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Tim Wildman: We don't want any constructive criticism on American Family Radio

>> JD Vance: Today's Issues continues on AFR with your host, Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association.

>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, welcome back, everybody, to today's Issues on the American Family Radio, network. American Family Radio Network. You're listening to AFR and go to afr.net for our website, afr.net or download our app. Afraid your smartphone, or your iPad or whatever you have. And you can listen to us anywhere you want to in the world as long as you have Internet service. AFR app. I mean, it's, it's, tens of thousands of people listen every day on the AFR app. It doesn't matter where they, whether they have a, access to one of our radio stations with a tower or not. Again, thanks for listening. Our web. Our email is commentsfr.net, commentsfr.net now, if you're going to take time to email us, it needs to be a Caleb email. I mentioned this before. You might say, Tim, what is a Caleb email? Caleb is a, Christian radio network that plays music. And, and, they do a great job with that, but they always mention that they are Caleb and they're positive and encouraging. And so I've adopted the phrase A K love email. So if you're going to take time to send us an email, don't bring us down, okay? Bruce, don't bring us down. Just send it and make it positive and encouraging.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Now, that's not a lot to ask.

>> Tim Wildmon: It's not. Well, now, there is such thing as constructive criticism. Yes, right now.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Which I also don't like.

>> Tim Wildmon: I don't like it. That's what I'm saying. We don't even want any constructive criticism, Kitty. Folks, I. You send it. You. I don't want it. I don't need any constructive criticism. Because you know what? The word criticism still in there. All right? And I got to go to lunch, and I don't want to feel bad because somebody said, I don't know how to pronounce a word or something. We're trying our best, people. We're trying our dead level best, aren't we, Ed?

>> Ed Vitagliano: We are. And people don't understand. When you're on live radio, you turn to me and you say, well, what do you think about this? I got to come up with an answer, right? And my brain doesn't always on the fly. My brain doesn't always work. And like you said, sometimes I say the word wrong or pronounce a name wrong. And it's just the way I would just say this.

>> Tim Wildmon: If people are going to send us a email, Wesley, that's critical.

>> Tim Wildmon: I want them to tell me what they do for a living and then I will criticize their work.

>> Wesley Wildmon: I'm going to give them walkers even.

>> Tim Wildmon: Though I don't even know them.

>> Ed Vitagliano: You could give a walker's email.

>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, well, we can do that. Give him your brother's email. Let them, let him deal with it. No, listen, pray for us. We do try to do our best to provide good, programming here each and every day. And we do, we do, we do take our charge seriously because we are a, we're trying to glorify God and his son, Jesus Christ. That's what we want to do. Yeah.

>> Wesley Wildmon: And we try to let people know the best we can of what's going on around us and around in other states and across the country because we know that, a lot of our listeners are truck drivers or school teachers or moms. They have a full schedule every day. They've got plenty of things that are their responsibilities. So we try to give them a synopsis.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, and let me just say this one thing too. And we are half joking about some of these folks. We're pretty thick skinned. But when your pastor tells you, encourages you to witness to people during the week and says, look, you don't have to do it perfectly. Well, we can't do it perfectly, so just keep that in mind. We're like you and we make, we make mistakes at times and it doesn't make us a bad person.

>> Tim Wildmon: I'm with you. No, I'm with you, brother. I'm with you. All right, you're listening to Today's Issues and Chris Woodward. How you doing, Chris?

>> Chris Woodward: I'm well. If I may add something to the kids email. do not begin your email to the news service with I love you guys. But because that generally doesn't end in a positive and encouraging email. And don't sign off a rant with blessings because that also happens.

>> Tim Wildmon: That's. You know what, that's sarcastic and we pick up on it.

>> Chris Woodward: Yeah, that's actually happened though.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.

>> Ed Vitagliano: You're fooling no one.

>> Chris Woodward: that has actually happened. blessings.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, Blessings. anyway, we know as long as, if you, if you're a loyal listener, the faithful listeners, you, you want to say something that we, you may, you m. May want to say something that we may disagree with or you may have disagreed with the bill you feel strongly enough about to write it.

We will read it. And we'll, uh, quote, take it under advisement

We will read it. Yeah. And we'll, quote, take it under advisement. End quote.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yes, we will. We'll take it under advisement.

>> Tim Wildmon: We'll take it under advisement. File 13.

Chris Quiero: Vice President Vance interviewed Jesse Waters on Fox

All right, so Chris, what, what's your first story for us today?

>> Chris Woodward: All right, so, Vice President J.D. vance did a sit down interview with Jesse Waters on Fox and they talked about.

>> Tim Wildmon: Have you ever heard of a stand up interview?

>> Chris Woodward: I have not.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.

>> Chris Woodward: But he did open door meeting. Yes.

>> Tim Wildmon: So it was a sit down interview.

>> Chris Woodward: Yes, he did a, he did a sit down interview. The door may or may not have been open.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.

>> Chris Woodward: And, he talked about a number of things, many of them political topics. And they got into the subject of NewSong York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialist, of course, recently, took office and is now officially the mayor of NewSong York City, where he promised a number of, quote, free things. and his housing or tenant director has made news in recent days because viral comments from her, talked about how we're going to take away property rights. And, you don't really own what you say you own those kinds.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Her name is Sia Weaver.

>> Chris Woodward: Weaver, yes, sir. So, Vance said, you know what, I don't agree with everything he has to say, but I do like that he's brought up various things about affordability.

>> JD Vance: Clip 14 I actually really admired some of his messaging because he focused not on the woke. Crazy stuff. He wasn't running on white people shouldn't own property. He was running on bread and butter issues, which is what I want politicians to focus on. Even if you disagree with their solutions. I would love it if the debate among Democrats and Republicans was how do we deliver prosperity to the American people. But he runs on actually some pretty common sense bread and butter issues. He gets in there and he sounds like a total crazy person who wants to take your house away because you have the wrong skin color. That's not a threat to me politically. I think it's a threat to our country. But, it's not a threat politically.

>> Chris Woodward: I think that's kind of an interesting, it's an interesting comment because if you'll remember, Mamdani, before he took the oath of office to the White House and met with the President after the election, and even President Trump said, quote, I, hope he's successful. So it's just kind of weird. I would imagine a political strategist for some Democrat in this midterm election is going to splice those little comments together and make it look like Trump and Vance are praising this guy or his policies that other people are Running on.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah. I disagree with Vice President Vance, on the first part. I don't think, you're not very positive and encouraging. Not today for VP Vance.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, he doesn't want to hear this.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Right. But blessings. Blessings upon you.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.

>> Ed Vitagliano: I don't, I don't think that Mamdani campaign, bread and butter issue. Yeah, he did mention things like affordability and bread and butter issues, but he was very clear that he is running as a, as a communist and a socialist.

>> Tim Wildmon: Unapologetically. Right.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Unapologetically. So, I understand what President, Vice President Vance was saying. I think that issue, those kinds of issues are what's going to drive the next election and probably election cycles over the next four or five years because of the economic, issues we have. But this guy is a sold out Commie Mamdani and he is putting on his team. This Sia Weaver has said some abhorrent things.

>> Tim Wildmon: And what, what's her job in the administration there?

>> Chris Woodward: She's the tenant director. She oversees rent.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.

>> Ed Vitagliano: She's called for the seizure of private property and that the people who own homes are going to have to start thinking differently about, private property. That we're going to have to stop thinking about it in terms of personal benefit, but now collective benefit, especially if you're white. Okay. This guy Mamdani is a sold out radical. And I don't think if he continues to do what he's doing and starts destroying NewSong York City, I think you're gonna have a lot more clips from the Vice President and President Trump that sound a whole lot more critical.

>> Chris Woodward: I think that, the property owner thing is really gonna cause problems for the Mamdani administration politically. And I say that because I guarantee you, without talking to anybody, I guarantee you that there is some union member out there who worked really hard and saved and moved his family out of a tiny little apartment into like a home in Qu. And all of a sudden you're being told you don't really own that. That's just nuts.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Or you shouldn't own it.

>> Chris Woodward: Right.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Because you're white and you're an oppressor.

>> Chris Woodward: Yes.

>> Tim Wildmon: A lot of what they're talking about is not going to work because it's, it's, it's, it's, as I said earlier, it's going to run into constitutional law. And but they'll try, I guess they'll try to impose, you know, government run grocery stores and things of that nature. But I don't know, does that mean they're going to shut down or be competitive with private grocery stores?

>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, I think the problem with, and this is the problem with socialism, they start with government run grocery stores. And because those are underwritten by the government, privately owned grocery stores out of business are not going to be able to compete.

>> Tim Wildmon: Right. All right, you're listening to today's issues. Enough NewSong York, Zoran talk.

President Trump wants House Republicans to be flexible on abortion as they negotiate Obamacare

Yeah, well, let me, yes, let me mention him.

>> Chris Woodward: Well, it's, it's the second interesting comment from the Trump Vance administration this week. the president, Donald Trump is still getting a lot of pushback for his remark earlier this week to members of the House Republicans that they need to be, quote, flexible on abortion. Here again is a bit of audio. I think we might have done this yesterday, but for people that might have missed that show or they're not aware of what I'm talking about, Trump wants Republicans, to be flexible on things like the Hyde Amendment, which is a legislative provision that has to be in bills to prevent the federal funding of abortion. Trump wants them to be flexible on issues like Hyde as they try to negotiate some sort of new health care law or bill. And so you're going to hear a little bit from the president along with heated reaction from Students for Life and National Right to life. Clip 15.

>> Tim Wildmon: You have to be a little flexible on Hyde. You know that. You got to be a little flexible. You got to work something. You got to use ingenuity. You got to work. President Trump is mistaken if he believes that the pro life movement is going to be like, oh, sure, yeah, don't apply Hyde to Obamacare reform. No, absolutely not. Non starter. Any health care bill that is passed out of Congress that does not have Hyde attached to it is a pro abortion vote. People should be contacting their members of Congress, telling them, encouraging them to stand firm that our tax dollars are not to be used to pay for abortion.

>> Chris Woodward: Now, I don't have this audio, but I can tell you right now that Oklahoma Senator James Lankford is a no on being flexible because he said as much yesterday on Washington.

>> Tim Wildmon: Let me tell folks, sometimes, I know people think you sound like you're teaching, you're talking to kindergarteners. Well, sometimes people don't understand when you talk about something like the Hyde amendment, unless you go back and understand the history of it, you don't understand the context of what we're talking about here. Okay, so I'll just lay it out, lay it out simply. The Henry, Hyde was a U.S. congressman from Illinois back in the 70s and 80s and 90s. He was very well known as the pro. One of the pro life leaders. He was a Republican. He was from Illinois in the Congress. So it's. There was something called the Hyde Amendment, which Democrats at that time and Republicans agreed on, and that is that no United States federal tax dollars can go to any entity that does abortions. Okay, right, I've got it. Right. And this was, this was agreed upon by Democrats and Republicans. Okay. It was not. It was, but it was named after Congressman. The Hyde Amendment. So. So no tax, dollars can go to organizations, that promote abortion.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah, no, that's right.

>> Chris Woodward: You're right.

>> Tim Wildmon: So that's been the law of the land forever, you know, since that time. So, so now they are, they. The Trump administration is trying to negotiate, the, with the Congress, what, Obamacare restrictions or something like that. I don't know why Trump's bringing this up. Why is he bringing it up?

>> Chris Woodward: Well, because there's been this heated debate. Remember, Democrats shut down the government because they wanted, more assurances on subsidies and things like that. With Obamacare, Trump wants to make changes to Obamacare, and basically we're looking at a situation where they're going to negotiate a new health care act.

>> Tim Wildmon: That's why he's talking about it.

>> Chris Woodward: Yes.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. I'll just say this. Trump's, dead wrong on this. Okay. He just dead wrong on it. And he should not, he should not be pushing for this at all. That is some kind of a. Into the Hyde Amendment, in the name of something else that he wants to accomplish. Okay? We own balance. President Trump, I'm with him on 80, 90% of what he does and stands for and says. And I think when you're talking about political leaders, you're not going to agree with 100% on everything. Right? I mean, you just don't. You don't. Does Anybody agree with 100% of anything?

>> Ed Vitagliano: I don't even agree with myself 100% of the time.

>> Tim Wildmon: There you go. Well, that's what I'm talking about.

Covid: President Trump should not push for end to Hyde Amendment

So, so, this is. But, but, but on, this issue, President Trump needs to not talk about it anymore and not push for it. That is the ending somehow of the Hyde Amendment. So, President Trump is a transactional, politician.

>> Wesley Wildmon: All of them are, but good.

>> Tim Wildmon: He's a transactional. He was a transactional. That's, that's the world he grew up in. Okay. he's a businessman from NewSong York. He spent his whole life cutting deals. When you cut deals with people you get some, they get some and you're willing to negotiate what that looks like on all kinds of deals. You follow me? So when you translate that to politics, yes, sometimes that does work and you do have to trade off things, to get what you want with the other side because the other side wants something too. And you're not going to be able to accomplish what you want to if you don't trade some things. Does that make sense? Okay, so. But there are such things as absolute principles that, that don't need to be surrendered or negotiated because the issue is so important and human life and abortion, not, not having the federal. My tax dollars go to somebody that's going to do abortions is worth standing up for. So I would just say I hope President Trump gets the message that these pro life leaders communicated that we heard right there and he will heed that advice. In many respects, President Trump has been the most pro life president we've ever had.

>> Chris Woodward: Oh yeah, no doubt.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. So. So, so he's done a lot of great things for the pro life movement and I want to give him credit for that. Go ahead.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah, I will also too some of this. Oftentimes when you hear something like this, he gets quote, updated or educated down the road and I would be surprised if he didn't come back and have a different tone because the, there's already exceptions in the, in the Hyde Amendment. There's already been concept. We've already conceded a little bit of ground because apparently you can apparently the funding is it the Hyde Amendment. the exceptions to it are those that are pregnancies that result in rape or incest or life of the mother. So there's already. This is basically the Hyde Amendment. Basically keeps people from murdering their baby out of convenience. You know what I mean? So I think, I think once he finds out.

>> Tim Wildmon: By the way, did you guys see this story where there. The. There have been polls done about President Trump by the public, public polls and they have shown you can pull this story up if you want to and get where it documented but the polls are that he is faring better at this stage in his presidency than George Bush or Barack Obama were at the same time in their presidency, in.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Their, in their second term.

>> Tim Wildmon: M. Yeah. Would you ever think that given how the bashes Trump all the time if.

>> Ed Vitagliano: The media had was not on a mission to torpedo everything President Trump says or does, he probably would be even higher popularity.

>> Tim Wildmon: Look, he'd be king and he wouldn't mind that.

>> Wesley Wildmon: I'm joking.

>> Tim Wildmon: Pull that, survey up, because, Can somebody pull that up?

>> Chris Woodward: Yeah, you text us.

>> Tim Wildmon: Do, search for a Trump poll.

>> Chris Woodward: Oh, I got it here.

>> Tim Wildmon: Versus Bush. And, yeah, the headline.

>> Chris Woodward: It's a Newsweek story. And I'll share it on our, Facebook page. Donald Trump's approval rating ahead of George W. Bush's and Barack Obama's. Which is what, Tim just said. President Trump's approval rating is higher than that of 43rd President Bush and 44th President Obama when compared to the same period during each leader's second term. This is according to a new poll from. Wait for it. Real Clear Polling, which is a reputable source that news outlets across the board use.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, unless Newsweek is citing them. Yeah, they're. They're certainly, credible. Credible.

>> Wesley Wildmon: And he's got a wonderful team. And unless China gets involved with another Covid, then he should end up. And I'll say. I say that. I say that because he was also, if we go back, way back, he was crushing in his first year.

>> Chris Woodward: Oh, yeah.

>> Wesley Wildmon: So Covid, about term. His first term. He was crushing it until about hit.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, that's true.

>> Wesley Wildmon: So he's obviously really good at being a president. Yeah, yeah.

>> Chris Woodward: They obviously were proven incorrect. But I remember going into 2020, there were a lot of people on television or radio shows, podcasts, what have you, that were predicting, the 2020 election. At that time, pre Covid would have mirrored the results of 1984 when Reagan took, Mondale.

>> Tim Wildmon: Covid not hit. Trump would have won. Yeah, I know people are going to say, well, he did win. Well, I'm talking about. He would have won over, without.

>> Wesley Wildmon: The shenanigans, because you. Because you had the COVID restrictions.

Ken Jennings says he will vote for presidential candidate who wants to prosecute Trump

>> Tim Wildmon: All right, you're listening to today's issues on American Family Radio. Tim, Wesley and Ed and Chris. Chris, what's your next story? We got about five minutes left here.

>> Chris Woodward: I want to mention this because it's a popular, game show, even, in the absence of its, original.

>> Tim Wildmon: Host or popular game show. What is that, Chris?

>> Chris Woodward: Yes, Jeopardy. it's in the news because it's new host Ken Jennings, the guy that replaced Alex Trebek. There's a story from Fox out today, and they're one of several news outlets reporting this, but apparently Ken Jennings says the 2028 presidential candidate who vows to prosecute President Trump will have his vote. I'm curious as to whether or not.

>> Tim Wildmon: That'S a way to keep your fans.

>> Chris Woodward: Right. Yeah. What is a dumb thing to say for $1,000, Alex so, like, here's my question. You're not in politics, you're a game show host. Like, is that the platform to really do something?

>> Tim Wildmon: Like, I'm surprised that these companies that own businesses don't have a clause that need to stay neutral. Need their, need the face of their organization to stay neutral. Don't impose that kind of thing, because you can't. I saw where Conan o', Brien, the comedian.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: Late night talk show host, he was saying yesterday that, that, that basically that these comedians get obsessed with, that are obsessed with Trump. They're ruining themselves. Right. And he says, they just need to stick with being funny.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: That, ah, doesn't mean you can't talk about politics or make fun of the president here and there. But just this constant obsession like Jimmy Kimmel has or Stephen Colbert, it just ruins comedy. Sid. And also just, it, causes you to lose half your audience out there that you would otherwise have.

>> Ed Vitagliano: So about automatically half your audience becomes happy with you. Yeah, listen, if I, I don't watch Jeopardy. because it comes on, when hockey's on. Okay. But if I did watch it, I would stop watching it because of that.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Ed Vitagliano: I would just stop watching it.

>> Tim Wildmon: It's a stupid comment.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Do you want, Is that what you want to do? You want to, you want to drive away your audience?

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Chris Woodward: Well, there's that age old comment, that may or may not have been, attributed to Michael Jordan, where Republicans buy sneakers too. There's just some stuff you don't do from a business perspective.

>> Tim Wildmon: Right.

>> Chris Woodward: And unfortunately a lot of people didn't follow Jordan's advice.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Listen, I'm not saying celebrities don't have a right to speak out on issues. they're Americans, you know, and they have views and view feelings too. But, but I'm just saying if you are employed by a company. If I were, if I were the CEO of Jeopardy, Whoever that is, I would have it stipulated. You don't talk about politics.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. Because your job is to represent our game show. Our game show wants to reach millions of people, Republicans and Democrats, for entertainment. So we don't want to be, have you out there being the, being the Stephen Colbert of game show host.

>> Ed Vitagliano: He's not even a comedian. comedian would probably have more latitude.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Because you're trying to, you're, you're expressing yourself through your comedy. It's a game show about facts.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Ed Vitagliano: And about information.

>> Tim Wildmon: And he's saying, now he's saying he wants President Trump arrested. For what?

>> Ed Vitagliano: And prosecutor.

>> Chris Woodward: Yeah, he Will vote for the 2028 candidate that promises to prosecute the Trump regime. That's what he says.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: Just. Well, all right. Just dumb, man.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Smart, but not that smart, apparently.

>> Tim Wildmon: Spin dumb. Yeah.

>> Ed Vitagliano: That's the guy, by the way, isn't it? Who, won. Like I forget how many weeks in a row.

>> Chris Woodward: He was, like, the Jeopardy. Champion of all champions.

>> Ed Vitagliano: He's very. He's very smart, but not wise.

>> Chris Woodward: Well, it's like Reagan said. It's not that they're ignorant. It's that they know so much that isn't so.

>> Tim Wildmon: All right, people, give me a score on Ole Miss Miami tonight. Ed, go. how about lunch for anybody, Whoever gets closest?

>> Ed Vitagliano: 4,000, 235.

>> Tim Wildmon: Ole Miss. Okay. 42, 34. Wow. Wesley.

Ole Miss Miami tonight. Give me a score. All right, Chris, what do you got

Ole Miss Miami tonight. Give me a score.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah. Ole Miss 27. Miami 24.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. All right, Chris, what do you got?

>> Chris Woodward: Ole Miss wins 35, 31, but Indiana takes the title.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, well, we'll get to that. I would give you another lunch for that when we get a. Are you saying. Oh, you said Ole Miss 35, Miami. What?

>> Chris Woodward: 31.

>> Tim Wildmon: All right, I'm gonna say Ole Miss, 31. Miami is so good on defense, I don't even know how much it's gonna get to 31, but I got a good feeling.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: You know what I'm saying? Oh, God. Roll that dice. I must say Miami, 30.

>> Ed Vitagliano: 31, 30.

>> Tim Wildmon: How about that game?

>> Ed Vitagliano: That would be phenomenal.

>> Tim Wildmon: Ole Miss, 31, Miami.

>> Ed Vitagliano: I'll stay up on night to watch that one.

>> Tim Wildmon: Ole Miss 31, Miami, 30. I say we'll see who gets it right tomorrow. Have a great rest, of your afternoon, everybody. Again, thank you for listening to American Family Radio.