The Police vs Police State

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Hey, it's Mark Eisler back with you again, filling in for Dennis Prager. It is now my 15th year filling in for Dennis, and it never gets old. In fact, Zach, thank you for the song. Zach is filling in for Sean, and he just said to me, just consider that it's like it's a fill-in pilot, and it's my first day. So he reminded me of a story. I'm getting on this plane, and I have a plane flight tonight. But I'm getting on this plane and the pilot announces that it's the first day for the flight attendant, so why don't you congratulate her? And she comes back into the plane and she gets to my spot and she said, "Oh, I'm, you know, the new flight attendant for the day." And I said, "Better you than the pilot." So Zach is the pilot today. This is his first day. No, it's not your first day, right? You've probably done this at least 2 or 3 times. Anyway, if you had said to me 15 years ago, that I'd be filling in for Dennis Prager, let alone for this length of time, I would have thought I could have no greater career honor. And such it has been, a great career honor. Even if the last time I was on, a listener wrote that as a Republican, I should be dead. He said, and he knows I was a teacher, he said, "He didn't even teach one student, let alone have a microphone." So I wrote back thanking him for his openness, about his belief in free speech. But that was the exception. Most of you are very kind, very nice. You know you can reach me at markeisler@aol.com or on Facebook at Mark Eisler. I try to answer all of your emails, so give it a try and I will respond. But that angry email writer got me to thinking about what our people don't really know. I mentioned that in my history classes and my government classes They may learn a lot, but I would be satisfied if they just learned two basic facts about our founding documents, or at least two, you know, how crucial these founding documents were and why they're so important: the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. They are so important that others have tried to copy us by writing a similar constitution, but they have failed. Because they didn't live out the meaning of that document with their principles and values. So one country thought, "I know, I'll build an airport like the United States of America has." And they thought they'd be as free and as rich as we were, as we are, not understanding that it was our values and our principles in those documents that made all the difference. Of course, you know, We're in danger of losing those founding principles now. And in fact, those in charge now have no respect for our founding documents or our founders, except when they think it's convenient to refer to everything. You know, once in a while they say, "Oh, but in our Constitution..." But they really don't believe in that. They have no real belief in them, or they could never have created the police state we're now in, or go after their political enemies as tyrants do in other countries, or have a two-tier system of justice, one for those who agree with them—that's what's happened now—and one for those who disagree with them. We're fighting the communists in China and Russia, but how different are we from them? When government can shut down businesses because of their perceived threat to health if they're left open, When we jail political opponents of the regime, some in solitary confinement. When we have our once preeminent law enforcement agencies like the Justice Department, need I say the FBI, who go after their political opponents. When people are fired because they exercise their free speech rights. Or when people are too afraid to speak out. If you remember, The book 1984. What was predicted there is very close to what's going on now. So the late great comedian Zach, never heard of him, Mort Sahl once said— you didn't hear of him, right? You never heard, right? All right, be honest. Sean wouldn't have heard of him either, I don't think. He used to do a weekly review in the news on television. He said the Russians had just arrested an American in Russia because of their speech activities. Actually, that happened recently. And to equalize things, our government also arrested an American because of their speech activities. That was a joke told many years ago by Mort Sahl. And what did they say about life imitating art? And so it is. So I thought today I would stress the next thing most Americans could probably not elaborate on in our founding documents. Our founders realized that we needed a statement of our rights called the Bill of Rights. After all, kings and queens and tyrants didn't believe in that. They gave their people very few rights. So the founders, in their wisdom, outlined them. And what do they choose as their first Bill of Rights? Why, the most important one, as stated in the First Amendment. That's why it's in the First Amendment. So here it is: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. Or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peacefully to assemble, and to petition the government— watch this one— for a redress of grievances. Wow, what a mouthful. And in their wisdom, as I said the last time I was on, they knew what might happen, how it could be undone, all of their work at producing this experiment in liberty. Which is why, if you remember, that lady asked Benjamin Franklin, "What kind of government do we have?" And he said, "A republic, if we can keep it." They knew that tyrants would try to restrict the practice of freedom of religion because those who believe in religion can't be totally controlled. That's one of the first things government tries to do. The left has always wanted the government to be everyone's religion. By the way, those who mistakenly use the First Amendment to say the founders spoke of the separation of church and state are clearly wrong. They said nothing of the kind. They just didn't want the government establishing one religion for everyone or prohibiting people from practicing their own religion or maybe no religion. It was all there. That's what the First Amendment says about that. But there it is. By law, the Congress cannot abridge the freedom of speech or the freedom of press. They wanted the press, of course, to be like a fourth estate, holding the government accountable. But these days, you know that the press is in bed with one of the political parties. With the exception of talk radio, there are few holding the government accountable now, except you guys, except the people out there. But there it is, freedom of speech. It's why it's in the First Amendment. We can say anything we want. I'm sure you've heard this before, with few exceptions, like you can't yell fire in a crowded theater when there's no fire. That exactly means speech you don't like, because who cares about censoring speech you do like? You would never ban that. That's why I don't like hate speech laws. I thought hate speech is exactly part of what they meant by free speech. I'm sorry you think it's filled with hate, and maybe you're right, but that's not the point. Anyway, if that was a real good argument, who would decide on what is hate speech? The government that you're protesting against? Oh yeah, they should decide if that's hate speech. Or maybe radical protesters like Antifa or Black Lives Matter who won't let conservatives speak on college campuses, among other places. I saw this myself years ago when I tried to defend myself. If you remember the Rodney King riots, I went before the LA Police Commission. And LA Police Commission didn't really want to hear what I had to say. And Daryl Gates, he was the police commissioner at the time, said, "They'll never let you speak." Everybody got 5 minutes. So here's what I did. I started by saying, "No one could help but be offended by what happened." to Rodney King. But— and the crowd yelled, "Right on!" I remember that. And then I said— I switched and I said, "But if you think changing the police department is going to make the difference in the lives of ordinary people who rely on them to defend them, you're sadly mistaken." And then the crowd booed for the rest of the 5 minutes. I never got to say another word. And all you could hear was the chairman chairwoman at that time, saying— I'll never forget— "Your time is up." And I said, "Yeah, but I didn't get a chance to speak." She said, "Your time is up." Well, guess what? All of our time is up if we don't have freedom of speech. And who was part of this crowd not letting me speak? Why, none other than Maxine Waters, a few feet away from me. I could see her. She was just part-cheering the crowd on, you know, "Don't let him speak if he disagrees with us." So no, the left will never let you exercise your free speech rights. And that was true over 20 years ago, 30 years ago, whenever this happened, I don't remember. And that First Amendment concludes with a right to petition your government for a redress of grievances. And isn't that what most of the protesters were doing on January 6th? I'm not condoning what some of them did, you know, if they rioted, that kind of stuff. But it surely wasn't what Nancy Pelosi and the rest of the left called it, an insurrection, unless putting your feet up on the desk is an insurrection. These are dark days we live in when we have to worry about exercising our freedom of speech. Tell me what you think. Am I overdoing it? Do you worry about voicing your freedom of speech? Let me know what you think at 1-800-PRAGER-776. I'm Mark Geisler filling in for Dennis Prager.

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Mark, I start filling in for Dennis Prager, and I was talking about free speech, and I start to ask you, do you worry about voicing your freedom of speech? You worry about losing your job because of what you might say? What examples do you have to share? Let me know at 1-800-PRAGER-776. And here's someone— I like to go to people who disagree with me. Let's go to Glenn. And Zach, if I don't get him on there on the button there— I got him. Okay, Glenn, you're on with Mark.

How are you? Yes, sir.

So I've called you in the past. I only call in when you make these comments and these statements. And again, and I, I have a running philosophy that I live with about humanity, human beings, that people say things all the time that they don't believe. And I'll give you an example. Uh, people talk about America being systemically racist, and then the same person that talks about how bigoted and systemically racist America is, in the next, very next argument, will say, now line up and get the shot from that systemically racist, bigoted country. So I believe that people believe— people say things all the time that they don't believe. And I, I, I think I have one for you here. I'm going to bring it up again. I brought this up to Sebastian Gorka, who utters the same thing. You guys are hardcore back the blue, but you guys are willing to talk about how America's turning in. By the way, let me just full disclosure, I don't back the blue. So I'm, I mean, I'm, I am, I am not, I don't hold the position that you and Sebastian Gorka hold, but just run with me because you guys do. But then you just uttered about 15 minutes ago in your whole monologue about how America is turning into a police state. These are your terms actually. Uh, and Sebastian Gorka uses it all the time. Police state tactics, fascistic tactics, and the like, which is fine. But then how is it that— so I've come to the conclusion that you guys don't really believe this, because in the very next argument you guys will say, now let's back the blue. So how is it that in one argument you can talk about America turning into a police state, but then in the very next sentence you'll tell someone like me— and you'll be serious, I don't think you're being deceitful or, or, or, you know, there's any guile in what you say— but then you'll sit there in the very next argument, you'll say Now back the blue.

Okay, good. You made a strong argument. So what I do is I differentiate— and it's a very fair argument— I differentiate between local police and the federal government. Our founders didn't want the federal government to do any more than was absolutely necessary. So when I— and I don't care what other hosts say. I don't mean I don't care. Let them speak for themselves is what I mean. So when I do it, I mean the federal government acting as a police state, raiding homes with unbelievable force, or the FBI now— I don't have much faith faith in them anymore. The FBI coming in and asking all kinds of things, and then if you say something inadvertently, they hold you, you know, accountable. When on January 6th they put people in prison for years, and some of them in solitary confinement, that's what I mean by a police state. Not local police. And by the way, I have to say this, like I tell my students, there are good and bad teachers, good and bad talk show hosts, good and bad policemen. I, you know, I don't know why you don't back the police, but that's up to you. But that's my differentiation. So when I say police state, I'm talking about the federal government. When I say I back the police, I mean locally, because who else out there, Tom, is there to defend us? I'm sorry, it's not Tom. I lost your— Glenn. Yeah. Who else is out there defending us, Glenn, if not the police? So I appreciate your call, but we have a different take on what makes it a police state, or, you know, where our rights are. I'm talking about the Bill of Rights especially today. Founders of this country knew how tyrannical the federal government could be. That's why in our founding we have, here's what the federal government does, here's what the state government does, and the rest of the rights go to the people. So that's where we probably disagree, but I appreciate your call. Tom in, I see you're punched up already, Tom in Louisville, Kentucky, you're on with Mark. Hi, Tom. He's not there? Did we lose him? He dropped. So that's what I was trying to say. It's so important that we understand what's happening in this country now. What's happened is something I never would have envisioned many years ago, that we act like a banana republic where your political opponents are your enemies and you can arrest them and look what's happening with President Trump. I mean, Imagine a former president of the United States, it has never happened before, is indicted by a local DA who, and in this case it's a local person, that's true, but egged on by the rest of them in the federal government. Everybody's after Trump these days, but that's a different issue. Indicting him, and he said it in his campaign, I'm going after the president, or I'm going after Donald Trump. It never was like that. You find out there's a crime and then you find out who committed it. You don't first think, There's the person, well, go get him. On the January 6th riots, not an insurrection, you find out what they did wrong, if they trespassed, if they broke into places they shouldn't be, but exercising, there it is. You have a right to redress of your grievances, and now you're gonna arrest people who do that? I never imagined that. I start to say to our previous caller, now if the FBI came to my door I wouldn't answer any questions unless I was forced to. They hold it against you if you say something that's not accurate. They can accuse you of lying to the FBI when you could just be innocent. Now you come to my door and you say you're from the FBI, I'm not going to answer anything. That's what I mean by a police state. When you arrest your political opponents and put them in solitary confinement, that's a police state. You don't do that with your opponents. And we could be assured that in this country that never would happen. It is happening now. You've got to be so careful what you say and what you do. That's why I chose— you actually helped me, Glenn— I chose the First Amendment because the founders knew that was the most important thing. Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and in the Fourth Amendment— I may get to it today— you know, no unreasonable searches and seizures. These guys were incredible. And one of the people in the last hour I'm going to talk about life and what happens when people pass on and trying to be close to your friends. And Bruce Herschelsohn taught me that. I said, "Did you think—" I didn't know what he would say. "Did you think God was involved with the founding of the United States of America?" And he said, "Mark, of course he was. Did you ever think how young all the founders were? And they got everything just about right." I'd never thought about that before. These were brilliant people. There's Benjamin Franklin saying, "A republic if you can keep it." So they not only pass the Constitution, then they have a Bill of Rights. And they make it difficult to pass an amendment. They understood that too. So they have a federal government, and then they want to be careful that they don't have too much power. So they give rights to the states, and they give rights to the people. And look, look at it in our laws. Congress passes a law, But the president can veto it. But then Congress can override the president if two-thirds of the people in Congress agree with that. And then if the law is unconstitutional, there's the Supreme Court to come in and take care of it. Wow! What an incredible country we produced. And then of course states have rights and the federal government has rights. And the left wants to undo all that. This was the greatest country ever created on the earth. And they want to turn everything back. They're not happy with it. They hate this country. I'm going to get into that more. I want to know what you think. But that's why I started with freedom of speech. When you get rid of freedom of speech— I'm going to talk about what happened with Tucker Carlson later— then you might as well say goodbye. There's nothing left. That's what made us so different, that the people got all these rights, not the kings, not the queen, not the state. Not some tyrant, not Joe Biden, not Obama, not his people. We— that's what made this country so special. Let me know what you think. 1-800-PRAGER-776. I'm Mark Eisler filling in for Dennis Prager. Mark Eisler filling in for Dennis Prager. It's tough to tease Zach. He's such a nice young man, and Sean's not here, and I don't know, it's gonna be a hard show for me. I gotta be a little more serious, I think. Anyway, I appreciate your calls. Some more people disagree with me. You want to talk about the police and the funding of them and how that compares to police state, that's fine with me. 1-800-PRAGER-776. But let's first go, because Rick wants to, uh, from Frankfurt, Illinois. You want to comment on that? Hi, you're on with Mark.

I just wanted to— uh, hi, Mark. Hey, I just wanted to say, I thought you very articulately, as I heard the guy's question, my mind is spinning, and I had all the same answers as you. And I guess I don't understand how someone can't see the difference between the federal government and the federal police, the FBI, the CIA, um, backing one particular political party and, and assisting the other one. I mean, if you look— I mean, just use the Hunter Biden thing, how that's been sitting for 3 years. But you articulated that perfectly, and I wish— and I— this isn't really that, but I wish I would have heard or anybody's argument that would go against what you just said. So he said that that was contradictory, but it's not. It's perfectly clear. We have people rioting and people getting arrested in Chicago and that the prosecutors are politicized and they're letting them all out. The police are trying to do their jobs to protect us. But when you go on the federal side, if, you know, January 6th, I mean, people that back abortion, people that are going to school board meetings are being considered terrorists. If you can't see the difference between the local police— although they are trying to politicize all the, you know, local and state police, they're having less ability to do that, especially during COVID There were places down by me that were supposed to be closed, and the cops are like, we're not going in and closing them. I live in Will County, and they wouldn't do that. But they were trying to even politicize the local police. But The difference to me is very clear. I wish I would have heard that guy's reaction to your articulate description of what the difference was to see what he had to say. So that's part of the comment.

Yes, stay on. That was my fault. I let him go too soon, so I apologize for that. But the fact is you added to what I said and you made me think, look, look at the Chicago police. They don't even want to go help out innocent people because if they're going to be accused all the time of doing something wrong, I would wait and hesitate to go out there too. And not just the Chicago police. That's a nationwide problem. Or as you pointed out, I could have said, the DAs now don't prosecute, they're letting criminals out, so why even do your job? I mean, I don't know why anybody would join a police force now. But that's locally. So watch how you help me, Rick. I forgot to mention the CIA. So I think I was the first talk show host, the only one I know, that felt that the CIA had been involved in the assassination of President Kennedy. I see Dennis, to his credit, has now come a little further towards, uh, maybe there was a conspiracy to assassinate President Kennedy. The more I read, the more I learn. I'm convinced the CIA was involved, and that's why they haven't opened up all the files. Imagine, our premier spy agency, if I can call them that, might have been, I can't be sure, involved with the assassination of a president because they disagreed with him. And even if it wasn't CIA, there was so many suspicious things going on. So there I am, 20 years ago, I called it out and I think I'm right. So imagine that. You can't trust the CIA, you can't trust the FBI anymore, you can't trust the Justice Department, as you pointed out. As a teacher, I should have mentioned that, right? You can't go to school board meetings without being accused of some kind of crime or being kicked out. What's happened to this country? It's unbelievable.

You can't be anti-abortion without being accused of concerned. You heard about the minister that they sent the FBI to his house and he didn't do any violent crime. You know, he was just marching at a rally at a pro-abortion and they arrested the guy. They kicked in his door, came in with guns. It's like, I mean, and look at the difference between, I mean, even Trump at Mar-a-Lago and Biden's place where they, you know, they go in and they say, oh, we're just going to come in. They come in with guns blazing and everything else on Trump. I mean, it's so ridiculous. And the thing is, is I talk with a lot of people, friends, neighbors, colleagues, clients. And, you know, all the stuff you see on the news, nobody believes it. Nobody agrees with it. Nobody agrees. You know, I have to go to a different subject. And, and women and men in women's sports. But yet you watch the news and over and over and over, the news is telling you things that I can't find anybody that believes. One crazy leftist sister. Other than that, I can't find anybody that can even buy into this stuff. You know, I mean, you have conversations with people that are uninformed about it and you bring up information and they're like, what, we're letting immigrants in from Mexico and they don't have to be tested or vaccinated? But if I fly out of the country and go to Europe and come back, I got to be vaccinated and tested. How does that make any sense?

You're, you're, you're a great additional host today because you're adding on things that I, that you trigger some thoughts on my part, like It's very discouraging to see that Americans don't understand most of the stuff that's going on, as you just pointed out. And thanks for your call, great call, Rick, that this is really going on in the United States of America. I can't believe it either. 1-800-PREGGER, 776. Let me know what you think. Mark Eisler for Dennis Prager.

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Mark Eister back with you again, filling in for Dennis Prager, my 15th year of doing so. And Zach is filling in for Sean today, and Sean doesn't play my song, which used to be on my local show, the way Zach is. So I really started to appreciate that. So bumper music— ah, you got Sean beat on that. He went to the doctor or something today, so he's— I'm gonna make him sick Zach, don't come back. I'm just kidding, Sean. No one on the air is as close to having Dennis's moral clarity and wisdom. Rush certainly did on political issues, and Dennis and I would talk about that, but no one provides insight on the great issues of the day like Dennis does. So it's truly a privilege to fill in for him all these years. You can reach me at markeisler@aol.com. Isler@aol.com or on Facebook at the same name. For the most part, even though I'm caller-driven, I go where you guys go, I was talking about free speech and how crucial that is to the survival of this country. The most recent example of the issues with free speech was eliminating free speech was the firing of Tucker Carlson. Tucker Carlson was the best investigative reporter on television. But he's silenced for now, at least temporarily. The left doesn't want to hear from opposing voices because when people hear our side, we usually win. Now here I must take some time talking about Fox News. I alluded to it in the first hour. I canceled Fox News. Well, actually, I canceled Sling, if you know that service. It was $35 a month. Now it's $40 a month. I canceled it. And I only had it for Fox News, and I don't miss it. Tucker was clearly fired in some part because of his free speech that they didn't like. The Murdoch family has a right to do that. They own Fox News. It's their company. But I have a right not to watch and to cancel my subscription, which, by the way, as I said, saves me $40 a month. I don't have to pay. Fox, as far as I know, has lost hundreds of thousands of viewers. And rates in stupidity up there with Bud Light and any other company like that that goes woke. But remember, Paul Ryan sits on the board of Fox News, and both Chuck Schumer and our worthless Republican leader Mitch McConnell called for Tucker's ouster, if you didn't know that. Isn't it great when our so-called leader agrees with the left-wing leader of the Senate Democrats? Then you know something is wrong. But what I don't understand is why so many— the lady asked me last hour, what could we do— why so many so-called conservatives are still watching Fox News. I have no idea. If you don't stand up for your principles, what's the point of having any of them? I understand why many of the hosts stayed. It's their job and income. I get that. I'm not asking them to all quit. But of course, wouldn't that have been courageous of some of them to say, "I'm leaving because of what you did to Tucker. We gotta have our free speech and we support him." But you need to remember— get ready for this, Zach, I'm gonna put you on the spot— if you appease the alligator or the— and I can't remember, I always ask Sean this, I don't know if Zach's doing something else now— who's— is it the crocodile, look it up, or the alligator that's gonna eat you last? I forget that allusion, I don't know if it was Winston Churchill, some of you can let me know, I've forgotten. The algorithm, they're just coming for you last when you start to appease them. So tell me why you stay watching Fox News, if you do, and why you're letting the liberals at Fox News get away with this. I don't get it. 1-877-776-7376. They'll post something on Facebook and hundreds of people, "I love Fox News, this is all terrific." But there they have no excuse. There's some excuse in America when they say they didn't know illegals have rights that we don't have, the last caller said. Or they don't know what happens at school board meetings. Yeah, Zach, you got it for me? So it's— yeah, it was Churchill and it was a crocodile, thanks to Zach. So I always forget that. That's an appeaser. That's the definition of appeaser. So why are you watching Fox News? Oh, you're going to tell me some of them are good? Well, if you don't make your voices heard, what's the point? That's my whole point. I said this many years ago. I think Bruce Hershenson gave it to me, but he said, no, Mark, it was yours. I didn't first become a Republican and then decide on my principles. I had a series of values and I said, "Oh, let's see which political party for the most part supports those values." And it was the Republican Party. If they stop doing that, why am I in the party? If Fox News goes woke or even if it's just more moderate, it doesn't share my point of view, then I'm out of here. And the only way I can show that is stop watching. And I said, I got more of my life back. I teach at night, I teach adults, and I used to watch Tucker from 5 to most of the time here, California time, 5 close to 6, and I'd rush to school. I know I got that hour back. I'm still late sometimes, but that's my sense of humor. That's because I'm so close to the school. So I want to hear your stories. What are you doing to support free speech? When they try to take it away from us, you got to fight back. So I don't know if you've heard this, there's talk about removing AM radio from cars, the new cars. I think Ford started it. That would certainly hurt the ability to listen to Dennis and others, so you gotta let them know that. And I want to blame myself. In the last hour I'm going to talk about the passing of people and your support of friendship, some ideas I have on that. But so at this memorial service, the head of Ford CEO, I don't know, Ford III, I don't know. Zach, look that up. Who's the head of— I'll give you some work today. Who's the head of Ford now? Because I met him at some memorial service for my friend Burt Bachman, who had the biggest Ford dealership in the world. I'll mention him next hour. But I think he was Henry Ford III or whatever he was. So I went up to him, I said, oh, you gave a great eulogy, but I never buy Fords. I wish I had said to him— I didn't think of it until later— Why are you eliminating AM radio? Zach's got it. Go ahead. So who's the— where does Henry Ford— is he chairman? Look up the Henry Ford. I want to know if it's the second or third. It doesn't matter. I was just curious who would be heading something up there. I want to know who I met the other day. Anyway, I told him I only buy Toyotas. So, you know, it is what it is. I wish I'd said to him just what I said. But in respect to the occasion, all I told them was what I said. Nevertheless, whatever the reason for why Ford is doing it, you can make a difference by letting them know you're not going to buy Fords if they don't have AM radio in the cars. So I'm thinking about that lady last hour said, what, what can we all do? There are things we could do. This is how dictatorships thrive, by taking away our ability to have free speech. So I want to know Here are my questions for you. Are you still watching Fox News? And why are you? I'll be nice, you know, I'll be pleasant. The last— even the other side, that caller Zach and I were discussing, he didn't call to talk about what he talked about. That's what they do, you know. He wanted to get me on Trump when I won't support Trump or something like that, but he went off on a tangent. So I'll be nice to you. And if you're with me, you've canceled your viewership, tell me about your life. Did you get it back, or what are you doing? It's been weeks now. I don't miss it. I'm a better person for it. In fact, even there I select. I listen to Dennis and then that's about it for my day. And I, you know, you remember the old days? We read, we did other stuff. So listen to talk hosts that you appreciate and watch TV that you appreciate. That's all I'm saying. There are other things to do with your life. Let me know what you think at 1-800-PRAGER-776. I'm Mark Eisler filling in for Dennis Prager. Got a lot of great calls, so I— oh, I gotta go to what I was just talking about. Zach, let's get on Rick, if I did that right. Rick from Greenville, South Carolina, you're on with Mark.

Hi, Mark. Oh, thank you so much. I've just been grieving so without Tucker. It was 8 o'clock and I'm watching Fox and Everything. Tucker is a prophetic imagination, and he calls— speaks for God in a way. I'm in a minister, I've been in the counseling business for years, and I've never seen a man with wisdom and humor. Carlson, I'm done.

We have a bad connection, so put him on hold and see if he could do a little better, but I think he said kind of what I was saying, which is what made Tucker special was he was unique. I didn't say he was perfect. I disagreed with him sometimes. I don't need that in my hosts. I don't have to agree with them all the time. But he went after stories. He did investigative reporting. There's nobody like him on the air that I know of that does it the same way. I'm not even that good of an investigator. We need that. Hey, this is what may have happened on January 6th. Who else is doing that besides Dennis? I don't know, but I'm saying certainly on television, that's the best I knew. I, I waited for that. And again, even you don't have to agree with someone all the time. So I, I think, yeah, we're having trouble with, uh, Rick. Uh, yeah, let's go. Okay, I want to get— see, there's somebody on the police state. Um, okay, let's go. She's been— Chris has been— yeah, Chris in Fort Myers, uh, Florida, you're on with Mark.

Hi, thank you so much for taking my call. Sure. I've had a unique experience in the last 6 months. I'm an attorney, I'm in my 50s. I came down to visit my family in Florida and we began to have this discussion about, you know, why when you disagree don't you stand up and say you disagree? And I think it goes back even to what I believe it was Tocqueville who said, the Congress this republic will endure until the Congress realizes they can bribe people with their own money. I mean, these folks who are down here, lifelong Republicans—

Hold on, I'll keep you on hold so you can finish your thought. We got to go to the break. Mark Eister filling in for Dennis Prager. Mark Eister back with you again, filling in for Dennis Prager. And Aurora, don't leave. 'cause, uh, I want to get you right after that. Let's go to Chris, back to Chris. So Congress is bribing the public, right, in a certain way, you were saying?

Oh, I wholeheartedly agree. I mean, the interesting thing, Mark— and thank you for taking my call. I've never listened to you before. I listen to Dennis Prager all the time, but I appreciate your opinions. Thank you very much.

Um, that means, that means you have— you've missed me for 15 years.

Yeah, I'm very sorry about that, but I won't do it. I won't commit the same sin.

Yeah, you just owe me big. MarkEisler@aol.com. Okay, go ahead. I'll just give you all the time. No, I appreciate it.

I mean, either— that's how we get to good decisions. We push each other a little bit and we get to the truth. But I'm, I'm down in Florida visiting my family. I'm in my 50s. I'm an attorney and come from a family of lifelong Republicans, and I I go to dinner with them and I say, wait a minute, what you were complaining about the other day, why don't you voice this? Why don't you say it? And they all say, well, what can we do? Well, what happens if somebody messes with our Social Security or our Medicare? So is it fear? Is it what Tocqueville said back in the 1800s about, you know, Congress can bribe the public with their own money? I think there's an element of truth to that. It's terribly sad. But you know, everybody fights with their own pocketbook and if they don't want to fight, they sit silent and it's very troubling.

It's, that's a great point.

People that I've relied on that raised me, it's awful.

It's just. But you make a great point too, 'cause a lot of us don't want to pay the price. I don't want to lose my job, but I'm lucky because I said, you haven't heard me so you haven't heard this before. One of the reasons I'm still teaching is they don't know who I am. And so they'll say all— the other teachers and others, they'll say all kinds of things that are outrageous, and they assume everybody's on the left who's in the school system. But some of them, they're getting— you know, I'll voice my opinions on things, but I understand the price. I don't expect Sean Hannity to quit because Tucker's off. I get that. I don't expect people to leave their jobs, but I do expect viewers. And that's why I'm going to Aurora next. She said she canceled her Sling subscription too You can do stuff like that. It starts to make a difference. Great call, Chris. I appreciate it very much. Let's go now to Aurora. I promised myself that I'd get to Aurora in Chicago, Illinois. Zach, let's get Aurora on. If you see her at the bottom there on the screen. And thank you. Here I am.

Here you are. Hi, my name's Andrea and I live in Aurora, but that's okay.

That's all I see. Wait, wait, where's— do we have punishment room stuff? We don't have time. You do have to for Suzette. I won't— don't do it, Zach. It's my— I'm just reading the screen. So I read Aurora, Chicago, Illinois. Go ahead.

I think she was so excited to get a call. I canceled Sling and I only had it to watch Fox News. Me too. And I canceled Fox Nation and now I'm saving myself 4 hours every night. I don't watch Tucker through Gutfeld. I have my nights free, but I miss Tucker, of course. I think the biggest hope is a constitutional convention. There's a group who are Right now there are 20 to 21 states who are calling for a constitutional convention because that's the only way we can get rid of the uniparty in Washington, D.C. So I'm contributing to that every month and I'm feeling hopeful.

Fantastic. You made my day that you also— it doesn't have to be Sling for those out there, it depends which service you use, but it felt so good. See, when you find out, and that's what I tried to share before, These minorities on the left, they get the media, right? They get the schools. So we hear their view. They're way out of proportion of what the average person believes on most of the issues. So just hearing a fellow person, "I canceled my Sling subscription." "You canceled your Sling subscription." I'm not picking on Sling, but you're right. That's the only reason I had them was for Fox News. And you said the same thing, which is you got your life back. You know, it's unbelievable. Dennis and Rush were certainly two that were worth listening to, because I look for people who influence me, who bring me new ideas, things I've never thought of. And that's what Dennis does all the time. "Oh, I never thought of that that way." And Rush did it too. "Wow, I know politics really well, but I never thought of that." Tucker did investigative reporting like nobody else was doing. Fox News, Murdoch, you don't get to do that. I'll miss some of the shows I might have liked, not that there were many shows on there I liked. It's worth it. We've got to pay the price. So that's the message too, and thanks for your call, that we've got to do our small part to start to make a difference. We've got to get rid of Mitch McConnell and Mitt Romney and the rest of them. I was a delegate for Mitt Romney. I've said it on the air for a lot of years now. That's one of my biggest regrets. I didn't know who he was, but that's my fault to not have done the research enough to see he turned a little bit. I should have known that. How can we support those people without values and our principles? All right, let's go. Oh, oh, so here someone wants to challenge me. Let's get Dennis on in Chicago about Fox.

And Dennis, you're on with Mark.

Okay, first I wanted to say how much we appreciate 560 Radio and all the other announcers on there that have the same views that we have as being Republicans or conservatives. And I also wanted to mention to you about the caller that had said about the 100 policemen that were beaten up the day of the, what they call insurrection, which was not. There was not. They're watching the wrong channel. That's the problem. All the TV channels and the newspapers have on about what happened that day, which is totally false.

Yep, I didn't hear it either. And Zach, we were talking about it. We didn't hear it either. We may have missed it. But I never saw where 100 police officers were beaten. And what is that? That doesn't change anything anyway. But go ahead, Dennis. But you disagree about Fox. Go ahead.

About Fox is that we— I don't disagree with you about Fox, but my problem is that we watch Michael Levin and he— and to us he's pro-Trump. So it's hard to give up. I can see you give up most of Fox, but it's very hard to give up on Michael Levin.

Yeah, but he's on— as an example, maybe not in your area— he's on the Salem, our channel is Salem, and I get it in Los Angeles, and I'm sure you can go online and pick him up on his radio channel. I know he does a great job on his television show, but there are other ways to do it, to be resourceful. But meanwhile, if you don't show Fox you care, I don't know how you watch them or what, if you pay for it, then they'll just go on doing it. They'll just say, we can get rid of these people. And by the way, as far as I can tell, they're not supporting Trump next time. That should matter to you. So you've got to pay that price. I thought it would bother me leaving Fox. It didn't. It was a plus. And this is not about trying— you guys get to do what you want. I'm not saying this should be a boycott. I'm just saying that's an example of where you could make a difference.

So how do we find out, like, how do we find out, like, what news channels or what companies are against?

Punch up Mark Levin and you'll find how to find him. And I know you can get him on our network, Salem. That's what you should do.

But how do we know about what companies are on the left and not Republican? How do we find out what companies we support that we should not be supporting?

Well, you know, if you read and follow things, you can see, like I know Target's done stuff lately. We know about Disney, right? You could do your research and find out, oh, what's going on and which companies to support and which not. Yeah, right, I forgot that. That's a great point. We certainly should be supporting those companies who think the way we do. And those who've gone woke, I'll never go to a Disney movie. So that's— I don't want to take a call right now. 1-800-PRAGER-776. We only have a few seconds left. Yeah, don't support these companies that have gone so far woke. Why would you ever support Disney? Oh, you— it's a great movie you want to see? No, you've got to stand up for your principles. I'm not perfect at this, but I try to do it where I can. 1-800-Prager-776. Mark Istar filling in for Dennis Prager. Mark Istar for Dennis Prager. The board is filled, as it usually is with me, uh, so stay on. I'll try to get to all of you, so even if it's the next hour, I'll try to get— there are great calls. Some of them different. But here's someone who I think is challenging me. Let's get Kerry in Winfield, Illinois on. Kerry, you're on with Mark.

Hi, Mark.

My, my point is, who else is there to go to where we can see so many good people that are still on the Tucker's Hour and Laura Ingraham and Hannity, listening to Brett Baier? I mean, if we stop watching Where are we going to go? Well, first of all, you added Brett Baier.

I don't like Brett Baier anymore. I never watch him anymore. Before I cut Fox News, if you watched election night, it was very clear how anti-Trump he was, in my opinion. That was the end of Brett Baier for me. But here's my point. If you don't stand up— there are others, by the way. There's a caller, maybe I won't get to Gary in Chicago. He says you need to tune into Real America's Voice. I know there are others out there too. There are other channels that you can investigate. There is competition out there to answer that question. But if you don't stand up for your principles, then they get away with it. That's the point. So I enjoyed watching Tucker, and sometimes Hannity— Hannity, in my opinion, talks too much or doesn't give the listener, the guests, a chance to talk enough, but that's just my opinion.

My wife talks too much, but I still live with her.

Well, that's your choice. No, I'm just kidding. That's your right, you know. But I'm just trying to say that you've got to stand up for your principles. So you'll find other alternatives to them, but if you don't, then they get away with this. That's the whole point. Well, yeah, and I'm not—

and I'm not paying additionally on my cable service to listen to somebody else. I can't afford that. You can't afford that.

Yeah. So you—

so there's too many other issues going on besides paying for another conservative site to go listen to. Gotcha.

But, you know, you could get— you know, you certainly listen to Salem, our different hosts and stuff like that, right? But you also— you could go on the way There are Breitbart, there are other sites where I get my news from, you know, and even Fox News, you know, occasionally, I don't do it much, I might look for a news story there. But in general, there's a way to do it, but you gotta teach these guys a lesson. By the way, Murdoch's sons are certainly more liberal, but I think, from all I can tell, I'm no expert on this, it looks like the big boss made the decision. It looks like McConnell and Ryan were in on this. You got to teach these guys a lesson. Or Mitt Romney. How do you teach these people we won't accept this? If you don't do it in times like this. So, great point. I got to tell you this, Kerry. What I liked most was when you said your wife talked too much. So you got to live with her. I hope she's not listening.

No, she's not. Have a great day. I said it partly in jest, but that was—

Oh no, it's too late. It's on the air now. Do it. Too late. Sorry. Have a great day. Thanks, Carrie. Let's go. Um, there's so many good ones. Let's see. He's waiting so long. Oh no. Let's go to Yvonne in Chicago. Yvonne, you're on with Mark.

Hi. Hi. How are you? Well. Good. Um, I just want to say that I just stopped watching Fox the day that Tucker was fired. I just gave it all up totally. Haven't put it on for one second ever since. I think it's terrible. And like you said, we got to stick to our guns and somebody's got to do something.

So now I just watch Newsmax.

Okay, whatever alternative you want. I, you know, I could pick on lots of channels. I know some of these people. I'm not going to say his name. I know the head of CEO. I think he supported Trump before. I know him personally, actually, of Newsmax. But I don't want to eliminate everybody. Maybe that's a good point. No one's perfect at this, but where we can, we gotta try to do what we can. This is not— thanks for your call, Yvonne— this is not about picking on Fox News. There are so many companies, but they're more about free speech, right? So where you can, you— they take away free speech, we're finished. That's my point of view. If they do that, then what's the point of it all? Rick, we got you back. Rick in Greenville, South Carolina, you're on with Marc.

Hi, Rick. Hi, thank you. Can you hear me? I can. Oh, great. Well, as I was saying, Tucker Carlson— I'm 75— Tucker Carlson is to me today what Walter Cronkite was in my years at Bowdoin College, which is one of Trinity's competitors of Tucker Carlson. And we depended on Walter Cronkite to give us a challenge to the deep state of the government against Vietnam. And we were taught that free speech is an integral part of America, and we believed that in 1970. Yeah. And now we find out the deep state is, is what we've all been fighting against.

Yep. Thanks for calling, Rick. I'm glad you got back on. Yeah, this day is about free speech. That's what I'm talking about. We lose free speech, put up the "gone out of business" sign. That's, that's the point. Let me know what you think. 1-800-PREGGER, 776. Mark Eisler for Dennis Prager. It's Mark Eisler back with you again, filling in for Dennis Prager. As always, you can reach me at MarkEisler@AOL.com. Aol.com. I apologize for AOL, but 20 years I've had that. M-A-R-K-I-S-L-E-R at aol.com, or on Facebook, and the same name. I'm truly fortunate to be filling in for Dennis in my 15th year now, and even more fortunate to have him as my friend for much longer than that. And I can tell you, those of you out there that don't know him personally, that Dennis is the same off the air as he is on. That's not true of every talk show host, but I'm not telling you on the air who I'm thinking about who might be a little different on the air and off the air. But with Dennis, you get to know the real person when you hear him on the air. And if anything, I don't know if Zach knows this, he shows much more of a sense of humor off the air because he has more opportunity, has more time. Yeah, yeah, Zach's looking surprised. We never seem to make enough time in our busy lives for the most important people. So this hour you can stay on politics and so on, but I want to get to this theme because it concerns me. And worse, before you know it, they may not be here. That is one of the drawbacks of living long, watching your friends pass. My mother lived to 98, almost just about 98 years old, and so after a while you don't have any friends left. Just about, and that's pretty sad. I thought of two such special people who passed recently. Ed Ames, actor, singer, political activist, and my good friend. He wasn't happy that I often reference— I don't know if you could find this too, Zach, it'll probably take too long anyway— he was part of the longest laugh in television history. He was trying to teach Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show fame, the best one that was ever on, how to throw a tomahawk or a hatchet, I almost forget now what it was, and he, 'cause Ed Ames was on Daniel Boone, the TV show Daniel Boone, and it landed on the silhouette of a man in a very unfortunate spot. And after 2 minutes of laughing by the studio audience, Johnny was amazing, he grabbed Ed by the shoulder and said, "I didn't know you were Jewish." And then the audience laughed for 2 more minutes. It's arguably the longest laugh in television history. You got it, Zach? You wanna Fly just a bit. You hear the audience just going crazy. Johnny comes up to him. I think we're gonna have that part. I didn't even know you were Jewish. All right, wait, it's 4 minutes long. We can't Edward just felt he was such an accomplished singer and an actor. And I said, my friend. And when I played a recording of him singing My Cup Runneth Over with Love, his wife said she had the speakers on throughout the house. I think they lived in Beverly Hills, and she got chills just listening to it. So could we just play a little bit of that, Zach, now? My Cup Runneth Over. Are we ready? Sometimes in the morning when shadows are deep, I lie here beside you just watching you sleep. And At times I whisper what I'm thinking. Oh, my cup runneth over with love. Yeah, he was an unbelievable singer, and that's how he wanted to be remembered. Love you, Ed Ames. Rest in peace. Another friend for me— Dennis Prager is always talking about some of the times people are famous and they're not good, and we all know that, and good people are not famous. Another friend for me was the owner of the largest Ford dealership in the world, Bert Bachman. He passed a week or two— well, he passed a little longer ago, but his service was a week or two ago. He was not only a successful businessman who started from the ground up to eventually become the president or whatever they called him, But he lived the American dream. He started from the bottom just as a salesman and worked his way up to own, again, the largest Ford dealership in the world. He was a good and kind man who made a difference in his community. And he was chairman of the LA Police Commission for 16 years when policemen were respected. He gave to his community time and time again. When someone asked him something, he was there. So I want to tell you a couple of stories with me. In my case, I ran for the State Assembly in California. I called him up one day and I asked for a golf cart. I thought that'd be cute to ride around the San Fernando Valley with a golf cart with my name all over it. I figured it would be great politically. Maybe it was because I think I got, what, 46% of the vote in an overwhelming Democrat district. I almost won. I got myself in trouble. Kevin McCarthy then was the Assembly Minority Leader. He promised to help me, never did. I'm sharing stuff with you I probably shouldn't. Anyway, the next thing I knew, one of his managers called me up and said, Mark, when are you picking up the golf cart? So he was amazing, and he also had great insight. I've got to tell you this story. He was taking me around meeting people at a community event of some kind, a fancy event, and he introduced me to the first important person, and he said, Mark has a great radio show. And I said, Bert, at that time, it was a TV show. Then he takes me around some more, looks at me, and he introduces me to the next person, and he says, "Mark has a great radio show." And I said meekly at that point, "Burt, it's a television show." Then when the third person came up to us, Burt kind of stared at me and said for the third time, "Mark has a great radio show." And I said nothing. Burt was distinguished and one of those people you just don't argue with. You don't argue with Burt Bachman. You ready for this? A few weeks later, I got a call to do my first radio show. And I never knew, two decades later thinking about it, here I am still doing radio. And did he know something? He was a very bright guy. Why did he keep insisting I did a radio show? It was almost a little eerie. Did he have great insight? I mean, just those things happen in our life sometimes. And I wanted to— so, great man. I want to talk to this audience, I can mention Viola Elder, Larry Elder's mom, who I adored. It has been many years since she passed, but oh, how I miss her and her laugh. We became dear friends, and Larry used to call her up on his Friday— on Friday on his local radio show and throw questions her way. She had a unique way of answering, and Larry called her the Supreme Court Justice. So, that fooled many people, including my mom, who said to me once, "I didn't know Viola was a justice." She wasn't a justice. Larry called her that because she was adjudicating kind of questions and problems that he would ask her. But so many people thought of that. And speaking of my mom, I'll never get over her passing. I think about her all the time, and she was never famous in any way. Except devoting her life to raising her 3 sons and paying the bills. So why do I bring all of this up? Because life is so short and you need to spend as much time as possible with your friends and family. And I've been negligent, and I meant— that's why I mentioned Viola. I just didn't find the time to go over when she would invite me. And you can never show the people you love enough times how much you care about them and love them. So I want you to call me up at 1-800-776— I'm sorry, 1-800-PREGGER-776— to tell me your stories and whether you make sure you do what's really important in life. As one of my brothers shared with me once, no one ever says on their deathbed, "I wish I had worked another week." It's always about their friends and family. I regret not spending more time with Ed and Bert and Viola and of course my mom. And I also want you to consider this. As Dennis Prager says, and I, I've repeated, I had to speak to a group, "If this on earth is all there is, it's all a cruel joke." The idea that Mother Teresa and Adolf Hitler share the same fate is more than depressing. Those who believe in a good God can take solace that he would be unlikely to do that. And when this is all over, we get to be again with those we love. Let me know what you think, not on religious grounds for any of this, but what you think on a practical basis. Do you spend enough time with your friends? How do you make time for them? Do you tell the people you love often enough that you love them? And finally, do you think we'll meet up with your loved ones again? Let me know what you think at 1-800-PREGGER, 776-635-1111. I'm Mark Geisler filling in for Dennis Prager. Mark Geisler sitting in for Dennis Prager. Go to your calls. Let's go to Bill. I think he wants to react to what I was saying. Bill, you're on with Mark.

Hey, I've been hearing a lot about, you know, free speech on the show and about what happened to Tucker. And I practice constitutional law, so I spend every day— I'm a public defender, but most of the cases that I take from the depot are people who've had their rights violated in some way. And I just want to speak on what I hear because most people don't know their rights or really know what, what protections the government is willing to offer them and what a lawyer can do for them. But when people say that their First Amendment to free speech is violated, there are 6 clauses to that amendment, which I'm not going to go through because it's long. Yep. But there aren't— when Tucker is fired because Fox News wants more money and they think that they'll make more by letting him go, that's not a violation of his free speech. Until the government— unless the government steps in.

Right, but we don't know if that's why he was fired. We don't know for sure. But we do know that it was a private—

what we know for sure is that it was a private endeavor.

Yeah, I don't know if you heard me say that they have a perfect right to fire him. I don't argue that.

Yeah, well, I hear— and also I heard that someone said that they couldn't use— that God was censored when they said God. It's when you're interacting through private means, there's no— there's very few times where you have any case for free speech.

That was the sister. She wasn't making a case that she had a legal issue. She was just offended by it on an ethical and personal basis. So I appreciate your call. I think that people understand that, that, you know, certainly we have to be consistent on the conservative side that companies and businesses, same thing. They have a right to do what is in— they think is in their own best interest. But we also have a right not to want to watch it, not to want to be involved with it. But we do need to be involved with the politics. So people have been asking, what can we do to make a difference? So I want to make this one clear: we have to defeat them, or we might as well say goodbye to this republic. So we have to choose the right candidate next time. And last time I was on, I remember we went back and forth about whether it should be President Trump or Governor DeSantis. Let me know what you think while I give you my take at 1DennisPrager776. First, the other candidates. You may know that I'm friends with Larry Elder, and I think he'd be a great president. I was even closer, as I mentioned, to his mom. But more of that, as I said, when I talk about friendships. I mentioned Viola. Can Larry gain traction? Maybe. I don't know. I'm always as honest as I can be. But no one is better than Larry at presenting our side— sorry, our side with all the facts to the people who have never heard it and are willing to be open-minded. That being said, so Larry is certainly a consideration. The other candidates are a waste of your votes. Mike Pence was a huge disappointment. Going back to, he could have saved us from the swamp. He had a chance to save this country and just send some disputed electors back to the states, which had been done previously, to adjudicate the results, which is specified in the Constitution. The states have control over election law. But he had no courage, and he has too many friends in the swamp like Paul Ryan. So there, I got rid of him. Nikki Haley is a self-serving, disloyal politician who threw President Trump over the bus. When it was convenient. I have no use for people who don't show loyalty. Loyalty is an important characteristic for me. I tell the story, and my friend Bruce Herschelsohn taught me this. Nixon, during the resignation time, Bruce went up, I think he said the second floor of the White House. Mark, do you know what that is? And he said that, I guess, I don't even remember, private quarters. He said to President Nixon, we can beat this thing, you shouldn't resign. And President Nixon, who was hated by a lot of people, that this awful, terrible person said I wouldn't do this to the country. Bruce taught me, if I didn't already know, about loyalty. So yeah, there was McConnell's wife, she turned on him. The education sector, I forget all these people, turned on Trump at the end. And so did Nikki Haley. I don't have much respect for people who do that. And when things are tough, they just abandon their friends. The others like Chris Christie are full of themselves. And shouldn't be taken seriously. Oh, Asa Hutchinson, another one. Hey, I don't blame these people for running. They get great publicity. I remember the story about Jack Kemp. When he ran for office, he didn't win obviously, but when it was over, his speaking fees went up, I think from $10,000 a speech to $50,000 a speech. So I get that. I get why they run. If I was credible, I'd probably do it too. Hey, my speaking fees would go up. Tim Scott is a good guy, but not tough enough in my opinion, and maybe not conservative enough for me. My choice is President Trump, but we must be sure he can win. He was a great president, better than I ever imagined, and he may be the only one capable of taking on the swamp. I'm sure the next time, if he gets the opportunity, he'll do it with even more vigor. Why did I say vigor? Zach will never know what I am talking about. But I use the term vigor because that's— I'm not probably saying it in my Massachusetts accent. That's how President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy used to talk. I remember that word. I don't know why. But Robert Kennedy Jr. is now running for president on the Democrat side. They'll probably never choose him. But it wouldn't be the end of the world if Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was the nominee for the Democrats. but all the rest from Joe Biden on up will continue to destroy this country. So I could be wrong, but I see the race as being between Trump and DeSantis, and I don't totally trust DeSantis. I get myself in trouble on this one. For one thing, it may not be fair, but you can judge someone. Don't they say this? By the company they keep. That's why Sean is not here, and I try not to keep company with Sean. What do you got? You got a clip for me? Oh, okay. Okay. Zach, I can still be friendly with. I thought he had a clip for me. So who are some of the supporters urging DeSantis to run or supporting him? The Bushes. That should be enough for you right there, that the Bushes are supporting DeSantis. And include Karl Rove in that group, and Paul Ryan, who sits on the board of Fox. The Murdochs look like they favor DeSantis and they've turned on Trump. And many politicians like Mitch McConnell and Mitt Romney And the other Senate swamp dwellers, as if that wasn't enough, they all support DeSantis. So as I said, I care about loyalty. So where was his loyalty? He wouldn't be governor if not for Trump. I think there were a number of people trying to get Trump's endorsement in Florida, and Trump gave it to DeSantis, if I'm right. So where's his loyalty? I, I don't get that. So that's an important quality for me, and DeSantis doesn't have it. Now, I understand that winning next time is the most important thing, and if it's clear that the only way we can win is with DeSantis, I could be persuaded that way. So let me know what you think. Who should be our nominee and why? And if you care to comment on who should be their nominee, you probably say they would never elect Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and you're right. But I could live with him. I agree with him on some issues, and most I don't, but he has courage. That's a big one. So let me know what you think, 1-800-PRAGER-776. It's not going to be Kamala Harris. I mean, I think they see she's even worse than Joe Biden in the numbers, if that's possible. Oh, maybe it'll be, uh, Michelle Obama. Ah, they could pull that one on us at the last minute. So it's your choice for the nomination. Let me know what you think, 1-800-PRAGER-776. Mark Eisler for Dennis Prager. Mark Eisler for that guy that you just heard. What's his name? Oh, Dennis Prager. I know that guy. We're talking about politics, whether it's Trump or DeSantis or any other choices. And here's another choice. Let's get Dorena on in Washington. You're on with Mark.

Hi. I was wondering what you thought about the candidate Tim Scott. I think he stands for a lot of our values, and I don't see that he has such a disruptive background that DeSantis and Trump have. You're right.

He's a good guy in that sense. I mean, you know, and I said it, you probably didn't hear me. I think he's a good guy. I don't know if he's the fighter I want, and I don't know if he's as conservative as I am. I can't remember some of the issues over the years that he wasn't as strong as I was. But that's my personal preference. So, you know, he's a good guy. He'd be a great candidate. So we don't disagree there. Thank you. Wonderful.

Well, thank you so much.

I want to get to as many as I can. Okay, let's go to Tim in— what is that, Messina? Or I can't see— Mesa. Oh, they didn't spell it right. Mesa, Arizona. That's why. As the teacher in me, I saw an MS. Mesa, Arizona. You're on with Mark, Tina, Tim.

Hey, Mark.

As you know, Trump will get his 40% in the general election. Biden will get his 40%. It's the middle 20% that decides elections in this country. They're not going to go for Trump. I'm telling you, they've had enough of the drama. They may like the policies, but they've just had enough of Trump. I think it's either going to be DeSantis or someone else to get the majority of that middle 20%. Don't you think they'll just—

Yeah, go ahead. I'm sorry. No, you go.

The only thing that might hold DeSantis back is the abortion thing. He went down to 6 weeks in Florida. That's a turnoff for a lot of female voters. I wish the Republicans would back off on the abortion thing because to me, I'll trade that for a secure border, a better economy, lower gas prices, better foreign policy any day of the week.

By the way, you know, I'm sure you sound very sharp. They'll destroy DeSantis or whoever we have. I mean, will they destroy him to the extent that Trump is disliked? I don't know. That's why I'm open. I said the last time I was on for Dennis, I said the last one who talks to me influences me the most. But Tim, thanks for your call. Let's go to Jacqueline in Brooklyn, New York. Jacqueline, did you know that's where I'm from? Hello, Jacqueline. Did you— you didn't know that, huh?

I did not. No. I'm happy to hear that, Mark.

Where in Brooklyn? So I taught at PS 188, which I'm going to visit. I'm coming into New York tonight. I taught there for years in Coney Island. I lived in Seagate, and I know Brooklyn very well. Not far from me.

I'm in the Bensonhurst/Gravesend area.

Sure, I know where you are. I'll be there tonight. I'll be there tonight, so I need a lift to buy my car I'm getting.

Could you pick me up?

Absolutely, no problem. I'm just kidding. Thanks, though. You understand what Brooklyn people are.

They are loyal. Oh, yes. Oh, yes. And I am extremely loyal to President Trump. And for the reasons that you stated, I do not think that DeSantis has a chance. I disagree with your previous caller. Those of us that are extremely loyal to President Trump stand by him. He has proven himself. He has had both feet in the swamp with the swamp creatures. He knows how to deal with them. He learned firsthand from his experience. I used to say, in my opinion— I'm, I'm 58, soon to be 59— and I used to say that, in my opinion, President Trump was probably one of the best presidents in recent history, at least in my lifetime. Now I say, in my opinion, he is the best president that this country has ever had.

I would go with Lincoln, but Trump is way up there. Because, and you, thanks for calling. I hate to get rid of a Brooklyn person, but I'll be there tonight or at least tomorrow morning. No one's going to fight like he is. I don't believe any of them will fight this. That's why they hated him so much. And there, let's go to Ted in Yonkers. Ted, you're on with Mark, I think. Yeah, go ahead, Ted.

Hey, Mark. Thanks for taking my call. I agree with the caller before, the caller with the bomb, and I agree with her since we're both in the same state. Trump, first of all, what other candidate can you mention that has been a donor to the opposing side for multiple years and knows how they work inside and out other than Donald Trump?

Of course, they could say, well, he supported Democrats in the past, right? That could be the other side. So we got to be consistent on that. But you are right. Thanks for your call. He's a fighter. Is DeSantis the same kind of fighter? Or does the Bush link and people like that, Romney and all the others who are probably supporting him, does that mean he's going to be beholden to them in any way? But I agree, the ultimate issue is who can win. 1-800-PREGGER-776. Mark Eisler for Dennis Prager. Dennis Prager. Mark Eisler for Dennis Prager, and you can reach me, Mark Eisler, at AOL.com, M-A-R-K-I-S-L-E-R, AOL.com, or on Facebook, same name. I— before I forget it, this is a team effort. It's not just done by me. The studio manager is Rick, technical director Alejandro, call screener Suzette, And of course, Zach guiding me along the way, technical producer I've known for years. All terrific part of the team. Got very little time left, so I apologize. Do it quickly. Kathy in Phoenix, Arizona, you're on with Mark.

Yes, I am so tired of all of this stuff against Trump that I'm ready to vote for DeSantis. I like DeSantis. I love Trump, but I'm afraid it's going to be a repeat of the hatred and stir up all of that again. And I am so over it that, um, DeSantis hopefully will be a fresh start. I think he can win. And, uh, but if he's not the nominee and Trump is, I will vote for Trump.

Okay, sounds good.

Uh, Tom in Los Alamitos, you're on with Mark.

Real quickly, Tom.

Mark, great job. I did not vote for Trump the first time. I'm an evangelical Christian. I couldn't conceive of it and of course couldn't conceive of voting for Hillary. So I just didn't vote, which is an awful thing to say. So I did have to vote for Trump the second time because he proved himself. Trump, I'm talking to this audience right now. I think most of you are like me listening. He's angry. And that is what we have to have, a guy who's angry. The rest of them are concerned. They're concerned.

Trump is pissed, and I want him in there. Sounds good. I don't know if we have time. Do we have time, Zach? Let's grab another one. John in Pennsylvania, you're on with Mark.

Hi. Hi. I just have, I guess, a question. I just don't understand something. The Trump voter enthusiasts seem to absolve Trump for losing the White House and for losing the Senate and for losing the House. And I, I find it odd they want to hold everyone else accountable for various things, but they don't want to hold the former president accountable for losing in a most, in a most egregious way. And so I just find it odd to be curious to hear what folks think about that and why they seem to just give him a pass for losing.

Yeah, we just about run out of time. But you're right about that. But McConnell was involved. To— you got to recognize that you can't let him go. Some of the stuff he did, but it's too long to get into now. I just want to finish. We've been talking about free speech for the most part, and that's why we need the right candidate. We've got to get it right this time, whether it's DeSantis, Trump, or someone like Larry Elder, who I adore. But whatever you do out there, get involved. Do what you can to save this country. If we lose free speech, it's over. I always finish my shows the same way. It's a privilege to have a microphone in the greatest country in the history of the world. Until next time, I'm Mark Eisler.

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