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866-90-RED-EYE is the phone number, 866-90-733-39. If you want to text me, and I just checked the text line, oh boy, 615-737-9986. You know, it is interesting, and my listeners who listen to me in Nashville, morning show on Supertalk 99.7, WTN 6 to 10 Eastern, 5 to 9 Central. It's a familiar situation that I find myself in, sometimes where, you know, I'm clearly a supporter of Donald Trump. I've been filling in for Gary and Eric for a long time. By the way, they return on Sunday night, Monday morning. But I've been a supporter of Donald Trump for a long time. There are certain things and certain times where I do criticize the president. I mean, that's part of being, in my opinion, a responsible conservative, Right. A responsible conservative is one that, OK, so you have conservative ideals, you have conservative principles. And if your president, Republican or conservative president, is going against those ideals or if he's doing something that you don't agree with, then you've got to call him out. I mean, that is part of what makes America so great. But one of the things that I've noticed, I was talking earlier about the rising gas prices, the war in the Middle East, the war in Iran, of course, leading to higher gasoline prices. And I just I talked about that and I talked about some of the political political ramifications. And when one of the things that I deal with and I certainly know Gary and Eric deal with it as well, is that if you criticize Donald Trump at all, you get attacked from your own side and you get called nasty things and so on and so forth. So you get it from from your own side. But then if you support anything that Donald Trump does, you get called you're ready a bootlicker, a Nazi, a baby killer, which is kind of weird that a Democrat would call me a baby killer since I'm pro-life. But whatever. And of course, my all time favorite, a rapist defender, which is also kind of funny because the Democrats almost let a guy who is accused of rape run for the Senate seat in Maine. So I just but I look at it this way. I look at it as if I'm getting criticized by both sides, then I must be doing something right. That that's the only way that I can I can look at it. And if you disagree with me on the war in Iran or the rise in gasoline prices and so forth, again, that is what makes America and talk radio great.

But, you know, it's interesting because we're also talking about these elections coming up in the midterms and the Democrats and what would the overall impact of the Democrats regaining power actually look like for your daily life? And so I wanted to take a look at that because I think there's a lot of people like me who are really worried about what the Democrats are going to do if they end up getting power in the House of Representatives, the Senate and perhaps the White House as well in 2028. So you remember when Republicans passed Donald Trump, the Trump tax cuts, they passed all of those tax cuts in Donald Trump's first term, and then they extended and added to them in the second term. Well, this is a Democrat who is talking about repealing the Donald Trump tax cuts.

You know, we're basically going to keep fighting to repeal that whole damn bill, you know, once we get the gavels back.

So that was, of course, you know, he's talking about the tax cuts that gave us, among other things, the larger standard deduction, the higher child tax credit, the popular no tax on tips and no tax on overtime. You know, how much you save, and I've talked about this before, how much you saved, it just depends on your income and your tax situation. But, you know, the House Ways and Means Committee says the average family saw or will see a savings of between twelve hundred and two thousand dollars every single year. So that's a good thing, Democrats. But just because it's got Donald Trump's name on it. they're going to try to repeal it regardless as to how popular it may be with the

American people. So if you enjoyed having more money in your pocket, this guy, Sean Caston, says that they're going to repeal those tax cuts. Then there's the issue with illegal immigration. Did you see what happened when one of Biden's released illegal aliens got a hold of a nine-year-old?

A Hampshire man is accused of snatching a nine-year-old girl off her bike and sexually assaulting her. Police say this happened last Friday afternoon in Pine Greed Grove. Investigators say Janio Velasquez Muro grabbed the girl from her bike and forced her into a car. Velasquez Muro was arrested after an extensive investigation that included surveillance video and neighborhood canvases. He will stay in jail until his next court date. So, you know, we're going over the

things that would happen if Democrats regain power in the House, the Senate and the White House. I already told you they're going to repeal the Trump tax cuts and they'll do everything they can to obviously try to increase taxes because that's what the Democrats do. I said earlier this week, the daily reminders of Joe Biden's open border policy. This guy that raped the nine year old came into our country under Joe Biden. He was protected by sanctuary city policies in Illinois. And here we are with a raped nine year old. Can you imagine? I want you to think about this. Can you imagine how bad it would be if the Democrats ended up back in control again? would still be dealing with the illegals. We are still dealing with the illegals that came in under Biden's first term. Who knows what would happen if they opened up the borders again? Let's say that let's say that Gavin Grusom or Kamala Harris end up as the president of the United States. Lord help us. They would start going down that road again, like Joe Biden did, of, well, Congress needs to act to fix the problems on the southern border, as there is a massive crush of illegal aliens coming across our southern border. So if the Democrats end up getting control again, that would be part of your daily life, is watching all of these illegal aliens come in across our southern border and more than likely a Democrat run government gaslighting us about how they can close it. And that's what we dealt with under the Biden administration.

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And, you know, there's this this demand from Democrats that we nationalize our health care, you know, like they have in Canada. Right. Well, have you seen this video? Have you seen what's going on with Canada's nationalized health care? No. Well, this Canadian now living in America has some insight.

We want universal health care until we learn that 1 in 10 Canadians admitted to the ER waits more than 48 hours for a bed. We want universal health care until we learn that almost 1 million Canadians leave the emergency room before receiving care because the wait is too long. We want universal health care until we learn that emergency physicians start warning that dangerously long waits are costing lives. We want universal health care until Canada's own health care experts call emergency department overcrowding a national crisis.

So, again, as she said, the Democrats and when she was saying we clearly she does not mean Republicans, but she's talking about the Democrats with their ideas on nationalized health care. And she's talking about what it's like in Canada. long wait times crazy wait times 48 hours to get a bed among the problems in canada they don't have enough health care workers why well a big one is burnout think about what they have to go through in dealing with wait times so if you're like a nurse you're a doctor you're whatever and you Thank you. You work in a hospital, you work in an emergency room. Can you imagine how difficult it is to work in that kind of an environment? I mean, Lord help you if you're a patient, but if you're an employee working in that emergency room, it's got to be really difficult. And so there's a massive amount of burnout in Canada. There's also a massive amount of regulation involved in getting nursing licenses and getting, you know, people to work for the various hospitals and the medical apparatus there in Canada. And the regulation strangles the hospitals and the like, bringing people on to alleviate some of that, some of those wait times. And by the way, because everything is government run, costs are always going to be an issue. And now, look, I'm not saying that our health care system is great. Trust me when I say I know it's gotten worse, of course, since Obamacare. But ours isn't great either. It was a lot better before Obamacare. But, you know, these these stories out of Canada, man, they're just they're horrifying.

We want universal health care until we learn that specialist waitlists grow so long that doctors start closing their practices to new referrals. Nearly six million Canadians do not have access to a family doctor. The system has fewer hospital beds per person than most developed countries while the demand keeps rising. Emergency departments become so overcrowded that patients are treated in the hallways because there are not enough beds. Yeah.

No. But you see, the Democrats don't care. You know, it was interesting. The the Trump accounts, I don't I don't remember if I talked about the Trump, the Trump accounts on the network. I think that I did. But, you know, the Trump accounts, I don't have the whole story in front of me. But basically, if you were born right around Donald Trump, when he started the second term and the end of the second term, your child will get a thousand dollars into a bank account and then the parents can continue to invest in it. It can grow so forth. I think I did talk about it earlier this week. Do you know that there's actually Democrats out there that are saying that because it has Donald Trump's name on it, that parents should not take advantage of the free thousand dollars? Isn't that insane? And that's like mentally ill. And I don't really understand it. I mean, I do understand Trump derangement syndrome. Trust me, I understand it. but when you throw all rational thought out the window like free money for your child it's crazy and one of the things that the democrats said in justifying and i i don't remember which ones it were but i mean which one said you know don't take advantage benny i think with benny thompson i think anyway basically his justification in telling parents not to take advantage of the $1,000, the free $1,000 was because not everybody could get the free $1,000. And so it wasn't fair that some would get the free $1,000 and others that were not in that window would not get the $1,000. How sick is that? I mean, I get what they're saying because they're Democrats and equity and all of that complete and utter BS. But this particular Democrat, his district was extremely poor. His district was extremely poverty ridden. So he is literally telling people in his district not to take advantage of a program that would give $1,000 free to poverty-ridden children, a lot of them minorities, in his district, just because of TDS. It's just, it's the craziest thing in the world. Now, you may have a problem with the Trump accounts. A lot of people saying it's tantamount to, you know, socialism or, you know, you're taking the taxpayer dollars of, you know, Americans and you're essentially giving it to other people.

I understand that. One of my favorite quotes was from a caller to one of my other radio shows that I've been doing this week. And he said something to the effect of, you know what, I'm not a big fan of, you know, the government taking my money and literally giving it to someone else. But I would rather it go to an American citizen than, for example, that money going to, you know, produce Sesame Street in. Iraq. And that is obviously a great point. So I do understand and the Trump accounts, they're somewhat controversial to some people. I think that they're a great idea. One of the reasons I think that it's a great idea is because it does bring about awareness of what savings and saving for your future can do. And so I love the fact that more and more people are looking at the numbers and saying, wow, so that thousand dollars that some of these kids are getting when they're born, that thousand dollars will go up to, you know, four or five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, $12,000, depending on how much you put into the account over the years. It's a great lesson in the benefits of investing your money. And frankly, it's a great it's a great lesson in capitalism as well. All right, the phone number 866-90-RED-EYE, 866-90-733-39. If you want to text in, you can 615-737-9986. Got a lot more straight ahead. This is Red Eye Radio. Brought to you by FPPF, Fuel Power Max.

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Red Eye Radio, 866-90-RED-EYE is the phone number, 866-907-3339. Dan Mandis here filling in for Gary and Eric. They return Sunday night, Monday morning. If you want to text in, you can. 615-737-9986. A listener out of California, 5545, says my Canadian brother-in-law broke his hip. It took three days to get an X-ray. can you imagine having a broken hip and taking three days to get an x-ray that is awful a guy out of illinois says this uh there are 35 he's a hater by the way he says there are 35 million in canada spread over a continent you suck at this talking about me as a talk show host so i said uh back to him because you know for whatever reason i just like to argue with people And it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. But his point is because we're talking about, you know, how the nationalized health care in Canada, it leaves a lot to be desired. People say, oh, Canada's got a great health care system until you need to use it. And that is the ongoing joke. But, you know, his point is, I guess there's 35 million people in Canada spread over continents. So it is harder to implement nationalized health care in Canada, I guess. My response to him and anybody else would be, wait a minute. So Canada has 35 million people and they can't do it right. How do you think a nation of 390 million would fare under such a nationalized health care system? Right. See, that's part of the problem. People always say, oh, look how great it is in, you know, Europe. Look how great it is in Canada. Well, OK, but in America, we've got three hundred and ninety million people. And I just don't think that it would go well. Our health care system. Now, by the way, just so we're clear, I know that our health care system has a lot of challenges. Trust me when I say I know that I get it. I understand that. But clearly it got worse under. Obamacare. And every time that's one of my frustrations with the Republican Party is, you know, they talked about repealing Obamacare and, you know, all of the things that they wanted to do regarding Obamacare. The problem is they never got it done. That was one of the big John McCain things. They not only did they never get it done, but they never actually had a plan

to replace Obamacare. That was one of the big issues.

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red eye radio 866 90 red eye 866 90 733 39 so apparently Congressman Marlon Stutzman, a Republican in the great state of Indiana, saying Thursday he does not know if Mitch McConnell is alive. Listen, people were asking me about this yesterday. I can't tell you if Mitch McConnell is alive. Nobody can tell you that Mitch McConnell is alive except for the people who claim that they spoke to the senator. Now, I hope that he's alive, but I mean, I'm going to go back to what I said earlier this week and then I'm going to move on. But for anybody to be like, for anybody to say, OK, well, yeah, absolutely. Mitch McConnell is alive and well. Trust us. Yeah, no. I don't trust politicians. I love Scott Jennings, but and I I played the audio earlier this week, but he said that he had a 20 minute conversation with Mitch McConnell. But then it's like nobody filmed this. Nobody got the senator on the phone. People are really, truly wondering, is Mitch McConnell still alive? Now, I believe that he is, but I don't believe that he is. I don't believe that he is fit to serve the people of Kentucky. I just don't. I would be curious. I don't know if we have any affiliates in Kentucky, but guys back in the studio, I would invite people from Kentucky, if they happen to be listening, 866-90-REDIY, 866-907-3339. If you live in Kentucky and you've got Mitch McConnell as a senator, how do you feel about him just disappearing and not giving any indication as to, number one, whether or not he is alive or dead, and number two, whether or not he is fit to serve in his capacity as a senator? Because it is my contention. That even before this supposed, you know, heart attack, cardiac arrest, needing CPR, that he was not fit to serve. I mean, I think that. Mitch McConnell, if you are a conservative and the conversation comes up about about term limits, I'm not a term limit guy. I'm just not. People argue about me, argue about that with me all the time. I'm not a term limit guy because I don't want to lose really good senators. But I am all for cognitive tests. And I will tell you that Mitch McConnell, a year to two years ago, would not have passed a cognitive test. And now, unfortunately, we have Republicans that are being put on the spot and they're being asked,

OK, so. Tell us, can you prove that Mitch McConnell is alive? And they can't. And here's the other thing. Is that if you have a situation where the entire opposing political party, the Democrats, you've got that entire party questioning whether or not Mitch McConnell is either brain dead or actually dead. And a lot of Republicans are saying the same thing. You owe it to the country. To prove that he is not brain dead. I can't be wrong here. You know, if it was just, oh, the left and they're, you know, they are trying to cause trouble, that'd be a different conversation. But you have a lot of people on the right that are saying the same thing. Here's a piece of audio. I have not previewed this. I'm reasonably certain, though, that that Marlon Stutzman would not curse on News Nation. But this is Marlon Stutzman being asked the question and answering.

the question about Mitch McConnell. Do you know that he's alive? I don't. You know,

just the things that I've heard and seen from some friends is that he's obviously not doing well, but don't know if he's alive or has passed away. So that's not good. That is not good at all.

Anyway, there is another story that's in the news and I want to get to it. I want to make sure that I do get to it as this is my my final half hour filling in for the guys. There is a story out of Fort Worth, Texas. I don't know if you saw this. You may have. But it is a police officer who is telling a street preacher. That he is not allowed to street preach. This went viral earlier this week. There are now massive calls for this police officer to get fired because she clearly has no idea what the First Amendment is all about. Did you hear this? Listen.

If someone is offended by your talking, then we have a problem.

And it's a constitutional violation of our rights. If you shut us down,

they are offended by your speech. Okay, then I'll write you this again and we'll go from here.

So there's two things. I'm going to go ahead and, by the way, repost. If you haven't heard about this story. I'm going to go ahead and repost this. Follow me at Dan Mandishow. But number one, she clearly doesn't understand the First Amendment. The First Amendment is all about a protection of first speech, a free speech, even if people are offended by it. Now, this happened to be outside of some sort of a, you know, gay pride festival or whatever it was. And these street preachers were obviously talking about, you know, God and doing the things that street preachers do, which is they're right. But the sanctimonious tone of this police officer and also the the arrogance with how she presents her argument, which is clearly constitutionally incorrectly incorrect. It just adds to the deliciousness of the fact that ultimately it

was proven, obviously, that she was wrong. If someone is offended by your talking, then we have a problem. That is a constitutional violation of our rights. If you shut us down.

No, if they are offended by your speech. OK, then I'll write you this again and we'll go from here.

So if they are offended by your speech, then we have a problem. Well, millions of people had a problem and now millions of people are demanding that this woman. And this police officer be fired.

Wait, you're going to take us for offensive speech? Yes, absolutely. Are you serious? You're going to cite us for offensive speech. It's called just only conduct. Oh, no.

No, no, no. Disorderly conduct has to be accompanied by conduct. This is the conduct that you're doing. I'm a retired police officer myself. For who? 26 years, federal law enforcement.

So it's federal. So this has nothing to do with local. Wow. It has nothing to do with local. Do whatever y'all need.

Really? Because the Constitution doesn't apply to the state of Texas? Because this was in Fort Worth. The Constitution, apparently, according to this officer, does not apply to the state of Texas. But isn't this just the most ridiculous back and forth you've ever heard? I mean, it's crazy. And by the way, the Constitution, its whole designing of the First Amendment, your right to free speech, it is about protecting the speech that others would have a problem with. And I'm in the free speech business, so I know all about it. and so this police this former police officer current preacher retired cop saying i have a first amendment right to free speech and you are inhibiting that right and it doesn't matter if all of these people that are you know going to this pride fest or whatever the heck it is it doesn't matter if they're offended they can be offended all they want them being offended is not of my concern. And by the way, if they say something that I'm offended by, well, that's my problem that I'm going to have to deal with. But that's the whole point of the First Amendment.

So I just want to clarify, if anything is said that's offensive, you're going to write

if someone complains that your language or what you're saying is offensive

yeah that's what she said if somebody complains that what you're saying is offensive, then yes, you are going to be written up. And I mean, there are so many people who are not constitutionally stupid, like this police officer in Fort Worth, Texas clearly is. So now the question is, did this woman get fired? No. At least not yet. Officer Sarah Stogner has not been fired, at least according to Grock. The Fort Worth Police Department reviewed the June 27th, 2026 incident and stated that her comments about ticketing for offensive speech were not accurate. Fact check, true. In response, the department is now providing refresher First Amendment training to all officers. There are public calls for her resignation or termination on social media. No reports of formal discipline, suspension or firing. The preachers, a guy by the name of David Grisham and Rich Pankoski, are moving forward with a planned lawsuit against the city, but that has not resulted in any personnel action against Stogner so far. This is, as they say, a developing story. Check recent Fort Worth PD statements or local news for any updates. I don't think that there have been any updates, but I got to tell you. I mean, if I wanted to play talk radio with this, I'd say, hey, does she deserve to be fired? Let's go to the phones. I'm telling you, I don't need to go to the phones. She deserves to be fired. I mean, this is. First Amendment free speech 101. And the arrogance of this officer is second to none. So for her not to get fired, not to get disciplined in any way, shape or form, I think is really sad because clearly she didn't know what the First Amendment is all about. So I appreciate the First Amendment training. By the way, how many of her fellow officers in Fort Worth have got to be pissed off because now they've got to go through additional training? It's like, Sarah, you were wrong. And now everybody else has to go through First Amendment training. It's like, you know, somebody makes a pass at somebody else at work, you know, like asks him or her out or whatever. and it turns into a thing and then everybody has to take the human resources, sexual harassment training and people are like, what did we do? It's the same thing. And here's the other thing that I would ask. If this officer, Sarah Stogner, if she is this ignorant on First Amendment,

First Amendment issues. Then what else is she ignorant on? Because this is, I mean, easy, you know, third grade stuff. If she's this this clueless on the issue of the First Amendment, then what else is she clueless on? That's the other part of this conversation. So, OK, great. She's getting a refresher course and everybody is getting a refresher course on the First Amendment. But I think she needs to go through all the training again. I think she needs to be taken off the streets of Fort Worth. The phone number, 866-90-RED-EYE, 866-907-3339. Got a lot more straight ahead.

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To Red Eye Radio, 86690 Red Eye, let's say hello to Mike in Memphis, Tennessee. Mike, how are you?

How are you doing, Dan?

I'm good. Go ahead, sir.

Ready?

Mike, go ahead.

Okay, I'm sorry. Yeah, I have an opinion about the officer in Texas. I mean, she was clearly in the wrong. There was no disorderly conduct. Uh, as far as suspension, she may get a suspension, but I can tell you right now with the shortness of officers, she'll make it up in overtime. Everybody will be retrained. I don't think nothing will happen to her. Nothing really major will happen to her. And that, like I said, the first minutes are freedom of speech and the freedom of religion. So, yes, she's violating their rights.

Hey, Mike, let me ask you, did you say you're a cop? Yes, sir. So what kind of First Amendment training do police officers get? It seems like that's not even something that police would need to be trained on because, I mean, if you've got a junior high school education, you understand.

the right to free speech so is there any special training for the um for for the first amendment

we have some and it's been the big thing now is since the auditors come out we've had auditors come in the department and it's been emphasized about the the auditors coming in that you know they have the right to uh free speech and to video stuff and it's been uh spoken about in the department a little bit. But yeah, there's not enough training. There should be more training.

Yeah. And Mike, I appreciate the call. That's what you and I will agree there, is that there are a lot of things that happen. And you look at these interactions between some police officers and the public, and you think one of two things. You think, wow, that officer handled that incredibly well. Then there's other kinds of interactions where you just facepalm. And you're like, like this situation with the free speech. It's like, how does she not know that? And I will tell you, and you folks, I mean, you don't know me from Adam. I host a morning show in Nashville, Tennessee, Supertalk 997. But I'm one of the biggest supporters of the police that you'll ever find. I can't defend what she was saying. But I get what Mike is saying, too. It's like there is a shortage of police officers across the country these days. That's probably one of the reasons why they decided not to let her go. Thanks for listening. Dan Mandis here on Red Eye Radio.

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