War Secretary Pete Hegseth Prays to “King Jesus”

SPEAKER_1 (0:11)

From Memphis, Tennessee, it's America's favorite, Gunn-Totin Bible-Clingin Deplorable American. Todd Starnes.

Todd Starnes (0:28)

Well, the good news, ladies and gentlemen, is that a lot of people in Washington listen to this radio program. And we are honored and quite frankly, somewhat humbled by that. And it is, look, we don't like to stir too many stinks, but when a stink does need to be stirred, well, we are more than happy to oblige.

And that's what I did yesterday.

You know, I'm not one of these, well, I do dabble in hyperbole, but you know, that's not what the show is based on. We're pretty straight down the middle, and we do have a lot of fun, and we talk about the issues, but we try to do it with, you know, with some good nature about ourselves. But yesterday, I was really set off by something that the RNC chair said, and I just, I had to address this. And the fact of the matter is, you've got the chair of the RNC, and he's out there saying, well, you know, the message here is that we just, we need the voters to give us more time. We just need, that's all the Republicans need, we just need a little bit more time. Cut number 40, please.

SPEAKER_3 (1:53)

President told us on Inauguration Day that the Golden Age of America is here and coming, and he keeps on saying that, watch.

SPEAKER_4 (1:59)

You are the first West Point graduates of the Golden Age of America. It will be a deed of Golden Age performance. It's like the Golden Age of America, it's the Golden Age of the automobile business.

SPEAKER_3 (2:12)

But when you look at what's going on right now, gas prices nationally, Joe, $4.47 on average, diesel prices on average, $6.50. Mortgage rates right now are at above 7% nationally. Inflation is at 3.4%, while average hourly earnings are lower than that at 3.1%.

How are you making the case that that is the Golden Age?

SPEAKER_5 (2:36)

It's a great American comeback. Look at all the great things this president has done. $21 trillion.

SPEAKER_3 (2:40)

But some would say, well, what comeback? If 18 months in, 20 months in, those are the results.

SPEAKER_5 (2:45)

Joe Biden left is an absolute disaster. Under him, he had nine and a half percent inflation, gas prices were over $5, and there was no conflict. This president has gone about for the American worker since day one with all of his policies. He's who can continue to work on their behalf. And listen, he has sympathy for others, and he wants his conflict gone. You don't know about a national security impact, and we cannot allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon, that we don't know everything that they know.

I think he did the right thing. I think I still support him, and I think he's trying to get out of the war. He doesn't, he hates war. That's why he signed eight different peace deals. But that being said, his number one priority and job as President of the United States is to defend our country.

And that's what he's doing. And so this war will come and go. He'll get things back on track. We just got to give him more time. We got to have Republicans in both the House and the Senate.

SPEAKER_3 (3:33)

There's going to be some folks who listen to you who just say we got to give him more time. Is that really the pitch heading into November? Give us more time?

SPEAKER_5 (3:41)

Well, I say look at the everything that he has done.

$21 trillion with investments, Trump Rx accounts, Trump accounts, the working family tax cuts. He has transformed the Republican Party into the working man's party. He will get America back to work. GDP is high, stock prices are high. Yes, he has empathy for those who are working and who are struggling. We got to help them, but we help them by growing. We don't think that the communism utopia that the left offers in Havana and Beijing and Moscow is the path we want to take. We got to do the right thing. We got to have to continue to give people a chance to live the American dream.

Todd Starnes (4:15)

All right, so there you have it. You got to have more time. You got to have more time. And that sort of set me off because again, this is something I've been watching. I'm a clock watcher and you have to be in the radio business. You got to watch the clock down to the second. I get that. And you've got to watch the clock when it comes to politics. Now, what I wrote, it was basically a come to Jesus moment, if you will, for the Senate Republicans and for the White House aides, because I believe all of them are just really doing a great disservice to our president. And as a result of that, the American people, the American voters. So the question now is, what are we going to do with all of this? And at the end of the day, at the end of the day, all of us are going to have to make that decision, whether or not we go and vote and we engage the political process. For me, the answer is very simple. I was talking to a lawmaker earlier today who said the choice is very clear. It's either between common sense or crazy. I mean, that's really your choice. For me, walking into that ballot booth in October, when I cast my vote, I do early voting. When I cast my vote, it is black and white issue for me. It is common sense versus crazy. And look, I know you can get into the weeds of the politics and you can say, but Todd, they lied to us again. Yeah, they did. I'm not making excuses, not at all. I'm just telling you, this is how I'm able to sleep well at night.