The Democrats’ Candidate Catastrophe

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Rob Carson Show

Episode: The Democrats’ Candidate Catastrophe
Date: June 2, 2026
Host: Rob Carson (Newsmax Podcasts)

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Overview:

This episode delves into the Democrats’ ongoing struggle with problematic Senate candidates, focusing on the Maine Senate race featuring Graham Platner—whose campaign has been wracked by personal scandals, questionable honesty, and controversy over his background and behavior. Rob Carson and guests critique Democratic leadership's responses, discuss the broader implications for the party, and use pointed humor and parody to underline their arguments about the party's alleged decline. The episode is loaded with sharp commentary, character critiques, and comparisons to historical and cultural references.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Scandal Surrounding Graham Platner

• Overview of Platner’s Background Issues ([01:05]–[05:16]):

  • Platner claimed to be a working-class oyster farmer but disclosures suggest his income is mostly from disability and family support.
  • Alleged misleading statements about his upbringing, finances, and military background.
  • Rob Carson: “Everything about him is an absolute lie. And he's a complete and total scumbag... That’s the guy running for Senate for the Democrat party in the state of Maine.” ([01:50])

• Specific Scandals:

  • Caught in a sexting/infidelity scandal involving a controversial dating app, known for attracting much younger users.
  • Covered up a Nazi-linked tattoo after being confronted about it.
  • Allegedly made disparaging comments about veterans.

• Carson's Framing:

  • Uses the scandal as evidence of the Democrats' "death spiral into hell."
  • Portrays Platner as a symptom, not a cause, of the party’s deeper issues.

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2. Democratic Party’s Handling & Gender Dynamics

• Party’s Reluctance to Act ([05:16]–[09:15]):

  • High-profile Democrats and male leaders either remain silent or defer judgment to voters ("it’s up to Maine voters").
  • Initial tepid support from figures like Elizabeth Warren; growing division by gender within the party’s ranks.
  • Notable Quote:
    • “It just became the men at the top of the Democrat Party still supporting this guy. No woman is for this guy after this sexting scandal…” —Rob Carson ([01:50])

• Criticism of Deflection Tactics:

  • Democratic response is often to shift focus to Donald Trump’s controversies.
  • Guests and audio clips illustrate evasive answers and refusal to directly condemn Platner.

• Satirical Tone:

  • Carson frequently mocks Democrats’ language and logic, calling the party’s evolution a “devolution” or “A D E V I L-lution.” ([09:15])

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3. Comparisons, Parody, and Critiques of Masculinity

• Character Dissection of Platner ([25:03]–[29:47], [26:34]):

  • Platner’s attempts to define “masculinity” ridiculed (“I lift weights, I shoot guns, I work outside…”), which Carson labels as “cosplay” masculinity.
  • Batya Ungar Sargon:
    • “Everything about this guy is a lie. His whole masculinity thing is just cosplay that only works on a party that hasn’t met a man in 10 years.” ([28:14])

• Comparison to Other Politicians:

  • Juxtaposes Platner with “genuine” masculinity (e.g., Marco Rubio) and lampoons other male Democratic candidates for being equally inauthentic or “testicle-free”.
  • Suggests that Democratic women (and figures on The View) show stronger leadership and moral clarity on Platner than their male counterparts.

• Original Parody Song:

  • A musical parody skewers Platner’s various scandals and the party’s willingness to support him regardless ([30:57]).

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4. Media and Public Reaction

• Media Evasion and Public Opinion ([38:13]–[40:32]):

  • Discussion on mainstream outlets’ lack of coverage, positing that public opinion hasn’t caught up due to media silence.
  • Reference to strategic delays in releasing damaging information until after primary victories.

• Platner’s Own Denials ([40:32]–[41:23]):

  • Platner and his wife push back on allegations, calling them “journalistic malpractice,” though Carson and guests quickly point to available evidence and prior patterns.

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5. Systemic Critiques: Policy, Economy, and Party Direction

• Cost of Living and Blame Game ([23:00]–[25:03], [32:35]–[36:00]):

  • Carson attacks Democrats for government spending, blaming them for inflation and economic hardship, and ridicules figures like Bernie Sanders for ignoring their own party’s failures.
  • Reasserts that Democratic excuses and shifting of blame to Trump are not convincing.

• Wider Reflection: Party Morality and Decline ([20:02]–[34:58]):

  • Carson claims the Democratic party “cannot attract quality candidates because the party is so freaking insane.”
  • Reiterates that the Platner saga is emblematic of broader party decay, moral collapse, and misplaced priorities (e.g., scapegoating America’s history instead of tackling real issues).

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On the Candidate Crisis:

  • “[Platner’s] campaign is dead. He’s done... That’s why you end up with people like this at the top of the Democrat ticket.” —Rob Carson ([01:50])

• On Party Response:

  • “It’s a complete abdication of all responsibility.” —Rob Carson on party leaders deflecting to voters ([15:10])

• On Masculinity and Authenticity:

  • “His whole masculinity thing is just cosplay that only works on a party that hasn't met a man in 10 years.” —Batya Ungar Sargon ([28:14])

• On Scandal Reaction:

  • “If you wanted to design a game show to reveal how despicable the Democrats had become, called how low can you go? You could not have done better than having Graham Platner on one side and Susan Collins...on the other side.” —Batya Ungar Sargon ([29:08])

• Carson's Satirical High Point:

  • “The Democrat Party has been doing a death spiral into hell. And guess what? They have arrived...Welcome to hell. You’ll be dining with Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler this evening like movie vampires.” ([05:16])

• Parody Lyric:

  • “He showed off his Nazi tattoo… Graham Platner is a cheat… He must lose, his actions can't excuse how stupid Democrats must be.” —Jim Gossett, parody song ([30:57])

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Key Timestamps

• [01:05] – Opening critique of Graham Platner ("Everything about him is an absolute lie.")
• [05:16] – Carson on why Democrats support poor candidates ("death spiral into hell")
• [09:15] – Party leaders’ deflection tactics and “A D E V I L-lution” quip
• [15:10] – Discussion of public abdication and party inaction
• [17:34]–[18:35] – The View and Democratic women’s condemnation of Platner
• [25:03] – Platner defends himself as “a very real person”
• [26:34] – Critique of Platner’s “masculinity”
• [28:14] – Batya Ungar Sargon on Platner’s “cosplay” masculinity
• [29:08] – Game show analogy for “how low can you go”
• [30:57] – Parody song lampooning Platner and Democrats
• [32:35]–[36:00] – Broader critique of Democratic priorities, patriotism, and economic policy
• [39:30] – Discussion of polling, public opinion not yet reflecting scandals
• [40:32] – Platner’s and his wife’s denial of sexting allegations and Carson’s reaction

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Additional Observations

• Humor & Tone:

  • Carson’s delivery is a blend of biting satire, parody, and incredulity, aimed as much at entertaining as informing his audience.
  • Sarcastic digressions lampoon Democratic men and their handling of masculinity, while repeatedly contrasting this with his own conception of “real” manliness and American values.

• Cultural References:

  • Frequent use of pop-culture and historical figures (Stalin, Hitler, Indiana Jones) to underscore the perceived absurdity and severity of the Democratic predicament.

• Meta-Commentary:

  • Episodes of mock exasperation and faux sympathy (“Oh my God, I love it. Democrat women have the testicles.” [18:35]) serve to further underline Carson’s thesis of a Democratic party in disarray.

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Summary Takeaway

Rob Carson’s June 2, 2026 episode is relentless in its attack on the Democratic Party’s candidate selection crisis, centering the conversation on Graham Platner’s array of scandals. Through sharp commentary, media clips, mocking asides, and parody, Carson paints a picture of a party not only morally adrift but also unable—or unwilling—to hold its leaders accountable. The episode suggests this is a symptom of deeper dysfunction and disconnect from both voters and American values.

Transcript

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you are about to hear the most interesting, informative, thought provoking and funny show in America on air and on the world Wide web. This is the Rob Carson Show. You know, he obviously presented himself as an oyster farmer, but then the financial disclosures come out and it shows that, you know, his income comes from disability and that the oyster farm that he works on doesn't really make much money and often is supplying his mom's restaurant. Wow. You also have that, you know, he introduced himself as a working class manor. He, you know, at one point went to Hotchkiss prep school. You know, he said that he got a $200,000 loan from the VA for his first house. Then it comes out that actually, you know, his dad loaned him.

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He's an adult child, Graham Platner. Everything about him is an absolute lie. And he's a complete and total scumbag. I mean, a complete and utter human refuge. That's the guy that is running for senate for the Democrat party in the state of Maine. He's in Washington D.C. today, I guess, and property values have already gone down a little bit. This guy is a complete and utter scumbag. And I was thinking about this as I was doing the show prep the last few minutes. By the way, welcome to the show. Please come inside. We have much to get to. The reason why people like this are ending up at the top of the Democrat ticket is because nobody wants to run for office in this pathetic and terrible and awful and evil party. That's it. Would you want to be associated with a party that thinks that boys can become girls and compete in girl sports, for God's sake? Are you. Do you want to be a part of a party that wants open borders and wants ICE agents to be killed? And if they lose a radical or two, then it's no big deal? I mean, do they really want to be a part of a party that is this anti Semitic, that has leaned this far left into the insane world of socialism and anti Semitism, which always ends up very bad, Very bad. That's why you end up with people like this at the top of the Democrat ticket. And his campaign is dead. He's done. He's going to come to Washington, D.C. i don't know what they're gonna do. I don't know what they're gonna do. If Janet Mills, for some reason is gonna be able to somehow. She says she's still on the ticket. But, you know, it's kind of funny because it started off where Liz Warren was saying, no, I still support this guy. And there were some Democrat women still this guy. And then it just became the men. Okay? Then it just became the men. It's still just the men at the top of the Democrat Party who are still supporting this guy. No woman is for this guy. After this sexting scandal on a dating app, a hookup app known to be a pedophile magnet. The girls on this site are 13 to 24 years old. This man is in his 40s, putting a shirtless picture with a towel wrapped around his waist online. Last spring. Last spring after being married, this man is radioactive. Evil radioactive. And all I can say is, meanwhile, James Talarigo is like, well, thank God they've taken away the distraction of me and my six genders and my veganism. And God is non binary, and the Bible says it's okay to do abortion. And Jesus is a radical feminist. And I could go on and on. Oh, my gosh, I love it. The Democrat Party has been doing a death spiral into hell. And guess what? They have arrived. So is mine. Welcome to hell. You'll be dining with Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler this evening like movie vampires.

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Yeah.

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And now what they're also doing is they are the. The men who are still supporting this guy are abdicating Ron's responsibility and saying that it's up to the voters. That's where they've gone now. And what within. What was it? Who was it? Van Jones. Who occasionally shows flashes of common sense and then says stupid crap like standards have dropped so low because of Trump. So blaming Donald Trump on the fact the Democrat Party can't get a good candidate. If Donald Trump is so bad and you say that the standards have dropped so low, why are you nominating people with low standards? Wouldn't you want the. I mean, Van Jones. Dear God, man. Geez. I mean, could he ever have a real job? I don't think so. My God, even old Dana Bash. Dana Bash and all the women, by the way, of the Democrat establishment are either silent, violent, or raving against. He's going to lose, okay? He's not going to. He's either going to be on the ticket with the primary and not be elected, or they're going to figure out a convenient way to get rid of him like they did with what's his name, the guy who slept with China. I've already caught. They've already forgot Eric swallows well. Eric swallows well, he's a Persona non grata. Doesn't even exist anymore. The Democrat Party has gotten rid of him nowhere. No GPS could find this guy. But here's Dana Bash. I mean, this dimwit for years has spewed the pablum of the Democrat Party, sided with everything wrong. Everything wrong. The violence of the summer in 2020, Russia, collusion, the whole deal. And now she's just realizing that the Democrat Party only wants power and it doesn't matter about character.

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I've been thinking a lot about Democrats and how they've reacted so far to the latest.

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I'm just surprised you've been thinking Scandal

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up in Maine with Graham Platner and how much of an example this is of the kind of lesson they've been trying to take from Donald Trump and the way he's operated for the last 10 years.

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It's not taking a lesson from Donald Trump, you moron.

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Just look at how Democratic Senator Andy Kim reacted when I asked him about it. First he said that it's up to the voters of Maine, and then you

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wed yourself to this party. Don't ask for a divorce.

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Now, he did something very telling. He focused on taking back control of the Senate. What do you think?

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Well, look, right now, for me, like, I have not met him. I've never talked to him yet, but

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I don't know Glenn Grandblighter. I don't know what he did. I don't know. I haven't met him or anything.

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I am. What I do hear from people in New Jersey, around the country, is that they don't trust this U.S. senate right now led by the Republicans.

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No, that's absolutely wrong. That's only the Democrat Party speaking. You're not hearing that from anyone as

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we are about to go back into session this coming week. And what they are pushing on is, you know, 60 to 70 billion dollars.

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He hasn't said anything about Graham Plattner. Did you notice?

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More for ice, for cbp, for immigration. They want that stop.

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So do what it takes to elect Democrats.

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Yeah, from my point, you know, I will work with whoever, even a Nazi pedophile the people of Maine allegedly elect. But I hope that they elect somebody that is going to stand up to this president, work with me to be able to fight back against all these dangers.

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Would this have been the way Democrats reacted five years ago, 10 years ago?

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No, probably at least 20 years ago. Hard. No.

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They would have been hand wringing. They would have been publicly questioning whether or not this is really the guy who represents Democratic values.

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They don't care about the rank and file voter. That's the thing. They take you for granted.

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And now they're making a concerted, strategic political effort to keep their eye on the ball and focus on what they need to do to win back the Senate regardless of questions about flaws in their candidate.

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Corruption, filth, maybe even illegality, because that

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has not gotten them far in a lot of races. It's made them lose a lot of races. And you can ask the questions about morality and ethics and everything else. But to see the evolution of Democrats on a leadership level, certainly those who.

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It's not an evolution, it's a devolution, A D E V I L lotion. I just came up with that. Here are your Democrats defending this scumbag.

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Is this revelation disqualifying in your mind?

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Let's talk a little bit more about Trump's controversies, all of which get enabled by Susan Collins votes in the Senate certainly admitted that he has made mistakes. But I think this is going to be a pretty clear contrast in Maine.

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Yeah, I have concerns. That guy has questions to answer and that's what campaigns are for. If we do not get the votes necessary to take care of the House and the Senate, we will continue to have an out of control president hope

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that they elect somebody that is going to stand up to this president.

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Yeah, they're, they're, they would elect the devil himself. They would elect the devil himself. And by the way, the devil itself would vote against Donald Trump because Donald Trump's on the right side of history and he's Doing a great job as the President. There's nothing they can do about that. Here is the Adam Schiff. Adam Schiff. And nobody, nobody is saying, of course we don't believe these, these allegations, these furious allegations. They just immediately distract and it's become so patently obvious that it is an insult, insult to our intelligence and to the women of the Democrat Party and the liberal media. They even get it.

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I do want to ask you one other key race and that is Maine. Right. And obviously when it comes to the Senate, that's a crucial pickup opportunity. Right. It could come down to Maine. And now we've learned that the Democratic candidate, Graham Platner.

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Albert, is going to say he doesn't know anything about the allegations against Graham

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Plattner sent sexually explicit texts to many women.

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Yeah.

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Who are not his wife. And obviously he's already admitted to having covered up a Nazi linked tattoo.

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Yeah.

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So, I mean, do you think he's fit? Do you worry about Graham Platner? Are you okay with him because he's a Democrat?

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Well, I'm going to wait to learn

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more about these recent allegations involving his texting other women. Ultimately though, it's going to be up to Maine voters what they.

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It's going to be up to the voters they are pawning it off on.

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The voters decide how important or unimportant that is and how important to focus on the economy, cost of living.

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And there we go. And those issues, he didn't care about those issues when Joe Biden was the president. Here is the goober, notorious goober, notorial candidate, Democrat from the state of Colorado. Again, leaving it up to the people.

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You obviously don't think the president meets that high standard that you're talking about. Does Graham Platner meet that high standard in your view?

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Well, I definitely don't think the president meets that standard. Proven Donald Trump that he was elected

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to office, that he again avoiding this is what's his name? Guy's name is Bennett. Mike Bennett, I guess is his name distracting to Donald Trump.

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And then I think, Graham, I think that's a fair question. That is what the election in Maine is going to partly be about. And he's going to have to withstand the scrutiny of the people of Maine and that's what our elections are about.

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What's your view?

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I'm busy running for governor of Colorado

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because I think we're living at a

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moment where my, the families in this state are getting crushed.

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But yeah, they're getting crushed, you know, and they're saying that the families are being crushed. They say it's because of gas prices with Donald Trump. No, it's the last six years of government spending that have caused our dollars to be worth less. And then Also the sometimes 40, 50, and 60% of our paychecks that go to state, federal and local taxes, fees and regulation. 40, 50, 60%. That's why people are being, are living paycheck to paycheck or not able to get by. It's not because of Donald Trump. It is not because of Donald Trump. Bernie Sanders says the same gobbledygook on the other side of the brag. I will share this. I think Platner is done. I'm just watching this death spiral into hell. They have arrived. They're starting to empty the train car into the pits of hell. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show. The Rob Carson show podcast is everywhere.

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Is there a point where Democrats should come out and denounce him after this spate of controversies that he's faced? Well, I think the truth is the truth. This is extremely offensive. It's ugly. And, you know, I feel terrible for, for his wife.

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Oh, my God. This is a perfect metaphor for the Democrat Party and the men in the Democrat Party, the women have the testicles in the relationship. It's Barbara Boxer used to be a senator. She's not afraid to say that Graham Platner is a complete scumbag and shouldn't be the candidate for, for a Senate from the state of Maine. But here's Alexander Veneman, who's just a total piece of crap. And he was being, I guess, on a golf course. Maybe he, maybe he's up, maybe he's washes golf balls or something. Anyway, he's asked about this because he's a, he's a Jew, you know, and he's like, hey, hey, hey, you sure you want to, you want to endorse this guy, Graham Platner? Because, you know, he had that, that Nazi tattoo on his chest. There was, there was that. And what did he do? What did he do? Well, he did what I've been saying the Democrats are doing now. Hey, it's up to the voters, not me.

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As a Jewish American, do you have a problem with the main Senate Democrat having a Nazi tattoo? I think that these are questions that should be put before the electorate. I think it's, he has to answer those questions. He has to answer those questions to the satisfaction of his electorate.

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Yeah, it's not up to me, I mean, it's, it's. The voters are going to decide. It is a complete abdication of all responsibility. This is what happens when men lose their masculinity altogether and have zero testosterone. Not saying that mine is the highest right now, but, but I'm not. I haven't been neutered like that. J. Jack Weave. My God. Here is Chris Murphy. Chris Murphy, my God. Chris Murphy is the worst person, I think, in Congress, to be quite honest. Chris Murphy said that the Operation Epic Fury was a, was a complete disaster on day one when we killed the Ayatollah. And here he is again. No testicles, 100% testicle free.

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So there's been so much focus on Donald Trump, as many Democrats would say he's an immoral force. You say he's a symptom of all of this. Democrats are running a Senate candidate in Maine who.

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They're saying that they, they've got candidates like this because Donald Trump has lowered the bar. If somebody supposedly has lowered the bar, you don't lower the bar. You raise the bar. So their, their argument is specious and ridiculous.

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Had a Nazi tattoo that he did eventually cover up, but only after having it for many years. Recently, there's been reporting that he was sending sex.

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Nazi tattoo, whatever. Who hasn't had a Nazi tattoo? I mean, everybody. Tijuana.

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Okay, now, messages after he was married should.

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That was last spring. This time last year, he was on a dating profile that's known as a magnet for pedophiles. And the average age of the person on there, the woman is 13 to 24 years old. And he was in a shirtless photo with a towel wrapped around him in a bathroom. This was last spring.

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Those rules apply to Democrats, too. I mean, do you support Graham Platner even in the wake of all of this?

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Yeah. I mean, I haven't followed the minute by minute of what's happened over the last few days, but I do think there's a difference. I mean, Platner has admitted that he's made big mistakes. He's talked pretty openly.

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No, no, he hasn't. He never said that he got the Nancy tattoo and why he did it about them.

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You know, on the older ones that I know more about, like the tattoo or some of the things he posted online. You know, he said, listen, I was in a really bad place in my Life.

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Yeah, for 20 years he was in that bad place. No, that was him for 20 years, you moron. That's him right now, too. Here's the view. My God, the view, the harpies from hell. They actually. They have more balls than the Democrat Party's men.

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This is a character flaw. This isn't he. Platner has said, you know, the. He did it in form. I'm sorry, I didn't mean it. I've changed. This is a problem. The Purple Heart recipient, by the way, the video he insulted was a man who took fire to save his team. And he.

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This is the. You. Platner's campaign is over and this stupid

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guy should have died. It's only because they didn't have good aim that he's here. If you were capable of saying that at any time in your life, you've shown me who you are, and I heard you. This man should be nowhere near Congress. We've already got a wealth of people we need out. We're not sending one like this in.

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Well, what about Sunny host? And surely Sunny Host and thinks that he. He's perfectly fine because Donald Trump is so awful.

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He's a cheater. He's an anti Semite because the fact that he had that tattoo for 20 years and didn't know what it was is a lie. So he's a liar, a racist, and anti Semite homophobe. He's a homophobe.

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Well, I didn't expect that. Oh, my God, I love it. Democrat women have the testicles. And it's true. I mean, have you seen that? Have you seen James Tallarico? His girlfriend is now. She's a vegan. Of course she's a vegan. And oddly enough, she met him at a gay bar. Yeah. So there's that. Here's Lydia Monahan on cnn. She's a great conservative talking about the Democrats. They. They made a deal with the devil,

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the most shocking thing.

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And like I said, they've been doing a death spiral into hell and they've arrived.

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Democrats, though, now are trying to backpedal a little bit because they realize it's this constant drip, drip, drip. It wasn't. It wasn't just the Totenkopf tattoo. It wasn't basically making fun of veterans for getting shot at. It wasn't the sexual acts and porta potty. It just. Oops, it's continuing to drift. Drip, drip.

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Oh, I forgot about the, you know, pleasuring yourself at a porta potty. There was that, too.

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I think they're kind of aware that maybe they've made this Faustian bargain. And bear in mind, I think for so long, they tried to say, oh, we have the moral high ground because Donald Trump. That was their argument for everything. And so now they've somehow embraced somebody with, with a Nazi tattoo. I mean, it's kind of beyond the pale. And I would also note too, but this is all, this is all in the name of getting out Susan Collins, who is the most moderate Republican in the Senate. It's a really tough situation for them to say, oh, yeah, elect this guy with the Nazi tattoo to beat out Susan Collins.

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See, this is why I say that conservative comedy is on the ascent because the left can't be taken seriously anymore. This is like a limbo competition for who could have the lowest morality and be a candidate. And the reason being is the Democrat party cannot attract quality candidates because the party is so freaking insane. That's what this is all about. I told you, overwhelm them with joy and faith and patriotism and let them do the death spiral. It's happening in real time. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show. Have you noticed your sheets slipping off the corners lately? Maybe your pillows just don't feel supportive anymore. Most people actually keep their bedding way longer than they should. It slowly wears down and you don't realize how much it's affecting your sleep until you finally replace it. That's why I've upgraded my bed with Bull and Branch. They make everything your bed needs. Their signature organic cotton sheets, pillows, blankets and comforters are all designed to be breathable, incredibly soft, and get better over time. Most people start with the signature sheets and a lot of customers buy two sets so they can rotate them. That's a good idea. That's what I do. I also added the waffle blanket and now the whole bed just feels amazing. The moment you get into bed, you notice a difference. You fall asleep faster, you wake up more refreshed, and you feel awesome. Upgrade your sleep with bowland branch. Get 15% off your first order plus free shipping [e-mail] robcarson b o l l and branch.com robcarsen code Rob Carson to unlock 15% off for bowl and Branch. So many people living with everyday pain think they're just stuck with it and it is what it is. But it doesn't have to be. Let me tell you about George from Oregon and his relief factor story. George is a hard working guy. Spends 10 hours a day in his garbage truck. It's a tough job made even harder because he was dealing with sore right knee that he couldn't bend. But here's the amazing part. George started taking relief Factor and it changed his life. He said, and I quote, I can bend my knee again with very little pain. If you're living with aches and pains, see how relief factor, a daily drug free supplement could help you feel and live better every day. Give their three week quick start a try only $19.95 in a few weeks or even days. Feel the difference relief factor can make. You don't have to be stuck living with pain. Visit relieffactor.com or call 800 for relief. That's relieffactor.com or 800 for relief. 60% of our people are living paycheck to paycheck. People can't afford health care.

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state like Maine to defeat Graham Platinum.

[B]

So I think maybe we should be focusing on the important issues facing working people and not that a Nazi who goes on a pedophile website, you know, and masturbates and public toilets and you know, we should not worry about that. You know, here's the thing. If you could get rid of a fraction of the federal income, state income tax, local income tax, all of the regulations, all of the fees of governance, there wouldn't be a crisis. We'd be able to save for our retirements, we'd be able to fill our gas tanks, we'd be able to go to the grocery store. But you have screwed things up so badly and then you've also spent, spent trillions of dollars and just given it to your cronies. Just giving it to your tronies. 40% increase in the size of government during COVID and all of it was stolen, all of it was given out, handed out. The Democrat party is the, the biggest organized crime family in the history of mankind. So don't tell us about affordability. This government has made things unaffordable for us. We are $40 trillion in debt. If you mismanaged your finances like that, you would be bankrupt. You would be living under a bridge somewhere. But because they have a continual lifeline of our, our tax money, they keep abusing the system. And Bernie Sanders should be ashamed of himself forecasting. I mean this, this is the worst face plant for a candidate since David Duke and David Duke was not supported by the rank and file Rep. Republican party. This guy's actually worse. This Guy's actually worse.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

Just wow. Here is Graham Platner and he says the Democrat Party establishment doesn't like him, but the rank and file voters do. No, they don't.

[D]

What establishment Democrats think about me, that's. That's their business. It's very clear that here in the state of Maine, the voters really do understand that I am who I claim to be.

[B]

He did not say the voters love me.

[D]

I'm a very real person and a

[B]

really, really messed up person, warts and all.

[D]

And I've talked about it, and I will continue to talk about it. And they seem to. Yeah, if people. If people in the Democratic Party in other states don't like me, that's not really my problem.

[B]

Yeah, well, you have lost all of the support of all of the women that you had. And the women of the Democrat of the View, for God's sake. The women of the View, they. They say you're. You're toast. You're toast. You're toast. Here is. Now listen to this. For. For those of you who are fathers, for those of you who are men. Okay, I'm just going to talk to the men who were born with man parts and still have them, have never dressed up like a woman or worn women clothes, whatever. If you want to do that, that's fine. I don't. But I'm talking about dads and, you know. You know, like fathers. People who. Who are, you know, just. We're just masculine. It's not toxically masculine. Listen to what this Jack weed thinks masculinity is. Okay, this isn't masculinity. Okay. This is cosplay.

[C]

You represent masculinity. In certain ways, the Democrats have trouble connecting with male voters. What describe the masculinity that you represent?

[D]

I think it's just a healthy form of it. Which is. Yeah, look. I mean, I lift weights.

[B]

That doesn't make you masculine. Girls do that, too.

[D]

I shoot guns. My bad.

[B]

Girls do that, too.

[D]

Background is obviously in the military. I work outside. Most of my hobbies are things that people tend to.

[B]

My wife did all the gardening and everything outside. I. I stayed inside. Did the cooking.

[D]

Associate with, like, manly stuff, I guess.

[B]

Yeah, it's manly stuff. No, it's not, actually. No, not at all. That has nothing to do with being a man. A decent and good man and positive masculinity.

[D]

The exact same time I go to therapy, I have a very open sort of dialogue and emotional relationship with my wife.

[B]

Yeah, you. You are on a site that is a magnet for pedophiles. And you were sending sexing, sexting messages to them last spring.

[D]

I am. I work incredibly hard to put myself.

[B]

You're an oyster farmer, and you don't make a living at it. You only sell your oysters to your mom's restaurant.

[D]

In places where I share.

[B]

You have no income but disability with

[D]

folks who have very different outlooks or backgrounds as me.

[B]

You're a. You're a private school brat. Your mom and dad gave you $200,000 to buy a house and then open

[D]

up to the idea that their lived experience is exactly as valid as mine.

[B]

Wow. Wow. Here is Batya Unger Sargon. She has larger testicles than that guy does. And this is where I got the idea of masculine cosplay. Brilliant thoughts by Batya Unger Sargon.

[C]

Everything about this guy is a lie. His whole masculinity thing is just cosplay that only works on a party that hasn't met a man in 10 years.

[B]

Because they'll say, James Talarico, he eats barbecue. And he saw a horse. He never rode a horse, but he saw one.

[C]

Everything he says is untrue. An oyster farmer. This oyster farm exists on a private island owned by one of his rich friends.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And he sells the oysters to his mother.

[B]

And he's been planting oysters in the dirt for years, and they never grow.

[C]

There's restaurant. I mean, everything about this guy is fake. He claimed that he bought his home with a loan from the VA. His father gave him $200,000 for it. He claims to be a man of the people. He went to private schools. Fancy private schools. He claims to be a vet. Okay, he's a vet. But guess what?

[B]

Hold on.

[C]

If you wanted to design a game show to reveal how despicable the Democrats had become, called how low can you go? Yes, you could not have done better than having Graham Platner on one side and Susan Collins, the most bipartisan Trump critical senator, on the other side, because she literally does everything that they say they would want somebody on the right to do. She voted to impeach Donald Trump. She voted against confirming Pete Hikeseth and Amy Coney Barrett. And yet somehow she is the great evil that it is worth voting for. Nazi tattoos.

[B]

Yeah, it's not gonna work. It's not going to work. Meanwhile, in Texas, you've got James Alarigo, who's, like, worse than Kamala Harris as far as being fake. He got some talking points. I don't know if you've seen this. They've juxtaposed him reading talking points in a couple different appearances. Here is this.

[A]

I've gone to every corner of this state over the course of this campaign. Well, you know, I've gone to every corner of Texas already over the course of this campaign. From Beaumont to El Paso, from Amarillo to Brownsville, from Beaumont to El Paso, from Amarillo to Brownsville, everywhere in between. Everywhere in between. And I can't tell you the number of people who come up to me at the end of these events. I can't tell you the number of people who come up to me at the end of these events sense and whisper I'm not a Democrat. Like they're, like they're in the witness protection program.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. He is not genuine. The Democrat party has a problem with with men and and they've lowered the bar so low that they would take Graham Platner over Susan Collins. This is brand new from Jim Gossett about the latest scandal sexting on the rock carson show 2 all the girls

[A]

he texted to

[B]

he showed off his Nazi tattoo last year. It was last spring. Graham Platner is a cheat Totenkoff tattoo he'll go down to defeat porta bodies and the cheating accusations tree He's a communist too. I didn't know he knew that a

[A]

kick account grand platter used was discovered by his wife his marriage how platinum abused it.

[B]

Yeah, he's a creep he's caused his

[A]

misses so much strife

[B]

committed infidelity why would you marry this guy? What the hell is wrong? He's unfit it is clear to see wow. Graham Platner he must lose his actions

[A]

can't excuse how stupid Democrats must be. What the heck is wrong with me?

[B]

What's wrong with the Democrat Party? Graham Platner they cannot explain that is a Jim gossip. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show. For any Democrats who are listening, here's what a man sounds like. Marco Rubio. Rubio on Capitol Hill today talking about what's important to this administration.

[A]

We believe that America should lead the world and I believe that we are and it will have a very good story to tell about that. American leadership, however, should always be on behalf of the American interests. I say this because I think over a period of time in our foreign policy policy we lost focus on that.

[B]

Yeah, like when Joe Biden got the 27 LLC and got $31 million for the Chinese Communist Party to nine members of his family. And Hillary Clinton got $150 million from Russian oligarchs who were shareholders in Uranium One after she signed off on the Uranium One deal. Other than that, they were pro America.

[A]

The reality of it is that our foreign policy, first and foremost, must always be what is in the national interest of the United States of America. And determining the national interest of oftentimes requires us to make pragmatic.

[B]

Barack Obama sent pallets of cash to the Ayatollah.

[A]

Sometimes in foreign policy, the choices are not between a good choice and a bad choice.

[B]

Joe Biden over the southern border to millions of illegals. They stuffed a Trojan horse with our enemies and tried to take down the country.

[A]

It's between two less than ideal choices. And you're trying to figure out which one of these two choices is the one that is best for the United States and least harmful to our interest. Interests. And that plays out every single day.

[B]

Yeah, American numero uno. You know, we were being b slapped by nations around the world with tariffs. And Donald Trump said, now we're going to make them equitable. And the left caterwauled and howled like banshees from hell. And you know what? We're ending up taking in massive amounts of tariff revenue. We're also bringing back manufacturing New America. Donald Trump is allowing factories to be built. You can write off the equipment for those factories right now. And he's taken away the income tax on Social Security and on tips and overtime. And the left has done everything that it can to just howl and screech and all of this stuff. And they're collapsing. And they're collapsing. It's happening. It's happening in real time. You know, they. We got this big 250th birthday for America. Now, in 1976, when we had the 200th birthday of America, everybody got together to celebrate because we were proud of America and many of us still are. But the Democrat Party for at least the last 25 or 30 years, has been on a campaign to destroy America, tear it down, say it's racist, divide us in every way, shape or form. And now we've arrived at the 250th birthday of America, and the Democrat Party says they're not going to come to the party. Well, guess what? You're not invited.

[A]

There is a deep unease about this. I feel a deep unease.

[B]

Not, not at all. Just only with you and your Ms. Now viewers.

[A]

Ali Velshi is about these celebrations to which I am invited to mark the 205th.

[B]

Then don't go.

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Anniversary of our so democracy, America.

[B]

We're not in democracy. We're a representative republic Yamoron has never

[A]

actually fully reckoned with its racist past.

[B]

And it's a. Oh, yeah, we have. I mean, honestly, Stop beating that damn drum.

[A]

Original founding sin of slavery. Oh, my. To celebrate himself. Sorry. I mean, America. Donald Trump is also planning to throw a June fun fair. Like, a big fun fair.

[B]

Yeah. It's gonna be January. It's gonna be fun for families and everything. Now listen to what she has to say about anybody who's there. Like a vendor who is a person of color.

[A]

Listen to the insult 25th through July 10th called Freedom 250 in front of the destroyed Capitol, featuring the only.

[B]

Not a destroyed capital at all. The Capitol's perfectly fine. He's building a ballroom next to the White House. Is that what you meant?

[A]

Kinds of black people that he cares to have around performers. You know, you have to sing and dance or run on the field or Trump to not try to jail or deport you.

[B]

That's just stupid. I mean, honestly, that's just. That's just stupid. This is why she doesn't have a job. Meanwhile, Vanilla Ice says, oh, hell yeah, I'll take their money. I'm going to perform.

[C]

Tell us why you're still planning on performing, even though we've heard that from the President. When.

[B]

I love that. Ice. Ice Baby is his signature song.

[C]

So many other performers are deciding not to.

[B]

Perfect timing.

[C]

I don't know.

[A]

I can only speak for myself, and I. I'm proud to be an American. I was born here and raised here. Ye. This is my country, and I don't like anybody telling me I really can't be proud of it. And this is a huge honor to play the birthday. It's one of a lifetime, you know, 250. So I'm honored, and.

[B]

Yeah, you should be honored. And you shouldn't be a petulant little toddler. That's what the Democrat Party is, a petulant little toddler. And they're going to just boycott the party. Great. Awesome. We want happy people who love the country at our party. Not you guys. There you go. That easy. That easy. All right, so the national debt has exceeded the gdp. America. This is a wake up call. Our sins of the past. Reckless government spending. Thank you. Have caught up to us. Higher inflation, higher prices, higher cost of living. All of that. Higher interest rates on the national debt. Every dollar Washington spends on interest is a dollar and has to tax, borrow, or print. It's a mess. It's a mess. So you got to take. Take control of your destiny. Some retirement planners preparing for potential setbacks. I am diversifying with a time tested asset for known for wetting the storm. Physical gold from Birch Gold. I just sold my house in Kansas. I'm going to use that money to buy gold. Text the word Rob to the number 989-898. Birch Gold will send you a free info kit on converting an existing IRA or 401k into a tax sheltered IRA and physical gold. Text Rob to the number 989898. Again, Rob to 989898 owns some gold from Burt's Gold. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show.

[A]

Exactly. This is what you're saying. There's so much more that we don't know about this and there's a number

[B]

of days to Byron, you're talking about

[A]

Graham Platner to learn it. And by the way, if we learn some of this stuff after next Tuesday, he'll officially be the nominee of the Democratic Party in Maine. A lot of times experienced politicians, campaign operatives like to drop big oppo after their opponent.

[B]

It could get worse than a Nazi tattoo. And you know, a pedophile dating site

[A]

has gotten their party's nomination. So I would not be surprised to see more of this coming out. Now remember, after the whole Nazi tattoo thing, Platner was asked now they're not going to be any more skeletons in your closet, are there? And he said, oh, no, don't worry, nothing else.

[B]

Remember that scene in Indiana Jones where they were down there and they'd been sealed in there in the middle of the desert and the Nazis threw them in there and what's her name? Karen. Karen Allen wasn't her. She goes into the room and all the, all the skeletons just start falling on her. She's screaming at everything. That's the closet. That's, that's Graham Clatter's closet. Oh my God, it's so glorious. Byron York on the fact that Graham Platter is still polling ahead of Susan Collins.

[A]

No. What are they going to do now? The primary is a week from tomorrow in Maine. There really is nobody else right now. I think what we're waiting for right now with this sexting thing is we're waiting for public opinion to catch up with events because it's only been a few days and as you pointed out,

[B]

because NPR hasn't been covering it very much, you see, and those liberals in Maine haven't read the story yet.

[A]

Now there's a lot of things we don't know about this. Was it six women? Was it 12? How many women were there and all

[B]

six to one, half a dozen of the other.

[A]

So what did he.

[B]

Oddly enough, if you add up their ages, they're still younger on that site.

[A]

Say now maybe it's too sordid to talk about on television.

[B]

Six plus 12, that's 18.

[A]

But those are the kind of details that can make a huge difference in public opinion. And they have not caught up in public public opinion.

[B]

The feces hasn't hit the fan yet

[A]

in the, in the polls. So right now you look at the real clear politics average of polls. Platner is up by eight points over Susan Collins. He's been that way for months. Nothing has changed. Well, nothing could change until everything changes.

[B]

Here is Graham Platner and his poor wife, dear God in heaven, this long suffering wife being asked about this. And they won't answer about the sexting.

[D]

But of course the powers that be do not want us to talk about the that and so they're going to just do gossip instead.

[A]

But the stories are not true, right?

[B]

About the text?

[D]

No, no, this is, this is the amazing part. The Wall Street Journal, New York Times ran. No, it is true stories without any evidence besides the gossip from a former staffer. I'm sorry.

[B]

And the picture and the profile on the site that's there.

[D]

Sorry, that's, that's frankly journalistic malpractice.

[B]

Oh my God.

[D]

We pushed back on. On it. They want it. They did it anyways. So.

[B]

Wow.

[C]

Are you confirming that the messages did not exist?

[D]

What's that?

[C]

The messages, they did not.

[D]

I'm confirming that what Genevieve McDonald said in the New York Times is not true.

[A]

So you never met with her about uncomfortable, for lack of a better word, sexting messages?

[D]

As the campaign was going, we talked about things in Amy and I's marriage that we've gone through over the years. Last year talked about that because that's our marriage and we discussed it with the campaign. What Genevieve McDonald claims isn't true.

[B]

So yeah, you know, I mean, at this point just lie about it. Just say no. There are no texts, honestly, because you're screwed either way. Dear life. Unbelievable. Hour number do of the Rob Carson show on the way. The. The psyop by radical rioters in New Jersey has done a face plant. May have killed the anti ICE movement. We'll cover that in the next hour or don't go anywhere.