February 7, 2025 • 7 mins
Joe Concha joins Mendte in the Morning to talk about the ongoing deportations around the country. Joe discusses NJ Governor Phil Murphy and his dare to Tom Homan.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let's get to Joe Konca, Fox News contributor. He has
a new book coming up. You can pre order it
now on Amazon, The Greatest Comeback Ever Inside Trump's Big
Beautiful Campaign. Hey, Joe, as always, thanks for being here,
Appreciate your time. Who you cheering for in the Super Bowl?
Speaker 2 (00:21):
And that's a tough one, Larry, because I dislike and
you talk to so many people. Everybody hates both teams.
Stick of the Chiefs. They think they get every call
because they do. And the Eagles are just the Eagles, right.
Remember that's the fan base that wants beat up Santa
Claus on their home.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
That was decades ago. Let it come from Philadelphia. I'm
from Philadelphia, Joe, and I've had to live with this
growing up. It happened three stadiums ago.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Let it go that are in stadium you're right now. Look,
I don't understand all the Giant fans out there, why
you hate Saquon Barkley for or Look the Giants they
chose Daniel Jones, right as far as who are gonna
get more money to? Right, so you chose the quarterback
who's no longer with the team because he was that bad.
Don't draft quarterbacks from Duke. It's quite simple, right, Remember
(01:13):
Dave Brown back in the nineties and now here no
no quarterbacks from Duke. The Knicks want to take anybody
from Duke. That's fine, that's the Knicks, Giants, no Duke. Okay.
The point is that Saquon, you know, he goes to
the Eagles better offensive line obviously, a team that was
in the Super Bowl just two years ago against these
same Chiefs. Right. The guy ran for over two thousand
(01:33):
yards is here, probably could have broken the rushing record
if they played in the final game, but they didn't
need him. So it's not Saquon's fault. Like, this is
what athletes do. And now I guess I'm rooting for
the Eagles only because I think Saquon Barkley's a class act. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
I've heard that from a lot in New Yorkers, that
they're rooting for Saquon, and then they usually curse about
the Eagles right after they say that. I let you know,
just because it's so much fun to talk about. Can
we talk about the idiocy of New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy?
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Sure? I mean, let's start with something very obvious first
before we talk about you know, the the the illegal
that's living in his garage like Arthur Fonzarellian Happy days,
the Funds lived up in the garage, right, Yeah, but
he had a really nice apartment. That thing had like,
you know, nice cave, the kitchen, the whole thing for Milwaukee,
you know, pretty good. Anyway, Phil Murphy needs to get veneers.
(02:25):
We know what those are. For your teeth, for your teeth. Yeah, yes,
I understand. This guy's a multi millionaire, has this gorgeous,
opulent villa in Italy, and yet has the worst teeth
you know you will ever see. And you're like, dude,
you're on television, you're your governor, you have the money,
get the veneers. I did admitute, right, my teeth are
(02:46):
a little crooked. I want to get like the adult bracest.
So I got him fixed the other way. So I
just wanted to throw that out there to the governor,
as soon to be departing governor, thank god. Yeah. Six words.
Don't mess with Tom Holman. Actually, do not mess with
Tom Homan. Those are six words. This guy is as
serious as a prison fight and as the borders are.
(03:07):
If you defy his odds, he'll come in and if
he has to arrest Murphy, he will. I mean, it
is illegal to do what he is doing. And yet
he's being defiant. So many people in this country, if
you look at poles, Larry, overwhelmingly, if you are here illegally,
especially if you are a violent criminal here illegally, they
want you out right. And for Phil Murphy to say,
(03:27):
you know what, I'm going to take the twenty percent
side instead of the eighty percent side, and I'm going
to defy Trump and Holman because I'm going to play
part of their resistance, That's not the thing anymore. Right.
I think everything has changed as far as I'll put
it this way, the border wall. Back in twenty seventeen,
only thirty five percent of Americans supported it. Now seventy
percent support it. Like the entire shift has happened because
(03:50):
we saw what happened during the Biden administration. So if
Governor Murphy wants to be like Fred Funstone over in Illinois, JB. Pritzker,
go right ahead. You want to play the resistance and
defy Trump here, the public is not on your side.
And it's just dumb politics, Larry, it is.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
It is really stupid politics. By the way, Phil Murphy
as you know, I know you live in New Jersey,
took time off for cosmetic surgery and he had those
teeth apparently fixed, and his hair done and some work
done to his face. I feel bad for him. That's
the best he can do.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Joe, whoa, he's had the teeth, that's the fixed version.
Oh man, I don't even know what to say or anymore.
I mean, get some dentures, knock out the whole thing
and start over. That's that's insane. But yeah, I remember
he during COVID, he locked down my entire state, kept
my kids home from school. They were only in like,
you know, kindergarten, second grade, kept them home from school
(04:46):
for a year and a half. Well after that, we
ever had to, We probably never had to, given that
most kids, you know, were fine with COVID. And he
went off to Italy. I remember that, you know, for
like two weeks, didn't tell anybody. Such a hypocrite. Should
have lost a couple of years ago, and now we
may have. My former neighbor Josh Gotthheimer's running for governor
on the Democratic side. He's probably the most moderate Democrat
(05:07):
in the Congress. He very well could win, but there's
plenty of great candidates on the other Republican side that
it's gonna be a very close race. Let's put it
that way.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
He's good guy, good guy. He's a real good guy.
You know, I want to talk about some news right now,
because they've been going through Elon Musk has been going
through the federal budget and the federal payroll line by line,
and he exposed that Politico was getting eight million dollars
a year from the Biden administration and that they haven't
even gone through everything. I'm sure there's going to be more.
(05:36):
When you want to comment on.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
That, Yeah, I don't understand. I see defenders this thing. Well,
they were just paying for you know, they were just
paying for subscriptions for Politico. Yeah, you know, I got
at home, I got Apple TV, I got Amazon, and
I have there's a third one Hulu maybe right, Netflix.
I'm sorry, I have Netflix. I'm sure I'm not paying
(05:58):
eight million dollars for those scriptions. So something's up. It's
a whole buller wrong. And again, if you're Democrats and
you're screaming about Elon Musk, you're saying he's an unelected billionaire.
Well guess what, Donald Trump was elected, however, and when
you're elected to an executive position, you hire people around
you to and you delegate to do certain jobs. In
this case, Elon Musk is delegated. He's delegated to find
(06:22):
government waste, and boy, he's finding a lot of it.
So when he makes recommendations to Trump, he can either
accept them or reject them. But stop screaming about Elon Musk,
because it's perfectly legal of what he's doing right now,
as far as being someoney who simply works for the
president and gives recommendations. And the fact that again Democrats
by saying they want to cut this, they want to
cut that. An overwhelming number of Americans think that the
(06:45):
government spends too much money and has too much waste.
If you want to be the party that defends government waste,
go ahead, Yeah, I know, I.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Agree with you. Joe Joe Kanji, Fox News contributor. His
new book coming up you can pre order now at Amazon,
The Greatest Comeback Ever Inside Trump's Bay Beautiful Campaign
Let's get to Joe Konca, Fox News contributor. He has
a new book coming up. You can pre order it
now on Amazon, The Greatest Comeback Ever Inside Trump's Big
Beautiful Campaign. Hey, Joe, as always, thanks for being here,
Appreciate your time. Who you cheering for in the Super Bowl?
Speaker 2 (00:21):
And that's a tough one, Larry, because I dislike and
you talk to so many people. Everybody hates both teams.
Stick of the Chiefs. They think they get every call
because they do. And the Eagles are just the Eagles, right.
Remember that's the fan base that wants beat up Santa
Claus on their home.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
That was decades ago. Let it come from Philadelphia. I'm
from Philadelphia, Joe, and I've had to live with this
growing up. It happened three stadiums ago.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Let it go that are in stadium you're right now. Look,
I don't understand all the Giant fans out there, why
you hate Saquon Barkley for or Look the Giants they
chose Daniel Jones, right as far as who are gonna
get more money to? Right, so you chose the quarterback
who's no longer with the team because he was that bad.
Don't draft quarterbacks from Duke. It's quite simple, right, Remember
(01:13):
Dave Brown back in the nineties and now here no
no quarterbacks from Duke. The Knicks want to take anybody
from Duke. That's fine, that's the Knicks, Giants, no Duke. Okay.
The point is that Saquon, you know, he goes to
the Eagles better offensive line obviously, a team that was
in the Super Bowl just two years ago against these
same Chiefs. Right. The guy ran for over two thousand
(01:33):
yards is here, probably could have broken the rushing record
if they played in the final game, but they didn't
need him. So it's not Saquon's fault. Like, this is
what athletes do. And now I guess I'm rooting for
the Eagles only because I think Saquon Barkley's a class act. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
I've heard that from a lot in New Yorkers, that
they're rooting for Saquon, and then they usually curse about
the Eagles right after they say that. I let you know,
just because it's so much fun to talk about. Can
we talk about the idiocy of New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy?
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Sure? I mean, let's start with something very obvious first
before we talk about you know, the the the illegal
that's living in his garage like Arthur Fonzarellian Happy days,
the Funds lived up in the garage, right, Yeah, but
he had a really nice apartment. That thing had like,
you know, nice cave, the kitchen, the whole thing for Milwaukee,
you know, pretty good. Anyway, Phil Murphy needs to get veneers.
(02:25):
We know what those are. For your teeth, for your teeth. Yeah, yes,
I understand. This guy's a multi millionaire, has this gorgeous,
opulent villa in Italy, and yet has the worst teeth
you know you will ever see. And you're like, dude,
you're on television, you're your governor, you have the money,
get the veneers. I did admitute, right, my teeth are
(02:46):
a little crooked. I want to get like the adult bracest.
So I got him fixed the other way. So I
just wanted to throw that out there to the governor,
as soon to be departing governor, thank god. Yeah. Six words.
Don't mess with Tom Holman. Actually, do not mess with
Tom Homan. Those are six words. This guy is as
serious as a prison fight and as the borders are.
(03:07):
If you defy his odds, he'll come in and if
he has to arrest Murphy, he will. I mean, it
is illegal to do what he is doing. And yet
he's being defiant. So many people in this country, if
you look at poles, Larry, overwhelmingly, if you are here illegally,
especially if you are a violent criminal here illegally, they
want you out right. And for Phil Murphy to say,
(03:27):
you know what, I'm going to take the twenty percent
side instead of the eighty percent side, and I'm going
to defy Trump and Holman because I'm going to play
part of their resistance, That's not the thing anymore. Right.
I think everything has changed as far as I'll put
it this way, the border wall. Back in twenty seventeen,
only thirty five percent of Americans supported it. Now seventy
percent support it. Like the entire shift has happened because
(03:50):
we saw what happened during the Biden administration. So if
Governor Murphy wants to be like Fred Funstone over in Illinois, JB. Pritzker,
go right ahead. You want to play the resistance and
defy Trump here, the public is not on your side.
And it's just dumb politics, Larry, it is.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
It is really stupid politics. By the way, Phil Murphy
as you know, I know you live in New Jersey,
took time off for cosmetic surgery and he had those
teeth apparently fixed, and his hair done and some work
done to his face. I feel bad for him. That's
the best he can do.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Joe, whoa, he's had the teeth, that's the fixed version.
Oh man, I don't even know what to say or anymore.
I mean, get some dentures, knock out the whole thing
and start over. That's that's insane. But yeah, I remember
he during COVID, he locked down my entire state, kept
my kids home from school. They were only in like,
you know, kindergarten, second grade, kept them home from school
(04:46):
for a year and a half. Well after that, we
ever had to, We probably never had to, given that
most kids, you know, were fine with COVID. And he
went off to Italy. I remember that, you know, for
like two weeks, didn't tell anybody. Such a hypocrite. Should
have lost a couple of years ago, and now we
may have. My former neighbor Josh Gotthheimer's running for governor
on the Democratic side. He's probably the most moderate Democrat
(05:07):
in the Congress. He very well could win, but there's
plenty of great candidates on the other Republican side that
it's gonna be a very close race. Let's put it
that way.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
He's good guy, good guy. He's a real good guy.
You know, I want to talk about some news right now,
because they've been going through Elon Musk has been going
through the federal budget and the federal payroll line by line,
and he exposed that Politico was getting eight million dollars
a year from the Biden administration and that they haven't
even gone through everything. I'm sure there's going to be more.
(05:36):
When you want to comment on.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
That, Yeah, I don't understand. I see defenders this thing. Well,
they were just paying for you know, they were just
paying for subscriptions for Politico. Yeah, you know, I got
at home, I got Apple TV, I got Amazon, and
I have there's a third one Hulu maybe right, Netflix.
I'm sorry, I have Netflix. I'm sure I'm not paying
(05:58):
eight million dollars for those scriptions. So something's up. It's
a whole buller wrong. And again, if you're Democrats and
you're screaming about Elon Musk, you're saying he's an unelected billionaire.
Well guess what, Donald Trump was elected, however, and when
you're elected to an executive position, you hire people around
you to and you delegate to do certain jobs. In
this case, Elon Musk is delegated. He's delegated to find
(06:22):
government waste, and boy, he's finding a lot of it.
So when he makes recommendations to Trump, he can either
accept them or reject them. But stop screaming about Elon Musk,
because it's perfectly legal of what he's doing right now,
as far as being someoney who simply works for the
president and gives recommendations. And the fact that again Democrats
by saying they want to cut this, they want to
cut that. An overwhelming number of Americans think that the
(06:45):
government spends too much money and has too much waste.
If you want to be the party that defends government waste,
go ahead, Yeah, I know, I.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Agree with you. Joe Joe Kanji, Fox News contributor. His
new book coming up you can pre order now at Amazon,
The Greatest Comeback Ever Inside Trump's Bay Beautiful Campaign
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