Cart Wars: Rob Carson vs. the Grocery Store Shoplifters

Summary

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The Rob Carson Show

Episode: Cart Wars: Rob Carson vs. the Grocery Store Shoplifters
Date: October 30, 2025
Host: Rob Carson (Newsmax Podcasts)
Theme: Political satire and commentary on the government shutdown, SNAP benefits, Democratic Party policies, and the broader state of American politics, with special attention to entitlement mentality, illegal immigration, and the Trump administration’s actions in contrast to Democrats.

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Episode Overview

This episode blends Rob Carson’s signature humor and sharp political commentary with the urgent issues of the week: the ongoing government shutdown, the pending cutoff of SNAP (food stamp) benefits, and growing tensions around entitlements and immigration policy. Carson frames the Democratic Party as being “out of touch” and accuses them of leveraging shutdown pain for political gain, especially at the expense of everyday Americans.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Halloween Satire and Political Parody

Timestamp: 01:51–03:01

• Carson opens with tongue-in-cheek references to Halloween and a satirical song, “Spooky Scary Democrats,” lampooning Democratic policies on gender, healthcare for undocumented immigrants, and late-term abortion.
  • “Spooky, scary Democrats. They want to give illegals healthcare, pay more by me and you.” (02:13, Interviewer/Host)
  • “They are why the government has come to a halt. The death of their party. It is coming soon.” (02:29, Interviewer/Host)

Tone: Light, mocking, political parody

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2. Government Shutdown & SNAP Benefits Crisis

Timestamp: 03:01–08:13

• Democratic Party’s Leverage: Carson frames the Democrats as intentionally prolonging the shutdown, refusing to vote to reopen the government, and attempting to extract “$1.5 trillion in additional spending.”

  • “They're trying. They really do. They think they have some leverage, and they really don't because they're on the wrong side of everything.” (03:16, Rob Carson)

• Impact on SNAP: He highlights the pending cutoff for SNAP benefits (food stamps), suggesting Democrats have turned entitlements into dependency:

  • “If you take their entitlement away, they're gonna pitch a fit and they're gonna, you know, they're gonna shoplift in the grocery store.” (03:51, Rob Carson)
  • “Good luck with that because if you're in my store, I swear to God I will run you over with a cart. ... I'll ankle tackle you as you go out the door.” (03:53, Rob Carson)

• Public Opinion: Carson draws attention to polling showing 70% of Americans see the Democratic Party as “out of touch,” and strong support for deporting illegal migrants.

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3. Criticism of Democratic Priorities in Budget Negotiations

Timestamp: 06:43–09:18

• The show mocks Democrats for demands including:

  • $200 billion in healthcare for undocumented immigrants
  • Wasteful foreign aid and funding for NPR
  • Cuts to rural hospitals

• Carson’s take: “No sex changes in Zimbabwe.” (07:38, Rob Carson)

• “They're doing a tailspin into hell. That's what the Democrat Party is doing.” (07:56, Rob Carson)

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4. Contrasting Trump Administration vs. Democrats

Timestamp: 08:28–09:18; 38:09–40:23

• Clips of Trump discussing healthcare and “making Obamacare better.”
  • “We want to make Obamacare better. Better for people. Less expensive and better health care.” (09:15, Guest/Politician/Trump)
  • Carson’s response: “Because it's a giant piece of crap and it's never worked.” (09:18, Rob Carson)
• Later, Carson hails Trump’s productivity and global diplomacy, highlighting trade deals and efforts to lower drug and IVF prices.
  • “He's doing everything. And all the Democrats can do is caterwaul and pitch a fit... I've never seen a president do as much in such a short amount of time as this man is doing.” (36:11, Rob Carson)

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5. Accusations of Entitlement ‘Creation’ and Voter Dependency

Timestamp: 12:19–13:07

• Co-host Rob Finnerty shares stats on immigrant SNAP dependency.
• Carson’s analysis:
  • “The Democrat Party has paid people to come here so you can fill voter rolls with people who are dependent.” (13:07, Rob Carson)
  • He describes a cultural shift “from entitlement to entit[lement],” blaming Democrats for dependency and anger over benefits cuts.

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6. Government Workers & Public Suffering

Timestamp: 09:18–11:56 and 15:47–16:58

• Carson expresses empathy for government workers not receiving pay and for Americans living paycheck to paycheck.
  • “I know what it's like to not be able to be the breadwinner in my family. It nearly killed me.” (09:50, Rob Carson)
• Unions call for reopening government: “America wouldn't be hungry. ... People just need to do their job.” (15:47–16:02, Interviewer/Host & Guest: Everett Kelly)

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7. Political Arguefest: Who’s Starving Whom?

Timestamp: 12:07–20:23

• Democrats and progressive media accuse Republicans and Trump of “weaponizing hunger”—turning SNAP recipients, children, seniors into “political pawns.”

  • “Trump is weaponizing hunger....choosing politics over people. Cruelty over compassion.” (12:07, Interviewer/Host)

• Carson rebuts as disingenuous, points out SNAP doubled in four years due to Democrat policies.

• Repeated sharp jabs:

  • “They are choosing to withhold funding for SNAP because they want to punish hungry children, hungry veterans.” (19:30, Interviewer/Host)
  • “Yes, we want to punish hungry children. That's—that’s what we're at. We want to punish hungry children. Yeah, you just go with that, Hakeem.” (19:36, Rob Carson)

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8. The Washington D.C. “Bourgeois” and Entitlement

Timestamp: 23:14–26:56

• Carson paints D.C. as an elite city where government insiders live large while the rest—the “proletariat”—get their “crumbs.”
  • “The average federal employee makes about 70% more than the rest of us... Washington D.C. proper, the, the, the income for the Entire household average $265,000.” (23:29, Rob Carson)
  • “We have a bourgeois and we have a proletariat... and we get their crumbs.” (24:55, Rob Carson)
  • Parallels to French Revolution: “We have a Bastille... November 5th was the revolution.”

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9. Outlook on 2026 Elections & Democrat Prospects

Timestamp: 26:56–28:13

• Youth & conservative commentators predict Republican momentum, with demographics shifting and “25 to 40 Republican seats and electoral votes move into red states” if GOP controls the census.
  • “We're just getting warmed up. And I love the fact that Trump is just plowing right ahead.” (27:29, Interviewer/Host quoting Ned Ryan)
• Carson’s verdict: “And the Democrat Party is dying like movie vampires. Dying like movie vampires. Dragging, kicking, clawing, trying to drag us into hell with them. It's not going to work.” (28:13, Rob Carson)

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10. Entitlements, Borders, and “Feeding Illegals”

Timestamp: 28:13–32:47

• Carson argues that Democrats “would rather feed people coming in from other countries than feed you while you suffer.”
  • “Half the people on SNAP benefits are here illegally.” (29:37, Rob Carson)
• Discussion of difficulty during inflation, business closures, and pandemic, claiming Democrats prioritized non-citizens’ needs.

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11. Halloween Lore and Humor Break

Timestamp: 32:47–36:00

• Brief but humorous tangent on urban legends around Halloween candy, nostalgia about trick-or-treating, and the “legendary” full-size candy bar.

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12. Contrast of Trump vs. Biden on Foreign Policy

Timestamp: 38:09–40:23

• Clips of Trump lauded for trade deals, bringing manufacturing to America, and lowering prescription drug prices.
  • “He is doing more than any president we've seen in our lifetime.” (36:26, Rob Carson)
• Carson: “We had a President of the United States who was out of commission most of the time. ...every one of his executive orders...are being questioned because he was not capable of being the president.” (38:41, Rob Carson)
• Chinese President Xi Jinping purportedly credits Trump for peace advances, especially around Gaza and South Asia.
  • “I appreciate your great contribution to the recent conclusion of the Gaza ceasefire agreement.” (40:12, Interviewer/Host as Xi Jinping)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Democrats and SNAP:
  • “If you take their entitlement away, they're gonna pitch a fit and...shoplift in the grocery store.” (03:51, Rob Carson)
  • “You're doing a tailspin into hell. That's what the Democrat Party is doing. A tail spin into the pits of hell.” (07:56, Rob Carson)
• Satirical Jabs:
  • “No sex changes in Zimbabwe.” (07:38, Rob Carson)
  • “They want to cut $50 billion from rural hospitals. ...You're doing a tailspin into hell.” (07:56, Rob Carson)
• On Entitlement Mentality:
  • “The Democrat Party has paid people to come here so you can fill voter rolls with people who are dependent.” (13:07, Rob Carson)
• Comparing DC Elites and Ordinary Americans:
  • “We have a bourgeois and we have a proletariat. The proletariat is us. ... We get their crumbs.” (24:55, Rob Carson)
• Election Analysis:
  • “And the Democrat Party is dying like movie vampires. Dying like movie vampires. Dragging, kicking, clawing, trying to drag us into hell with them. It's not going to work.” (28:13, Rob Carson)
• On Trump’s Administration:
  • “He's doing more than any president we've seen in our lifetime. ...Never seen a president do as much in such a short amount of time as this man is doing.” (36:26, Rob Carson)
• On Biden and Democratic Leadership:
  • “We had a President...who was out of commission most of the time. ...every one of his executive orders...are being questioned because he was not capable of being the president.” (38:41, Rob Carson)
• On Foreign Policy:
  • “I appreciate your great contribution to the recent conclusion of the Gaza ceasefire agreement.” (40:12, Xi Jinping, quoted by Interviewer/Host)

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Important Segments & Timestamps

• Opening Satire and "Spooky Scary Democrats" Parody: 01:51–03:01
• Government Shutdown SNAP Fallout and Shoplifting Commentary: 03:01–06:43
• Dems Demanding Policies in Shutdown Negotiations: 06:43–09:18
• Trump's Policy Approach, Especially Health Care: 08:28–09:18
• Criticism of SNAP and Immigrant Dependency: 12:07–13:42
• Empathy for Federal Workers: 09:18–11:56
• Accusations of Weaponizing Hunger: 12:07–20:23
• DC Elites vs. Ordinary Americans: 23:14–26:56
• 2026 Election Prospects: 26:56–28:13
• Trump's Foreign Policy and Biden Critique: 38:09–40:23

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Overall Tone

Rob Carson’s tone throughout is biting, sarcastic, unfiltered, and unapologetically partisan. He uses humor and hyperbole to attack policies and decisions he deems harmful or hypocritical, while celebrating Trump’s record and lambasting the perceived failures of mainstream Democrats.

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Transcript

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[Rob Carson]

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[Interviewer/Host]

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[Rob Carson]

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[Guest/Politician]

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[Rob Carson]

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[Interviewer/Host]

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[Rob Carson]

This is the Rob Carson Show. Hey kids, you know what it is. You know what it is. It's. It's All Hallows Eve. Tomorrow night is is Halloween. Case you wanted to know, it is Halloween tomorrow already.

[Interviewer/Host]

Spooky, scary Democrats.

[Rob Carson]

They want you and me to foot.

[Interviewer/Host]

The bill for gender surgery.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, that's true.

[Interviewer/Host]

Spooky scary Democrats. They want to give illegals healthcare pay more by me and you. I know we don't trust you Democrats. Not one single bit.

[Rob Carson]

Nope.

[Interviewer/Host]

You're out to destroy this land and you never quit. Quit.

[Rob Carson]

You're nuts.

[Interviewer/Host]

Spooky scary Democrats. Each of them supports late term abortion guys and women's sports. Spooky, scary Democrats. The shutdown is their fault. They are why the government has come to a halt. The death of Their party. It is coming soon. Spooky, scary Democrats you can never trust. Let's hope that the midterms for them will be a bust.

[Rob Carson]

I hope so.

[Interviewer/Host]

Spooky, scary Democrats, spooky as can.

[Rob Carson]

Jim Goss is starting off the show. Yeah, I'm gonna go get the Halloween candy today. It's my first time as a non cul de sac dwelling dad, as a, as a host of Halloween and in my apartment complex, I guess they're gonna have some Halloween trick or treaters. So I'll probably get like maybe one kid and a couple adults who live down the, down the hall from me. Anyway, welcome to the show. Please come inside. Lots of stuff going on. The Democrats, we're not gonna vote on a opening the government today, I guess because the Democrats, you know, starving people, that's what they're doing. They're trying. They really do. They think they have some sort of, some sort of leverage and they really don't because they're on the wrong side of everything. I read yesterday there was a, there is a new poll that shows that the Democrat party, I think 70% of people feel the Democrat Party is out of touch. So 76, 70% of the American people, all people in general, believe that the, the Democrat Party is out of touch. And, and obviously, duh. Yeah. And then you got this new poll that shows strong support for deporting all illegal migrants is double the share of the people who oppose it. So more people are in favor of getting people who are illegally out of the country then, then would, would prefer to have them stay here, which is kind of remarkable when you think about it. And one of the big things today, it's going to end tomorrow, I guess, is the SNAP benefits. And I don't know if you knew this, but the SNAP benefit program doubled in the last like three years. So the Democrat Party, when Joe Biden was inviting all the illegals to come into the country illegally and everything, they were loading them up with free benefits. A lot of people who now are on entitlements who feel entitled. And if you take their entitlement away, they're gonna pitch a fit and they're gonna, you know, they're gonna shoplifting grocery store. Good luck with that because if you're in my store, I swear to God I will run you over with a cart. I will stop you. I will ankle tackle you as you go out the door. If you got a bag with you and you're carrying a plastic bag full of stuff, I'll knock it right out of Your hands. That's what I'll do. Because you know what if welfare benefit cutoff and by the way, if you don't get paid as a federal employee, would you rob a bank? Would you walk in and rob a bank? Well, of course not. So don't be ridiculous. It's utterly, utterly ridiculous. It's very simple. The Democrat Party is doing this. They feel like they have some sort of leverage. They've always done this crap before and they're trying it once again and they don't care. Listen, the Democrat Party, if you think they care about you, look at the last four years. Look at when Joe Biden was the President of the United States. The abuse and neglect that they purposely infiltrated on you and me. Keeping your business closed, keeping your kids school closed. During COVID The price of groceries, 9% inflation. Joe Biden's first year in office. 50% increase in the price of groceries. Houses doubled in cost because of all of the illegal immigration. Rents went through the ceiling. Rents just went, I mean up a third or even a half higher than they were. Interest rates tripled. And now suddenly the Democrat Party cares. Of course they don't care. They will put any sort of pain on you thinking that you're going to believe that Donald Trump is doing. But you see, it's not gonna work anymore because Donald Trump is doing so much good stuff. Donald Trump is doing so much good stuff. Even Harry hinted yesterday as far as the importance on the minds of the average person, the economy has moved way down because people are actually making some money. Inflation is. Manufacturing is coming back to America. Unemployment is almost non existent and it's not gonna work. This is Mike Johnson talking about the shutdown and who's causing it.

[Interviewer/Host]

About 60 votes. So you have to have them now. They voted 13 times those Senate Democrats counting the House and the Senate.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. All they had to do was vote and say yes, we'll do the cr. Everything is funded. We'll debate and hash out over we're gonna pay for and whatnot. But the Democrat party wants $1.5 trillion in additional spending. That's. And they are extorting the money from Congress and it's not going to work together.

[Interviewer/Host]

They voted 13 times to keep the government closed. And what they're demanding as a ransom to reopen the government. Yeah. Are some really crazy things.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Interviewer/Host]

They want, they want to restore $200 billion in health benefits paid for by US taxpayers to illegal aliens and non citizens.

[Rob Carson]

It's not going to happen. Sorry if you're not from Here. I'm not going to pay your health care.

[Interviewer/Host]

We can't do that. They want billions of dollars in wasteful programs to be returned to foreign countries for things that none of you would agree with.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, no sex changes in Zimbabwe.

[Interviewer/Host]

We are not going to do that. Nope. They want a half a billion dollars to go back to left leaning news organization npr.

[Rob Carson]

Suck it. Go. Go beg for some more money.

[Interviewer/Host]

Get some more tote bags paid for by taxpayers. We can't do that.

[Rob Carson]

Nope.

[Interviewer/Host]

And then they want to cut $50 billion from the rural hospital fund.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, they want to cut $50 billion from rural hospitals. So small towns that have hospitals won't have their hospitals. You know, honestly, it's not gonna work. You're doing a tailspin into hell. That's what the Democrat Party is doing. A tail spill, a tail spin into the pits of hell. And it's not gonna work. It's not gonna work. Here's Donald Trump in China. He had a big meeting with Xi Jinping last night. And, and apparently, you know, got some. They're gonna stop sending fentanyl over here and then Trump's gonna lower their tariffs and a few things like that. But here is Donald Trump talking about what he wants to do and it's reasonable.

[Interviewer/Host]

What is your position on the extension of healthcare subsidies? Which is what democr.

[Guest/Politician]

All I want to do is very simple. I want to get the country open. And then we're going to discuss that and we'd like to. Obamacare is a horrible mess and it has been from the beginning. We want to make it better, stronger.

[Rob Carson]

I remember Nancy Pelosi. She said we have to pass it to find out what's in it. Well, it was full of crap.

[Guest/Politician]

But it cost. If it costs more money, cost more money. We want to make it better. The Democrats want to make it worse. The Democrats want to prove health care for illegals coming into our country, many of them coming in from prisons and mental institutions and drugs dealers.

[Rob Carson]

All true.

[Guest/Politician]

They want to give them health care. We don't want that for our people because that's going to destroy the health care that we already have. We'd like to make Obamacare better. Better for people. Less expensive and better health care.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. Because it's a giant piece of crap and it's never worked. And now health care premiums for a family, four used to be, if I'm not mistaken, used to be about 12 or $14,000 a year. And now not so much. Not so much anymore. So there you go. The. So here's where we are today. They don't think they're gonna do another vote today. I don't know what the deal is here. My computer is not giving me the audio that I want. It's kind of making me mad. But, but they clearly are not gonna vote on it today. And it looks like, it looks like unfortunately the, the food stamps are going to stop tomorrow. So what I would recommend you do is if you, if you have a food bank near you that you've given to, you might offer a little more help and hopefully this will turn around soon. Because Democrat Party, like I said, they're in a deathspin to hell and they are willing to take people down with them and people are going to suffer because of it. And it's ridiculous. It is ridiculous. And by the way, government workers who are not getting paid, I want to thank you for doing what you're doing because most of us wouldn't do it. Most of us if our employer stopped paying us, we would stop going to work. And I know this is very hard. Trust me, I have been through this before. I have lived paycheck, check to paycheck, for decades in my life. And when you're a without a paycheck, it is exasperating, it is heartbreaking, it is stressful. As you sit there, trust me. Listen. I know what it's like to not be able to be the breadwinner in my family. It nearly killed me. It nearly killed me. So realize that this too will pass. This too will pass. And we are going to come together on this. And shame on the damn friggin Democrats for all of the crap they've done to our country, done to you and me. And now they're doing this. Of all things that they could do to us, this is what they're doing. Utterly, utterly ridiculous. And like I said, they are in a death spiral to hell. This Democrat Party is over. If you think this Democrat Party is somehow going to win in the midterms, you are high. I don't know what kind of weed you're smoking, but you're out of your friggin nut. This Democrat Party is so intellectually and morally bankrupt and it has done so many things to you and me. They are not going to recover unless they have a complete overhaul of the party. Otherwise they disappear into oblivion. So this is not working. They think it is. They've been on the wrong side of everything. Everything is an 8020 issue. They have absented on the side of absurdity and it's not going to work anymore. All it's going to do is unify us. Let's take a break and come back, shall we? This is the Rob Carson Show.

[Guest/Politician]

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[Interviewer/Host]

So Trump is weaponizing hunger. He's turning millions of children and seniors and veterans into political pawns. He's choosing politics over people. Cruelty over compassion.

[Rob Carson]

Oh my God.

[Interviewer/Host]

And let's be clear about they've been on a crusade. The Republicans have been on a crusade against SNAP all year. They slashed it by $200 billion this summer.

[Rob Carson]

No, you doubled SNAP in the last four years. You doubled the damn thing in four years. You doubled the friggin federal budget during COVID You bloated the federal government. You didn't give a rat's behind about the rest of us while we were suffering in flyover country. Here's, here's my buddy Rob Finnerty talking about where the SNAP benefits are going.

[Interviewer/Host]

Because most of the people that are on food stamps aren't even from this country. 45% of Afghanistan immigrants are on food stamps. 42% of Somali immigrants, 34% of every immigrant from Iraq, 23% of Haitians, 59%.

[Rob Carson]

That flies in the face of every person who immigrated here with just a few dollars in their pocket and made a go of it. The Democrat Party has paid people to come here so you can fill voter rolls with people who are dependent. And we're seeing right now this reflected in people saying that they're going to shoplift if they don't get their SNAP benefits tomorrow night. That's what we've created. Instead of this being an entitlement, we've created an entit. And it is a bunch of crap, to be quite honest. And the fact that they do this is beyond shameful. Here is Josh Hawley talking about the shutdown.

[Interviewer/Host]

It's insane. And you just think about who's being held hostage here. We're talking about the neediest Americans, Sean. And you're exactly right because the Democrats want to give health care to illegals. They want to take health care away from Missourians in my state. They want to take food away from Missourians in my state and give it to illegals. And they are willing to close the entire government.

[Rob Carson]

You don't believe me? I don't know if you knew this, but they flew illegals by the planeload across the southern border into Democrat run cities and put them up in very expensive hotel rooms and spent hundreds of millions of dollars in cities like New York to put up Illegals in expensive hotel rooms. $500 a night. They bought out entire hotels for years to give people free stuff. They loaded up their SNAP cards. They loaded up their bank cards with money. They took care of their child, their health care, everything. Illegals. When did they ever do that to you and me? When did they ever do that to you and me? When we were in need. When they shut down the federal government? When they ruined our children's lives with COVID nonsense.

[Interviewer/Host]

For now, a solid month in order to do so. I don't understand it. I think it is unconscionable. I think it is wrong. And I call on them again. Vote to reopen the government. Vote to help the needy, and vote to pay these. We've made commitments to the military, for heaven's sake, and law enforcement. Now you're asking them to work for nothing. They're not going to be able to feed their families. We're at a breaking point here, Shawn, and I hope they realize that.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, I hope so, too. But I don't know. They're just. There are. The Democrat Party is morally and intellectually bankrupt. They've been this way for a very long time. If you don't believe me, look at the nonsense that they have tried to pass off on us. Everything from transgenderism for your damn children, mutilating your children. That's your party. That's the Democrat Party. They're out of their minds. This is Everett Kelly. He's one of the heads of the government employees union. This whole fiasco need to be resolved. It need to be ended, and people need to do their job right? And if people are doing their job, guess what?

[Interviewer/Host]

America wouldn't be hungry.

[Rob Carson]

Guess what? Federal employees wouldn't be standing in lines to get food.

[Interviewer/Host]

People just need to do their job. So is your message right now to Democrats in the Senate open to reopen the government and then get back to work? Is that what you're saying?

[Rob Carson]

Absolutely.

[Interviewer/Host]

I'm saying that the American workforce should.

[Rob Carson]

Be at work providing the services for the American people. It is utterly ridiculous. They've played this game for a very long time, guys. I remember when I lived in Washington, D.C. and Barack Obama was the president, and I remember there was a government shutdown, and they already had. They had thousands of signs printed up to put in, you know, in. In federal parks, in front of the. For instance, the. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial. They hired more people to close the memorial than it would have taken to leave it open. You may recall, I think it's back in 2010, one Republican congresswoman put knocked down a barricade so men in honor flights could see the World War II memorial before they die. This is a sort of crap that the Democrat Party has been pulling. And I don't know about you, but I'm sick and damn tired of it. And I think the media actually is getting tired of it too.

[Interviewer/Host]

Should the Democratic senators from New Mexico, your home state, vote to open the government so that the. These SNAP funds are not at risk? Let me be clear. The administration is choosing to starve American children. This is a choice by the White House.

[Rob Carson]

This is also as nonsensical as a boy can become a girl and compete with girls.

[Interviewer/Host]

Congresswoman. This is also a choice by Senate Democrats to not vote to open the government. Yes, it is. At the end of the day, people need to be able to feed their families. And Saturday is when those funds are fighting Congress.

[Rob Carson]

Why not ask? No. Because they want their $1.5 trillion. They want theirs before you get your pittance, before you get your little pittance, before you get this, this meager handout, after you pay taxes your entire damn life, a good share of your income. They want theirs first. And they want to pay off people who don't belong here.

[Interviewer/Host]

The Senate Democrats from New Mexico, to vote to open the government so that the SNAP funds. I am here in the House of Representatives, it is shut down. This is. This is not the way to do it. Are you ready to vote with. With the Republicans to reopen the government at this point, as a reasonable Democrat, maybe others would follow you. You know I'm not there yet. Because we have had, literally, Joe, no discussion whatsoever about how we're going to deal. This is the right way to do it, Senator. But by people not getting paychecks at the tsa, this is extortion. You think this is the right way to do it? In your conscience, you think it's the right way to do it.

[Rob Carson]

Because the Democrats are again, morally and intellectually bankrupt. They don't care. They don't care about you and me. They didn't care when Joe Biden was the president and they opened the southern border wholesale to let 20 million people in. Unvetted for crime, unvetted for disease, while they shut down your business, while they shut down your church. They told you and me we couldn't go to church. That's when I knew that we had a whole different ball game in this Democrat Party, that they told us we couldn't go to church. Then they took away our ability to express ourselves by calling our dissent disinformation. And they're trying this same crap. We need to drive these bastards into the pits of hell. I swear to God, I'm so done with this crap. So done with this damned Democrat Party. And here they are lying about snap. They are choosing to withhold funding for.

[Interviewer/Host]

SNAP because they want to punish hungry children, hungry veterans.

[Rob Carson]

Yes, we want to punish hungry children. That's. That's what we're at. We want to punish hungry children. Yeah, you just go with that, Hakeem. We seniors, Mr. Dead Eyes, hungry women and hungry families. There was a band called Dead Eye Dick. That's what kind of reminds me of him.

[Interviewer/Host]

As part of their continued effort to hurt everyday Americans.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, yeah, we want to hurt everyday Americans. No, we don't, actually. It should be very clear by the last four years, with every metric of quality of life descending into the pits of hell for average Americans, we're not the ones.

[Interviewer/Host]

Let me be clear. SNAP recipients are not political pawns. And we're not going to let Donald Trump and Republicans hold him.

[Rob Carson]

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Do not just noise go down.

[Interviewer/Host]

As the first president in history to.

[Rob Carson]

Manufacture a hunger crisis in the richest country on ear, Sanders has been in Congress for what, 40 years and is still saying that health care is broken, even though he spent trillions of dollars on Obamacare, which he said would fix it. Did you ever notice that nothing ever gets fixed? Did you ever notice that maybe for the first time in 50 years in our country that things are actually getting done? We have a guy in the White House who's doing what we ask him to do while these guys presided over 50 years of failure and rob, robbing the treasury to support their friends. Did you ever think about that? That's what they're rebelling against. That's what they're fighting. And we're not going to take it anymore. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show. Hey, guys, it's Carson. Not proud member of the 4:00am Club. You know what that is? Well, that's the time that I usually wake up every night and can't get back to sleep. Then I found Beam's Dream Power. Now, Beam's Dream Powder is made with a powerful blend of all natural ingredients, including reishi, magnesium, L theanine, apigenin, and melatonin. It's designed to help you fall asleep, stay asleep, and wake up feeling amazing. And unlike other sleep aids, there's no next day grogginess, just great restful sleep. Plus, dream tastes incredible. And it's become a part of my nightly routine. Simple, easy, effective. Dream is made right here in America supporting jobs, quality and the principles we stand for in America. Thank you very much. Much. BEAM is going to give my listeners the ultimate patriot Discount. Up to 40%. Try their best selling Dream Powder. Get up to 40% off for a limited time. So with my discount code newsmax, you can get their best selling dream powder for just $39. Go to shopbeam.com newsmax that's shop beam.com newsmax again use the code newsmax at checkout. That's beam.com newsmax and use code word newsmax for up to 40% off. This is not an EV and it never will be unless it's a golf cart. And someday I hope to live in a delightful neighborhood where I could buy one of those custom golf carts that looks like a Hummer or something and I can just cruise around in my golf cart. I think it's gonna be kind of cool. I'd love that. Can't do that right now because I live in an apartment. So, you know, there's that. But anyway, welcome to the show. Here is John Thune talking about the Democrats shutting down the government. And by the way, we are going to lose your food stamps tomorrow thanks to the Democrat Party.

[Interviewer/Host]

Let me just point out if I might, that we are 29 days into a Democrat shutdown. And the senator from New Mexico was absolutely right. SNAP recipients shouldn't go without food.

[Rob Carson]

People should be getting paid in this. You see, the Democrat party and to some degree a good share in the Republican Party are used to getting what they want. And it's always there's a never ending supply of largesse. When Covid happened, the federal government increased in size dramatically. A lot of federal agencies doubled in size. The IRS had 87,000 new employees hired. The Education, the Department of Education doubled their size even though they had failed for 40 years. Years of what they do. And during Joe Biden's presidency there was untold looting of the, of the treasury by the people here in Washington D.C. before that. The average federal employee makes about 70% more than the rest of us when it, when it comes to total compensation and retirement package. All right. That's just the way it is. And if you look at Washington D.C. proper, Washington D.C. proper, the, the, the income for the Entire household average $265,000. That's about $100,000 higher than the next highest state, which is New York. So this town has enriched itself. The Democrat party and many in the Republican Party have enriched themselves, they've enriched their cronies, they've gotten a pipeline from government service into the private sector, enriched themselves as lobbyists, etc. And by God, we're done with that cross crap. And I have been following politics for a very long time. The first time I voted was I was in high school. I voted for Ronald Reagan. That was the last president who came to Washington D.C. and did what he said he was going to do until now. And this is why the Democrat Party is relenting against Donald Trump, because it's upsetting their apple cart. And a lot of other people in Washington D.C. a lot of people in the Pentagon, a lot of people in all the federal agencies hate Donald Trump. You know why? He's finally bringing some accountability and some sanity to this freaking town that has run over us for decades. And now we're almost $40 trillion in debt thanks to those jackasses. And now what are they doing? Now? They're going to take your pittance. They're going to take your crumbs. I told you, remember, we have a bourgeois and we have a proletariat. The proletariat is us. The bourgeois comes to Washington D.C. and they spend their entire lives telling us how to live ours. And we get their crumbs. And I also said, Remember about January 6th? I said, and now we have a Bastille. And then I said, November 5th was the revolution. The Bastille was opened. The people were free. Do you hear the people saying, remember that last year? Do you hear the people sing? I remember I did that parody about Donald Trump. And when he announced his candidacy, that's the music he used for his walk on Music at Mar a Lago. You don't remember that, do you? Yeah. Yeah. And finally, this, this bloated, corrupt government is not getting to feast on our large s as much as they have. And they're pitching fit. And by God, they will take your crumbs away. They will take your rations away until you obey them. Oh, I swear to God, these people, I swear to God, just utterly, utterly ridiculous. And they think they're going to win in the midterms. The Democrat Party thinks they're going to win in the midterms. This is. I saw this woman last night. It's pretty crazy. Katie Miller, she's a Young Gen Z commentator talking about the midterms.

[Interviewer/Host]

That woman. Why would Republicans try to cancel the midterms when we know we're going to win the midterms? Democrats have no platform, no candidates, no policy. President Trump has completed every single one of his platform commitments from the GOP convention last summer. Democrats know they lost. We see CNN saying Republicans are never doing better because of the shutdown. Right. And when CNN is saying that, you know it's bad for Democrats.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. Ned Ryan was also on last night. I admire Ned. I met him at the Kennedy Center. Ned. And he's talking about the momentum and where it is.

[Interviewer/Host]

Think about if we keep the White House in 20 and we are in control of the 2030 census and we add the citizenship question and make it illegal for the Census Bureau to use the differential privacy algorithm, and we have a real census, all of a sudden, another 25 to 40 Republican seats and electoral votes move into red states. And at that point, you'll see a seismic political shift that we've not seen maybe in the last century here in this country. And so we're just getting warmed up. And I love the fact that Trump is just plowing right at ahead. He's continuing with the agenda. He's being successful. He's not letting Republicans cave on this shutdown in regards to health care for illegal aliens. I think he has stiffened the backbone of them, and I think we're going to keep on seeing more and more success leading into the midterms next year.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. And the Democrat Party is dying like movie vampires. Dying like movie vampires. Dragging, kicking, clawing, trying to drag us into hell with them. It's not going to work. 70% of voters think the Democrat Party is out of touch. The percentage of Americans who believe the Democrat Party is out of touch has increased by double digits over the last decade, with 70% indicating the party is disconnected from the issues that matter to voters. But they're still charging forward to this. They still think they have media dominance. They don't. Their networks are dying. This is why they want NPR back. They're missing a major tool. They were, you know, they want to. They want to. They want to fluff that tool a little bit more, as it were. Wow. 20, 20, 2013, 51% of voters viewed the Democrat Party as out of time touch. That number surged to 70%. 70%. And of course it is. And they act like, you know, they give you a little bit of pittance. I told you guys, you know, you guys who live in inner cities like Baltimore, where the schools have been terrible for 60 years under Democrat rule. And I said, what they do is they promise you the sun, the moon, and the stars, and then on election Day, they get your vote, and the next day they get up and leave some money on the dresser. And they stopped leaving money on the dresser. That's your Democrat party. And here they are. They're still doing it, man. They're still doing it. So I would recommend if you can give to a food pantry, you know, maybe there's a Dropbox at your grocery store, you know, go, go to your pantry, see what you got in there, see what you can give up. This is going to end soon. This is going to end very soon. And it's not going to end well for the Democrat party. By the way, this is kind of interesting. You know, the last four years, what the Democrat party did to our country by opening our southern border so they could fill their districts with illegals and get them to vote and get them benefits. As we mentioned earlier, half the people on SNAP benefits are here illegally. Your Democrat party would rather feed people coming in from other countries than feed you while you suffer. And we sat here and we went through business closings and we went through untold inflation. We went through the supply chain crisis which decimated the car industry. I know this. I working when that happened. When we went from 600 new Toyotas on the lot to three and used cars doubled in price and groceries doubled in price. And your Democrat party didn't give a rat's behind about it until Donald Trump got in office and he's upsetting the apple cart and he's doing what we the people asked him to do. And they don't like it. They don't like that they're not in power anymore. They don't like that they can't just loot the treasury anymore. That is what this is about. They want their $1.5 trillion. They want our money. They expect our money. Well, guess what, that gravy train is over. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson show. Foo Fighters always up for a little foo action. Come on now. It is the 30th of October. Halloween is tomorrow. Halloween is tomorrow. By the way, Detroit cops are warning to check your Halloween candy after discovering fake snack packages containing THC and mushrooms. It's kind of a big deal now, I guess. Experts say drug laced Halloween candy is an urban legend. It is, it is. Remember, do you remember this? Because I remember years ago they used to hospital emergency rooms would open so you could bring the candy and have an X ray raid because there were needles and razors and stuff in your candy. Do you remember that? Do you remember that? Gen X. We were terrified. Oh my God. There could be needles in our Halloween candy, it never happened. It was all bull crap. It was all absolute bullcrap. Oh my God. Did you also notice that something happened between Generation X and now the death of the popcorn ball. Thank God. The death of the popcorn ball. And I don't believe anybody still gives apples if they do. Honestly. Really? Apples, really? Honestly. Those things still. I remember this, we used to do these things and when I was early days of broadcasting we do like this big trick or treat at the mall and they would have the police there and an X ray unit to check your kids candy was so stupid, so dumb. But apparently there are psychoactive drugs dressed up like packs of Jolly Ranchers, Airheads, Lays chips, Doritos Nerds and other stacks according to the police department in Detroit. In Detroit of all places where they have hell night by the way, which is actually every night in Detroit when you think about it. So packaging makes these products look like regular, well known candies and snacks. It is clear these items intentionally designed to mimic popular treats. I've seen some of these. There's a lot of th stuff on the, on the market now and, and some of it is being marketed to make it look like a can. And that's just kind of stupid. Whether or not it's going to get into your kids candy, I, I doubt that very seriously. But, but you know, you double check it. Dear God, just double check it. I'm doing full size candy bars because when I was a kid I was really poor and in Neola, the town that we would go trick or treating in, there was one guy, Dr. Welburn, who was the veterinarian and he would give out full size candy bars. And we thought, man, that was a big deal, man, you get a whole size candy bar. So I might get my two trick or treaters tomorrow night, but they're going to get a full size candy. Candy bar. This is. Oh, Donald Trump's in China. By the way, here's Donald Trump yesterday talking to President Xi. Now he has negotiated all these trade deals. He just got a new trade deal with South Korea and he got $20 trillion in manufacturing coming to America when he was in Japan. $13 billion commitment from Toyota. I used to work for a Toyota dealership. I sold Toyota. They're great cars, by the way. They're great cars and they're going to do $13 billion worth of building here United States. Donald Trump negotiated a new deal where your prescription drug prices are gonna drop by 85% so seniors don't have to do prescription drug tourism into Mexico and Canada. Remember that? Yeah. And then about a week ago, while the Democrat Party sat on their asses and did nothing about the government shutdown and took away the pittance that you get if it's SNAP benefits or your salaries as government workers while expecting you to work while they keep their salaries. Donald Trump also is reducing the price of IVF making affordable. Hell, there may have been children not born because parents could not afford the 2,500, 3,000, whatever dollar it is per shot for IVF. He's taking care of that, too. He's doing more than any president we've seen in our lifetime. That's it. There's no doubt about it. He is doing more than any president. You've got idiots like Gavin Newsom say, oh, yeah, Joe Biden was a great president. Joe Biden is one of the greatest presidents. And the reason why he says that is because Joe Biden passed a lot of things against our will. Increased government spending dramatically. What has it done for you? What has it done for you? What did it do for making your quality of your life better? Not one damn thing. What did all that. One point. The Inflation Reduction Act. What did that do for you? What did it do for you? What did the Inflation Reduction act do for you? What did the, the, the. The $787 billion in infrastructure projects that Barack Obama passed. What did it do for you? It didn't do anything. It didn't do anything. We've got a guy in Washington, D.C. who is right now working his ass off. We got a guy who's approaching 80 years old. He is up constantly. He is tackling everything we ever dreamed government could possibly tackle. He's doing everything. And all the Democrats can do is caterwaul and pitch a fit and host idiotic marches called no Kings. Like Donald Trump is a king. How ridiculous. How utterly ridiculous. And now the Democrat Party, who says they're the party of the people. They are so not the party of the people. What are they doing? They're preventing government employees from being fed and people who need SNAP benefits from being fed because they know they want to start something. They're hoping that not getting your SNAP benefits will cause people to react in a violent fashion, just like they did with the no Kings protest. They. They hoped that it could become something more than it was. Convince people that there was a popular upri against Donald Trump. And there's not. And there's not. People like what he's doing. He's doing a hell of a job. He's doing the best job I've ever seen a president do. And I've been following this a long time. I've never seen a president do as much in such a short amount of time as this man is doing. And there's no denying it. And the Democrat Party knows it, because in Trump, they see his doom. That's why they tried to put him in jail. That's why they tried to take him off the ballot. That's why they tried to murder him. And I've got a lot of stuff on this Arctic frost. Oh, my Lord. What they did, they. They went after Newsmax. Yeah. I mean, it was very obvious. I could see it in real time when it happened. Jack Smith and others went after Donald Trump. All of those court cases for Donald Trump, the only reason they came around was because Donald Trump decided he wanted to run for president. They all happened at the same time. And while that was happening, they saw an opportunity to take down the MAGA movement, and that includes you and me, and that includes Newsmax, who I work for. They went after all of us because they saw that their gravy train was coming to an end. And here they are in the final death throes of the Democrat Party, taking away your SNAP benefits. It's not going to work. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show.

[Guest/Politician]

Well, thank you very much. It's a great honor to be with a friend of mine, really, for a long time now, if you think about it, the very, very distinguished and respected President of China. And we will be having some discussions. I think we've already agreed to a lot of things and we'll agree to some more right now. But President Xi is a great leader of a great country, and I think we're going to have a fantastic relationship for a long period of time.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, we had a President of the United States who was out of commission most of the time. We now know that he was cognitively impaired, unable to be the President of the United States. Now, every one of his executive orders, every one of his pardons are being questioned because he was not capable of being the president. There were leftists in charge of the country. They're the reasons why the southern border, border was open. They're the reason why hundreds of thousands of children and women were trapped across the southern border for sex and work. They are the reason why hundreds of thousands of people died from fentanyl poisoning. Perhaps you've got a kid, perhaps you've got a relative. I've got more people in my life who have Someone in their life who died of a fentanyl overdose than died of COVID That was your Democrat Party. And Donald Trump is coming in here, he's flying all over the world busting his ass. What's the Democrat Party doing keeping the government closed so you can't get your SNAP benefits and you can't get paid as a government employee. Are you about done with it? Are you about done with this nonsense? I think most of us are. I think we really are. 70% of us believe the country that the Democrat Party is out of touch. Unbelievable. Here is Xi Jinping talking about Donald crediting Donald Trump. Are you listening? The communist leader of China is crediting Donald Trump with world peace.

[Interviewer/Host]

Mr. President, you care a lot about world peace.

[Rob Carson]

Oh yeah, he's done like eight peace deals by the way. Imminent possibility of a nuclear year war between Pakistan and India and you're very brought peace to the Middle friggin East.

[Interviewer/Host]

About settling various regional hotspot issues. I appreciate your great contribution to the recent conclusion of the Gaza ceasefire agreement.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, I know.

[Interviewer/Host]

During your visit to Malaysia and what.

[Rob Carson]

Did Joe Biden do? Joe Biden would call a day at 10 in the morning and then go off to Delaware and spend the weekend on the beach. Honestly, Democrats, this is what you got. This is what you got. What you got. And he's doing a great job. And he's signed another deal with what he did, what he did with China. He, he has cut China's tariff after Xi signals tougher fentanyl enforcement and a rare earth pause. And they're also buying us soybeans. So I know a lot of people who grow soybeans and, and, and alternate soybeans and corn and you don't make a damn dime. And you've been, you've been hurt very, very badly by the relationship that China's had with us. And that's going to change. Thank goodness for farmers. All of this is good. And like I said, the Democrat Party does nothing more than say we want another 1.5 trillion or you don't get your pittance. That's it. All right, so we got a lot of stuff coming up. I want to get into the, the Arctic frost and who they went after. They tried to kill the entire MAGA movement. It wasn't just targeting Donald Trump. That's coming up and it's huge. Don't go anywhere.

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