The Halloween Shutdown: No Candy for Democrats!

Summary

The Rob Carson Show Podcast Summary

Episode: The Halloween Shutdown: No Candy for Democrats!
Date: October 31, 2025
Host: Rob Carson
Guest: Tony Kennett (Daily Signal, WIBC)
Producer/Contributor: Jim Gasser
Theme: The government shutdown, its political and personal impacts, and scathing criticism of Democratic leadership in a fast-paced, comedic, and opinionated commentary style.

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Episode Overview

This Halloween edition of The Rob Carson Show revolves around the ongoing government shutdown, sharply criticizing the Democratic Party’s motives and claiming their policies harm working Americans, federal employees, and the broader economy. In characteristic Rob Carson fashion, the show blends serious political discourse with comedic commentary, parody verse, and personal anecdotes, aiming to both entertain and rally his largely conservative audience.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Halloween and Shutdown Parody

• Opening: Rob jokes about his first Halloween in 30 years not living in a cul-de-sac, saying, “I'm not gonna get dressed up or anything, unless you consider me as going as a handsome, middle-aged man” (00:51).
• Jim Gasser’s Parody Poem: Presents the shutdown as a "trick" by Democrats to frighten Americans and push disliked policies:
  “They want us to fund trans surgery, health care for illegals completely free. They have real motives they’ll deny as Schumer tells another lie.” (01:29-02:22)

2. Hard-Hitting Critique of Democratic Leadership

• Democrat Motives: Carson relentlessly accuses Democrats of political gamesmanship, arguing their goal is to blame Donald Trump for the hardship, while prioritizing benefits for illegal immigrants over working-class Americans:
  “The Democrat Party doesn’t give a rat’s behind about you... all they can do is throw a pouty little temper tantrum. No candy for you Democrats. You can just kiss my butt.” (02:22-02:50)
• Personal Anecdote: Carson shares his own struggles, including past experience with food stamps and living paycheck to paycheck, empathizing with those hurt by the shutdown and contrasting himself with wealthy Democrats:
  “One time I had to ask a food bank that I did charitable fundraising for to pay my rent.” (07:35)
• Democrats Out of Touch: Jeffries, Schumer, and Pelosi are ridiculed as “awful, wretched people” out of step with the realities faced by regular Americans (03:00).

3. Impact on Federal Workers and SNAP Recipients

• Testimonies:
  • Janelle Bynum (federal worker): “Not getting paid, going to work every day. Yeah, a lot of us are struggling...Everything is now up in the air.” (08:34-08:47)
  • Sean O’Brien, Teamsters President: Calls for a “clean CR,” lambasting Congress for putting working people in the middle:
    “Do not put working people in the middle of a problem. Pass a clean CR right now.” (10:44-11:31)
• Union Voices: Pilots, air traffic controllers, and TSA employees highlight the hardship and hazards of working without pay and the risk to public safety (14:27-15:16).

4. Shut Down Political Chess

• Democratic Stonewalling:
  • Carson insists Democrats block practical negotiations, holding the process hostage with demands, and using “starving children” rhetoric as leverage (17:09-17:34).
• JD Vance, GOP Senator:
  • “Let's sit down and come to a compromise and work it out. And you know what the Democrats’ response to that is? You're gonna starve children.”
  • “That is not reasonable behavior. That's not how you do compromise in this town” (17:09-18:25).

5. Call for Republican “Nuclear Option”

• Carson and guest Tony Kennett echo Trump’s call for the GOP to remove the filibuster and force an end to the shutdown, arguing Democrats are losing public support and will not win upcoming elections (24:00, 26:09).

6. Personal Responsibility, Community Giving, and American Spirit

• Rob’s Giving Pledge:
  • “I'm going to Wally World...and I'm going to take some boxes to the food bank...I would ask you if you can...do the same.” (08:54)
• Tony Kennett shares: Church and community charity efforts to help those losing SNAP benefits, underscoring what he calls “Christian charity” and real American values (26:48-29:11).
• Joy Over Darkness: Both hosts urge listeners to combat political “darkness” with generosity, patriotism, and faith (29:46-30:22).

7. Media and Messaging Critique

• Washington Post Flack:
  • Carson slams the Washington Post’s “thought leadership,” saying even liberal outlets know Democrats are making a political disaster (26:09).
• Democrat Soundbites Mocked: Multiple instances where Carson and Kennett lampoon vague or evasive Democratic spokespersons and lawmakers, especially Janelle Bynum (34:57-36:22).

8. Bipartisanship and Outliers

• Carson, surprisingly, credits John Fetterman (Democrat, PA) for common-sense positions post-recovery from a stroke, showing rare support for a Democrat who diverges from the party line (31:52-32:21).

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Notable Quotes and Memorable Moments

• Rob Carson:

  • “No candy for you. No candy for you Democrats. You can just kiss my butt.” (02:42)
  • “They'd rather have illegals with staff benefits...That's why so many people are leaving blue states like California, blue states. There's communist states.” (04:26)
  • “I've been without. And it is a damned shame that there are people in Washington, D.C. who don't think twice about people suffering because they've never suffered like this before.” (29:46)

• Tony Kennett:

  • “I am so sorry to disappoint you. I am the—shut off all of the lights. Leave me alone.” (22:41)
  • “They’re trying every bad strategy that’s never worked, and they’re even running out of those.” (24:00)
  • “I'm tired of seeing [air traffic controllers] treated like trash by the Democrat Party.” (25:14)
  • "That's Christian charity. That's what we're expected to do. And you know what? We're joyful warriors. Glad to do it." (29:11)

• Sean O'Brien, Teamsters President:

  • “Get to the table. Negotiate a deal. Do not put working people in the middle of a problem.” (10:44)

• JD Vance:

  • “If you reopen the government, you know what's going to happen in three months? They're going to come back... and they're again going to say, we're going to shut down the aviation industry... That's how a child behaves.” (17:34)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Opening and Parody Poem: 00:47–02:22
• Carson’s Rant about Democrats and Shutdown: 02:22–07:35
• SNAP/Federal Worker Impact: 08:34–08:54
• Teamsters/Union Remarks: 10:44–11:31
• Airline/Air Traffic & TSA Unions: 14:27–15:16
• JD Vance Press Conference: 17:09–18:25
• Trump’s Nuclear Option Call: 17:34–18:25, 24:00
• Tony Kennett Interview Start/Halloween Banter: 22:05–24:00
• Democrat Rhetoric Parodied: 24:00–26:09, 34:57–36:22
• Washington Post Critique/Project 2025: 26:09–26:48
• Church and Charity Focus: 26:48–29:46
• Praising John Fetterman: 31:52–32:21
• Closing Bipartisanship Remarks: 37:03

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Takeaway Themes

• Partisan Outrage: The episode is a relentless, often comedic, but pointed critique of the Democratic Party’s handling of the shutdown and perceived disregard for ordinary Americans.
• Working-Class Sympathy: Strong focus on personal hardship, empathy for struggling workers, and personal responsibility for helping others.
• Mockery and Satire: Parody, ridicule, and soundbite-driven jabs at Democratic leaders and spokespersons.
• Call to Action: Appeals to listener generosity, civic participation, and unity through “faith, patriotism, and joy.”
• Belief in Republican Momentum: Carson is emphatic that Democrats are politically doomed and that a reckoning is coming in upcoming elections.

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Transcript

[Rob Carson]

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[Tony Kennett]

This is the Rob Carson show.

[Rob Carson]

And by the grace of God, it is finally Friday. Friday. And it's Halloween and everything. Wow, that is fantastic. It's the first year in like 30 years that I don't live in a cul de sac with a f machine, scary music, and lots of kids coming by for candy. It's kind of weird I got an apartment now, but, you know, whatever, it's Halloween. I still love Halloween. I'm not gonna get dressed up or anything, you know, unless you consider me as going as a handsome, middle aged man, rather debonair. No, maybe not. I won't do that. But anyway, welcome to the show. Please come inside. Of course. It is Halloween.

[Jim Gasser]

Jim Gasser darkness falls across D.C. democrats too blind to see for the shutdown they will get the blame. We'll call out Schumer by his name the American people they'll deprive to keep their evil hopes alive. They want us to fund trans surgery, health care for illegals completely free. They have real motives they'll deny as Schumer tells another lie 13 times they voted no Voters will tell them it's.

[Rob Carson]

Time to go bye bye.

[Jim Gasser]

That is why they're filled with fright. They'll lose big election night. The House the Democrats won't take Even with votes we know are fake. Hakeem Jeffries, what a SAP. He's the reason you won't get your snap.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, it's not a laughing matter though. It's. It's damn serious. And the. The Democrat Party, they don't give a rat's behind about you. They. They're acting like suddenly Donald Trump doesn't. Even though Donald Trump has been busting his rear end for nine months now, working 15, 16 hours a day, securing peace deals around the world, securing trade deals around the world, securing manufacturing, coming back to America and the Democrat Party, all they can do is throw a pouty little temper tantrum. No candy for you. No candy for you Democrats. You can just kiss my butt Honestly, you look at what Donald Trump did say, for instance, in China, you can't even begin to fathom what he has done for soybean farmers in America. Soybean farming here. Let me explain something to you. I'm an Iowa boy here. You rotate your crops, generally in places like Iowa, even Delaware. I was in Delaware, Sussex County, Delaware. They rotate their crops. What you do is you rotate corn and soybeans. Corn is for feed for animals. If you raise your own animals, you will feed them the corn and you will sell the excess corn. And then on opposite years, you have to plant soybeans in that field because you got to rotate crops, otherwise it'll take all the nutrients out of the soil, etc. You got to rotate those crops, and then you, you, you bring in soybeans the next year. And soybeans have been selling dirt cheap. And you don't make D word for Richard on those two crops. You really don't make much money at all. They aren't cash crops. But what Donald Trump has done is he's selling like 24 million metric tons a year to China. Now, can you imagine 1 million? No, you can't. You cannot imagine 1 million. You can't imagine 24 million. You can't imagine 24,000,000 metric tons, which I believe is a thousand kilograms, which is £2,000, right? £2,200 or something like that. You can't even imagine the amount of soybeans that they're going to be buying from us. And what a relief it is for our farmers. That's what he's done. And Hakeem Jeffries is saying that Donald Trump will starve children. You know what? Suck it. You are worthless. Hakeem Jeffries, Mr. Dead Eyes. You are worthless. You got Chuck Schumer. He is a gargoyle with osteoporosis. You got Nancy Pelosi, who stood in front of her $24,000 frid eating $12 a pint ice cream during the height of COVID You got all these people. They are awful, wretched people. They didn't give a rat's behind about you and me during the shutdown. They didn't care at all about you and me. When inflation drove, grocery prices doubled the price of everything, everything in the grocery store. You don't know that if you go to Whole Foods because you never look at your receipt. If you're a Democrat and you go to Whole Foods, you never look at your receipt. You don't give a crap about it. You just grab whatever and you Put in a cart. Well, you've never looked for yellow stickers. You've never looked for things on sale in the grocery store because you can't afford the good st. You've never had to deal with that. You've never, you know, had to dream about having steak rather than just throwing steak in your cart. Well, a lot of people don't. They have to dream about steak. And they have steak once a year. And it's a special thing when you have steak. Those are the people that the Democrat Party doesn't give a damn about. And you're gonna pay for this. You're gonna pay for this in the midterms, you're gonna pay for this on Tuesday. Shame on you. You know what you're doing. You just don't care. You'd rather have illegals with staff benefits. You'd rather have illegals with healthcare because nobody will vote for you anym. Any common sense whatsoever. That's why so many people are leaving blue states like California, blue states. There's communist states. They're leaving those states. Nobody wants to vote for Democrats because they make everything hell. They've made New York into hell, for God's sake. That's why so many people are leaving these states for Republican states that have no income tax, like Tennessee, like Texas, like Florida, because they're tired of the nonsense. And I hope and pray that New Jersey elects a Republican government because it will change everything and the Democrats know it. If you get a good Republican in a state that has been run by Democrats for a very long time, things are going to change for the better. And the Democrats will be out of power forever, Forever for what they've done. And shame on them for the people who have to suffer without a paycheck and go to work this week. This is awful for those of you who've never had to live paycheck to paycheck. Most of my career I've had to live paycheck to paycheck and sometimes I didn't have a paycheck at all. And one time I had to ask a food bank that I did charitable fundraising for to pay my rent. So you don't know what it's like. And I can't imagine how tough this is for people who. Not the Fat Snap benefit lazy people who've been living on it forever. And you see them online all the time. They're the ones who are going to rob grocery stores. They're going to go out and rob grocery stores because their big fat butts won't be able to fill their cart to the brim with their SNAP benefits every month. And they eat better than you and I do, by the way. But for the rest of people who go to work and bust their butts, I can't imagine what it's like to go in and not get a paycheck as an air traffic controller. Imagine what it's like to be a government employee or even a soldier. You know, we got soldiers during the. During the Biden administration. Many of our soldiers on food stamps. That should never happen. That should never happen in the United States of America. We got enough Money to have 54% of SNAP recipients being illegal aliens. Then, by God, we could take care of our soldiers. It is utterly, utterly ridiculous. And I'm sorry to start the show like this, but I have suffered. I know what it feels like. And I am agonizing for people to have to go through this because jackasses like Hakan Hakeem Jeffries want to politicize it and shut down the government so Donald Trump will take the blame. And it's not going to work because he's doing too much good. He's doing too much good. No matter how much you caterwaul, no matter, you know, that. That idiotic no Kings protest that you thought would actually mean something. It meant nothing. You know why? Because you can't cover up the good that Donald Trump is doing as the greatest president we've ever seen. And he's great because he's busting his butt. He realizes his shelf life is short, and they put him through hell for 10 years, and he has arrived and he's doing great things for us. And the Democrats look smaller every day. Every dang day. It is ridiculous. Utterly, utterly ridiculous. Here are some of the furloughed federal workers who are not being paid.

[Janelle Bynum]

Okay, maybe we'll just be furloughed for two weeks and then we go back to work. But now it's been like almost a month and a half. Not getting paid, going to work every day. Yeah, a lot of us are struggling.

[Rob Carson]

To get there, but we're doing the.

[Janelle Bynum]

Best that we can. We don't know what's going to happen for Christmas or Christmas. Everything is now up in the air.

[Rob Carson]

I'm going to a food bank this weekend. I'm going to go to Wally World. Got a Wally World in my house. And I'm going to buy a buttload of groceries that I know that people would want. And I'm going to take some boxes to the food bank and I'm going To help people out. Because I'm blessed. I'm blessed. I have money in my checking account right now. It's not down to zero before payday. That has happened very few times in my 30 years in broadcasting. And I've got some extra. And I'm going to give because it is awful to not be able to provide for your family. It almost killed me. And I'm gonna help out. So I would ask you if you can. If you can help out and you got a little extra, you do the same thing or you know, somebody who maybe isn't getting paid, maybe you see if you can help them out a little bit. Because a lot of people are afraid to ask. A lot of people have never even been in the situation. Never. You know, I never dreamed of being on food stamps. I was on them six years ago. I was embarrassed. And I almost didn't say it on the air. I almost didn't say it on the air. I almost didn't tell you I sold cars for a living. I was embarrassed by it. Then I realized it made me who I am. It seasoned me to who I am. Would I want to live through it again? Hell, no, I wouldn't want to live through it again. But it is a damn shame that we have people in Washington, D.C. who care so little about people. They put us through what they did the last four years, and now they're doing it again. And they're doing it again and they don't even care. To hell with them. This is the head of the Teamsters, Sean o', Brien, yesterday putting the blame squarely on the shoulder of Democrats. This is the Teamsters. This is the Teamsters. Did you hear that? The Teamsters reliably Democrats supporting Democrats. You better turn this around because you're toast.

[Sean O'Brien]

I represent 1.3 million working men and women in this country. For the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, we took a position three weeks ago. Pass a clean cr. Get to the table. Negotiate a deal. Do not put working people in the middle of a problem. They should not be in there. And we got to think about the families that are going to be affected. Think about when you have to tell your son or daughter they can't play sports because you're not getting paid. Think about when you pay your mortgage. Think about when you can't pay your tuition. Put the politics aside. Get to the table, negotiate a deal, Pass a clean CR right now. And then figure out the problems moving forward. And I want to thank the air traffic controllers. I want to thank the aviation Administration for all their hard work and sacrifice they make. And look, security and safety of the airlines is paramount. Let's not compromise the safety and security.

[Rob Carson]

There is no doubt the Democrat party wants this to pay the health care for illegal aliens who they rely on for support not only for the census, but they load them up with bennies because they come from places where you know the benefit. The social welfare state that we have here is rich. And Democrats know that those needy people will still be spoon fed their pablum for a pittance. And meanwhile the people who are getting a pittance aren't getting anything anymore. And it is ridiculous. On the other side of the brick, you know who else is against the Democrats? You know who else is saying Democrats, you better do something. The pilots, unions and the Washington Post. The Washington Post knows what the Democrats are doing, so you better get it together. In the meantime, help who you can if you can. Let's take a break and come back. This is a Friday edition of the Rob Carson Show. Show. Don't go anywhere. The Rob Carson show podcast is everywhere.

[Tony Kennett]

Go to newsmax.com listen for details.

[Rob Carson]

If Republicans do not like the law, they can go through the regular channels.

[Unidentified Union Representative]

And processes to try to change it.

[Rob Carson]

That's why we have elections. So they, they can go through the normal processes and procedures of a democracy. But you do not threaten the full faith and credit of the United States of America shutting down the government just because you don't like a law that was passed. I have to say no Congress before this one has ever, ever in history.

[Unidentified Union Representative]

Been irresponsible enough to threaten an economic shutdown.

[Rob Carson]

Until now. Until now, your Democrat party, the Democrat Party has been throwing a temper tantrum because they lost, even burning Tesla dealerships. That's how rotten to the core of the Democrat Party is and its followers. That's why 70% of Americans believe the Democrat Party is on the wrong side of history and they are taking themselves into the pits of hell. Oddly enough, purgatory is trending on Twitter right now. Maybe it's the purgatory that the Democrats are putting federal workers through and people on snap benefits through because they're getting paid. Democrats will be able to go there. They'll be able to buy lots of candy for the kids. Won't even think about it. This weekend, Democrats in Congress, they won't have to worry about a dang thing. They're still getting their paycheck. They don't care. They just want maximum pain. They just want maximum pain. This is several pilots, unions members on Capitol Hill yesterday talking about the Democrat shutdown. The biggest way to ensure the safety, security and reliability of our national air traffic control system is to pass a clean, continuing resolution.

[Tony Kennett]

We are concerned that when our brothers and sisters in TSA and air traffic.

[Rob Carson]

Control are not receiving paychecks, that they're.

[Unidentified Union Representative]

Distracted and that they erode on the.

[Rob Carson]

Margin of safety that we rely on to go out and operate our aircraft and do our job safely as well.

[Tony Kennett]

Every day that they go to work, they have not only the weight of.

[Rob Carson]

One of the this. You know, a lot of times you make fun of people who work for the tsa. That is not a fun job. It is not a fun job because you're dealing with the same stuff every single day. And you have to follow the same rules they have. They're the ones who have to tell you you got to throw away your toothpaste. It's not a fun job. And they're going to work now on top of every other thing and they're not getting any money for it.

[Tony Kennett]

High consequence jobs in the entire world. Now they're feeling, how do I pay for my gas?

[Rob Carson]

How do I put food on the table?

[Tony Kennett]

No one should have to work without being paid. Congress owes it to the American people to get this thing done, get a clean CR done and get the government back open. Everyone knows the Vice President, Congress is.

[JD Vance]

That this shutdown needs to end.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. Donald Trump is calling on the GOP to deploy the nuclear option that would end the government shutdown. And since the Democrats are not going to be in party in power for a very long time, I say why the hell not? They are not going to win the midterms. There's nothing that they're doing that would, would anyone would want to vote for in the midterms. They petulant children. They are on the wrong side of everything they were. They, for God's sake, they went along with the mania, the mania of child sex surgeries. Okay? And by the way, there's a new, there's a new study today that shows it was all just social contagion. And everybody who bought into it should be ashamed for the rest of their stinking lives. And this goes from parents to, to, to principals, to teachers, to anestheticians, to surgeons. You should be shamed. You should be ashamed of what you did. But that's your Democrat. They always go all in on absurdity. And then of course, when things go to hell, they forget about it. We ain't forgetting about it. Donald Trump says it is sick. From the now legendary Trump deranged syndrome that only comes from losing too much. They want trillions of dollars to be taken from our health care system, given to the others who are not deserving. People who have come into our country illegally, many from prisons and mental institutions, which is true. This will hurt American citizens, and Republicans will not let it happen. It's time for Republicans to play their trump card and go for what is called the nuclear option. Get rid of the filibuster and get rid of it now. And as far as I'm concerned, for the good of the people who are suffering right now, if you have to do it, then to hell with it. Throw your cards in. All in. All in. Ridiculous. Here's JD Vance talking yesterday about the shutdown. Very powerful words, by the way, and he was great the other night at the Charlie Kirk rally.

[JD Vance]

Here is our very simple proposal to the Democrats. Let's sit down and come to a compromise and work it out. And you know what the Democrats response to that is?

[Rob Carson]

You're gonna starve children. You guys are starving children. Oh, my God. Starving children. We didn't care that 300,000 children were trafficked across the southern border to be, you know, raped every day and put to work. No, we don't care about the sex trafficking. Didn't matter at all. But they're starving now.

[JD Vance]

Tell us everything we want or we're gonna shut down the government and keep it shut down. That is not reasonable behavior. That's not how you do compromise in this town. That is the way that the Democrats have operated. They are trying to take a hostage and we can't reward that behavior. If we, if we say yes, of course we'll give you everything that you want. If you reopen the government, you know what's going to happen in three months? They're going to come back to the administration and they're again going to say, we're going to shut down the aviation industry. We're going to deny people SNAP benefits unless you give us exactly what you want. That's how a child behaves. That is not how a responsible governing party behaves in the United States of America. And let me make one final point. And then, and then we'll cut out of this press conference. Look, I actually, I've been a little bit unfair and I want to correct this because when I say the Democrats have shut down the government, it's actually the far left side of the Democratic Party.

[Rob Carson]

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[Tony Kennett]

I am fantastic. And our soybean field right behind the beautiful Tony Kinnacast studio is bought and paid for by Hoosiers. And then we of course, sell that to the international market and get good old rare earth minerals in exchange. How are you, my friend?

[Rob Carson]

By God, I'm fantastic. You got young kids, so Halloween is a lot of fun. Are you. Are you the. The cool dad in the neighborhood? Because I was always the cool dad. I had the fog machine. I had the, the scary music and everything. And the full size candy bars. I did the full size candy bars. Now I'm living in a park apartment, you know, so I'll have like, neighbors come by. I'll give them a diet Coke or something. But how about you?

[Tony Kennett]

I am so sorry to disappoint you. I am the. Shut off all of the lights. Leave me alone. What I am.

[Rob Carson]

I.

[Tony Kennett]

When it comes time, you know, it's not like a. It's nothing personal. I just, I grew up in, in the era of kind of the. The dad out in the middle of nowhere. Leave us alone. You know, I'm. I'm not much of the.

[Rob Carson]

You had the survivalist dad who, you know, you know, would let you out every couple days.

[Tony Kennett]

Oh, no, no. I was allowed out forever in a day. But I was also the only kid allowed back kind of in the house. I don't know, we just weren't really big. Bring your sweaty children by aunt.

[Rob Carson]

Well, I hope Christmas is better. I hope Christmas is better for your kids. My God, you're screwed. Candy Scrooge over here. What the hell? Anyway.

[Tony Kennett]

I'm paying for candy for my kids, that kind of thing.

[Rob Carson]

Stay the hell off my porch. I got you. Hey, man. So what, you know, the Democrat party is morally and intellectually bankrupt. They been for a very long time. They're playing this game on the. On the shutdown. Donald Trump is saying, let's go nuclear. And I, at this point, I'm like, let's go nuclear. I don't see the Democrat Party coming back into power. They're not going to win the midterms. They have no chance of winning the midterms. They are destroyed. You got 70% of Americans believe the Democrat Party is on the wrong side of everything, and. And they're just digging the hole into hell. What do you think?

[Tony Kennett]

I just think it's. They're trying every bad strategy that's never worked, and they're even running out of those. To have Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries and the same old people now go out, clutch pearls, and yell, republicans want children to starve. Are you serious? Like, I mean, okay, look, we all do political lines, all right? This is part of the business. You get in there, you get a good line. It sounds great. It convinces people. It's got a little wittiness to it. This is just sad. This is something that, like, is made fun of in a South park episode.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, it would be funny if so many people weren't suffering. Suffering. And, you know, normally, a lot of the times that I was talking earlier about TSA workers, you kind of make fun of TSA workers because they take your toothpaste. But you know what? It's, first of all, what a sucky job to begin with. You know, you got to do the same thing every day. You got to live by the same rules. You got the same people telling you you've got to do that. And then people reacting by, oh, you're gonna make me throw away my stuff. And of course. And then now you're not being paid. And then you got people, air traffic controllers who are under enough pressure, for God's sake. God knows how understaffed. They've been. Like, the. You know, a couple months before I moved to Washington, D.C. they had a crash here at Reagan. You know, a couple people working with 10 people should. And now they're not getting paid. So, you know, my heart is with the people who are suffering through this. It is. It is utterly ridiculous.

[Tony Kennett]

Oh, I mean, absolutely. It's insane to think that right now this is all over a continuing resolution, that internally, inside the Democratic caucuses. I was actually talking to a staffer for a certain purple state senator this morning, and I. He was telling me that his Democrat senator has been angry for days because they believed they could get Republicans to chicken out on the illegal immigration, health care issue. And he said, now they have people that are calling their office around the clock saying, and I quote, I want to make this as a quote, pass the damn CR is what Democrats are calling to their Democrat senators saying, because again, they're losing SNAP benefits, federal workers are going unpaid. My concern is, of course, with the traffic, air traffic control. I'm a small pilot. I work with those guys. They are overworked and underappreciated, and I'm tired of seeing them treated like trash by the Democrat Party.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. The Washington Post is acknowledging the fact that Democrats are pushing the certain demands in health care funding, telling them that they should fight this battle at another, more appropriate time. And the Washington Post is getting a lot of grief. People writing the Washington Post. This is pathetic. What happened to the thought leadership that the Washington Post used to provide? Oh, dear God. That died years ago. Was this written by somebody from Project 2025 or. It seems the Washington Post has become a MAGA outlet. I mean, this is how polluted these people's heads are. But the Washington Post is saying, this is killing you, Democrats. Pull your heads out of your butts and more. So you're hurting people.

[Tony Kennett]

I mean, as one of the actual authors of a couple of pages of Project 2025, you would not catch me dead writing in the Washington Post. Also, unlike the people complaining about Washington Post, our family actually does give the charity. So it's funny, actually, you mentioned, you know, what we're doing for Halloween this year, and I'm not, I promise. I'm not trying to make myself sound impressive. There are so many in our community doing way more than we are. But we have actually taken some time out to try to spend a little extra on those who are getting ready to suffer with staff benefits. Our church is doing amazing stuff. A lot of churches are good. And again, it doesn't take an op ed in the Post to tell people that that's really what Americans should be focused on right now. That's what frustrates me. I get politics, but sometimes it's. You're the party that claims to be bleeding heart liberals. You claim that you. You believe in the. Remember a couple of months ago, Hakeem and his. When I was hungry, you fed me. You know, sermonizing at the podium. Where the heck did that go?

[Rob Carson]

It was all a lie. It's all. It's a lie. It's a lie, dude. They didn't give a damn about us. The last four years I lived in flyover country. You live in fly country. You know what it was like to go to the grocery store when Joe Biden was the president and inflation was 9% and the price of everything went up, went up 50%. You remember when the store shelves were empty? Remember when the store shelves were empty? When the meat was gone? Remember when the toilet paper and the paper towels were gone?

[Tony Kennett]

I got four letters for you. S, E, M A fema. How their disdain for those in this country are going through literal natural disasters, Western North Carolina, or whether we're talking about the horrible disaster in East Palestine, Ohio. They don't care. You're right. Dead right, as usual.

[Rob Carson]

You know what? We're rising above this, brother. And you know, and you can feel it in your heart and soul that our country has come together in freedom and in faith. And Charlie Kirk's martyrdom only two months ago has only inspired us. And you know what? I think we're going to see a wave of giving like you've never seen before. And I would encourage it. I would encourage it. We have to overcome overwhelm evil with joy. We have to overwhelm the Democrat Party and their darkness with joy and patriotism. That's it. And I would encourage you, if you, if you are a part of a church, give like you've never given in your life.

[Tony Kennett]

This weekend, you know, right after 2020 election, Scott Pressler came out before he was knocking on doors in Pennsylvania to raise voting registration. He led a group of people to the darkest inner city parts of this country and he cleaned up streets and he donated food. That's what he started his movement on. And that's again, that's just someone who's in the movement today. Before we get to the voter registration stuff again, consistently proving we do a better job of taking care of our people and this country. That's Christian charity. That's what we're expected to do. And you know what? We're joyful warriors. Glad to do it.

[Rob Carson]

And I'm not going to. I'm refusing to bow to their darkness. I am refusing to do it. I'm going to Walmart this weekend. I'm going to load a car up and I'm going to take it to the food bank here in the, in Alexandria. And I'm going to do it because I can. I can do it. And I've been without. And, and it is a damned shame that there are people in Washington, D.C. who don't think twice about people suffering because they've never suffered like this before. I, I've been there, brother. I was on friggin food stamps six years ago. Tony I was on food stamps six years ago and I'll tell you what, it was the best I'd ever eaten. It was crazy as a, in a.

[Tony Kennett]

Single parent household when my dad's job left and went to Mexico because of the bad trade agreements and it was just him raising me. We weren't rolling around in it. And one of the things that I remember from that specifically was that you don't take essentially the suffering that you're going through and use it to beat the crap out of other people. That is something that I was taught and to see the Democrats do this on the national stage right now, it makes more boil.

[Rob Carson]

Listen, we got to take a break and come back more with Tony Kennon on the Rob Carson Show. Don't go anywhere.

[Unidentified Union Representative]

Things are really going to land and imagine being a parent with a couple kids and how you're going to fill their refrigerator and pack their lunch lunches and get on with their lives when the things that they've depended on now is gone. Because we, we can't even agree to just open things up for the Democrat, you know, we're not allowed to just open this up. I mean, then our party has bigger problems than I thought we might have already. It's like that's not controversial. Pay everybody and you have our workers here borrowed over a third of a billion dollars to pay their own bills. It's, it's a failure. And like I said to all of the viewers, I'm apologizing that, that we, we can't even get our together.

[Rob Carson]

I got to tell you what John Fetterman, you know, for as much as when he was elected, you know, I was not a fan of his. He had his brain shut off and turned back on again. It was reset and it was set right and, and we, we disagree on a lot of stuff. But I got to give the man credit while not only having a modicum of common sense, came back from a debilitating stroke to, to, to reinvent himself and be a voice of common sense to the Democrat Party. I'll give the man credit. Tony, what do you think, man?

[Tony Kennett]

TONY Kenneth, I, I think you should and it's one of the things that I appreciate about you and, and I think this is really a key thing this gorgeous afternoon that we do recognize there are some people who aren't looney tunes on a few issues and a little bit of positive reinforcement in that goes a long way. Also, I don't know if this is appropriate or Not. But I'm currently watching you live on the Newsmax Rumble stream and you look gorgeous this Friday, my man.

[Rob Carson]

You, you, you look.

[Tony Kennett]

You're dressed better than Fetterman, but I gotta say, you're still a decent guy.

[Rob Carson]

I gotta get rid of this waddle. I'm hating this. This is driving me crazy, crazy here. I got to get this rid of this under the chin. But otherwise I think it looked damn good. You should see me without a shirt on. Oh my God, it's fantastic. Anyway, I'm not hearing anything. Hello. Click. Hello?

[Tony Kennett]

I'm just letting you go. You're talking about being shirtless and I'm just gonna let the audience hear that one just a little bit. But no, I gotta tell you, I am encouraged and I think that we spend so much time deep down in the dark, dark funk of how stupid some people are that we forget there's a. There's a Democrat counselor, city councilman in Indianapolis, this young guy and he focuses on infrastructure in the city. He is pestered all the live long day to talk about woke crap and illegal immigrants and all this. And he said I am only focused on getting potholes filled and sidewalks fixed. Well, you know, I'm okay with that.

[Rob Carson]

Here's, here's the deal. Democrat party and Republican Party. The, the. The basis for the two of them is the Democrat Party believes in a large central. The Republican Party believes in states rights. That's it. But they've made it into this social leftist Marxist nonsense. It is utterly ridiculous. We still believe in our core principles. We still believe in liberty. We still believe in states being able to be able to determine their own sovereignty, to have their own sovereignty at times to work with the federal government. The Democrat Party is just bat guano lunacy.

[Tony Kennett]

And that kind of lunacy directly hurts people.

[Rob Carson]

People.

[Tony Kennett]

Dear J.B. pritzker, the, you know Governor Golden Corral, he Davis, as I've called him, saying please Trump, please don't send ice to Chicago on, on Halloween. As though the big danger to children in the streets of Chicago is federal law enforcement on Halloween. You know there were five shootings in October 2024.

[Rob Carson]

None.

[Tony Kennett]

Nothing on that.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, they're evil. The Democrat party is evil. I want you to hear this. This is Janelle Bynum. Now she's a member of Congress and she is dumb as a box of without the rocks. Listen to how vapid and empty this answer is.

[Janelle Bynum]

We talked earlier to Congressman Tim Burchett, Republican of Tennessee. He was on the program and he made the argument that Democrats in previous Situations avoided government shutdowns by voting 13 times for so called clean continuing resolutions that would fund the government at the previous year's funding levels. Why not agree now? Well, look, I just got here. I don't play politics. I want a clean bill that focuses on the American people and makes sure kids have a full belly and you know, all of the clean this, clean that Americans don't understand that they know if they have their benefits or not. So put a bill on the table, make sure it's very pure and clean as they like to say, and it doesn't have a whole lot of fluff in it.

[Rob Carson]

Okay, what the, what that's what the hell. I mean seriously, that's what we're offering.

[Tony Kennett]

Do you know how much I have lost brain cells watching some of these no name representatives I've never heard of?

[Rob Carson]

I don't know.

[Tony Kennett]

They must cook. They must like use the extra leftover pieces of biscuit dough to make these people. And they come in front, they sit in front of the anchor and they're asked a question and they're like, well actually Republicans are fluffing stuff and a little gruff and you can see Jake Tapper even going, going, I have no idea how to cover this. He's like calling Ken Martin at the dnc, begging for an emergency line.

[Rob Carson]

Well, here's what I'll, we got to wrap things up. But Tony, you know, this, this too shall pass. And it is actually a blessing that the Democrat Party is not realizing how badly they're bleeping things up. They don't recognize that they're killing themselves and they are, and their party is done. It's not going to win in the midterms. I hope it's not going to win in two on Tuesday in Virginia and New Jersey. But, but in the meantime, we have to, we have to overwhelm them with joy and patri. And that's what I suggested during 2024 when Donald Trump was going through all of this and we were going through overwhelm with faith and patriotism and we got to give to people who don't have this weekend if we can. And then, you know, and again, be, be positive and be faithful and be powerful. That's what we're going to do, brother.

[Tony Kennett]

I mean, you're right. And there's, here's the thing, every single real common sense American understands this, that don't believe all of the sad, the grumpy and the ugly. We're doing it, man. And I tell you, you what, there's a reason I love this segment because that always comes out of you, man. Appreciate you.

[Rob Carson]

Thank you. Well, we got to hold hands. All of us got to hold hands. And the people who don't want to join in the circle could stay outside.

[Tony Kennett]

Let's not get gay.

[Rob Carson]

And then, and then we can sing Kumbaya and we can dance and we'll dance around a maypole with ribbons. It'll be great.

[Tony Kennett]

What are you, a Columbia professor?

[Rob Carson]

By the way, they're commenting. They love your. Your, your word for J.B. professor Pritzker, your.

[Tony Kennett]

Your name, how to spell it? Hefferson Davis, the newest governor in America.

[Rob Carson]

All right, man, we gotta go. Tony. Kenneth, where can people find you on the social media, your podcast and everything?

[Tony Kennett]

I'm on X at the Tonus T H E T O N U S. You can find me there.

[Rob Carson]

All right, brother. Take care of yourself. We'll talk soon. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson show. I'm gonna play a little bit more. This, this Janelle Bynum, she's a complete empty headed mortal. And this is, this is your Democrat Party.

[Janelle Bynum]

They did have a clean CR vote on September 19th in the House. Did you vote for it? I disagree with your characterization.

[Rob Carson]

And the characterization is no characterization. It's a fact.

[Janelle Bynum]

To make sure that we're very clear about what Republicans have been doing. Any bill that they've put forth, they've always had some extra stuff to it.

[Rob Carson]

No, not at all. You're lying.

[Janelle Bynum]

There's always been a poison pill to it.

[Rob Carson]

No, not at all. Not one more so.

[Janelle Bynum]

I disagree with your characterization. What were the poison pills of the clean CR or the continuing resolution? You say it's not clean. That was voted on in the House in mid September. Here's what's important. I think what you're trying to do is shift the responsibility to Democrats. Speaker Johnson controls the House. He should come back, pull Republicans off of vacation education and make sure that we have discussions on what the country needs. We know children need to be fed. Anything else is passing the buck and is playing politics.

[Rob Carson]

This is like, you know, model United nations in high school. No, no, it's not even that good. She's not even that prepared. My God, what a vapid. There are words I could use. There are words that I could use that have something to do with excrement. But I won't go there. How can people be this. Well, because stupid people vote for. There you go. That's what I was going to say. How can people be this stupid Because Stupid people vote for him. Stupid people vote for people like Abigail Spamberger. Here's Abigail Spamberger in she running for governor. She says she's not going to work with Donald Trump. She gets elected.

[Janelle Bynum]

You position yourself as a consensus governor in Virginia builder, someone who works across the aisle. Would you work with President Trump on areas like job creation? I think that, you know, you don't work with the arsonist who burns down the house to rebuild it. And in this particular case, the individual who's responsible for an absolute attack on the federal workforce is not the right person to help rebuild our economy.

[Rob Carson]

Karen cannot win. Karen cannot win in New Jersey on Tuesday. Karen cannot win in Virginia. Virginia on on Tuesday. Karen has to be driven back into the HOA and and needs to just live the rest of her life in a cul de sac neighborhood being a grouchy old lady. There's no room for liberal Karen anymore in America. They've done enough damage. Let's take a break and come back. Hour number two of this Friday Halloween edition of the Rob Carson show, including spooky goodness from Jim Gossett coming up. Morning, Zoe. Got donuts. Jeff Bridges, why are you still living above our garage? Well, I dig the and I want to be in a T mobile commercial like you teach me. So Dana. Oh no, I'm not really prepared. I couldn't possibly at t mobile get the new iPhone 17 Pro on them. It's designed to be the most powerful iPhone yet and has the ultimate pro camera system. Wow, impressive. Let me try. T mobile is the best place to get iPhone 17 Pro because they've got the best network. Nice. Jeffrey, you heard them. T mobile is the best place to get get the new iPhone 17 Pro on us with eligible traded in any condition. So what are we having for launch? Dude, my work here is done. The 24 month bill credit is on.

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