The Mayor Who Hugged a Terrorist (and Other New York Nightmares)

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Podcast Summary: The Rob Carson Show

Episode: The Mayor Who Hugged a Terrorist (and Other New York Nightmares)
Date: October 27, 2025
Host: Rob Carson (Newsmax Radio)
Featured Guest: Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Blaine Holt
Episode Theme:
A lively, pointed, and often satirical dissection of New York's current political turmoil, the Democratic Party's trajectory, radicalism in American cities, border/drug policy, rising security concerns, and the normalization of “offensive” speech in public discourse. The episode also examines why language and labels matter and closes on the importance of free debate.

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1. Episode Overview

This episode dives into what Rob Carson dubs the "nightmares" of New York politics and the broader Democratic Party, centering on controversial candidate Zoran Mandami's mayoral run. Carson rails against both radical leftist promises and what he sees as their links with extremism, while mocking the hypocrisy and ineffectiveness of progressive policies. The show is laced with humor, musical parody, and includes in-depth discussion with retired Brigadier General Blaine Holt about drug cartels, border security, Venezuela, and US military strategy.

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2. Key Discussion Points and Insights

A. Zoran Mandami, Radicalism, and the Democratic Party

• [02:30] Zoran Mandami’s Radical Ties

  • Carson criticizes Mandami for associating with an “unindicted co-conspirator” from the 1993 World Trade Center attack and refusing to condemn Hamas or extremist slogans.
  • Quote: “Here is Zoran Monkami crying like a little B-word about his auntie being afraid to get on the metro in New York City after the worst terror attack in the history of the world.” — Rob Carson [06:53]

• [04:15] Mandami’s Populist Promises

  • Mandami’s rally platform: freeze rent for 2 million, public housing, free buses, universal child care—Carson calls this “fantasy politics” and doubts the feasibility.
  • Quote: “Every time he says something you just get a big cha-ching.” — Rob Carson [05:09]

• [08:26] National Implications and Democratic Party Identity Crisis

  • Guest panel (drawing from Bill Maher’s commentary) debate whether Mandami’s campaign marks a pivotal “Sister Souljah moment”—a reckoning for the Democratic Party’s identity.
  • “The whole Democratic Party in the country is on the ballot. The whole country will be looking at this race…” — Guest Panelist [09:09]
  • Mandami’s Ugandan dual citizenship and associations with regressive regimes are scrutinized; debate over “race-baiting” vs. legitimate concern.
  • Carson and guests raise hypotheticals: “What if there's a terrorist attack and this guy is mayor?”

B. Political Satire, Parody, and Outrage

• [13:42] Media Parodies and Cultural Riffs

  • Carson mocks AOC and Democratic leadership equating radical policies with sanity.
    • Quote: “Just because we think that girls can become boys and boys can become girls...we’re not crazy.” — Rob Carson [13:48]
  • Parody song satirizing Mandami and his supporters.
  • Criticism of Hochul’s endorsement of Mandami as “Karen-esque.”

• [15:10] Radical Roots and Anti-American Sentiment

  • Carson reads statements from Mandami’s father, who frames America as a “settler-colonial” state.
  • Carson retorts: “Not only is Oran Mandami nuts, so is his dad. Yeah, so’s his dad and his followers.” [15:36]

C. US Foreign Policy and National Security

• [20:54] Blaine Holt on Venezuela, Cartels, Drug Wars

  • Retired Brig. Gen. Holt joins to discuss recent US military strikes against Venezuelan drug cartels, and the Biden/Trump approach to border and narco-terrorism policy.
  • Quote: “[These strikes are] murder. It’s sanctioned murder that he is doing … It’s very dangerous what he’s doing, both to our international relations, to our friends down in South America, and to these men and women that have to make these calls.” — Blaine Holt [21:00]

• [22:25] Cartels, Political Hypocrisy, and US Security

  • Holt argues that the Democratic Party’s priorities have aided illegal migration and empowered cartels: “What they’ve done effectively is said, we hate America, we hate American citizens.” [23:15]
  • In-depth explanation of military intelligence and rules of engagement for drug boat interdictions.
  • Quote: “You think our Coast Guard’s not lethal and mean and got a dagger in their mouths? They absolutely do.” — Blaine Holt [24:36]

• [27:31] Threat Assessment: Venezuela, Iran, China

  • Holt predicts the US military would quickly defeat Venezuelan armed forces, but warns of threats from cartel-aligned groups already in the US, possibly activated by foreign adversaries.
  • “We have to take our own security serious. So when I hear people going, ‘Oh, I don’t want the National Guard here,’ it’s like, you know what? Just a simple thank you will do.” — Blaine Holt [28:57]

• [29:35] Lindsey Graham on Expanding Operations

  • Audio of Sen. Lindsey Graham vowing more aggressive action against Venezuela and narco-traffickers.
    • Quote: “We’re going to use military force like we have in the past to protect our country. ... If I were Maduro, I’d find a way to leave before he goes down.” — Lindsey Graham [30:52]

• [31:49] Global Cartel Networks and American Corruption

  • Holt: “If you’re going to look at a big giant bad guy in this world, its arteries and veins are all cartel. ... When we get after the cartels, you’re making Beijing nervous, you’re making the World Economic Forum nervous, you’re making money launderers and bankers ... nervous.” [31:49]

D. Human Trafficking and Media Honesty

• [32:55] Tulsi Gabbard on Cartel Baby Trafficking
  • Carson relays Gabbard’s exposé about a cartel network trafficking newborns and organs.
  • Holt criticizes prior Democratic administrations for “smashing down” such stories instead of exposing cartel depravity.
  • Quote: “Americans need to understand that's exactly who these people are. They will kidnap you, they will cut your fingers off, they will mail them to your family members. That's who you're dealing with.” — Blaine Holt [33:40]

E. Fear Narratives and Government Manipulation

• [35:01] Alien Object and the ‘Fear Machine’
  • Brief digression into media reports of a mysterious space object ("Manhattan-sized 31 ATLAS")—used as a segue into government fear-mongering.
  • Holt: “They want you marinated in fear, brother. ... Your best effort is just to do nothing.” [36:07]

F. Language, Labels & Cancel Culture

• [36:37] Free Speech Returns
  • Carson objects to language policing around “illegal aliens,” calling it a form of leftist censorship that stifled honest debate.
  • Highlights the recent closure of the federal “Global Engagement Center,” which he says had suppressed free speech online.
  • Previews a coming segment on educated liberal women dominating “No Kings” rallies—a sign, he says, of the new “Karen” archetype in politics.

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3. Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Rob Carson (re: Mandami's victimhood narrative)

  “You spoiled entitled little child who’s never had a damn job. A kid with a summer job at Orange Julius at a mall has more life experience than this jack weed does.” [07:53]

• Co-host or Guest (re: Democratic Party’s identity crisis)

  “The whole Democratic Party in the country is on the ballot. The whole country will be looking at this race.” [09:09]

• Blaine Holt (on cartel infiltration and US complacency)

  “I would urge all Americans very seriously, take your own security serious. ... Don’t think for five seconds that a desperate Venezuela, Colombia aren’t going to activate things here. ... They do it with their friends—Iran and China as well.” [28:30]

• Rob Carson (on hardline border policy)

  “Enough is enough. John Wayne is back, okay? The Earp brothers are in Tombstone and the bad guys are getting is handed to him. Too bad. Boo Friggity who?” [31:21]

• Blaine Holt (on cartel horror stories)

  “They will kidnap you, they will cut your fingers off, they will mail them to your family members. That’s who you’re dealing with.” [33:40]

• Rob Carson (on reviving honest language and debate)

  “So the Democrats really want to keep their illegal aliens here. Isn’t it amazing we could say the words illegal aliens again? Remember that?” [36:37]

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4. Timestamps for Key Segments

• 02:30–08:20: Zoran Mandami’s rally, background, and controversial statements
• 08:26–13:15: Panel and media discussion—Democratic Party crossroads and “race-baiting”
• 13:42–15:50: Satirical musical parody of Mandami and left-wing activism
• 20:54–29:35: Interview with Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt—Venezuela, border/military policy, lessons from history
• 29:35–32:27: Lindsey Graham audio on Venezuela & US responses to cartel threats
• 32:55–34:38: Tulsi Gabbard’s revelations on cartel baby trafficking; Holt on media complicity
• 35:01–36:14: Fear narratives (“alien object”) and government/media “panic machine”
• 36:37–End: Free speech, “illegal aliens,” cancel culture, and a preview of next hour’s exploration of political language and “Karens”

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5. Tone & Style

The episode melds aggressive conservative critique with humor, metaphor, and parody—Rob Carson’s style is blunt, irreverent, and often bombastic. The levity provides comic relief, but there is also an undercurrent of genuine concern about public safety, free speech, and political direction in America. Guest experts like Blaine Holt bring gravitas and real-world security insights.

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Useful For:
Listeners who want a play-by-play of current controversies in New York City politics, the internal battles in the Democratic Party, evolving US border and anti-cartel policy, and who appreciate sharp wit and unapologetic opinions.

Note: All timestamps in MM:SS format correspond to sections of the podcast after skipping ads, intros, and other non-content.

Transcript

[Rob Carson]

Hold it. Now. 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. This is the Rob Carson show, hour number two on a Monday. It's already the 27th of October, and I'm officially in the, in the fall mood. I did the pumpkin cheesecake yesterday. You know, I like to cook. I don't have anybody to cook for, but I like to cook. So I made a couple of. Really? I mean, they were the best. Oh my God. Haven't I brought one to this workplace where I work in a, in a TV and radio studio, in a, an architect's office. Okay. In the other side across the river from Washington D.C. and I just enjoy the process of cooking, even though I don't have a family here to cook for right now. But I do it. I enjoy it. I had my first workout as a 60 year old man over the weekend that was pretty interesting. It's odd because since I got sober, I've had about 800, maybe 850 workouts and in a few, I didn't think I'd ever do free weights again. And I decided to do free weights again and I did that about a year ago. And now I'm actually not only much stronger than I was when I was 50, I am much stronger than I was when I was 40. I, I'm physically the strongest that I've been since I was 30 years old and, and my muscle mass was growing. It's crazy. Relief Factor helps all this. I'm just gonna, I started a few months ago this product called Relief Factor. And my hip was bothering me. Oh my God, no more hurting. No more hurting. I got people at the gym, literally, guys like, watch me when I'm over throwing 50 pound dumbbells in each arm, doing curls, going, who's the old guy doing that over there? It's kind of crazy, it's remarkable, it's kind of fun. But I feel pretty good. Feel pretty good. I'm doubling down on the weight loss. I only had one little piece of the cheesecake today, but I am, you know, when you move, I move my entire studio in the back of a U haul like some kid moving out of college. And I spent the last year in hell, you know, and all of that. And your diet gets a little out of whack. And so I'm whacking it back into shape here and, and doing it, doing it right. So, Zoran mandami, glad handed a nine. What was it the 1993 World Trade center bombing. They tried to take down the World Trade Center. They put explosive in the back of a U Haul, tried to blow it up. Didn't work, didn't work. And so of course they did it again in 911 and, and, and, but, but Zoran Mandami, glad handed one of the unindicted co conspirators of the bombing thought he could get away with it. And everybody started talking about the fact that this guy appears to be very, very leaning into radical Islam. Would not say that Hamas needs to lay down its arms, will not condemn the words globalize the Unifoda which means wipe Israel from the face of the earth. He's a danger, he's a very dangerous man. Last night they had a big rally in New York City and they paid a lot of people to go there. People didn't come out just to see Zoran Mondami. You don't fill a Stadium with 15,000 people with people just going to see Zoran Mondami. Give me a friggin break. Give me a break. They did this in Colorado a few months ago, tried to convince you that Bernie San, Bernie Sanders and AOC could draw 20,000 people. It was all bought and paid for. All of this cell phone data showed that they had been to other rallies, protests, etc. That's what's going to show up about this rally last night. But Zoran Mandami now is claiming because people are criticiz criticizing him for siding with radical Islam, he's playing victim. He's bringing up his aunt who apparently after 911 was afraid to go on the subway wearing her hijab. Now you may recall, if you're old enough, you May recall after 911 George W. Bush, he immediately thought the worst of the American citizens. And he said I want to figure out why radical Islam hates us. I said I don't want to figure out why they hate us. I want to bomb the snot out of them. But we did. We never turned against Islam. We never, we never vandalized mosques. There's not a single mosque vandalizing in the damn country. You've been reading about it. But you know what? There have been a whole lot of synagogues, a whole lot of synagogues attacked, a whole lot of Catholic churches attacked. And here is Zoran Monkami crying like a little B word about his auntie being afraid to get on the metro in New York City after the worst terror attack in the history of the world. This moment to speak to the Muslims of New York City. Is he gonna cry? I want to speak to the memory of my aunt who stopped taking the subway after September 11th because she did not feel safe in her hijab. Yeah. You know what? You know who else felt unsafe? Hundreds of millions of people felt unsafe getting onto airplanes for the last 25 years. I gotta tell you, of all the things this little piece of crap could do to. To claim victim after a good substantial portion of your faith either didn't say anything about 911 or supported it and she couldn't wear her hijab because she. She was afraid to go on the metro. How about the fear that has gripped us all since that day when you get on a damned airplane? Yeah. How about that? Honestly, don't. You spoiled little child. You spoiled entitled little child who's never had a damn job. A kid with a summer job at Orange Julius in a mall has more life experience than this Jack Weed does. But here he is at the rally last night. Listen, listen. Listen to all the promises here. Listen to all the promises here. Listen. And every time he says something you just get a big cha ching. Listen to this. Here is what we stand for, my friends. We are going to freeze the rent for more than 2 million rent stabilized tenants. What's that going to do to the. The. The owners of the properties? And use every resource at our disposal to build housing for everyone. We're going to build public hous. That's never been done. We are going to eliminate the fair on every single bus line. That's going to make the buses great. I'm sure by giving away the free bus rides $700 million a year and make what are currently the slowest buses in the nation move around this city with ease. He's going to. He's going to make the buses go faster while you ride on them for free. Yeah. And we are going to create universal child care at no cost to parents. Free child care. No problem. It'll be awesome. Free child care so New Yorkers can raise their family in the city they love. And all you got to do is figure out how to pay for all of that. And every other time those promises have been made by a Democrat or a leftist, they've never followed through. They've never worked. Public housing is always crap. Crap. Public transportation sucks largely. And then when you make it free it sucks even more. Yeah, I know. We're not stupid. Here's Bill. Bill Maher. Bill Maher of all people talking about. But he's calling Zoran Mandami's sister soldier moment when he claimed to be a wrecked victim. Victim because his. His auntie was afraid to get on the subway. Or after 9, 11.

[Co-host or Guest Commentator 1]

The far left version that did not do too well in recent elections. And then people like the governor who say we got to come back to the middle. Common sense. And whenever this discussion comes up, this is what you hear a lot. We need a sister soldier moment. A time when the something, some issue with the Democrat says, look, I'm not with the far left. And this is how you know you can trust me that I'm not. I think I have the issue.

[Rob Carson]

Okay.

[Co-host or Guest Commentator 1]

And it's the mayor's race in New York. I think he seems like a sweet guy. Dummy. No, I just have to say because the election is in a couple of weeks. This is not just New York that's on the ballot.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Co-host or Guest Commentator 1]

I think the whole Democratic Party in the country is on the ballot.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Co-host or Guest Commentator 1]

The whole country will be looking at this race to see which way are the Democrats going to go. And no, Andrew Cuomo may not be that exciting and that inspirational, but we know for a party that said we want to get back to normal, he's kind of normal.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. Yeah. Bill Maher. Bill Maher says that Mondami is trouble with a Catholic T. Here he is talking about race baiting and terror in New York City.

[Co-host or Guest Commentator 1]

Issue now that Andrew Cuomo is bringing up in New York is that he is a Ugandan citizen. Uganda is a country where they kill homosexuals.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Co-host or Guest Commentator 2]

So the somebody who is a dual citizen can't be mayor of New York.

[Co-host or Guest Commentator 1]

Or I would renounce if I was the dual citizen with a country whose policy, government policy was we kill homosexuals. Yeah. I would renounce that.

[Blaine Holt]

Citizenship.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. I don't and to not.

[Co-host or Guest Commentator 2]

And he also buying into a fear. I think that is buying into a fear framework that is not.

[Rob Carson]

He glad handed a frigging co conspirator in the 1993 World Trade center bombings.

[Co-host or Guest Commentator 2]

Not good for the country. It's not good for the country.

[Rob Carson]

You should, you know, it's not for the good for the country. People like him be afraid.

[Co-host or Guest Commentator 2]

The way that Cuomo. I think the way that Cuomo is closing out this race and really. And really. Race baiting. And really race baiting.

[Rob Carson]

Race baiting.

[Co-host or Guest Commentator 1]

I understand, but just because something is done by people in Africa doesn't mean it's always okay.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, well.

[Co-host or Guest Commentator 1]

And you said race, Betty. It has nothing to do with race.

[Co-host or Guest Commentator 2]

I'm talking. I'm talking about what Cuomo is doing, suggesting that Mamdani couldn't be a leader in a terror situation if he were mayor of New York and God forbid.

[Co-host or Guest Commentator 1]

Something else like he did campaign with the terrorists.

[Co-host or Guest Commentator 2]

He did say. Well, but Cuomo was pretty clear, I thought, in the way he talked about that in a way that I thought was was ugly.

[Co-host or Guest Commentator 1]

Well, he campaigned this week with a guy who was an unindicted co conspirator in the 1993 World Trade center bombing and served as a character witness for Omar Abdelrah and the terrorist to organ. So Sarah Palin used to say Obama palled around the terrorists, which was bull.

[Rob Carson]

But yeah, exactly, 100%. Here's Victor Davis Hansen talking to Rob Finnerty on Newsmax about what would happen if there's a terrorist attack. And so run. Mandami's the mayor.

[Blaine Holt]

But what happens if there's a terrorist attack and it's a radical Islamic extremist and this guy is mayor? Oh, well, looks a little different versus Rudy Giuliani being mayor, doesn't it?

[Guest Commentator 3]

Yes. And the corollary is if you're thinking that and a lot of people are thinking that there's also a lot of extremists who are thinking that too, there might be less enforcement or less vigilance than there otherwise would be.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. Because this is what radical Islam does. This guy can't become the mayor. There you go. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show.

[Guest Commentator 3]

It's hard to know. It depends on how much he wins by and what he and how careful he is to reveal himself. But right now we're in a race because he's spoken so often in this socialist, communist, radical Islamic fashion, but it's always been to selective audiences. He never gets out on the stump and says that. So. And he has a media shield that has given him immunity. It's just a question now how much information can get out from all of these sources and reporters can track it down like you're doing and get it out because there's a wall around him of the left wing media and he's.

[Rob Carson]

Very select talking about Zoran Mandami where.

[Guest Commentator 3]

He reveals his true intentions and nature. So we don't really know what he's doing. But once he's, I would imagine if he gets elected by more than 10 points, then he will be confident and he will try to spread this creed. And I don't, I think that. Right. The people who are the most scared right now is the old guard of the Democratic Party because I think the Schumers and Pelosi's even Bernie Sanders and people had to endorse him. Going to do away with all those people.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. That's Zoran Mandami. It is, yeah. You should be. You should be worried. And if you're Jewish and vote for Zoran Mandami, you're an idiot. You are a complete moron. Completely not a moron. I'm still not giving up hope. Not giving up hope. Here is that. Listen to this. This is great. So the Democrat Party, the ones who've been burning Tesla dealerships, pitching a fit, wearing inflatable costumes to no Kings rallies, you know, acting like complete idiots, attacking ice, all of this insanity. AOC says the Democrat Party, they're not the crazy ones.

[Co-host or Guest Commentator 2]

But we must remember in a time such as this, we are not the crazy ones. New York City.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. You know, just because we think that girls can become boys and boys can become girls and boys should become girls to compete in girl sports. We're not crazy.

[Co-host or Guest Commentator 2]

We are not the outlandish ones. New York City.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Co-host or Guest Commentator 2]

They want us to think we are crazy. We are sane.

[Rob Carson]

Wow. If you're saying. I mean, if you're saying, what the hell? What is. Who's Charlie. Charlie Manson, for God's sake. Here is. Here is Kathy Hochul in her big speech. Now, Kathy Hochul, like a. Like a typical idiot, endorses. So run Mandami. And Mon Dummy did not endorse her back because this is what radical Islam does, particularly with women.

[Co-host or Guest Commentator 2]

This is about this November's election. But take that energy, that passion, and take it into 26 so that we can take back the House of Representatives, take the Senate, and take back our country.

[Rob Carson]

Take it back to what?

[Co-host or Guest Commentator 2]

With your help, we will, Alex Soren. We take back America. Thank you, Queens. Thank you, New York. I love you guys.

[Rob Carson]

Wow. How utterly, utterly tone deaf. And Karen esque of her. Very Karen esque of her. Here is Now. This is aoc who just said we're not the crazy ones. Speaking like a complete loon.

[Co-host or Guest Commentator 2]

This city was built by the Irish escaping famine, Italians fleeing fascism, Jews escaping Holocaust, Black Americans fleeing slavery and Jim Crow, Latinos seeking a better life. Native people standing for themselves, Asian Americans coming together in Queens.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, my God, I wish I had knitting needles right now so I could stab my Europe drums.

[Co-host or Guest Commentator 2]

Out in Brooklyn, in the Bronx, in Manhattan.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, we're not the crazy ones. Dear God, you're out of your nut. Oh, here's Zoran Mandami's daddy dissing on America. America is the genesis of what we call settler colonialism. And the American model was exported all around the world. Yeah. Abraham Lincoln generalized the solution of reservations. They herded American Indians into separate territories and socialists herded people into death camps and body pits. Last century, for the Nazis. For the Nazis, this was the inspiration. Hitler realized two things. One, yeah, okay, your dad's nuts too. There you go. I think we need to do this because, you know, it is October. And not only is Oran Mandami nuts, so is his dad. Yeah, so's his dad and his followers. And you, if you vote for him, he's a full fledged commie, a wealthy dad and mommy. He's worse than a tsunami. Mamdani's a real threat. He's anti Semitic. It really is pathetic. He's not sympathetic. Mondani's a real threat. Experience. He's lacking Hamas. He's always backing his party. He's hijacking. Mondani is a threat. Clap Clap does not know what he's doing. But he looks like a shoe in the New York will be in ruin if mom Donnie wins. There you go. You know, this is a column from Zero Hedge. By owning gold and silver, why it is more critical now than ever. Global financial work markets are undergoing a profound transformation. And by the way, the. This creates an urgent need for tangible assets that exist entirely outside of digital oversights. What is he talking about? He's talking about gold and silver. He's talking about something you can own. There's nothing digital about gold. It's right there. There's nothing digital about silver. I've got a silver coin that you can get right now if you invest with Birch Gold right now. Due to overwhelming demand for silver from the Birch Gold Group, they've extended their promotion through Veterans Day. You buy gold, get free silver. For every $5,000 purchased from Birch Gold by Veterans Day, Birch Gold will send you a free 1oz patriotic silver round that commemorates the Gasden and American flags. There it is right there. If you're streaming it, you can see it. It's beautiful. Gold is up 60%. Here's what they're saying about. Back to this article I was reading there. They were talking about silver. Silver. They're saying technical patterns suggest silver could surge to 85 to $150 an ounce. Unbelievable. Gold has gone up 60%. Maybe it's time to convert that existing IRA or 401K into gold. Maybe throw some silver in two. It's very easy. All you got to do is text my name. Rob to 989898. Rob to 989898, for a free info kit to claim your eligibility for free SIL with purchase before November 11th. Again, text my name, Rob, to 989-898. That's 989898. Curtis Lewis asked this weekend about who's worse, Mandami or Cuomo. Now they're both the same. It's the Democratic Party. They let the socialists in. The socialists now control from Bernie Sanders, who's never been a Democrat, to AOC to now Zorhan Mandami. No, no. We need to battle over principles. Remember in 1993? Yeah, we do. And this is a metaphor for the Democrat Party. And if he wins, the Democrat Party is going to continue its death spiral into hell. Or we can reject it. Coming up on the other side of the break, we have got the great Blaine Holt, retired brigadier general to talk about Trump and Ukraine and Russia and all of that stuff. We'll continue in a moment. This is The Rob Carson Show. Don't go anywhere. Hey gu guys, it's Carson. Not proud member of the 4:00am Club. You know what that is? Well, that's the time that I usually wake up every night and can't get back to sleep. Then I found Beam's Dream powder. Now Beams Dream Powder is made with a powerful blend of all natural ingredients including reishi, magnesium, L theanine, apigenin and melatonin. It's designed to help you fall asleep, stay asleep and wake up feeling amazing. And unlike other sleep aids, there's no next day grogginess, just great restful sleep. Plus, dream tastes incredible. And it's become a part of my nightly routine. Simple, easy, effective Dream is made right here in America, supporting jobs, quality and the principles we stand for in America. Thank you very much. Beam is going to give my listeners the ultimate patriot discount, up to 40%. Try their best selling Dream Powder. Get up to 40% off for a limited time. So with my discount code Newsmax, you can get their best selling dream powder for just $39. Go to shopbeam.com newsmax that's shopbeam.com newsmax Again, use the code newsmax at checkout. That's beam.com newsmax and use code word newsmax for up to 40% off.

[Co-host or Guest Commentator 2]

Administration insists these strikes are consistent with international law. Do you agree with that?

[Rob Carson]

No.

[Guest Commentator 3]

It's murder.

[Blaine Holt]

It's very simple. If this president feels that they're doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to Us first. But this is murder. It's sanctioned murder that he is doing that. And it's very simple for someone like him to talk about killing people or doing something in the name of war. He's never actually served. He's never actually pulled a trigger. It's very dangerous what he's doing, both to our international relations, to our friends down in South America, and to these men and women that have to make these calls.

[Rob Carson]

Ruben Gallego being a whiny little B word about the killing of these bastards who were, you know, sent in these drug boats. They've been able to run rough shows around the Caribbean and deliver loads and loads of things like fentanyl into the United States, which has killed hundreds of thousands of people. The Democrat Party said nothing about it. Donald Trump has given them a little what, fur? And here's the the Democrats, how they typically do well, we could send in a Coast Guard and we could send, you know, maybe bring a fruit basket. Maybe we could bring one of those little edible bouquets and we could say, hey, please don't bring fentanyl into America again, and be like, okay, my bad. You know, honestly, seriously joining us to talk about this and so more, Blaine hall, brigadier general, US Air Force, former C17 commander, American badass, and also, by the way, has a nationally, I guess, a syndicated, I'd say podcast, dangerous Intellectuals. And he joins us on the Newsmax highlight. How are you doing, brother?

[Blaine Holt]

I am doing great. I'm thinking about a market for Trump pacifiers for some of these clowns who want to, you know, it would, I think they'd sell really well and then they'd all know what side of the aisle they're on.

[Rob Carson]

I guess they need a Trump binky. You know, they need to curl up in the fetal position because every time he tries to do something, whether it's building a glorious ballroom or wiping terrorist drug cartels off the face of the planet, they just can't stand it. Honestly. What's your take on this? Because these guys, honestly, they're working in concert with the Venezuelan government. The Venezuelan government is really as illegitimate as possible. Not only as for their election because they stole it, but also just as governance, they are a criminal cartel. The entire government is. So what's the problem?

[Blaine Holt]

They're being very honest because they across all these policy lines, these last couple of months, they have shown where that they prefer illegal migrants and attacks on American citizens. And what I mean by that is shut down the government because they can't get 1.5 trillion in extra health Care money for illegal aliens. And then they want to support those and call those countries friends. That ended the lives of 70,000Americans every year for the past five, five to six years. And so what they've, what they've done effectively is said, we hate America, we hate American citizens. And we're really appalled when President Trump wants to put on his commander in chief hat and protect Americans. It's just ridiculous. But at least the truth is out. I just wish most Americans could understand what it is they're exactly saying.

[Rob Carson]

I believe we've done this. Carter with Noriega. Right? We've done this before. We know that Barack Obama dropped 26,000 missiles on terrorist targets in various countries for years. And now the Democrat Party is complaining that something this obvious, we, you know, and let me ask you this, because they're acting like, oh, yeah, it's like we just see a boat going fast, we blow it out of the water. Tell me the kind of intel, tell me the kind of intel that goes into taking out a target like this, General.

[Blaine Holt]

Yeah, so when we target something, there's a whole kill chain, and the kill chain involves lawyers and targeting lawyers and those types of things and space assets and intel signatures of the boats. They are packing a lot of information before they go after a target like that. And then even if you just sent the Coast Guard, the Coast Guard answer is going to be the same way. You think that our Coast Guard's not lethal and mean and got a dagger in their mouths? They absolutely do. It's just that we have a presentation of forces. We put some ships in Trinidad and Tobago to assure our allies. And I don't see any 130,000 soldier force about to mount up and Occupy Venezuela for 20 meaningless years. I don't see that happening. I see us pulling on a cartel string that actually attaches to every bad guy in the world, including those that are bought off, paid off, bribed, extorted in Washington D.C. and maybe that's the issue.

[Rob Carson]

What about sending the Gerald Ford down there? There's no greater telescoping of military might than a US Aircraft carrier, if I'm not mistaken.

[Blaine Holt]

You're exactly right. It's a big stick. But then listen, you got to be careful because on the beaches of Venezuela, I saw some imagery of some of their air defenses. I saw what we call a zoo 23, which is kind of like a souped up shotgun. I saw a little missile launcher that couldn't hold on to its camouflage. It looked like it needed some oil and so.

[Rob Carson]

And some Guys with wrist rockets, like when we were kids, some guys with wrist rockets and rocks.

[Blaine Holt]

Listen, Rob, I'm gonna tell you. I saw a Super Soaker. It was Super Soaker 8000.

[Rob Carson]

This is a story from 60 Minutes last night about how Venezuela is freaking the heck out and they should.

[Co-host or Guest Commentator 2]

The weight of uncertainty and the rumble of armored vehicles can be felt throughout the country. An estimated 125,000 members of Venezuela's military have mobilized. While we were there, the government was holding emergency drills and urging civilians to prepare for combat. It's all a bit of theater and a response to this. Since September, the US military has blown up at least 10 vessels, killing more than three dozen alleged drug smugglers, most of them off the coast of Venezuela.

[Rob Carson]

Now the Venezuelan people who by the way voted for the opposition candidate, had the election stolen and they are, they are supposedly going to mount some sort of defense against the United States military. How long would it take for the United States military to put down with. And I don't even think we'd need to. I think it would absolutely disintegrate in seconds if the United States decided to do something more than they're already doing with the drug boats.

[Blaine Holt]

Let's see, during shock and awe, Baghdad fell in what, 24 hours?

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, yeah.

[Blaine Holt]

So I would say they would have 15 minutes. That's what I kind of gauge on. However, however, now let's be serious. There is a threat. That threat has come across our border for the last four years and it's in the form of trend Hezbollah, the cartels who are getting their backs against the corner. And so I would urge all Americans very seriously, take your own security serious. Don't you think for five seconds that a desperate Venezuela, Colombia aren't going to activate things here. And that activation goes all the way through Tehran and beyond.

[Rob Carson]

That's, that's interesting. Well, obviously they flooded our country with gang members, also emptied their prisons out into our country. And while we've made a major dent in, in, in removing people and, and people removing themselves, they are still a very imminent threat in the United States of America. And you think that a desperate Venezuela would essentially give them marching orders to do whatever they had to in America.

[Blaine Holt]

And I do and I also, I'll advance this. I think they do it with their friends, Iran and China as well. They're all in this. I'll have a vestige here in the cartels. And so we shouldn't be naive about who is here and amongst us. Route numbered. That means communities have to pull together. Our military will do its job abroad. There's no question about that. But, but we have to take our own security serious. So when I hear people going, oh, I don't want the National Guard here, it's like, you know what? Just a simple thank you will do.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Blaine Holt]

And then go respect that soldier and go buy him a milkshake or something because they're here to serve.

[Rob Carson]

Absolutely. I was, I was in Union Station a couple weeks ago. You can eat off the floor now. It is remarkable. I've been in Washington, D.C. four months, and you can go anywhere in Washington, D.C. without fear of, if anything, the streets are busy with people. It's amazing. I want to continue with you on the other side about what's going on with Russia, Ukraine, among other things, Russia moving some missiles, maybe flexing some muscles. What do you think is going to happen there? Brigadier General Blaine Holt on the Newsmax Highline will come back after this on the Rob Carson Show.

[Lindsey Graham]

But I know what President Bush 41 did. He took down Ortega, the leader of Panama, because he was involved in drug trafficking threatening our country. Venezuela is now partnering with Hezbollah. Hezbollah is running out of money because Iran is weak.

[Co-host or Guest Commentator 2]

That's not new.

[Lindsey Graham]

Partnering with drug cartels in Venezuela. No, it should have stopped. Here's what, here's what's new. You got a commander in chief's not going to put up with this crap.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Lindsey Graham]

We're not going to sit on the sidelines and watch boats full of drugs come to our country. We're going to blow them up and kill the people that want to poison America. And we're now going to expand operations, I think, to the land. So please be clear about what I'm saying today. President Donald Trump sees Venezuela and Colombia as direct threats to our country because they house narco terrorist organizations. The leader of Venezuela is an indicted drug dealer in American courts. So, yeah, the game is changing when it comes to drug traffickers and drug cartels. We're going to use military force like we have in the past to protect our country. That's the new game we're playing, and I'm glad we're playing that game. And if I were Maduro, I'd find a way to leave before he goes down.

[Rob Carson]

That is Lindsey Graham talking about taking Maduro out. I think Maduro is not long for Venezuela. And it's. And you know what? I ain't got a damn problem with it. We cannot, we cannot play the same old crap that, that the United States has done for years. Look what it's gotten us. Hundreds of Thousands of people dead from fentanyl. A country filled with illegals from places like Venezuela. Enough is enough. John Wayne is back, okay? The. The Earp brothers are in Tombstone and the bad guys are getting is handed to him. Too bad. Boo Friggity who? That's what I got to say about it. Blaine Holt, what about you?

[Blaine Holt]

I said the exact same thing. You've had clear and present danger to this country through this, and it's only gotten worse, but it actually, it goes through everything. If you're going to look at a big giant bad guy in this world, its arteries and veins are all cartel. And they put these guys.

[Rob Carson]

So.

[Blaine Holt]

So when we get after the cartels, you're making Beijing nervous. You're making the World Economic Forum nervous. You're making money launderers and bankers that call themselves honest businessmen nervous. You're making politicians nervous. So it's laughable to me to listen to somebody from the mainstream media openly. And you know me, I'm not a huge Lindsey Graham fan because I'm not a neocon. But what I'll tell you is they're defending the drug dealers, they're defending the fentanyl merchants.

[Rob Carson]

Merchants? Yeah.

[Blaine Holt]

It's just laughable that they would do that in an American journalist. Where's the journalistic integrity on that? No, we're trying to give the bad guys a fair shot here. What's wrong with you, Lindsey?

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, you know, enough is enough. We live in a cruel world. It's time to treat people who would treat us cruelly in a cruel fashion. That's it. That's all. There's a time to kick some butt, take some names, and there's a time to not. And now is the time to do. I want to mention something real quick here because we're kind of focusing on south and Central America. Lindsey, or I should say Tulsi Gabbard, talked about the arrest of a cartel baby trafficker with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. This person is accused of leading a criminal network where they would lure in pregnant women, remove the babies from their wombs and sell mom's organs.

[Co-host or Guest Commentator 2]

Listen, Sidious was providing intelligence to the Mexican law enforcement that led to the arrest of a CJNG cartel affiliated baby trafficker called La Diablo. Her whole money making operation was centered around luring pregnant women, performing illegal C sections, harvesting organs and selling newborn babies. Mr. President, it's your leadership that has made all of.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, now let's send in the Coast Guard. What do you think about that, General? They're sitting in The Coast Guard, you know, you just got to figure out what's going to give them a little note, write them a warning ticket, for God's sake. These are animals. They need to be put down.

[Blaine Holt]

Yeah. And what makes it worse is when this during the Obama administration, and I know this firsthand, or the Biden administration, if stories like this in the intel community would surface, they would smash them down right away because they wouldn't want the level of depravity of our enemy getting out there so that they could play fancy with it and play fancy politics. So Tulsi's. All Tulsi's doing is saying, hey, let's have the truth see the light of day. I just think she's an amazing leader and she's really coming into her own and being very bold. But Americans need to understand that's exactly who these people are. They will kidnap you, they will cut your fingers off, they will mail them to your family members. That's who you're dealing with. And that our government is going to start telling the truth about these things. It's required. Because otherwise you might be lured into some of this nonsense from the mainstream media where they say, oh well, we unfairly went after Maduro and his murderers. That's ridiculous. This is a nasty, nasty world. And that's exactly what they say do.

[Rob Carson]

Got to wipe them out. You do this podcast which is called Dangerous Intellectuals. I had a couple articles. When I get to the point where we're doing long form video podcasts and we're going to here in Washington D.C. i want to cover some of these. Listen to this story here. Have you heard about this man's Manhattan sized space object 31 ATLAS that is approaching Earth and slowing down just like the aliens in Independence Day.

[Blaine Holt]

How convenient. Isn't it amazing? We're going through all this stuff in the world. We're looking at financial collapse, another pandemic. They want to give you digital ID a shot. China's on the right and all of a sudden ET is going to come fry us. That's why on Dangerous intellectuals I interviewed Dr. Stephen Greer and he separates the good, the bad and the ugly. Here's the real stuff. This is the government manipulation or the deep state manipulation rather. And here's just absolute real stuff. And what he gets at with three I atlas is, well, you're going to see a lot of things in the paper, but, but your best effort is to just do nothing. And honestly, let's say you had something the size of Manhattan flying hurtling towards Earth and They have a hostile intent. What's your action plan? It's do nothing. Grab a bottle of bourbon and have a sip. I mean, you're at that place. And if they're friendly, well, then we'll work it out.

[Rob Carson]

Now, man. Now you call Will Smith and have him go to El Toro.

[Blaine Holt]

They want you marinated in fear, brother. They want you marinated in fear.

[Rob Carson]

That's fascinating. That's a fascinating take. That's why I think your podcast sounds pretty cool. Where can people hear it, bro?

[Blaine Holt]

Well, come right to [e-mail] at danger thinking, or you can come right to the website and it'll give you the link to every podcast platform. That'll be dangerous. Intellectuals.com sure would appreciate the shares because we're not marketing yet. It's just early days, but I love that, the response that we're getting, and it's wonderful.

[Rob Carson]

Good deal, brother. All right, talk to you soon. I appreciate you.

[Blaine Holt]

Thank you. Appreciate you back.

[Rob Carson]

All right, let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show. So the Democrats really want to keep their illegal aliens here. Isn't it amazing we could say the words illegal aliens again? Remember that? Remember that Brandon Johnson in Chicago? He's trying to convince you that pushing illegal aliens out of our country, who've gotten a lot of free stuff from Democrats because Democrats want to hold onto their seeds of power in America, America's inner cities pushing out, obviously, people who are from here, people who are already suffering and all of that. But Brandon Johnson, he says that when you use the word illegal aliens, it's like using the word slaves. We don't have illegal aliens. I don't know if that's from some sort of sci fi message that you wish you've had. Well, listen, the legal term for my people were slaves. You want me to use that term, too? Yeah, Illegals. Illegal aliens aren't slaves. Only the children who were trafficked that the Democrat Party allowed to traffic for sex slavery. America. So, look, let's just get the language right. We're talking about undocumented individuals that are human beings. The last thing that I'm going to do is accept the type of racist, nasty language to describe human beings. And so as far as our spending. Yeah. You know, I'm going to have to respond by playing this. Yeah, yeah, I'm playing it. Yeah, that's. That's a song that the Democrat Party banned from ever being played again. In the mustache, which featured Phil Collins wearing a big mustache and a sombrero like they did Hakeem Jeffries. You know I can do that because free speech is back. You can offend people. Gutfeld has a really good comment on this. On the other side of the break, at the top of the hour, the State Department has officially canceled the Global Engagement center as part of President Donald Trump's mission to shut down the censorship industrial complex, which ran roughshod over our country for a while. And I experienced it, you experienced it, and offensive speech is back. And it's okay. Okay, it's okay because you don't want to be told what you can say. You don't want to be told that your opinion is disinformation and misinformation because that's what they did in the Soviet Union and that's what they did to us. But after the top of the arm, to share some details on this, Gutfeld's brilliant monologue on this and AOC saying that, no, no, no, we need guardrails. We need people to come in and say what is acceptable and what is unacceptable as far as speech is concerned. Then on the other side of the hour, psychotherapist, why the no Kings rallies consisted of mostly educated white liberal women. Why is that? We've got that. On the other side. I was right. It's Karen. Karen has been around for a very long time. This midterm election is about defeating Karen. All right, last hour of the show is right ahead. If I were you, I wouldn't go anywhere. Morning, Zoe. Got donuts.

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