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All 15 locations at eSpaces.com. That's eSpaces.com. eSpaces.com. All right, welcome back. This is Dread at the Small Town Podcast. This is kind of a special edition. We got Thrash. We got K-Lo, TK. Of course, I'm Kurt. You know, this just kind of felt heavy on our hearts. We've been watching the last couple nights. Of course, what's happening in L.A.,

The protests, which are basically riots. I don't know. It's just been weighing on us. We thought we'd give you guys our opinion of what's happened in the last couple days. Who wants to start on this? Because it's, you know, the only way I can think to describe it is it's infuriating slash heartbreaking. I've actually, to be honest, my perspective, I haven't even really put it on because...

When I watched the Minneapolis protest turned riots, you know, my wife is from that area. It was so much and it weighed so heavy on us and it pissed us off so much that even when this thing started, we just, we actually couldn't even watch. I don't know if you guys have been watching along, but if you give your opinion on what's kind of happening. Yeah, Tully I think would be the best one to start off because he came in talking about it. It bothers me. It's like, look,

You don't have to agree with every decision that an administration makes. That's your right. You don't have to agree with it. You don't have to like it. But you have to obey the law. And attacking police officers, throwing rocks at them, trying to get them to engage in violence, that's what they're trying to do. They're trying to push these cops to the point where

Something happens. It's just never okay. Yeah, so they can record something and put it out and say, yeah. And it's just not... That's terrible. And the fact that the mayor and Newsom are being so nonchalant about it. And Kamala Harris came out and said a ridiculous statement. It's just...

I didn't hear her statement. What was the semblance of that? I think all of it was basically what we've heard before is peaceful protests. People are just... They're setting stuff on fire. It's not peaceful protests. They're blowing up cars. And I watched yesterday, I watched a lot of it live, and these protesters, whatever, rioters, whatever, they are literally trying anything they can to get these police officers to engage. Yeah.

And a lot of them, by the way, are paid agitators. Oh, yeah. What do you think the percentage of all the crowds that you see? It's a great question. What do you think the percentage of? I don't know. Actually are there to truly peacefully protest about a legitimate...

But, you know, that shouldn't affect the way the mayor and the governor... How many of them know what they're protesting about? Who knows? But they're still not doing anything about it. And I just feel bad for those... Oh, Trump's doing something about it.

That's what's making them so mad. I love how they blame him. Well, now, yeah. Now that he's doing that, then they're taking the whole thing, and Newsom especially. The only thing good about Newsom is his hair. That's the only thing good about him. He does have fantastic hair. The only thing good he's got. But he is, I mean, you talk about a full-on politician. I mean, his hair is amazing. That's it. But aren't we, you're right. He's terrible. He's horrible. He's a lovely man. He's incompetent. Lovely hair.

But I think the more they talk, the more they're just committing suicide politically. It's fine with me. Keep on talking. Just keep on doing what you're doing. I'm not surprised, or are any of us surprised at what we're seeing, the reaction from the left? I'm not. You know what's crazy to me? It's very typical. Still, it's like a good, tough response from our president is what we need. I don't know if you guys have watched it yet. There's a great documentary called

on the Boston bombings on Netflix. I haven't seen it. It's really good. It came out last week. I think it's called Manhunter, but it's about the Boston bombings. And three or so days after it happened, President Obama went to Boston and gave this really tough speech in this church and said, you know, you came to the wrong city and did this. Tough talk.

And I was like, you know what? That's what presidents do. It was incredible. Like if everyone watches that, that speech Obama did is great. Trump's doing the same thing. But we've fallen so far off that we forget that that's his job. This is Los Angeles. Like you can't have this kind of stuff going on. It's not safe. People's lives are in danger. You know, if you don't like what ICE is doing, if you are for criminals, right?

here illegally i don't know i can't argue with you on that i don't know where the argument is but

And this is going to spread to other cities if he doesn't take a hard stance. Yeah, it always does. Yeah, because they're promoting it, you know, and they're just saying, you know, Newsom, and what's the mayor's name? Bass, Karen Bass. Yeah, and they're saying that, you know, and a lot of it, even on other networks, you know, other networks other than Fox. So they'll say, yeah, it was mainly peaceful protesting. I mean, sure, there were some fires and some explosions, but mainly peaceful protesting until Trump sent all...

you know, troops in and stuff. And that's what's instigated everything and fired everything up. And that's not the case. And then when would that ever be the case? Like when would like a lot of force show up and all of a sudden I want to do more crime? Like, well, why would I want to do that? You know, I'd be like, oh God, I'm going back to the house. I bet you, I bet you Jesse Waters could send that guy out on the street and ask every single one of them. He would get a hundred percent success rate on people that did not know who the mayor of the city where they were protesting was. They wouldn't know who the mayor was. They get asked them.

Who the mayor was of L.A. and they wouldn't know. None of them. It's just crazy to watch people antagonizing police officers like this, throwing rocks at them. Yesterday, you could watch it all on TV, and it was like, what is going on? Yeah, like I said, I've had a hard time even watching, and you're talking about the police officers, what people don't understand is

The National Guard or the police officers, their families, they're there to protect everybody. And the way that they are treating these people for just trying to protect them, it just breaks my heart. It absolutely breaks my heart. The families of these people that have to look at...

attacking their husband or whoever it is out there. Yeah, and was it Newsom holding off the local police enforcement from helping the ICE agents, right? That's what was kind of happening in the very beginning. Can you imagine being an officer, no matter where you are, in L.A. or whatever, and from the top down you're saying, don't go help the ICE agents, don't go help them. And you know that the majority of those officers are like,

I want to go help those guys right now. But they couldn't because they were told not to. Let them keep talking. They're just digging their own political grave. It's fine. Let them keep talking. I'm not shocked. It's disappointing, but I'm not shocked. I want them to keep talking. There's somebody in there that can lead that place that's worthy of it that actually wants to turn L.A. around and San Francisco and all these other hell holes that are turning into dumps.

It's somebody else in there. Let them keep talking. They'll get voted out. It'll be the end of them. If they haven't noticed the numbers today, what's the percentage of Americans that don't want criminal, illegal people here? It's crazy. 85% of the people in this country don't want that. And it's like they ignore the numbers and still talk like they talk.

Keep on talking. And what about Newsom's podcast, right? So he's been reaching across the aisles and getting conservatives on the podcast and being – he understands everything that happened during the election and everything on the podcast. But then when he has time to act and do things –

Same old Newsom. Same left wing. He's slick, man. He's slick. I'm telling you, he's worthless. Absolutely worthless as a politician. Even if he wants to do the right thing, to rise up through that party, you have to be hardcore left. That's what's happening. To get where he wants to be, it's like you need the radical left on your side for some reason.

That's what it feels like. And so you can't even come to the middle to clean up your city. This is, it's, I'm so confused by it as I watch it. I'm like, what is going on? I'm not shocked though. I'm not, as soon as I turned the TV on and saw it, I wasn't shocked at all. And that's the sad part that you're not, that's the sad part. I wasn't, but I wasn't shocked that it was there and I wasn't shocked that there was cameras everywhere and they covered it. Because the way they cover it, you think it's happening everywhere and it's not. That's just a little blip. Yeah.

of a place really and truly in the grand scheme of things where that's happening is just a small little sector. You would, I would be shocked if it was Ellsworth, Kansas or somewhere, if that was going, that doesn't shock me at all. Not at all.

Well, I just think we want everybody to know that our hearts are with people there. And especially, like for me, and I know you guys think too, it's the people that are trying to protect us and that are getting attacked. That's, again, that's what really breaks my heart about the whole thing. Yeah. This is exactly why we wrote the song. What's going on in L.A. right now. You're exactly right. Yep. I mean...

It's coming back up. Yeah, it is. It's going to come back up. People are going to be putting these bumper stickers back on their cars. I mean, we're going to start seeing them again. Well, you said it like this ain't going to happen in Ellsworth, Kansas. Like, try that in a small town. I mean, this is the epitome of the song. If they're blocking an interstate that comes into a small town or a two lane, it ain't going to happen, man. They're going to get physically. It's against the law to do that. Yeah.

it's not gonna happen that's why i wrote this song okay lo it's why you got pissed off uh it rarely happens but when it does uh listen we appreciate everybody for listening uh and we hope that you enjoy just our us sharing our thoughts it's just kind of random and it's just kind of out there and we don't script this stuff

But we felt compelled to talk about it, and we hope you guys are thankful, and we're definitely thankful for you watching. For Thrash, K-Lo, TK, I'm Curt. Try that in a small town podcast. Make sure to follow along, subscribe, share, rate the show, and check out our merch at trythatinasmalltown.com.