War, Wonder, and a Virginia Wake-Up Call

Summary

The Rob Carson Show – War, Wonder, and a Virginia Wake-Up Call

Date: March 18, 2026
Host: Rob Carson
Guest: David Williams, Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate (Virginia)
Episode Theme: A blend of sharp political commentary, satire, and a focus on the rapidly-changing world—from AI-driven medical miracles to military strategy and state-level political dynamics in Virginia.

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Main Theme and Purpose

In this episode, Rob Carson fuses humor and seriousness to examine how the world is rapidly changing, both technologically and politically. He calls attention to the audacious developments at the global stage (notably, the U.S.-Iran war and AI breakthroughs) and zooms into a “wake-up call” for Virginia, where foundational American values are at stake. The episode is anchored by a feature interview with David Williams, who’s running for Senate in Virginia, and covers themes of media integrity, political party agendas, and the responsibility of “waking up” the electorate.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

I. The Evolution of Conservative Media & Legacy of Rush Limbaugh

[01:04 – 04:30]

• Rob reflects on his time writing comedy for Rush Limbaugh, emphasizing the explosive growth of conservative media and the inspiration derived from Limbaugh.
• He underscores the uniqueness and necessity of conservative voices to counter left-leaning mainstream media.
• Notable quote:
  “I like to say that I walk in Rush’s footsteps, but no one will fill his shoes.” -- Rob Carson [01:50]

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II. Technological Wonders and Elon Musk’s Breakthroughs

[04:30 – 08:18]

• Carson highlights Elon Musk’s announcement about curing blindness via neural implants, poetically connecting it to his lifelong sense of wonder.
  • Musk predicts, “Within a year, the blind will be able to see,” and future vision could even expand to spectrum beyond human norm.
• Rob ties this to a broader commentary on exponential growth—AI, quantum computing—and advises listeners not to lose their “sense of wonder."
• Notable quote:
  “Never lose your sense of wonder… We live in amazing times.” -- Rob Carson [06:21]

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III. U.S.-Iran War: Reporting, Propaganda, and Real Progress

[08:18 – 19:44]

• Coverage of the ongoing U.S.–Iran conflict, emphasizing successful U.S. strikes and debunking mainstream/Democrat narratives of failure or quagmire.
• Carson draws on Fox News’ Trey Yingst and scholar Victor Davis Hanson to hammer the point that mainstream media is actively spinning the war narrative for political gain.
• Satirical musical segment, “Another One Bites the Dust,” pokes fun at the string of eliminated Iranian leaders [11:16].
• Rob and guests argue that the war, just two weeks old, is a resounding U.S. success, contrary to media coverage.
  • Hanson: “This campaign is two weeks old. We’ve seen unprecedented success across the board obliterating Iranians… We’ve probably got a few weeks to go. But this is a righteous act and it’s overdue.” [16:46]
  • Carson: “We made scuba diving destinations out of their navy, you jack weed.” [17:25]
• Accusations that Democrats and legacy media are actively rooting for American failure (alleging “Soviet propaganda” tactics).
• Memorable moment:
  Carson lampoons media figures and politicians, blending sarcasm with direct attack to highlight what he sees as disingenuous spin about American military effectiveness.

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IV. Virginia Politics: “Wake-Up Call” & The Rise of David Williams

[23:11 – 36:22]

• Interview with David Williams, Republican Senate Candidate
  [23:11 – 36:22]

  • Rob expresses frustration about policies from Virginia’s Democratic leadership, specifically referencing recent gun control debates and disillusioned constituents.
  • Williams characterizes Democratic victories as a “classic bait and switch,” with promises of moderation replaced by hard-left governance.
  • Both warn about the real-world impacts: increased taxes, companies leaving Virginia, and erosion of Second Amendment rights.
  • Williams emphasizes growing grassroots momentum for conservative causes and the importance of turnout and countering disinformation in elections.

• Key topics:

  • Virginia’s unique political culture outside the D.C. metro (Fairfax/Loudoun)
  • Discontent with Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine
  • Voter ID, government shutdowns, and national security
  • Economic consequences of left-leaning policies on jobs and everyday life
  • The necessity for conservatives and independents alike to “wake up,” unify, and reclaim the state

• Notable quotes:

  • “It's a classic bait and switch... They came in on affordability and moderation, and we saw none of that.” -- David Williams [23:57]
  • “The way that we fight back is through elections... Not just our party, but even independents are tired of politicians not being honest.” -- David Williams [25:44]
  • “This is a referendum for what’s going on right now and vote Mark Warner out... We have to win elections. That’s how we fight back.” -- David Williams [35:08]

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V. Political Media Satire and Pop Culture Parody

Throughout Episode

• Rob employs musical parodies (like “Another One Bites the Dust”) and satirical jabs at politicians and members of the media (e.g., “turd burglar” for Sen. Mark Warner) to puncture pomposity and lampoon hypocrisy.
• Mocking the technical ignorance of Democratic legislators on gun issues in Virginia:
  “The Virginia House of Delegates is now essentially a childcare facility. My God in heaven...” -- Rob Carson [22:58]

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VI. Joe Kent’s Resignation and Iran Threat Assessment

[36:23 – 38:09]

• Focus on Joe Kent stepping down as director of the National Counterterrorism Center over the Iran war.
  • Carson and commentators (including Chris Cuomo and Dan Bongino) ridicule Kent’s claim that Iran posed no threat to the U.S. and link to broader criticisms of the media/left.
  • Bongino enumerates Iran’s decades-long record of hostile actions against America, dismantling the illusion that the threat was exaggerated.
• Notable quote:
  “Joe Ken is smoking the same weed that Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens are smoking, by the way.” -- Rob Carson [39:10]

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Timestamps for Major Segments

| Segment | Timestamp | |--------------------------------------------------------------|---------------| | Rob’s reflections on Rush Limbaugh and conservative media | 01:04 – 04:30 | | Elon Musk’s AI & tech wonders | 04:30 – 08:18 | | U.S.–Iran War analysis and satire | 08:18 – 19:44 | | David Williams interview: Virginia’s political crossroads | 23:11 – 36:22 | | Gun control in Virginia and political mobilization | 31:39 – 36:22 | | Joe Kent’s resignation/Iran threat debate | 36:23 – 39:10 |

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Notable Quotes

• Rob Carson: “Never lose your sense of wonder… We live in amazing times.” [06:21]
• David Williams: “It's a classic bait and switch... They came in on affordability and moderation, and we saw none of that.” [23:57]
• Victor Davis Hanson: “This campaign is two weeks old. We’ve seen unprecedented success across the board… this is a righteous act and it’s overdue.” [16:46]
• Rob Carson (on media): “This dishonesty reinforces Trump’s previous claims the legacy media are the enemy of the people.” [15:24]

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Memorable Moments

• Comedic and sharply-mocked song parody “Another One Bites the Dust” summarizes Iran's leadership casualties from U.S. strikes [11:16]
• Rob’s unfiltered take on Virginia’s gun control debates: “The Virginia House of Delegates is now essentially a childcare facility. My God in heaven.” [22:58]
• Robust criticism of Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine as out-of-touch with Virginia’s real values [27:20, 35:53]
• Spirited calls for political engagement, honest elections, and reclaiming state and national identity

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Episode Tone and Style

• Highly energetic, irreverent, and unapologetically conservative
• Mixes serious political analysis with satire, musical parody, and direct listener engagement
• Blunt language, quick-witted humor, and direct calls to “wake up” to political realities at both national and local levels

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This episode captures Rob Carson’s unique blend of pointed political critique and showmanship, rallying listeners to stay informed, vigilant, and engaged—especially in “amazing times” of dramatic world events and pivotal political contests.

Transcript

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[David Williams]

Hold it.

[Rob Carson]

Now. You are about to hear the most interesting, informative, thought provoking and funny show in America on air and on the World Wide Web. This is the ROB Carson Show. This is the Rob Carson show, hour number two of the Rob Carson show. And we got a lot of stuff. David Williams gonna be joining us for public the candidate for a U.S. senate in the state of Virginia. I live in Virginia. That's great. For the first time and since I was, well, much younger. I'm a Virginian again. I'm a Virginian again. There you go. I'm a virgin. Vinyan Virginian. I think I actually may have re. Re.

[David Williams]

I don't know.

[Rob Carson]

I think after so many years, don't you kind of get your virginity back? I, I, I think I got it back. I think it's, that's back. It's back with the revenge. Anyway, look at some nice notes from people. Here's one. This is from a, on, on social media. My contractor, his two sons and a fella all love listening to you. They were listening to sports radio when they got here last December. They've been converted. They keep saying they're glad the station WCBM in Baltimore finally found someone who could fill Rush Limbaugh shoes. Quite a compliment. Yeah, just a little bit. Just a little. Thank you very much. I mean, that was like, dang, that kind of blew me away. Listen, I like to say that I walk in Russia's footsteps, but no one will fill his shoes. And I did help fill his show with comedy for a number of years. I did, I did it for many years. I was very proud to be able to do that, starting as a kid, right out of college. I heard about this guy named Rush Limbaugh, 1989. I know I'm old, whatever, 1989. And I was making $18,000 a year L. In Columbia, Missouri, as a morning music radio jocket. I was writing comedy for these things, these comedy networks around the country, because most morning radio people, radio people in general don't write their own comedy. Same way with people like Jimmy Kimmel and. And whatnot. So I started writing comedy and I heard about this guy named Rush Limbaugh. And a friend of mine worked for Rush Limbaugh, and, and I said, you suppose this Rush Limbaugh guy would run my comedy? That was my voice sounded like back then. He goes, I don't know, man. He got me in touch with Kit Carson and Johnny Donovan and the rest is history. And so, you know, we were able to create something un. Unique, I like to say uniquely entertaining on the Rush Limbaugh program. And of course, Rush changed everything. Changed everything. There's a reason why we're where we are with, with Donald Trump, with, with the media now, actually. We have conservative talk radio that just exploded across the country. We've got conservative media outlets like Newsmax, which I work at. Before that, it was just the letter networks. And hell, even, Even, you know, 20 years ago, 15 years, all still left, left, left, left, left. MSNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, PBS, NPR, all liberal. And Rush Limbaugh changed everything, man. He just, he changed everything. So the left can't get away with the bull crap that they used to. To be quite honest, it's remarkable. And it's still, it's. By the way, it's still evolving. I mean, look at this right here. Look at this guy right, right here, right here, right here. I'm in a. I'm in a box that I built myself. I engineered all of this. I added the wiring and I, I added the microphone and the camera and the background and all of this. I did it myself. I started doing this 10 years ago myself, and now it's evolved and I have a nationally syndicated television show and a national syndicated radio show. It's. It's remarkable. It's remarkable. We live in amazing times. We lived in amazing times. So Elon Musk talking about how he may have. They may have figured out blindness. He's saying, within a year, the blind will be able to see. This is pretty remarkable. Let me see if I can find it real quick. Quick here. Elon Musk. Eli. Yeah, listen, I want you to listen to Elon Musk. Elon Musk is a Genius. Elon Musk saved speech, by the way. He bought Twitter when it was being run by, literally being run by the FBI. The chief counsel of the FBI. The FBI in 2018, went to Twitter in 2020 or to 2018. And then they censored all of our speech and they censored all of our speech and tried to come up with this disinformation governance board, just like Stalin did and all of this. And Elon Musk saved it. I want you to listen to Elon Musk, though, about blindness. The possibility. 12 months, we'll be doing our first

[David Williams]

implants for vision where even if somebody's

[Rob Carson]

completely blind, we can write directly to the, the visual cortex. But long term, you would have very high resolution and be able to see multi spectral wavelengths. You could see an infrared ultraviolet radar. It's like a superpower situation. You could see like in the infrared, like the Terminator. I mean, this is amazing. We live in amazing times. You know, one of the things my mother, ma', am, is maybe my mother, I don't know. I've never lost my sense of wonder. I've never. I've always been the person who stops and picks up a penny. I've always noticed the bird, what kind of bird it is. I always feed the birds in the morning and in my parking garage, which they hate, they're really pissed. They hate that I'm feeding the birds. But I've never lost that sense of wonder. I've never stopped going, wow. When I get in my truck and I drive, you know, with this big screen that shows the, you know, where I'm driving, what I'm listening to, and all of this. Never lose your sense of wonder. And it's only getting bigger, it's only getting better. We're learning exponentially right now. And there's a real possibility of infinite knowledge coming, which is quantum computing, which is like meeting God. And there's going to be a day very, very, very soon, these AI data centers and everything, there's going to be a day very soon where we're going to have quantum computing and you type in the data about how to cure cancer. And instead of the little circle going, waiting for it, it'll just go here. There it is. Okay, maybe we go to how to travel it close to the speed of light. There it is. There it is. God. I'm just gonna say. Sorry, I hate to be, you know, waxing philosophical, but we do live in amazing times. Don't let the noise, don't let the noise get you down. We live in amazing times. I hope that cancer thing comes fast. Seeing too many go that way. All right, let's move on here. The latest from Iran. We are kicking butt and taking names in Iran and most of those names just happen to be Muhammad. Here is Trey Yingst. Trey Yingst talking about the latest Iranian leaders. We're getting down to like nobody. There's nobody wanting to lead anymore. You got all sorts of people saying, you know, I'm not going to show up for work, IRCG members. And you've got, you've got, you know, orders coming from nobody because everybody's dead.

But here's Trey Ying, a senior Israeli official telling Fox News that Ismail Khatib, Iran's intelligence minister, was killed in a precision strike overnight. Khatib was responsible for managing Iran's global cells, these sleeper cells in countries around the world. That even.

That's kind of. Did CNN talk about that today? Did Ms. Now talk about that today? Hold on a second. Did you hear what he just said? Because we were just talking about these sleeper cells that have been waking all over the place and four terrorist attacks in the United States all tied to radical Islam and they got the guy

who was doing all that strike overnight. Khatib was responsible for managing Iran's global cells, these sleeper cells in countries around the world that even threatened U.S. politicians and President Trump. This official says this man had blood on his hands, American blood, to say that Khatib was actually the only person to serve.

Yeah, but Joe Kent said that he was not a threat and Iran was not a threat. What are you talking about?

Vive the opening round of strikes in Operation Epic Fury that killed Iran's Supreme Leader. Those 40 officials killed in around 40 seconds.

You know why they call it Operation Epic Fury? It's because it's epic and it makes the Democrats and the left furious. Copyright Rob Carson 2026 Victor Davis Hansen is brilliant. Victor Davis Hanson is dealing with cancer right now. He's beat it back. He had half of a lung removed, by the way. This man is a sage of the ages. He is an amazing man. And here he is talking about one of the most wildly successful Military campaigns in U.S. and world history and why the left and Democrats hate it.

[Victor Davis Hanson]

We're in the second week of the so called Iran War. That's a very surreal war. I don't think any of us have

[Rob Carson]

seen anything two weeks into it.

[Victor Davis Hanson]

It's only been two.

[Rob Carson]

Like December 7, 1941 and December 27 are like 20th, 1941 and the Democrats already saying we lost we're told that

[Victor Davis Hanson]

it's dragging on, that it's a forever war that we're losing, that the Pentagon and the Trump administration had no plans. And yet when you look at Iran, this huge country, much, much bigger, much, much more populous than 100 million people

[Rob Carson]

in Iran, like third most powerful air

[Victor Davis Hanson]

force in the world, Iraq or Afghanistan, and it has no military.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, we blew the snot out of him in.

[Victor Davis Hanson]

And yet people say that it's unconquerable. It doesn't make any sense. Output of missiles and drones at the Gulf Petro states and Israel has dropped by 90%. So what's going on, what is actually happening is not being reported. And there's an alternate reality that's been constructed by the left that sees this war as politically advantageous to its agenda to recapture power of the United States. Yes, it convince us, the American people, that, A, we're losing, B, we may deserve to lose. See, it's all Donald Trump's fault. And this war will be beneficial in denying him the Republican majorities in Congress in about eight months.

[Rob Carson]

And who has been saying that? I'm pointing my thumbs at me right now, actually. We just got to not pay attention to the noise, support our troops, because they're kicking some serious Iranian mullah butt. Another supreme leader was taken out today. Jim Gazette. The Israeli Air Force always gets their way. We keep losing, we keep losing more men. Our losses are insane. We would surrender if we had half a brain. But they don't now he only has half a brain actually. Another one bites the dust Hardboard Ayatollah. That's him, actually. Another one bites the dust and another one's gone and another one's gone Another one bites the dust Lot of dust over there. Soon there will be no one left Another one bites the dust Ali Lahren. Johnny is with us no more. Nope. He just bit the dust Like Khomeini before our navy has been destroyed, our army will be too. Yeah, we face obliteration but what else is new? Another one bites the dust Another one bites the dust and another one's gone and another one's gone Another one bites the dust we are dropping just like flies I'm about to bite the dust. That is Jim Gossett. I gotta tell you, sometimes he just blows me away. I. I'm working with him. I'm doing a Gay Ayatollah song. That. That should be done by tomorrow. The new gay Ayatollah song. I won't give you any details on that, but apparently the Ayatollah son is kind of gay things right? Of all things. They throwing off a building but there are no building standing. Anyway, we got more on this and on the other side piece from the Washington examiner by Christopher Christopher Tumulty about data that the Democrats and legacy media have been intentionally lying lying about the the Operation X Epic theory to make it look like we're losing. It's legit. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson show. Strikes in Mexico to stop drugs. Come on. It's okay with me. Boom, boom, boom, boom. Bang, bang, bang, bang. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. How, how, how? Well B2 so let's see what else I have 22s Tomahawk cruise missiles. That's how, how, how, how. I love it. I love it. New report on Iran shows wars shows Democrats and legacy media have been lying about US Progress this according to Washington Examiner Christopher Trimogli manipulate stories omitted facts contrived narratives advance daily in attempt to persuade the public that the Iran war is going poorly. Sickening. It's freaking propaganda. It's Soviet propaganda. This dishonesty reinforces Trump's previous claims the legacy media are the enemy of the people. New analysis are the Institute for the Study of War says that the trajectory of the war relatively positive, highlighting the numerous successful military accomplishments of the last two weeks. Also the body count us versus them. The United States is steadily destroying Iran's ability to use its most essential tool in the war, drone and missile attacks, which in turn underpin the entire Iranian strategy. So the constant misinterpretation of facts, fake hyperbolic outrage, baseless accusations by Democrats and legacy media about the Trump administration's war strategy is another thing altogether. Like when Chris Murphy on day one after we vaporized the ayatollah said it was disastrous. You asked you you pathetic. Oh, and then Paul Begala Pete exit is spending $20 million on lobs steak not realizing it's an age long tradition for the troops in harm's way to enjoy occasionally trappings they otherwise wouldn't. When they eat MREs, you jack weed. And notice Begala has not been on TV this week. I'd be ashamed of show my face. You got to have shame though. And generally people like he don't. They seek to brainwash Americans, influence public opinion against Trump. In many instances they come off if they're rooting for the US to lose the war. And they are. They are rooting for the US to lose the war. Here is Senator Tim Sheehy talking about Democrats rooting for US to lose the war. And they are. They did the same damn thing in Iraq. That's why Rush Limbaugh called Dick Durbin, Dick Turbin. Because they said like right after we invaded Iraq that the war is lost. We've lost, we've lost, we've lost. Because they recognize and after 911 when George W. Bush went from bumbling, fumbling punchline into a leader standing on a pile of rubble with a bullh and the Democrat party recognized then, oh crap, he's going to have the side of the public on his. And then they immediately started disparaging our troops. That's how sick this party is. Sick this party is.

[Victor Davis Hanson]

I think it's pretty disappointing to see not just the media rhetoric, but also from our Democrat counterparts on the other side of the aisle who on Capitol Hill every day seem to be rooting for failure here. Rooting for failure against a regime that has been murdering Americans for 47 years. Iran started this war and Trump's going to finish it. Three generations of Americans have been fighting this terror threat, these savage barbarians, and he's not going to kick that can to a fourth generation. This campaign is two weeks old. We've seen unprecedented success across the board obliterating Iranians. Navy took out their nuclear weapons last summer. Of course we're debilitating the regime piece by piece. It's going very well. We're two weeks in. We've probably got a few weeks to go. But this is a righteous act and it's overdue.

[Rob Carson]

Chris Murphy. On Saturday, Murphy claimed that Trump lost control of the war. He badly misjudged Iran's ability to retaliate. Now we frickin destroyed the crap out of them. We made, we made scuba diving destinations out of their navy. You Jack Weed then provided a threat of more baseless and embellished narratives to justify his interpretation. Misinterpretation and false claims, among other things. The institute there was no blunder as Murphy claimed. It was an example of how Democrats are trying to distort reality for political game. Iran's attacks have not yet affected US Military operations and fallen short of Iran's hopes for attacks with with thousands of missiles and drones. However, the Institutes for the of War said the available evidence supports the assessment that the combined campaign is achieving its military objectives thus far and is not yet complete. Declaring the campaign a failure at this stage is therefore premature and traitorous. I would mention as well. Traitorous as hell. Traitorous as hell. Here's Rob Schmidt. He's awesome. He's on every night on Newsmax with some brilliant commentary.

So you can oppose the operation and now two week war with Iran. But you do lose credibility when you claim that Iran was.

You'd be like, okay, two weeks after December 7th, on December 21st, 1941, the media and the Democrat Party saying we had already lost. Exactly like that, no threat.

And Trump is controlled by Israel. As we showed you last night. Trump's been talking about the need to dismantle this regime since I was a toddler.

That's true.

Iran's plan was very clear. The regime was rapidly building up a massive condension contingent of ballistic missiles, thousands of them. And they were doing this very quickly. So eventually nobody would be able to decapitate their nuclear program like we just did.

We did.

They were going to be able to

defend it, decapitated it, circumcised it, whatever.

Vastly. With a lot of power. Over the past two weeks, we've mowed the lawn down so low that Centcom believes that Iran will not be a threat for perhaps 10 years. Trump wants to completely neuter Iran, but also says we'll be out of Iran soon. So. So nobody really knows where he's going in this moment. If we're just mowing the lawn nice and low and buying several years, maybe 10 years, or if we're smothering it in glyphosate.

Regardless, that's like Roundup, by the way. Just round up the hell out of it. Yeah. I'm hoping that Israel is working with Pahlavi to usher in a new. A new era of freedom in Iran and that the Iranian people kill every one of the bastards who've been running that country for the last 47 years. Years. 100%. Throw them in jail or rid the country of them. And we should all be joyful for the freedom of the Iranians and the Persian people. They're not all Persians. There's Kurds and there's other people in there and the rise of Christianity and Judaism and all of that in Iran. These are historic times that only the Democrat Party in the left would cast aspersions on it. They would have mourned Hitler killing himself and his girlfriend and would have demanded that the Berlin Wall be rebuilt. That's your Democrat Party party for you kids. Coming up next, David Williams, Republican candidate for U.S. senate. Great state of Virginia. Don't go anywhere. Hey, guys, it's Carson. I just got a ghost bed. Yeah, pay attention here because I've been sleeping on a foam mattress since I moved to the Washington, D.C. area, which is like Sleeping on the sponge in your sink. Ghostbed doesn't build mattresses like furniture. They build engineered sleep systems. Their beds are serious health equipment. Beds designed for relief and recovery, not looks, not fluff. Your body should be healing while you sleep, not fighting for comfort. I have been sleeping past seven in the morning on my Ghostbed. It's unbelievable. If you wake up stiff, you toss and turn. If you sleep hot, even reaching for a pain reliever before bed, hoping tonight will be different. That's not aging. It's your mattress talking. Another great thing I love about Ghostbed, you get 101 nights to try it at home. If you don't like the difference, you can send it back. Risk. Ghostbed is offering my audience their lowest prices of the season plus an extra 10% off. Go to ghostbed.com Carson. Use promo code Carson. That's ghostbed.com Carson promo code Carson. You are going to love your new Ghostbed. Do you have an assault rifle? You can keep it if you have an assault pistol. If you want to have one of these pistols with a silencer on it and a pistol grip in the front, a really big, big pistol. If you want to have one with a telescope on it or lasers or whatever else you want, that's okay. You just can't buy a new one and you can't sell it to anybody. If you want to have a magazine with more than 15 bullets, you can keep that too. Okay? The Virginia House of Delegates is now essentially a childcare facility. My God in heaven. That is Scott Surovel. He was a Democrat. They were trying to restrict gun ownership in the state of Virginia and they don't know anything about it. He's talking about, hey, if you want a gun, you already got a laser and, you know, one of them demographiers or whatever, you can go ahead and keep that. You just can't buy a new one because he knows not what he speaks. And there are a bunch of stupid academics who know nothing. And they have seized power in the great state of Virginia. And by God, something had better be done about it because I live in Virginia now. And by the way, I'm sorry for moving here and causing the property values to decrease slightly. However, there is a man who's running for senator in the state of Virginia. His name is David Williams. And I think he's going to make it. Great. Again, thank you very much. David Williams. How are you today?

[David Williams]

I'm doing well, Rob. How are you?

[Rob Carson]

I'm good, man. I'm really kind of mad that we have A governor in the state of Virginia who lied about what she was and who she was, a Democrat Party who lied about its platform when it was leaning into communism and Marxism and then just decided to change things when they got there. That's not the way to, to run an election that is fraudulent. So I don't consider her administration to be legitimate, to be, to be quite honest. But what are your thoughts on that? And by the way, and also, there was a special election in Virginia. HD 98. Republican Andrew Rice was ahead by 29 in the district, a 22 point swing toward the GOP. Do you suppose Virginians already recognize that they've been lied to?

[David Williams]

Yeah, Rob, you're exactly right. It's a classic bait and switch. And they came in on affordability and moderate moderation. And we saw none of that, or we're seeing none of that. And so the good thing about this is the Republican Party and folks are really starting to wake up. You know, I think we, we were asleep at the wheel for a bit there, and we let them get in. And so now people are waking up, they're getting off the sofas, they are starting to get active once again. And I'm, I'm traveling all around Virginia, people talking to people on the consequences of not getting out and voting. And so now we're seeing that turn back in our favor.

[Rob Carson]

Well, you know, David Williams, the people of Virginia are not like this. The people of Virginia outside of Fairfax and Loudoun county are not like this. They are proud of the heritage of the state. They are proud of the history of the state and what it means and meant for the survival and creation of the United States of America. I mean, and I got to tell you, I'm from Iowa, and when I moved here, I mean, I'm walking down the streets of Old Town Alexandria, they still got, you know, streets named after Lee and Columbus and Jefferson. They haven't, you know, decided to trash that. But just because some, some liberal academics in Fairfax and Loudoun county and government employees who were losing their jobs in January decided to do this. So I would imagine that the people in Virginia and the hinterlands were here, out there, people who love America are like, we are not going to live like this.

[David Williams]

Yeah. And that's, and that's the, that's what I'm seeing all across Virginia. And so what happened, you have to go back. Did not get out to vote in the last election. And Winston tried to warn us about what was going, what was to come. And like I said, I think we got A little too comfortable. We didn't expect this. And so. So what I've been telling the party one is that we have to unify. We have to come together. The way that we fight back is through elections. And once you're tired enough of not being heard and not feeling like your vote counts, then that's when people start to get interested back into politics. And so what you're seeing now, Rob, is just not just our party, but even those independents that don't buy into, you know, all of this gerrymandering that see their taxes go up and then the companies leaving because said taxes are going up and their Second Amendment being encroached upon. And so you're starting to see this groundswell of individuals that are tired of, like I said, just politicians just not being honest and lying to them. And especially with Bamberger coming in. And so we are. We are really trying to get people active and make sure that they get out and vote count.

[Rob Carson]

Well, I gotta tell you, you know, I'm embarrassed that Mark Warner and Tim Kaine are the senators from the state. I mean, honestly, they are two of the biggest buffoons right now. And I met Mark Warner years ago when I lived in Washington, D.C. before I moved to Kansas City City. And he's just off the rail. They're both just off the rails. They are completely down with all of the nonsense of the Democrat Party. You know, and one thought here, David, because, you know, right now, 83% of us want voter ID, 70% of Democrats, 100% of Democrats in Washington, D.C. don't want voter ID. If I was a Democrat, I would be a little upset that you have zero representation whatsoever on issues like this transgender nonsense at schools. 100% of Democrats in D.C. versus 90% of other Democrats. I would be really angry as a Democrat, particularly.

[David Williams]

And that's what I'm saying. The people are starting to wake up, and they're starting to see what the party is doing. The Democratic Party, they're just moving so far to the left that they're not even listening to even their constituents. And so what you're seeing, case in point, them closing, shutting down the government. We got a partial shutdown, DHS while we're in with Iran. So we've been attacked four times by homegrown, you know, attackers. And yet DHS is not being funded. We have our psa, you know, we have.

[Rob Carson]

We.

[David Williams]

We hear that they're in food line because they can't get food.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[David Williams]

And yet the constituents, Mark Warner's constituents are, you know, Federal employees that are getting, you know, furloughed because, because of that. And tell your listeners, do the research.

[Rob Carson]

Yep.

[David Williams]

Mark Warner, it voted more than 13 times to close the government during the historic government Shutdown.

[Rob Carson]

Yep, yep. 100%.

[David Williams]

People, people don't do the research. They don't, they don't know because all they do is just say, yeah, so it's Republicans, Republicans. But wake up.

[Rob Carson]

Hey David, David, David, could you, can you take up, can we take a break here? Your phone is kind of weird right now. I don't know what the deal is. We're having a little bit of trouble. You kind of fade out and you fade back in. I would like to continue the conversation. Can you address those issues when we talk on the other side of the break?

[David Williams]

All right, I really appreciate.

[Rob Carson]

All right, thank you, man. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson show. Hey guys, it's Carson for Shopify. You know, for years I have had a swag line of T shirts with catchy phrases and whatnot and it's just been lying there. Well, I've decided to go with Shopify and actually make money with my own business. Shopify gives you everything you need to sell online and in person. Millions of entrepreneurs have already made this leap from how household names to first time business owners just getting started. Choose from hundreds of beautiful templates you can customize to match your brand. Instead of just having a lousy website that nobody notices like I have been doing for years. Set up fast with Shopify's built in AI tools that write product descriptions and headlines. Create email and social campaigns that reach customers wherever they scroll. In 2026, stop waiting and start selling with Shopify. Sign up for your $1 per month trial and start selling today at shopify.com Newsmax go to shopify.com Newsmax make building a successful business your 2026 New Year's resolution. David Williams is senate candidate for the great state of Virginia where I live right now. I, I did mention the other day or I saw the other day that a group of pro Second Amendment activists handed out free 30 round AR15 magazines outside the Virginia State Capitol the other day to challenge a pending legislation to ban such magazines as. I thought that was just brilliant. David Williams, did you see that? I thought that was it really had the Democrats panties in a bunch, didn't it? Oh yeah.

[David Williams]

I was out there and really got a chance to see to the great folks of Virginia that's not going to take this sitting down. And like I was saying earlier, people are starting to wake up and starting to mobilize. And so hopefully we just continue to do so.

[Rob Carson]

Now, what are your primary issues as a, as a senator? How do you want to turn back the legacy of the two present Democrat senators in the state of Virginia?

[David Williams]

Yeah, so like I said, I've been traveling around Virginia and, and just really trying to listen to the problems and the issues that Virginians are having. And of course, you know, one is what they call affordability, but what I call is just outside spending, you know, and so we have to cut the out of control spending and get the tax relief back to those working class families and small businesses and work with, you know, President Trump is looking into, to bring down the income tax. So those are, those are things that will help put more money in people's pockets. And but what, what the Democrats want to do is of course raise, raise those taxes for what? There's a surplus. You know, young can left us with a surplus. But yeah, I know. Try to raise taxes.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, they want to, they run away taxes 75 times. And one of them is that they want to, they want to get rid of gas leaf blowers, which is stupid because they mean, they mean nothing in the grand scheme of the, of the planet. Dear God in heaven, it's a fart in an F5 hurricane is what it is. With that said, they want to do that. And then, and then when you get an electric leaf blower, they're mandating, they're going to tax that. They're going to tax your, they want to tax fantasy football, which means you're just going to play fantasy football underground. You aren't going to go online and play fantasy football and report to the government. It's just stupid. It's just the dumbest damn thing. What do you, I mean, honestly, don't you see that this could cause an exit of us from Virginia? Like it's happened in California, it's happening in New Jersey and New York. Do you suppose Boeing's already left?

[David Williams]

It already has. You have companies that are already planning to leave. We've seen some already leave. And so what they're, what they're trying to do is duplicate what they're doing in California. And we see how that works. Right. And so I don't understand why they're raising taxes. They haven't even explained what the purpose is. And so, so like I said, the key is to educate, like get people out there, get people motivated again and active. Because if not, you got to get the guy that's on this on his sofa. And you know, the ones that are at the water cooler and let them know what's going on because half the people don't even realize that this is going on. They don't realize gerrymandering is going to make it 10 to 1.

[Rob Carson]

Here's what it is. Can I explain it to you, David Williams? Here's why they want to raise taxes, you know, because also one of the things that they want to do is they want to make sure that government NGOs and whatnot who get our tax money are not investigated for fraud. So what they're going to do is they're going to raise taxes and they're going to enrich their friends just like they did with COVID on the national level, increase the size of the federal government by 40%. And then look at all the fraud we're uncovering. They want to do that in Virginia. That's what it's all about. About David Williams.

[David Williams]

Yeah. And so I, the people that I'm talking with, like I said, the Republican Party, they understand that this cannot happen. And that was one of the biggest reasons that I jumped into this race is because I started seeing all this crazy, our country moving further and further to the left and it felt like we weren't being heard. And so I'm hoping, hopeful that the people of Virginia will step up this election and you know, this is the time, this is a referendum for what's going on right now and vote Mark Warner out, that is. And then we have to win elections. Right? We have to win elections. And that's how we fight. We fight back.

[Rob Carson]

All right. Well, David, David, I appreciate your time today, man. David Williams. You were on Twitter @williams4va. Check out that, where else can people find you, help you out, my friend?

[David Williams]

All right, they can go to David Williams, 4VA. That's David Williams f o r v a dot com and check us out there and let's, let's together team up and let's get Mart Warner out there. Let's, let's retire him. Finally.

[Rob Carson]

I love it.

[David Williams]

Take care of my love. Thank you.

[Rob Carson]

Yep. We'll talk again soon. Sure. David Williams. All right, cool. It seems like a nice enough guy. We'll see. We'll see. I need to know more about him before I'm willing to give a him my full throated endorsement. But he's certainly a whole hell of a lot better than Mark Warner. My God, what a, what a turd burglar he is. My God, that's the word I'm going to use. Yeah, he's a turd burglar. All right. We need to talk about Joe Kent, don't we? Joe Kent. Yesterday he wrote a resignation letter stepping down as the director of the National Counterterrorism center, saying he cannot in good conscious, support the ongoing war in Iran after two weeks. What a profound disappointment he is. I mean, nothing against his service, but seriously, in announcing his resignation, Ken added that Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation and that the war was started due to the pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. Clearly a big. A big viewer of Candace Owens. Loves, loves, loves him. Some Candace Owens, I'm guessing, because, honestly, he pulled out of his rear end, to be quite honest. Even old Chris. Chris Cuomo. Let me find this. This sound bite from Chris Cuomo about Joe Kent. I've got a. I've got one. Chris Cuomo went off. He's like, you're kidding me. Yeah, joking. Good. No, that's not it. That's not what I'm looking for. I'll find it. I'll find it. But even old Chris Cuomo said, are you kidding me? There's no way that the. That we did not know that the. The Iranians posed a major threat to us. Dan Bongino was on last night on Fox talking about this, about Joe Kent being clueless. Actually, I'm gonna have to share that on the other side of the break. Otherwise, I'm gonna go a little bit long, and I don't want to do that. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson show.

[Victor Davis Hanson]

Mr. President, get rid of what and

[Rob Carson]

who does not serve you or us. How did a guy like Joe Kent get to be your top counterterror official?

[Victor Davis Hanson]

How did your top counterterror guy think

[Rob Carson]

there was no real threat from Iran and say nothing until now? Yeah, there you go. That's. That's Chris Cuomo. And I'm honestly. When Chris Cuomo gets something, I mean, you are. You. It's very obvious because he's not the brightest bulb in the world. He's usually wrong about every. Everything. And by the way, he. He. He straight into Stupidville on this comment. So he started off really strong, and then he straight into Stupidville. How does he believe that you didn't want to strike? Either he had no conscience or no confidence. There you go. Hasn't strayed off yet, but it's coming either way. Way no good. Okay. And these two positions are his most benign. Okay. All right. What are the other positions that are not that's this is stupid Bill. He's got ties to ultra right wing extremists like the Proud Boys. Okay, no, no, there aren't any Proud Boys, really. Honestly, it's just all contingent. And honestly, you always made a big deal out of it. But you never say anything about Antifa. He's got a Panzer tattoo. That's the, you know, the German tank. He believes in the. I didn't know nothing about that. Great replacement theory, that. Yeah, well, that's actually happening to me. Left wants illegal immigrants to replace white voters. Well, that's not. Not necessarily white voters, but legal citizens altogether. He's right about that. He believes the 2020 election was stolen. Well, yeah, so do I. And. And the reason being is because of all the evidence and stuff. So there's that. He believes the FBI instigated January. No, they infiltrated it though. They had lots of agents in the January 6th crowd, so that's all coming out too. And then of course the January 6th committee destroyed all the evidence and stuff. There. Chris fixed again. That would all make perfect sense if it was some Maga man podcaster. MAGA man podcast? No, actually just somebody who knows the truth. You were wrong about vaccines and all that crap. That's why you have working at a smaller network, much smaller than Newsmax. Here is Dan Bongino talking about the list of evidence that showed Iran was a threat to us. You know, we had Erbil, Beirut, Beirut, The Khobar Towers, EFPs. That's true. Explosively foreign penetrators in the Iraqi battlefield. Foreign penetrator administrators. I'm thinking the Ayatollah is. Is very concerned about that right now. We've had drone attacks. We've had threats of drone attacks. We've had, you know, decades of hostage in the. In the Strait. We've had decades of actual hostage taking in our own embassy. Killed a lot of our. Of our, you know, our soldiers. You had Cafe Milano, you've had lethal plotting Asif Merchant. That just the federal case and the. The Pakistani at the IRGC zone beholding in the assassination case. What more evidence could you possibly. You couldn't ask for anymore, Joe. Ken is smoking the same weed that Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens smoking, by the way. That's really what I mean. Honestly. There's no other. It's got to be legalized weed. I have no idea what the hell is going on. Be honest real quick. I want to mention this morning I slept until the sunrise. I posted it on Facebook. The picture of the window with the sun. I slept till 7 o' clock today. I never did that. I used to consider literally just a month and a half ago I said sleep is a bother. Sleep is a pain. I don't even like to start sleep. And now I can't wait to get in my ghost bed. Ghost bed. And if you don't believe me, check out my social media. I put up a video of me unboxing the ghost bed and put it out. I have never slept this good in my life. I swear to God in heaven. Ghostbed.com Newsmax if you want to take advantage of great savings and another 10. Ghostbed.com Newsmax Seriously, just [e-mail] it is. I'm not saying this just to say it. I'm saying it because it's real. I can't believe it. Ghostbed.com Newsmax hour number three of the Rob Carson show is right ahead. I wouldn't go anywhere.