

Listen, it was creepy, weird.

[Zoran Mamdani]

Agree.

[Ken Griffin]

I mean like knock, knock, knock on the window like huh? Mayor of New York City.

[Zoran Mamdani]

Yeah.

[Ken Griffin]

On the screen like, like, yeah.

[Rob Carson]

How many times have you watched that video?

3.

[Ken Griffin]

Like you literally looked at the first time you're like, you got to be kidding me. Okay. And then the second time you're like, you know what? This is actually, this has gone from creepy to actually not really creepy. This has gone frightening because yeah, you know, the CEO of United Healthcare was killed just a few blocks from my house.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Ken Griffin]

And anything that creates like an agitation in the extremist on either side of the aisle.

[Rob Carson]

No, no, no. Know it's all from the left and it ultimately has resulted in violence like which you just spoke. The, the murder of Charlie Kirk and of course three assassination attempts against Donald Trump. But Ken Griffin is going to have the last laugh. He's out of New York.

So where does that leave us at 350 Park?

[Ken Griffin]

That leaves us with the fact that

[Rob Carson]

it's a multi billion dollar development that he's pulling.

[Ken Griffin]

We went to Miami and revised our building plan to make it a bigger office building.

[Rob Carson]

You're bailing.

[Ken Griffin]

So, so what do we do at 350 is is a still a point of discussion internally. But what is no longer a point of discussion is that Miami is now. You know, when, when we moved from Chicago, there was a debate between New York and Miami. It's unquestionably true that we made the right choice. I'll leave it at that. It's unquestionably they're moving out.

[Rob Carson]

You know, I used to think it was going to take a civil war to divide the country. Maybe not a war, but certainly an absolute division, not necessarily walls, but division between Democrat run social estates and Republican states. And then I said that eventually the people from the Democrat socialist states would be streaming across the board of the Republican states. It's happening organically. It's happening, it's real. This is what I predicted years and years and years ago. It's happening. It's happening in New York. It's happening in California. It's happening. And they are going to be starving in New York for tax dollars. They're going to be losing their programs. They're going to be going bankrupt. They won't be able to support their moist socialist dream. It is actually happening and it didn't need a Berlin Wall to happen. This is real and that's what makes it so good. The Democrats haven't learned socialism always fails when you run out of other people's money. And it's happening for lack of a better expression in real time. Second record comeback last hour. The Rob Carson show is right ahead. Don't go anywhere. She does a lot for your family.

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