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Craig Monger from 1819 News Guest Host - Jeff Poor Show - Tuesday 8-06-24
(upbeat music) From Buck's pocket to the shores of Orange Beach, at all points in between, an insider's perspective on Alabama politics. It's The Jeff Poor Show. ♪ I don't think I ain't done it this way ♪ - Welcome to The Jeff Poor Show on FM Talk 106.5. For those of you who are regular listeners, you will know immediately that I am not, in fact, Jeff Poor. My name is Craig Manger, I'm a reporter at 1819 News, and Jeff Poor is my boss. So he asked me to do this. Not quite sure why. Doing your boss's radio show. So if you don't see my buy line for a while, you know that he was none too pleased with my job. Text line is 251-3430-106. Text me, and I'll try to answer anything I can. I'm not overly intelligent, so I'll see what I can do. The big news today, obviously, this morning, we found out Tim Waltz, excuse me, is gonna be Kamala Harris' VP pick. It seemed like it was definitely going Shapiro's route in Pennsylvania. I thought that. There was obviously that big leak that they did, the supposed leak where, what was it, the mayor of Philadelphia said that it was gonna be Shapiro, so everyone sort of thought it was going that way. It seemed like most of the Politico's thought that it was gonna go that way. But no, we got Waltz. He's obviously there in Minnesota. Seems like a bit of an odd decision, if you ask me. I mean, Minnesota was kind of a shoe-in as a solidly blue state, but I guess it's possible that they're gonna get Wisconsin and Michigan with that pick. We'll see. I don't know. We'll see how he performs. You got rid of one old white dude and get a new one. I don't know if that seems like it might be a good move, might be a bad one. We got some guests coming up for you as well. First at 9.30, we'll have the state auditor, Andrew Sorrell. We're gonna talk about some of the work he's doing. He wears many hats. He's kind of a true Renaissance man. I got to know him first when he was a state representative. He's now the state auditor. But he doesn't stop there. He has an expertise in a lot of things. It would surprise you. So we're gonna talk to him. And at 10, we're gonna have, excuse me, at 10.30, we're gonna have my good friend out of Montgomery, Joey Clark, host of news and views on 93.1. And down the line at 11.30, we'll have the Alabama GOP Chairman, John Wall. And hopefully, I'm trying to line up, we might have someone else in between, might not, we'll see how that goes. But it's definitely all about the national political scene in the news. The news is my business. I have to write about Alabama politics. And the session ended earlier this year, so it's less about Alabama. It's all about the presidential election coming up in November. What a crazy couple of months it has been, and what a crazy couple of months it's going to be. I, you know, I had to drive up for Montgomery yesterday and stay at a hotel. I don't have cable news. I typically get my stuff on the internet. I don't watch the regular programming, but obviously when you're in a hotel, I mean, I'm not gonna watch 85 reruns of impractical jokers. So I just sat there and watched the news, flip-flop between Fox News, MSNBC and CNN. And man alive, these next couple of months are gonna be miserable. The rhetoric is irritating. The talking points are benign and stupid. And the contrast between the two is, you know, between like Fox News and CNN, it's crazy. I think it does bear repeating though. I remember when I watched Tim Waltz in an interview when they were discussing current President Joe Biden's mental acuity and obviously declining cognitive abilities. He pointed the criticism towards ageism. Ageism, now he's no spring chicken himself, so I understand why he might want to go that route. But I have a feeling that that little clip is gonna be playing on repeat on one or two news stations. Obviously Kamala Harris did the exact same thing. She downplayed his obvious, obvious sickness. What I always say is there's a difference between old and sick, and Joe Biden is just sick. He is not well. He needs to go sit down somewhere, drink iced tea, go to sleep at seven and just live out the rest of his days and relative peace. He doesn't need to be deciding on foreign policy. But then again, I'm not quite sure Kamala Harris does either. She hasn't exactly been in the public eye for the past several weeks. I like to picture her sitting down in a room with a notepad, receiving hours and hours of lectures on the intricacies of foreign policy that she very clearly has no clue about. I think the reason she hasn't been really in front of a camera in recent weeks is because she would be very much a deer in headlights when asked about something like Israel and Palestine and Iran and Ukraine. I'm not claiming to be an expert on those things, but then again, I'm not running for the president of the United States. She has an abysmal record when it just simply comes to knowing about what's going on in these areas. I'm not sure that Waltz has much of a better grasp, but he did serve time in Congress and he had a fairly good tenure there. I'm not quite sure what they're hoping to get out of this pick. Like I said, I feel like Pennsylvania would have been a, it's sort of a question mark right now where Pennsylvania is gonna go blue or red and it seemed like locking that up would have been a good decision, but maybe they're hoping Wisconsin and Michigan, which are these battleground states, they're gonna, maybe they're hoping that Waltz will lock that up for them. I genuinely don't know. It's amazing, we're not even a month past an attempted assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump and boy alive, they have memory hold that really, really well, especially in the left wing media. They seem remarkably uncurious about the shooter's motivations, about the security failures that led to him being able to take the shot that he did. They seem remarkably unobsessed with what is a pretty, pretty radical moment in American history, first of all, but just our recent history in this election cycle. They're very, very, very concerned, however, with what Donald Trump had to say about Kamala Harris's race, that I have a sneaking suspicion and it's already playing out, that they're gonna spend infinitely more time on those statements more than they did on him getting shot in the head. I don't know what that says about them, you can make your own assumptions. What else are they obsessed with? Well, when I was sitting in my hotel room last night, everyone seemed very, very, very critical and interested in RFK Jr.'s trist in a park with a bear. The pundits that we're talking on CNN last night seemed appalled at this story, and I don't know, maybe it's the inner redneck in me, or maybe it's the inner young man who got up to some shenanigans in my earlier years. I felt the story was funny. I think it was an, I thought it was funny. He sees someone hit a bear, he throws it in the back of his van, and he's gonna use it for meat, and then a dinner party interrupts those plans and he ends up playing this hilarious prank where he puts it in a park to make it look like a bicyclist, hit it and killed it. I certainly don't think he expected for it to get the attention that it got in the media, but I think it is funny that they're trying anything they can to just rub a little dirt in his face. Obviously the Democrats, I think, are more annoyed with RFK Jr than the Republicans. I wouldn't actually be surprised if RFK didn't have some sort of cabinet position in a possible Trump administration, but I think the Democrats are more worried that RFK would be more likely to take votes away in blue states because he really is a more traditional liberal type. He's certainly not a conservative. He's a tree-hugging hippie for lack of a better term, and so they're trying everything they can. They've brought up his previous heroin addiction. They really like to talk about his stands on vaccines, so we'll see what comes up in the next couple of months. If the best they can do and the best they can drag up is this bear story, hopefully we'll hear some, hopefully we'll hear some more funny and hilarious stories. I think he was like 70 when he did that. That doesn't exactly sound like a 70-year-old prank to me. That sounds more like a 17, 18-year-old prank, but hey, he looks great for his age, so I guess he's just young at heart, so we'll see what goes on with that. It's funny, with the markets, I know very little about the stock markets. Admittedly, I'm not great with money and I have no investment, which seems like a good thing right about now because everything seems to be in shambles. It will be interesting to see how that shifts the conversation going into November's election. It was, obviously the economy was gonna be a conversational piece and a piece in debates, any debates that do happen in any commentary, but I don't, I think with the trouble that we're seeing in the markets, that's gonna be even more so, and I think that definitely does play in the favor of the Republicans. We had Kamala Harris and everyone else in the Biden administration boasting and raving and ranting about Bidenomics and how effective it's been, and it might be somewhat in the favor of the Democrats to get less of the conversation away from immigration, which has just been a disaster for the administration. The border crossings that we've had, the influx of illegal immigration, that is a black eye on the borders are, or not borders are, depending on what news network you're listening to, Kamala Harris. So we'll see, I think playing up the, playing up the Bidenomics over the past several years has, it's really, it's gonna show to not be a good move as we continue to see the decline in the market. Obviously people are using the word recession, which is not good, but we will, we'll see how that plays out. The way that they frame the conversation around Bidenomics has, it hasn't really been a post-COVID recovery-type story, and they probably should have made it that way. Of course, they're gonna make a lot about Donald Trump's, the status of the market when Donald Trump was president. However, he was there mid-pandemic, and I think that that'll be easily dismissed on his part, and I think that it's a distinct possibility that people are going to try to put the entire market disaster, depending on how it goes. They're probably gonna lay that at the feet of Kamala Harris, and I think that's probably the right thing to do. In statewide media, and well, I mean, it's technically a national story, but our own attorney general has gotten involved. This is a conversation that I haven't really understand. It's one that they've been having in Congress, and that is about the very popular phone app TikTok. I personally don't have a TikTok. I don't need an excuse or another means of wasting my time, but I know it's insanely popular. I know a lot of people that spend an inordinate amount of time scrolling TikTok, but our own attorney general, Steve Marshall, joined a bunch of other attorneys general, asking for the D.C. Court of Appeals to uphold legislation to divest or ban TikTok. Apparently, there is some concern when it comes to national security. They're concerned about the Chinese Communist Party and the way that they collect data on Americans. And yeah, so Marshall said that all users of TikTok must understand that every click location and recording is used as intelligence that we have ample reason to believe is available to the Chinese Communist Party. Americans asked for Congress to take action against this intrusion by a top foreign adversary and Congress acted. We are urging the courts to uphold the lower course decision and enforce this critical national security law. I don't understand the intricacies of user agreements and data mining and cookies and all of the things that they use to harvest data like that, but it seems to me that TikTok isn't unique in that regard. I've read a few terms and terms of service and agreements and apps that I've used. And essentially, if you want to own a mobile phone or a cell phone or a smartphone, as they're now preferred to, you are essentially surrendering your right to any normal sense of privacy. Obviously, the Edward Snowden made that abundantly clear after he did his whole thing and showing that the NSA was spying on Americans. And he since then talked about the ways that they harvest and collect data. And hilariously enough, I remember when Tucker Carlson was talking about before he made his trip to Russia to interview Vladimir Putin, he said that the federal government had access to, it was reading his text. So that is my cue for a break, I'm assuming. So once again, this is the Jeff Porchow on FM Talk 10065. Be right back. (upbeat music) ♪ Older up tight ♪ ♪ Make a little of it ♪ ♪ A little turn of love and on ♪ ♪ I'm makin' dicksin' life ♪ ♪ Bitch my life ♪ ♪ Hold so right ♪ ♪ My dicksy land in life ♪ ♪ More ♪ ♪ Much more than this ♪ ♪ I did it ♪ ♪ My way ♪ ♪ Yes there were times ♪ ♪ I'm sure you knew ♪ ♪ When I-- ♪ - Welcome back to the Jeff Porchow on FM Talk 10065. Obviously the text line is open, 2513430106. Here in a couple of minutes after the news break, we're gonna talk, like I said, to State Auditor Andrew Sorrell, a man who, like I said, wears many hats. I'm not trying to blow 'em up too much and give 'em too much of a big head, but he is an incredibly sharp guy, the more that I've gotten to talk to him. Like I said, I got to know him first when he was in the Alabama House of Representatives and he was sort of an island in and of himself. He was very principled. Very often he was the lone no-vote up on the screen when they vote yes or no on certain bills and you could see the principled stands that he would make and now obviously he's in a position that I think he's very suited for in the State Auditor position. So we're gonna talk to him about a few things. I could talk to him for the entire show, but unfortunately he's very, very busy doing all sorts of things, so we'll get to that. Then like I said, after that, we're gonna have Joey Clark coming on and he's a good buddy of mine and host radio there in Montgomery from to noon to three on not talking, excuse me, 93.1. So yeah, that'll be fun. Obviously, like I said, we're gonna be talking to him about this new VP pick and I obviously will be talking to Alabama GOP Chairman John Wall later to hear his take on this. Looking at the text line, oh poor Jerry, he says relax my friend, you can't do any worse than Jeff. That's mean, Jeff's good and by the way, he is my boss. So it is obligatory that I stand up for him. Jeff is a fantastic host and he's a great boss. He's a great editor too. I was sort of intimidated whenever he took over initially. He obviously had a huge reputation in the state. Did a lot of work with Breitbart and Yellowhammer and so I didn't exactly know what to expect but the man has a wealth of knowledge on state politics. He obviously has been embedded here for a very long time and the history of this state and especially the political landscape, it's not something you can learn. It's far too chaotic for that. It's something you have to live and breathe and essentially soak in and so obviously having him there was very helpful and he's a fantastic radio host. So you, you, hush Mr. Jerry. Matthew says, who is filling in for Jeff this morning? Like I said before, my name is Craig Monger. I am a reporter with 1819 news. Obviously working under Jeff and so as Jeff is, I don't know, traveling the world, conquering. I don't know what's going on a crusade. I don't know what he's up to but he asked me to come in and host for him and so I am going to do my darn dust. James, the satchel, the hype without Snowden, we the American people wouldn't know our own government is spying on us laughing emoji. I'm not sure what you mean by that but yeah, I think Edward Snowden is pretty dang close to an American hero. I know there's divided opinions on that but I believe that what he exposed was pretty surprising and the way that he did it was terrifying for him. He's still obviously, I think he's still in the Kremlin. I could be mistaken on that. Last I heard from him was when he was on the Joe Rogan experience and that was, that was enlightening to say the least. But yeah, the fear mongering around TikTok, I'm not quite sure it's warranted. Maybe it's because I'm less terrified of the Chinese Communist Party than a lot of people are. Interesting bit about me. I actually lived in China for 15 years. When it first went over there, when I was six months old, my parents were missionaries and we stayed there till I was around 15 and yeah, that was, that was an interesting experience. So I got to see a lot for the praying folks out there, by the way, you really do need to be praying for China. I said the fear mongering that I was talking about is sort of juxtaposed with America's own spying on its people, but China's having some problems. There have been pastors very popularly in the city that I grew up in who have been arrested. There have been doctors, lawyers, all sorts of people who spoke out against the COVID regime who have simply disappeared. And that's information that's pretty well known, but getting it from boots on the ground, it's pretty terrifying. So China's having some issues. But this, the data mining stuff, I would like to see some consistency. I don't, our government's doing it and I don't want to hear people complaining that other governments are doing it too, allegedly. We got news coming up and I'll be right back with State Auditor Andrew Serrell. See you then. (upbeat music) ♪ Oh boy ♪ ♪ Getting caught and let a strong people ♪ ♪ I don't even know ♪ ♪ And awful's coming over the phone ♪ ♪ Who wrote the line ♪ ♪ Well he never got a kiss ♪ ♪ Who wrote the line ♪ ♪ He don't know what he missed ♪ ♪ Is it any wonder that he's face of the red ♪ ♪ Girl I drew that poor little thing ♪ - Welcome back to the Jeff Porsche on FM Talk 106-5. Once again, I am not Jeff Porsche. My name is Craig Monger with 1819 news. Text line is open, 251-3430-106. And as promised, we have up our State Auditor Andrew Serrell. Now, like I said before, I'm gonna keep repeating this, that I first got to know Mr. Serrell whenever he was in the Alabama House of Representatives. And ever since then, every time I talk to him or about him to someone else, I learn some new interesting cool thing that he's doing. He is a pretty darn close to a Renaissance man. He has his hands and a lot of pies. And most recently, I found out that Mr. Serrell was elected to a leadership position in something called the State Financial Officers Foundation. And he is the auditor at large for this national organization. And we wanna have him on to talk about it. I was unfamiliar with the SFOLF. And so I wanted to learn a bit more because what I did learn, I liked. So Andrew Serrell, how you doing today? - Craig, I'm doing well. And appreciate you having me on to talk about SFOLF as I call it, State Financial Officers Foundation. It's such an important group. And 10 years ago, all of these positions were not this politicized. Your auditors, your treasurers, your comptroller's. These positions were thought out to be more administrative and they weren't so politicized, but everything is politicized in today's environment. And the State Financial Officers Foundation has to push back and fight against liberal agendas, the low agendas that are infiltrating, even our money at the state level, our money management. And believe it or not, there is a big difference in how Republicans manage your money and how Democrats manage your money. - Yeah, and I was looking at the SFOLF. They provide data and they talk about how skeptical the general public is of elected officials. However, it seems like state auditors, state treasurers of people of those ilk, they're trusted nearly 65% of the time over their governors or members of Congress. Is that more of a, is that a daunting statistic to know that you have a higher level of trust and that you have to maintain that? - It kind of increases the weight of the responsibility, knowing that the public does trust in you and in that position. And I think it speaks to the good work that the auditors and treasures and comptroller's are doing nationwide on behalf of the general public. They feel like they can trust that their money is being handled responsibly, unlike Congress, who handles money very irresponsibly and has a 12% approval rating. - Yeah, so yeah, I think it does increase the weight of the responsibility. - Yeah, well, tell us a little bit about what the SFOLF takes on. Like I said, I was unfamiliar with them and then whenever I was writing up a story about you being elected to your position, I found some very cool topics and some very cool priorities. So obviously tell me about what they're doing, what their main focuses are, focuses, excuse me, their main focus is and how they're addressing that on the federal and state levels. - All right, well, let me start with a story. When I won my primary, my Republican primary runoff for state auditor, I did not have a Democrat running against me in the fall. So we knew I was going to win the race. It was just a matter of waiting for the general election day to come. At some point that fall, one of my friends at Club for Growth connected me with a man named Derek Kreiffel. Now Derek is the CEO of the State Financial Officers Foundation. He helped get this thing started and he still, he runs it today. Now of course we have elected officers, but he is the guy doing the day-to-day operations because we're all serving the public in our elected positions. And I was also, as you are, I was unfamiliar with SFOLF, had no idea I was going to join the thing if I got elected to the state auditor. But upon recommendation from one of my friends at Club for Growth, I spoke to Derek and I said, well, what is it that your organization actually does? Like, sell me on why I don't need to be a part of another organization, just have my name on some list. 'Cause your organization do anything useful. And he started telling me about the fights that they're taking on. Like, for instance, standing up against BlackRock. If BlackRock is going to start using ESG standards for their investments and hurting investment returns for retirees in Alabama and other states, then maybe the states need to band together and start divesting themselves from BlackRock investment. And the Safe Financial Officers Foundation has been very successful doing that. And we've divested something like $13 billion has come out of BlackRock as a result of conservative state treasures around the country. And even like the, there's some Texas board of education that has billions of dollars that they manage and they pulled the $6 billion from BlackRock. And it sent a really strong message to BlackRock, they need to stop investing woke and then you start investing for the best returns. So it immediately caught my interest because what we're talking about here is fiduciary duty. You're supposed to manage the public's money in a way that gets them the maximum return for the lowest amount of risk. You're not supposed to politicize their money. You're not supposed to say, "Well, we're going to invest it in green energy," even though we know that has a terrible return. Well, no, this is people's retirements you're talking about. Invest in things that are going to get them the best return, not, you know, not their corporate board diversity and all these other measures that don't really matter to their bottom line. So I agreed to join the organization. And once I got in, one of the things I found out that they did very successfully is they put together these nationwide letters. And we have 37 different state financial officers, all Republican in this organization. And let me tell you, when we get 30 plus state financial officers signing on to a letter to Congress, to the president, to somebody at one of the like Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, those type of organizations, first of all, it always gets national press. We always get a big news story out of it. And it's been shown to be effective in getting these entities to change the direction on where they're going. Some of the things we speak out on unsuccessfully, but it still needs to be said. For instance, the Biden administration rule change on how mortgages are handled. So you may remember this, Craig, it's about probably a little over a year ago. The Biden administration said, hey, what would be smart is that we took people with good credit and had them subsidize people with bad credit so people with bad credit can afford to buy a house. So it's socialism and housing purchases. And we came together and said, no, it's dumb decisions like this that led to the housing bubble bursting back in 2007. The government started sticking their nose in the mortgage business too much, saying who had to be loaned to instead of making loans based on who could actually afford to repay. So we spoke out against that. So that's just a few quick examples of some of the fight state financial office foundation has taken on. - Yeah, and it seems like the sort of climate initiatives that are being pushed by a lot of these large corporations. Am I wrong in assuming that that seems to be coming downstream from the federal government as far as the incentives that they give these giant corporations like Black Rock multinationals? Am I correct in assuming that that flows downstream from the feds or is it the other way around? - I do think it flows downstream from the feds, but yeah, possibly a little bit both ways. It's hard. Some of these big companies that are going woke with their ESG type investing, they're doing so almost reluctantly. They're being scored by these scoring firms that tell asset managers should you invest your money in ExxonMobil, for instance. Well, ExxonMobil is not a quote environmentally friendly company is what the liberals would say, because they drill oil. So we are going to divest from ExxonMobil stock with billions of dollars of pension fund dollars unless you get some more minorities on your board unless you commit to net zero emissions, which would basically mean you just have to shut the entire company down, right? That's ultimately what they want is just to destroy ExxonMobil. And even though ExxonMobil had a record setting profit last year, they came up with a shareholder proposal that was fire the CEO and the entire board. That was a proposal that was put forward by the New York Pension Fund Association, I think the Canadian Pension Fund is very liberal, owned a bunch of stock in ExxonMobil. So they put these shareholder resolutions forward, hey, our company just made more money than ever. Why don't we fire the board and the president? That makes a lot of sense, right? So we came out with a letter. I actually took the lead on this one. I heard this was happening. And I drafted the letter, we got it sent around, and I forget how many 20 or 30 state financial officers signed on, and thankfully the entire ExxonMobil board and the president was reelected. This just happened a couple months ago. But the ExxonMobil CEO was like, man, is there anybody out there who would speak up on behalf of us? Because this is just insane what's going on right now in our financial market. And thankfully, the State Financial Officers Foundation was what he found when he Googled. And apparently Alabama came up first. My name showed up because there were As in the alphabet. My office got contacted, and that's how I got involved. So just another illustration of the sites that we take on, but these companies feel so much pressure to commit to the environmental, social, and governance standards from these scoring companies, or these pension funds won't buy their stocks. So some of these companies are reluctantly kind of backed into a corner, and they feel like they have to do it. We give them an excuse to say, well, we're getting pressure from both sides, so we're just going to do nothing, which is what we want. We don't want really politics in the boardroom. We want the companies focused on how do we earn the highest return for a shareholder. That's what they're supposed to be doing. And that's the purpose of a corporation is to earn a return for the shareholders, not to be a political activist. So how is that a play out as far as, you know, obviously more conservative governments, more conservative state governments, they're obviously going to want to put, they're going to want to put, like you said, pension plans and things of that ilk in very successful businesses, businesses that'll see a return, corporations that'll see a return, is it important to you, I guess, personally, and to those in the SFOF to really make sure that the money is going to causes that are not necessarily conservative, but that aren't completely anti-American and anti what the American people believe? So this is an interesting question. So what we don't want to become is just the opposite of what our enemies are doing. So we don't want to pressure asset managers to only buy, quote, conservative company stock. Like, okay, we're all going to go buy stock in Twitter or X, whatever they call it now, because Elon Musk owns it and Elon Musk is supporting Trump. So we're all going to go buy Twitter stock. That's not what we're pushing for. What we're pushing for is a return to the standard of fiduciary duty, which says, earn the highest risk-adjusted return you can for the people whose money you are managing. So that might involve purchasing a solar project, okay, if it's actually profitable. Now, we're not for all the subsidies and everything that solar gets. But if a solar company is making a lot of profit, there's no reason that we shouldn't buy into that. We're not going to boycott them just because they happen to be solar. The same as we don't want the left boycotting Exxon Mobil because they happen to be oil. So does that make sense? We're not trying to be the opposite of what our enemies are doing. We're just trying to get back to, we're going to judge a company based on its fundamentals. It's earning potential. It's present-day earnings and its future earnings potential. We're not going to judge it on their ESG score. - Gotcha, gotcha. Now, obviously you would know about this more so than I, but the market is seriously seriously having some issues right now. And obviously that affects everyone across the board, but especially states that have investments in certain corporations, certain areas. What does, this doesn't have anything to do with the SFOF, but what does the current market troubles, what kind of effect does that have on state treasuries, state monies, and the investments that they have with retirement funds and things like that? - Yeah, it does have an effect. So I'll give you an example. As Alabama State Auditor, I sort of want to call the Penny Trust Fund Board. We have, I think we have something like $14 or $15 million we handle on behalf of the public. And that money gets split between education and public health, I believe. We split whatever income we generate in a year, we split off 50% to each and pay it out. So we have annual board meetings and everything. But one of the things we did at our last board meeting was we said, "Hey, interest rates are really high right now." So we bought some T-bills on behalf of the public and locked in a good interest rate for a couple of years. Well, with interest rates dropping, the value of those bonds should increase because bond prices move opposite of the interest rates, of course. So when the market goes down, the stock market goes down, there is a fleeing to bonds sometimes, which can dramatically, and I gave you an example of a $14 million fund, imagine a $14 billion fund that had a large share of bonds. It could really benefit that portfolio, but the inverse is also true. If the fund owns a whole lot of stock, it's gonna hurt them. But overall, I think the Fed waited too late to pivot on their economic policy. We were starting to see cracks in the economy, 30, 60 days ago. I know the stock market was running in all-time highs, but there were some warning signs, and I think they missed them. And part of it was just bad luck because the Fed comes out last week and says, we're gonna leave interest rates unchanged. We're looking at a 25 basis point cut in September. And then what happens? The end of the week, a terrible jobs number comes out, and the stock market just collapses. There's been a thousand points yesterday. Japan's was down 12% in a single day. They're stocking the index. So there's real jitters. There's a real feeling among investors that the Fed waited too long and now we're not gonna get that soft landing that we were promised by the Fed. And there's a lot of people talking now about how it doesn't need to be a 25 basis point cut in September, it needs to be a 50. So I don't have any inside knowledge on what the Fed's going to do. In my personal opinion, I think they waited one meeting too late to begin pivoting on their economic policy. - Well, well, we only have a few minutes here left. And so obviously, like I said, you wear many hats, you're prominent in the Alabama GOP. I wanted to get your thoughts real quick before I let you go on the choice of Kamala Harris to pick Tim Waltz as a running mate. - Yeah, no very little about Tim Waltz, but what I do know is he's one of the most liberal picks she could have possibly made. This is the guy that said one man's socialism is another man's neighborliness or something to that effect. I mean, that's how radical this guy is. He's saying basically socialism is just being neighborly. No, it's not, it's a terrible economic system that oppresses millions of people worldwide. I think it's interesting she picked somebody from kind of the Midwest area, probably to counter the JD Vance pick by Trump. Everybody knows how important that Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan area is. She picked somebody kind of from that area of the country. So, I mean, that's really, I don't have a very limited knowledge on him. I know he's in Congress for about 12 years, had a pretty liberal voting record there. Little bit of a surprise. She didn't go with somebody more like maybe a Gavin Newsom or something like that. I don't, this pick kind of took me a little bit by surprise to be quite honest with you. Oh yeah, I know everyone, including myself is expecting Shapiro, but I too didn't know too much about this guy. Well, Mr. State Auditor, thank you again so much for coming on and if people want to find out more about you, what should they go? Well, they can go to my Facebook page, Andrew Serrel for State Auditor, that's still up. And of course, they can always contact me directly on Facebook or reach out to my office. All right, thank you so much again. I hope you enjoy the rest of your day. Thank you. All right, this is FM Talk 10065, the Jeff Porschow, be right back. As I step down to that Cadillac. (upbeat music) - Welcome back to the Jeff Porschow on FM Talk 10065. Once again, I am not Jeff Porschow. I am, my name is Craig Monger. I'm a reporter with 1819 news. Jeff is off traveling the world, doing all sorts of cool stuff. So I'm filling in for him. Text line is open, two, five, one, three, four, three, zero, one, zero, six. Leo asks, since you're talking about the financial market, can you explain why gold and silver went down? I would have thought they'd have gone up. Another Leo, I cannot tell you that. I have zero clue about the markets, especially when it comes to precious metals. So my sincerest apologies for not being able to give you an answer on that. Some unnamed caller says, "Woke is good." You're teaching your kids about the conference and the rebel flag, so why not Woke? Are you impressed about your past history? I don't remember talking about Woke, so that is irrelevant. Marshall says, "Good morning, Craig. "I believe State Auditor Sorrell has done a great job. "I would have to concur. "Will he be running for re-election in 2026 "or possibly for another statewide office?" I'm so sorry I did not see that before. I would have loved to have asked him that. I would sort of anticipate him running for re-election. It seems like a position that he suited for, and obviously I think he's trying to grow the role. The role of State Auditor was somewhat ceremonial after the legislature passed several laws that sort of just diminished its capacity, but I think now that we've got an incredibly competent person in there, I think hopefully God willing that the role of the State Auditor will grow and that will lead to more fiduciary responsibility. I don't know if he sees violation to say this, so I'll just say darned Yankee said, "Yes, Snowden is a hero and the government hates it. "Lots of stuff on YouTube about the U.S. government "spying on us and the deep State." Yes, you are correct. I believe that Snowden revealed the tremendous amount that a lot of people assume, but it was nice to have the direct evidence about that. Here in about another half hour, like I said, we will have my good friend and host of 93.1 in Montgomery News and Views, Joey Clark is gonna be in here. Looking at the statewide stuff, it's, we have another execution planned in September. Interestingly enough, one of the aspects of my job that I have to do is occasionally whenever there is an execution, I am called upon to be one of the media witnesses. I've actually witnessed the past two lethal injections that the State has carried out up there in Holman. And this next one in September is going to be the second in the State and in the country, actually, to be carried out by nitrogen hypoxia. There was a legal challenge to it after it was used in January. And obviously the pundits and the anti-death penalty folks were challenging it, saying it was inhumane, et cetera, et cetera. And that lawsuit was just settled. And it allowed the September execution of Alan Miller to proceed. That obviously came from the Alabama Attorney General, Steve Marshall. Yeah, it's kind of a daunting task when you have to cover something like that, and especially when you get to go and see and witness it. So we'll see what happens. Maybe I'll be there in September. Maybe I won't be. This is the Jeff Porsche one FM talk, one of six, five. See you right after this. ♪ I was alive, I was pretty nice ♪ ♪ And pretty soon I'm wondering ♪ ♪ How I came to dark youth ♪ ♪ How you gotta do ♪ ♪ Is smile and smile ♪ ♪ And they go all by defense it ♪ ♪ Just leave it up to you and get on it ♪ (upbeat music) From Bucks Pocket to the shores of Orange Beach, at all points in between. An insider's perspective on Alabama politics. It's the Jeff Porsche show. ♪ I don't think I ain't done it this way ♪ ♪ I know it ain't ♪ - Welcome back to the Jeff Porsche show on FM Talk 106 five. Once again, for those people who are just joining in, I am not Jeff Porsche. Jeff Porsche is out traveling the world with his V-LAD. I think they're gonna do some sort of NASCAR race, all sorts of fun stuff. The text line is open, two, five, one, three, four, three, zero, one, zero, six. Let's see. Daniel and Foley says, "Woke are all sheep." And then there's a sheep emoji. I didn't know that there was a sheep emoji. They have emojis for everything now. I remember when it was just like on an array of human emotions. Now it's just, you can have, there's emojis for everything. Tim says, "Jeff, I admit, I don't know a lot about the DIMMS VP candidates. I think I may have went with Kelly, but he probably wasn't left enough for the party. These left radicals have taken over the Democratic party. Well, I am not Jeff, but I can't speak to that yet. There weren't a lot of good choices out there for Kamala Harris. She obviously couldn't go moderate. I honestly think she probably thinks that Tim Walts is a moderate. And I think that might be a strategic error. He has a pretty liberal voting record. It was not voting record, I would say. In Congress, he had a pretty good rating from the NRA. When he became governor, though, he passed a lot of laws, or he signed a lot of laws that were not friendly to the Second Amendment, the red flag laws and universal background checks, et cetera, et cetera. And obviously his stance on abortion and immigration are what they are. And I don't think that it's gonna come off as a moderate candidate at all. Gavin Newsom probably would have been, the name recognition would have been there. I don't know if they wanna take responsibility for California, though, at the moment. So it was an interesting pick. I didn't know too, too much about him. I did most of my research whenever I found out that Walts was in the conversation. I am surprised that they didn't go with Shapiro. They're both equally benign as far as their public personas. Obviously, Walts has been out there shilling, if you will, or being a surrogate for Biden, defending him left, right, and center, especially whenever there was the criticisms about his cognitive decline and the fact that his brain has turned into apple sauce since he took over as president in 2021. And yeah, it's an interesting pick. We'll see how it goes. I will tell you, I am looking forward, though, to a Walts Vance debate. Say what you will about Walts' policies. He is a well-spoken gentleman as is JD Vance. And I don't know if we're gonna see a Trump-Harris debate. I can't imagine that the Harris campaign would set that up or agree to it, at least not until she's been coached on how not to sound like a bumbling idiot any time she opens her mouth, which has been her modus operandi up until now. She is a profoundly unintelligent person. She, any time she speaks on any subject, you can see how woefully underqualified she is to speak on whether it's Ukraine, whether it's economics, whether it's immigration. And those are obviously gonna be big deals coming into the presidential election in November. Speaking of illegal immigration, this was interesting. I don't know about you guys, but I used to love back in the day watching To Catch a Predator on Dateline NBC with Chris Hansen. And he would do it for those of you who aren't aware of the premise of the show is they would have a group of people that would pose in chat rooms and sites. And this was before apps, even. This was whenever it was AOL chat rooms and Craigslist and stuff like that. And they would pose as underaged boys and girls. And they would lure people trying to have illicit Trists with them. They would show up to a house usually. And instead of meeting a minor child with which they were attempting to have a awful relationship with, they saw good old Chris Hansen. Well, Chris Hansen is not on Dateline NBC anymore. He has another show where he does the exact same thing. I think the show is called Take Down. And he recently did it in Blount County. And expectedly, they called several people trying to meet minors for sexual interactions. Interestingly enough, three of the people called in Blount County were illegal immigrants. It's interesting. Funnily enough, I don't recall seeing that in any of the other statewide media sources. 18, 19 news covered it because it is news, regardless of what the liberal punditry would like you to think. I think that's relevant. I think it's relevant that the illegal immigration problem is touched Alabama pretty significantly. One of the stories I covered earlier in my career was out of Dadeville. There's a gentleman there. And he was arrested for double murder and kidnapping, a 12-year-old girl, two of the people that he murdered ended up stored in the walls of his home. I was actually able to stand outside that home when the State Bureau of Investigation was there looking into it. And yeah, he was an illegal immigrant as well. And that's still being adjudicated, but it certainly wasn't a focus focal point of the other statewide media. And in fact, I don't think they mentioned it. They're very selective with what they decide to talk about, what they think is relevant, and obviously their persuasions and their political ideology bleeds through and to their reporting far more than it should. In fact, that's the entire point of 18, 19 news is that we felt that your news was being delivered to you, to the Alabama public by people that decided for themselves what they think you deserve to know. And they did it with a political bent, and oftentimes they did so inaccurately or with half the story. Another great example of this is the bomb that went off outside the Alabama Attorney General's office. For the life of me, I cannot remember. It was several months ago where it happened, but the gentleman, I think I can call him gentleman, who identified as pansexual. I'm not entirely sure what that means. But yeah, pansexual and Tifa, Irondale man, he pleaded guilty to the bombing attempt outside of the office, the Attorney General's office. And once again, that those details, his details as a member of Antifa and as a pansexual, wasn't exactly highlighted in the other reporting that you saw on it. And I think that's significant whenever the people who are supposed to be delivering you the straight facts decide what they think you should know and what they think is relevant. And they will intentionally bury details that don't fit the narrative that they want. Obviously, you see it with the illegal immigration discussion. We had, gosh, what was it, last year? There was a MS-13 gang member, and he wasn't even just a member. He was a leader in MS-13 out of El Salvador. He had been previously deported. And sure enough, two years later, he shows up, actually it was less than two years later, he shows up in Chelsea. And he was re-arrested after being deported again. This is Alabama, folks. Obviously, there is some MS-13 presence in Alabama, especially along '65. They're very involved in human trafficking, drug trafficking. So we've seen some things in Prathil close to where I live, where they've had pretty significant busts. The Montgomery area is a hub of all of this. But yeah, the immigration problem is getting worse. And I think it's only going to be a matter of time before something really, really awful happens. Obviously, it's really awful whenever you butch your two people and hide them in your walls. That's awful. It's awful when you, in the case of another one last year with a drunk driver, and obviously everyone knows Lake and Riley, I think that's awful. But there's going to be a situation in the not-too-distant future, because it's not just people from South and Central America that we're letting in. There's people from Asia, people from the Middle East. And they've had confirmed contact with terrorists at the border. And when you have an unsecured border and you have people that have evil designs for your country, it's only-- and you don't have a secure border. It's only going to be a matter of time before something truly disastrous happens. Obviously, I don't want that to happen. But when it does, it will be a direct result of the Biden administration's atrocious treatment of the border and its failure to secure it. And I'm very much looking forward to how that discussion goes down leading up into November between J.D. Vance and Tim Walts, and hopefully between former President Donald Trump and VP Kamala Harris, because that is going to be a gigantic black eye for her. No matter how much they try to make it about Donald Trump's comments about her race and whether she was an Indian-American when she ran for Senate and if she was running as a black senator when she got picked for VP, I think they're going to overplay that a bit much. But I think the relevant point is-- and that Trump was trying to make in a very verbose and inflammatory way as he's want to do. I think the point he's trying to make, and J.D. Vance backed this up, that she's a chameleon. She doesn't have much in the way of competency. She's not-- she's the opposite of intelligent. She's profoundly stupid. And she has-- she was, whether or not you want to call it a borders or not, she was put in charge of handling the southern border. And it's worse than it ever has been. And whether or not you believe that's by design or whether or not you believe that's just sheer incompetence, the problem is that we have millions upon millions upon millions of people entering this country. And sometimes they're violent. And sometimes they end up in Alabama. Once again, you wouldn't know that if you read the traditional media in this state. But 18/19 news has done a great job of covering. And you can read the write-up of Chris Hansen's experience in Blount County. You can read that at 18/19 news. My colleague over there, Erica Thomas, did a great write-up of that. And the same thing with the attorney general bomber. My buddy Caleb Taylor wrote that up. And you can read that as well. Coming up at 10.30, like I said, we're going to have my friend, Joey Clark, out of there in Montgomery. We're going to talk about all sorts of fun stuff. Let's see. What is the text line? This is Craig. I think-- I don't-- no, this is Craig. I don't know what you're talking about there, a known caller. I'm going to read it in case of some sort of subterfuge for something hilarious. Yeah, I talked a little bit before. And I'd love to hear from you guys in the text line. The text line is open 2513430106. What you thought about the horrible and awful RFK bear story, for those of you who don't know, he witnessed someone-- when he was driving in New York, saw someone hit a bear, a black bear. He threw it in his van. He planned to skin it and eat it, used the meat. But he had some other previous engagements that ran late, and he was unable to do so. And then he decided to deposit the bear, and I think it was Central Park, and make it look like a cyclist had hit it and killed it. And he actually posed with the bear before he did it in the back of his van. There's a picture of him pretending like the bear was biting him. But people are appalled by this. I've seen some weird reactions. They had this-- I don't know. From the New Yorker who originally wrote it, this wildebeest on CNN last night, she acted like it was just the worst thing in the world. I thought it was funny. I mean, obviously, he didn't expect it to get the reaction that it did, apparently a lot of police time went into trying to find out about this bear. And it was like 10 years ago at this point. But let me hear from you. I think I thought it was funny. But maybe that's just my inner red net coming out. It sounds like something I would have done back in my younger days. Of course, RFK was 70 when he did it. So maybe there's something to be said about that. All right, we'll be back here in a minute, like I said, with Joey Clark. This is the Jeff Porte Show on FM Talk 106.5. [MUSIC PLAYING] Standing on your son to pull the family through. My son is all left up to you. And I can't get to sleep at night, barking lot so loud, and right, DC hasn't worked in 20 years. Probably never made a single person cold. Welcome back to the Jeff Porte Show on FM Talk 106.5. Once again, I am not Jeff Porte. Jeff Porte is my boss. My name is Craig Manger. I'm a reporter with 1819 News. Taking this on while Jeff is out there enjoying the world. Textline is open, 251-3430-106. We have got a guest coming up here in about five minutes. Joey Clark, a radio host out there at Montgomery on 93.1 FM. And yeah, after that, at 11, we are going to be talking to Ms. Sarah Sanchez. She is the Assistant Director of Cleanup Alabama. And that was a group that was started to address. It was started a little over a year ago after a lot of parents began noticing and complaining about books that were found in their local library. Not to toot my own horn here. But it started in Prattville about where I live. And it grew out from there and became a statewide issue. So obviously, lawmakers and even Governor K.I. have got involved with it. So really, in a year, it's been an issue that has blown up in the state. And so I'm going to be talking to her about what they're doing. They obviously made some big pushes in the 2024 legislative session. And they're going to be doing work until 2025. That's a big issue of mine. And I've covered it pretty extensively. So that will be interesting. I know that Mobile has had its own issues. People raising concerns in the library. But it is just about everywhere. You would be shocked, appalled possibly, at what you would find in your local library, specifically in sections that are designed for kids. You know, I always like to make the point. There's actually a children's book called Why Everybody Needs an AR-15. And funnily enough, you'll never see that book in the children's section. You'll never see a children's book on, I don't know, say a biblical view of homosexuality or something like that. It is always, always, always these perverse books that talk explicitly about sexual topics, whether it's actual sexual intercourse or whether it is stuff about transgenderism, gender identity, all this other stuff. And so it seems plain as the pike staff, at least to me, that there is a concerted effort here to push a specific particular ideology on young and impressionable minds. And like I said, the governor of the great city of Alabama has gotten involved in that last year. She sent a letter to the director of the Alabama Public Library System, which is essentially just the state system, that distributes funding and creates bylaws for libraries and creates the standards that are contingent on them, continuing to receive state funding. And KIV was displeased with the measures that the state board was taking as far as it handled this issue. And they've just recently passed some administrative rule changes that dictate the procurement and placement and all sorts of other things regarding these books, much to the chagrin mind I add, of the shrieking, cackling, blue haired, frequently overweight, liberal, loud, obnoxious women of both sexes that will show up at city halls, county commissions, library board meetings and make zoo noises as if that was a coherent argument. It really is the worst part about my job and when I have to go to these things. And no matter what side you're on, you have to be able to make some sort of coherent point. And the people that are supporting keeping these sexually explicit books in the library, they have yet to do so. And in fact, it never ceases to amaze me whenever I go to these meetings. You can tell simply by looking at the person what their political leaning is. And you can also tell that because there is one side and one side exclusively that is incapable of controlling their emotions or behaving like adults. They don't know how to behave like adults. They don't know how to dress like adults. They don't know how to speak like adults. They just, like I said, they make their zoo noises. They're moving and bleeding. Anytime someone would get up and say something that they don't like. The legislature obviously got involved in this issue, but gambling took the air out of the room for the most part. And so we didn't get nearly as many laws as we like. So we'll be talking about that 11. But when we come back, like I said, Joey Clark out of Montgomery coming right up. (upbeat music) ♪ Living on the road my friend ♪ ♪ Was gonna keep you free and clean ♪ ♪ Counting flowers on the wall ♪ ♪ That don't bother me at all ♪ ♪ Playing solitaire took dawn ♪ ♪ With the deck of 51 ♪ ♪ Smoking cigarettes and watching ♪ - Welcome back to the Jeff Four show here on FM Talk of 106.5. Once again, not Jeff Pore here. My name is Craig Monger with 1819 news. Text line is open, 2513430106. I'm gonna get to some of those texts here in a minute. But first, gonna talk real quick with my friend and host of news and views with Joey Clark. They're in Montgomery on news talk, 93.1 FM also online. He streams his show on Joey Clark Live. You'll see me there co-hosting with him and our good friend Eddie Bader on Friday. But for right now, we'll talk to him. Joey, how are you, my friend? - Doing great, how are you doing this morning, Craig? - Oh, I'm doing swell. I slept like a baby on amphetamines. So not very well. - Nice, and congratulations. - Oh, thank you, thank you. Well, thanks for showing up. Thanks for talking to me. Obviously, the big news of the day with the November election coming up is the pick for current Vice President Kamala Harris. She picked old Minnesota governor, Tim Walts. What are your thoughts on that? Do you think it was a good move? Were you expecting it or were you expecting something else? - Yeah, I was calling it the beginning of this week. I don't know if it's that good of a move. I think it really leans into our progressive base, picking a state that really wasn't up for grads. It seems she'd clearly picked the squad over, say, the Josh Shapiro types there in Pennsylvania. It does seem like they are a little worried about some of the Midwest vote in particular the Muslim community. But then you look at what Walts has done over the years. I mean, he was right at the center of the whole epicenter of the George Floyd of the Asco and the riots that then occurred afterwards. And then this guy's got quotes from last week saying, "One person socialism is another person's paperliness." So it's going to make some progressive pinkos happy, but the average person's probably going to go, "Why is Chris Farley next to the Indian black law?" Yeah, he, it's hilarious that you said that because I too got Chris Farley vibes from him. I'm not sure, I'm not sure getting an old, replacing an old white guy with an old white guy is exactly a good move. I guess, you know, they're worried about Wisconsin and Michigan in the Midwest there in the surrounding areas. Obviously Minnesota is a blue lock for the most part. I don't know, do you think that they honestly sort of anticipated that he would be seen as a moderate candidate or are they just trying to lean into their base as much as possible? Well, they're going to try to say, oh, he knows how to fix cars, like the stunt folks on the left on the Twitter accident. Sharon, look, he looks, he knows how to switch out an electrical breaker on a Honda. So he's kind of that every man, you know, like mechanic type, and then it can also quote Don's copy tell at the same time that they're going to try to manufacture him as some folksy hero looking out for the working man. I just don't think it's going to work given his past record and very public statements. Yeah, the George Floyd thing is going to be interesting. He, that's going to be replayed in ads for sure. Same thing with the handling of the George Floyd situation. Yeah, it doesn't seem to be quite a unifying move that you would have expected. I'm not sure Shapiro would have been either, but at least it would have been helpful in a battleground state. Obviously, I think despite his atrocious policies and his atrocious ideologies, he is fairly well-spoken. He's not a dummy as far as that's concerned. How do you see him stacking up in a potential debate with JD Vance? I think it would end up being a kind of a wash. I think JD is a little smarter than this fellow, but that's, I guess, it's all in the eyes of the holder. Honestly, I think at this point, the VP picks are a bit of a wash. It depends on what media you consume. If you're consuming the Milk Boys podcast and Jake Paul's podcast and all the podcast, you probably like JD Vance. If you're consuming, well, NBC's still God forbid or even CNN, even worse, you might like this guy. I think he's a working man hero. I think at this point, politics has become a series of Rorschach tasks and people see what that wants to. - That's a great way to put it. Yeah, you talk, Trump really has been doing a fantastic job, him and Vance, on going on these very popular platforms, non-traditional platforms, having long-form discussions. Obviously, he brought up the Milk Boys and Logan and Jake Paul and that type. That brings me to my next question. Where the heck is Kamala Harris? We haven't seen much from her and she's been avoiding the camera, like she does books and normal laughing. What do you think she's doing right now? Is she just simply being prepped on how the world works and since she obviously doesn't have a grasp of that currently? Do you think she's just spending her time getting coached up so she doesn't look like a bumbling idiot whenever she's asked about these national policy topics? - I'm sure she's being coached up but I think they're running the same campaign they tried to run and did successfully run in 2020 with Biden at the basement. Sort of a modern whistle stop tour where he barely had to travel and he barely had to see the guy and I think that's what they're gonna try to do with Kamala is don't put her in a press conference situation, don't put her in even with corporate media, probing interview, heck even the softball interview, she doesn't do well. Let's just try to make her this larger than life figure where she doesn't even have to speak up for herself and then have her deliver a speech off prompter on the teleprompter. I think they just want to let the blitzing glam at the media and Hollywood in their machine that's all I'd like you to run this country, be the front and like to let her be the face, like the dictator with all his face all over the side of buildings. You can just be the icon while they push it. - Yeah, it seemed, you kind of would have thought that the, that move in 2020 with Biden, you could have chalked that up to the pandemic, not wanting to get out there. Obviously he was no spring chicken then. He is essentially a chicken carcass at this point. But yeah, it does seem that they are gonna try to hide her away and run the same campaign in 2020 that hey, we're just running someone that isn't Trump. There's been a lot of, there's been a lot of back and forth about a potential debate between Trump and Harris. You know, the Harris campaign, obviously saying that Trump tried to chicken out of a debate in Pennsylvania simply by wanting to change the date. Now, Trump is saying that he would want to do it on September 4th in Pennsylvania on Fox. What do you think the, what do you think the probability of us actually seeing a clash between Harris and Trump is? - Ooh, I would make it a coin slot because back to the other, the point we just made that they don't necessarily want her in a moment that isn't completely scripted and protected and nerfed. But you know, it might be that the honeymoon period's getting over earlier than anybody hoped that they can't solve David Axelrod this morning for a very cold cold water all over her honeymoon period at this point. So it could be Trump's calling them on it and he's forcing their hand and honestly, they're gonna get into Trump's such a bully and all this stuff, he's just gonna lean into it. And I would say if I'd bet they'll make it happen, it will happen in the day. - Yes, God knows I want that as well as everyone else. Just for the sheer entertainment value. Hopefully Trump will come out dancing. That's my sincere hope. I know that you love Donald Trump and the dancing and in fact, the dancing is what won you over as far as I know. So I've been asking about this. I'm gonna get to the text line here in a second with some responses, but I wanna hear from you. What did you think of the RFK Junior Bear story that everyone seems so obsessed with? What were your thoughts on that? - I thought it was awesome. I'm like, it's like what a man. Like let me take this bear cock, cock is up the side of the road so I can get it and you know, harvest the meat for my stew later. Oh wait, I've gotta go eat it a luxurious steakhouse. Crap, what are we gonna do with this bear? It's been central part, I'm like, this is amazing. And everybody wants to go all these weird. I'm like, this is incredibly entertaining. I wouldn't have done that, but I'm not really a man, man. Leave the bear on the side of the road. - Yeah, I see, I agree. I thought the phony outrage over it was just disingenuous. I thought it was hilarious. It sounds like something I would have done just to mysteriously put a bear where a bear should not be to make it look like a bicyclist had taken it out. I thought that was hilarious, but then again, I do have a pretty nuanced sense of humor. I think I've told this story on your show, but I used to take family photos from people's houses and either rearrange them or keep them and put them in other people's houses just to create confusion. So that sort of chaotic evil, it sort of speaks to me. Do you think, question, do you think that this focus and this attention that's going to RFK, I know I have my perspective, but do you think that that's coming more from the Democratic side? 'Cause they're afraid of stealing votes away from Kamala, or do you think that the Trump campaign has any sort of interest in putting RFK Jr. in a bad light? - I think it's both. I think that Trump folks got a little less worried when he picked Nicole Shanahan, and I think he's probably gonna pull more from disaffected liberals that Trump might have gotten. But a lot of the heat seems to be coming from more the corporate media in the organ with the Democratic Party. And I'm not sure exactly why other than maybe it's just the Kennedy name and he continues to point out things about what they do that are very inconvenient to them. And I think RFK Jr, unfortunately, is too much of an interesting man for the average American voter. I think the average American is kind of sad and passive, especially in the political media consumption. So you have a guy who's an actual outdoorsman, actually put his skin on the line, like major court cases against major corporations. He's a classic man of the left. And sadly, I think folks who are voting less these days are more just sit on the couch, eat the TV dinner in the Cheetos and consume whatever the corporate press is pumping into and sort of folks. - Yeah, I agree. Like I said this earlier, where I don't have like traditional cable news, I don't, I typically get it from reading or online. Typically, honestly, I get a lot of my news from X. But I was forced to, since I stayed at the hotel last night, to just sort of see what was going on. And the contrast between switching between Fox News and MSNBC and CNN was pretty stark. It's amazing to me. There are plenty of people on the left that are still trying to stick up for Joe Biden and really make it seem like he is some great patriot for deciding to stand down and not drawing attention to his obvious cognitive decline. Obviously, I don't know, did you get a chance to see Nancy pull at that clip of Nancy Pelosi saying that he belonged to a Mount Rushmore? - Yeah, I saw that. And I'm like, I guess Ben Ziliklock came early to talk about Xanax and just say whatever happy thoughts come to mind. And she's just, she's absolutely miserable at this point. I mean, she is a true power broker and that woman will mute her here if you're getting away. But I mean, it's, what's funny is, I think the faker she becomes in her own appearance and presentation of faker and things that come out of her mouth. - Yeah, that's a, in a couple of years, I think her eyebrows are actually going to be on the top of her skull by the time her illustrious career is finished, they just keep creeping up there and up there and up there. I don't get it, the Botox move, it's like, hey, at a certain point. And honestly, it does look like Hannibal Lecter performed a facelift on her. But what was, I love, I'm reminded of the Bill Burr line where he said, would you rather be 50 and look 50 or be 50 and look like a 30 year old lizard? And said, so she certainly fits that description. One more thing, obviously, you're down there in Montgomery, close to about where I am. And we've seen the illustrious mayor of Montgomery really going out there and pounding the pavement in favor of the Kamala Harris campaign. What are your thoughts on that? And do you think that he's vying for something in that administration or is he simply just being a party loyal? - No, I think he's been a party loyal and he's also being loyal to a particular click within the Democratic party. I'm not surprised by it because he's been posting photos of himself with Kamala for years now. It's been pretty well known that he's sidled up to her and really, I don't know if he wants to gig in the White House. Go for it, man. Climb that ladder. We'll figure something else out in Montgomery, but yeah, I'm not surprised by it. - Real quick, I just gotta say, 'cause it just came to mind. The best line on Nancy Pelosi is Dennis Miller when he was talking to Bill O'Reilly years ago. That broad sleeps upside down a cocoon of her own wings. (laughing) - Oh, man alive. Yeah, it really is frightening. Some of the appearance decisions that are made by our leaders up there in Washington, obviously on the other end of the political spectrum is all Matt Gaetz and man, those chick fillers are not doing him any favors. - Oh, he has body just more fit for being the fat kid in middle school than you do it. Like, you know, that's what we all do to some degree. - Yeah. - But back on. These folks look so weird and it's like the Hunger Games now. - It really is, both in the way that they dress and then obviously the cosmetic procedures that they undergo. One person who doesn't obviously care a hoot about how he looks is John Federman. I think the car heart hoodie suits him well. I don't think there's a suit that could drape over that frame that would look appropriate in any way, shape, or form. But yeah, old John Federman, he's a man alive. He's something else. I've been pretty impressed with what he's done recently. He's the only person that I've seen that's improved after a stroke. - Yeah, he actually seems to have his own independent streak and I'm wondering when he was up at Walter Reed, you know, Alabama's junior center, Brit, Katie Brit, visited him and then became good friends. I'm wondering if she like put a hex on him or something. Like, I don't know. I don't know if I should credit her, but it would be to her credit. No, he's been, he's been quite a pleasant surprise in the way he said things. - Yeah, I think our Alabama congressmen and senators, I think they just need to start bringing a coolers full of Kanekka sausages and just growing them up and serving it to people and be like, hey, this is what could be unburdened by what has been. That is a local delicacy that lives up to the hype. Well, hey, Joey, thanks so much for coming on. If people want to find you, where can they find your stuff? - Joey Clark live on YouTube or at the Joey Clark on Twitter X. - All right, thanks buddy. Have a good one. Appreciate it again. - Thanks, Greg. - This is the Jeff Porsche Show on FM Talk 106-5. Be right back after this. ♪ And it probably always will ♪ ♪ And on the old town square ♪ ♪ Under the barber shop ♪ ♪ Oh, they set me up in the chair ♪ ♪ The old schoolers are a pair of year ♪ ♪ We got a rebel bags blind and bug-wise appears ♪ ♪ Playing in the snow in the middle of June ♪ ♪ You're hard to muggy after the night ♪ - Welcome back to the Jeff Porsche Show on FM Talk 106-5. Once again, I am not Jeff Porsche. I'm Craig Monger. Jeff Porsche is my boss. I'm a reporter over there at 18-19 news. Text line is open, 25-1-3-4-3-0-1-0-6. We're a few minutes away from having Sarah Sanchez. She is the Assistant Director. I believe that's her title at Cleanup, Alabama. They address the going on, over a year long controversy regarding library books in the state of Alabama, so we'll chitch out about that. Text line, Chris from Orange Beach says, do you want to do some investigative reporting, look and see what the Biden administration did by changing the rules to obtain a CDL license? Well, I will actually look into that. I own a CDL, I possess one. I drove an 18-wheeler for four years, actually. Made good money, but it got me nice and fat, so that was not a sustainable lifestyle for someone who could live exclusively off Snickers bars and Red Bull, not exactly a healthy lifestyle. Doesn't have meta said. I feel that Jeff is incapable of enjoying the world. I disagree. Jeff is a man of the world. He's a world traveler. He's a sophisticated vagabond, I would say. He enjoys going to and fro. And yeah, I think he definitely enjoys going to lots of sporting events and things of that ilk toothless bammer says, find it fascinating that Harris and the Dims didn't want to choose Shapiro's VP because it would offend anti-Semites in the country. Trump and Vance need to stay away from their personal attack, highlight the difference. I do think that that's a very good strategic move to stay away from the personal attacks, although I think that no matter what they say, that it's going to be painted in some sort of atrocious way. Yeah, I think that's an interesting point about Shapiro's VP. Obviously, Kamala Harris has a less than stellar reputation with pro-Israel supporters in the country. She snubbed Netanyahu when he spoke before Congress. I think that's interesting. Obviously, Walt has a, he tries to give a nuanced, as nuanced an opinion as he can with the Israel and Hamas conflict currently going in, just being like, hey, October 7th is bad, but what's happening to the Palestinians is also bad, so we need to find a solution. He does take a bit of a middle of the road, middle of the road stance on that. Gene, Craig, I feel sorry for the women around you. So do I, Gene, so do I. My wife is listening in right now and she will accept your feelings of sorry. God knows she has to tolerate a lot of my shenanigans. I have so, you have so much hate towards women. Maybe you still have mother issues. Well, my mother is listening in too, I believe, so I don't think there's any issues. I love you, Mom. Stop telling people to pray. Well, I will pray for you, Gene. You're an interesting cat. Good to know that boxed wine is still available at a moment's notice. Jerry from Fort Morgan, Biden deserves to stand at the bottom of a mountain alongside Obama, facing a firing squad for the billions of dollars they have sent to Iran. Not quite sure about the preamble to that, but yeah, the money that they have sent to Iran is definitely not going to play well. Obviously, the tensions there are pretty nuts at the moment. So yeah, I think that was a strategically bad move and it's gonna be highlighted as we lead up to November. Coming right up, Sarah Sanchez with the Cleanup Alabama. This is the Jeff Porchow on FM Talk 106.5. See you right back. 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That was started as a response to the preponderance of sexually explicit children's books that were found initially in the Prattville Library. And it has since grown all over the state and they have been very involved. And the lawmakers, the governor and everyone else in between has started voicing their opinion on what has become a very, very, very hot button issue in the state. So, Sarah, how are you doing today? Hello, I'm doing great, how are you? I'm doing quite well. Thank you so much for showing up. I'm glad to have you. Sure, very glad to be here. So for those who don't know, maybe just give like a brief blurb about yourself and Cleanup Alabama and how you started and what you've been doing for the past year. All right, well, it started out when I heard about a girl named a girl, a gal named Hannah Reese, a fellow homeschool mom was showing up to city council, reading out books that she had found that were wildly inappropriate for kids under 18 in our local library. When we saw her launching this movement, so to speak, we jumped in because we wanted to lend a hand and I say we, my husband and I, and so we just began, we thought bringing this to the attention of our city and our county that they would do something about it because we generally were under the impression that these are, for the most part, Christian conservative public officials. But it turned out to be quite the fight. There was a lot of pushback and from liberal people in our community and the, our politicians unfortunately were very weak to that pressure and it, we really had to keep fighting, keep fighting, take this to the state level and just really, we had to mobilize our community to show up to these meetings and get involved and even then it was just, it was a lot harder than we thought it would be in our so-called conservative community. But we're here now and we've had, we've been successful in seeing a conservative library board and stated in our local autographer pratbo library. They have enacted a policy that protects children from explicit content. They have stood strong on this even in the face of a lawsuit now that they are at the federal level that they're looking at. And we also have seen state code changes in the Alabama public library service that, you know, sets these state codes and they release the funding to libraries based on their being in compliance with these codes. So that has been a success and we're just hoping that everybody, you know, we, we can only do so much. We can, our local library is where we fight the best and that's the same for every person in Alabama. So we're, why we wanna lend a hand in support to anyone that's fighting this fight in their own community. At the end of the day, they're the ones that have to see it across the finish line. - Well, you mentioned that federal lawsuit that was brought up and that occurred in prat though after they made, they had a complete remake up of the board, the library board over the past year and they implemented certain policies. And the left wing types of people that were supportive of keeping the sexually explicit children's books in the libraries, they filed a federal lawsuit challenging those rule changes, claiming they were unconstitutional, et cetera, et cetera. Maybe talk a little bit about that and maybe why it's so important for people not in the prat though and Montgomery area, why it's relevant for them. - Sure, so prat though library is the tip of the spear and their stand on this, as they fight this in court, what we're gonna see is that really, this is a challenge at this point, it's not just a challenge on the on Pratville library code or Pratville library policy. Pratville library policy is now, it's aligned with the state code for all libraries. So actually, this is not just a challenge on Pratville, this is a challenge on the state library code ultimately. And that's not where the case is right now, but because of that, and because of the alignment that we have with the state code, our library attorneys, they have filed, they shared at the last library board meeting last week that they have filed a motion to dismiss the case. However, the plaintiffs have also filed a motion to amend their case. So because there was some editing of the policy, not to compromise the policy, but to bring it fully in alignment with state policy so that their case could have been dismissed because they could say, look, we're just doing what state policy requires here. But it is important because it really, any library is watching this right now to see, first of all, how expensive is this? This is an expensive fight. And we do have to pay our attorneys, and that doesn't necessarily, can't necessarily come out of the library budget for multiple reasons, but there's just, ultimately we're gonna see, is this a fight that people really believe in fighting? And if we, at victory at this level, means that it just opens the floodgates for other libraries in the state to follow suit without fear of being sued. So we're gonna watch and see what happens. There, a lot of it's in motion right now. So we're really waiting to see what the judge says about these different motions to either amend it or dismiss it. - Yeah, it also seems like if they accept the amended complaint that it seems somewhat likely even, that the state would have to get involved in litigation of what they're challenging is directly related to the state code that would fall under the attorney general's purview, and then it would become an issue where it's a state issue, fighting this in court and not just the Prattville Library. Shifting from Prattville, though, I know that in the Huntsville Madison County Library, they've had some issues with the recent code changes from the Alabama Public Library Service and the possibility of losing out on state funding. Do you have any update on that on what's going on in Huntsville and Madison? - Yes, they are continuing to approve books that have been challenged in that library that are just totally explicit. There was another one that was just recently, like in the last few days, approved to stay in the young adult section. It's called "Tricks" by Ellen Hopkins. I've reviewed that book myself. I will never get it out of my head. I was so disturbed by the graphic nature of what was depicted, and it just goes so beyond informing about sex trafficking, for example, in this issue. I mean, I don't know how you would read it and not have some sort of trauma from it. So anyway, they are continuing to push this, and they want these books in their library. They are very clear about, oh, these are our reasons why we want these books. We want people to know about these issues. We want kids to know that this is going on, but it just goes so beyond that. They want kids to have their hand on this stuff. Their library is totally fine not getting state funding at this point. They said, "Keep your money, APLS. We want to give our kids some money books." So that will take the nasty books, and you keep your money. And the issue there will be, can they get city officials who can appoint solid library board members? So that is basically a holdout up there right now, and we're just praying for a breakthrough, and we're hoping that everybody local up there will really get involved in their city council elections. Make sure there, I know there's a couple people that are up for reelection up there. They need to get good, solid, conservative people in there who can make a difference in the appointments on the library board, 'cause the current ones are not protecting our kids. Yeah, and it obviously is a statewide issue and you're, but it seems that you're focusing on the local aspect of it, which is ultimately where these decisions are made, Huntsville Madison being a great example of that. But I mean, going back to the statewide aspect of this, obviously I covered the legislature. I was down there the whole time we were in session, and there were several bills that they put out to try to address this in one shape or another, whether it's regulating the content or talking about state funding. It seemed like that, well, most of the bills, if not all of them, if memory serves me correctly, sort of got drowned out by all the noise around gambling, like a lot of other bills. So talk a little bit about that, and then maybe tell us what your plan is to do as far as advocating lawmakers leading up to 2025. Okay, sure. So currently we have pre-filed representative Mooney's bill and the number just fell out of my head. I think it's HB4, I just had it up on my computer, sorry. I think you're correct, I think it's HB4. Yeah, so this bill is basically the bill that, I think it's pretty much the same as what he introduced in the last session, it almost made it through, but it got lost in the sad thing around gambling or the clock just ran out, and stuck to all the oxygen out of the atmosphere. And so his bill would basically require, well, it would change the criminal code for obscenity law to include libraries on certain things, in certain aspects, so that they would be held the same standards as other institutions and businesses that you cannot offer certain types of materials to minors. So now the people who hate this bill are screaming that we want to arrest librarians, right? That's the big argument against this bill. Nobody wants to arrest a librarian. I have not met anyone that really has it out to just go lock up the sweet lady who was doing children's story time hour, like nobody's going after that person. What we do want is to simply hold them accountable the way we would hold any other business, any other entity accountable, and you cannot offer these things to kids. So, you know, we are hoping that that bill will have more momentum, that it'll get through, that maybe we won't have so many other issues, clouding the atmosphere, that, you know, issues that we really don't need in terms of protecting our kids. And so we'll be, you know, hoping to be down there, talking to people, answering questions, and just getting all of our supporters across the state and involved to communicate with the representatives that they definitely want to see this bill move forward. There's also a bill in the Senate that's been pre-filed, SB 6, I believe, and this is pre-filed by Senator Elliott and just recently here. And it's, this one, we're a little more, the journey's out, we're, as a group, Cleanup Alabama, we're not sure that this bill helps us, actually. It would provide for appointing authorities to be able to dismiss library board members, like basically fire them with a two-thirds vote. And if that were the case in many of these communities where library board members are trying to take a stand, you have some liberal, local, like, city and accounting authorities that could get rid of these people in a retaliatory way. And so we prefer that maybe we don't over legislate in this area and we think that probably the current accountability system could be sufficient. So that's something that we're very cautious about right now or open to discussion, but definitely not as, we're not as gung-ho on that one, I guess you could say. - Okay, that makes sense. - And yeah, I don't know if that answers your question. - No, no, no, it does. We only got a few minutes left here. I wanted to touch on one final thing. Obviously, you've been petitioning you guys to petition the APLS board. It does have a bit more friendly votes on it now, obviously our next guest, John Wall, he's a member of that board. What is going on as far as dealing with APLS? Obviously, APLS Director Nancy Pack is, you know, is who she is and there's been some tension there. What do you guys have going as far as dealing with the APLS? - Well, the major challenge has been the confusion among a lot of the local libraries trying to understand when they need to align their policies, like what's the deadline in order to get their funding. So there was a lot of conflicting information. Whether or not that was purposefully made confusing, I will leave to other people to decide, but it was confusing. Our advisors are telling us that it's by the end of September, that libraries need to have their policies in compliance with APLS code. And we really appreciate the APLS board. They have taken a lot of heat to take a stand on this. And, I mean, really nasty people come out and they may not always be the most powerful people in the room, but they're always a nastiest and most unhappy people in the room. And sitting through a lot of these board members, whether it's your local library board or the APLS board, they sit through a lot of attacks and a lot of unpleasant commentary and to give those people their right to speak. And we just appreciate everyone that has been taking that heat and taking that stand to get these changes in place. And I would like to also throw it out. Our local library, once again, we are the tip of the spear on this, the Prabha library. And we just, if this is something, maybe your town has a handle on their library. Maybe you're not sure where to start and maybe you don't have time to go to meetings. Maybe you would like to donate money. We could use all the help we can get in fighting our legal battle, because us fighting our legal battle, we're going out ahead of all the other libraries and all the other communities in fighting this battle. So, if you can visit supportAPPL.org, it supports alphaPapaPapaLima.org. There is a button there to donate and any amount helps. And this goes straight to our legal funds to fight this case to help our library stand strong so that other libraries can also stand strong. And we just really appreciate all the prayers and support and just this being able to communicate all this information with everyone. - Well, hey, thank you so much for your time. I appreciate you coming on. Once again, that was Sarah Sanchez with Cleanup, Alabama. This is the Jeff Porsche on FM Talk 10065. Be right back. ♪ Just to sing it all down the line ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ He's found it down ♪ ♪ Lookin' up and truckin' ♪ ♪ Are we goin' to do what they say can't be done ♪ ♪ Are we cuttin' all the way to go ♪ ♪ And it's short ♪ - Welcome back to the Jeff Porsche show here on FM Talk 10065. Again, for those who are just tuning in, I am not Jeff For. Jeff For is my illustrious boss over there at 1819 News. I am merely a reporter here covering for him while he does his thing. On the line we have Alabama GOP Chairman John Wall gonna talk about all things going on leading up until November. So Chairman Wall, thank you so much for coming on. - Oh, no, it's good to be on the show. - Absolutely. Well, let's get straight into it. We obviously have the big news of the day is Vice President Kamala Harris and presumptive. I'm pretty sure she's actually just the straight up Democratic candidate for president has picked Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. What are your faults on that? - Well, man, I have so many thoughts here. The first is, I'm gonna say I expect this interview to be better than interviews with Jeff Porter, okay? - Okay. - You should go up the game. - I hope he's listening. - I'll go with that. (laughs) - Exactly. - No, you know, this pick is one I regret his last name because it's too close to mine. But no, it's on a serious note. Some of his policies, what we've seen come out of his leadership in Minnesota have been absolutely heartbreaking. I mean, it just really shows how much he is out of touch. I think with the American people. It continues with the Democrats' trend of pushing their social ideology and their aggressiveness in taking our left eradicate and pushing their agenda. I mean, look, we're talking about a governor who signed a bill into law. They, not just that transgender care would going to be allowed for their citizens, but that they were a safe haven for children across the country. You wanted to escape their parents and come to Minnesota and get some of the most twisted procedures in the world funded up. And, you know, literally minors without parental rights engage in this transgender wokism that we're seeing pushed by these far lefties. And I think that I'm just going to use that one example. There are dozens of other in different areas where he has really shown his true colors. But I think that highlights to me the type of person we're talking about and how far out of touch he is with mainstream America who believe in parental rights and believe in defending children and making sure they're old enough to make proper decisions for themselves instead of allowing the socialist agenda to take the lead and be the controlling force in this, you know, in our families. - Yeah, I was sort of anticipating, it seemed like Shapiro was going to be more of a shoe in for the position, but I think the higher ups in the government cogs decided otherwise. I was anticipating more of a moderate running mate for Kamala Harris, especially because there was a lot of preaching after the attempted assassination on Donald Trump for more unification, less political rhetoric and that kind of stuff. Do you think that they just completely gave up on trying to find a more moderate candidate or do you think that they are under the illusion that Walts is considered to be more moderate? - Yeah, no, I think this is, like I said, it goes back to the fact that I think Democrats are wholeheartedly sold into the idea. They believe in socialism and they believe that they know how to run our lives better than we do. And they could not pull themselves into actually choosing a truly moderate vice presidential candidate. And I think this is just the Democrat party that we live with right now. There were definitely some better choices out there. You know, you had the governor of Kentucky, who's been a very, you know, very likable figure. Far for us to beat, I'm not a fan, but still a likable figure. You had the Senate, you know, Senator out in Arizona in a swing state. And in my opinion, their best choice would have been the governor of Pennsylvania, has been able to do very well in that state, the state the Democrats need to win in November. But they couldn't choose him because he's Jewish. And that would have upset their coalition with all these radical, you know, radical pro-Palestinian groups across the country. I think that highlights right there, the Democrat party we have today. They could not take their best voice because of how divisive their coalition has become and how much they hate, you know, in this case, the Jewish state. - Yeah, that's certainly been something of a huge criticism of Kamala Harris and how she's treated the Israel Palestine conflict, how she's treating the war with Hamas. Obviously, she really snubbed Benjamin Netanyahu when he came to do the joint speech before Congress. Do you think that the, to pick Waltz, especially 'cause obviously we know Minnesota's pretty solidly blue state, but the neighboring states like Wisconsin and Michigan, which are still question marks. Do you think this was sort of a ploy to pander to the large, I'd say Muslim population that they have in places like Michigan and Wisconsin? - Oh, there's no doubt about it. I mean, not necessarily the choice to pick Waltz, but the choice not to pick the Pennsylvania governor. I think it absolutely is based on that. If you're looking this from a pure strategic political move, Pennsylvania is the thing you want to win. It's within range and picking that governor probably would have secured Pennsylvania for the Democrats. And I think there's no reason for them to not have done that except for that fear and caving through the pro-Palestinian and pro-Hamas activists within the Democratic Party. - Well, how much of a role do you think that that's going to play? There's gonna be several big ticket items that are gonna be discussed as we lead up to November. Obviously the huge tension in the Middle East because of the Israel and Hamas conflict. Obviously Iran is now getting scary. How much of a deal do you think that the policy surrounding Israel and Palestine is going to be leading up to November? - You know, it's gonna be interesting to see. I think foreign policy as a whole is definitely going to be a big issue. I think it's one of your top three or four issues in the entire country that the American people are worried about. Whether the mainstream media puts that to focus there, I'm not sure. I think it's important that we as Republicans do though because it's an area where Democrats have shown just how bad their policies are. And look, I have not seen actual bad on this. I don't know what is a country. I do know for here in Alabama that Alabama supports Israel. Both Republicans and Democrats in Alabama, if you look at polling numbers, I believe that trend continues nationally. And I think the people of America want to be, want to stand behind the state of Israel. We want to help them be successful. And we understand the battle they're in for just survival and how they're treated just because of their religious and ethnic background. And I think the fact that the Democrats don't is a great area for us to highlight and talk about how this is exactly what we're talking about. This is the bad policies we're talking about, whether it's the economy, whether it's the border, whether it's their love of fear with these anti-Israel actions within our country. Democrats have left common sense and are standing for principles and things that the American people simply do not agree with. - Yeah, and leading to that, you talked about the importance of foreign policy. I'm not gonna put words in your mouth. I'm just gonna state my opinion that I don't think Kamala Harris knows enough to give her opinion on foreign policy. What do you think she's doing? 'Cause she's not, she hasn't been really out there. She hasn't been in front of many cameras. She obviously had that bizarre showing in Georgia and since then it's been sort of quiet. Do you, my fault, and you would know better than I, is that she is currently being coached day and night on how to give a coherent answer when asked questions regarding foreign policy, specifically in the Middle East and obviously in Ukraine. Do you think that whatever, do you think that that's an accurate assessment? And do you think that she has the chops to stand up to those types of questions on a national stage? - Look, 100%, she is being coached right now. I mean, I don't know if coach is right where she's being informed. And of course, don't forget her other job, which is, you know, czar of the border. She's obviously still doing that, right? Like... - Allegedly. - Yeah, right, right? No, there's no doubt. There is no doubt that Kamala Harris was not the most informed member on. Not just foreign policy, but policy in general. And she's got to get a lot of advice. You've got to get a lot of things. She cannot have a mistake early on. If she does, this can be disastrous for a tighter campaign. Same thing to bait. You know, if she debased Donald Trump, she cannot have a moment where, to be honest, moments like she has had over the last three and a half years. There have been many times when she's been caught out or hasn't made sense in the speech. Ironically, I think of all the choices the Democrats could have made to replace Joe Biden. They picked one who has the most chance, other than Joe Biden, of making a pool of insults on the campaign trail. But, taking all that aside, whether she's competent, whether she has a policy experience. The bottom line is, when we talk about the policies we've talked about, the border protecting children from woke policies, the economy, foreign policy, he is the same as Joe Biden. She has literally been his vice president. She's been engaged in part of all these disastrous policies that have failed the American people. And I think when you look at it through that lens, it makes perfect sense to not informed because it's the policies that they've been putting out as an administration together have been uninformed and ineffective and have let us down. And I think that's the bottom line. That's where we as Republicans need to highlight. This is not a popularity contest. This is about who actually has the values and the policy to help make America better. And I believe that's the Republican Party and it's our nominee Donald Trump. - Yeah, and obviously the national Republican Party and Alabama Republican Party equally have been talking for years about the effects that the quote unquote, Bidenomics has had on the economy and how it's affected everyone, but especially middle class workers and lower. For the longest time you heard Biden and Harris and all of their sycophants talk about how effective Bidenomics has been they had their talking points and now with the recent trouble that we're seeing in the market, how much of a role is that going to be as far as talking points leading into November and how much of a bad light does that put Kamala Harrison considering that she's been boasting about Bidenomics for as long as I can remember? - Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Well, and it is hard job to tie her to that because she is going to try to escape responsibility for all these different policies that have, like I said, that have led America down. And it's our responsibility to say, "Hey, no wait, you were part of this. "You believe in Bidenomics." You honestly, with the economy that the Biden administration has put out, it's been fascinating to me for watch because they honestly believe that printing more money and pumping it into the economy, into injecting it into our monetary system, that that would solve inflation. And that is literally what creates inflation. And that is exactly what it's done. It's taken a bad situation. Basically, it's thrown gasoline on it and made it worse. And so I think 100% displays a role as November. It has to because if we don't do something with our economy, with our national debt, look, it took, well, I think four or five months for us to go up another trillion dollars in debt. What we're doing, you know, the Democrats like to talk about sustainability. Well, if they want to talk about sustainability, let's look at sustainability with our budgets. Let's look at sustainability with our national debt because what we're doing is not sustainable. And if we continue this trend, we're not just going to destroy the middle class. We're not going to destroy low-income families. We're going to destroy our entire country. And we're leaving our children or grandchildren with a debt that is not the offable. And that is when we hit the point where our debtors realize we cannot pay this off, we will destroy America as we know it. And I believe that is coming far sooner than people want to admit or want to realize. Yeah, I've been really interested to see the sort of openness that President Trump has had when it comes to talking about addressing the Fed or even alternative things like cryptocurrency. Now, I'm not going to ask you to talk about cryptocurrency because I wouldn't know what you're saying even if you did. I know nothing about it. But I think it's interesting that the conversation of economic stability is really coming back and being a focal point of the Trump administration. Going again to sort of the policies that need to be highlighted by the GOP, do you see any lane shifting on the part of the Democratic Party when it comes to immigration? Because that's obviously going to be a big talking point. How do you see them, are they going to change narrative? Are they going to shift a little bit more? Or do you think they're just relying on their voter base and plow forward with this very pro-illegal immigration stance? I think they have to stay with it. They're in too deep. And look, they knew the consequences when they went with a fully open border policy. When Joe Biden came in for three and a half years ago and he reversed so many of the things Trump had put in place that had immigration down, he knew exactly what he was doing. And I want to highlight this, because this is not about immigration. This is about security and safety for our communities. The Republican Party is pro-immigration. We want people to come here. We want people to do it. But we want them to do it the right way. We want people who still believe in the American dream and who follow the rule of law. What we've done with our open border policies is create a pipeline for human trafficking for drugs. And we see that in our communities every day where drug overdoses are disturbing our young people. Human trafficking is at an all-time high. And these are directly tied to the policies of the Biden administration and Kamala Harris. And I think if you realize that, it's really something they need to answer for. And I think it's too late for them to change policies because the damage is already done. And they deserve to answer for that, whether they change their policies or not. That being said, I think they ploughed forward. I think they have to, they know what they're doing. They want America to be less safe. You know, they want these illegal immigrants in this country, so they can vote for Democrats. And I don't see any other excuse for this because it has not been good for America in any other way. If it's not a political game to increase their votes, then it's purely treason because they've let America down. - Well, Chairman Wall, thank you so much for showing up. It's always a pleasure to talk to you. Where can people find out about you and the party if they're interested? - Yeah, so we always like to get involved with people. We're on social media at Alabama Republican Party and then, of course, our website, algop.org. - Well, thank you so much. And I hope you enjoy the rest of your day. - All right, thank you. They're always good to be on the show. - Absolutely. - This is FM Talk 106.5, the Jeff Porsche, coming right back after this. ♪ I'm free ♪ ♪ Have a real good morning ♪ (upbeat music) - Oh, welcome back to the Jeff Porsche Show here on FM Talk 106.5. For those of you tuning in late, I am not Jeff Pore. I am Craig Manger. I'm a reporter over there at 1819 News. Jeff Pore is my illustrious boss who is currently out and about doing all sorts of cool stuff and I'm filling in for him. Hopefully I haven't been too miserable for you guys to listen to. Let's go here back to Jean. Wondering when Miss Sanchez will put the Bible on her list of banned books. You know, I would have expected something slightly more interesting considering that I called you girl name a second ago. But yeah, that's a boring point that people like to make. If you can't see a difference between Holy Rit and teaching adolescents how to perform any number of bizarre sexual maneuvers. I just don't know what to tell you. I would suggest that you start investing in real estate in Mogadishu. All right, next we have a name caller. Stop lying, Mr. Nameless guest. Just stop lying, please. I'm not nameless. I've given my name multiple times. It's Craig Manger with 1819 News. And as far as the lying, I'm not quite sure what I'm lying about. So the distinct possibility that I'm wrong and I'm frequently wrong as anyone who knows me will tell you. So yeah, but not nameless. Why would you say I'm nameless? Pay attention. I've been giving my name this whole time. At least the other guy just thought I was Jeff. He texted and said, Jeff, at least he put an effort. I'm not nameless and I'm, yeah, give it up. You have a few more minutes to tell me what I was lying about so I can correct it before we leave. This is from squirrel Vereen. Democrat voters don't care about any of that. They are blinded by their trendy and uninformed hatred of Trump slash Republicans. Yeah, you're absolutely right about that. There's not a, there's not a whole lot in the way of thoughtful, thoughtful dialogue when it comes to that. That's why the Democrats don't have to try that hard. They just have to point out the fact that they are not indeed Donald Trump, which is why they don't have to give an accounting for their atrocious policies, both overseas and here. They just simply hope that their people, their base hate Donald Trump enough that they would vote for a dirty left shoe over Donald Trump. All right, okay. Someone said, James the Satchel said I did okay today, some information, but that's expected. Well, thank you, James. I take compliments anyway, I can get them even if they are slightly backhanded. All right, coming up next, we have midday mobile with Sean Sullivan here on FM Talk 106.5. This has been Craig Manger here, once again, filling in for Jeff Pore. Thank you so much for listening in and maybe I'll be back, maybe I won't, but Sean Sullivan, coming up next. ♪ As the miles of horn is one to say ♪ ♪ This is where the cowboy rides away ♪ ♪ I'm the only one who's the only one who's the only one ♪ (music)