Pride Month Falters, Patriotism Rises

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Pride Month Falters, Patriotism Rises

The Rob Carson Show – June 19, 2026
Host: Rob Carson (Newsmax)
Featured Guests: Peter Schweizer (author/commentator), Tony Kennan (The Daily Signal), special audio from British and Scottish visitors, Heather Mac Donald

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Overview

This episode of The Rob Carson Show combines political satire and pointed cultural commentary focused on the rise of American patriotism, critiques of progressive policies, the backlash against Pride Month festivities, and current events around the "America 250" celebrations and the Obama Presidential Library. Rob Carson weaves together humor, parody, and interviews to reflect on a turning tide in American culture away from identity politics and toward renewed national pride.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. A Record-Breaking UFC Fight & Revival of Patriotism

• Carson opens the show celebrating the UFC America 250 event at the White House, touting its record 150 million viewers—more than any Super Bowl to-date, especially notable since it streamed on the paid Paramount Plus platform ([01:31]).
• He frames this mass interest as evidence of a return to masculinity and national pride:

  “We are tired of the feminization of the culture. Nothing against women...but we have been feminized as a culture and let's face it, women like men who are men.” ([03:07])

• Rob argues the left has lost cultural influence, equating conservative resurgence with rejection of “wokeness” and the “feminization” of American society.

2. International Perspectives on America’s Spirit

• Rob shares audio from a British visitor, highlighting the magnetic draw and opportunities unique to America. The guest notes post-trip depression upon returning to the UK, longing for the vibrancy of life in the U.S.

  “Traveling around America really opened up my eyes...how I could be living and...how many amazing places there are...all in one beautiful country.” ([08:17])

• A Scottish woman becomes emotional over the warmth and hospitality she experienced in Boston, restoring her faith in the American dream:

  “The America that we are experiencing right now is the America we were promised growing up...we could not have been made to feel more welcome.” ([10:00], [11:27])

• Both accounts serve Carson’s thesis: America is uniquely special, contrary to what “left-wing media” projects internationally.

3. Iran Deal Analysis with Peter Schweizer

• Discussion pivots to the Trump administration’s Iran Memorandum of Understanding. Peter Schweizer argues critics (left and right) lack “imagination,” voicing cautious optimism about the deal’s design—funds flow only as benchmarks are met, and via Gulf states rather than direct to Iran ([17:43]-[21:00]).
• Carson and Schweizer agree: Iran’s regime is weakened, but acknowledge skepticism about long-term success, expecting future military confrontations.

  “I actually am grateful that Iran is so bloody stupid...they’re going to cause their own demise.”
  — Carson ([21:04])

4. Obama Presidential Library Controversy & Identity Politics

• Live reaction to the Obama Library grand opening, lampooning its budget overruns, treatment of minority contractors, and ties to “land acknowledgments” for displaced Native tribes ([23:04], [24:19]).
• Both Carson and guest Tony Kennan mock media coverage and progressive virtue signaling around race, including a sarcastic exchange about why conservatives “really” oppose Obama:

  “Let’s just go ahead and admit it. The problems we’ve had with Barack Obama are purely because he’s half black...We just hate them black.”
  — Carson, with Kennan satirizing race-based accusations ([29:43]-[30:35])

• Heather Mac Donald weighs in powerfully on identity politics:

  “Being black is not an accomplishment. Being female is not an accomplishment. Being gay is not an accomplishment. And yet you are teaching people to think of themselves as special, privileged, and...completely insufferable.” ([35:25])

5. Pride Month Backlash and Cultural Shifts

• Carson discusses a sports team forfeiting a game rather than wear Pride Night jerseys, framing it as a rejection of compelled activism ([31:49]-[32:35]).
• Tony Kennan applauds the move, saying most athletes don’t align with forced displays:

  “Most of the athletes are not little femme boys who are all over this kind of thing.” ([32:56])

• Carson decries the “infantilization” of minority and LGBTQ groups by progressive politics, insisting mainstream America is no longer cowed by accusations of “homophobia” or “racism.”
• Both argue that overt activism fatigue is setting in, with the "death of Pride Month" as an example ([34:15]).

6. Political Humor, Parody, and Memorable Moments

• Parody Songs: Musical interludes, including a Jim Gossett satire of “This Land is Your Land” about the Obama library and Native land ([39:02]).
• Newsmax Green Room Banter: Tony Kennan and Rob swap stories about media appearances and green room snacks, providing levity and insider commentary ([28:20]).
• Mockery of Media Figures: Frequent jokes about coastal media types not understanding “middle America.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the meaning of America’s resurgence in patriotism:

  “We have a return to masculinity—or at least a rejection of the feminization of the culture...an embracing of the patriotism and pride in the United States. And that’s what this is about.”
  — Rob Carson ([03:07])

• A British visitor’s reflection on life in America:

  “Traveling around America really opened up my eyes...Since I’ve been back home in the UK, I haven’t felt like myself...I now live for that adventure, that crazy lifestyle, that meeting new people, seeing new people. In America, it is so amazing.” ([08:17]-[09:13])

• Scottish guest on Boston:

  “We could not have been made to feel more welcome. If they tried. 10 out of 10. Boston, honestly, this city has something special...I will never forget this experience.” ([11:27], [12:22])

• Heather Mac Donald on identity politics:

  “Identity politics is about the glorification of the self based on the most trivial, irrelevant traits...You are teaching people to think of themselves as special, privileged, and, and completely insufferable.” ([35:25])

• Rob Carson on the “death of Pride Month”:

  “We’re witnessing the death of Pride Month.” ([41:34])

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Timestamps of Important Segments

• Return of Patriotism/UFC 250 Recap: [01:31] – [04:45]
• British Guest’s Love for America: [08:17] – [09:32]
• Scottish Guest Praises Boston: [10:00] – [12:30]
• National Anthem Parody and Commentary: [12:44] – [13:59]
• Iran Deal Discussion with Peter Schweizer: [17:43] – [21:04]
• Obama Library Satire & Identity Politics Discussion: [23:04] – [30:59]
• Pride Night Forfeiture and Cultural Backlash: [31:49] – [35:20]
• Heather Mac Donald on Narcissism in Identity Politics: [35:25]
• Obama Library Parody Song: [39:02] – [40:03]
• Rob Finnerty on Democratic Leadership: [40:13] – [41:34]

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Tone and Language

Rob Carson keeps a comedic, irreverent, and often sarcastic tone throughout. The episode is peppered with impressions, playful jabs at political figures, and parody music. The language is brisk, direct, populist, and sometimes pointedly critical of progressive and Democratic leaders.

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For Listeners Who Missed the Show

This episode delivers a blend of political comedy, sharp right-leaning commentary, and cultural analysis. If you’re interested in how conservative media frames the current American political and cultural landscape—especially with regard to patriotism, Pride Month, and the rejection of progressive identity politics—this episode distills those themes with personality and punch.

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Transcript

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[Rob Carson]

And by the grace of God, it is finally Friday. Finally Friday. Ladies and gentlemen, what a week it has been. And. And for all of the. The Democrats who absolutely hate America, who are not celebrating the 250th anniversary of our birth, go ahead and sit at home. It's no big deal. It really is no big deal. We don't even care. We don't even care. Did you realize that the UFC America 250 from the White House had more viewers than any super bowl ever? Did you know that? Did you know that? Yeah. More viewers than any Super super bowl ever. They're saying 150 million viewers. 150 million viewers. This despite the caterwauling for the left and saying it was some sort of an affront and trying to have it canceled and all of this and. And lawsuits to take down the cage so they couldn't do it. And it went off and it went off beautifully. 150 million views on Paramount Plus. By the way, Paramount plus kicks butt. But I've got Paramount Plaza. I watch it almost exclusively every night. And I'm not lying. I do. I just do that. Said it was gigantic. And that's a pain network. Okay? That's not free like the Super Bowl. 25 million better than the, the biggest super bowl ever on a network that you subscribe to. That's gigantic. That is absolutely gigantic. And you know why it is? Because we're sick and damn tired of people telling us, you know, America sucks at all this. We are tired of the feminization of the culture. Nothing against women. I love me some women. My go heaven. I, I would give anything for a woman right now that said,

[Narrator/Promo Voice]

please God,

[Rob Carson]

bring me a woman anyway. Nothing wrong with the femininity. There's nothing wrong with it at all. It's glorious. But we have been feminized as a culture and let's face it, women like men who are men. They don't like James Talarico being a vegan who says God is non binary and there are six sexes now. Wouldn't touch that with a ten foot pole. That said, we have a return to masculinity or at least a rejection of the femininity of the feminization of the culture. An embracing of the patriotism and pride in the United States. And that's what this is about. That's what this is about. By the way, did you hear that people are literally vandalizing the reflecting pool. They're vandalizing the reflecting pool. They're scratching 86, 47 on the bottom of it. They are trying to peel up the BL paint sealant on the bottom of. Honestly, oh my God, you just suck so much. Democrats and the left, you just, you know, as you're, as you're doing your, your descent into hell and you're doing a death spiral into hell. I've been talking about this for years. And you're scratching and clawing now. Literally scratching at the surface of the reflecting pool, you know, under the water. That's what you're doing. And you know what? Enjoy it. Enjoy it because there's nothing that's going to save you at this point. There's nothing going to save you at this point. Here are the top five most watched Super Bowls by average U.S. viewership. And of course, the UFC had 150 million viewers. 150 million viewers. My God. In evidence.

[Scottish Woman Guest]

So glorious.

[Rob Carson]

Here they are. Super Bowl LIV. I don't do Roman numerals, but it was the one in 2025 with the Eagles versus the Chief. And I'll tell you, yes, Eagles, you

[Narrator/Promo Voice]

deserve to win that one.

[Rob Carson]

You did. I lived in Kansas City. I was there for all three of the Chiefs. Super Bowls, by the way, that was number one. That was number one. Then Super Bowl LV in 2026. Was just this year. 124 million. Did you hear that? The first one super bowl lix was licks. Is that. No, leave it alone. 127.7 million viewers. Still about 23 million fewer than the UFC Fight night on the White House grounds that you had to subscribe to Paramount plus to watch. It's so glorious. Oh, my God, it's so glorious. Super Bowl LVII 2024. You know. You know how I know it's a Super Bowl? Because every year the super bowl matches my age. Every year the super bowl matches my age. Yeah, Super Bowl 60 was just this last year. There you go. So there you go. Anyway, Chiefs 49ers on 123 million in 2024. And you notice that a common theme here that has to do with a theme in a team in Kansas City that the fans go and they do a tomahawk chop. Did you know? Yeah, it's the Chiefs Super Bowl XL I X 2015, Patriot Seahawks, 114 million. And then, of course, Super Bowl LVII 2023, Chiefs versus Eagles. I think I was 58, by the way. 115. So another Chiefs Eagles game there. But there, UFC fight, the most watched event, even more than the super bowl. And it's on Paramount plus, you have to subscribe to. And I do, by the way. I'm not making this a plug necessarily, but I love me some Paramount Plus. Here is a Brit who is in the country for the FIFA, the World cup. And I'm going to tell you, I've been talking for years about how this is a serendipitous moment. This moment in time happened for a number of reasons, and I think God played a major part in it. We had the forces of darkness taking over the world, taking over our country. In the nation's capital, the fountains were shut down and used as latrines. Crime was out of control in our nation's capital. Donald Trump was elected in 2024. I had no doubt he was going to be elected. You had no doubt he was going to be elected? After they tried to put him in jail and take his fortune, Impeach him twice, raid mar a lago, murder him four times, including one time where a bullet missed brain by a hair's breadth. And he made it into the White House again. And he has made this city beautiful. He's brought the murder rate down to the lowest level since the year 1900. And all the Democrat party can do is caterwaul and moan and screech like demons trying to take Us back into hell with him. We're not going. We're not going, kids. Anyway, here's this Brit who was in town and he was in America. And he goes back and he's a manly man. He's got a beard and muscles, you know, just like me, but without the beard. Went back to Great Britain and he sees what the left has done to that island. And he longs for this glorious country that our Democrat party and the left hates. I'm just going to put it out there.

[British Man Guest]

Once you have been traveling around America for a substantial amount of time, when you come home, it is a very strange and slightly truthfully depressing feeling. Okay? Traveling around America really opened up my eyes. Really allowed me to see how I could be living and just how many opportunities there are and how many different amazing places there are. Beautiful, all in one beautiful country.

[Rob Carson]

I know.

[British Man Guest]

Like, since I've been back home in the uk, I haven't felt like myself.

[Narrator/Promo Voice]

No.

[British Man Guest]

Which sounds so crazy.

[Rob Carson]

Would you like to take the place of a Somali fraudster? Because I suggest you apply and we boot the Somali fraudster out and you take their place.

[British Man Guest]

I now live for that adventure, that crazy lifestyle, that meeting new people, seeing new people, long for it. And in America, it is so amazing.

[Rob Carson]

I know it is.

[Commentator]

I know.

[British Man Guest]

Seriously, Americans, what have you done to me?

[Rob Carson]

I need to come back.

[British Man Guest]

October, end of October, back in America, brother.

[Rob Carson]

You will be welcome.

[British Man Guest]

It's Kerfuffle from America. It has kerfuffled me.

[Rob Carson]

It is glorious. Now here's a Scottish. She's a Scottish woman. Everybody started doing a Scottish accent when Fat Bastard came along in the. Was it the second Austin Powers movie? Nobody could do a Scottish accent, but everybody could say, get in my belly, you know, there. Anyway, she might be a little hard to. To understand at times, but I want you to listen to her heartfelt message to the people of Boston.

[Scottish Woman Guest]

To the people of Boston. Just to say thank you. Honestly, I've been. I've spent the last 20 years just

[Rob Carson]

tears welling up in her eyes.

[Scottish Woman Guest]

I was quite emotional, I won't lie. The America that we are experiencing right now is the America we were promised growing up. The American dream, you know, that idea,

[Rob Carson]

The America that we're promised.

[Scottish Woman Guest]

Growing up and being fully honest, that was not the America we were expecting to come here. We were apprehensive about coming. I was genuinely anxious. We were expecting to be met by ICE agents.

[Rob Carson]

He said, she said we would. I was. I was a little nervous about coming here because we afraid we might get Accosted by ICE agents. Thank you. Democrat Party aggressive policing.

[Scottish Woman Guest]

You know, the political climate. We all see it on the news

[Rob Carson]

and you know, all the stuff that they see on the news.

[Scottish Woman Guest]

And I'm just. That could not be further from the truth of what we've actually experienced.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, not further from the truth from what they actually experienced.

[Scottish Woman Guest]

Yeah, the Bostonians are something special, honestly.

[Rob Carson]

Despite the idiot mayor that we've come

[Scottish Woman Guest]

across, has been out of this world, just the friendliest, most welcoming bunch of people. And I'm talking everyone.

[Rob Carson]

Most welcoming people in and talking to everyone, the residents.

[Scottish Woman Guest]

We're not in a hotel. We're in an apartment block in South Bay Boston. The residents have been outstanding. The officials, the workers, the police, the firefighters.

[Rob Carson]

The police and firefighters are awesome.

[Scottish Woman Guest]

We could not have been made to feel more welcome.

[Rob Carson]

Couldn't be made to feel more welcome. By the way, the Democrats hate the police.

[Scottish Woman Guest]

If they tried 10 out of 10. Boston, honestly, this city has something special

[Rob Carson]

and you city something special.

[Scottish Woman Guest]

I am just so grateful to be here.

[Rob Carson]

So grateful to be here and be

[Scottish Woman Guest]

a part of this. And do you know what? Have my faith restored in the United States of America, honestly. And every single person we spoke to, every Bostonian, the impression I'm getting is you guys needed this as well. You needed some fun. You needed people to come to your city and not just take over, but embrace you and enjoy. Enjoy what this city and its people have to offer. That atmosphere yesterday, that's one of the best days of my life.

[Rob Carson]

She said has had one of the best days of her life.

[Scottish Woman Guest]

I swear to God, I'll never forget.

[Rob Carson]

I swear to God, I'll never forget yesterday.

[Scottish Woman Guest]

I'm actually getting emotional again. I will never forget this. This. This experience.

[Rob Carson]

I'll never forget this experience. I think I'm gonna wrap it up with this, this break from the UFC fight. We live in the greatest country in the world.

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bring it home. Kill the jets.

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O the land of the.

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150 million views. And we're just halfway through this glory year, glorious year. And July 4th. July 4th is coming up. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show.

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That is the Rob Carson Show Friday edition. By the way, my TV show is called Rob Carson's what in the World. It's on Newsmax. Donald Trump says it makes me the funniest guy on television. It's on this weekend. It airs twice on Newsmax and then again on Newsmax 2 as well. It's all over the place. Just Google it. You can go to newsmaxtv.com or download the Newsmax app, but it's 3 o' clock in the afternoon on Saturday. Sunday night, Father's Day. What a glorious Father's Day gift. To watch Rob Carson's what in the World with Dad. I think that'd be great. Sunday night at 8:30 following Dr. Michael Savage. He, by the way, says he loves my show. He loves the show. So Rob Carson's what in the World is the name of it and I think you'll enjoy it. So Iran looks like they want a fafo. Donald Trump gave him this memorandum of understanding, which by the way, is nothing more than a period by which we negotiate the terms of their essential surrender, etc. The possibility of them getting investment from other Gulf countries to help rebuild their economy, maybe bring them into the modern world. They're choosing to be D words for Richard about it. The Hezbollah has been attacking Israel and all this. And I got to tell you, I think we're going to have to go in and just bomb the snot out of them and end the IRCG or dgc. I always confuse that. Somebody confused me on that yesterday. I've been confused about everybody said this. Dang, it's just ridiculous. But anyway, that said, you know, you can't leave a seed to grow these, these sobs. The freedom has got to be ushered in in Iran and we got to do everything we can to get the Iranian people ready to do battle against the remnants of this, this awful regime. That's just the way it's going to be I really do believe that. I really do believe. I think a lot of people got way over upset and were ready to just attack Donald Trump. Both sides, of course, party hated the deal because they hate the idea of oil prices coming down. And Donald Trump looking good, by the way. According to Steven Turley, 91% of MAGA supporters support what we did in Iran because we know it's the right thing to do. And our military did a great, great job. Peter Schweizer, who's written many books, we've had him on the show many times talking last night about the Iran deal. The Memorandum of Understanding. Hold on again, let me set that up again. Peter Schweizer, once again on the Memorandum of Understanding.

[Peter Schweizer]

I think a lot of people on the left and on the right are being critical of it, but I think they're lacking in imagination in what Trump is trying to do here. Look, everybody wants there to be a final solution, to have the Iran.

[Rob Carson]

I saw Jesse Waters calling them panic. And I kind of have to agree to some degree. We had some great people on yesterday, Matthew Farachi and Brigitte Gabriel who were expressing their genuine concern. And I, and I appreciate that. But also I trust this president.

[Peter Schweizer]

Problem solved. That's not in the cards. The question is, where do you go from here? Iran is in an enormously weakened position. If you look at the estimates of just the economic damage they've faced you talked about, their military is basically been decimated. The estimates are that they have suffered economic costs of between 40 and 50%, Jesse, of their entire gross domestic product. That's massive. So the question is, you know, they are a fanatical regime, but fanatics believe in self preservation as well. And so there's an opportunity to do a deal.

[Rob Carson]

Look at the way their pride and humorous is going to be their undoing

[Peter Schweizer]

that this has been structured.

[Rob Carson]

What Trump is doing, hubris, not humorous,

[Peter Schweizer]

is saying Iran is going to commit to these things. And by the way, the money is going to flow when we sign off and when the people in the region that most hate the Iranians, the Gulf states, when they are prepared to write a check. And by the way, those checks are not going to go to banks in Iran. They are going to pay the contractors who are reading the economic project.

[Rob Carson]

Well, we ought to get those people in charge of Obama's library in the country.

[Peter Schweizer]

So it's not a case where Obama handed them a bunch of cash. So look, it could all go south, it could all fall apart. But I think it's a really good effort to try to bring some finality to what has been a problem.

[Rob Carson]

I think that the pride and hubris of the remnants of the Ayatollah's regime are going to cause us to have to go back in and wipe them off the face of the planet.

[Tony Cannon]

It.

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[Peter Schweizer]

I mean, there's some positive signs here. Again, look, Iran has a long record of leading the west on. The question is, by the way, that this deal is being structured. Again, the funds are not being handled by the United nations, not being handled by the Iranian government. They're being handled by the Gulf Cooperative

[Rob Carson]

Council and they're not being set on a, on a transport plane, on pallets

[Peter Schweizer]

of cash stage, which is sad. The Emiratis, etcetera, they hate the Iranians. And the idea is that if you have an American company or a Japanese or a Korean company going to build a project in Iran, yeah, we sign

[Rob Carson]

off an investment, it's going to be

[Peter Schweizer]

paid for by the Gulf states going to hand that cash off to the Iranians to run off and not pay their bills. So I think it's a very.

[Rob Carson]

Like Barack Obama did on his, on his library.

[Peter Schweizer]

Yes. Approach. If you ask me where we're going to be in a couple of years. I think it's very possible we're going to have more military strikes against Iran. I think they can't help them sooner than later in terms of violating this deal. But it is worth the effort. And again, think about Trump's strategic position. The time is moving along. Iran has a possibility to kind of rebuild economically. But as all of this is going on, Jesse Raytheon is producing missiles, we're producing more bombs.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Peter Schweizer]

We are upgrading our military capabilities and we can bring those to bear again.

[Rob Carson]

I actually am grateful that Iran is so bloody stupid. The people in charge of that country are so bloody stupid that they're going to cause their own demise. That's just it. It's kind of like the Democrat Party going toward communism. It's that kind of death spiral that they've got because they're just filled with arrogance. Anyway, so Tony Cannon joins us next. He's one of our unusual suspects. On Friday from the Daily Signal, he had his debut on CNN with Abby Normal. We'll find out how that went coming up. Don't go anywhere.

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[Rob Carson]

Wow. Kind of begs the question, why the hell did you just not give the land to them and not build the Obama presidential Library since then that kind of belong to him? I don't know, I'm just thinking out loud. What? Oh my God. What a. Just an orgy of awfulness yesterday with the big grand opening of the Obama Learning center and Library. Joining us to talk about this is Tony Cannon of the Daily Signal. Also does a great show on WIBC and a podcast for the Daily Signal every evening. Tony Kennan, how you doing, bro?

[Tony Cannon]

I am tired, but I am blessedly back home in Indiana. I'm nowhere near New York or Chicago and the learning cent.

[Rob Carson]

I'm home. You know, it's funny because I believe somewhere between 22 and 40% of the kids who graduate high school in Chicago can read at grade level, if read at all. And they're doing a library in Chicago.

[Tony Cannon]

It's so ridiculous. It's just so ridiculous.

[Rob Carson]

It is, it's just hilarious. And then, oh my God, did you see Bono singing yesterday and Michelle Obama? It was just, it was vomitus. It was just, it was the usual suspects. They, first of all, they push a bunch of not only indigenous people but black people off of their land.

[Tony Cannon]

Well, I was, it kind of like a large outlet getting ready to do a TV hit. And I had all of the screens up in the green room with channels on them. Seven of the eight TVs were all focusing on, like, substantive things that matter. And by the way, even the President of the United States speaking the eight of the eight channels was Ms. Now. And it was like going on this super duper special about the Obama library toenail of justice. It was hilarious.

[Rob Carson]

It was. It was. It was. It was breathtaking. It was breathtaking, to be honest. But, you know, it's. You know, good luck with it. By the way, I don't know if you knew this. They insisted on hiring minority contractors and they made them work without paying them. Now, when was the last time that black people did labor and didn't get paid? What was that called? They could ride with bravery.

[Tony Cannon]

I love also the land acknowledgments because you'll notice that they haven't hired any Native Americans to work at the Obama center for. I don't know. I mean, the Obama center for bombing weddings.

[Rob Carson]

I have no clue. But it is hilarious. So, okay, let's get to it, man. You went and you did your first appearance on cnn. You there on set with Abby Normal and the cast of characters that she has on her show. How did it go?

[Tony Cannon]

Well, it was actually weirdly fun. They set me next to one lady next to me wrote for the bulwark, and then there was a libertarian at the table, and then Tara, who is, well, let's just say exactly what I expected. And then Scott and Abby and it was fun. A good hour. It was. It was a weird debate when I actually got a word in edgewise.

[Rob Carson]

What are you talking about? I haven't seen it.

[Tony Cannon]

The MOU shenaniganry, of course. And then the White House ballroom, because nothing could be more important than asking why the president would possibly want a roof for the ballroom that isn't made out of drywall and tarp.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, yeah. And then also, I don't know if you did this, but Barack Obama, when he was president, they did a $360 million rehab project on the grounds of the white, but nobody complained at all. And of course, also a $35 million redo of the reflecting pool, which on day one had giant algae blooms with actually full blown algae, like plants in the reflecting pool. And it smelled like, you know, crap. So there is that.

[Tony Cannon]

It's true. And again, it's really funny because I don't do the whole talking points thing. I just kind of say, well, what's on my mind? And you could tell that a few of them really didn't know what to do with that because they're Very coastal. You know, they live on the coast. They only do their riding, so they kind of forget that middle America will just will answer their questions at face value. And it was fun.

[Peter Schweizer]

They did.

[Tony Cannon]

They had no idea what to do with that. It was a good time. And then during the break, Jennings and I laughed about the Cardinals winning, so.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, so Jennings, you know, he really has. I mean, his career has taken off because of his appearance on this panel and his use of common sense and just shredding them. And also, I might mention doing it with a wink and a nod as well.

[Tony Cannon]

I mean, yeah, that's. That. That's the thing. So I've. I've gotten a couple of invites back on. On the network since. And again, it's been night. This was, I think, my second appearance on the network in general.

[Rob Carson]

And they threw you out there. They did it in person. This is. This is. Well, obviously, if you're going to be a part of the panel, you have

[Narrator/Promo Voice]

to be on set.

[Tony Cannon]

Well, I have. I have a hunch that if I'm looming over them on, like, a monitor call, they're going to call me Big brother, so.

[Rob Carson]

Gotcha.

[British Man Guest]

Gotcha.

[Rob Carson]

How was the food in the green room?

[Tony Cannon]

There really wasn't. I.

[Rob Carson]

Was it. Was it vegan food before I went on?

[Tony Cannon]

I mean, they actually. Green rooms are some. Some places do it better than others. Yeah, it wasn't bad. I forget what it was. Actually, I think that for DC Newsmax, or excuse me, for New York Newsmax, probably has the best green room because they do.

[Rob Carson]

They do.

[Tony Cannon]

Well, because they have the Milano cookies.

[Rob Carson]

They do have the Milano Pepperidge farm. Oh, boy, you ought to see the one here in D.C. they got all sorts of protein bars and all sorts of giant fridge full of Diet Cokes and whatever beverage you want.

[Tony Cannon]

It also comes with Greta Van Sustern popping in and judging whatever you're eating

[Rob Carson]

with her 400 jacket. She has 400, like, suit jackets hanging in there for any appearance that she has to do. I only have, like two and four shirts. Kind of like, you know, you've got the same thing in your little green room in your great studio in Indianapolis. This is pretty interesting. You know, the Obama library happened and everything. This is. This is Abby Phillips. I call her Abby Normal. And Lydia Moynihan, I believe. And after all of the years of Barack Obama, who's been around literally 20 years, you know, she decides that she's going to distill the reason why we consider Barack Obama divisive.

[Interjector]

Why is Obama considered by a lot of conservatives. And maybe you're one of them. To be so incredibly divisive. Is it because he told people he was black?

[Rob Carson]

Okay, you know, Tony, we've been exposed. It's all been because he's black.

[Rob Carson Show Intro]

Right.

[Rob Carson]

I mean, let's just go ahead and admit it. The problems we've had with Barack Obama are purely because he's half black. Go ahead. I know, I know. We might as well say it now, 20 years later.

[Tony Cannon]

I knew it. I had a hunch that the reason I actually, I can't like Clarence Thomas because, see, at the end of the day, even though I've, you know, written ton of articles about it, spoken with the man, think he's transforming.

[Rob Carson]

I know, I know.

[Tony Cannon]

He does have a higher than normal amount of melanin on the skin.

[Rob Carson]

No, I know. And I said this same with Ben Carson. Ben Carson. I. And I. Otherwise, I mean, he'd be great. Brilliant surgeon and, you know, obviously a hud, you know, secretary.

[Tony Cannon]

Transformative.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Tony Cannon]

Maternity ward neurosurgeons in history.

[Rob Carson]

But he. But he's black guy, so, you know, that discounts everything because, you know, we're conservative and we just hate them black.

[Tony Cannon]

It was really weird talking to her because we were on panel on Monday.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Tony Cannon]

She would ask a question and then she would just kind of lean forward at me. And there's something about. I didn't actually think about before I went on the show.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Tony Cannon]

You have to watch your facial expressions during the show because they always keep a camera either on me, on the Libertarian or on Scott the whole time. Like, there's always a camera for our reaction.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Tony Cannon]

There was one time when I was talking and Abby started raising her eyebrows.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Tony Cannon]

Called her out while she did it.

[Rob Carson]

Good.

[Tony Cannon]

Not like that. I was like, you can raise your eyebrows. I mean, if you want. You're still wrong. I don't care what your eyebrows are doing.

[Rob Carson]

They do eyebrows, they do eye rolls. They do all of this nonsense while you're talking. And I've caught them many, many times. Doing that is absolutely laughable. But I want to continue the conversation on the other side of the break talking about the. The. There's finally a team that said we're not going to wear gay jerseys on Pride Night. So they forfeited the game. I want to cover that on the other side of the break.

[News Announcer]

Break.

[Rob Carson]

This is the Rob Carson Show.

[Commentator]

Poor little Democrats. Are you guys okay today that I came in to check on you? Every time Trump does something good, you guys spazz out. But you gotta shut up and let him work.

[Rob Carson]

How about that?

[News Announcer]

And the park made this announcement late last night saying this decision was made with, quote, great disappointment. They say some of the players were refused to wear the special Pride Night jersey. So this game is being treated as a rain out.

[Rob Carson]

Well, you know, it was a rain out. And I think we know when it was raining, ladies and gentlemen. I think we know what it was raining.

[Tony Cannon]

Come on.

[News Announcer]

It's raining,

[Commentator]

man.

[Peter Schweizer]

Yeah.

[Rob Carson]

Any excuse I can come up with to play that song because I. I

[Narrator/Promo Voice]

love it so much.

[Rob Carson]

Tony Kennedy, the revolution decided they didn't want to wear rainbow jerseys on Pride Night, so they declared a rain night and they forfeited the game.

[Tony Cannon]

I mean, good. Just good. Yeah. I'm so tired of. I mean, for goodness sakes. I mean, how, how long do they really think they're going to be able to make it homo plate? I mean, I don't really know what it is, you know, moving forward that people don't understand that most of the athletes, athletes are not little femme boys who are all over this kind of thing.

[Rob Carson]

And also, you know what? It is so bloody infantilizing for like serious adult gay people who are just gay. And it's okay. They don't need a gay sidewalk. They don't need all of this nonsense, this self affirming nonsense. It's infantilization. The Democrat party and the left do this with people of color. They do this with indigenous people. We're gonna get rid of the Chiefs. We're gonna get rid of, you know, all of this making decisions for these groups. It is embarrass that they would ask athletes to wear rainbow sleeves. This is part of the feminization of the culture, which was rejected by the way, with UFC Fight Night.

[Narrator/Promo Voice]

Did you hear about this?

[Rob Carson]

150 million people viewed it. 23 million more than the highest rated super bowl of all time.

[Tony Cannon]

I see this kind of thing and I just look at those who promised me the real market. We had to nod to all of the, the, the gay and like the hyper feminization and like, oh, we gotta celebrate because that's where the real market was. Like, man, the real market wasn't in the traditional groups that keep coming out for this year after year. There's some street in San Francisco that's just been waiting to go to a baseball game and they just haven't. It's all been about baseball instead of their genitals. I mean, the pain and the horror. Just cry me a river.

[Rob Carson]

Well, this is the, the lgbtqia. Dear God. And one day they're gonna wake up, they're gonna, what the hell were we thinking is LGBTQIA Picture catcher, what the hell? And the mafia and they threaten people and what they do is you have to adhere to their beliefs or you are homophobic, transphobic. The same goes with the race Mafia. If you don't agree that Barack Obama is the greatest president ever, you are automatically a racist. It's the same crap. And I really think the butt is off the rose on this one.

[Tony Cannon]

Well, I mean, this is how we have good congressmen like Representative Brandon Gill who just simply will look at the, the Ilhan Omars or the whatever her name is from Arizona. The progressive that's all angry at him says, look, you can call us racist, you can call me homophobic, Islamophobic, whatever. The truth of the matter is, if you want to continue freaking out because conservatives are simply calling out things that Americans do not like, well, that's just too bad. We don't care anymore. It wore off 10 years ago. And if you want to keep riding this broken down horse to losing elections, you'd be my guest.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, this is Heather McDonald with a perfect encapsulation of identity politics.

[Heather McDonald]

Well, it's pure narcissism. Identity politics is about the glorification of the self based on the most trivial, irrelevant traits. Being black is not an accomplishment. Being female is not an accomplishment. Being gay is not an accomplishment. And yet you are teaching people to think of themselves as special, privileged, and, and completely insufferable.

[Rob Carson]

I'll go ahead and say completely insufferable as well.

[Tony Cannon]

And again, as someone who is an actual card carrying, like Native American, I have a little BIA card. You know, I have all of the free food at any casino I show up to on site.

[Rob Carson Show Intro]

Wow.

[Tony Cannon]

And if I choose, I know it's exciting. I'm very excited.

[Rob Carson]

Fantastic.

[Tony Cannon]

But I don't exactly recognize any Democrats coming to give me something. No. If they want anything from me, if they want me to stand in front of people and say how proud I am of the Democrat Party and I'm just not. I'm just, I don't care. It means nothing to me.

[Rob Carson]

No.

[Tony Cannon]

And that's the nonsense that they don't seem to understand.

[Rob Carson]

Well, I think, I think the, I think the, the temper tantrum is over. I think the children are going to getting a spanking. We're seeing the federal government, the DOJ going after antifa in Minneapolis and they're freaking out and all this. And I love. It's the spanking. We've been waiting for, for a decade they've burned their ways across the country. When Donald Trump was inaugurated, they, you know, we're gonna blow up the White House and all that. And I think we're just bloody done with it. In closing, I want to know your thoughts on this memorandum of understanding. There are a lot of people freaking out, including Republicans. Oh, Donald Trump is giving Iran everything they want.

[Rob Carson Show Intro]

Oh my God.

[Rob Carson]

Oh my God. He's taking it up with taking one for the team like at gay pride night. You know what, what do you think?

[Tony Cannon]

So I think two things here. Number one, I think that anyone who actually believes that this deal is gonna last is foolish. I think that, by the way, I think a lot of members, the administration understand that. I will say that you can definitely observe the American people probably leaning towards Marco Rubio style foreign policy rather than the J.D. vance kind of Tucker Carlson foreign policy.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Tony Cannon]

And that is his own field. That's his own thing for there. But if we're going to sit here and pretend that anyone actually expects this deal to materialize into anything like an actual deal. Yeah, you're silly.

[Rob Carson]

I don't think it's already over.

[Tony Cannon]

I don't think it's the end. It's a memo, for God's sake.

[Rob Carson]

And we're gonna have to bomb the start out of them, by the way, today, according to the New York Post. The what? The Iahola and the and the people in charge, they declare these strain of horror moves closed again after the US we're gonna have to take the glass.

[Tony Cannon]

Oh, you mean.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, I know, I know, I know. Oh, gee.

[Tony Cannon]

Oh, man, I can't believe Tucker was wrong.

[Peter Schweizer]

I'm shocked. I know.

[Rob Carson]

All right, brother. It is such a glorious occasion to have you on the radio program everybody where people could find your excellent podcast and whatnot.

[Tony Cannon]

Well, tonight, even though it's Juneteenth, even though it's Saint Blaster's day, I. I have to. I have to have a show at 7pm YouTube.com daily signal see you there.

[Rob Carson]

Yes. All right, brother, talk to you soon. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson show.

[Land Acknowledgment Speaker]

We'd also like to take a look moment to recognize the original inhabitants of the land upon which we are gathered today.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Land Acknowledgment Speaker]

We honor the Anishinaabe, the Council of three Fires, the Ojibway, the Odawa and the Potomi nations.

[Rob Carson]

Hey, I grew up in Potomi County, Iowa. Yeah, you know what? Should just give the the land to the Indians, not build the dang library. The Obama library on Native American land. Here's Jim Gossett as Obama this land

[Jim Gossett]

land was their land, the Indian's land. We stole it from them to build a trash can. Valerie Jarrett went and revealed Give it back. This land was robbed. Water me. We still owe millions. You can't forget it. We are not paying. They'll never get it.

[Rob Carson]

Nope.

[Jim Gossett]

Stiff contractors won't get their money. This library is but ugly.

[Rob Carson Show Intro]

And the taxpayers but ugly.

[Jim Gossett]

They will get screwed too. Yeah, that reserve fund is non existent. Illinois will be put all them will make the mockery.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, there you go. A lot of contractors haven't been paid and they're people of color. People of color who've been forced to do labor and not get paid that I think that happened at some point in history. Here's Rob Finnerty with some thoughts.

[Rob Finnerty]

But today Democrats were celebrating. They were worshiping, really worshiping Barack because Barack is still all they've got.

[Rob Carson]

Vomitus.

[Rob Finnerty]

Because after Barack Democrats ran Hillary Joe in combat.

[Peter Schweizer]

In that order.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Rob Finnerty]

A new poll even came out today and wouldn't you know it, 57% of Americans say they have a favorable view of Barack. CNN even tweeted that 57% is higher than Barack's two predecessors. But according to the media, this library is history in itself.

[News Announcer]

It's a library, not just a tribute to the nation's first black president, but the country he represented.

[Peter Schweizer]

On Friday, it hit it's Juneteenth Federal Holiday.

[Rob Carson]

It's also the official opening day of the brand new Barack Obama Presidential center in Chicago. Federal Holiday.

[Interjector]

Presidential center is a wonderful addition, an important addition to the nation's record, especially at a moment when Donald Trump and his allies are attacking, you know, not only their political opponents, but the very reality and truth of this country's history.

[Rob Carson]

At least you haven't tried to murder us.

[Jim Gossett]

Oh my God.

[Rob Carson]

Or we haven't tried to murder you. You tried to murder Donald Trump a couple times.

[Rob Finnerty]

I mean, just the Hussein cent. Give me a break. The library was $500 million over budget, five years behind schedule.

[Rob Carson]

I know.

[Rob Finnerty]

I've seen airports that are more attractive. Seriously, I'm sure you have too.

[Rob Carson]

It is, it is remarkable. I do have some comments from Barack Obama. Of course, he shredded the Founding Fathers. We're going to get to that. You'll hear the audio of Bono. Then we're going to move on to a bunch of other really, really good stuff, including, you know, more on Pride Month, the death of Pride Month. We're witnessing the death of Pride Month. About the other things and then California's gay certification program. You're not gonna believe it. Also, Mary Walter and our number two on this glorious Friday, don't go anywhere.

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