The Rob Carson Show: "Sweet Karoline vs. The Party of Panic"
Date: February 11, 2026
Host: Rob Carson
Guests: Caroline Levitt, Theo Walz
EPISODE OVERVIEW
This episode dives into current political controversies with Rob Carson's signature blend of humor and sharp critique. The main themes include the ongoing battles over White House invitations, deregulation, immigration enforcement, voter ID laws, governmental fraud, and the shifting political landscape. Special guests Caroline Levitt (White House Press Secretary) and Theo Walz (former Assistant Attorney General) join Rob to discuss President Trump's latest actions, Democratic opposition, and the uneasy tension within American governance and culture.
KEY DISCUSSION POINTS & INSIGHTS
1. White House Governor’s Dinner Controversy
- Rob Carson criticizes Governors JB Pritzker (IL) and Gavin Newsom (CA) as unlikable and corrupt, asserting neither could ever become President.
"He's too unlikable and too corrupt. He's an awful human being... will never be the President of the United States ever, ever, ever, ever." — Rob Carson (02:00)
- Caroline Levitt affirms the President can invite whoever he wants, dismisses accusations of racism after Gov. Wes Moore (MD) was not re-invited.
"The President has the discretion to invite whomever he wants to the White House and he welcomes all those who received an invitation to come." — Caroline Levitt (03:54)
- Rob lampoons the media’s framing:
"If you get invited to Donald Trump's house for dinner, you probably want to go because it's kind of a big deal... But because he was not invited this year, because he turned him down last year, suddenly Donald Trump's a racist. Do you understand what I'm trying to say here? It's so stupid and ridiculous." — Rob Carson (04:06)
2. Historic Deregulation & Economic Policy
- Levitt announces the rescission of the Obama-era "endangerment finding" as the largest deregulatory action in U.S. history, yielding $1.3 trillion in potential savings.
"The bulk of the savings will stem from reduced costs for new vehicles... average per vehicle savings of more than $2,400 for popular light duty cars, SUVs and trucks." — Caroline Levitt (04:49)
- Rob connects deregulation and lower taxes to economic growth and state-level migration from blue states.
"Regulations and taxes are what kill businesses. That's why so many Democrat states are bleeding their population because they have so much more taxes and regulation." — Rob Carson (05:30)
3. Immigration Enforcement & Media Spin
- CBS reports that a minority of ICE arrests under Trump involved violence; Levitt pushes back on media “context”.
"Any illegal alien present in this country is subject to deportation... the priority of course is going after the convicted criminals, the worst of the worst... Interestingly, what the Democrat talking heads... are not saying is: nearly 60% ... have had criminal charges or convictions." — Caroline Levitt (06:43)
- Rob and Levitt highlight so-called "nonviolent" offenses—drug trafficking, child porn distribution, DUI—arguing these are hardly trivial or victimless.
"Just because a crime is not violent in nature doesn't mean that crime is victimless." — Caroline Levitt (07:41)
- Levitt asserts all illegal entrants are, by definition, lawbreakers.
"Because they illegally broke our nation's laws and therefore they are criminals." — Caroline Levitt (08:25)
4. Voter ID Laws & the SAVE America Act
- Discussion about the push for voter ID, tied to the Save America Act.
"We want people to have voter id. We want people have proof of citizenship and we want to have no mail in ballots other than if you're in the military or you're sick or you're away or some reasonable but good excuse." — Donald Trump (10:24)
- Rob skewers Democratic resistance to voter ID and brings in Democratic responses that claim such laws disenfranchise women and minorities.
"You need an ID to get a passport and board an airplane and purchase a car... It is absurd. It is ridiculous and stupid." — Rob Carson (12:10)
- Levitt and Rob rebuke the claim that women are uniquely burdened by ID requirements.
"The whole point of the democracy is to make it possible for people to vote because it's the people who get to decide the policies." — Rebecca Bellet via Caroline Levitt (12:52) "My daughter is 20 years old. She's had an ID since she was 16." — Rob Carson (13:16)
5. Fraud, Corruption, and Government Spending
- Rob and guest Brandon Gill discuss welfare reliance among Somali immigrants in Minnesota, equating it to "millions of your adult sons living in your basement" (15:00).
- Heywood Talcove, expert guest, estimates over $1 trillion in fraud annually, funding terrorism, trafficking, luxury goods.
"A trillion dollars in fraud a year. That's how much minimum. And it's probably more than that." — Heywood Talcove (17:26) "They take advantage of antiquated government systems... and steal at scale. The government never runs out of money. And the probability of getting caught is virtually zero." — Heywood Talcove (18:30)
- Solutions proposed by Talcove include: front-end identity verification, recertification of recipients, third-party audits, federal enforcement.
- Rob demands harsh accountability for enablers of fraud:
"Some people have got to start going to jail. You cannot just get away with stealing billions, trillions and trillions of dollars and nobody goes to jail. Enough is enough." — Rob Carson (19:55)
6. Economic Turnaround & American Labor
- Theo Walz spotlights the contrast between the post-Biden jobs recovery and Biden-era “manipulated” reports.
"The Biden administration was shedding jobs on almost a weekly basis. The jobs reports, as we now know, were manipulated by their Department of Labor to hide how significant the hit to the US Economy really was..." — Theo Walz (22:15)
- Theo and Rob blast both parties for believing in “jobs Americans won’t do,” crediting Trump for revitalizing domestic manufacturing.
"There's never been a job Americans won't do. There are jobs that elites won't do. Democrats, for instance, won't pick lettuce, but they expect brown people to do it." — Rob Carson (24:12) "We’re living in a world that was built by American innovation and American ingenuity ... working class people who made the radio, the television, the automobile, silicon chips, the radio, the transistor." — Theo Walz (25:13)
7. Democratic Strategy in Oversight Hearings
- Rob and Theo mock Democratic filibustering and "impeachment theater," referencing conduct in House hearings.
"The Democrats strategy for all of these hearings is to just filibuster, shout over the Republicans, not allow them to get a word in edgewise literally and then, and then claim some sort of victory." — Rob Carson (31:56) "They just look like a bunch of imbeciles, a bunch of fools." — Theo Walz (32:33)
- Direct confrontations, such as religious litmus tests directed at administration officials, are condemned as out-of-touch and offensive.
"Do you think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?" — Caroline Levitt (34:11)
8. Financial Reality Checks & Tariffs
- Caroline Levitt highlights record revenue from tariffs ($121 billion so far this fiscal year).
"So far, guys. $121 billion has flowed into the US government since the start of the fiscal year... It's increasingly a lot." — Caroline Levitt (38:39)
- Rob points out the upside-down fiscal priorities—suggesting eliminating fraud and relying on tariff revenue could theoretically exempt most Americans from income tax.
"If you could get rid of all of the fraud right now and rely on the tariff revenue... the federal budget would only need $900 billion in income. And people making less than $500,000 would not have to pay income tax." — Rob Carson (39:12)
NOTABLE QUOTES & MEMORABLE MOMENTS
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On Party Survival:
"I like to say, Theo, I've been saying that the Democrat Party is doing a death spiral into hell. And I say that Democrats are dying like movie vampires. They are dragging, kicking and screaming, trying to drag us in hell with them." — Rob Carson (35:01 & 36:40)
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On Public Perceptions and Divisions:
"Listen to this guy on TikTok... Under the Kamala Harris video, you definitely had some Trump supporters like, well, we understand that you may have a different opinion... I made the Donald Trump video. I got people to unfollow me. I got people saying they can't support nothing I do no more. I got folk calling me all types of names..." — TikTok Influencer (40:39)
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On Congressional Entitlement and Corruption:
"We have a bourgeois, we have a proletariat. We get the crumbs and they feast... They're the ones who are suddenly worth tens of millions, even hundreds of millions of dollars in Congress. And it's your money. They're living high on the hog while we suffer." — Rob Carson (10:53)
TIMESTAMPS FOR IMPORTANT SEGMENTS
- White House Governor’s Dinner / Caroline Levitt Interview: 01:22-04:44
- Caroline Levitt on Deregulation and Immigration: 04:44-08:29
- Voter ID & Save America Act / Trump Clip: 10:24-13:16
- Somali Welfare Fraud & Heywood Talcove Interview: 15:00-19:55
- Theo Walz Segment — Economy & Labor/Jobs: 21:49-29:34
- Democratic Oversight Hearings/Cohen & Bondi: 31:50-36:40
- Caroline Levitt on Tariff Revenue: 38:39-39:12
- Viral TikTok Comparison, Political Tolerance: 40:39-41:29
FINAL THOUGHTS
Rob Carson’s blend of satire and outrage is on full display as he dissects the day’s headlines, questions Democratic strategy, champions Trump administration successes, and decries what he calls a “death spiral” on the left. With smart, combative guests like Caroline Levitt and Theo Walz, the show roams from policy weeds to broad cultural commentary, punctuated by parodies, biting analogies, and a mix of populist frustration and hope for American renewal.