In this episode, Gallagher dives into the heart of Washington D.C.’s political pulse with updates on TikTok’s looming shutdown and the inauguration preparations for President Trump. Listener reactions provide a spectrum of opinions on government intervention in digital platforms. Amidst these discussions, enjoy light-hearted banter about braving the cold for the inaugural celebrations and the team’s commitment to engaging audiences through live YouTube updates.
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He’s the happy conservative warrior. From the Relief Factor Studios, here’s Mike Geller.
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As we walk into the studio, some breaking news out of Washington, D.C.
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Breaking now on the Mike Gallagher Show.
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The Supreme Court has upheld the banning of TikTok in the United States of America. It’s fascinating to me because I don’t know how this is even going to work. But nonetheless, the United States Supreme Court has upheld the federal law that would ban the Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok. Two days before this is slated to take effect. Now, the caveat is, unless sold. So somebody’s got to buy it in order to prevent it from being shut down. So we’re going to see how this all plays out because President Trump is on record as having pivoted a little bit. I think he initially agreed with the attempt to ban TikTok in the United States, but he has since come around and has changed his position and supports TikTok. Look, I’m thinking about all the video clips I see all the time on social media. Ninety percent of it comes through TikTok. You see ads for TikTok now. You may even hear ads for TikTok on my show. I don’t really have any hand in that. I don’t have a say in that. People are always concerned about China’s influence and access to our data. That cow’s out of the barn. I don’t think that they’re going to infiltrate the United States via TikTok, but many people do. And I don’t know how this is going to work. Seems kind of crazy to me. And I’m going to still predict that somehow TikTok will be saved. If Trump wants TikTok to survive, he’s got the richest man in the world by his side, Elon Musk. And Elon could buy TikTok. So I think something like that might happen, but time will tell. But again, breaking news, the Supreme Court has ruled that TikTok is to shut down as scheduled unless it is sold. Meanwhile, it’s Friday, January 17th. After the show, we’re off to Washington, D.C. to cover President Trump’s inauguration. And what an incredible… year we’ve had and we’re kicking off a year in a major way now joey hudson who is the uh… longtime family friend and team member of team gallagher he’s the direct executive director of gallagher’s heroes the fallen officer fund he happens to be my business manager lifelong friend and a frequent guest host here on the mike gallagher show and joey i drag you everywhere i can i think i’ve talked you into going to alaska with us this august I think next year we’ll go to the Black Hole of Calcutta. We’ll see if you can come along. But you’re off to Washington with us. You’re bringing along your bride, Peg. And you guys are going to be shivering Monday morning on the steps of the Capitol because, Joey, it’s going to be cold.
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It’s going to be bitter cold. The forecast is that this probably could be the coldest inauguration in history. It was pretty cold back in 1985 with President Reagan. It got down into the low 20s then. And, in fact, they canceled the parade for Reagan. Now, I wonder if it is this bitter cold on Monday. Will Trump do the parade?
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Well, I think Ivanka has said he will. In fact, I think the early word was the whole family is going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue. You know where I go right away instinctively. I hope he’s safe. I don’t want anything to happen to this guy. They can’t harm one hair on his head. And I’ve been thinking a lot about this, Joey, and I’m in this grateful mood. I mean, did you ever have any moments in 2024 where you thought that the unthinkable was going to happen and Kamala could win?
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I had plenty of those moments. I didn’t want to think about it, but yes, I mean, with everything that they were throwing at Donald Trump, you just think, how much longer can the man do this? You know, my fear was that they were going to end up putting him in jail, literally, and they tried everything they could. But, you know, we’re here now. He’s going to be our next president on Monday, and we’re going to be there to witness it. So everything is good. 2025 is off to a good start.
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It sure is, and you and I have got some big plans beginning Sunday. We’re going to go to a couple of the inaugural balls, the South Carolina ball. Of course, you have a huge larger-than-life presence in South Carolina, and you’ve got great connections. Nobody knows South Carolina politics like Joey Hudson. And so thanks to you, we got the invite to go to the Palmetto Ball at the Smithsonian at the Portrait Gallery. Then we’re going to head over to the Charlie Kirk Turning Point USA Ball. We’re going to get to see the village people in person, Joey.
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They’re going to do YMCA. Oh, I’ll tell you, that’s just going to be amazing. Have you been practicing your dance?
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I’m ready. I’m ready. Look, I could be… How many are there? Four of them? I’ll be the second tenor to add to the… Now, people have been saying, you guys have got to chronicle this. You guys have to show for us stay connected. And Christian and I earlier talked about making sure we utilize our YouTube channel, right? Is that the best way for us to do clips that we can, and maybe even, can we go live on YouTube? We can. Sure, we can go live. Yes. Maybe we plan to do that. Well, you know all that stuff better than I do, but why not? Let’s do it. So make sure you subscribe to our YouTube channel. Make sure you subscribe. You go to YouTube. Don’t get the congressman and me mixed up. It’s the talk show host. It’s the big mouth talk show host, not the rhino congressman, ex-congressman from Wisconsin. But I can’t wait. We’ll stay in contact with our audience that way beginning Sunday. So if you’re out and about or you’re on your computer, Sunday night and Monday, the inauguration. So subscribe to the Mike Gallagher Show YouTube channel and make sure you hit the notifications. because we’ll post new videos when we go to the balls and make these different stops, and everybody will be notified when there’s a new video coming in. So subscribe to the Mike Gallagher Show on YouTube. And then, Joey, you’re going to be doing reports from the Capitol Steps and the inauguration site itself on Monday, right?
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That’s the plan. I will be out in the cold. But, you know, I’m excited about it. I don’t care how cold it is. Nothing is going to keep me from seeing Donald Trump sworn in. So, yeah, we’re going to give you live reports throughout the morning. We’ll get there early to get the response from people who are going to be out standing in line. You know, we’re told that people will start around 5 a.m. Monday morning getting in line to get in. So, yeah, we’re going to keep you informed.
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Well, and look, if anybody doubts how I’m so capable of doing sacrifices for my team, look at me. I’m going to have to be in a warm, toasty studio anchoring the coverage on Monday. I will not be out in the frigid, you know, single-digit temperatures with the winds whipping up. I’m going to have to – look, I got shut out. I mean, I couldn’t believe it. I got overruled, and you’re making me be in the studio because you want to get all the glory and actually go to Trump’s inauguration in person. How dare you? How dare you?
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You’re taking one for the team like you always do, Mike Gallagher, and you’re going to stay back in the nice, warm, toasty studio, as you say.
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That’s what I do. So I’ll be in our D.C. headquarters, and you’ll be out there in the cold with Peg. Let me guess. You’ve got electric vests. You guys have hand warmers that are turned on. I mean, you’re going to wind up getting arrested because they’re going to think you’re a bad guy with wires coming out of your coat.
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You know, Peg and I were just talking about that because we had our electric vest out, and it has a battery in it and everything. And we were thinking, will Secret Service let us through? Wait a minute.
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Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
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You really do have an electric vest? We really do have a vest that has a battery pack that you charge. But I’m not sure how that’s going to go with Secret Service. I mean, it’s a deal. It’s a battery pack about the size of a small book.
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Oh, that’s it. You’re going to get arrested. You’re going to wind up. You’re going to be like that state senator in Georgia. They’re going to throw you to the ground, put you in handcuffs, and I’m going to have to bail you out. And I can’t bail you out because I’ve got to be on the air in the warm, toasty studios in D.C. I’ve got to anchor our inauguration coverage. So, look, you get arrested, buddy. You’re on your own.
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Well, we’ll just be sure that the camera is rolling when it happens. Will you cut to me live if that happens?
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I will. YouTube channel. There it is. That’s the perfect use of the Mike Gallagher Show YouTube channel. Joey, heading off to the Who Scout. Make sure you put up a good fight. Oh, I will. I’ll tell them who I work for. Tell them, don’t you know who I am? I’m with Mike Gallagher. Yeah, right. That’ll get you 20 more years. All right, Joey, stay warm, safe travels. The next time I see you will be in our nation’s capital. And it is incredible. I mean, I can’t believe we’re here after the year we had. See you there, Joey. Keep fighting the good fight. Joey Hudson, can you believe it? I’m so happy right now. I’m so relieved. We worked hard in 2024. We worked real hard. Let’s face it. We all did. And I can’t get the phrase, we did it, out of my head. We just can’t get that phrase out of our brain. I’m so thrilled and honored and just gratified beyond belief. I’ll bet you are too. Let’s get back to this big breaking story. The Supreme Court saying that TikTok can be banned in the U.S. Look, I admit I’m not a big purveyor of TikTok, but I’ll tell you something. Plenty of people are. Guarantee you many, many people are. watching and listening to this show right now, or maybe you watch the show or clips or whatever through various, you know, messages on TikTok. Give me a break. How do you ban something like TikTok? How do you shut that down? How is this going to work? And are you okay with it? Are you okay with it? I mean, here’s a text from Nevada, from Las Vegas. Hey, put a sock in TikTok pronto. Good. Glad it’s gone. You agree with that? Supreme Court says TikTok’s ban can proceed. Give me your reaction to it. Let’s do a lightning round of phone calls in the Relief Factor studios. 800-655-MIKE, 800-655-6453. Hope you join us. Feeling better when I’m feeling no pain.
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Breaking now on the Mike Gallagher Show.
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The Supreme Court has ruled that TikTok is to shut down as scheduled Sunday unless it is sold. Now, that’s the caveat that I think could lead to a buyer like Elon Musk. Again, Trump doesn’t want it sold. There are folks I know that have had enormous success. And, you know, if you believe the commercials that you see and hear about it, TikTok is also used as a force for good. Now, I know about the existential threat that China poses to us. I appreciate the concern we have. You want to get serious about China? Why don’t we block them from buying all the land they’re buying? You want to get serious about China? Then let’s talk about China. The real estate ventures and how about all the products that we have to buy? I mean, look, this is a multilayered thing. To go after a social media platform like TikTok doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. Let’s see what you think. We’ll start in Cincinnati, Ohio, where Michael is reacting to the news. Michael, what do you think?
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Yes, thanks for picking up. I personally, I think… I’m against forcing the sale of TikTok. Okay. Now, but I think instead we should pass a law that says that if you do business with, that basically if you censor people on your platform that you should Yet you lose your what’s that one law that gives them all these protections? I can’t remember.
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I’m not sure. But, Michael, what I do know is that here’s a text that makes a lot of sense from New Jersey. We have to make up our mind. Is China the biggest foreign threat to our country or not? If they own and control TikTok and are using it to gain control over us, we need to block it. Well, OK, this is what’s strange. We don’t all have TikTok. Not everybody subscribes to TikTok. Not everybody has the app. You believe that China’s a threat and you don’t want them spying on you? Well, for crying out loud, don’t engage in TikTok. I mean, there’s some basics here that I don’t quite understand. Here’s William. William, you’re up. What do you think about the Supreme Court going along with this TikTok ban?
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mike thanks for taking my call i’m totally against it i think that’s a total overreach of government power they’re just trying to censor and and just push the the democratic you know way of thinking i’m actually a content creator on tick tock and i’ve had a very successful uh reign since 2020 there and all everything that i publish is all fun theme park related just great fun things to do and i it’s been a good avenue for uh for people to reach out and and just You know, have a good time. And every third video I see is either Charlie Kirk. or J.D. Vance, and it’s just the Democrats. They’re just trying to hush that, and I totally disagree.
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Thank you for taking my call. I appreciate it. One open line, 800-655-MIKE. We’ll continue. Let’s get your reaction to all of this. We’ve got a bunch of breaking news, and not to bury the lead, we’re off to Washington, D.C. after the show to cover the inauguration Monday, and we’ll have every minute of it on this show. You’re not going to miss a word here on the Mike Gallagher Show. Hope you join us.
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Call PhD Weight Loss and Nutrition today to schedule your consultation call 864-644-1900 864-644-1900 or just go to myphdweightloss.com myphdweightloss.com he’s the happy conservative warrior from the relief factor studios here’s mike gilliam I never want to be a jerk, and maybe this feels like a little bit of a jerk move, but I am so happy at seeing the video that I just saw of Joe Biden’s official presidential portraits being removed from government buildings in Washington, D.C. The golden era is about to begin. And the post that I saw on social media from somebody, the account is Jack, at Jack Unheard, he said, this is what real happiness feels like. We’re so back. We are so back. Incidentally, ironically, the video clip that I just saw on X came from TikTok, like so many videos do. If you haven’t heard, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the ban on TikTok. And the caveat is, unless somebody buys it, you wait and see, somebody’s going to buy it. Maybe Elon. Who knows? But you just don’t ban a social media app and take… Again, that joy and happiness away from people who have the option of taking the risk or not. The risk is, of course, whether China is spying on you. You don’t want China to spy on you? Don’t get the app. Don’t engage. Don’t give them the opportunity. You know, somebody texted me about the way the world has changed since 9-11. And this texter is so right. So many of our freedoms as a country have just been arbitrarily removed. And I truly believe that Trump’s return restores many of those freedoms. The texter said, we’ve got TSA going through our suitcases, our bags. How intrusive. We’re learning how bad the communist Chinese really are. The texture says, I agree with you, Mike, we should ban Chinese land purchases in this country. We’re starting to ban Chinese electric vehicles from coming into this country. Things take time. But it is not a question of just turning TikTok off from not using it. If it’s a national security issue, then we need to ban it. I’m not in favor of banning things, he said. But to stay safe in the post 9-11 America, we have to ban TikTok. Do we? Really? Hey, Michael, don’t get on TikTok. You know, I saw the texter say that we’ve lost so many of our freedoms. You don’t have the choice? What if you choose to go visit China? No, no, no, can’t go to China. What if you choose to buy a Chinese product? What if you choose to sell your apartment building to a Chinese buyer? I mean, how far down this rabbit hole do we go? I don’t know. All I know is nothing can shatter my great mood. And one of the interesting aspects of the inauguration is going to be who gets to go, who’s not going. And I get it. Trump didn’t go to Biden’s inauguration. People are… kind of murmuring about Jill Biden offering to have the traditional First Lady tea with Melania, and Melania turned Jill Biden down. Michelle Obama isn’t going to the inauguration. I saw a list last night of about 13 or 14 Democrats, three of them I didn’t even recognize. Who cares? Go, don’t go. You don’t want to show up, don’t show up. If Michelle Obama doesn’t want to go to the inauguration, who cares? I mean, I remember her saying that she finally was proud of her country, but only when her husband ran for president. It was the first time she’d been proud of her country. Remember that clip from Michelle Obama? Now, she’s clearly tacky and classless by not attending Jimmy Carter’s funeral, by pouting and staying home and not going to Trump’s inauguration. But look, I get it. She doesn’t like him. Okay, don’t go. Stay home. Good for you. You really showed him. You’re going to make Barack go. He’s going to, you know, get all dressed up. He’s going to the funeral of a former president. He’s going to the inauguration of the future president. But you’re going to stay home. Okay, so be it. But then I came across a clip from Jason Whitlock. He’s got a very popular podcast. He used to be a regular with Tucker Carlson all the time on Fox News. And he has quite the eyebrow-raising take on Michelle Obama’s decision to stay home. I wanted to play it for you and get your reaction.
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I know Michelle Obama allegedly is married, but she ain’t answering to no man. Are you kidding me? What kind of household is Barack Obama running where, baby, I got to get dressed up, fly to Georgia, and go to this funeral for Jimmy Carter, a former president? I ain’t going. And Barack’s good with that. He’s not running that household. She is.
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When you’re a man leading a marriage and leading your household, you’re following God and your partner with a woman who’s following you as you follow God. Oh, baby, we got a funeral. We got to go where we got to pay respects to a former U.S. president. And every other president is going to be there with his wife, with his bottom chick. And you stand at home. You don’t make this kind of fool out of me. It’s not going to happen. George Bush going to be there with his wife. Bill Clinton’s going to be there with his wife. Donald Trump’s going to be there with his wife. I’m going to be there with mine. Not Barack. Cause he ain’t in charge. And that’s the message that’s being sent to black women. You’re in charge. You don’t have to pay respects to tradition, protocols, expectations. You write the rules.
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Wow. Now, I will share with you that there’s one member of my team who practically slumped over when he heard Jason Whitlock’s comments. I think the word slumped. misogynist came up a couple of times. And he’s no lefty. So, I don’t know. It’s a provocative thing to say. You know me. I like to tread where fools dare go. Let’s dive in. 800-655-MIKE. 800-655-6453 on this inauguration weekend. We’ll be going to the balls. We’re going to go to the South Carolina Palmetto Ball over at the Smithsonian Sunday night. Hope to see you there. If you’re attending, we’re going to go to the Charlie Kirk Turning Point USA Ball over at the Salamander Hotel. We’re covering the inauguration. Joey Hudson will be in the crowd. I’ll be in the studios. And we’re going to bring you all of it on Monday. I’ll be sharing everything I can with you on our YouTube channel. So if you want to take in some of the sights and sounds, subscribe to our YouTube channel. Make sure you hit the notification button so when we post a new video, you’ll be able to take part. I’m excited about all that. Joey’s all revved up, ready to go. We’ll get all of our gear out. So follow us on YouTube and subscribe and hit the notification button. Just find the Mike Gallagher Show YouTube page. In the meantime, give me your reaction to what you just heard from Jason Whitlock. 800, is he right? Is it a biblical thing? Is Michelle Obama teaching black women how to be disrespectful and how to not follow any protocols? What do you make of what Jason Whitlock just said? 800-655-MIKE, 800-655-6453. Call or text, one phone number does it all, 800-655-6453. Christmas means giving, and for my money, Christmas means MyPillow. Make it a MyPillow Christmas for somebody on your list because the Christmas extravaganza is well underway. Because a big box retailer canceled an order, Mike Lindell has thousands of MyPillows to move. Well, he wants to pass the savings on to you, so check out this offer. You can order a standard classic MyPillow, and it’s normally $49.98 for just $45. 1488 with promo code mike g limit of 10 this is the pillow that started it all the pillow that never goes flat stays nice and cool all through the night you can throw it in the washer in the dryer as often as you want you can get a classic standard my pillow for 1488 with promo code mike g a queen size normally 69.98 you’ll get it for just 1888 with promo code mike g or a king size Normally $79.98. You can order it for $19.88 apiece. Limit $10, please, during Mike’s incredible Christmas extravaganza from MyPillow.com. Look, if you haven’t been to the site in a while, you can get all your Christmas shopping done by going to MyPillow.com. Look for the Mike Gallagher Specials Square. Click on that box, and then with any order you place, enter the promo code MikeG, and you’ll save big. MyPillow.com. Promo code MikeG. MyPillow.com. Promo code MikeG. Or call 800-928-6034. 800-928-6034. It’s the Christmas extravaganza sale going on right now at MyPillow.
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A lot of text messages pouring in over the Jason Whitlock remarks about Michelle Obama boycotting the inauguration in New York City. Here’s one. Guys, hang on. What’s happening? Mute, guys. What are you pointing at? What’s going on? Oh, what are we? Okay, sorry. We had a little bit of a train wreck there. Let me take two. Play the bumper music again. Eric, we’ll start over. What the heck is going on around here?
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A lot is being said about Jason Whitlock’s remarks.
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About Michelle Obama boycotting the inauguration. From New York City, Jason Whitlock is absolutely right. Typically speaking, men are to be leaders of their home with compassion, love, and strength. Unfortunately, the feminist movement has created an era of weak men. This is the whole happy wife, happy life mentality. A strong man follows God first, and a good woman should follow him. Here’s a text message from Georgia directed to Eric Hansen. Hey, Eric New Jersey Hansen, he’s not being misogynistic. Now, how dare you? I did not give Eric up. I didn’t say his name. I did not identify Eric by name. I don’t know why you’re guessing that it was Eric Hansen who was surprised at Jason Whitlock’s comments and somewhat offended, even though it was Eric Hansen. As a woman, there’s no shame in knowing woman is the helper of man. Equally important, we all have a place, like the food chain. One piece out of whack, everything changes. A couple of other texts about the inauguration and TikTok. Florida, Tampa writes, Monday is more like the 4th of July. I’ll be lighting my fireworks. And finally, from South Carolina, longtime listener and admirer, you are being obtuse on TikTok. And I assume it’s just to stay in the good graces of Trump. It does not become you. Look, with all due respect, because you disagree with me doesn’t mean I’m being obtuse. We have a different point of view. And I do recognize the threat that China poses. I don’t agree that a TikTok ban is the way to address it. But I absolutely appreciate the concerns everybody has about TikTok. But hey, South Carolina, you want to get serious? Ban Facebook. You worried about the impact Facebook has on our lives? You worried about the way Facebook interfered with the election? How about Instagram? Let’s start there. I’m being obtuse? Do you think there’s any real estate in South Carolina owned by the Chinese communist government? You think there’s any products in your home from China? Again, for me, it’s pretty simple. There’s no… obtuse about it you don’t want tiktok in your life don’t get on tiktok not sure why that’s so hard to understand sherry is in spartanburg south carolina hi sherry welcome to the mike gallagher show hi hi i just wanted to say that i’m in agreement with you at first when i heard it i thought well that’s a good idea because china shouldn’t have any uh place in america right but
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I agree with you because had it not been for things like TikTok or all the social media when Trump was first running, and even this time, we wouldn’t know half of the truth. We wouldn’t know any of the truth if it weren’t for social media. That’s right. The politics, Congress, they don’t want you to know. So they’re just trying to prevent us from knowing the truth about what’s going on in our country.
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All right. Thanks, Sherry. Good to hear from you. I appreciate it. Frank’s in Texas reacting to the Jason Whitlock comments, saying that Michelle Obama is sending a terrible message to black women by staying home from the inauguration and Jimmy Carter’s funeral, for that matter. Hey, Frank, what did you think?
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Maybe Michelle Obama was just sick. Why read into something to why she didn’t go? Anybody check on her to see if she was sick or not? Could be.
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You mean for both Jimmy? That’s a long sickness. Jimmy Carter’s funeral was a couple weeks ago.
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A week ago, maybe, yeah.
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Maybe they’re having marital problems.
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Wow. You’re going to go that deep to try to support your narrative and say they’re having… Marital problems?
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I don’t even know that I agree with the narrative. I don’t know what the narrative is. There’s a narrative that’s clear. She’s staying home for a reason. So you think maybe she has the flu? I don’t know what she has. She could be sick. Well, my guess is she hates Trump so much she can’t bear to be there Monday.
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And that’s understandable. Look what she did to her kids and her husband and herself.
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Whose kids?
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To the Obama kids. Talking about the dads not born here. Uh-huh. Having people go up against them.
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Uh-huh. How about what the Democrats did to Trump going through Melania’s underwear drawer? That okay at Mar-a-Lago? You all right with that, Frank? Melania posed naked. I had a feeling you were okay with that. Goodbye. Go away. Even you can’t ruin my good mood. Be gone! 800-655-MIKE. Join us.
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Mike Gallagher. Every day Mike visits with Mark Davis. Morning host on 660 AM The Answer in Dallas. Here’s today’s M&M experience.
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Let’s just stop and let this ruminate a little bit. Think about this. We’re off to Washington, D.C. after the show to cover the inauguration of Donald J. Trump. Mark, I want to ask you a personal question. In the middle of 2024, when Trump was being convicted of 34 felonies, think about that for just a little, let that sink in. If you or I had one felony to our name, We’re done. We’re done. It ruins our life. How about 34? How about 34? Which, of course, the absurdity of that, taking a misdemeanor that expired due to the statute of limitations over a bookkeeping mistake and turning it into 34 felony convictions.
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And maybe not even a mistake. It was a drop-down menu where he called it a legal cost. It was a legal cost.
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So to take that and turn it into 34 felony convictions, the absurdity of that is a big reason, a big part of why he won. Of course, the assassination attempt is a big part of why he won. All of this came together. And this is a God thing. You can’t ever convince most of us that God didn’t have his hand in this, Mark. You know, it’s been said that Trump believes that the assassination attempt was absolutely, it was God’s will, of course, that that bullet didn’t hit him in the head. that it would graze him. If he hadn’t turned his head in that split second, how do you not think of that as divine intervention? Even his haters can’t go around saying, well, this is the luckiest son of a gun who ever lived. No, this isn’t luck. This is fate. This is spiritual. And I am so proud to be bundled up and headed to the tundra conditions. Oh, my gosh. This is going to be one of the coldest inaugurations on record. One of the presidents who went to the inauguration was just cold. He died. William Henry Harrison. William Henry Harrison got pneumonia.
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And it wasn’t even that cold.
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It was just, it was like raining in like 38 or something. It was going to be cold. It’s going to be in the teens when people are filing in. Now, look, I have to sacrifice. I got to be in a warm, toasty studio anchoring. Joey Hudson will be among the crowd.
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You know what inquiring minds want to know? What? Where you stay in.
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Well, I’m not staying where I usually stay because that hotel room – you know the hotel room where I usually stay?
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That’s why – by the way, I don’t need hotel name or room number. No, but I’ll tell you the story. Have you priced it out and found it?
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I have. There’s a hotel that I’ve always stayed at when I go to D.C. and I always like it. It’s an older hotel, but it’s very luxurious, very comfortable. It’s the Ritz-Carlton in Pentagon City. And it’s right across the river, really. You know, right over the bridge. And it’s easy to get to. In fact, do you know why it’s kind of famous? Do you know why it’s notorious for a reason?
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Something happened there? What happened there?
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Yeah. Monica Lewinsky was confronted by FBI agents in that hotel. And that’s where she had, like, Linda Tripp. Remember how Linda Tripp turned her in and everything? Well, that all happened at that hotel. Anyway. I like that hotel. It’s comfortable. And, you know, it’s not a cheap room. I mean, but, you know, thankfully I can put it on the Salem expense account. It’s usually about $700 or $800 a night. Yeah, what is it now? $4,000. A night.
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$4,000 a night for a home. Is it time for my 30 cents? There’s no such thing as gouging.
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Oh, really? Really? No.
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That’s the marketplace. That’s gouging. I mean, gouging is like criminalized to some. Well, that should be criminal. No. Oh, stop it. Stop it.
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Stop it. We’re the conservatives.
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We’re the libertarians. They have every right to charge that. And if somebody doesn’t want it, they don’t pay it.
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And I’ll bet they’re sold out. So, anyway. So, proves my point exactly. We’re staying a little farther away, but not too far. In Baltimore. And we’re going to get to go to the balls. We’re going to go to a couple of inaugural balls Sunday night. It’s going to be, you know, Phil Boyce and Joey and Peg Hudson and I. We’re going to go off to the South Carolina Palmetto Bowl.
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Make sure you’ve got a black tie and boots. Got to hang with the Texans.
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I got the boots. Well, I don’t have the boots, but I got the tux and I got the tie and the cumber. I got a big boy tie, too. I’ve got an actual tux tie that you’ve got to tie. It’s not a clip-on. Woo!
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Do you know how to tie one of those? I do. I haven’t done it in 20 years, but I do.
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I don’t know how to tie it. I have no idea how to tie it. So Joey Hudson is going to have to treat me like a toddler and tie it for me. Come on. But how about the ball, the big ball, the Turning Point USA ball we’re going to get to go to, thanks to Phil Boyce’s connections. The actual village people are performing. Man, oh, man. They’re performing. And Don Jr. and President Trump, I don’t know if he’s going to show up or not. I’ll bet he may.
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I mean, the president and the first lady, the freshly installed president and first lady usually make the rounds. Yes. I mean, the last one I actually went to was Black Tie and Boots, the Texas ball for the first Bush inauguration. But would Trump come to the Texas one? I would think. Maybe. Would Trump come to various other ones? I don’t know. It’s a cool tradition.
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It’s going to be Sunday night. Washington will be packed and there’ll be lots of excitement and drama. His official inauguration portrait has been released and it bears a striking resemblance to his mugshot, which I love.
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He’s got that glowering determination.
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With the lighting from below. It’s like, hey, look, I love the phrase, dad’s coming home and dad’s pissed. Dad is not happy with you. He is not happy. And speaking of interesting things about the inauguration, you know Jason Whitlock, right, from his many appearances with Tucker? The Fearless podcast. Fearless podcast. He does a rant about Michelle Obama refusing to go to Trump’s inauguration. Now, here’s what he said. It’s fascinating. I’m going to play it on the show today. And the post that he put up on X was, Michelle Obama is setting the example for black women. By missing Jimmy Carter’s funeral and making a fool out of Barack, she’s telling black women that they don’t have to pay any respects or follow any protocols. He mocked a conversation. He did a mocking conversation between – Barack and Michelle. And it went something like this. Honey, I’ve got to put on a suit and tie. We’ve got to pay respects to Jimmy Carter. Honey, we’ve got to go to D.C. It’s the inauguration of the 47th president. And Michelle says, I ain’t going. I ain’t going. I’m staying home. Honey, don’t embarrass me like this. And Jason Whitlock has a whole rant. Now, he’s a black man.
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I was going to say, which gives him a little bit of Teflon to be able to do this.
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Go ahead. I guess he has the latitude to do this. And he says, look, in the black community, this is a black – and he talks about a wife has a biblical – duty you know god a husband is accountable to god um a wife is accountable to her husband and god and it’s basically almost a scriptural reference he makes where he says look she’s making a fool out of barack obama there’s a lot of rumors swirling that their marriage is trouble in paradise yeah i mean what do you what do you make that’s that’s the second uh hottest uh active rumor about michelle
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