The Rob Carson Show- Pt 2 (02/14/25)

Summary

The Rob Carson Show – Pt 2 (02/14/25)

Host: Rob Carson
Guest: Rep. Marianette Miller-Meeks (R-IA)
Date: February 14, 2025
Podcast: Newsmax Radio / Newsmax Podcasts

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Overview

This episode of The Rob Carson Show is a fast-paced, irreverent, and opinionated take on national politics, government spending, federal layoffs, culture wars, and the latest policy changes under President Trump’s new term. Rob combines humor, satire, and pointed commentary with a focus on wasteful government practices, the consequences of progressive policies, media hypocrisy, and interviews with political insiders. Key guest: Iowa Congresswoman and physician Marianette Miller-Meeks.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Unique Tone and Mission of the Show

• Rob describes his program as a combination of comedy, satire, and serious political commentary, promising both entertainment and ahead-of-the-curve opinions (00:06).
• “You got a lot of pundits who have radio shows… but there's only one show that kind of leans into, when we can, comedy, satire... Sometimes things are very serious, obviously, and we take the serious stuff too.” (A, 00:06)

2. Federal Agency Layoffs and Biden’s Legacy of Government Expansion

• Rob reacts to news of mass layoffs in federal agencies, especially among probationary employees, and accuses the Biden administration of rampant, politically-motivated government hiring. He claims jobs were used to inflate employment numbers and benefit Democrat-aligned unions (00:50).
• “[Democrats] reciprocate by sending them lots and lots of money and hiring lots and lots of people, like 87,000 IRS agents. 87,000 IRS agents. How many companies do you know that would hire 87,000 people at one time?” (A, 00:50)
• Rob claims the government has wasted billions, sending “blank checks” that are hard to audit or trace, and “if your company did this, you would have already lost your job and your boss would be in jail.” (A/B, 04:47–05:30)

3. Fraud, Waste, and Accountability in Federal Spending

• Rob and his guest lambaste the inefficient, unaccountable use of federal funds, describing absurd payment practices and a dysfunctional “Do Not Pay” list that lags in identifying suspected fraudsters (05:05–05:30).
• The new Trump administration is characterized as slashing waste and “clawing back” unnecessary spending, shutting down or reducing numerous federal programs, including environmental grants targeted for climate and "environmental justice" causes (A, 08:45).

4. Media and Political Hypocrisy on Audits & Government Oversight

• Rob and a soundbite from Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) call out what Rob sees as media and Democratic hypocrisy in demanding audits of Trump/Musk government efforts after supporting mass hiring of armed IRS agents under Biden (09:32–09:49).
• “The same people who are screaming for auditing federal spending were the same people under President Biden who wanted to hire 80,000 new IRA IRS agents with guns to audit the American people. I find that breathtakingly hypocritical.” (B, Kennedy, 09:32)

5. Elon Musk’s Expanded Role and Associated Controversies

• Musk is helping lead the government’s “audit” and waste-cutting push. Rob defends Musk’s clearance and capability, mocking critics: "He has a top secret security clearance for... he makes the rockets for NASA. Oh, yeah. He is smart as a rocket science because he's a rocket science." (A, 11:00)
• Rob refutes accusations of corrupt payoffs to Musk via contract awards: "Donald Trump didn't give that contract to Elon Musk. Joe Biden gave it to him.” (A, 15:42)

6. Performance and Press Coverage of Presidents: Trump vs Biden

• Rob presents a montage of past media panic over “constitutional crises” and argues the press is again using “crisis” language against Trump, despite supporting Biden's lack of transparency or engagement (13:19, 43:24).
• “Donald Trump's answered more questions in three weeks than Joe Biden answered in four years.” (A, 43:41)
• Rob plays audio clips to highlight Biden's alleged cognitive decline and avoidance of press scrutiny (44:25–46:19).

7. Hostages, Middle East Policy, and “Uncle Sam vs Uncle Sucker”

• The Trump administration is portrayed as taking a tougher line on Hamas, with Rob and guests supporting the threat of severe retaliation if hostages aren’t released by Saturday at noon (17:41–18:33).
• Pete Hegseth, now DoD Secretary, is quoted: “President Trump will not allow anyone to turn Uncle Sam into Uncle Sucker.” (B, 17:24)

8. In-Depth Interview: Rep. Marianette Miller-Meeks (R-IA)

• Miller-Meeks describes Congress under Trump as “Fast and Furious,” rapidly implementing executive orders to undo Biden policies, including reinstatement offers for military members discharged over COVID vaccine mandates (23:49–24:35).
• She notes “a lot of excitement and enthusiasm” in her district post-election, but also “anxiety” due to rapid changes (25:57).
• Discusses government waste and fraud, echoing Rob’s reaction to audits uncovering funding of controversial causes overseas (27:37–29:59).
• On healthcare policy: Supports RFK Jr.’s focus on chronic disease and preventative care as new HHS Secretary, expresses hope for a more transparent, American-focused era at HHS (29:59–32:01).
• Veterans' issues: Calls for improved access to VA care, noting disparities, the need for mental health services, and better use of technology (32:07–34:54).

9. Media Narratives: Culture War & "Latino Freeze"

• Rob dismisses a national campaign to boycott businesses abandoning DEI programs, mocking the "Latino freeze" coverage as manufactured and irrelevant: “Most Latinos and Latinas don’t follow the doctrine of the Democrat Party...they don’t care.” (A, 57:44–58:36)
• On leftist activism: “This isn’t going to do anything...Latinos and Latinas have their heads down doing hard work...” (A, 58:36)

10. Audience Call-Ins and Real-World Frustration with Bureaucracy

• A retired Navy caller voices frustration with inefficiency and lack of accountability in government jobs, confirming Rob’s charges about unproductive federal work and lack of urgency in serving veterans (66:09–70:24).

11. Satire and Parody

• The segment includes musical parodies by Jim Gossett, riffing on Mitch McConnell’s health, for comedic relief (37:51).

12. Personal Reflections from Rob Carson

• Rob closes with a heartfelt, emotional discussion of his own family struggles, sharing news of being served divorce papers and requesting listener prayers (end segment).
• “Another hurdle has been placed in front of me. But I’m going to hurdle over it and I’m going to do it with your support and with God’s grace. With God’s grace, 100%.” (A, ~87:00)

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Notable Quotes & Moments with Timestamps

• On Government Waste:
  “Have you ever given somebody you don't know just a blank check? Write it forever you want. And don't keep… do not keep track of it. Don't tell us what you spend it on.”
  — Rob Carson (A, 04:20)
• On IRS Audits:
  "The same people who are screaming for auditing federal spending were the same people under President Biden who wanted to hire 80,000 new IRA IRS agents with guns to audit the American people. I find that breathtakingly hypocritical."
  — Sen. John Kennedy (B, 09:32)
• Media Hypocrisy:
  "Donald Trump's answered more questions in three weeks than Joe Biden answered in four years."
  — Scott Jennings/Rob Carson (B/A, 43:41)
• On Trump/Musk Government Cuts:
  "President Trump and Elon Musk have now cut more from federal pork and the federal government than Congress has in the last decade."
  — Mark Meadows (B, 12:11)
• On the Administration’s Stance toward Hostages and Hamas:
  “If all of the hostages aren’t returned by Saturday... let hell break out. Yeah. Now they've said they're going to release some of the hostages, not all. ...I want to see some boom, boom if they don't do what we say.”
  — Rob Carson (A, 16:50)

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Important Segments & Timestamps

• Show Tone, Definition, Purpose: 00:06
• Federal Layoffs & Mass Hiring Critique: 00:50–05:03
• Dysfunctional Audit, Federal “Blank Checks”: 04:47–05:30
• Climate Funding, Green Bank Cuts: 08:45–09:32
• Sen. John Kennedy on IRS Audits: 09:32–09:49
• Musk’s Role, Security Clearance Defense: 11:00
• Mark Meadows on Spending Cuts: 12:11
• Constitutional Crisis Montage/Media Tactics: 12:54–13:19
• Trump vs. Biden Press Coverage and Accessibility: 43:24–46:19
• Middle East Policy & Hostage Threats: 16:50–18:33
• Interview: Rep. Miller-Meeks - Policy & District Update: 21:19–34:54
• Audience Call - Government Job Inefficiency: 66:09–70:24
• Discussion of “Latino Freeze” DEI Boycott: 57:44–58:36
• Parody Song, Comedy Relief: 37:51
• Rob’s Personal Family Struggles: ~87:00

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Conclusion

• Rob closes the show emphasizing his belief that the country is at a turning point, "a Berlin Wall moment," with common-sense reforms and accountability returning to government.
• He urges listeners to remain focused and optimistic, encourages sharing and subscribing to the show, and ends with a heartfelt sign-off:
  “God bless you. I mean that from the bottom of my heart. God bless America is founded. God bless Donald Trump and his administration as he defeats evil in this government. And until Monday, don't catch the stupid. I'll see you then.”

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This summary captures the passionate, combative, and often humorous blend of news analysis and cultural commentary that defines The Rob Carson Show.

Transcript

[Rob Carson]

Hold it.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Now.

[Rob Carson]

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. And by the grace of God, it is finally Friday. Welcome to it. We are on radio stations around the country. We of course also are streaming live on Newsmax, their Rumble channel, also on X and on Facebook. Share with others, will you? Because I think, in fact I know this is the only show like this around the country. You got a lot of pundits who have radio shows and have live streams and all of that. And you know Benny Johnson, who's. I know Benny Johnson and all that and he's very good, by the way. But there's only one show that kind of leans into, when we can. Comedy, satire, when we can. Sometimes things are very serious, obviously, and we take the serious stuff too. And I might also mention, I think generally we're, we're ahead of the curve on, on opinion, right? Because I was the guy who said that 2024 had to be the year we returned from nonsense to common sense. I said that January the sixth was a scam. I said that all the school closings were a scam. I said that if you believe that you, that you protecting yourself from a virus that can kill you, if you stand six feet from somebody, you'll stop it. Or if you wear a paper mask, then it'll save your life. And I said if you do that, then you've caught the stupid. That's why I. With the, the expression don't catch the stupid. You see. So anyway, if you would share with others, if you, if you enjoy the live stream, we're leaning heavy into the digital and, and we hope that you'll subscribe and you'll share with other people because it's pretty, it's pretty fun stuff. I think you're going to enjoy it no matter what you do, whether it's on the radio or or not. Mass layoffs have begun in multiple federal agencies and we've discovered and a little more surprising than I ever, ever would imagine. I figured that the federal government was rotten. I figured amount of hiring in the federal government was used to recruit more Democrat voters during Joe Biden's tenure. And it certainly did because all of the federal unions slavishly devote all of their political donations to Democrats and Democrats reciprocate by sending them lots and lots of money and hiring lots and lots of people like 87,000 IRS agents. 87,000 IRS agents. How many companies do you know that would hire 87,000 people at one time? It never happens, but the United States government did. They just came up with a figure. We need 87,000. Not exactly sure what they're going to do, but we need 87 of them. Spend the money. Spend the money. No regard for what sort of taxes we're bringing in, no regard of whether we're driving the country bankrupt or not. Just hire them. Hire them because we're going to send them out and we're going to find people. Maybe, maybe they did some purchases at, you know, Cabela's or, or, or, you know, maybe, maybe they bought some Trump stuff and let's go after them and look at, let's comb through their, their tax returns. Let's, let's go ahead and, and do audits of these people. I was listening to Clay, not Buck Sexton, Clay, the Clay the other night. And Clay, you know, they, they took over wrestling by slot at Premier Comedy or a Premier Premier Networks. Right. And he said that the, the next year and every year since he's been audited by the irs. So the IRS has been used to target people politically, there's no doubt about that. And, and the federal government has been hiring people wholesale without regard for the cost, without regard for productivity, without regard to investments, all of that, like you and I do. Were you able to hire anybody at your business the last four years? Did you have to cut stab at your business for four years? Federal government didn't have to. Didn't have to. They just. 87,000. Hire them, hire them. General Motors won't hire 87,000 people at one fell swoop. The biggest companies in the world will not hire 87,000 people at one fell swoop. Your federal government did. Even though we're $36 trillion in debt, hopelessly in debt, teetering on bankruptcy, $1 trillion for interest payments every year, which is bigger than the Defense Department. And now we got a genius coming in here and he is, he is basically saying, you know what? It's time that we, we did something about this. It's time that we looked at this, this nonsense, this, this fanatical spending. And he, and he found out things like this, like the federal government just sends blank checks. Have you ever given somebody you don't know just a blank check? Write it forever you want. And don't keep, do not keep track of it. Don't tell us what you spend it on.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

The reason that departments can't pass audits.

[Rob Carson]

Is because the payments are. Have a categorization code. It's like just a massive number of blank checks just flying out the building. So you can't reconcile blank checks.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

You've got comment fields that are also.

[Rob Carson]

Blank, so you don't know why the payment was made.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

And then we've got this truly absurd.

[Rob Carson]

A do not pay list, which can take up to a year before an organization to get. If your company did this, you would have already lost your job and your boss would be in jail. Do you know our pay list? And we're talking about terrorist organizations, we're talking about known fraudsters, known aspects of.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Waste, known things that do not match.

[Rob Carson]

Any congressional appropriation, can take up to.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

A year to get on the list. And even what's on the list, the.

[Rob Carson]

List is not used. Yeah, it's absurd. It's an absurd and obscene spectacle. Just like the last four years of Joe Biden's presidency. Termination emails have been sent in the last 40 hours, 48 hours to scores of government workers, most recently hired employees still on probation. And here's the deal. If you're still on probation, you're gonna be let go and you'll be allowed to reapply when we start hiring. Well, we, we, we. I'm hiring. Right, okay, whatever. When the Trump administration decides to hire people Again, the DOE is going away because 70% of kids in this country don't read at grade level. And then RFK is going to be charged with the HHS. You know why? Because 70% of us are overweight or obese. It's kind of weird, right? It's like the 8020 rule. The 8020 rule I came up with that 80% of us believe the country's headed in the wrong direction. 80% of us can come together to save her. Homeboys, hillbillies, Hebrews. Coming together to save America. That's going to be the title of my book, by the way. I'm working on it. And now you got the 70 30. You've got government agencies who are screaming because they're being cut when the HHS and the CDC and the FDA have provided, presided over the descent of every metric of health in our. In our country so badly that, you know, we've got kids who are 9 years old with type 2 diabetes and you've got 10 year olds with colon cancer, and you got 70% of the population overweight or obese. Yeah, it is, it is remarkable. Let's see, the Small Business Administration, the sba. What did this Small Business Administration do to you? The government shut down your business for a Year and a half, two years. You couldn't go see a movie because of COVID Destroyed American Business. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. That's a nonsense. Bureau. The Office of Personnel Management, the Government of Services Administration, all of them. And they, by the way, have managed federal buildings. They're gonna be blowing out federal buildings all over the place. They've sat empty for so long. Department of Energy set to lay off with 2,000 probationary employees. The agency finds that you're not fit for continued employment because your ability, knowledge and skills do not fit the current needs and your performance has not been adequate to justify further employment with the agency. That's the termination letter that a lot of people getting. According to government data, about 280,000 civilian workers were hired less than two years ago. 280,000 people hired because Joe Biden needed to inflate his employment numbers. So it didn't seem like we were really in a recession. And we really were. That's it. That's all. And I've said this forever. When I lived in DC, the, the left would caterwall when there was a possibility of a government shutdown. And then I realized when I lived in Washington D.C. they shut down the government during Barack Obama's administration because they couldn't reach a deal on the budget. And you know what they did? They hired more people to patrol and shut down the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, even though it's just a sidewalk with a wall than they would have leaving it open. And that's when I realized it was a bunch of crap. A bunch of crap. The new head of the EPA has said he's going to rescind $20 billion in grants. Lee Zeldin. I said this yesterday. They were, there were these. They're gonna revoke contracts for the still emergencing Green bank that is set to fund tens of thousands of projects to fight climate change and promote environmental justice. Approved under the 2022 Inflation Reduction act, formally known as the Greenhouse gas reduction fund. Two initiatives worth 14 billion and 6 billion are intended to offer competitive grants to nonprofit NGOs. NGOs. NGOs. Why do we keep spending more money on climate change when it hasn't done anything? We spent trillions of dollars on climate change and it's deep. It keeps getting worse. Doesn't that mean it's failing? Or maybe you're just being played. Oh, yeah, you're being played. You're being played. Here's John Kennedy talking about all of the audits that are going on, particularly at the. The irs.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

The same people who are screaming for auditing federal spending were the same people under President Biden who wanted to hire 80,000 new IRA IRS agents with guns to audit the American people. I find that breathtakingly hypocritical.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, that would as I service the irs. Gotten any better. Has the IRS tax code gotten more complicated? I mean, it's impossible, right? They make it impossible. And then they hired 87,000 people to go and look at your returns and sometimes targeting you politically and see if you made one little slip. One little slip and then they can bring the hammer down on you. And then you don't want it. You can't afford to hire a lawyer to defend yourself. You just settle whatever they want. Whatever they want. Just don't, don't destroy me, please. Whatever you do. There's that. There's that. This is Congressman defending Elon Musk. And everybody say Elon Musk is not qualified. Elon Musk does not have security clearance. Elon Musk can not look at your personal records. Guess what? He can. Elon Musk does have a security clearance. He has a top secret security clearance for. My God, he makes the rockets for NASA. Oh, yeah. He is smart as a rocket science because he's a. He's a rocket science. But the suggestion that he somehow can't be trusted to dig into how we're spending our money is nothing but a smoke screen. Yeah. To hide the corruption and the wasteful spending that has occurred there. Yeah. And I am personally offended at the left's continued references to 19 year olds and 21 year olds in there doing work. There are 19 year olds who have won the medal of Honor defending this country. That's true. Just because you're 19 doesn't mean you're some child who can't be trusted. Yeah. It is offensive. And if you're 19 years old out there, 20 years old, and you're serving this country, by God, your service matters. Keep serving. We thank you for that. Yeah. And you want smart, brilliant young people part of your organization. Trust me on this. I know this. I got a guy in his 20s working on my social media and he's blowing it up. By the way, it's under Rob Carson show. All across the, you know, the spectrum. You got your Instagram, TikTok. I'm on TikTok at Rob Carson Show. Instagram, Rob Carson Show. Twitter at Rob Carson Show. Facebook. Get her Truth Social. A Rob Carson show. I'm just. I'm so damn social. It's amazing how social I am. I live by myself. It's remarkable how social I am. It is absolutely amazing. Here is Mark Meadows talking about what has been done just thus far, just thus far with our government. We should celebrate it. I can tell you this, that President.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Trump and Elon Musk have now cut.

[Rob Carson]

More from federal pork and the federal.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Government than Congress has in the last decade.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, at least I'm not talking about slowing down.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

They've actually made cuts.

[Rob Carson]

President Trump and Elon Musk. Why are they going. They always just cut the rate of growth. They never cut, but now they're cutting. And guess what? We've had to cut our budgets. How many times you had to cut your budgets the last 20 years? Oh, my God. Time and time again, right? Yeah. It's amazing. Let's take a break, shall we? This is a Friday edition of the Rob Carson show, relentlessly slowing the spread of the stupid. Every day. It's the Rob Carson Show. Be on the path to a constitutional crisis.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

We will ask two experts about whether or not this is a constitutional crisis. We've never faced quite the constitutional crisis that we do right now. They are fomenting a constitutional crisis. Are we staring down the barrel of a constitutional crisis? This is an existential constitutional crisis. A constitutional crisis, Possibly the constitutional crisis. Alarm bells are ringing, but is anybody listening?

[Rob Carson]

That is the media and politicians screaming that there is a constitutional crisis. And you want to know an interesting thing about that montage of sound bites? That was from 2017, when Donald Trump was the president. They're doing the same stuff. They're doing the same stuff they did when. When Donald Trump was the. The president last time. But you see, the thing is, America supports Donald Trump right now. America loves what he's doing. Cutting spending, making us strong, getting our hostages back, being strong against Hamas, among other things. America loves what he's doing and the Democrats are doing the same crap. For instance, Harry Intern on cnn, he is raising all sorts of a fit because Donald Trump has been in office for three weeks and inflation hasn't gone down.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Let me be perfectly clear. Inflation crushed the Joe Biden presidency. It ate it alive.

[Rob Carson]

You never mentioned inflation when Joe Biden was the president.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

If Donald Trump is not careful, inflation will crush his presidency.

[Rob Carson]

No, no, it won't. And eat it alive.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Because that is where Americans want him to be focused. They want him focused on.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, no, don't focus on cutting those worthless government jobs and all the waste. It's inflation.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Saying the inflation price. The inflation problem and bringing prices down. Breaking news. I'm going to do some math here. I just want to point out that.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, they're looking at anything they can. They're looking at anything they can because everything that Joe Biden touched turned to crap. And they're looking at something to get them on and they're losing on everything. They're looking for anything for traction. That's what it is. They're doing everything they can to find some sort of traction, some sort of traction, and they can't do it. Here's Rachel Maddow. Yesterday she discovered that Elon Musk got a contract from the federal government and it's for $400 million to buy armored Teslas.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Elon Musk has apparently somehow convinced the United States government, specifically the United States.

[Rob Carson]

Department of State, this is Grafton corruption.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

That the taxpayers of the United States of America should spend $400 million.

[Rob Carson]

See, there's the payoff. That's why he's working with Don buying.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Quote, armored Tesla production units. Isn't it great? And definitely not at all illegal or profoundly corrupt. Definitely not ripping us all off to pay themselves. Right. Donald Trump didn't give that contract to Elon Musk. Joe Biden gave it to him.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, there you go. Yeah, that was a contract that Joe Biden gave Elon Musk when he was the president. So that's a big lie. There you go. So there is bad. And here's, here's old Joe Biden talking about inflation when the media didn't give a crap about inflation and you watch your groceries increase 20 to 50%. I remember when beginning of Donald Trump's presidency because I do all the shopping. You can buy chicken breasts for a $88 a pound at Walmart every single week. $88 a pound. Then you couldn't get it on sale and when you did it was 289.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

So.

[Rob Carson]

But I mean, no president's had the run we've had in terms of creating jobs and bringing down inflation. Government jobs and illegal. When I came to office, I think inflation has gone slightly up. It was at 9% when I came in and it's now down about 3%. But the fact is that people are just uncertain. Yeah, you know, it didn't matter when Donald Trump was president, did it? Not one little bit. Not one little bit. Tomorrow's a big day, ladies and gentlemen. Tomorrow at noon. Did you know about this? Of course you did. Hamas and Trump at the town square. As far as I'm concerned, if all of the hostages aren't returned by Saturday at 12 o', clock, I think it's an appropriate time I would say cancel it and all bets are off. And let hell break out. Yeah. Now they've said they're going to release some of the hostages, not all of the hostages. I want to see some boom, boom if they don't do what we say. Here's Pete Hegseth. He's the new DoD secretary. This is the kind of talk I like.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Well, like President Eisenhower, this administration believes in alliances.

[Rob Carson]

Deeply believes in alliances. Here comes.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

But make no mistake, President Trump will not allow anyone to turn Uncle Sam into Uncle Sucker.

[Rob Carson]

I like that. We are Uncle Sam, not Uncle Sucker. This is Jim.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Saturday at 12 o'.

[Rob Carson]

Clock.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

And if they're not here, all hell.

[Rob Carson]

Is going to break up. Come on.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Hamas has a deadline. Saturday at noon, pistols at noon.

[Rob Carson]

If they miss it, hell will break out. Soon Hamas will have to go and we'll all be better off when they're gone. Send them to paradise, Put up a parking lot. Send a moss to paradise.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Put up a parking lot.

[Rob Carson]

Carpet bomb them. Let's give them all we've got.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

A moss has got to know. Release them all or you will be.

[Rob Carson]

Screwed Back down to you. Donald Trump will not.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Obliterate them.

[Rob Carson]

Make them a parking lot. There you go. That's tomorrow. And you know, I got, I got Shadow banned again. I got marked again for saying this on Twitter. I said evacuate the innocent in Gaza, then raze Gaza, raze Gaza. And that's what Donald Trump's gonna do. It's already pretty much been laid to waste. So evacuate the innocent, raise Gaza, fill in the tunnels with concrete and start over again and create paradise on, on the ocean. That's what he's gonna do. I still think he needs to build a Luxor, build a pyramid casino and hire Palestinians to build it. Kind of like what the Jews had to do with, with Egypt, but they were slaves. Just actually hire them, get some new good paying jobs. They're building a new casino in the shape of a pyramid. All right there. Representative Marionette Miller Meeks from Iowa is going to give us an update about what happened on Capitol Hill now that Donald Trump is in town. And that is coming up next. This, my friends, is the Rob Carson Show. Hey guys, it's Carson for Green Chef. This year, ditch the fads and create healthier eating habits that last with real clean foods. Green Chef makes it easy with recipes curated for a variety of lifestyles and dietary needs. I personally like the Mediterranean. I've been eating it for months now with pre made sauces and pre portioned ingredients. There's less prep and less mess and more time to savor delicious restaurant quality meals. Stay on track even on your busiest days. With salads ready in five minutes or less. Ready to blend smoothies and grab to go protein packed breakfasts. Here are some of the new Green Chef entrees that I have made. Roasted Salmon with Lemon Butter Sauce Thai Spice Chicken Bulgur Bowls Trattoria Chicken and Pan Seared Polenta Pork fillet with almond and dates Mediterranean Shrimp bowls Unbelievable. Thrive all year with clean easy meals from Green chef. Go to greenchef.com newsmaxfree and use code newsmaxfree to get started with free salads for two months plus 50% off your first box. Take advantage of this exclusive offer. Go to greenchef.com newsmaxfree and get the number one meal kit for eating well. Hey, this is Rob Carson. Joe, On a Friday, we have a special guest from my home state of Iowa. I'll bet she doesn't hear that from a lot of talk show hosts. Representative Marionette Miller Meeks, a Republican from the great state of Iowa joins us on the Newsmax hotline. How are you today?

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

I'm doing great, Rob. How are you? And you're correct, I do not hear that often. But it's amazing how many Iowans are in Washington, D.C. oh my goodness.

[Rob Carson]

Now, I grew up on the west coast of Iowa. There are two coasts Iowa, that one is bordered by the Mississippi. One is bordered by the Missouri River. I'm from Neola, Iowa, near Council Bluffs. Where do you, who do you represent?

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

So I represent all of southeast Iowa from the east coast, the Mississippi river, some counties north of Interstate 80 over to about just Interstate 35 with Warren county south of Des Moines.

[Rob Carson]

Oh yeah. As you're, as you're going up 35 all the way to Minnesota there, you know. Yeah. I go through there a lot there. So that's awesome. Hey, let me ask you this question. Do you call it a maid, right. Or a loose meat sandwich made Right.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Boom.

[Rob Carson]

There you go. That's what I'm talking about. I personally because I we when I grew up in southwest Iowa, Tri Center High school state champions in one A football for the first time in its history. Last fall we would have maid rite sandwiches. And I personally do ketchup, mustard and pickles on mine.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

There you go. Well, what about a little onion?

[Rob Carson]

You do a little onion, but I prefer that on the, on the pork tenderloin sandwich, which is another although there's a debate as to whether the pork tenderloin is really the sandwich of Indiana or Iowa. And Iowa. And, you know, the rule for a pork tenderloin sandwich, the bun has to be the size of a thimble, and the pork sandwich has to be the size of your plate. Right.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

It usually is. And we've got some of the best pork tenderloins by popular voting in my district, and two of them happen to be across the street from each other, but it's excellent.

[Rob Carson]

Well, hopefully, you know, maybe. Maybe RFK Jr. Can make a little healthier. We'll see. But I love him. Anyway. Welcome to the show. We do appreciate you being on the show today. Obviously, there's a new sheriff in town with Donald Trump as the president of the United States. And I know you're doing this update. I've got you up on Twitter here. You're doing a weekly update. How would you summarize this week and what are some of the big highlights other than, obviously, the cuts that are going on with regard to Doge and whatnot that have happened while you're, you know, in Congress this weekend in D.C.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

So, as you know, I liken this first three weeks of the Trump administration as Fast and Furious.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

And we are on, you know, sequel number three. We've got more to go. So it really has been a world one whirlwind Fast and Furious. And I think President Trump learned a great deal from his first time in Congress, his first time as president, and then also from what Biden did In, you know, 47 executive orders, immediately undoing a lot of what President Trump did. So, as we know, there was a plethora of executive orders, one of the, you know, getting ice involved and deporting illegal aliens. But one of my favorites, having been a military veteran for 24 years, was offer reinstatement for our military members who were, you know, ousted for Covid.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Were discharged from the military by using the COVID vaccine. They were not given exemptions based on religion or based on other philosophical reasons. And so that, to me, was just paramount. But as we know, a lot of those executive orders were very necessary and have countered things, and then we've got to put them into law. Executive orders continued this week and then, as you know, very important release of the hostages. And President Trump, I think, has done more in three weeks to get hostages released and freed than President Biden did in a full year.

[Rob Carson]

Now, you were sworn in in 2021. You had to experience four years of the Biden administration, the divided country, the, the slow economy, the jobs created by government and. And for illegals, not inflation. And I know how inflation hits small communities. I grew up in Eola and Persia and BB Town and Hancock and Crescent and all of those towns, trainer, all of them have suffering. Sometimes even their main streets have been shut down. They don't put the flags out anymore. And that was just. It was awful. It was awful. Frequently the highlight of your town is maybe a dollar general store. How have things changed since the election in your district and what's the mood in the southeast part of Iowa?

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Well, first I would say that there was a lot of excitement and enthusiasm and one of the things that you saw change, I think dramatically was more hopefulness that things in the country were going to get better. So, yes, we have record high inflation, record high interest rates are a two decade high. I'm old enough to remember interest rates at 18% having said loans at that level. Friends who purchased houses or cars at that individual interest rate. But most people have not experienced interest rates at those levels. You know, afraid they can't buy a house or they won't be able to upgrade or sell a house. So this hopefulness, I think. But there's also people, you know, looking at what is coming very rapidly. And as we know, change induces anxiety. So we did a telephone town hall a couple of weeks ago, probably a week ago. And I ask everybody at the end of the call to remember, I'm a surgeon, I'm a veteran. So I'm going to give you some good advice. Remember to breathe. Just breathe, stay calm and, you know, don't believe everything you read on the Internet. So I think, you know, we're seeing changes happen. But we also know that President Trump always puts at the best interest of Americans at heart. It's why he's doing what he's doing. And we're seeing that even in Doge and what Doge is doing and looking at where we spend money, you know, they have a software algorithm and for members of Congress, it's hard to get the information they've got. You, you know, ask, you send a letter to an agency, you ask for it. I have one of my solicitations to one of the federal agencies. Took me nine months to get a response.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, dear Lord. Yeah, well, I'm hoping that things are going to pick up. I'm actually surprised by the, the amount of fraud and waste that the, that Elon Musk and his mis, they call him. What do they call henchmen? Right. Henchmen are discovering. And did it come as a surprise to you? I mean, You've been in D.C. for four years. And you. You see what USAID has done? I mean, my God in heaven, what the hell? What. What person in southeast Iowa would say, oh, yeah, we want to fund, you know, a transsexual surgery in Istanbul? I mean, what. What the heck are people in southeast Iowa saying? Who, by the way, a lot of them are farmers and. And subsisting, you know, rotating from corn and beans. I know a lot about this. Rotating from corn and beans, trying to raise livestock and all of that. And we're sending millions of dollars for radical transgender nonsense around the world. What kind of sense does that make?

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Well, it makes no sense. And in addition to which, these countries don't even want this, but it's imposed upon them if they accept funding for something like clean water or food or, you know, medications to prevent HIV aids. So it's even worse than that. And, you know, you listen to this, and they talk about Elon Musk as being unelectable, and, you know, he's an unelectable, unaccountable person. And I thought about that. And then on Monday, I was speaking on the House floor, and I said, I just want to remind my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, this is a special government employee appointed by the president, has the authority through the president, working with the secretaries of agencies, and almost every single person in the federal government is unelected and unaccountable to the voters. Who can forget Lois lerner, who forget Dr. Fauci, who can forget ACORN under the administration? So, you know, I think the reason why they're so upset about all of this is things are getting exposed. It's hard to get information, even as a member of Congress, even when you foia the federal government. And so things are coming forward, and they don't like their, you know, special pots of money being exposed and corruption being exposed. And I think this is all about.

[Rob Carson]

You're a physician, and obviously, the. Probably a very big issue on your. On your radar is our physical health, our health that we got. 70% of us are obese. You got, you know, a lot of poisons, poisons in our food. You got the cdc, the hhs, the fda, all getting largely funded by big pharma and big food. RFK Jr. Was made the HHS secretary. I want to hear your thoughts as a doctor.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Well, I think when it comes to the traditional vaccines, that Robert F. Kennedy has recognized the benefit of some of those, but it's right to question what we do in our vaccine records and to get safety data. I also think a Focus on chronic disease is absolutely warranted. The majority of our healthcare dollars are spent on chronic disease. So looking at chronic disease, but also helping people to initiate healthier lifestyles, whether it's exercise, whether it's how much food we take in and then what types of food we take in, those things are very important. And then looking at how we spend our healthcare dollars in this country, we want people to have, you know, preventative health care. How do we model a system that allows people to get access to preventative health care and to utilize preventative health care when it's offered to them? So I think it's going to be, you know, a very interesting time under Robert F. Kennedy. I'm looking forward to working with him. We've invited him. I'm a member of the Doctors Caucus.

[Rob Carson]

Good.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

And we're inviting them to come speak to us. We have Secretary Collins, the head of the va. I'm also the chair of the Health Subcommittee on the va. We've invited him to come speak to us. So I think that we're going to be able to have a relationship with individuals who really are putting, first and foremost, Americans first and what they're doing, not looking for any kind of personal gain or financial benefit from what they do or to their, you know, special entities. I think it's going to be a great time.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

But it's going to come fast and furious. So breathe, stay calm, don't believe everything you read on the Internet.

[Rob Carson]

Representative Marion. Representative Marionette Miller Meeks from Iowa is on the phone with us. You're. You're a veteran. The VA has been a mess for a very long time. Depending on which hospital you go to, some of them are great, some of them are awful. I know one of our fellow anchors at Newsmax, Carl Higby, he's experienced absolute frustration with his VA situation. He's being treated for some of the battle scars that he has, the mental battle scars that he has. What are you hoping that this administration is finally going to do to take care of our veterans who've sacrificed everything? And I think it's sad that they have to come back here and beg a charity for a house when they've been disabled. What are you hoping is going to happen to the, to the VA for our veterans with. With Donald Trump in charge?

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Well, I think, number one, the focus is certainly going to be on mental health, suicide prevention, ptsd, making sure veterans have access to care. As you mentioned, there is, you know, a. It's disparate inequality between VAs. We're very fortunate in Iowa that we have two great VA hospitals in Iowa City and then one in Des Moines, as well as clinics. But there are, you know, there are veterans who do not live close to a VA hospital, nor do they, you know, sometimes they want to go to a local hospital if they can't get into a VA facility. And so providing that community care aspect, I think is very important. And getting rid of some of those roadblocks. The VA had changed some of their systems. They still have problems with their electronic health records, which are not fully up and running, which has been millions of dollars that have gone into that. And, you know, the Department of Defense military health care has their fully functional electronic health care system. So, you know, why can't the VA and why have been able to do that? So making sure veterans get care when. When they need it, where they need it, giving veterans choice to get care, which is what the Mission act was all about, and then continuing to focus on ptsd, mental health, and using emerging technologies to do that. There are new programs. There is looking at emerging breakthrough therapy with psychedelics, which I never thought I would talk about in my lifetime as a doctor, but they have some benefit when they're assisted by a therapist. So I think all of those things are, you know, avenues to look into making sure treatment and housing for homeless vets and money that's appropriated for that is going to the correct places. So we're going to continue to focus on veterans. And I think second Secretary Collins will be great. We're going to try to get him to Iowa, as a matter of fact.

[Rob Carson]

Come on now. I might even come up. I'll buy you a maid. Ripe. I'll buy you a maid. Right. We can hang out. Hey, by the way, you are an Iowan and so am I. They're not Iowans. We don't call them Iowans. We call them Iowa Norwegians. That's what we are in Iowa. By the way, Representative Marionette Miller Meeks, I do really appreciate you being on the show today. Thank you for finding the time and I wish you the very best in Washington. I am optimistic. I'm optimistic for the. For the country. And thank you for joining us.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Thank you so much, Rob. I enjoyed being with you and having you on again.

[Rob Carson]

All right, let's take a break. This is the Rob Carson Show. It is a Friday edition of the Rob Carson Show. I want to mention something real quick. I just posted on social media. We have a sponsor of the show and it's Green Chef. And, you know, a lot of Talk has been done about RFK Jr. Being the new HHS Secretary. And I'll just tell you, you know, the last couple of years, I, Three years ago, a little over three years, quit drinking altogether. Dramatically changed my. My life. I changed. I've lost between about 65 pounds altogether. I've had between 650 and 700 workouts. And if you look at my social media, you can see the difference has been a miraculous thing. I lost 80 points on my cholesterol in three months. And green Chef is. I've been cooking with Green Chef before they became sponsor. And I ordered this stuff. They do the meals you order and then they, you get a bag and it's got a recipe and, and I put one up this morning for this, this unbelievable soup that has kale and pork and, and I mean, it was ridiculous. And just go to greenchef.com and, and go do a keywords Newsmax free. Newsmax Free. And you get two months of salads and, and 50% off your first box. The food is ridiculous. And I've been cooking my whole life, guys. It's. I was a truck stop. I'm 14 years old working in a truck stop as a fry cook. So I know how to cook. I'm not a chef. I'm not. I don't, you know, run a kitchen, but I can cook. And Green Chef is going to blow you away. It's all on my social media, on, on Instagram, on Facebook, on Twitter, on. Get her on all of TikTok. You'll see the recipe that I just did, guys. It's so free. It's so good. It is. I don't like soup. This is. But it's more like a hearty stew with, with roasted cauliflower. Greenchef.com if you want to do that. Donald Trump went after Mitch McConnell because Mitch McConnell is being a D word.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

For Richard Jr. As the next health secretary, citing conspiracy theories.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, he. He voted against RFK Jr. As the HHS Secretary. Mitch McConnell did.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

What's your reaction to that?

[Rob Carson]

Well, I feel sorry for Mitch, and I was one of the people that led. He couldn't. He wanted to go to the end.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

And he wanted to say leader.

[Rob Carson]

He wasn't. He's not equipped mentally. He wasn't equipped 10 years ago mentally, in my opinion. Let the Republican Party go to hell. If I didn't come along, the Republican Party wouldn't even exist right now. McConnell. Yeah. Never really had it. Nope. He had an ability to raise money because of his position as leader, which Anybody could do.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

You could do it even.

[Rob Carson]

And he held it from, from Trump candidates and that's saying a lot. But the fact is that he raised money and he gave a lot of money to senators. And so he had a little loyalty based on the fact that as leader you could raise a lot of money. Senators would call me and they say he wants to give me 20, 25 million. Can I take it? I'd say take the money, take the money. And now. But he's just being petulant. A petulant old senile child who falls down a lot. Here's Jim Gossett. I fell down again I can't believe that Mitch fell down again. Nobody grabbed me cause I don't have any friends and that's why I fell down the stairs again. And he couldn't get up. I couldn't speak again despite all of the time that I was taken. I looked weak again. I a sound I wasn't capable of making. He's a rhino or faking rhino season. I fell down again there's calls for me to leave this town again Bye bye Mitch. Wish I could get a patch like they gave Joe Biden Cuz I know that I'll fall down once again yeah, that's true I'm pretty sure I'll fall down once again yeah. Yes, China. The Mitch will fall down once again. That is of course, Jim Gossett. If you want to help him out, go to patreon.com patreon.com and look up Jim Gossett comedy and give him a few dollars because you know, it's hard to be a conservative content provider. It's somebody who's a genius and he's a genius. And if you help him out on Patreon every day, he will send you an email that has one of those Songs as an MP3 file you can open up and share with everybody. Say you heard it on the Rob Carson show and nobody does it better, folks. Nobody does it better. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

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[Rob Carson]

So I thought it would be fun.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

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[Rob Carson]

See mintmobile.com Martha listens to her favorite band all the time. In the car, gym, even sleeping.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

So when they finally went on tour.

[Rob Carson]

Martha bundled her flight and hotel on.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Expedia to see them live.

[Rob Carson]

She saved so much, she got her seat close enough to actually see and hear them. Sort of. You were made to scream from the front row. We were made to quietly save you.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

More Expedia made to travel.

[Rob Carson]

Savings vary and subject to availability. Flight inclusive packages are at all protected. This is the Rob Carson show. It is a Rob Carson show and it's Friday. Wow. I just got a really bad or email on Valentine's Day. I'll just put it that way. On Valentine's Day. What a horrible thing. What a horrible thing. Anyway, welcome to the show. We've got another hour of the show to get through, ladies and gentlemen. The number is 800-922-6680. And we have, we have much to get through as the. As the show progresses. We do. I'm living by myself. And it is a damn shame, to be quite honest, when you try so hard to make people happy. But you know what? I know that Satan is trying to weaken me. And I won't. I won't be weakened. I won't be weakened. We are streaming live, of course, on Rumble at X. We are streaming live on Twitter at X. We are also tweeting. We are also broadcasting live on Facebook, all at Twitter or all at all at Newsmax. So X, Facebook and Rumble all at Newsmax. We are doing it live. And the country is changing finally. The country is changing for a positive, a very, very positive. And, and we are witnessing history every single day. Every single day. We are witnessing, witnessing history. And we are seeing a Berlin Wall movement, a Berlin Wall moment, ladies and gentlemen, but the media is still fighting against it and the media is still toeing the line for the left. That's the way it is, toeing the line to the left. This is Scott Jennings on, on cnn. Scott Jennings is the lone conservative on cnn. And. And he has to deal with a lot of nonsense. He's the only voice of reason. He's becoming quite famous because of it, actually, because he's the only person who does the opposite of what, of what the rest of the panel does. And you may recall that our last president, Joe Biden, I know it comes as a surprise, is Joe Biden is the president and Joe Biden had dementia throughout his entire presidency and he spent 40% of his presidency on vacation. He did nothing for the American people. And when he spoke, he was mealy mouthed because he had pudding for brains. But here is Brian Stelter who was fired by CNN and then rehired by CNN saying essentially that, you know, it is amazing. Donald Trump is doing two hour long pressers every single day, answering every single question. And here is Brian Stelter saying that Joe Biden did not avoid the press. And of course it's utterly ridiculous.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Well, the Biden administration treated the press as poorly as any president has ever treated them, gave them less access, answered no questions, no transparency at any given time. Donald Trump's answered more questions in three weeks than Joe Biden answered in four years. Elon Musk answered more than two. And also a lot of the answers.

[Rob Carson]

That is not true. Listen to that again. Hold on.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

The Biden administration treated the press as, as poorly as any president has ever treated them, gave them less access, answered no questions, no transparency at any given time.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, there's no doubt about that, right? There's no doubt because we witnessed it for four years.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Donald Trump's answered more questions in three weeks than Joe Biden answered in four years. Elon Musk answered a lot of the answers. Come on, Brian. This administration is giving the most access to the press they could possibly be. Clear.

[Rob Carson]

Wow. Could you actually believe that? Here is one of Joe Biden's pressers. This is from 2023. Thank you very much. Sir.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

There's been criticism, there's been criticism that this wasn't, there's been criticism that this.

[Rob Carson]

Sir.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Mr. President, Mr. President. There has been criticism. Mr. President, there has been criticism.

[Rob Carson]

Honestly, for them to say that he was accessible to the press like Donald Trump is such an absurdity, Such an absolute absurdity. And here is, here is his big dementia presser when he was exposed that he had all these classified documents in his seven different locations. And, and also he, he, he kept them and, and didn't return them. And, and then, and then he couldn't be tried because his brain was gone on after, after it was revealed that he had dementia, that he couldn't be tried for having classified documents because he wasn't fit for trial.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

For mother.

[Rob Carson]

For we cheer for Muslim athletes like Kareem Al Ju and, and, and Joan. Pronouncement. Shangha Koawa ban on transgender Americans. Transgender American.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Mr. President. President. Thank you.

[Rob Carson]

Thank you.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Thank you very much.

[Rob Carson]

Great to have you. Thank you.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Thank you. Don't go anywhere. It's a very exciting Day around here, we'll have reaction.

[Rob Carson]

I met alone with him, just he and I and a simultaneous interpreter. 68 times. 68 hours. 68 times more than 68 hours. All right. God save the queen, man.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Thank you very much, Mr. President. We really appreciate it and we love you. Thank you.

[Rob Carson]

It might add, if I didn't, I'd be sleeping alone. That's explain. I better explain that some of the long time.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

My wife's a Philly girl.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, there you go. That's what we had. And this is the. This is the same media that has been lying to you about everything from inflation to the southern border to everything. And to add insult to injury, you've still gotten the people in the media who are saying, oh no, no, no, no, everything's fine, everything's fine. What are you talking about? Absolutely unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable. This is why those media are dead, by the way. The Department of Justice announced this week that eight Venezuelans were arrested in Tennessee charged in connection with a transaction transnational commercial sex ring. Now, if you know this, but Joe Biden never said anything about this. Alejandro Mayorkas, his DHS secretary, they said nothing about this. The open border. The open border where hundreds of thousands of people were allowed to cross. Billions of people allowed to cross our border. Unvetted, unvetted, Unvetted, Unvetted, Unvaccinated criminals. Venezuelan gang members allowed to come across the southern border. Four count indictment unsealed on Tuesday alleges the eight suspects facility arrival of illegal aliens into the country. Then advertise the women for sex on various online prostitution websites. Use their cell phones to direct sex buyers to hook up with the women at motels. Sex trafficked women. A life. A life where they're used and. And discarded. This indictment demonstrates our commitment to stop human trafficking whenever and wherever we find it and to hold those involved accountable. He also linked his trafficking to Trend Aragua, the dangerous Venezuelan street gang whose presence in the US skyrocketed during Joe Biden's presidency. Unbelievable. This is Eric Adams, the mayor of New York and Tom Holman, by the way, who is our border czar, talking about how Eric Adams is going to cooperate with Tom Holman, a Republican, to get rid of illegals in New York.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

And Tom could speak for himself.

[Rob Carson]

I think he had a real level.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Of frustration and he was trying to.

[Rob Carson]

Figure out what's going on, Eric, what is happening?

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

And we were able to get in the room and really articulate what are my powers? What are my authorities? And what are some, some of the.

[Rob Carson]

Things that we need to legislatively address.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

That is preventing us from doing what.

[Rob Carson]

We want to do, and that is getting dangerous people off our streets. Right. And Tom Homan, as you know, mayor, a couple days ago, said he was angry at you in New York City, because it sounds like last time you.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Guys got together over at Gracie Mansion, you probably said some stuff.

[Rob Carson]

Maybe we'd like to do this and that. I think Mr. Homan and Tom, you.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Could start with this.

[Rob Carson]

You were frustrated that he wasn't doing enough. He wasn't keeping up his end of the deal.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

You know, I've been on a network.

[Rob Carson]

For four years, and I've called a.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Mayor out many times for not stepping up when it comes to public safety threats. But I tell you, when I sat down with him, I saw the cop in him. And he really does want to do.

[Rob Carson]

The right thing, because he has a cop.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

He's a lifelong cop. He wants to help take public safety threats off the street to New York, make New York safer. He also wants to help find these missing children.

[Rob Carson]

We got 300,000 missing children.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

That many of them are here in the city. We know that we got to find them. And we'll be working with his intelligence.

[Rob Carson]

Division, his officers, to save these children.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Because many of these children are forced sex trafficking.

[Rob Carson]

Many are enforced labor.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

We need to save them. And I think everybody can agree to that. I don't care what side of the political spectrum you are.

[Rob Carson]

What sort of a government would be tone deaf to children being sex trafficked and not say anything about it? They're supposed to be the party of women, right? Isn't the deal the dnc? Aren't they supposed to be the party of women? But they allowed men to compete with women in women's sports and destroy their lives, among other things. And then they allowed millions, at least tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of women to be treated, to be transported across the southern border. You ever. You ever been by one of those strip malls, you know, or those. You see a. A vaping shop, and then you see a liquor store, and then you see a Asian spa. Yeah, yeah. And then you see guys go in and out of those with their. Their ball caps, you know, covering their faces. You got probably a young woman enslaved in that building. You didn't know that, did you? There's one near my house. Actually. There's one near my house. And everybody says it's run by the Chinese mafia, but the police don't touch them. I don't know why that is. I don't know why that is. But you see them all over the place. And we've got a government who didn't even care because the only thing this government cares about is women's votes and abortion recipients or supporters. That's it. That's all AOC has been telling illegals how to, how to avoid ice, how to avoid ice. Well, Tom Holman says he might just go after her for that, by the way.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

And I sent an email today to deputy Attorney General. At what level is that impediment? Is that impediment? I'm not an attorney, I'm not a prosecutor. Is that impedement? Is that impeding our law enforcement efforts? If so, what are we going to do about it? Is she crossing the line? So I'm working with the Department of Justice and finding out where is that line that they cross. So maybe AOC is going to be in trouble now, but I need the AOG to opine on that because there's impediment. It's impediment, in my opinion. I'm not a prosecutor, but we need some further guidance on that. But again, if we have to take every federal dollar out of the city, we'll do it.

[Rob Carson]

I mean, we're done.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

This is about public safety. This is about community safety. Knowingly releasing a public safety back in the public, it's just stupid.

[Rob Carson]

You're putting the public at great risk.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

You're putting our officers at great risk.

[Rob Carson]

You're even putting the illegal alien at great risk.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Because anything can happen on a rest on the street. So we just want to make common sense in sanctuary cities. They want to step aside, Step aside. We're coming.

[Rob Carson]

Here's another One of the 80, 20 issues, right? One of the 8020 issues. The Democrats take the 20. It's not going to work. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show. It is the Rob Carson show on a Friday. Friday afternoon. I hope that your Friday is going a lot better than mine. I'll just tell you that. Valentine's Day, by the way. Valentine's Day, everybody. And so the Trump administration is preparing to designate series of Mexican drug cartels and two from Central and South America as foreign terrorist organizations. The move comes as Mexico continues to experience unprecedented levels of violence, including the widespread use of landmines and improvised explosive devices. Despite empty government claims that crime has decreased and impunity has ended. Some of the people involved in the Sinaloa Cartel, the cartel Jalisco, New Generation, the Gulf Cartel, the Cartel de Norresti Faction and Los Zetas. All of them, by the way, have, have invaded our country and, and have injured and hurt a lot of people. So there is, so there is that. There is that. Oh, by the way, you know, a lot of money has been sent out. Billions and billions of dollars to give ille sorts of free bows that you and I can only dream of. Because you know what? We struggle. The US Department of Health and Human Services recently increased grants for migrants in 2020-2024, spending $22 billion in taxpayer money on grants that included money going toward vehicles, home loans, and startup businesses. Anybody get turned down for a home loan or a startup business, by the way? Anybody? The agency's Office of Refugee settlement handed out 22.6 billion to a host of nonprofits, effectively acting as a giant magnet for migrants crossing the U.S. border and claiming asylum. NGO swindled $1.7 billion from U.S. taxpayers and services, including dollar for dollar matching savings plans for cars, homes, and college education or startups. Did you ever get that from the government? I never got that when I was on food stamps. Not one little bit. No, no, no, no, no. Small business loans up to $15,000 to repair. Credit history of up to $1500. Cultural orientation. You needed that, I guess. Emergency housing support, legal assistance, Medicare and whatnot. 300,000 were put into the care of some of these NGOs, and they were even put in with abusive sponsors. Did you know that? Nobody cared. Nobody cared. Nobody cared. Office of Resettlement was tasked with settling immigrants, asylum secrets, and others entering the US infamously, they lost track of 32,000 children. Isn't that amazing? The watchdog organization also pointed out the Church World Services and the International Rescue Committee were two of the top groups that received funds over the last four years. And of course, Catholic Charities, which, I mean, I wouldn't give a dime to. Catholic Charities, to be quite honest. Strikingly, since 2020, Church World Services bagged $355 million in grants, while International Rescue Committee netted 528. $598 million. Can you imagine me in a business? You could just get $598 million and all you're doing is providing a cot or paying for a hotel room and paying a big salary. A big salary. This is the Comptroller of the State of New York whining because the new director of the HHS is clawing back $85 million that was going to be used for programs for illegals in New York City, including lots and lots of hotel rooms.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

This is, is highway robbery. This is the federal government having already.

[Rob Carson]

No, no, because it wasn't your money to begin with. Allocated, authorized, awarded, invoiced, and paid $80.5 million to the. Sucks to be you, doesn't it?

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

City of New York. And then Elon Musk with no legal authority, seizing it back.

[Rob Carson]

No, no, he does have legal authority. He wasn't doing it. Donald Trump was, you see, because Elon Musk is auditor and the chief executive is demanding that the money come back. So that's the legality of that. Thought you should know. Thought you should know. This is a story about a couple of lefty Democrats who are Hispanic. Now, I don't know if you knew this, but the Democrat Party decided to call Latinos Latin X. They were like these. These mother hens, these white liberal women who live in cul de sac. So they step in and they want to, you know, make everything right. They want to get rid of Aunt Jemima because George Floyd died, and Uncle Ben because George Floyd died in the. And the Washington Redskins because George Floyd died. And. And then they decided that, oh, you know, Latina and Latina, obviously. Or Latin, Latin. No, let's see. It's Latina and Latino. Okay? So a man is Latino. That means you have boy parts, and a Latina is a woman because she has girl parts. But the Democrat Party says that you can have boy parts and be a girl, and you can have girl parts and be a boy. So clearly you had to get rid of Latino. And here are a couple people who are down with what they're calling the Latino freeze. And what it is, is for companies that are getting rid of dei, they are saying that Latinos and Latinas or latinxers or whatever you want to call them, are going to boycott these businesses because they are getting rid of their dei. Now, don't be fooled. This is a story on msnbc, and this has no popular support whatsoever because most Latinos and Latinas don't follow the doctrine of the Democrat Party. And they think a good share of it is absolutely and positively offensive and wrong, like Chandra Chan children and all of that stuff. But here's the story from MSNBC about the massive movement of Latinos and Latinas who are going to boycott places that got rid of dei.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

The idea of a Latino freeze is growing. The idea is for Latinos to stop shopping at big stores and restaurants like Target, Walmart, and McDonald's, places that recently rolled back their DEI programs.

[Rob Carson]

The move followed similar action by the White House and federal government.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

If you don't respect our community Then you know you shouldn't have our dollars. Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta is helping lead the charge for a national boycott. Comedian John Leguizamo is also on board and is pushing for a national freeze on all shopping February 28, calling it an economic blackout. The call to action for the Latino freeze is targeting specific brands. Dr. Caroline Chen is professor at San Jose State school of business. Dr. Chen says that Latinos make up $3.5 trillion in buying power.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, they do. And none of them care about dei. Latinos and Latinxes or whatever you want to call them. They're Latinos and Latinas. Latinos and Latinas. That's the way it is. Their entire language, by the way, is based on masculinity and femininity. I know this because it's a Latin language. I speak Francais. And for instance, did you know that a table is female? La table. Did you know that a table is female? Do you know how we know that? Just look between its legs. Hey, I'll be here always. But. But this isn't going to do anything. This doesn't mean anything because Latinos and Latinas have their heads down doing hard work that America needs done, and they don't care that John Deere has decided to say, we're not going to be down with DEI nonsense. We're going to hire people based on merit and not on skin color and what's between your legs. That's basically it. Yeah, they don't care. Honestly. MSNBC is doing everything it can, and the mainstream media is doing everything it can to try to throw a wrench into the Trump administration. Whether they say that inflation hasn't been stopped even though Donald Trump has been in office for three weeks, or. Or whether they say that there's going to be a massive backlash with Latinos and Latinas, led by people like John Leguizamo, who nobody cares about, to boycott businesses that are getting rid of dei. Nice try, but it's not gonna happen. Stay focused, stay patriotic, stay happy. We're winning and they can't stand it. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show. Hey, guys, it's Carson for Prosper Wellness. Do your knees hurt? I know mine do. They feel like rusty old hinges. And I looked for a solution for years until I found this. They're called Joint Restore Gummies. And I have to tell you that not only do they taste great, they work. My knees are almost like new, and I'm moving and feeling better than I have in years. These delicious gummies have two powerful ingredients that radically reduce pain and inflammation in your joints. One is the special CBD blend and the other is what some people are calling God's ibuprofen. You have to try it. If you're suffering from knee pain or any kind of joint pain, I want you to go to joint restore2.com that's jointrestorethenumber2.com and check out these incredible testimonials. There are stories from people who have avoided joint replacement surgery, like me and others who no longer need canes and walkers. It's an incredible product. So please go to joint restore2.com right now and use promo code Rob. That's rob. And get 20% off your order. You know, the interesting thing about the Democrat party is they haven't learned anything from the drubbing that happened on November 5th. And, and while you and I think that what happened is common sense. Right? That's what I said when, when Donald Trump was running for office. I said we have to return from nonsense to common sense. And, and it just makes common sense. All of these things make common sense. Look at how crazy things got. We, we decided that, you know, children could change genders. It's not possible. Little boys can't become little girls and little girls can't become little boys. You can dress like it, you can have surgery, you can hormone treatments, but it's not going to change anything. It's just gonna, it's just gonna make them into mutilated eunuchs for life. And, you know, these are the kind of, this is the kind of mania that has swept through societies in the past. And then they allowed the southern border to be wide open and a Trojan horse with millions of our enemies were allowed to come across the southern border and people were allowed to rape and murder their way through the country. And, and our school systems declined and our economy declined in every measure of, of quality of life descended from the economy to our health. You've got a country that is run by a doe, schools that are run by the Department of Education that has allowed 70% of our kids to not read at grade level. And they're complaining about it, about getting rid of the DOE and returning it to the States. You've got a country where 70% of our people are overweight or obese. Some of them have type 2 diabetes when they're in grade school because of the poisoning of the food supply. And, you know, 70%, that's the 70%. So we got the 80, 20, which is, you know, people who Believe that boys should compete with boys and girls should compete with girls. That's 80. 20, 20 says that you can be transgendered and compete. And then you got the 70%, the 70% who can't read and the 70% of us who are obese because of the DOE and because of the HHS, the CDC and the FDA. So there's a, there's a lot of math going on here and the Democrats don't understand it. We do. We saw why they lost. Didn't use, you know, why they lost. Go ahead, let's run through it. Open southern border, terrible economy. Price of gas went through the ceiling. CRT and DEI in schools declining the strength of our country and the view of the world. China a rising threat throughout. I mean, I can go on and on. I wrote on my substack a couple months ago, like 25 things that, that, that caught the Democrats that they don't understand why they lost. And it all boils down to common sense. And if you just look at things from, you know, 30,000ft, you see why they lost. But Jon Stewart, here's Jon Stewart and he's, he's very depressed because the, the, the Democrat Party not only doesn't recognize why they lost, they don't have a bench.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Boy, to the giants feel like the Democratic Party in that the personnel decisions that they're, everything that they are doing could not work out more humiliatingly and continues to do so. And I don't know what kind of.

[Rob Carson]

A draft pick the Democrats are going.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

To get this year. I don't even know if there's a.

[Rob Carson]

Draft lottery in politics or any of.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Those kinds of things.

[Rob Carson]

But boy, they better clean their up if they want to compete because the ass kicking that's been laid upon them in all aspects sometimes feels, feels like a permanent state. Yeah. And it will be as long as you keep doing this, this nonsense. Like this is the Democrats response to Donald Trump coming in with a mandate to change and his pop, his popularity is at an all time high. And Democrats respond like this, we have to Trump, please don't tell my children that I just did that. You get your musty hands off of our money or go to mouse cow you. You mustard. What? They're trying to rob you and they're probably a minor.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

I'm shaking right now. I don't want to be here. I'm sorry. Am I taking too long pleading for my life? Oh, which side are you on? Which side are you on? You should say how afraid of Trump I am. Wow. Can you wrap up, please. Yes.

[Rob Carson]

Department of Government Efficiency. You just remember it is the Department of Government evil. What is the problem with those? What is the problem? I speak as both the B and the T in the lgbt.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

I do not want to be in your email inboxes. I do not want my creat.

[Rob Carson]

What happens when the lunatics run the asylum? Honestly, it is. Do you think that's going to be a women winning formula? I mean, you got a few judges are stepping in and saying, I got to can't do this and you can't do that. But it's going to fail. It's going to fail. Let's go to Paul in Westminster. Hello, Paul. Welcome to the Rob Carson Show.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

What's up, Rob? How you doing?

[Rob Carson]

I'm good. What's up?

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Oh, hey, man. The longer I listen, the more I want to talk about. But hey, I'll start with my original thought.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Okay. So retired Navy, been with the government for 15 years. I could not agree more than what's going on right now.

[Rob Carson]

Huh.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

I. Okay. So my job, I've been Teleworking at least three days a week since 2012.

[Rob Carson]

Gotcha.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

But my job was production based, so we could not. You could only telework if you met certain parameters and if you didn't meet those parameters, you came back into work. That's fine.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

But I also know that I have. I had to call the VA to deal with something for my own purposes.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

And I'd sit on hold for three hours and I'd hear dogs barking in the background when I finally talk to somebody and I knew that they weren't doing their job. And I'm thinking how and what and why. If I did my job the way you're doing your job, I'd be fired.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

So, yeah, they need to clean house and they need to clean house big time.

[Rob Carson]

So you're, you're trying to get, you're trying to get through the da, the va and you end up get something on somebody on the phone and you can tell they're actually working from home because there are dogs barking in the background.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

No. It's horrible.

[Rob Carson]

It's unbelievable.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Ridiculous.

[Rob Carson]

Wow.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

And what's, what's the sad part about it is where I'm working at now, when I work. What, now that we're back into work, I sit in my little cubicle and the amount of talk and chitter chatter that I see going on in the office, I know that half the work is getting done because people now can just write off time. Oh, I was with this supervisor. Oh, I was writing off this time because I was talking with this supervisor. No, you weren't. You were just chit chatting with your friends. You were just bullshitting.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

And it's. It, It's. If it's production, it. There's. There's a way to do it, there's a way to do it wrong, and there's a way to do it right. And. But they definitely got to clean it up. There is so much dead weight out there, and it's sick. I. I started it at Walter reed back in 2010, dealing with travel claims for military members that eventually went on to deal with wounded warriors and their families. Coming in to the Dove House, and I was like, okay. Growing up in Maryland, they say, get a government job. This is where you want to work at. You want to work for the government. And I got a job with the government. I'm like, I was told never to get arrested. And it's like, you get in the government, it's like everybody, you know, all these people that are working in the government, they've all got records. And it's like, what's going on here now?

[Rob Carson]

Let me ask you this, Paul. I said. I said. I said that, you know, we've got too many government employees and not enough work. That's why, you know, Iron Mountain exists. So you got a lot of people. And Joe Biden. Joe Biden hired wholesale tens of thousands, 280,000. 87 IRS, 87,000, just to inflate the numbers to create positions in the government. And there's too many people and not enough jobs. So that's what they do. They. They sit, they do nothing, or they slow down the work that they have, rather than every day going in doing the most that they can do, which is what you do in the private sector. Do you agree?

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Yes. And, Rob, when I went through training for the job that I'm in right now, yeah, it was in. My training was in Boreas, Pennsylvania, and part of our training was to go into the mountains.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, wow.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

What was going on in there?

[Rob Carson]

Wow.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

And when you walk through that mountain and there's, like, buses going through there and there's cars driving through there, and you're like, wait a minute. What is going on here? What, are you kidding me?

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. And the problem is all those. All those records are analog. All of those records are manila envelopes and things like that with your physical. It's. It's. It's ridiculous. And again, the reason being is because you've got Too many employees and not enough workers. And they want to slow things down. They want to slow everything down. And unfortunately, that ends up hitting people who really need some help, like you, Paul.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

It's terrible.

[Rob Carson]

All right, brother, thanks for the phone call. I do appreciate it. I do appreciate it. This is, this is pretty funny. This is Democrat Jan Schakowski. And yesterday she was talking about, you know, Joe Biden lied about manufacturing jobs in America. Manufacturing jobs. We lost manufacturing jobs because of Joe Biden's presidency. They left America, but they're going to come back because Donald Trump has said if you build your products here, you're only going to pay a 15% income tax. So they're going to start building products here. But this is Jan Schakowski, you know, Democrat in Congress, and she says the problem with manufacturing, you better sit down for this, is that the word man is in the word manufacturing. I'm not kidding.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

Yesterday I met with a manufacturing company, but they also are engaged in getting young people more engaged in manufacturing. So I asked them, so how many of those students that are signing up and want to do this, how many are women?

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

And they said, well, I know there's at least 13% or something. It was a low number.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks]

And you had mentioned trying to engage more women in manufacturing. I'm just wondering if just the name manufacturing sounds like a guy.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, my God. That is, that's from Breitbart. Now, I remember my first year in broadcasting. I lived in Columbia, Missouri, and there's a school there called Stevens College. And Stevens College used to be a finishing school for young women where women went to get their Mrs. Degree. And that is to marry some young successful man who left the University of Missouri with a law degree or whatever. And it was an equestrian school as well. And then they became very, very left of center and have been that way ever since. And I remember this is like 1990. And, and there were people at, at Stevens University who were saying that they, they didn't want to use the word manhole because it had man in it. And they wanted to spell women W, O, M, Y, N because they didn't want men and women. And that was, that was the nonsense of 34 years ago. And they're still doing it. Not a winning formula. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show. It is Rob Carson show on a Friday. And I do have a TV show. It's called Rob Carson's what In the World. It is Saturday nights and Sundays. And I think you'll enjoy it. It'll. It'll make you laugh. I'm going to share something. I do my level best to come in here with joy in my heart every single day. I did it through the. The last presidency, particularly the last election year. I've done it through the death of my mother. I've done it through a lot of things. And today's Valentine's Day and today, and I hate to say this because I tried so hard. I was served divorce papers today during the show. I wanted to prove my family wrong. I wanted to prove my past wrong. What I went through with the father who left me and I of parents who were unhappily married. And I did my level best to be the best father and husband that I could and devoted my life to my family and experienced some hardships, lost my job and fell into depression the last few years. In the term. In the span of three years, I lost my mother and my brother and I found out that my mother gave me up for adoption because I was raped. And I fell into a deep depression and alcohol abuse. And I had a miracle happen. I recovered from it. I woke up one morning and I didn't remember the taste of alcohol and I didn't go through withdrawals and I'd been through withdrawals before and I'd been hospitalized. And I devoted myself to my family for making up everything that I did wrong during those times. And I did my level best. I. I bought a house with sales from selling cars and got a she shed in the backyard where my wife could enjoy her time by herself and got her there her dream convertible last summer and got her through her mother's death and even read her mother's eulogy. She asked me to write the eulogy and I presume that she was unhappy because of her mother's death, but there was no hope of ever rekindling a relationship after so much. And I'm sharing this with you because I would ask that you pray for me and pray for my family. I wouldn't share it with you, but you are my family to some degree. I. For the last 10 years I've devoted myself to just work and taking care of three people in my home and doing my level best to again make up for the past. And the last year has been very difficult because it's very hard to do a show with people in the home who absolutely despise your policy politics. And that's all I'm going to say. It's a dreadful time. I am not going to contest anything or anything. And I really thought I could be the. The different one. I thought I could be the guy. And I made it 27 years. Made it 27 years. And. And I failed. And it's a dreadful predicament, and I hate it. I really do. I really do. I really do. You need your prayers. I'm asking for them. I've been through a lot, and I think that. I think that the devil tests me. I remember when I was selling cars and I was, you know, thinking that I would be my family, be better off with my life insurance. You know, we kind of go through that. And I did. I did. And I went through that by myself. By myself completely. And I was blamed for not having a job. And it. Sometimes when you're the breadwinner and. And you can't. You feel like a failure. So I climbed out of the depths of depression and started doing this. And I'm living my dream right now. I really am. And I consider myself very, very blessed. And here's another obstacle, another hurdle to climb over, and this one is going to be a really hard one to come over. This one will be, but I know I'll get there. I know I will. I remember when my wife's mother had cancer back in the 90s. And I rallied my audience. I said, I believe that prayer is as powerful as chemo and radiation. And I was right. She recovered. She was stage four. She had lymph nodes removed and everything. And this was back in the 90s, and she survived. And she got cancer two years ago again. And she was like my mother. She was closer to me in many ways than my mother because I saw her much more often. And we got her, my wife, through the loss. And I read her eulogy. She asked me to write it. I was the greatest honor of my life. And on her deathbed, I was in Baltimore in a speaking engagement, and I was asked to talk to her on the phone. And I knew at that moment that she was going to die before I got to see her. And I said, I want you to know that I am here to make your daughter happy for the rest of her life. And she passed, and we got through the funeral. So this is what I'm facing this weekend. I would appreciate your prayers, and if you're suffering as well, I'll pray for you. I wouldn't share it with you unless I needed your support. And I do. I'm going to be okay. But it's a dreadful thing to happen on. On such a day. On such a day. I hate to end the show like this. So I'm going to take a break and come back. I'm going to talk to my streaming audience real quick and, and realize that another hurdle has been placed in front of me. But I'm going to hurdle over it and I'm going to do it with your support and with God's grace. With God's grace, 100%. I'm sorry to share this on the radio with you, but I felt like I needed to. Let's take a break and come back, my friends. This is the Rob Carson Show. All right, kids, that's gonna do it for the show. Make sure to watch my TV show. It's called Rob Carson's what in the World on Newsmax tomorrow night at 8 o' clock and that's 8 o' clock Eastern and then on Sunday at 10 o' clock Eastern. I promise you, you will laugh. You might even do a spit take. Also, check out the podcast of today's show. Go to your usual podcast platforms, will you, and just look up Rob Carson's show. In the meantime, God bless you. I mean that from the bottom of my heart. God bless America is founded. God bless Donald Trump and his administration as he defeats evil in this government. And until Monday, don't catch the stupid. I'll see you then.