Keith Ellison's Capitol Colonoscopy

Summary

The Rob Carson Show – “Keith Ellison’s Capitol Colonoscopy”

Date: February 12, 2026
Host: Rob Carson (Newsmax Radio)
Episode Theme: Political Accountability, Government Fraud, and the State of American Politics

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Episode Overview

The third hour of Rob Carson’s nationally syndicated radio show takes aim at political corruption, focusing on Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s contentious testimony on Capitol Hill regarding a historic fraud scandal. The episode combines Carson’s trademark humor and sharp commentary, weaving in major national stories—congressional hearings, big city political dysfunction, and the cost of prescription drugs—alongside humorous asides and pop culture riffing.

The show’s central metaphor—“Keith Ellison’s Capitol Colonoscopy”—frames the interrogation of Ellison over the mishandling of billions in COVID relief and food program funds in Minnesota, while expanding into discussions on political accountability, government transparency, and the broader failures of the Democratic Party.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Keith Ellison & the Feeding Our Future Fraud Scandal

Timestamps: 00:20–06:31

• Summary:

  • Host Rob Carson kicks off with the much-anticipated Capitol Hill hearing, likening the cross-examination of Keith Ellison (MN AG) to a “colonoscopy.”
  • Carson accuses Ellison of overseeing and obstructing investigations into a COVID-era fraud scheme that funneled $9 billion, including $250 million in the “Feeding Our Future” child meal program, to perpetrators who bought luxury cars and homes.
  • Clips of Senators Josh Hawley and Ron Johnson grilling Ellison are played. Carson highlights Ellison’s evasion and testiness.
  • Carson and guest voices repeatedly assert that Ellison enabled corruption for partisan or personal gain.

• Notable Quotes:

  • Rob Carson: “Keith Ellison is being belligerent as hell on Capitol Hill...I hope he goes to jail for a very long time.” (00:41)
  • Carson (sarcastically): “You better give him some more anesthesia. This could get painful.” (02:45)
  • Sen. Ron Johnson: “As the chief law enforcement officer of Minnesota, I would think you’d be concerned about people obstructing justice.” (04:33)
  • Carson (summary): “They bought Bentleys, they lived in mansions while you and I worked three jobs trying to get through COVID.” (08:04)

• Insight:
  Carson frames the issue as clear-cut government complicity in fraud, blaming Ellison and the Democratic Farmer-Labor Party, generalizing to a national pattern of waste and impunity.

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2. Epstein Files, Congressional Oversight & Media Parody

Timestamps: 09:20–12:16

• Summary:

  • Carson transitions to other scandals, including the release and mishandling of Jeffrey Epstein files.
  • Co-host/commentator Pam Bondi criticizes Congress and the Biden administration for ignoring accountability around Epstein.
  • The show features rapid-fire satirical jabs at politicians, the media, and double standards in oversight—especially on issues like anti-Semitism.

• Notable Quotes:

  • Pam Bondi: “None of them ask Merrick Garland over the last four years one word about Jeffrey Epstein.” (10:29)
  • Carson (on media focus): “Democrats have said nothing about the rising anti-Semitism in America following October 7th.” (11:44)

• Insight:
  The show sharply critiques selective outrage, arguing for accountability against elites and lambasting what Carson sees as partisan shields for Democratic wrongdoing.

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3. Urban Policy—New York City, Taxes, & Democrat Dysfunction

Timestamps: 12:16–19:04

• Summary:

  • Carson lampoons New York and California’s tax and spend policies, snow removal (“let the snow melt”), and new proposals to avoid auditing powerful non-profits.
  • Journalist Miranda Devine discusses tax hikes, population flight, and the problem of “soaking the rich”—returning again to the theme of government enriching insiders.
  • Former Governor Andrew Cuomo is mocked for failed leadership and social policies (e.g., on homelessness).

• Notable Quotes:

  • Carson: “They’re really honestly just completely intellectually and morally bankrupt.” (12:48)
  • Miranda Devine: “If you keep on releasing the golden goose, it’s going to leave New York. People are marching away as fast as they can.” (16:38)
  • Carson: “If Americans really wanted socialism, why are so many people moving from New York and California?” (16:58)

• Insight:
  Through interviews and parody, Carson and guests paint a picture of cities collapsing under progressive mismanagement—juxtaposing government largesse with decaying services.

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4. Healthcare: Drug Prices & Trump’s Alternatives

Timestamps: 20:50–29:03

• Summary:

  • A clip of Donald Trump (20:50) leads into a discussion of the Trump Rx initiative as an alternative to Obamacare. Carson argues private sector innovation outpaces bureaucratic solutions.
  • Guest J.D. Hayworth (22:06), former Congressman, praises Trump’s approach and attacks Big Pharma’s lobbying clout and lack of price transparency.
  • Hayworth describes the Pharmaceutical Reform Alliance’s push for drug price parity with other developed nations.
  • The problem of American “pharmaceutical tourism” to Mexico and Canada is discussed, along with bipartisan efforts at reform.

• Notable Quotes:

  • Trump: “Who would not want voter ID? Only somebody that wants to cheat.” (12:03)
  • Hayworth: “The President deserves a lot of credit...what you got on Capitol Hill is a kind of a tap dance.” (24:09)
  • Hayworth: “Prescription drug price P-A-R-I-T-Y; where we pay the same as the Europeans.” (28:15)

• Insight:
  Healthcare reform is framed as both a consumer rights issue and a test of government versus private efficiency, with Carson expressing deep skepticism about entrenched interests and political inaction.

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5. Pop Culture & Social Commentary: Generational Shifts, Music, Olympics

Timestamps: 32:42–40:05

• Summary:

  • Carson reminisces about the impact of Generation X on music (Nirvana, hip-hop) and riffs on pop cultural milestones like Kurt Cobain’s death.
  • A digression follows about the Olympics (“Eileen Gu cheating for China”), international politics, and a lighthearted take on a Norwegian biathlete’s love scandal.
  • The tone is humorous, often self-deprecating, and lampoons social trends and “wokeness.”

• Notable Quotes:

  • Carson: “If you cheat on your girlfriend, it’s all downhill from here. Not worth it.” (39:50)
  • Carson: “I feel sorry for you that you have been so brainwashed to think that you wanted to proudly ski for a communist country that has murdered so many people.” (38:41)

• Insight:
  Carson utilizes pop culture not just for levity but as a lens on social and political change—contrasting Generation X’s innovation with present-day “slackness” in leadership and institutions.

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Memorable Moments

• Carson on government fraud:
  “It’s very obvious the Democrat party was very involved with this...While you and I suffered, they enriched themselves beyond our wildest dreams.” (08:04)

• Pam Bondi on Epstein:
  “Didn’t ask Merrick Garland anything about Epstein, not once. When he was weak sauce.” (11:06)

• Miranda Devine on NYC exodus:
  “You’re adding a burden...when they’re all gone and he needs more money, he’s going to thresh—go after the middle class.” (18:03–18:35)

• Carson on Gavin Newsom’s wife:
  “I want you to imagine being married to this...Did they breed? Oh dear God.” (34:21–35:48)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:20–06:31 – Ellison grilled; Feeding Our Future fraud exposed
• 09:20–12:16 – Epstein files, anti-Semitism, media parody
• 12:16–19:04 – NYC tax policy, snow removal, Miranda Devine on exodus
• 20:50–29:03 – Trump Rx, pharma reform discussion with J.D. Hayworth
• 32:42–40:05 – Generation X & music, Olympics, cheating scandal, humor

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Tone & Style

Carson blends sharp conservative commentary with irreverent humor and rapid-fire parody. The tone is combative towards Democrats and government insiders, laced with sarcasm, grievance, and satirical potshots at politicians of both parties. Carson’s background in comedy radio comes out through his use of topical humor and a running self-aware patter.

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For First-Time Listeners

This episode delivers a hard-hitting, highly opinionated view of current American politics through the lens of government waste, Democrat mismanagement, and populist outrage at elite impunity. The show is equal parts political talk, comic relief, and culture-war riffing—making it accessible for listeners seeking both insight and entertainment about the week in news and politics.

Transcript

[Rob Carson]

Hold it.

[J.D. Hayworth]

Now.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

You are about to hear the most interesting, informative, thought provoking and funny show in America on air and on the World Wide Web.

[Keith Ellison]

This is the Rob Carson Show.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

This is the third and final hour of the Rob Carson show on this Thursday as Keith Ellison gets a colonoscopy.

[Rob Carson]

To you as early as 2019. Let's look at as early as 2019. Whistleblower. Don't talk over me. As early as 2019. It's my hearing, pal. As early as 2019.

[Keith Ellison]

Don't call me whistleblowers came.

[Rob Carson]

Well, I should call you a prisoner because you ought to be in jail.

[Keith Ellison]

Well, see what you can.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Let's see what we can do about that. Oh, my goodness. I love this. Keith Ellison. Being belligerent as hell on Capitol Hill. He. He of course presided over billions of dollars in. In fraud. He said to his. His Somali buddies who were taking money and sending it out in suitcases. A couple million dollars a day, 700 plus millions of dollars laundered through Minneapolis St. Paul Airport. He actually knew what was happening. He said, don't worry about it. I will stop all investigation. That's what he said. And he is on Capitol Hill and Josh Hawley is giving him a colonoscopy.

[Rob Carson]

The $9 billion in historic fraud out of your state, including the 250 million do dollars in the feeding Our Future program alone. You familiar with that? Don't turn to the pages in your book to get your potted answers. Are you familiar with it? Yes or no?

[Keith Ellison]

Yes, I am familiar with.

[Rob Carson]

Very familiar. Aren't you?

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Because the people got a smug grin.

[Rob Carson]

Who ran the feeding?

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

I hope he goes to jail for a very long time.

[Rob Carson]

Futures Program came to you in your official office in the state capitol of December 11, 2021.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Yeah.

[Rob Carson]

And asked for your help in getting investigators off their backs. They complained to you for upwards of. Of an hour about state investigators going after them. And they begged you to help them. And you agreed to it, amazingly, and we know you did. That's because it's all caught on tape. Every single sentence is caught on tape. Here's what you said. Let's take a look. You said, it's not a question. You said to them, send me the names of all these folks who are investigating them. You said to them, send me their names and I'll take that list and I'll call the person over at education who is investigating them and say, well, what's going on? Why am I getting these complaints? Then he went on to say, I already have my team Working on this. What day should we get together to discuss it again? You made pledge after pledge to them. You said, we've got to make sure this guy who's investigating them stops it. You said. You have.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

You better give them some more anesthesia. This could get painful.

[Rob Carson]

My attention. I'm concerned about this. You said. Let's go.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

He's starting to twitch.

[Rob Carson]

Fight these people. Meaning the people who were investigating the fraud.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Yeah.

[Rob Carson]

Why'd you do it? Why'd you help them?

[Keith Ellison]

Are you going to let me answer?

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Please.

[Rob Carson]

We're all here.

[Keith Ellison]

So first of all, you're cherry picking quotes out of there.

[Rob Carson]

Why did you help?

[Keith Ellison]

I thought you were going to let me answer.

[Senator Ron Johnson]

Why did you?

[Keith Ellison]

Let me answer.

[Rob Carson]

Why did you help?

[Keith Ellison]

You let me answer and I'll answer.

[Rob Carson]

You tell the truth and I'll let you answer.

[Keith Ellison]

I will tell the truth.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Good.

[Rob Carson]

Be a nice change.

[Keith Ellison]

So no. That. Now, see, Mr. Chairman, I didn't come here to be insulted. I came here.

[Rob Carson]

You came here for the truth.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Let's have it. Why did you help? The audience is so good. I love it. I mean, it's very obvious that this fraud was allowed to happen. Here's the beginning of the hearing. Listen this. He started off being belligerent. Senator Holling.

[Rob Carson]

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Ellison, let me start with you. You're the Attorney General of the State of Minnesota. Do I have that correct? That's a yes, sir.

[Keith Ellison]

You're aware of my job?

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Sir. You're aware of my job.

[Keith Ellison]

You know the answer.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

You know the answer is you're not.

[Rob Carson]

Going to answer my questions. Are we going to start this way? Are you the Attorney General of the state of Minnesota? Yes or no?

[Keith Ellison]

You know the answer.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

You know the answer.

[Rob Carson]

Shelves. And you're in my courtroom now. You're under oath. So I suggest that you answer my question.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

You know what? He's a racist.

[Rob Carson]

He the chief law enforcement officer of the state of Minnesota. Yes or no? Let's try another question. Are you familiar with the $9 billion in historic fraud out of your state, including the $250 million in the feeding Our Future program alone? You familiar with that? Don't turn to the pages in your book to get potted answers.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

I love it. I just love it. I just love it. I. This is the. This is the. The accountability we've been talking about here is him being asked about obstructing ICE Courage trained activists.

[Senator Ron Johnson]

Ron Johnson to put themselves into harm's way. Because you had to know, because you were watching this, that there were Scuffles, at least that these people were obstructing justice. I would think you'd actually, as the chief law enforcement officer of Minnesota, be concerned about people obstructing justice. You know, putting their cars in streets, blocking roads. I would think as chief law enforcement, you would be concerned about that. But.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Yeah.

[Senator Ron Johnson]

Were you ever concerned about encouraging, I guess, people to support you to go out and put themselves into harm's way?

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Yeah.

[Keith Ellison]

No, we've never.

[Senator Ron Johnson]

In obstructing illegal law enforcement action. Did that ever concern you, sir?

[Keith Ellison]

That never happened. We all time said, if you want to protest, protest peacefully. Yeah, protest safely. But we. But I would. You'll never find me being against the first amendment right now, but I'll always be for the first time.

[Senator Ron Johnson]

But you. You were seeing the scuffles, right? You were seeing the.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

They were encouraging a. Dear God, we aren't stupid. There you go. Here he is being asked about. Let me see. If you enter the country illegally, you should be deported. According to Senator Moreno, big shot lawyer like you.

[Senator Ron Johnson]

Just a quick question. If you enter the country illegally or.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

You overstay a visa, should you be deported?

[Keith Ellison]

My simple answer is, sir, it depends.

[Senator Ron Johnson]

Okay, so if somebody breaks into your home, should they be arrested for breaking entry or does it depend.

[Keith Ellison]

Oh, it's an entirely different scenario.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Not really.

[Keith Ellison]

Because immigration.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Let's break it in.

[Keith Ellison]

Is essential.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Both of them are legal civilization.

[Keith Ellison]

And breaking into my home is a criminal matter.

[Senator Ron Johnson]

Oh, okay, gotcha. So if there's. So there's laws that should be enforced. So we shouldn't enforce civil violations.

[Keith Ellison]

We absolutely should enforce them.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

So he's just so full of crap. Honestly. Here's a little. Should I do a little bit more? Josh Holly.

[Rob Carson]

Correct. That's a yes.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Oh, no, no, I already did that. I already did that. Yeah. You knew he was going to be belligerent. You just knew he was going to be belligerent. He's like Fonny Willis, like a male Fani Willis, realizing that he's in a whole lot of hot agua. And as this develops, I will be sharing. But I've been waiting for this moment for a very long time. This guy is such a. Just a toad, to be quite honest. Unreal. I hope. I really do hope that he goes to jail for a very long time. It is very clear that as the chief law enforcement officer of the state of Minnesota, that he knew this was going on. If all it took was Dick Shirley walking up to a building that said leering center and exposed this. And then also another journalist exposed that $250 million was spent on FE feeding children during COVID And there were little, you know, 10 seat cafes that were serving, you know, hundreds of thousands of meals a day and charging the government. You know, it's real easy to figure out. It's very obvious he was a part of this. It's very obvious that Democrat party was very involved with this. It's very, very obvious the Democrat Farmers Laborers Party in the state of Minnesota were a part of this. And it's going all around the country. It's going to California next. And it's about time that we did something about it because it's our money. And while you and I suffered, they enriched themselves beyond their our wildest dreams. They bought Bentleys, they lived in mansions while you and I worked three jobs trying to get through Covid. And if we're lucky, we might have some money in the bank when we retire and we'll get a pittance from Social Security. Meanwhile, these guys got millions and millions of dollars for lying about feeding kids, for lying about autism, for lying about everything. It's just ridiculous. It is completely, completely disgusting, to be quite honest. I was gonna do a little bit of this Bondi hearing. Should I? It is pretty good, but I don't know. I'll share a little bit of it. This is, this is some of the madness yesterday. You know, this is the Democrat Party. They, they. This is the next thing this week, the Bondi hearing. Bondi has released a lot of the Epstein files. A lot of the stuff has been redacted. I have a problem with that, by the way. I have a problem with that because, you know, it's about damn time that people were held accountable. Nobody in Washington D.C. ever goes to prison and I'm just done with it. Aren't you kind of done with it? Don't you want to see somebody who went to Congress four years ago with Petty List who's now worth $30 million, whose husband's investment company had no investors and whose winery made no wine? Don't you kind of want to know where the money came from? Don't you kind of want to know that if in fact it's stolen or fraudulently gotten. This also includes insider trading that has made politicians on both sides of the aisle incredibly rich. While you and I suffered, While you and I work our entire lives to get to a finish line that may have to come when you're 70 or 75 a few years before you die. Here is Pam Bondi yesterday. The next thing is, you know, the Epstein files. And even though the Democrat Party sat on the Epstein files for four years, did nothing about it, all of a sudden this week, because there was a void in the next thing. Okay, they defused the anti ice protest in Minneapolis. Before that, they defused the no Kings. Before that, they defused the, you know, Pete Hagseth is, you know, war criminal. Before, before that, they defused Elon Musk as a Nazi. This was the next thing. Last week it was Donald Trump as a racist because of a Lion King parody video.

[Pam Bondi]

They are talking about Epstein today. This has been around since the Obama administration. This administration released over 3 million pages of documents. Over 3 million. And Donald Trump, I don't think that.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Christopher Ray ever got reamed like this.

[Pam Bondi]

Signed that law to release all of those documents. He is the most transparent president in the nation's history. And none of them, none of them ask Merrick Garland over the last four years, one word about Jeffrey Epstein did.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Not care until they needed something to fill the space another week. This is Rebecca Garland. She also said that women are too stupid or dependent on men to get an ID to vote. That's what she said yesterday. But she also said this and she stormed out of the meeting.

[Pam Bondi]

Didn't ask Merrick Garland anything about Epstein, not once. When he was weak sauce. And also.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Weak sauce. Yeah. A congresswoman said weak sauce.

[Pam Bondi]

I want the record to reflect.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Wow.

[Pam Bondi]

You know, with this anti Semitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution condemning.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, I just want to be clear.

[Pam Bondi]

Do you want to go there, Attorney General?

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

That must be some strong sauce.

[Rob Carson]

Strong sauce.

[Pam Bondi]

Or do you want to go there?

[Rob Carson]

Are you serious, gentlemen?

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Talking about anti Semitism to a woman who lost her. The dog's howling again.

[Rob Carson]

The committee would be in order.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Talk to Jared Wise about anti Semitism, the ranking member. Democrats have said nothing about the rising anti Semitism in America following October 7th. And there are also Democrats in New York City, particularly white women who are protesting in favor of Hamas. So there's that. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show.

[Donald Trump]

Who would not want voter id? Only somebody that wants to cheat.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

You would think, and of course you would be right. There you go. Here is Pam Bondi going after Ted Lieu.

[Pam Bondi]

This is what Congressman Lu didn't want to talk about. He didn't want to talk about.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

All.

[Pam Bondi]

The crime that is happening in his state.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Yeah.

[Pam Bondi]

California refuses to honor detainees because of its dangerous sanctuary city policies. The refusal means California has released 4,561 criminal illegal aliens. Criminal illegal aliens. Onto its street.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Yeah, that's your Democrat Party for you. They're really honestly just completely intellectually and morally bankrupt. Let's move on. Let's move on from Pam Bondi. Let's move on to New York. New York City. New York City. I had mentioned earlier that the Democrat Party has come up with a brilliant way to cut down their snow removal budget. I live in a Democrat run county in Northern Virginia. Now we have a crazy cat lady as the governor. She's a bat guano crazy leftist who lied about who she was to get into office. And so what this area and New York City are doing is they're dramatically reducing the amount of money needed to, to for snow removal. And they got this new thing that they're doing and it is called let the snow melt. That's. That's it. So that's what happened in New York. It's didn't really move it. It was terrible. And they kind of just let the snow melt. So but Zoran Mandami, he's been in office for a month and he's already like, like in, in by the way, in Virginia with a new crazy cat lady, Abigail Spamberger. She, she $2.6 trillion budget surplus. Yet she feels like we need higher taxes across the board on everything in the Northern Virginia area, the state of Virginia in general. Everything from ammunition, unconstitutional, you know, taxing, okay, getting rid of gas leaf blowers. And then when you buy an electric leaf blower, being taxed on it, all of your deliveries to your home, Amazon, Uber eats. Everything taxed. Everything, everything, everything taxed. Even though there's a $2.6 billion budget surplus, they don't need any more money. But they're going to create programs to enrich their friends. That's what they're going to do. Oh, and then conveniently, the NGOs and whatnot that get like, you know, money for nonprofits, part of the bills they want to pass here is to make it illegal to audit those groups. So they want to get all this new spending in, enrich their friends and then let them spend it on whatever don't even need to worry about, you know, can buy a new car, not help anybody, just like in Minnesota, and you won't be investigated. That's your Democrat Party. Here's Zoran Mon. Dummy. I'm sorry, Zo. Zo Moron. Zam Kami, that's what I like to call him. Talking about how they need to tax the rich. We are going to continue to advocate for a variety of options. We Believe the two of them that are the most straightforward and critically important are increased taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers and the most profitable corporations. Yeah. And there was an idiot the other day that was interviewed and said that if wealthy New Yorkers decide to take their businesses from New York, that the Mandami supporters will just start running the businesses, just take the buildings. Even though, like Zoran Mandami, they've never had a job, never built anything, never shoveled snow, obviously. Here's Kathy hopeful. Yeah, what's up, Doc? Cathy Hochul saying, yeah, we've already given enough money.

[Kathy Hochul]

Are you amenable to sending New York.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

City a bigger piece of the state budget? Well, let me say this. I already have. Since I've been governor, we've increased our support for New York City by 33% over my predecessor. That's $25 billion more they get for everything from housing to child care to education. Maybe, maybe enough is enough. Maybe enough is bloody enough for New York City because nothing ever gets better and not ever gets done. Here is Miranda Devine. Miranda Devine of the New York Post, by the way. Great organization, great, great paper. Talking about Zoran Mondami.

[Miranda Devine]

Well, he's missing the fact that if you keep on releasing the golden goose, it's going to leave New York. People are marching away as fast as they can. You look at California, the wealthiest people will go, and then you'll have nobody to pay for all these ridiculous social programs. Because what he's spending the money.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

If Americans really wanted socialism, why are so many people moving from New York and California? Okay, that's all you need to know, honey.

[Miranda Devine]

On is not basic things like one.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Oh, my God, everybody move to New York. It's like, it's going to be fantastic.

[Miranda Devine]

Oh, nobody is picking up the garbage and cleaning the snow off the streets, as we can all see at the moment.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

No, it's the new let it melt snow removal policy.

[Miranda Devine]

He's spending it on, you know, free childcare and free buses and free grocery stores and a sanctuary city where you have freebies for illegal migrants and you usher them in and invite them to come and stay for free. And they did that.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

They put them up in a Roosevelt Hotel for a couple years, $500 a night. But it was free for free and.

[Miranda Devine]

Have free education and all the rest of it. I mean, why New Yorkers would keep on paying for. We're going to walk away. We're going to leave.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

And I hope they do. I really do. I hope there's a complete collapse here's a little more from Miranda Devine.

[Miranda Devine]

Well, New York is already paying the highest income tax in the country and you're adding a burden. I mean, this number of 2% is being thrown around. It's actually a 50% rise in taxes. And people have already had Cuomo put on some sort of an emergency tax a few years ago. How much longer is this going for? And you know, at the moment he's just saying, oh, it's going to be for people with incomes over a million dollars. But when they're all gone and he needs more money, he's going to thresh.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Go after the middle class. Here's Andrew Cuomo, who's a failure, talking about giving the keys to a first grader to drive the bus. This mayor has no management experience at all. And it's going to catch up with you. People died who didn't need to die. This policy of we're not going to remove people involuntarily who are mentally ill.

[Senator Ron Johnson]

Because we believe it violates their civil rights. So we'll allow them to freeze to.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Death while they express their civil rights. I mean, it is just he did he, Zoran Mandami said get rid of clearing out the homeless encampments and putting homeless people indoors. And he let him stay on the streets. And 19 of them died during the last snow activity. Isn't that amazing? Yeah. Yeah. That's the warmth of collectivism, I believe, actually, which isn't very warm at all. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show. Hey guys, it's Carson for quints. You know, a well built wardrobe is about pieces that work together and hold up over time. That's what Quince does best. Premium materials, thoughtful design, everyday stables that feel easy to wear even as the weather shifts. Quince has everyday essentials. I love the quality that lasts, by the way. Organic cotton sweaters, Polos for every occasion, lighter jackets to keep you warm in the changing season. The list goes on. Now, Quince works directly with top factories and cuts out the middleman. So you're not paying for brand markup, just quality clothing. Everything is built to hold up to daily wear and still look good season after season. I have a great wool blazer that has the ladies turning their heads even if they're not looking at me. And then of course, a cashmere sweater, ridiculously soft, doesn't cost a fortune as well. Refresh your wardrobe with quince. Go to quince.com newsmax for free shipping on your order. And 365 day returns now available in Canada too. That's quince.com q u I n c e.com newsmax free shipping and 365 day returns. Quince.com newsmax.

[Donald Trump]

And I've had personal talks with some Democrats. I can't tell you who they are. I just don't want to do that. It's not fair to them about paying large amounts of dollars back to the people. You know, this was my idea. It came up during that, you know, oftentimes in under times of stress like the shutdown, you come up with great ideas that you wouldn't have thought of before. The insurance companies are making a fortune. Their stock is up over a thousand percent over a short period of time. They are taking in hundreds of billions of dollars and they're not really putting it back.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Certainly not like that Is of course Donald Trump talking about Obamacare and he's in discussions with some Democrats to gut Obamacare and allow people to actually spend the money they want. Get, get money that is only going to be spent on insurance to give them the opportunity to choose from the company they want. Imagine that. Oh my God. Imagine that. Instead of just enriching insurance companies that ultimately give lots of money to Democrat campaigns. That's what happened, by the way, since Obamacare passed. Joining us on the Newsmax hotline, J.D. hayworth, former House representative from the state of Arizona. How are you, my friend?

[J.D. Hayworth]

Hey, my twin brother from another mother.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Yeah. Now, J.D. there's a lot of stuff going on. Just about a week ago, it was remarkable. The Trump RX was launched and it actually worked. Unlike the Obamacare website, which I think they spent between 500 million and $2 billion. It completely did a face plant. The, the Trump administration literally did a live test and it ended up working beautifully. What did you think about what you.

[J.D. Hayworth]

Think about that, you know, in stark contrast to the Obamacare website or Gavin Newsom's train, bullet train to nowhere. What the president done. And I have to say that what the president's done I have to say because spring training is starting out here in Arizona. What was that thing? If you build it, they will come.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Yes.

[J.D. Hayworth]

And so he's got in place this, this infrastructure right. Now I checked out the website myself and like so much else that this president has done, he has taken the lead on trying to put America and Americans first. And so that's what you have with Trump rx. But you also had it back. The topic we talked about a few days ago, the most favored nation status for America and American citizens. When it comes to prescription drugs. Cause right now we're paying three times on average, as much as other drug consumers in the rest of the developed world. And we've got to bring that in line. And so the President deserves a lot of credit. But what you got on Capitol Hill is kind of a, kind of a tap dance that. Well, it just, you were playing, you know, clips earlier from Pam Bondi's testimony. And let's face it, Rob, you know, in television news, it used to be if it bleeds, it leads in congressional hearings. It's if they shout, don't dare leave it out. But you go into that subcommittee hearing for energy and commerce yesterday where the trade associations for big pharma were brought in. And this is, first of all, the biggest organization. It's called PhRMA, their trade association. The CEO didn't show up. The chief operating officer shows up. And when she was asked for details on how big pharma manufacturers will actually go about lowering drug prices, she said she didn't have the knowledge that the members of that committee, quote, would have to ask the companies themselves. Hello, I say last week, why don't you invite the CEOs of the big pharma firms in? Yes, we're happy to show up at the White House and tell, oh, sure, we're going to work with you. But meantime, you've had, gosh, increases of close to a thousand medicines since the start of the new year. Prescription drugs, those prices have all increased despite the efforts of the President to get something in place to put Americans first instead of dead last.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Now, J.D. you are working. Explain to us again who the organization you're working with now with regard to pharma. Explain exactly what you guys do.

[J.D. Hayworth]

Well, pharma reform, pharmaceutical reform alliance, it really is a bipartisan, heck, even a nonpartisan group of people across the political spectrum who understand that this is not only a health issue, it's a pocketbook issue. And just as the President, in terms of national security and our allies has told NATO, you guys need to pay up, so too are we telling the European nations and others around the world, hey, look, the days of America subsidizing all your drugs in terms of research, not only, only about 17% of the research and development is paid out of the profits of the big pharma groups. A lot of it you and I fund as taxpayers. But those days are over. And that's the great thing. That's the goal the President has. But the challenge is getting Congress to go along and codify that most favored nation status. So that's what we're all about at the Pharmaceutical Reform alliance, bringing down the high cost of prescription drugs for Americans.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Well, you know, it's interesting and I've seen this blossom. You know, my mom and dad, my former in laws, they were pharmaceutical tourists. They would go to Mexico. They would drive across the border to Mexico. You know as well as I do, you drive across to Mexico, you drive into any little, you know, village, it's going to be Senor Frogs pharmaceutical company, tchotchke shop, pharmaceutical drug, cheaper senior frogs. That's Mexico.

[J.D. Hayworth]

Well, look now, sitting close to home, not only am I in a Florida state, but my beautiful bride grew up in Yuma, Arizona, which, which is right there. But it's not only Mexico, Canada. In fact, I this if you're, if your listeners are out driving, Rob and I know the millions listening to us are doing a variety of different things, but if you're driving your car, please, motorists, keep your hands at 10 o' clock and 2 o' clock on the wheel and look ahead. Here's what's wild about politics even now. Gosh, it's coming up on two decades ago when I, when I, when I finished second, we actually had a bipartisan measure after that election dealing with drug re importation and the guy who was working to get rid of me, Rahm Emanuel. And apart. Yep. Rahm Emanuel, I know it's hard to believe and a lot of us teamed up saying, look, we want to allow re importation from Canada so you have a better shot at prescription drugs. But the bottom line is the president's on the right track. Prescription drug price parity. What you offer often, Rob, with your genius is humorous parody. But this is parity P A R I T Y where we pay the same as the Europeans in the other folks pay.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

It only makes sense. And this is like we've always, you know, we've carried the United nations, we've carried the burden of tariffs. We've always been b slapped by the third world and the rest of the world. It's about time we we got parity. Parity. J.D. hayworth, I appreciate you being on the show today. Where can people go to find out more about your organization, brother, I am.

[J.D. Hayworth]

So glad you asked. Rob. The website is pharma reformaliance.com all right.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

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[Rob Carson]

But anyway.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

And LL Cool J, whatever. I know a lot about this because I lived it. But anyway, back to Kurt Cobain. Brian Burnett, a specialist who previously worked on cases involving overdoses, followed the gun shop drama. Independent researcher Michelle Wilkins, who worked with the team, told the Daily Mail that after three days looking at the evidence with fresh eyes, this is a homicide. She says Cobain was confronted allegedly by one or more assailants who forced a heroin overdose to incapacitate him before they shot him. The reason they say that is because he did not die of an instant gunshot. They say that he had organ damage associated with oxygen deprivation. The necrosis of the brain and liver happens in an overdose. It doesn't happen in a shotgun death. That's what they're saying. I don't know. I don't know. In. In the words of Hillary Clinton, what difference does it make? I don't know. But it was. It was a big deal when he died. We all have, you know, those celebrity deaths that impacted us or anybody's death. You know, obviously mom and dad and whatever. But John Lynn in 1980, you know, a lot of people remember exactly where you were that day. Kurt Cobain, you know where maybe you were where that day. Jimi Hendrix. Still. The knot from Thin Lizzie. I remember all the days. Eddie Van Halen. Unfortunately, just a few years ago. Holy hell. So there you go. What do we got here? Before we go, there's a lot of stuff I want to get to still. Oh, man. Oh, my God. For the first time in my life, I feel sorry for Gavin Newsom. What? Yeah, his wife grabbed the mic yesterday at an event. I want you to imagine being married to this.

[Unidentified Female Speaker]

We just find it incredulous that we have Planned Parenthood here.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Okay? You don't find things incredulous. You can be incredulous I think incredible. I think incredible was the word you were looking for. But go ahead.

[Unidentified Female Speaker]

We just find it incredulous that we have Planned Parenthood here.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Oh my God. It's so incredulous that Planned Parenthood. Oh my God, it's incredulous.

[Unidentified Female Speaker]

And women are fixing.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

I used to watch this show called that's incredulous.

[Unidentified Female Speaker]

1% of the population and the majority of the questions. All of these questions have really been about other issues. So it's just fascinating. You have this incredible women's caucus and all these allies and you're not asking about it. And this happens over and over and over and over again. You wonder why we have such a horrific war on women in this country.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Oh, it is a war on women. You might want to talk to the. If you are a man and there's a woman in your life, you might want to ask her, how's she doing with the war? Does she have. Does she have some sort of PTSD from the war on women in this country? Or maybe this is just crap and.

[Unidentified Female Speaker]

That these guys are going to.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

You know, it's incredulous that she would.

[Unidentified Female Speaker]

Say something like away with it because you don't seem to care. So I just offer that with love. But these are. You have incredible women in this room and you have these allies.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Ask about these allies. Oh my God. Now I know. I went to Davos. I don't think it was just to go after Donald Trump was like, I need to get the hell out of this house. Whoo. What a couple. Oh my God. Did they breed? Did they breed? Oh, dear God. What do I want to do before the break? Oh, oh, oh, no, no. I'm gonna say that I'm saving. Airspace was closed following a spat over a drone related test and a party balloon shot down near El Paso. They shut down the airport. The pentag under undertaken extensive planning on the use of a military technology, some sort of a laser weapon. Apparently the Death Star is now almost optional or operational. And anyway, near Fort Bliss military base that abuts the El Paso International Airport, the two sources identified technology as a high energy laser. And what they apparently tried to shoot down, or maybe successfully shot down was a Mylar balloon from a kids birthday party. I wish I were kidding, but it is true. Earlier this week the anti drone technology was launched near the southern border to shoot down what appeared to be a foreign drone. The flying material turned out to be a party balloon. One balloon was shot down. They did find the source of the balloon and they raided the Chuck E. Cheese nearby to, to get the perpetrators of said drone. A number of four year olds were arrested and their parents who said, thank you for arresting us. We'd rather be in prison than Chuck E. Cheese. Have you had the pizza? Oh my God. Mexican cartels have been running drones on the border lately, the sources said. But it was unclear how many were hit by the military anti UAS unmanned aircraft systems. There you go. I would rather be in jail than married to Gavin Newsom's wife or have to go to a Chuck E. Cheese. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show. So I don't know if you've been watching the Olympics. I've been watching a little bit. You know, I'm just busy during the week. I do a lot of show prep. I really don't have time to watch a lot of stuff. You know, I want our teams to do well. There's this Eileen Goo, who is a US American born skier and she decided to cheat. To cheat to, to ski for China. And she said that she had mixed emotions about, you know, representing the United States. So she went over to China where they, you know, you imprison the Uyghurs and make them work for slave wages and all that. Not wages at all, actually. None whatsoever. Here she is. She. She did not win a medal at the Olympics for the country of China.

[Unidentified Female Speaker]

I'm sorry that the headline that is eclipsing the Olympics has to be something so unrelated to the spirit of the Games. It really runs contrary to everything that the Olympics should be. I feel sorry for, for the athletes.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

I feel sorry for you that you have been so brainwashed to think that you wanted to proudly ski for a communist country that has murdered so many people and enslaved so many people. Really, you're kind of gross. You're just kind of gross. Yes siree. Yes siree. Oh, this is. Oh, this is a crazy story. Hold on, let's find this. There's this Norwegian biathlete. It's not what you think. He doesn't like date men and women. He is. It's. You ski and you stop and shoot a gun. I know, it's never made any sense to me. Apparently he cheated on his girlfriend while he was at the Olympics and this became a big deal when he, when he was interviewed and he confessed on live television that he cheated on his girlfriend for some reason.

[Kathy Hochul]

But it was the choice I made. We make different choices during our life and that's how you make life, basically. So today I made the choice to tell the world what I did. So maybe. Maybe there's a chance that she will show. See what she really means to me, and maybe not. But I don't want to think I didn't try everything.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

You know, using a skiing analogy. If you cheat on your girlfriend, it's all downhill from here. Not worth it. No, no, I just. Not that line. Just not worth it.

[Senator Ron Johnson]

There you go.

[Rob Carson (Host/Narrator)]

Here's the deal. You got a bunch of horned up, testosterone laden people at an Olympic village in their 20s. Yeah. It's gonna happen, all right. Have you seen those figure skating outfits, for God's sake? Have you seen the losers, what they wear? You know, I mean, come on. You know, I feel bad for the guy, you know, whatever. I feel bad for her. Whatever. That's going to do it for the show. It's time for me to go check out the podcast. If you would, on all your podcast platforms. Tomorrow's Friday. Yay. God bless America. As founded Donald Trump and his glorious administration. To hell with the Democrats. And until tomorrow, which is Friday, don't catch the stupid. I'll see you then. Love you guys.