Walking Dead in Minneapolis & Wallet Death in Virginia

Summary

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Episode Title: Walking Dead in Minneapolis & Wallet Death in Virginia
Date: January 28, 2026
Host: Rob Carson (Newsmax Podcasts)
Main Guests: John Reed (former VA Lt. Governor candidate), Steve Moore (economist), various callers and commentators
Podcast Theme: A humorous and caustic analysis of contemporary U.S. politics, particularly left vs. right flashpoints, law enforcement, recent protest violence, state and national economic policies, and contentious new legislation.

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Overview

This episode dives into two central, highly charged topics: the fallout from a police-involved shooting during Minneapolis ICE operations (“Walking Dead in Minneapolis”) and criticism of sweeping new tax and regulatory moves by Virginia’s recently elected Democratic governor (“Wallet Death in Virginia”). Through a blend of biting satire, political commentary, and guest analysis, Rob Carson argues that the American left is increasingly radicalized, hypocritical, and destructive, but also in political decline. The episode includes frequent mockery, sharp language, and a rallying call for grassroots conservative engagement.

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Key Topics & Discussion Points

1. ICE Protests and Shootings in Minneapolis

• Federal Law Enforcement Under Fire

  • Rob opens with a harsh critique of Democratic politicians and their rhetoric toward ICE, particularly in Minneapolis where a recent protest turned deadly.
  • He accuses city officials and activists of actively attacking or hampering ICE operations, in contrast to more cooperative states like Texas.

• The Death of Protester Alex Pretty

  • Carson and guests label the protester “cannon fodder” and a “useful idiot” exploited by the Democratic Party.
  • Law enforcement experts explain the “reasonableness doctrine” behind the police use of deadly force, justifying the actions as falling within Supreme Court precedent ([11:07]).
  • Carson’s view: “He’s not a martyr. He was a useful idiot. Cannon fodder for the Democrat Party trying to cover up its absolute corruption. And also a soldier in a Marxist army that wants to take down America.” ([10:29]).

• Criticism of Protest Tactics

  • Mocking the notion that “First Amendment rights” mean physically blocking ICE vehicles.
  • Highlighted the lack of accountability and consistency within protest groups, especially “white liberal” activists, as pointed out by a viral Black commentator ([36:26]).

Notable Quotes:

• Rob Carson: “The Democrat Party, they’re dying like movie vampires doing a death spiral into hell.” ([05:23])
• Law Enforcement Expert: “You call him a protester. I call him an agitator… Another way it could have been prevented is if there was a police cordon.” ([11:10])
• Community Activist (viral video): “We’re not going to be used anymore for your white liberal agenda.” ([36:39])

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2. Radical Rhetoric and Political Metaphors

• Attacks on Democratic Politicians

  • Carson takes aim at DA Larry Krasner and Ohio AG candidate Elliot Forhan for incendiary language (“I’m going to kill Donald Trump”)—arguing this is designed to inspire violence or social unrest ([12:23]).

• Use of Parody and Satire

  • Includes parody songs mocking Minnesota leadership (“You Don’t F. Around With ICE”) ([32:23]), and repeated comparison of Democratic decline to “movie vampires” in their “death spiral.”

Notable Quotes:

• Rob Carson: “...using state resources to go after ICE and attack them. It is actually happening.” ([04:56])
• Rob Carson (on Forhan’s statement): “That man should be arrested. That’s it. Done messing around with these people.” ([13:20])

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3. Virginia’s New Governance: “Wallet Death”

• Governor Abigail Spanberger under Fire

  • New Democratic leadership moves to impose new taxes (up to 4.8% on deliveries) and increase state tax rates, try to eliminate hand-counted votes, loosen ballot deadlines, and restrict oversight of charities.
  • Carson and guest John Reed blast these moves as deceptive and anti-democratic: “It would be like Mao Zedong running for office as a libertarian.” ([22:50])
  • Redistricting attempts called “power grabs.”

• Proposed Assault Weapons Ban

  • Detailed and vigorously opposed as unconstitutional and a direct threat to millions of Virginia gun owners ([27:01]).

• Republican Call to Action

  • Reed (former Lt. Gov. candidate) encourages listeners to lobby Democratic legislators and prepare for legal fights to block “overreaching” laws and preserve state integrity.

Notable Quotes:

• Rob Carson: “There has to be some sort of legal recourse to run as a moderate and governor as a communist. That’s it.” ([22:50])
• John Reed: “They were going to take that and the power grab is going to make it ten to one... They got caught yesterday.” ([25:02])

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4. Trump, the Economy, and Conservative Momentum

• Highlighting Trump’s “Wins” and Economic Growth

  • Clips and commentary on Trump’s polling, tariffs, mass deportation plans, and boasts about economic metrics.
  • Steve Moore touts record GDP growth (5.5% in Q4), rising median incomes, and Trump’s “no tax on tips, overtime, or Social Security” platform ([18:35], [39:03]).

• Framing Economic Success as a Threat to Democrats

  • Carson insists Democrats are becoming “big and ugly” due to this “good news” and claims the left is in electoral collapse.
  • Links economic “winning” directly to the need to “overwhelm them with joy and patriotism” and keep up conservative activism.

Notable Quotes:

• Rob Carson: “Manufacturers coming back to America. It’s just amazing.” ([17:26])
• Steve Moore: "We’ve got gas prices down. Inflation is headed down to the 2% target. Median family income last year was up 2500… I could go on…” ([39:30])

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5. Activism & Cultural Satire

• Mockery of General Strikes

  • Derision of nationwide left-wing walkouts and economic protests: “Nobody’s going to join you. Cause you’re a loser and you live in your mother’s basement.” ([34:01])

• Race, Protest, and Identity Politics

  • Viral commentary from a Black activist distancing Black Americans from white liberal activism and criticizing Democratic condescension and failed policies in minority communities ([36:26] onward).

Notable Quotes:

• Community Member: “There’s no black and brown. There’s no people of color. You know, the groups and categories that you like to lump us into in order to carry forward your agendas of control…” ([37:10])
• Rob Carson: "We are not as divided as the left made us think we are. We’re brothers and sisters.” ([38:13])

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Notable Segments & Timestamps

• [01:53] – Rob Carson rails against Democratic leaders for their stance on law enforcement and ICE
• [05:23] – Rhetoric intensifies: “The Democrat Party, they’re dying like movie vampires...”
• [10:06] – Law enforcement breakdown of the Alex Pretty shooting and police use of force
• [11:10] – “You call him a protester. I call him an agitator…” explanation
• [12:23] – Audio from AG candidate Forhan: “I am going to kill Donald Trump”
• [22:33] – Spanberger’s tax and policy changes breakdown
• [23:51] – Reed on the new 4.8% delivery tax, running as a “moderate”
• [27:01] – Assault weapons ban proposal dissected
• [32:23] – Jim Gossett’s satirical song: “You Don’t F. Around with ICE”
• [36:26] – Black activist’s viral video on white liberal protests
• [39:03] – “Lots of winning!” discussion, GDP growth, upbeat economic indicators

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Memorable Quotes (with Attribution)

• Rob Carson [05:23]:
  “The Democrat Party, they’re dying like movie vampires doing a death spiral into hell. You’re witnessing it.”
• Law Enforcement Expert [11:10]:
  “You call him a protester. I call him an agitator. He showed up with a cell phone. He showed up in the middle of the street in the middle of an operation... That’s the end of the story.”
• John Reed [25:02]:
  “They got caught yesterday. They made the law and then they’re so arrogant... they just figured they could get away with breaking it.”
• Community Activist [36:39]:
  “We’re not going to be used anymore for your white liberal agenda.”
• Rob Carson [38:13]:
  “We are not as divided as we think, that. We’re not as divided as the left made us think we are. We’re brothers and sisters.”
• Steve Moore [39:30]:
  “We’ve got gas prices down. Inflation is headed down to the 2% target. Median family income last year was up 2500…”

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Summary & Takeaways

• Episode Tone: Intense, caustic, populist-conservative, laced with humor and parody.
• Key Messages:
  • The radicalization and overreach of Democratic leadership is creating a backlash and opportunities for conservatives.
  • Law enforcement must be supported against activist mobs and left-wing politicians politicizing police actions.
  • New state policies (notably in Virginia) signal a veer leftward, but prompt legal and popular pushback.
  • Trump-era economic successes are real, measurable, and a major impediment to Democratic narratives.
  • Racial and cultural divides are, in Carson’s telling, exaggerated by leftist elites; grassroots unity is possible across groups.
• Action Items for Listeners:
  • Mobilize, lobby officials, use humor and ridicule, and participate actively to “save” their state and country from what the show deems leftist decline.

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For more:

• John Reed’s podcast: “Reed Revolution” ([30:16])
• Comedy contributor: Jim Gossett on Patreon ([33:18])

Transcript

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[Rob Carson]

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[Rob Carson]

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[John Reed]

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[Rob Carson]

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[Rob Carson]

Hold it. Now.

[Steve Moore]

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 Parson Show.

[Rob Carson]

This is a small bunch of wannabe Nazis. That's what they are. In a country of 350 million, we outnumber them. Now, you know, as long as we stick to our values, protect our rights, make it very clear that homicide is not okay just because you are a federal officer. There will be accountability now, There will be accountability in the future. There will be accountability after Trump is out of office. If we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities, we will find you. We will achieve justice. And we will do so under the Constitution and the laws of the United States. That is DA Larry Crasshole. Kras. Krasner. Krasner. I slept up there in Philadelphia. He's supposed to be a da and he's already a judge, jury and executioner for the. For ice. And I gotta tell you, I'm done. Are you done with this bullcrap? Are you finished with it? This temper tantrum just done, done, done with this outrageous, unnecessary, irresponsible, violent rhetoric from Democrats. They know they're going to lose in the midterms. They know they've been exposed for their massive fraud. They are doing everything they can to besmirch law enforcement. They defunded the police in 2020. Now they're doing it to ICE. Screw you. Honestly, there's no. There's no negotiating with you. There is only defeating you. There is only defeating you. The midterms have to be considered a battle. We have to win this battle to save our country from these jerks. You've got trillions of dollars, trillions of dollars of fraud stolen from you and me. We heard yesterday, a mental health program in California, $232 million. Only 22 people helped one. What else do you need? The Democrat Party is the largest organized crime family in the history of mankind. And they must be taken apart. People must be prosecuted. People must go to jail, I gotta tell you. And what they're doing is. They're. They're doing everything. They're gnashing their teeth, they're clawing, they're scratching. This is. I used to live in Kentucky. Kentucky's a great state. Unfortunately, they have an idiot who is the governor, and his name is Andy Beshear. Here's what he's saying about ice, because ICE is doing what they need to do and actually going after the people that Democrats allowed to come in wholesale over the southern border for the last four years. The reason why Donald Trump is the president, one of the many reasons, is to stop that and deport those people. And here he is trying to distract and blame ice. Well, the first thing we have to.

[John Reed]

Do is demand that they pull these.

[Rob Carson]

Officers out of all of our cities and that they. Yeah, see, they want to get them out of the Democrat cities because they're exposing the massive fraud, fully retrain every city. They're not having any issues at all. In Texas. Did you notice that? Where are all the shootings? Where are all the ICE shootings of people in Texas? Because Texas authorities are cooperating with ice. You see, in Minneapolis, they're literally dispatching people to attack ice. Federal or state authorities, city officials involved in a massive web, using state resources to go after ICE and attack them. It is actually happening.

[John Reed]

Single one of them. They are operating with aggressive tactics that are not appropriate for law.

[Rob Carson]

No, not at all. They're defending themselves.

[John Reed]

They are not following our Constitution.

[Rob Carson]

Yes, they are. Absolutely. 100%. All of it is just such bullcrap. They're there again. What did I tell you? What have I told you the last how many years? The Democrat Party, they're dying like movie vampires doing a death spiral into hell. You're witnessing it. You saw what they were willing to do in 2020. Burning down the country, shutting down the country with a, with a fake virus was created in China. And they never held anybody accountable. Surveilling school board meetings, censoring all of our speech. Censoring all of our speech on all platforms. Chief Counsel of the FBI at the time left and went to. From. In 2018. Left and went to Twitter. Yeah. And then they censored all of our speech in 2020 so they could see block our protestation of the 2020 election. And then it went even further after that. Do you see what they. They're an evil cabal. The Democrat Party is an evil ca. And I am. And as I always say, they expose their flank so we can kick their butts. Here is Scott Jennings of the Voice of Reason, an island of sanity in a sea of insanity at cnn. Of all of the things that the left, the left said that Elon Musk was a Nazi. The left said it was bad that Donald Trump went in and got Maduro. The left said that the, the drug boat terrorist cartel members were kind fishermen. They're on the wrong side of every single thing. They're willing to sell their souls. They'd be willing to say that Satan is the Pope. That's how evil this Democrat Party is.

[John Reed]

I would just caution all these people, you cannot let an angry mob nullify federal law in a jurisdiction. If you do that. You mean the American people? Is that what the angry mob is?

[Caller/Listener]

The American people.

[John Reed]

These people in Minneapolis are an angry mob, whether you like it or not. They don't like the fact that the President is enforcing longstanding federal immigration laws.

[Rob Carson]

Does that mean they should be shot on the streets? That's the question that we're talking about.

[John Reed]

The debate is about what the President's going to do next.

[Rob Carson]

Let me give you an example of the. What the Democrat or the people on the CNN panel are saying is just expressing your First Amendment rights.

[Caller/Listener]

You know, one thing that hating men has trained me for, has literally trained me for chasing ICE cars off of my street. Five of them right now, following down the neighborhood, honking, blowing whistles, telling them off. All that rage that I have felt towards men.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, she don't like them coming out.

[Caller/Listener]

I have been trained for this Moment. In order to dismantle white supremacy, we have to be willing to lose the benefits of whiteness. Means they kill us too. That's what that means. Yeah, and it's time for some radical acceptance about that, guys. That's what it's going to take to dismantle white supremacy is losing the benefits.

[Rob Carson]

By the way, femininity is so much more toxic than masculinity. I mean, do you understand why they did that? Wow. Oh, my God. They're the Manson family followers. They are. They're squeaky from. They're the Manson Family followers. White liberal. Karen.

[John Reed]

And if you were to let them win and you were to be run out of town, what do you think would happen in la, Chicago, New York, all over the country?

[Rob Carson]

You're. What happened to Alex. Writing was problematic.

[John Reed]

I mean, do I think it's problematic? Of course it's problematic.

[Rob Carson]

Okay. Is it wrong?

[John Reed]

Anytime someone dies, someone dies. It's problematic.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[John Reed]

But what they're asking for is for. Is for federal law enforcement.

[Rob Carson]

Listen to her. Just defend, defend, defend and convict, convict, convict.

[John Reed]

ICE to be sent out of town. Is it wrong? And that no federal laws be enforced was what happened.

[Law Enforcement Expert]

She tried to filibuster Alex Preddy on the street.

[Caller/Listener]

Wrong.

[Rob Carson]

Was it wrong? Was it wrong?

[John Reed]

I'm waiting for an investigation.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, there you go. Imagine that. Imagine that. And guess who else is waiting for an investigation, not making up their mind. The president thing is terrible.

[Steve Moore]

I don't like the fact that he was carrying a gun that was fully loaded and he had two magazines with him, and it's pretty unusual. Yeah, but nobody knows when they saw the gun, how they saw.

[Rob Carson]

He also attacked ICE a couple weeks earlier and broke a rib. He was a nut bag. Absolute nut bag.

[Steve Moore]

The gun, everything else. The bottom line, it was terrible. Both of them were terrible. The other was terrible, too. And I'm not sure about his parents, but I know her parents were big Trump fans. Makes me feel bad anyway, but, I mean, I guess you could say even worse. They were tremendous Trump people. Trump fans. And, you know, the daughter was.

[Rob Carson]

And their parents knew they were off their nut. This is Joey Jones over on Fox. He's the guy with the robot legs. Yeah. Cause he. He was a. He's a brave American patriot who lost his legs defending our country.

[Law Enforcement Expert]

There's only one person in this world that could have absolutely prevented Alex Pretty from getting shot that day. Alex Pretty. Doesn't mean I think he should have been shot. I don't think it was necessary whatsoever to shoot Alex Pretty to Save a life. But I get to watch that incident from behind Alex Pretty. Not as one of the arresting officers and not as potentially the person that I believe, from looking at the video, did shoot him.

[Rob Carson]

He's not a martyr. He was a useful idiot. Cannon fodder for the Democrat Party trying to cover up its absolute corruption. And also a soldier in a Marxist army that wants to take down America. They do.

[Law Enforcement Expert]

Why does he have 10 rounds in him? Because if you have to shoot anybody once, you better shoot him enough to kill him. Because if you're shooting somebody, you think they're trying to kill you. Why was he shot? He was shot because of the reasonableness clause, the reasonableness doctrine. The Supreme Court decided this, which is the fact that if you are a police officer conducting police work, someone has resisted arrest, disobeyed orders, and shown the means to harm you.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Law Enforcement Expert]

Then you have the ability to protect yourself.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Law Enforcement Expert]

You call him a protester. I call him an agitator. He showed up with a cell phone. He showed up in the middle of the street in the middle of an operation. That's common.

[Rob Carson]

He attacked an officer. He pushed the officer. He went after the officer.

[Law Enforcement Expert]

Consent to carry a weapon on your person and to get in the middle of a police operation, whether you believe it or not, that is lawful. Another way it could have been prevented is if there was a police cordon from Minneapolis Police Department stopping people from like Alex Pretty from getting in the middle of the operation rather than holding a sign and speaking loudly and proudly from 100ft away. That is the end of the story.

[Rob Carson]

Yep, 100%. It's not happening in the rest of the country. It's only happening in Minneapolis because these guys are useful idiots being used by the Democrat Party and he lost his life. Cannon fodder, baby. They don't care. They don't even care. Ohio Democrat Attorney General candidate Elliot Fordham has a video. This isn't funny. Especially after our president was nearly assassinated twice. I want you to listen to this jackass. You know he's a Democrat. So like the AG who is now in charge in. In Virginia, who literally fantasized about the death of his opponent. He's the AG Now. Listen to this fool.

[John Reed]

Hi, this is Elliot Forhan, candidate for Ohio Attorney General. I want to tell you what I mean when I say that I am going to kill Donald Trump.

[Rob Carson]

I mean I'm going to obtain a.

[John Reed]

Conviction rendered by a jury of his peers.

[Rob Carson]

Not what you mean, you ass. You are meaning to inflame somebody. You're meaning to get Somebody to try to pull the trigger on Donald Trump again. Just like they call him a maga fascist. Just like they call him Hitler. Just like call him that. And then, of course, two people got into the most prone position possible to kill Donald Trump. This is what you're trying to do. Nobody fools you. You supposedly have a law degree.

[John Reed]

You know this here's at a standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt based on evidence presented at a trial conducted in accordance with the requirements of due process, resulting in a sentence, duly executed, of capital punishment.

[Rob Carson]

That is what I mean. And what would the charges be? Or did you just used a bunch of fol de roll and bullcrap to cover up? You saying I want to kill Donald Trump. I'm going to kill Donald Trump. Of course that's it. He used that verbal masturbation after he said it to cover his rear end when he actually made a threat to the President of the United States. This man should be arrested. That's it. Done messing around with these people. Are you done messing around with them? I can make fun of them all day long, but I'm going to tell you, they have to be defeated. I said that. You know, I'm going to use mockery, ridicule and satire. You're going to overwhelm them with joy and patriotism and we're going to leave it up to Donald Trump to kick their butts. And that's going to have to happen. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show.

[Caller/Listener]

Poor little Democrats.

[Rob Carson]

Are you guys okay today that I came in to check on you?

[Caller/Listener]

Every time Trump does something good, you guys spazz out. Would you guys shut up and let.

[Rob Carson]

Him work as a Rob Carson show. Donald Trump was in my home state of Iowa and was warmly received. He was warmly received. This is at a restaurant. Wow, that's crazy. That is just nuts. I guess. They're all Nazis, by the way. Donald Trump is saying that. Doug Burns just texted me and said Donald Trump is saying of the attack on Ilhan Omar. Biolefty, by the way, by a lefty. His social media profile was not scrubbed. He has. He is down with the. The hands off Minnesota movement, the anti Pam Bondi movement, all of that purple hair, the whole deal. And of course, after he threw the liquid. But I just got to call it the, the. The magic loogie is what I'm going to call it, just for bleeps and giggles. He didn't hack at her. But anyway, he literally ran into the arms of the security and Then she went after him. And by the way, right before he got up, she made a. I don't know. It's almost like a wink, like. Okay, now. So of course I believe it was fake. 1,000% in Donald Trump says, too. He says, yeah, she probably had him. Had herself sprayed. So there you go. Yeah. Bullcrap. By the way, a neighborhood neighbor of the suspect in the Ilhan Omar attack said he was medicated from a previous attack. Sent a crystic message. Anthony, camera checks. Neighbor Brian Kelly said that, can you watch my dog? And he said, I'm going to this Omar thing, the town hall thing. I might get arrested. The neighbor said, I thought it was nonsense. But anyway, he's been heavily medicated from a car crash. That's his excuse. No, he's just nuts. He's just a nut. Leftist. Back to Donald Trump, by the way. Speaking in Iowa was really good, by the way. A lot of good polling numbers. New poll dropped. Fighting American support President Trump's mass deportation by 10 points. 5,242 after the most recent Minneapolis shooting of the nutmeg. Mr. Pretty. Boom. There you go. Yeah. People are more down with it than ever. And what was it? One of the. One of the. The banner. Jerry decided to come up with a new flavor. They're gonna do a new flavor in honor of Renee Goode. And I don't have the video in front of me right now. I think you should call it Minneapolis nut bag. That's what I call it. Minneapolis or Minnesota nut bag is what they ought to call that ice cream. But there you go. Back to the prezi talking over there, talking about, oh, the tariffs, the tariffs. The tariffs are working unbelievably.

[Steve Moore]

I mean, like, wow, the tariffs have been indispensable towards success. We've taken in $600 billion in tariffs.

[Rob Carson]

I get why the Democrats want to get rid of them because they're so successful.

[Steve Moore]

The farmers $12 billion last week and took them out of tariff money. It's kept the unfair competition out of our country. Now they can build their auto plant here, but they can't build a plant in some place with, you know, labor costs for a penny and then sell it into this country and then charge people a lot of money for it.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, Manufacturers coming back to America. It's just amazing. Right. Here's the president talking about the. The Charlie Fox stratum in a country that Joe Biden left us.

[Steve Moore]

So now we're back where it all started. To celebrate the greatest first year of any administration in America. It Is they say that even though.

[Rob Carson]

He freed the Iranian hostages and he. And he bombed the Iranian nuclear plants and he free. And he. And he captured Maduro, among other things.

[Steve Moore]

Radical left.

[Rob Carson]

He shake shut the southern border completely, completely brought down murder to the lowest rate since the year 1900.

[Steve Moore]

We did a.

[Rob Carson]

But he needs a 25th amendment out of things.

[Steve Moore]

12 months ago, Joe Biden handed us a mess. We inherited the legacy of record high inflation. The highest inflation in the history of our country. They say the fake news. Oh, that's a lot of fake news. No, the fake news. The fake News said it's 48 years. I remember recently I said the highest inflation, the worst.

[Rob Carson]

No, it's only in 48 years. Like that matters. Like that matters. And. Oh, and this is why the Democrats are getting so big and ugly and doing all this caterwauling about ice and all of this and all of this. And all of this is because of this.

[Steve Moore]

Under my leadership, economic growth is exploding to numbers unheard of. They've never had them before in recent times and now. And we're just getting started, you know, the great big beautiful bill, which is no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on Social Security for our seniors.

[Rob Carson]

Do we have any raise? You just got a raise.

[Steve Moore]

Do we have any seniors in here?

[Rob Carson]

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[Steve Moore]

But in the opening days of her.

[Rob Carson]

Term, Spanberger and Virginia Democrats are looking to pursue new taxes, raising existing ones, expanding regulation and rolling back fraud prevention guardrails. Spanberger ran for governor emphasizing a focus on cost of living, a central theme.

[Steve Moore]

As she took office.

[Caller/Listener]

If we fail to act on affordability, we risk slower economic growth, lower tax revenue and declining productivity, consequences that would disadvantage Virginia for decades to come.

[Rob Carson]

Spanberger inherited a $2.7 billion surplus from outgoing Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin following a saying Spanberger could boost the Virginia tax rate from 5.75% to 13.8%. Republican Congresswoman Jen Kaggins blasted Democrats on X, writing democrats campaigning will make things affordable. Democrats once elected, here's a record hike in state taxes and now new taxes on things no one ever imagined would be taxed. We were lied to. Straight to our faces. Pay attention, Virginia. There has to be some sort of legal recourse to run as a moderate and governor as a communist. That's it. It would be like Mao Zedong running for office as a libertarian. It is. It cannot stand. It cannot stand some of the nonsense that this wretched, crazy catwoman is, this Karen is foisting upon the people of Virginia cannot stand. I can't imagine that the people of Virginia would stand for such things. And someone who knows Virginia more than I do because I've only lived here five, six months. John Reed, former lieutenant governor candidate in the state of Virginia, now podcaster, among other things, the Reid Revolution joins us on the Newsmax Highline. So what do you think, man? What do you think about what she's doing? What do you think, man?

[John Reed]

You're right to be so hot about it. I mean, the woman went all over the state trying to out fox Republicans and say she was the pro business, pro little guy candidate. And then, I mean, she hadn't even been governor for two full weeks and they're already pushing. Get this, get this, a 4.8% tax on every delivery to your house, every Uber Eats delivery, every Amazon package, an additional 4.8%. People get ticked off if they go to eat in downtown and there's a 1% sales tax, you know, to help build a convention center.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. And they want, and they want to get rid of gas leaf blowers. What the hell? And then they want to, they want to. Any government funded charity. You cannot look into the charity. They want to eliminate hand counting votes. They want to allow ballots weeks later. They want to steal elections. John. Fortunately, one of the things that happened was they were going to try and redistrict the state. And the judge said ain't going to happen. Not going to happen before the midterms. They wanted to steal the midterms in Virginia and eliminate the votes of millions of Republicans in the state of Virginia. John, that is like, thank God that happened at least.

[John Reed]

Yeah, that judge saved us yesterday. It was a very reasoned, responsible opinion that was based on the law, not just emotions, which is pretty important. And I'd like for everybody to recalibrate if you're in the legal system to base your decisions on the law. You know, we've got a 6, 5 situation where there's six Democrats in the US Congress from Virginia, five Republicans in the US Congress in the House from Virginia. They were going to take that and the power grab is going to make it ten to one. I know maps that look like some sort of five year old drew it with crayons. I mean, it made no sense. And this judge found that not only. I mean, he didn't even rule on the maps, he just ruled that they were breaking the law that they passed five years ago. They made the law and then they're so arrogant and so obnoxious, they just figured they could get away with breaking it. They got caught yesterday.

[Rob Carson]

Thank you, John. John, if this is allowed to go forward, Virginia will, California. There's no doubt about it, it will end there. I mean, I remember driving across the Potomac from Maryland into Virginia. It's like Oz. You see the, the Citibank building, it's unbelievable gleaming. The malls are beautiful. Maryland is a Charlie Foxtrot. She and these Democrats will destroy this state.

[John Reed]

Dude, we've got to stand up. We've got to be. I know there are a lot of Republicans after the defeat that, you know, I suffered personally and that we all suffered in November. They're giving up and they're feeling bad. I get it. Trust me, I get it. But this is the moment to make sure that your neighbors know the extreme proposals that are before the General Assembly. That we make sure that we lobby the Democrats in your neighborhood who will think twice before they vote to raise your taxes because they're going to see at the grocery store or at the kids football game.

[Rob Carson]

And they tried to make basically guns illegal. Listen to this. A ban to bill assault weapons voted out of committee. Virginia Senate makes gun ownership illegal in the Commonwealth. The author is State Senator Sadim Aslan Saleem, born in Bangladesh. Virginia's code. An assault weapon is defined as any semiautomatic center fire rifle or pistol that expels single or multiple projectiles. The bill makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor to possess or sell an assault weapon under this definition, as well as any magazine that holds over 10 rounds. Most firearms fit under this definition. If signed into law, it would turn millions of law abiding gun owners in Virginia into felons. Listen to me, this is the most dangerous proposal. By the way, Harmony Dillon says it will not stand.

[John Reed]

Yes, we're gonna have to fight it in the courts, but we gotta turn up the heat on them right now. This is a crazy proposal. I mean, they're even suggesting something that I think is blatantly unconstitutional. That you'll have to apply for a license from a special division of the Virginia State Police in order to even purchase a weapon. So they're not constrained by a cursory reading of the Constitution or common sense. These people are drunk on power. And the good thing for us is that they're overreaching. It's incumbent upon us to make sure everybody knows about it so that we can fix this problem in the next election.

[Rob Carson]

Well, it's going to have to happen soon. What do you, I mean, what are the chances? Some of this nonsense, passing, some of this getting rid of your leaf blower, you know, not being able to. To audit charities that get government money, which is exactly what's happened in Minnesota. Not being able to investigate the massive fraud that we're exposing all over the country. They did that. And then also basically rigging the election so you can't explore fraud. They allow votes to come in ad nauseam two weeks after the election. This is insane, John. And I, and I hope it's challenged legally because this wretched woman who is the governor, this crazy cat lady, Karen, not afraid to say it, by the way, she did not run on any of this. You cannot do this as a candidate. You cannot be a communist if you run as a Democrat. This has to be stopped, John, and it's got to be. It's going to have to be challenged legally. It's going to be. Have to challenge. We cannot wait for this stuff to fall into place and Virginia to descend into hell.

[John Reed]

One of the things that hadn't happened for Abigail Spamberger because she was a congresswoman and, you know, didn't have a lot of scrutiny, she does not know what it's like to be the governor and really take heat for bad decisions that other people in her party are pushing. And I think she may wind up feeling that heat and decide to back down because she wants to have a future after being governor and she's got to cater to her left. Described. But some of these things have got to be vetoed by her. And I think putting the pressure on her right now.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, yeah, of course. We gotta bring it.

[John Reed]

Yeah, do it. Do it with phone calls and email. Don't act like a Democrat and set her car on.

[Rob Carson]

We're not gonna do that. We won't do anything stupid like that, because we don't. But by God, we got to put the heat on them. We got to light up those phone lines. We got to do whatever it takes. John, real quick, before we go, you got a, you got a podcast now, the Reed Revolution. Tell me about it real quick and where to find it.

[John Reed]

Three weeks into it, it starts at 10 o' clock every morning, but you can listen to it anytime, 24 hours a day on Apple. And you know, we, I talk to somebody nationally and in Virginia Each day. And, you know, having been a comms director in the Senate and run for lieutenant governor and work for Ronald Reagan, I think I've got a kind of informed.

[Rob Carson]

And you're a broadcaster on a lot of these. You know who would be a good. You know who would be a good guest on that show? This guy right here. This guy right here.

[John Reed]

Let's make it happen next week, my friend.

[Rob Carson]

All right, bro. Hey, man, it's good. It's good to have you on, bro. We're gonna. We're gonna fight this together, okay? We're gonna be warriors for this day. Gonna save this state. Because I know I've. I've talked to some people. They're no way they're gonna move this from this state. The state is too good. It's always been a jewel in the crown of the United States in this area, and we cannot surrender it. We cannot, bro. Appreciate you, John. Take care of yourself, man.

[John Reed]

Thanks, Rob.

[Rob Carson]

All right, let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show. Sing to me, jimmy. Oh, so good. Never gets old. Never gets old. My producer, Redneck MacGyver Ken, says you could slow down a little bit. It's been. It's been a. Oh, man, oh, man, oh, man. What a year. What a year. I'm not just talking about since January. I'm talking about the last 365 days. I got my desk here that. I got this glorious broadcast desk built and had it sent from overseas. Four months to get the damn thing here, and now they got to dissemble it downstairs. And then they're gonna have to do some damage to it and. Oh, my God, this was the biggest challenge of my life the last year. Getting a divorce, moving to Washington, D.C. it's gonna be worth it. It's gonna be worth it. I think we need some comedy from Jim Gasket about Minneapolis and I sing it, Jim.

[Steve Moore]

Protest is in Minnesota. They're out of control.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[John Reed]

Jacob Fry, all he does is lie.

[Steve Moore]

Because he has no soul.

[Rob Carson]

He's in hot water.

[Steve Moore]

Tim Walls, he is just as bad. Criminals he'll defend. Each assault is the protesters fault. This madness has to end. Tom Holman says, hey, friend, come on. You don't bring a gun to protest.

[Rob Carson]

Not a good idea.

[Steve Moore]

You better take his. His advice. You don't run an agent down with your car and you don't f. Around with ice. Before you show up with a gun, you should think twice.

[Law Enforcement Expert]

Yep.

[Steve Moore]

You don't use an SUV as a weapon, and you don't f. Around with ice. You don't f. Around with ice.

[Rob Carson]

By the way, if you want to help out, Jim, go to patreon. Patreon.com Jim Gossett comedy patreon.com Jim GOSSETT COMEDY so the. The left. This. This Friday. This Friday, they're gonna do another walkout. They are gonna shut down the country.

[Law Enforcement Expert]

We're striking Friday, all of us. We are striking Friday.

[Rob Carson]

It's a nationwide general strike. That means you don't like your toddler throwing a temper tantrum on the floor of the grocery store when you say no to a candy bar and trying to get the adults in the store to lay down on the floor with them and say, we want a candy bar. We want a candy bar.

[Steve Moore]

Go to work.

[Community Member/Activist]

You don't go to school.

[Rob Carson]

You don't shop. Remember, all of these things are tied into capitalism. Yeah, you're a commie. Nobody's going to join you. It is a socioeconomic system that demands state violence, like what we're seeing in Minneapolis, but also what we saw years ago with Philando Castile.

[Law Enforcement Expert]

So on Friday, what are we doing?

[Rob Carson]

What we're striking, Guys, great job. Yeah, nobody's going to join you. Cause you're a loser and you live in your mother's basement. I don't know if you knew this, but there was a nationwide walkout that shut down the economy on January 20th. I'm as mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore.

[Caller/Listener]

On January 20, we are walk out.

[Law Enforcement Expert]

To free America and walking in to remove the regime.

[Caller/Listener]

We're walking out of work, walking out of school.

[Rob Carson]

We're walking out of Nobody did Anywhere and everywhere. Because it's past time that we stop cooperating. I want candy. I want candy. I want candy with fascism.

[Caller/Listener]

Starting at 2pm local time, we'll start a wave of walkouts across the nation.

[Rob Carson]

Nobody cares. Nobody cares. Send a clear message that we demand freedom from this hostile and lawless takeover of our country.

[Caller/Listener]

Then we'll start.

[Rob Carson]

How about stfu? How about that? I think that's a good idea. How about shut your mouth and sit your butt down. My God, they are. They are, as I said, movie vampires. I think people are just tired with it. I think they're really, really sick and damn tired of it. To be quite honest, this is kind of interesting because, you know, I don't know if you knew this, that all these protesters in Minnesota and around the country are all white. They're all white liberals. Malcolm X warned about the white liberal. He did it in the 60s before they murdered him and they are all white. And now a lot, a whole lot of black people, a whole lot of African Americans are saying, you know what? We kind of love America and we're kind of sick of this crap. This is a video that's gone viral over the overnight. This guy's pretty amazing.

[Community Member/Activist]

So do y' all notice who isn't at these ICE protests slash riots. Black people.

[Rob Carson]

What I tell you, homeboys, hillbillies and Hebrews, we're going to come together and save this country.

[Community Member/Activist]

Yeah. We're not going to be used anymore for your white liberal agenda.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Community Member/Activist]

That continues to use.

[Rob Carson]

Remember when you defunded the police? You know who suffered the most? Black people.

[Community Member/Activist]

Minority communities. For your pet projects of trying to prove your sense of virtue and value to others.

[Rob Carson]

Get back on the. The thought plantation.

[Community Member/Activist]

We're finished with that.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. So what has it gotten? What has it gotten the inner city, particularly people of color. 60 years of misery.

[Community Member/Activist]

Please stop it with these emotional ploys that are trying to beg black people to come out and join you in defending our communities. Yeah. Our communities aren't illegal immigrant communities. Illegal immigrants who come into this country. They don't respect us. First of all, our tax dollars are being wasted on them. Thanks to you white liberals who we've been noticing for quite a long time have deputized yourselves as the overseers of all politics related to black people. Yeah. There's no black and brown. There's no people of color. You know, the groups and categories that you like to lump us into in order to carry forward your agendas of control, acting as overseers of our communities.

[Steve Moore]

Yeah.

[Community Member/Activist]

See, here's the thing in the midst of your riots where you're finally figuring out that your F, A, F O. You're finding out. Yeah, we're not interested.

[Steve Moore]

Yeah, we.

[Rob Carson]

See, I told you. Homeboys, hillbillies and Hebrew is what I tell you. We are not as divided as we think, that. We're not as divided as the left made us think we are. We're not divided. We're brothers and sisters. We. We fight together. We fought wars together. We live together. We. We marry. We adopt children together. It's amazing. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show. This is not an ev and it never will be because they're pieces of crap, particularly in cold weather. You know what? People in Canada, a lot of them have an EV and an electric or. And a gas car because in the wintertime they can't depend on the evolution. Yeah. You know What I think we need, I think we need a little bit of good news. We love to win, Winning, winning.

[Steve Moore]

So much winning.

[Rob Carson]

It's lots of winning, lots of winning, lots of winning, lots of winning, lots.

[Steve Moore]

Of winning, lots of winning.

[Rob Carson]

It's oh, so good. This is economist Steve Moore talking about guess what happened in the fourth quarter despite the Democrat shutdown. Oh, it just went nuts. The economy went nuts.

[Steve Moore]

Look at the facts of the economy. It's, it is a booming economy. We, you know, the latest report is.

[Rob Carson]

Almost five and a half percent growth.

[Steve Moore]

Fourth quarter, which is an incredible number.

[Rob Carson]

We haven't seen that in recent memory.

[Steve Moore]

We've got gas prices down. Inflation is headed down to the 2% target. Median family income last year was up 2500. Those are people in the exact middle, adjusted for inflation.

[Rob Carson]

I mean, I could go on and.

[Steve Moore]

On with the positive elements of this.

[Rob Carson]

There you go, 5.5% GDP in the fourth quarter, despite the Democrat shutdown. You're not going to be able to stop at Democrats. That's why the Democrats are going to get so big and ugly. You have no idea. You're already seeing it, you know, Minneapolis. But it ain't going to happen in places like Texas. It's not going to happen in states like that. This is going, you're going to be beaten down. The Democrat Party is going to be beaten down and the fraud in all of these states is going to be exposed. It is being exposed. And the Democratic Party is. What's going to be exposed is they haven't won an election in a very long time. They steal the them. They steal them and buy them. They import voters to replace you. They load them up with free stuff and then they do mail in votes. I can go on and on. The Democrat Party is in a death spiral to hell. They are. But we got to keep the heat on. 5.5% growth. You know what it's going to be this first quarter? It'll be over 6%. It'll be 7 or 8% in the summertime. It's going to go through the ceiling. There's nothing they can do to stop the good news. No, not one little bit. On the other side of the break, many Democrats are saying their hopes of a midterm victory evaporate. You know why? Because they, they're not doing anything positive. It's because they suck and they can't steal elections. Yeah. That's why. All of that's coming up in the third hour of the Rob Carson Show. Don't go anywhere. Everyone deserves to be connected. That's why T Mobile and US Cellular are joining forces. Switch to T Mobile and save up to 20% versus Verizon by getting built in benefits they leave out. Check the math@t mobile.com switch and now T mobile is in US cellular stores. Savings versus Comparable Verizon plans plus the cost of optional benefits, plan features and taxes and fees vary.

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