SPEAKER 02 : 0:01

Whenever we welcome our talk show buddy, Mike Gallagher, broadcasting nationally from the Tampa Bay area, might as well show you some mighty WGUL radio right there overlooking Tampa Bay and looking over the various issues of the day. The gentleman I have welcomed to our… Right before he starts his national show and I’m in the middle of my local, the little Eminem, Mike and Mark, Mark and Mike, whoever gets top billing, I don’t care. But Mike is here because when I’ve been doing the fill-in thing here today and tomorrow, we’ll both do it. It’s been a joy to welcome Mike into this fold as well. So let us stipulate, Mike, that generally speaking, if there’s anything we as conservatives in media don’t really need to do, it’s spend a whole lot of time talking about Jimmy Kimmel. We got to talk about Jimmy Kimmel because both Trump and Melania want him fired. You watched last night. I’ve heard what he said. You go first.

SPEAKER 03 : 0:49

Well, I need you to make me feel better because I came to work in a rotten mood. And I never like starting an M&M experience in a bad mood. And by the way, fun fact, we’re days away from launching the M&M Extra podcast, which is going to be exclusive to the podcast space for people new to you and People around the country and the world listening to our morning show here at Salem Media, they’re about to make a call on a permanent replacement for soon-to-be Congressman Chris Stegall. And when that happens, we’re going to dive in. You and I have spent years, as many people in the Dallas-Fort Worth area call it, making some magic and stuff. sharing hot takes, and we have a deep friendship and a great relationship on and off the air. And so get ready for the M&M Extra. In fact, I just launched my new Twitter banner, my ex-banner there, whatever you call that thing. We’ve got the new artwork for the M&M Extra podcast, so that’s coming in just a few days. And my day starts with you. You’re on before me in Dallas. And you always lift me up. I am in such a nasty mood today, like a dummy. I stayed up late last night to watch Kimmel. And I thought, because I go to bed. I get up about 6 in the morning. I’m in bed about 11. I try 11, 15. I thought, I always stay up a little later. Because all he has to do is one thing. It’s real simple. All he has to do is say, you know what? I had no idea that somebody would actually try to kill the president two days after my stupid joke. Talking, calling, you know, the first lady an expectant widow. I didn’t mean that. I was talking about their age difference. But you know what? I really appreciate how terrifying it must have been for her, for everybody in the ballroom. And I’m sorry if my joke in any way added to the pain and the anger of that event. That’s all he had to do. So like a dummy, there I am, staying up at night to watch this clown double down, mock Melania, taunt the people who were evacuated. You know, he wasn’t. Guarantee you, the way that guy weeps at the drop of a hat, he’d be a sobbing mess if he had to get escorted out of a ballroom because gunshots are going out. And he just doubled down. And I was mad at myself. I feel so stupid. And, of course, a lot of people were mocking me on social media when I went to bed. And I posted it. They said, oh, I’m glad that he stuck a thumb in your eye, Gallagher. Because all he did was give a giant middle finger to all the Americans who were upset at what he did. And you know why, Mark? Because he hates us. They don’t see us as humans. They don’t see Melania as a human being. They don’t have any regard for this president as a guy who’s been nearly killed three times.

SPEAKER 02 : 3:31

That’s how they are. So that’s my first question for you about your mood this morning. Did you, as you stayed up to watch him, have any expectation that he would show that shred of decency? I did. I thought he would at least show it. Therein lies the problem. I know. And you’re such a sweet man and such a good person. I know.

SPEAKER 03 : 3:55

You told me I was being a sucker yesterday when I said, you know, when I said, let’s take a little bit of grace from people like Bruce Springsteen. And a lot of people agreed with you. And a lot of people said, Mark’s right. Don’t be a sucker. They’re playing us. But, you know, if this is ever going to get better, everybody’s better angels have to start prevailing. Look at the Ben Sasse chapter. This guy is so heartwarming and inspirational. He’s dying. He’s doing this media tour. He was on 60 Minutes. Now, before he got sick, he was one of those never-Trumpers who had no… No room in his heart for grace of people who disagree with him politically. But you know what? He’s made it all kind of better because it’s about the things that matter. We shouldn’t be wanting to kill each other. And by the way, we don’t want to kill them. I mean, did you see The Five yesterday? I sure did. A tough, tough day for Harold Ford Jr. He had a bad day. Harold went all Jessica. He was doing everything but put on the glasses and the wig because he was Jessica Tarlow light. He was getting beat up. But Greg Gutfeld and Jesse Waters were as good as anything I’ve ever seen. And let me tell you why. They both echoed a theme about this would-be assassin in Washington, D.C. This is not a guy with a tinfoil hat on his head hearing voices. No. This is a Democrat activist. This is a guy who is he is a main kind of a mainstream Kamala supporting Trump hating Democrat. This is mainstream, Mark. And it was so funny because Jesse started his monologue. I’m going to play both of them later today for stations around the country that might be carrying the Mike Gallagher show. Because right out of the gate, Jesse said this was not a guy who heard voices in his head. And then Gutfeld said, oh, no, he was hearing voices. He was hearing Adam Schiff. He was hearing Nancy Pelosi. He was hearing Hakeem Jeffries. He was hearing Chuck Schumer. And he’s right. This is what’s so terrifying about the moment that we are in. So, look. I don’t want to wallow in the Jimmy Kimmel misery. I still have a feeling ABC’s got to do something, don’t they? No, they don’t.

SPEAKER 02 : 6:14

Maybe not. In this divisive, horrible, characteristically loathsome moment for him, he’s become a hero to the left. His show has become something… When I say interesting, I don’t mean that as praise, but it is the subject… All publicity is good publicity or whatever. That’s generally not always true. But there’s no way they’re going to fire him. The reason Harold had a tough day is because with Jesse and Greg talking about how clearly the preponderance of incendiary speech is traveling from the left toward the right. Here’s Harold, another sweet and wonderful guy. I really like Harold Ford Jr., one of my favorite Democrats, saying, you know, guys, great to be around the table. the stupid grape to be around the table. I hate it when he says that. It’s like a tick. When we get to this point where we’re blaming one side versus the other, we all go down. No, Harold, look at the room. Read the room. Look at the facts. Can you find an occasional conservative jerk? Of course you can. Can you find the occasional flamethrower on social media? Does Trump throw a sharp elbow every once in a while? Sure he does. But his online moments don’t become the policy of the Democrat Party or the talking points for an entire media culture. It’s clearly, clearly a liberal problem. And Harold just didn’t want to hear it.

SPEAKER 03 : 7:39

Just didn’t want to hear it. Then the ballroom came up, which is the other reason I’m in a ticky, nasty mood today.

SPEAKER 02 : 7:45

Well, I know.

SPEAKER 03 : 7:46

And let me tell you why. I mean, the ballroom came up and Harold started yelling about, well, the ballroom doesn’t solve gun violence. And they’re all looking at him like, what are you talking about? Nobody says it does. Of course they don’t. But here’s what some on our side are saying. Let’s blow up the absolute perfect response to all the hysteria over the ballroom by reminding everybody that it’s all going to be funded, according to Trump, by private donors. Taxpayers aren’t paying a dime. Along comes Lindsey Graham. Lindsey Graham holds a press conference yesterday. You know what we got to do? We got to get $400 million of taxpayer money allocated for the ballroom that Trump wants. Now, Mark. The easiest and simplest and most effective response to the melodrama over the ballroom is, we’re not paying for it. Along comes Lindsey. Now he wants taxpayers to pay for it. Here we go again with Senator Lindsey Graham. Do you remember the last time he pulled crap before the midterms? Oh, let’s do a federal abortion ban. Do you know how many Republican women voted for Democrats that year because of that? There was no red wave? Well, Lindsey didn’t help. Now he comes along and says, okay, let’s eliminate the best argument that we have to support the ballroom. At a time when Axios does a story this morning, supposedly Americans are having a tougher time economically than they have in, you know, five years. Oh, gas prices because of the war. The optics are awful, right? But there are no optics if it’s privately funded. Exactly. I mean, Mark, will you please make it make sense for me?

SPEAKER 02 : 9:26

That one I can’t help you. And it violates rule number one, my index card number one, no unforced errors. Don’t ever needlessly give the other side something to beat your brains in with. As you were talking, I figured, let’s see, where am I to go? How about the Daily Beast? And not that they define life or anything, but it gives them a way to… MAGA stooge reveals major plot twist for Trump’s ballroom. Thanks, Lindsay.

SPEAKER 03 : 9:56

But it’s way more than the Daily Beast. It’s independence. It’s people saying, you know what? There’s no debate here. It’s privately funded. There’s no issue. Now there’s an issue. Now you’ve given them not one leg to stand on, but about 10 legs to stand on. And one of the legs is a Republican leg.

SPEAKER 02 : 10:11

Here’s Senator Rick Scott of Florida who says, look, we’ve we’ve got we got thirty nine trillion of debt. Don’t talk to me about a four hundred million dollar ballroom. Are you kidding me?

SPEAKER 03 : 10:23

And now I’ve got some insight from my pal, Joey Hudson, who knows South Carolina politics. He’s my guest host, dear friend of mine. And he knows he’s he said he’s just trying to he’s patronizing Trump. He’s just trying to placate Trump. Lindsey is so dedicated to satisfying Trump that he doesn’t see the forest for the trees.

SPEAKER 02 : 10:43

Because all I know is that’s an OK. And I mean, that’s an OK. Well, not to mollify or coddle or whatever. But Trump Trump should be the first person saying this is all private donations. It’s all private money. Well, I hope he does. They’re done.

SPEAKER 03 : 10:57

Because I got Republicans here in Florida, like Ron DeSantis, unveiled a newly drawn congressional map that would hand us a major advantage, wipes out Virginia’s advantage, and we’ll still see what the Virginia Supreme Court does. But while Republicans are fighting for the midterms, while Republicans are fighting to win, we got Senator Lindsey, oh, let’s federalize abortion right before the midterms, Graham. Now, oh, let’s make taxpayers pay for the ballroom, Graham, right before the midterms. And it makes me… It’s crazy. So thankfully, I mean, I will say you haven’t really helped me very much today.

SPEAKER 02 : 11:32

I was going to say, I just, I wanted to. You telling me you can’t help me doesn’t help me. That doesn’t help any. But it makes the show better. Today’s Mike Gallagher show is going to rock. It’s going to rock. I can’t wait.

SPEAKER 03 : 11:44

And I love the instant feedback on my text line in here because California just said, Hey, Mike, your home radio station should be… W-H-I-N-E. Wine.

SPEAKER 01 : 11:56

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SPEAKER 03 : 11:57

Oh, I get it. I got a couple of call letters for you, California.

SPEAKER 01 : 12:02

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