A House Democrat Jussie Smollett? + Clancy Copycats

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Andrew Kolvet (1:17)

All right. Welcome, everybody. It is October 8, 2026 We're live from the YRefi Studios here in Phoenix, Arizona. Much, much news to get to. Jam-packed show in store today.

Blake Neff (1:29)

And with the thing we didn't really expect at all until this morning.

Andrew Kolvet (1:32)

No. Yeah. Well, big topic. Let's talk about our show first. We've got Liz Collin from Alpha News. She's going to be joining us at 1230 to cover the Somali terror plot that was foiled by the FBI.

Lots of problems in the Somali community these days. And we're going to get into it. And then at 1 o'clock, we've got Steve Cortez rejoining the show. We haven't had him on for a while. He's going to be talking about mass migration. He's got a new documentary coming out on it. And then at 130, hold on. Who do we have at 130? Peachy. Yeah. Good old Peachy. Peachy's the best. Peachy Keenan. She's going to be talking about, are we seeing a rise in copycats with Lindsay Clancy? What to make of the Cornell 7 and much more. So lots to get to today. And we want to cover some breaking news. This is a new story. First, I'm going to ask the audience, all right? Freedom at charliekirk.com. Send us an email.

Now I'm not saying the story we're about to share with you as a hoax, but I am asking, what is the most egregious hoax that you can remember?

Blake Neff (2:35)

Yes.

Andrew Kolvet (2:36)

What is, is it Jussie Smollett?

Is it Al Sharpton, the race baiter? What?

Blake Neff (2:42)

UVA?

Andrew Kolvet (2:43)

A Rape on Campus? Is it, we could even add, I'm even comfortable adding, the Cornell 7 at this point. I think that's a total hoax.

What else?

Blake Neff (2:52)

So, I mean, there's so many. Tijuana Brawley, that's the original Sharpton one. A lot of hate crime hoaxes out there.

Andrew Kolvet (2:58)

So let me give you, just let me paint the picture for you here. And then Blake is going to go through the details. So this was from the Phoenix New Times, now it's been covered by the New York Times, The Hill, I think I saw BBC covering it.

Mark Kelly has gone public with it.

Blake Neff (3:14)

Ruben Gallego, 1.2 million views on his tweet about it.

Andrew Kolvet (3:18)

Yeah, there it is. Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs in Arizona's 8th district, congressional district. Now this is the candidate who is up against Abe Hamadeh, friend of the show, Bernadette Green Placentia.

Now, let me say out front, if what she's claiming happened to her happened, it's horrible, and she deserves your sympathy in all of that. But upon a deeper reading, there are some serious questions that need to be asked. So Blake, why don't you walk us through the alleged details.

Blake Neff (3:54)

Let's dive right into it. So that headline that's in the Phoenix New Times, an alternative paper here in Arizona, a local congressional race, tilting pretty Republican, but still close enough to be competitive. I think if they think they're going to get a blue wave here, they might try to get a win here.

She's saying that just after 2 a.m., on a pitch black Friday morning, so like 2 a.m., Green Placentia, she says she was out repairing her signs because people would deface or damage them. She had to replace them. She says she's suddenly bashed from behind on the head. She says she blacked out and she woke up to an unknown man on top of her, sexually assaulting her. And she says she doesn't really remember most of the details, except she believes she heard him mumble that she was a Ick. B words like democratic.