Trump: “A Bad Decision for Republicans”

Todd Starnes (0:11)

From Memphis, Tennessee, it's America's favorite, gun totem, Bible clinging, deplorable American. Todd Starnes.

Todd Starnes (0:28)

And hello everybody. We have a terrific show lined up for you today. Thank you for making us your choice, noon to three Eastern, border to border, coast to coast, across the fruited plain.

So I wanna start with this James Tellerico story. This guy is just, it's weird, man, just really weird. Now, the latest information coming out about Tellerico, who is the Democrat nominee running for the US. Senate in Texas, the latest information is this guy now coming out and naming his favorite drag queen. And what I found interesting about this is how quickly he was able to answer that question. You know, a lot of times when you are out, and this happens to me, when I'm out at a speaking engagement, whether it's CPAC or Values Voters Summit or things of that nature, whenever those kinds of things happen, somebody will come up to you, they would interview, man on the street kind of stuff, and they'll stick a microphone in your face, and they're like, you know, who do you think is going to win or, you know, whatever? And you answer the question.

I want to play this audio. This is James Tallarico, and he was asked about his favorite drag queen. I want you to listen. We're going to play this a couple of times because there are a couple of observations here. Cut 13, please.

SPEAKER_3 (2:02)

Mr. Tallarico, so nice to meet you.

SPEAKER_4 (2:04)

Sorry, I broke my head.

SPEAKER_5 (2:04)

I was there when you defended the drag.

SPEAKER_6 (2:07)

Who's your favorite drag queen in Texas?

James Tallarico (2:09)

Oh my God, probably Alyssa Edwards.

SPEAKER_4 (2:10)

Alyssa Edwards? I love Monkey Maze.

James Tallarico (2:12)

Thank you so much.

Todd Starnes (2:13)

Okay. Can we go back? I'm just going to, again, this is not like, you know, hey, Dylan, who's your favorite drag queen?

Dylan (2:25)

I'll have to think about that.

Todd Starnes (2:26)

Exactly. That is exactly what every red-blooded American man would say about that.

Dylan (2:34)

He acted like you threw him a softball.

SPEAKER_9 (2:37)

Yeah.

Dylan (2:38)

I didn't know we were asking easy questions here.

Todd Starnes (2:40)

It's like, girlfriend, please.

It's Alyssa. We all love Alyssa.

Alyssa, by the way, is a drag performer that works with children. And it is really... I've seen some of the photos, and they're just really creepy photos. Again, I don't... Why is it these drag queens want to, I guess, spread their legs for the children of America? I don't understand that. And it's really off-putting when you see grown men in exotic dresses spreading their legs and letting children stuff dollar bills into their attire. It's just weird. But again, I want to go back, and I will play it one more time, and because I'm curious about the timing mechanism here. Cut number 13 again.

SPEAKER_4 (3:26)

Mr. Tyler Eko, so nice to meet you.

SPEAKER_6 (3:28)

I was there when you defended the drags. Who's your favorite drag queen in Texas?

SPEAKER_4 (3:32)

One.

Todd Starnes (3:33)

Probably Elizabeth Edwards.

SPEAKER_4 (3:34)

Two. Two seconds.

Todd Starnes (3:35)

Less than two seconds. Less than two seconds it took this guy. It was like... It's like... It's like me. Ask me what my favorite beverage is. What's your favorite beverage? Dr. Pepper.

It's like... And you know why? You know why I'm able to say that? Because I drink Dr. Pepper every day.

Dylan (3:54)

It's also normal information to just have at the top of your mind.

Todd Starnes (3:57)

That's right. So I know what I love. James Tallarico knows what he loves. This is the guy who also met his girlfriend at a gay bar.

I don't know of any straight men who would do that.

Dylan (4:16)

Why was he at the gay bar? To meet the girl?

Todd Starnes (4:19)

Well, that's the question no one's allowed to.

Dylan (4:21)

I know, right?

Todd Starnes (4:23)

Can you imagine?

Do we know what her name is? We'll call her Mildred. Hey, Mildred, would you like to go out? Why, I'd love to, James. Where would you like to go? Well, I know this lovely establishment called Studs and Horses.

I know it intimately. So I don't know. We're not judging the guy. I mean, he's voluntarily putting all this information out there. But again, here's a guy who thinks that God is non-binary. He hates Christianity. He hates the color of his skin. He said he was coming to terms with his whiteness. We don't know what that means. But if you're a girl, I'm just questioning here, all you people in Texas and Texas men especially, because I would say that if you walked up to the average Texan man and said, Hey, what's your favorite football player? They would tell you right on the spot. Or, Hey, what's your favorite episode of Walker Texas Ranger? They would tell you. But if you were to ask a Texas cowboy to name his favorite drag queen, I think they would like, Oh, what, huh? Or they would just punch you in the nose.