Jimmy Kimmel CANCELED: The Fall of Liberal Late-Night!

Summary

The Rob Carson Show (Newsmax Podcasts)

Episode: Jimmy Kimmel CANCELED: The Fall of Liberal Late-Night!
Date: September 18, 2025

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Episode Overview

This episode centers around the recent firing of Jimmy Kimmel from ABC, marking what Rob Carson describes as the "final straw" in the fall of liberal-dominated late-night television. The discussion is both humorous and pointedly political, critiquing how late-night TV became overtly partisan, alienated half its audience, and ultimately paid the price. Other major topics include speech and censorship in media, reflections on the conservative resurgence in entertainment, and an in-depth conversation with John Reed, candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, about the state's political climate and broader themes of free speech, faith, and American values.

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Main Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Firing of Jimmy Kimmel and the State of Late-Night TV

• Kimmel’s Departure: Rob clarifies Kimmel was "not fired by the FCC or Donald Trump," but rather let go by ABC after poor ratings and a controversial on-air comment regarding the Charlie Kirk assassination.

  "He was fired by ABC... after a preponderance of ABC affiliates said, you know, we're done with this nonsense." – Rob Carson [00:51]

• Roots of the Decline: Carson argues that Kimmel (and Stephen Colbert) destroyed late-night television by politicizing it, focusing only on one political perspective and alienating conservatives.

  "They took it and they represented only one political belief... drove away half the country." – Rob Carson [03:20]

• The Last Straw: Kimmel’s comment blaming the Kirk incident on Trump supporters, which Rob deems both factually wrong and “injurious… to listeners and advertisers,” is cited as the immediate cause of his firing.
• Loss of Audience & Revenue: Repeated references to ratings decline, shrinking audiences, and advertisers pulling out—Kimmel’s show became unsustainable.

2. Carson’s Reflections on Media and Free Speech

• No Absolute Free Speech in Corporations: Carson emphasizes the limits of free speech on broadcast TV and radio (“community standards”) and the professional risk in violating them.

  "You do not have a free speech right to say anything you want on network television. You don't, you don't, you don't." – Rob Carson [06:07]

• Personal Experience with Censorship: Rob shares his own background with being “canceled” and demonetized in radio and talk media, relating it to Kimmel’s fate for context.

3. Notable Kimmel “Low Lights” and Political Bias in Late-Night

• Clips of Kimmel mocking Melania Trump, crying after Trump’s 2016 victory, and making pointedly leftist remarks are played and critiqued for lack of humor and excessive partisanship.

  "When Donald Trump won, you may recall, Jimmy Kimmel cried like a little baby on television..." – Rob Carson [05:00]

• Contrast to Previous Late-Night Hosts: Rob compares Kimmel and Colbert unfavorably to Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, and even Arsenio Hall, stating previous hosts were able to draw humor more broadly and stay out of harsh political division.

4. Broader Context: The Conservative Moment & Cancel Culture

• Conservative Media Ostracism: Rob recounts how conservative voices (e.g., Rush Limbaugh, Tucker Carlson) have historically been boycotted by advertisers and ostracized by mainstream media—he views Kimmel’s firing as overdue karma.

  "Tucker Carlson got canceled. Jimmy Kimmel celebrated... guess what? It can happen to you, too." – Rob Carson [09:55]

• Changing Tides: Carson expresses optimism about a growing demand for conservative entertainment and comedy, mentioning Greg Gutfeld’s ratings surpassing traditional late-night hosts.

  "Conservative comedy is on the ascension... the left can't be taken seriously anymore." – Rob Carson [16:28]

5. Interview with John Reed, Candidate for Virginia Lieutenant Governor

• DEI and Woke Politics: Reed and Carson criticize Virginia Democrats for not learning from recent losses and continuing to double down on DEI and “woke” policies, framing it as out of touch with voters.

  "They’re doubling and tripling down on it." – John Reed [23:05]

• Merit, Job Creation, and Government: Discussion of job losses among federal workers, the need for a robust private sector, and the problems of Democratic governance in Virginia.
• Preserving History: Reed calls for stopping the erasure of Virginia’s history, comparing monument removal to the actions of "the Taliban" and advocating for reasoned engagement with the past.

  "Show some intellect and stop being driven by rage and destroying things like the Taliban." – John Reed [28:24]

• Faith and American Principles: Both host and guest highlight a cultural shift back to faith and founding values, seeing this as key to the conservative resurgence.

6. A Broader Take on Media Responsibility & FCC Regulation

• FCC Obligations: A clip of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is played, outlining that broadcast TV has a “unique obligation to operate in the public interest.”

  "With that license comes a unique obligation to operate in the public interest." – Brendan Carr (FCC) [38:47]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Kimmel’s Firing:

  "He wrecked the place. He ruined the place. And this was it. This was all they could take anymore. Sorry. Bye. Wah wah, bitch and moan all you want." – Rob Carson [06:42]

• On Politicizing Late Night:

  "You just, there you go. So that's him taking one side of the political equation. Johnny Carson wouldn't do that." – Rob Carson [15:57]

• On Conservative Resurgence:

  "Now we're seeing real opportunities for conservative entertainers who have been ostracized completely by the business." – Rob Carson [16:59]

• John Reed on DEI:

  "...to talk about a cabinet level person who would deal with DEI, who would advance people based on their race, ethnicity or their sexuality or whatever their gender instead of on merit is exactly the opposite of what Virginians have been saying they want." – John Reed [21:18]

• On Media Free Speech:

  "Whatever company you work for... you got to reign it in. You know, I kept thinking, is he cracking a joke or is he just impugning and insulting people with no humor in it? And I think it's the latter, don't you?" – John Reed [30:34]

• On Counterculture & Faith Revival:

  "There is, there's something happening here with regard to faith and a return to founding principles that cannot be denied." – Rob Carson [33:11] "We find those in our Judeo Christian traditions, and they have been mocked and ridiculed and dismissed for 20 years by the left." – John Reed [33:35]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Kimmel’s Firing Explained: [00:51] – [06:42]
• The Decline of Late Night / Political Partisanship: [03:20] – [06:42]
• Free Speech and Media Censorship Discussion: [06:42] – [09:55]
• Media Clips—Kimmel on Melania, Trump’s Win, and More: [13:50] – [15:57]
• Conservative Comedy & Opportunities: [16:28] – [17:15]
• Interview: John Reed (Lt. Gov. Candidate), Part 1 (DEI, Virginia Politics): [20:18] – [28:24]
• Interview: John Reed, Part 2 (History, Faith, Cancel Culture): [28:24] – [35:14]
• FCC, Broadcast Standards & Public Interest: [38:47] – [39:05]
• Satirical Song ("Jimmy Kimmel's been pulled off the airwaves..."): [37:13]

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Tone and Style Notes

Throughout the episode, Carson’s tone is irreverent, humorous, and direct, continually interspersing personal stories, industry anecdotes, and satirical jabs at liberal media. The commentary regularly pivots to larger political and cultural themes, underscoring a narrative of conservative resurgence and the perceived failure of left-leaning establishments in both media and government. Guest John Reed echoes this tone, engaging in lively, unscripted exchange with Carson about the stakes in Virginia politics, the culture wars, and the need to reclaim mainstream institutions from progressive overreach.

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For Listeners

This episode is an in-depth analysis of the recent changes in late-night TV through a conservative lens. It threads together the collapse of liberal media hegemony, rising conservative alternatives, and the broader implications for American culture and politics—with plenty of humor, blunt critiques, and a celebration of what Carson and his guests see as a turning tide for conservatism in media and government.

Transcript

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[Rob Carson]

This is the Rob Carson Show. Welcome to it. Please come inside, have a seat and enjoy. First of all, I want to say that Jimmy Kimmel wasn't fired by the FCC and wasn't fired by Donald Trump. Thought you should know that. Not fired by the FCC or by Donald Trump. He was fired by abc. Actually was. He was laid off or whatever they're doing in ABC after a preponderance of ABC affiliates said, you know, we're done with this nonsense. He's destroyed the ratings, he's destroyed the franchise, he's destroyed, he has destroyed late night television. And honestly, this is the straw that broke the camel's back. That's it. That's all. I check my audio here real quick, make sure it's working okay. Does not appear to be working okay. I'm not sure exactly what the problem is, but I'm gonna get to that in one moment. I may have to at the break. This. Put down the stream. Let me see. Yeah, yeah, we got a little, got a little issue with the audio. But anyway, the, the fcc, including the chairman of the fcac, Brendan Carr, said that the issue arose where lots and lots of people were upset. Was not, it was not a joke. You see what he was saying. It was not making fun. It appeared that he directly misled the American public about a significant fact that prob. One of the most significant political events we've had in a long time for the most significant political assassination we've seen in a long time. What he did was he said that the gunman was somewhat a Trump supporter. That's what he said. That's what he really, really kind of cooked his goose yesterday. And that's just not true. And it's also something you don't expect from Late night television, you don't expect that from late night television. I want to tell you I have been censored. I have been demonetized. I have been taken down for thoughts on a number of occasions over the last. No, a lot of occasions for the last 30 plus years. So I have little pity that Jimmy Kimmel has destroyed late night television and was finally removed from his duties for this last indignity that he performed on television. And I got to tell you, late night television, you got to stay in your lane. Here's the thing. I used to do music radio, okay? So I used to do morning radio shows. And morning radio shows, you talk about superfluous nonsense and you talk about Hollywood dish and you do wacky stunts and you go out and do all sorts of stuff like that. And I did it. I did it for years. It was very, very akin to, you know, what the Tonight show was. Did a lot of that kind of stuff on the radio. But that's an entertainment radio program. You know, you see, these music morning programs used to be called Morning Zoo and, you know, the morning sickness and, you know, whatever the hell. They did a million different kinds. And I've done it forever. I've done it forever. Like I said, they have a. They have a formula for morning radio. You want to know what it is? And just don't be offended. Dick Dork dame. All right, Dick Dork Dame. What is Dick Dork Dame? Dick Dork Dame is the main house who's kind of a, you know, the leader of the show. He's the D word. All right? Then you got the dork, who's the funny sidekick guy. And then you got the dame, who's the girl, you know, in the, in the relationship on the radio. And she responds to stuff, but she also does news. It's kind of like, you know, Howard Stern, Robin Quivers and all that. So that's, that's, that's morning radio. And you don't one day just jump into politics. You don't just suddenly. I mean, I was in music radio when 911 happened. There was nothing really political about the story itself. The, the death of all those people. Of course, it was, you know, caused by radical Islam and all of that. And by the way, Duke E. Bear on Rumble. No, I did not drop frozen turkeys from a helicopter. I did not. Although I did tie a Tickle Me Elmo to a bunch of helium balloons and released it over the city of Cincinnati when everybody wanted one of those things. So there was that. I did that kind of Stuff. I got frozen in ice. One year I got frozen into a big block of ice in Minneapolis. And when I got out of the ice, I was in there for 48 hours. I could barely walk because you're in this case, it's the size of the exterior of a casket. And then there's an ice igloo built around you and you get frozen in there. And I came out there like three or four thousand people there, and we raised all sorts of money. That's morning radio. That's the Tonight Show. That's, you know, what it, what it's supposed to be. Johnny Carson did the same thing. And you heard my story about Johnny Carson, you know, watching his show upside down through the cold air return from my bedroom upstairs, and my dad saying, robert, go to bed. And I'd be like, okay. But that's, that's late night television. What Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel did to late night television was they hijacked it for their own political wants and desires. They, they, they took it and they represented only one political belief, only one political list of guests, and they drove away half the country. All right, so this is, this has been going on for years. Their audiences have, have dropped precipitously. They became more vitriolic and awful as things kept going. When Donald Trump won, you may recall, Jimmy Kimmel cried like a little baby on television, you know, while half of us were celebrating and all of this, rather than just talking about both, rather than just taking the center position, making fun of either. That's why he ultimately has been laid off. So they destroyed late night television by make it purely political. That's it. That's that. And I hate to tell you this also, I don't have a First Amendment right to free speech in my platform. I know there are things that will get me fired. It's always been that way. You do not have a free, you are, you do not have a free, free speech rights to say anything you want on network television. You don't, you don't, you don't. There are community standards. There are things you just don't talk about. That's just the way it is. And his comments became injurious not only to listeners, but also advertisers. That's why he was fired. He wrecked the place. He ruined the place. And this was it. This was all they could take anymore. Sorry. Bye. Wah wah, bitch and moan all you want. If you want to get, you know, like, like, what's his name? Eric Swallows. Well, he's wearing a hat. He Got a hat made. I support come all. And Rosie o' Donnell's freaking out. This isn't effing America anymore. Well, you live in Ireland, you turd burger. My God, Honestly, it is so ridiculous that he could be. And by the way, he could be fired at will. His contract was up. He was not going to get another contract. You know why? Because the money, the show was losing money and it was. The audience was dwindling. He had a tiny little studio audience of well, fluffed sycophants and then a tiny, becoming even tinier national audience in places like New York City with like, you know, a couple thousand viewers watching. It was really, I mean, not good. Not good at all. When you've got a national show in a country that has 335 million people and you're attracting maybe 1.5 or 2 million a year or a night, that's not enough to pay for $100 million television program. Especially when you're shutting out half of the audience and you're only inviting political leftists who aren't interesting or entertaining whatsoever. Eric Swallows. Well, he was on Jimmy Campbell show. Why he's a despicable, unfunny human being and a political leftist. And by the way, do you notice his beard? This, this just goofy beard that he has? You remember those magnetic things you had when you, when Gen X? It was this, it had metal shavings in it and you could move the metal shavings with a magnet and draw a beard on this guy. That's what it looks like. He looks like he ate a hair ice cream cone and it's just all over his face and it's kind of dripping now. That's Eric Swallows. Well, that is his, his beard. So he had Eric Swallows. Well on. You know, Stephen Colbert had like Adam Schiff on for a couple segments during one show. Unlikable human being. Nothing at all interesting about him. And he's not a popular person. So sooner or later the network has to say either get your act together or you're out. And clearly Jimmy Kimmel thought he was too big for the bosses of the. And he kept pushing and pushing and pushing and pushing. And this line, this nonsense about, about Charlie Kirk at a very insane, sensitive time in American history for him to go on and blame it on people it. Who didn't do it. And then, you know, just saying awful things about it. You just, you know, there are times you just stay. Charlie Kirk's murder is not funny no matter what angle you look at it. Leave it alone. Leave it alone, but he chose to do it anyway, and now he's done. Wah wah. Boo. Friggity who? Get over yourselves. I've been being canceled. I've been having all this nonsense happen to me for years. I worked for Rush Limbaugh. You knew my story about Rush Limbaugh. Rush Limbaugh, his meteoric rise into the stratosphere, where he changed everything and brought conservatism out of the closet, also made him a massive target for his entire broadcast career. He could never get General Motors on the air. He could never get, you know, Procter and Gamble on the air. He could never get any of the big advertisers on the air because the left kept attacking his advertisers and saying, we will boycott you. We will destroy you. And then the national advertisers decided they were going to stay out of conservative media altogether. And it's happened that way until this day. Although a few months ago, I saw a Jeep commercial on Newsmax. Oh, my God. Conservatives drive Jeeps. What? Rush Limbaugh couldn't own an NFL franchise because they called him racist, racist, racist, racist. And ultimately, he had to leave the airwaves. He lost his job on the NFL when he said that. Michael Vick. The reason why he was treated so well as quarterback was they were focused more on his skin color than. Whatever. I don't. I don't really remember all of it, but he was canceled. He was canceled. There you go. Canceled. Tucker Carlson got canceled. Jimmy Kimmel celebrated. He was happy as could be. Tucker Carlson got canceled. Well, guess what? It can happen to you, too. But the left never gets canceled. They're able to go on and on and on and on and on. I don't know if you noticed this, but half the anchors in MSNBC and CNN have been fired, too. You know why? Because they shut out one half of the viewership, and then they say outrageous, indefensible things which have killed their ratings. That's why Don Lemon doesn't work there anyway anymore. That's why Joy Reid doesn't have a job anymore. It's again and again and again and. Sorry. This is one of the big, you know, late night hosts losing his job. Well, welcome to the club. He's not too big to lose his job. I've got lots of audio on that. I'm gonna restart my computer here. I wrote a new piece for Substack Today. You might want to check it out. It's about Jimmy Kimmel's firing. We got great guests on the Today today, including John Reed running for lieutenant governor in Virginia. Coming up at the bottom of the hour, we got Hillary Ford which coming up talking about the trip to England. Donald Trump, it was epic yesterday. Gordon Chang on the show today. Cliff Maloney, CEO of the Citizens alliance, talking about Charlie Kirk, new comedy from Jim Gossett. And then of course, me right here. Yeah, Here's a number. 800-922-6680. This is the Rob Carson Show.

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[Rob Carson]

It is a Rob Carson Show. Wow. We're having some technical difficulties here. I don't know what the deal is. My computer's being weird. I got attacked the other night by the virus, the whole deal. So hopefully it'll re rego and I guess we're on the stream live. I apologize for the, the incidences. The, the thing that I've discovered about living in Old Town, Old Town Alexandria is that the, the Internet service is from like 1997. It absolutely sucks. Comcast Infinity sucks. I'm just gonna tell you, I don't know what it is. Everywhere I go, if I try to upload a video on my, on my phone, it ultimately takes five minutes to do it. It's like, it's like living in 1995 all over again. That's the only thing I have to complain about living here, to be quite honest. Other than that everything is, is just great. So anyway, welcome to the show. As I, as I try to battle through technical difficulties, I will do my level best to continue to do the show and, and of course do it because I've planned quite a, quite a show if I can actually get the computer to work properly. Here is, here are Jimmy Kimmel's final remarks. This is what, ultimately, this didn't get him fired. Okay? He got fired for years of this nonsense and really bad ratings.

[Political Commentator / Satirist]

We had some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it. This is not how an adult grieves the murder of somebody called a friend. This is how a four year old mourns a goldfish.

[Rob Carson]

Okay. Yeah, okay. It's just not funny. Not funny and very sensitive time to be doing it. I'm told my audio is out of sync. I, you know, there's nothing I can do about it. You're just going to have to deal with it until I fix it. I apologize, guys. I apologize. This is, this is Some other Jimmy Kimmel low lights over the years.

[Show Announcer / Promo Voice]

I want to really thank the first lady, Melania, who has done an incredible job. She worked so hard on this event. And so I want to thank you. Yeah, that's true.

[Political Commentator / Satirist]

Not a chance. She did one thing to help set that up. There's no she didn't die ache, she didn't feel bad. Only thing she's been working on is an escape tunnel. No White House Easter celebration would be complete without story time from our first lady.

[John Reed]

Never stop exploring because life would be boring.

[Rob Carson]

He's going to make fun of her accent now.

[John Reed]

Be clever and curious, just like a cat. Ask lots of questions about this and that.

[Political Commentator / Satirist]

About this and that. We definitely know who wins times sexiest alleged murderer of the year. That would go to Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the shooting of the CEO of UnitedHealth Health Care, who's become the hottest cold blooded killer in America. Let's be honest, it was a terrible night last night. It was a terrible night.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, this is after Trump won the election.

[Political Commentator / Satirist]

Women for children for the hundreds of thousands of hard working immigrants who make this country go.

[Rob Carson]

He was crying.

[John Reed]

For health care, for.

[Rob Carson]

Our climate, for science, for journalism, for.

[Political Commentator / Satirist]

Justice, for free speech. It was a terrible night for four people. And it was a terrible, terrible night for everyone who voted against him. And guess what? It was a bad night for everyone who voted for him too.

[Rob Carson]

You just, there you go. So that's, that's him taking one side of the political equation. Johnny Carson wouldn't do that. Jay Leno didn't do that. Even Arsenio hall didn't do that. Although he did have Bill Clinton on to play the saxophone there, there was that. But at least they were able to, you know, talk about these things. But it's the culmination of a lot of things, including the, the death of late night. Now this, these are things that I've waited a very long time for. And right now we are in. Last night I was watching and I was, I was noticing all of the things that are coming together right now. The death of Charlie Kirk, the acceleration of his movement, the acceleration of the church attendance, the spreading of freedom that's happening around the world has already happened in Turkey and Poland, coming to France, coming to England. Then you got late night television dominated by leftists for a very long time. It looks like conservative, I know conservative comedy is on the ascension. You know this because the left can't be taken seriously anymore. And this is, this has taken decades to get to this point. And all of it is coming down in a massive and a very fast fashion. And I knew these things were going to happen when Donald Trump was elected, but they're happening at lightning speed right now. I've waited 30 plus years for the opportunity to do what I do for a living. I had always dreamed of being Johnny Carson. In about 2010, I was called by Mark Burnett's production company. They were going to fill out Oprah's new network that was coming up and they wanted talk show hosts. And so I said I could be a talk show host because I've done music radio forever and I could do it. I could talk about anything. I could talk to anyone about anything. Popular culture, science, cooking, music, whatever. I'm also, I do stand up comedy. I don't do it for a living. But I, you know, put in my, my, my demo and I got a call from a breathless producer for Mark Burnett. My God, Rob Carson, where have you been all my life? And I said, and she's like, you're incredible. Oh my God. Oh my God. And I know I'm sitting here because I was at the hospital, my son's leg, he broke his leg. And I'm at the hospital, I get this call and this is suddenly the chance I've been waiting for for a lifetime. And, and, and then we had a follow up call and then nothing. Nothing. It's because they found out I wrote for Rush Limbaugh. It's because they found out that I had conservative roots. That's why. And I had to wait for Chris Ruddy to call me. The, the, the founder, the creator, the president, who by the way, was at the same table with Donald Trump and King Charles. He was too, too, too, you know, just, he like King Charles, pass me the pepper. And, and Chris would go, here you go. Right there, right there. But Chris Ruddy called me. I've been relegated to selling cars because I couldn't get a job in broad, you know, the big networks and everything. Didn't think I could do talk radio. I know, I know. That was only five years ago. So I had to wait a very long time to get here. And now we're seeing real opportunities for conservative entertainers who have been ostracized completely by the business. You can name on your hand maybe five mainstream conservative actors or actresses in Hollywood that actually get work. And even then, not much. And most of them just get ostracized. Robert Davi, James woods, welcome to it. But things are changing and they are changing in a very dramatic and awesome fashion. We're going to get some more on this, on the, on the show. I've got, like I said, lots of audio, had a few computer glitches, a little syncing issue with the audio. But it's going to be cool because you know what? I got me and you got you got me and I got you. John Reed running for lieutenant governor in the state of Virginia. We'll see if Virginia wants to turn back the clock to Democrats. And I don't believe that's going to happen. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show. I think that within my administration, you.

[John Reed]

Know, a focus on, you know, Northam.

[Rob Carson]

Brought in that position.

[Political Commentator / Satirist]

Right.

[John Reed]

A cabinet level position focused on dei.

[Rob Carson]

And so I think sometimes in the.

[John Reed]

In the larger, you know, political discussion, it's, you know, what does that mean? Well, what it meant in that administration.

[Rob Carson]

Is that there was someone who is bringing a lens of intentionality and inclusivity. Oh, my God in heaven. That's Abigail Spamberger. She has not learned a thing from the election of 2024, from people being sick and tired of the woke nonsense at schools. There she is talking about a cabinet DEI position. They haven't learned a thing. The Democrat Party has not pivoted away from the nonsense from boys and girls, locker room, et cetera. And there you go again. Joining us on the Newsmax hotline, John Reed. He is running for lieutenant governor of the great state of Virginia, where I call home. I know it's crazy. And oddly enough, the property values have not gone down. John Reed, welcome to the Rob Carson. How you doing, brother?

[John Reed]

I'm great. Especially when Democrats keep arrogantly saying stupid things like that. I mean, to talk about a cabinet level person who would deal with dei, who would advance people based on their race.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[John Reed]

Their ethnicity or their sexuality or whatever their gender instead of on merit is exactly the opposite of what Virginians have been saying they want. I can't believe that they haven't got the message and they're saying these things.

[Rob Carson]

It is ridiculous. You know, the school in Fairfax county where the boys were just booted out of school because they had the audacity to call out a girl dressed as a boy in their locker room videotaping them. They complained they got charged with sexual, sexual harassment. They've been reinstated, by the way. Okay, so they've been reinstated. But people like Abigail Spamberger and your opponent for lieutenant governor, they're still down with all of that. They might be trying to keep it on the down low until election day, but they haven't changed at all, have they?

[John Reed]

No, they're pushing these ideas. You know Gazala Hashmi, who is like Mandami in a skirt.

[Rob Carson]

Yes, yes.

[John Reed]

It's kind of shocking everything that people hate about these kinds of really crazy left wing ideas. She's the one pushing them in the state Senate as the chair of the Education Committee. She and Congresswoman Spamberger have been the advocates for this insanity. And I would think just from a political standpoint, that they would have recalibrated a little bit. But no, if you get a chance to talk to him. Of course I don't, because my opponent refuses to do a debate with me.

[Rob Carson]

Nice.

[John Reed]

They double and triple down on it. And I'm praying that Virginia voters, especially the voters who voted for Trump, the solid conservatives who are in Virginia, will not sit back and go, oh, Trump's got it up in D.C. no, he does not. He's doing the best he can, but we have to get out in Virginia and save the commonwealth on our own.

[Rob Carson]

We really do. And you know, the President, Governor has done a pretty good job. I think we can do better. I think we can move a little bit more in the MAGA direct. And when I'm saying that, I'm talking about, you know, freedom of expression, lower taxes, you know, free trade, et cetera. All that Spamberger and Hajmi have is Donald Trump got some federal workers fired and you should vote for us because of that. That's all they have. They have. No. Every one of the ideals they espouse have proven to be failures. And what they want to do is keep it on the down low until they get off in office. Then they want to double down on the same nonsense.

[John Reed]

Yeah, listen, that federal workers issue is potent up in Arlington and Alexandria. But you know what I've said to people, I'm dealing with it in my own household. My partner lost his job in the U.S. navy after 10 years. I, I understand how upsetting that is. I understand how it messes up your finances.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[John Reed]

Causes a lot of worry. But there is a solution. It's called hire Republicans to create a robust economy where there are tons of jobs. So that if something bad happens for whatever reason and you lose your job, there's another one across the street. The Democrats are clueless about job creation. Every decision they're pushing makes it harder for private sector jobs to appear. So you gotta vote Republican if you want to get out of this mess.

[Rob Carson]

You know, the United States government was like a company that was failing. There were a lot of ills in there. And I'm talking to the government employees here. You know as well as I do there are many of you who had jobs where you saw people just going through the motion, just getting a paycheck, just whatever, not returning to work after Covid, all of these things. And I speak from a position of. I lived in flyover country the last 10 years, John, and in those 10 years, there was a point I had to be on food stamps, John, because, you know, broadcasting is awful, first of all. And I could not. And I couldn't get a chance. You know as well as I do, radio's hell. So literally, in my early 50s, I had to have food stamps. I did not want to share that on the radio because I was embarrassed and ashamed of it, but I did. And after all of the things that I've been through, from being unemployed for a year and a half, having to sell cars, sometimes getting out of your current situation maybe was not ideal, but you will end up in a better place. I think. I really do believe that you can end up in a better place if.

[John Reed]

You'Ve got smart leaders who are making decisions that build the private sector. If you put in Democrats who think that government is the solution to everything, when it's generally not the solution, oftentimes it makes the situation worse or subsidizes the problem, then you're in trouble. That's why you want someone and, you know, like Winsome Sears running for governor, who has run a small business herself, who has already been in state government. You want somebody like me who is a partner at a major firm, government relations firm. I mean, I've been associated with some companies that have done great, and I've been associated with some startups where we learn some tough lessons. I'm going to use that personal knowledge to evaluate the proposals that are coming through the legislature.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[John Reed]

And hopefully help guide Virginia to explosive positive growth with jobs. But, you know, the Democrats want to get rid of the right to work. They want to force everybody into a union. I got news for folks. If that happens in Virginia, we begin to lose jobs. We're the northernmost state with the right to work, and people love it. The CEOs love it, the businesses love it. And we're competing with wonderful states like Tennessee and North Carolina and South Carolina. Everybody needs to understand this is a competition and we need to treat it like that. And the Democrats don't get it. I really don't think they care because they have to answer to the union, not to the workers.

[Rob Carson]

Yes. I think Virginia. I really do consider myself to be blessed to live here. I know when I lived in Maryland, I would always look to Virginia and go, oh, I wish I would have chosen to live in Virginia. And I did. I'm not kidding. I remember I told you this. When I drive across the Potomac from the Maryland side. It was like entering Oz. It was like, oh my God, look at the, the malls are still awesome. They don't look like Lake Forest Mall. Oh my God. You know, and it was glorious in the, and the buildings and it's, it's clean and it's wonderful and Virginia can even get better. Virginia is such a, an unbelievably beautiful state. You should be proud to live in Virginia. You should be able to explore any career option you want in the great state of Virginia because you're so close to everything, whether it's nature or history, for God's sake, history. All these wonderful things. And isn't it time that we had government as great as the state of Virginia? In Virginia, you know, well, you know.

[John Reed]

They hate Virginia history too. Oh, I know that I'm the only person who has the guts to stand up and say we must stop erasing history. We must stop tearing down monuments and tombs and memorials and, and all of the things that are the mile markers of our civilization. I'm not asking everybody to agree with me and my assessment of history. I'm asking you to show some intellect and stop being driven by rage and hatred and hostility and destroying things like the Taliban. Let's be smart, reasonable people and stop that destruction. Virginia is ground zero for what these people have tried to do and I intend to stop it. Because now.

[Rob Carson]

John, we've got to take a break. John, we got to take a break. You hold around. I want to continue on this. I also want to talk about you as a broadcaster. Your opinions on what happened to Jimmy Kimmel, Washington, D.C. with Donald Trump federalizing the police because things have changed dramatically in the two months I've lived here. All of that. So we're going to continue with John Reed, candidate for Lieutenant Governor of the great state of Virginia. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show.

[Political Commentator / Satirist]

We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to carry, characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it. This is not how an adult grieves the murder of someone he called a friend. This is how a four year old.

[Rob Carson]

Mourns A goldfish entirely tone deaf and also not truthful as well. He blamed the murder of Charlie Kirk on a Trump supporter. So he lost his job. This was a, this was a long string of abuses and usurpations. I'll just say that. And he no longer, well, appears to not have a job at late night. Joining us on the Newsmax headline, John Reed, Lieutenant governor, candidate for Luke, lieutenant governor, the state of Virginia. You can go to John Reed for virginia.com if you want to help him out. You're a broadcaster, John. You've been doing radio for a number of years. You know that when you work for a company, you have no First Amendment rights.

[John Reed]

Yeah. Well, I mean, whatever company you work for. Yes, on their dog and on their time, you got to reign it in. You know, I kept, I kept the, all day today, I've been looking for the joke. Like, where's the joke? I thought you were a comedian. I've got a, a really big spectrum of things that I will tolerate if they're supposed to be funny, even if I don't personally find them funny. But I kept thinking is, is he cracking a joke or is he just impugning and insulting people with no humor in it? And I think it's the latter, don't you?

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, well, of course. And I don't think that there's a point where you, the company has to cut its losses. Donald Trump didn't cause this. Donald Trump didn't call and say fire. Okay, none of that happened. That's nonsensical. But I'm going to tell you, John, I wrote a piece on Substack about all the people who were canceled for speech. Jay Bhattacharya, Robert Malone, Dr. Oz, Gilbert Gradfreed, Rush Limbaugh, Donald Trump taken off of all social media before the election. Now, you don't have free speech on social media. However, they didn't do it to the other candidates. So I really, I have no pity for this. And if the Democrats are going to pitch a fit about it, it will be a very short lived argument because it's specious. It's absolutely specious.

[John Reed]

For a decade they've been coming after anybody who's conservative. Plus, Matt, say this, is there just not any common decency left? I mean, a guy murdered live on television.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[John Reed]

And what is he doing? He's not rioting. He's not beating somebody up. He's not stabbing someone. He's not harassing or sexually assaulting a woman on the subway. He's talking to people while he sits in a chair and there are 3,000 people who are gathered to see him, and he's murdered on live tv. And every and a percentage of the population thinks that's okay. What world are we living in?

[Rob Carson]

Those people are. Those people are going to be left in the dustbin of history. And I want to also mention this. I think that the. Charlie Kirk's death has made people see the darkness that the Democrat Party and its followers and the left live in and recognize that they've really bedded down with the forces of evil right now. There is, and I've said John, that there was John Reed, by the way, running for lieutenant governor in Virginia, that a great birth of freedom and faith is going to sweep the world from Donald Trump's election. That's just put on. Been put on light speed. I, I moved here. I'm going to go to my first Catholic Mass since before my mother died this weekend. And I'm just choosing a church in Alexandria. And the reaction I've gotten online is amazing. There is, there's something happening here with regard to faith and a return to founding principles that cannot be denied. And the Democrat Party still is not on board.

[John Reed]

Well, I applaud that. I think it's time for us to recommit to the principles that made America great, that give us guidance about how to be good human beings and good people, how to build strong families and then strong societies. And we find those in our Judeo Christian traditions, and they have been mocked and ridiculed and dismissed for 20 years by the left. And I think people look around and it's not just, you know, somebody's got purple hair and a weird look or that they're unhappy people who are angry, who are ruining lives for their families and their neighbors and their communities. And we can fix that. We can make it so that you can still live however you want. Look at me. I live my life as I see fit, but it's. I don't want to, you know, dig up a whole problem here, but my faith is very strong. I have never, you know, there have been churches that have wanted me out, but I've always felt a real connection to my God through my Christian faith.

[Rob Carson]

Amen, brother.

[John Reed]

And I have no problem talking about it, and I think more people need to do that.

[Rob Carson]

Well, I'm proud to live in Virginia, and I plan on living here the rest of my life, provided a Democrat doesn't get elected.

[John Reed]

We're working like madman. Give folks very clear choices, reasonable, fair folks.

[Rob Carson]

I want to keep things on A on an upward projection for the state of Virginia. It's a marvelous state, a wonderful place to live. John reedforvirginia.com is where you need to go to help out John Reed for lieutenant governor. Is there anything anywhere else people should could be able to help you out, my brother?

[John Reed]

Oh, well listen, of course I can always use the financial donations because the Democrats are pouring money towards my opponent. But if you want to go on Facebook, it's John Reed for lieutenant governor. I mean I show all the places I'm going. I promise you I'm working hard. I'm not even taking a day off between now and the election is going to be non stop and I'm on X and you know all the social platforms, I'm trying to reach out to non traditional voters who have never even considered voting Republican. I think we can win this.

[Rob Carson]

I do too bro. I do too. And I'm going to tell you I, I am hearing a lot more people admit they're conservatives even in old town Alexandria. I'm not kidding brother. I'm seeing, I'm seeing these Gasden flag license plates in my area where I live. It's pretty remarkable. John Reed, God bless. Godspeed. We'll have you on again hopefully every week until the election because we're going to get this my friend. We're going to win this.

[John Reed]

You're awesome. Thank you. I really appreciate it. I'll see you soon. Thank you.

[Rob Carson]

God bless. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson show. This is not an evil and it never will be unless it's a golf cart in my own neighborhood. It is a Rob Carson Joe. On a Thursday, Jimmy Kimmel with Tucker Carlson got fired.

[Political Commentator / Satirist]

Fox News has severed bow ties with Tucker Carlson after all these years. They are parting ways which means he was fired. I mean that's really what parting ways means. Couldn't be reached for comment. He's already on a plane to Moscow to meet with his manager.

[Rob Carson]

But what a show shock.

[Political Commentator / Satirist]

I mean what an absolutely delightful shock this is. Now Tucker can spend more time at home tanning his testicles and touching himself to that sexy green m M sadly.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, that's really funny man. That is just hilarious. I'm gonna really miss him on late night. Not at all, actually. Not at all. Here's Jim Gossett as the prezzi on the Rob Carson show.

[Show Announcer / Promo Voice]

Jimmy Kimmel's been pulled off the airwaves. Lets hope that he's gone permanently.

[Rob Carson]

Buh. Bye.

[Show Announcer / Promo Voice]

ABC had to feel the pressure.

[Rob Carson]

Stay in Your lane.

[Show Announcer / Promo Voice]

They got a warning from fcc.

[Rob Carson]

Tell jokes. Be an entertainer.

[Show Announcer / Promo Voice]

I hope he's history. No mystery. His show had no ratings. He isn't funny. Lost money. Kimmel, he is through. It's good to see him go and lose his show.

[Rob Carson]

Come on.

[Show Announcer / Promo Voice]

I'm so excited and I just can't fight it.

[Rob Carson]

I know.

[John Reed]

Me too.

[Show Announcer / Promo Voice]

It's Kimmel is off the air. A wrong's been righted. I'm so excited. I just can't hide it. If you're conservative then Kim will hate you. Hates you.

[Rob Carson]

There you go.

[Show Announcer / Promo Voice]

I never like that guy.

[Rob Carson]

It took what, 50 plus years of late night to have a conservative host and it ends up being Greg Gutfeld. Yeah, because. Because the, the late night genre went completely left of center. All of them. All of them. All of them. Seth Meyers. Nobody watches all of them. And so you know, I have no pity for Jimmy Kimmel. They've run rough shot over late night television. They've insulted late night television. This is Brendan Carr. He is the the FCC chairman talking about with regard to broadcasting and free speech.

[John Reed]

Yeah. Broadcasters are different than any other form of communication including here run cable. Right now Fox news doesn't have an FTC license. CNN doesn't, but abc, cbs, NBC, those broadcast stations do. And with that license comes a unique obligation to operate in the public interest.

[Rob Carson]

With great power comes great responsibility. We're going to get to more of this next hour. We're going to move on to see Charlie Kirk. Got some Charlie Kirk news. Cash Patel in front of democrats in Congress looking like morons. All of that coming up in our number two of the Rob Carson show. Don't go anywhere.

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