33 Percent of Dems Okay With Trump Assassination

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From Memphis, Tennessee, on the banks of the mighty Mississippi, it's America's conservative blowtorch. Oh, yeah.

Todd Starnes (0:29)

Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Todd Starnes Radio Extravaganza. Border to border, coast to coast, across the fruited plain.

We have a jam-packed show for you today, ladies and gentlemen. Of course, President Trump at the UN, telling the nations of the world how it is and how it's going to be.

Oh, also went after, what is her name? Eyebrows, the eyebrow lady over at St. Caitlin Collins over at CNN. They had a little rowdy Dow earlier today, and we've got all of the great audio from that. So Josh Jones, our chief political strategist, will be here from Washington in just a little while. And Mary Walter, who is a Newsmax contributor, she's going to be with us as well. We start off today, though, with a very special guest and a very really disturbing story.

There's a survey that's circulating around the interwebs. We have it at toddstarnes.com. A shocking number of Democrats now believe that President Trump should be assassinated. They'd be okay if Trump were assassinated. Another jaw-dropping number of Democrats also believe that they would be okay if President Trump, I don't know, passed away in his sleep. I mean, this is some very disturbing information, but it also gives us some insight into who the Democrats are. Fifty-five percent of Democrats would view positively if Donald Trump dies in his sleep. This is according to a survey conducted by the Democrat Leaning Center for Strategic Policies. Nearly 60 percent of Democrats would view positively if he's removed by military leaders. In other words, a coup.

Ladies and gentlemen, I know a lot of you are saying, what the heck is going on here? Well, I'll tell you what's happening. We've been watching the rise of communism in this country for quite some time, coming through our nation's education system. And now the Democrats are beginning to think like the communists. Instead of just silencing or defeating points of view they disagree with, they want to destroy those points of view. And when you start to understand that, you start to understand what really happened to Charlie Kirk in Utah over one year ago. So this is a very disturbing thing. And yet as we march toward the midterms, it's another reminder of how vitally important it is to elect Republicans of all shapes, sizes, and persuasions. And we have one of those Republicans joining us in studio today, former Ag Commissioner for the great state of Tennessee. He's running for the 5th Congressional District. Charlie Hatcher joining us. Charlie, good to have you with us.

Charlie Hatcher (3:23)

Well, good morning. It's good to be here. And I agree with everything you just said.

Todd Starnes (3:27)

I mean, it's a dangerous thing that we're playing around with here, Charlie. And it concerns me that many Republican voters are not taking seriously what could happen in this country.

Charlie Hatcher (3:38)

Yeah, this is a crazy world. And I think that's the right message. We need to get voter turnout. You know, I'm not taking this general election for granted.

I'm going to work for it just like I did the primary. And we need to get voters out. A low turnout is not a good thing.

Todd Starnes (3:55)

I was reading some studies yesterday, getting ready for today's show.

And the thought process is that what's happening here in Tennessee is good. The redistricting will actually add, they believe it's going to add, an additional Republican seat to Congress. And honest to goodness, we need that based on what I'm seeing happening in other states.

Charlie Hatcher (4:17)

Yeah, we do. And I think Tennessee is going to deliver. I mean, we need to come forth with nine Republican congressmen, and that will be a good thing.

And I think Tennessee will do that. I don't know what... It's going to be a tough general election, I mean, with the economy and everything else that's going on. But I think I'm optimistic about that.

Todd Starnes (4:43)

I'm curious about the big issues that you're hearing about. You've been traveling the state. You've been talking to a lot of folks. Your district is a big, big farming district as well, a lot of agriculture. What are you hearing? What's on the minds of the voters?

Charlie Hatcher (4:58)

Well, the top issues, number one, is cost of living, cost of production. We're feeling that even on the farm there, the cost of diesel fuel. So that's the top issue that I hear everywhere I go. Number two is infrastructure. And then number three, my one of one of my favorites is is the federal government itself. We need to reduce regulations. We need to balance the budget.