May 20, 2024 • 38 mins
Was the Iranian president crash an accident or an assassination? Democrats show their sympathy and support for the Ayatollah after the death of someone who hates the country. Medal of Honor recipient Clint Romasha on veterans in crisis and what Pure Talk is doing with the America’s Warrior Partnership.
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Speaker 1 (00:11):
This is a Jesse Kelly show. It is the Jesse
Kelly Show. Let's have some fun on a Monday. It
is a Medal of Honor Monday. Of course, it's a
Medal of Honor Monday. And we have so much to
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get to tonight. We're running out of cops in the country.
The illegals are fighting the sex offenders. Iran's president is dead.
America feels bad about it. Apparently misgendering people in the
workplace is considered harassment. And why we're not doing enough
about the old tranny thing, all that amnesty emails. So
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much more coming up on the world famous Jesse Jesse
Kelly Show. We have a veteran joining us about thirty
minutes from now, just going to talk about service and sacrifice.
It feels like one of those kind of nights. Let's
begin here on the big news of the day. Not
that I think you woke up stressing out about it
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at all. It was actually yesterday when we were all
following along with this. Iran's president is dead. All right,
Let's go over a couple things. Don't celebrate Chris, that's
all right, celebrate a little that's fine. Now, he was
a terrible person. First, let's clarify just a couple basics.
And I'm not the worlds Iranian expert. Although I speak European,
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I'm not an expert on the region. I just know
a little bit about a little bit. Okay. First, Iran
has a president, well had anyway, I have a president,
and they have a supreme leader. As you may have imagined,
the supreme leader is the one with the most power. President, however,
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is significant. All right, So their president he was leaving from, well,
it doesn't matter where he was going. It doesn't matter.
He crashed in the mountains. Apparently it was cold. There
were all kinds of rumors that the wolves were already
eating him. By the way, in here you are a
detailed person. Azerbaijan is where he was leaving. He was
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leaving Azerbaijan, big Muslim country, good relationships with Iran, and
he was going back to Iran. Anyway, he's leaving. Helicopter crashes,
he's gone. Whatever What does it mean for you? Okay,
for first, I don't think it means anything for you.
We'll get to America's response. That's what actually matters. I
don't think it means much to you or me. He
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was a president. He was widely known as a butcher.
Everyone called him a butcher. You can find videos out
there now of a bunch of Iranian people cooking off
fireworks because their president died. This is the kind of
guy who would routinely he'd go round up dissidence, hang
them all from the flagpoles, let him hang there, that
kind of thing, your standard Middle East dictator type. That's
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this guy. So no one's gonna shed any tears for him.
The condition of the people in Iran didn't get any better, though,
because in a system like that. Member, We've had this
talk many times before about our own system. In fact,
we'll have this talk tonight. Systems are much more powerful
than men. Systems are much more important than men, much
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much much more important than an individual men individual man,
Men come, men go, men rise and fall, men die.
But if a good system will continue to produce good results,
the Iranian system is garbage. It destroys the people there.
Some of the most heartbreaking video to me you can
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find is before America got involved and screwed up their
entire government back in the seventies Iran. You go look
at old video. There's a who bunch of video of it,
old video, old pictures of it. It looks wonderful. Honestly.
You go big cities in Iran, you go look at
a spring day, a summer day, how people are talking, interacting,
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how people are dressed there. It could easily easily be
New York City in April, well before it turned to
heroin and marijuana. They could have turned. It could easily
have been that. And then America did what we do best.
We stick our noses in someone else's foreign policy, caused
the downfall of their government, cause civil unrest. Oh fast
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forward about five minutes, and now it's some horrific Islamic
regime where they beat women to death of therapy jobs
fall off the top of their head. It's freaking off right.
What does it mean for us? Nothing? They're just going
to replace him with another guy. So let's set that
aside and talk about what it actually does mean for us, you, me, everyone.
I should note that, in case anyone's wondering, before I
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move off of the assassination story up, did I say
that Israel's not claiming any responsibility for this. Iran is
actually not blaming the Jews either, And that I will
tell you. This is not something I have inside knowledge on.
This is just me that basically confirmed to me. It
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was the Israelis who did it. Allow me to explain.
Allow me to explain. Let's go through just a little
bit of history here. How Israel conducts itself forign policy wise,
how it always has has been, you kill first. There's
none of this, well, you never hit first. There's none
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of that. In fact, if you want to read a
fascinating book, it's very long and it's honestly it got
too boring for me. But it's called rise and kill first.
Rise and kill first. It's on Israel on their foreign policy.
Israel will send a hit team to murder you and
your beach house without a second thought. Now Irang's foreign policy,
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as often happens countries like that, is Blame Israel. Blame Israel.
Blame Israel. When you have a regime that is unpopular
with the people, it's tyrannical. Regimes are almost always unpopular
with the people for obvious reasons. They always find a scapegoat.
You'll notice this throughout history. Pick your tyrannical regime. For Stalin,
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it was the Poles, Believe it or not, It's wild
when you go back and read it all the old writings.
He was always blaming the Poles. It's polls, Polish and filtration,
probably the polls. It was definitely the Polesy. You have
to find someone in Iran no matter what goes wrong,
there was a Jews. There's a Jews. It was Israeli's
it was a Jews. The Jews did it. The Jews
did it. It's an easy scapegoat for them, so they
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normally blame them, and they don't blame them for things
that they didn't have anything to do with. And we
know that retroactively now Iran will commonly blame the Jews
for things that Israel didn't even do. So why do
I think Israel killed the president one? Because Israel was
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always going to respond in a very severe way, and
they were always going to attack Iranian leadership for that
Hamas thing. You didn't think they were going to just
let that go right, Fire a couple missiles and let
that go. There was always going to be significant blood
on the ground. That's one part of Israel's foreign policy
that I love a lot. Israel lets it be known
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and they follow through with it. We remember and we
will kill you if you attack us, and not just
the guys on the ground. We will hunt down the
people who planned and coordinated it, no matter their rank,
and we will murder you. And so you know the
reason I love that is not because I love people
being murdered. I love the kind of foreign policy that
tells a general, a president, or anybody you want to
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sit down and have this meeting about attacking us, fine,
but understand you may wake up one night to a
gun being pointed in your face and that's it. That's
the last thing you see. You have to know that
it may end your life. Okay, Well, but the Jews,
the Israelis denied doing it, and Iran said Israel didn't
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do it. So why do I think they did it?
Do you remember what happened recently between Iran and Israel.
Iran was getting all this pressure from the Islamic world,
from the more radical Islamic world, has will Lah, all
these types. Because they've billed themselves as being the anti
Israel company country. They've been getting all this pressure. Hey
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do something, do something. Hamas is under attack. You got
to do something, Hey, guys, do something. I remember we
were I think we were on the air that night.
If not, it happened right after we were off the air.
We woke up and Iran was launching all these missiles,
crazy amounts of missiles at Israel, and we're all looking
around thinking, oh my gosh, is it World War III?
But none of them really hurt anybody. None of them landed.
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And then Iran woke up the next day and said,
say take that, Jews, well let.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
This be it.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
Don't do anything back, and we won't do anything back.
We're good here, right. So was Iran basically acting like
they did something when they knew they weren't going to.
And then Israel shot a couple of missiles back, blew
up a couple of satellites. But it was Iran's reaction
after that response that told you everything you needed to know.
Iran launched the missiles, they didn't hurt anyone, I mean
hardly in israeli was killed. I think one worker or
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child got blown up, and it was hardly anything. And
Iran came out and said, okay, we're good now, right,
We're good. I'm good, you're good. Well, what was Iran doing?
They were showing that they were afraid, they didn't want anything.
They didn't want things to escalate further. If Iran came
out today and said, hey, Israel just killed our president,
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well that comes with obligations, doesn't it. If you're Iran,
it's not just your own people. If you're Iran, you
cannot look at the radical Muslim world, where you kind
of are the big cheese. You cannot go to them
today and say, those Jewish dogs killed our president and
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we're not gonna do anything about it. You can't do that.
So the only way you can avoid having to do
that is get up first thing the next morning and say,
Israel had nothing to do with this. You wouldn't even
know that yet they put out that statement without even
knowing it. That told me everything I need to know. Chris.
I'm one hundred percent blaming you people. I think it's
hilarious what I've done, lumping you in with every what
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because it's fine anyway. That's enough for that. Forget about that,
forget about Iran. Who cares about that stupid country anyway.
Let's talk about ours and what we're doing in our response,
pretty revealing response. We'll get to that in just a moment.
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Jesse Kelly's shoh on a Monday, of course, it's Medal
of Honor Monday and I don't know. It's just it's
maybe the most Medal of Honor Monday, of any medal
of honor Mondays we've ever done. How medal of Honor Monday?
Is it?
Speaker 2 (12:12):
All?
Speaker 1 (12:12):
About? Ten minutes from now? You're gonna hear from a
genuine American hero A Medal of Honor recipient is about
to join us on the show in about ten minutes.
I may even do his Medal of Honor citation after
we join us, joins us, And that's not even gonna
count for Medal of Honor Monday, which comes at the
top of the hour or bottom of the hour? Is it, Chris?
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Is at the top? It's the top of the hour,
the top of the hour. I'm learning this radio lingo, Chris,
I'm pretty quick on the uptick. Let me just tell
you what buddy. Anyway, Oh, that's here. You can email
us Jesse at Jesse kellyshow dot com. And we have
to discuss this really quickly, and then we'll move on
to police forces being at the lowest levels since nineteen
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ninety and everything else. So the President of Iron dies today,
whatever who cares, Apartment of the State express their official condolences.
We basically told Iran that we were sorry that the
president of Iran, who I mean, mister, death to America,
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death to America, every other word, Butcher's his own citizens.
We issued condolences to Iran. Now set Iran aside. Why
does this keep happening with the modern American left? Why
is it? Obama was famous for it? Biden takes over
the same thing. When I say this, I mean countries
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who hate us, they absolutely fall in love with them.
They fall in love with them. Remember that story. Remember Venezuela. Obviously,
you know what Venezuela is. You know how much they
dislike us. They're a socialist dictatorship. We have all these
supposed intentions right yet, right now we are taking the
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people Venezuela doesn't want in their country and we're flying
them into America. Why would we do that? Why would
we help out our enemy in that way? Iran's murderous
piece of trash president dies immediately reaching out, We are
so sorry, h are condolence sma Rave. Where'd you go?
Speaker 3 (14:21):
Why?
Speaker 1 (14:22):
Why? Okay, well pause on that for a moment. I
want you to listen to this. This is just a
dude on the beach. Courtesy Libs of Tiktoks where I
got the video, but he posted the video up of himself.
He's on the beach and while he's enjoying his day
at the beach, he sees some things there the great
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on him quite a bit. He can't stand it. Listen,
listen to what this guy had to endure at the beach.
Speaker 4 (14:50):
Here enjoying a nice stay at the beach with my kids,
and I turned around. I got these flags planing it
here on the beach by these maga.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
Listen, this is all America.
Speaker 4 (15:03):
We know he didn't storm the beaches to steak at you.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
I want to clarify this as a video. And the
flags he's talking about their American flags, just red, white
and blue stars and stripes. I'll start it again with
that in mind. This is now upset he is. I'm
just trying to be at the beach and there seats flags.
Speaker 4 (15:23):
I'm here enjoying a nice stay at the beach with
my kids, and I turned around.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
I get these flags.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
Planet here on the beach by these mother Listen.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
This is all America.
Speaker 4 (15:36):
We know you didn't storm the beaches to steak at
your territory on the beach.
Speaker 1 (15:41):
This isn't the Moon. I get it this. He goes
on and on and on. Now, why would why would
the American flag upset him? Have you figured out the connection?
Why does the modern American democrat as soon as they
get the office of the presidency, they immediately start bending
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over backwards for Iran, Venezuela, China, so on and so forth.
And this guy takes his kids to the beach, sees
a couple of American flags planted in the beach, and
he's just beside himself with rage. His day's basically ruined. Why, well,
you know why, you've already made the connection. You know why,
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Look America, America when it's run by democrats, cozy's up
to Iran because democrats in Iran, No, they don't always
get along. They have all kinds of differences there, but
they do have one thing they really really have in common,
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don't they. They both kind of think America sucks. It's
they've found common enemy. Do you think it's an accident?
We talked about this before. I just talked about it
last week. Last week. The proof is in the pudding.
You know how we talked about the Three Musketeers candy
bar being the worst candy bar And it doesn't matter
what your argument is or what my argument is, because
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anytime there's an assorted pack that's in a bowl on
the secretary's desk, what's the last thing left in that
assortment pack? The Three Musketeers. So your opinion or my
opinion doesn't matter. The proof's in the pudding. Well why
don't Democrats fly American flags from their homes? Why do
Democrats believe American flags are political? When I used to
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watch football and they started putting all their filthy communist
crap into football, and I started complaining, I would regularly
have Democrats say to me, oh, well, you weren't complaining
when it was when they had the military there. Hold on,
why is the military political to you? If you figured
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it out? American Democrats and Iran cheery common bond. That
common Bond is their common enemy, and that's why they
cozy up to them so much. All Right, we're gonna
talk to an American hero, Clint Romshaw, and then we're
gonna talk about the state of crime in this country,
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and I will get to all these Biden comments from today.
I'm gonna get to all that, I promise. Do you
know what do you know what the second most popular
thing to use currency wise on the globe is most popular?
Is still the dollar? You know what's now number two?
Talk to an economist today. Gold. It's not just nations
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like China Russia hoovering up gold. Huge financial institutions. They're
gobbling up all the gold they can get their hands on.
The people who know know again, just like the three
musketeers in reverse, the proof is in the pudding. What
are all the people who know? They're all buying gold
right now? Why do you think that is? They know?
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They understand? Start buying gold for yourself, just basics. You
don't have to go nuts. Don't go nuts, don't put
yourself in a bind. Start buying some gold or silver
coins for yourself and making preparations the same way. China
is the same way. Merrill Lynch is eight three three
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nine gold. Oxford Gold Group will take care of it
for you. Get a hold of them, all right, all right?
An American hero. Next, feeling a little stocky, follow like
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the Jesse Kelly Show on a Monday, and of course,
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as every Monday is, it is a medal of Honor Monday,
and it is a special treat for us to welcome
in Clint Romasha, United States Army veteran, probably more importantly
Medal of Honor recipient, and obviously somebody who works with
Pure Talk, who we know and love in America's Warrior Partnership.
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Clint first, America's Warrior Partnership. What do they do explain
it to people?
Speaker 2 (20:19):
Oh, hey, thanks for having me back on the show. AWP,
American Warrior Partnership. Been teamed up with them for a while.
We're partnering with communities to help prevent and end veteran
suicide is our main mission.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
Clint. I spoke actually pretty extensively on Friday about veterans
suicide and veteran depression and why so many of us
decide to take the ultimate step which we should not take,
and just end it all. And I tried to explain
to the guys and ladies that they think their combat
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service is the last great thing they'll ever do. And
they get back and now you're not celebrated anymore. You're
not corpor or lieutenant that you're you know, garbage man. This,
you're a construction worker. You're a guy in a cubicle
and you feel like you've finished the greatest part of
your life. And it's wild how often I hear that
story from my veteran buddies who are struggling.
Speaker 2 (21:15):
You know that that reminds me so One of the
original founders of American Warrior Partnership was another Great Medal
of Honor recipient, Leo Thortness, and I got to know
him before his passing, and he talked about his time
at the Hanoi Hilton and the guys that ended up,
you know, surviving that time there, and it was it
was always those guys that would just learn how to
get through the moment, just get through the next thirty
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seconds of torture, but then to have a follow on
plan what they were going to do when they got
back home. And it was the guys that sit there
and it's like, I'll make it to Christmas. I'll make
it to Christmas. We'll be home by Christmas. And he said,
those guys never never made it out of there. And
I think we kind of got to look as veterans,
you know, we got to handle each moment as it comes,
but we ultimately have to have that follow on role.
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And when you take that uniform. AHAF kind of lose
side of that follow on goal, what's next? And every
veteran is unique in their own complex story. It's not
just you know, a mental health thing. It's not one
magic you know, wave a one magic wand that's going
to solve this the suicide crisis. It's ensuring our veterans
are or are remembered or taken care of, have access
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to you know, good quality healthcare, have access to meaningful employment,
not just giving them a job, just to give them
a job, because that sounds good, that's a great sound bite,
but actual meaningful employment, you know, access to their benefits,
helping advocate for their benefits because we know as veterans,
we are some of the worst people to advocate on
our behalf. Will bend over backwards for anybody else, but
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when it comes to kind of saying I need help
or I'm struggling, you know, you always had that sense
of pride in the military where you didn't want to
be that guy. You didn't want to be the kind
of the weak links. So you just kind of suffered
on your own. But that's the other thing is you
look back to your military service and you never did
anything alone. We never do it alone. We always have
a battle, buddy. And that's what America, where your Partnership,
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has been on the forefront on discovering that the veterans
in Florida that are taking their lives don't look the
same as the veterans maybe in New York, and every
community is different and every community can get involved. And
that's where we like to do is just network, collaborate,
communicate veterans in their local community getting the access to
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that any of the help they need, whether it's transportation,
whether it's education, whether it's employment, whether it's relationship. And
if we can't find it in your community, we could
push it up to a more national level.
Speaker 1 (23:33):
Speaking with Clint Romashaw, American Hero Medal of Honor recipient,
one of the things I do love, Clint about what
Pure Talk in America's Warrior Partnership are doing is what
you just brought up is community. It is. It's wild
to me how how many veterans feel alone. I hear
this so much. I know you probably hear this. No
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one understands I'm alone. We are such a community. There
are so many of us and so many guys who
do understand there's something about us, and I've been there too. Honestly,
when I just got back from my rack, I was
the same way. I didn't feel like anyone knew. I
didn't feel like anyone cared. Just sat in the dark,
drinking beer, just destroying myself. And why does it feel
so lonely?
Speaker 2 (24:14):
You know that's I mean, you're all a sudden unplugged
from your community. I know for me, when I got out,
you know, I came up to North Dakota to work
oil fields, and I was so far removed from really
any of the veteran buddies i'd served with, just just
in geographical distance. The one thing that helped for me
is I had a seventy six mile drive into work
every morning and a seventy six mile drive home, so
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that gave me time to get on the horn and
call them. And I'd talked to an old battle buddy
almost every day just to have that communication to get
back and forth. And now that as we fast forward,
you know, we've got a platoon text that sometimes if
I don't check it, there'll be two hundred messages on there,
and we're mainly talking craft to each other because that's
what veterans like to do. But we notice on that
that when we're not hearing from one or two of
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the guys, then we reach out individually, Hey, what's going on,
And a lot of times it's pretty simple stuff. But
the reoccurring team though, is I didn't want to bug you.
I didn't feel like I should have bugged you with this.
I was just going to try to figure it out
on my own. And it's like, no, we got to
continue to reach out. And that's what part of what
we're doing with America Warrior Partnership and our Operation Deep
Dive is really as we did in the military. We
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used to have those targeting packets. Let's quit fishing for
these veterans that might be in high risk and just
throwing a bait out there and say, hey, come snag
this bait and let's try to reel you in. Let's
build targeting packets to go hunt them down and find
them and to look at, like I said, the veteran
that's taking their life in Florida doesn't look like the
veteran that's taking your life in North Dakota or California
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or Nevada. And we can work together with the VA
to sit there and build these packets and say, hey,
guys and girls from this service to this service and
this location or a higher risk for these set indicators.
Speaker 1 (25:50):
I'd love I just I'd love that you're doing that.
And I love that it's getting much more specific, because
so much of caring for these guys, these mended women
when they come back, so much of it is understandably
kind of a catch all thing. Well, well we'll just
do this program or just do this or that. But
everyone has their own story and it's all different, and
that's part of the reason they feel alone, isn't.
Speaker 2 (26:11):
It, you know? And that's that's the issue that kind
of happens with the VA sometimes is they want to make,
you know, another program for for suicide prevention, and if
we base it on the outcomes and have that as
the number one priority and we're doing everything else right
and increasing that quality of life and that hope that
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will by default help in the veteran suicide issue.
Speaker 1 (26:37):
Uh Clinton, can you tell everybody? Obviously everyone knows your
Medal of Honor story. In fact, I think we'll probably
read your citation again today. Is it is Medal of
Honor Monday? After all, I'm not going to do that
in front of you, to embarrass you, because I know
that that's exactly what that would do. But why'd you
do all that stuff? That was pretty dangerous? You could
have just you know, hit out. Why'd you do all that?
Speaker 2 (26:58):
You know? It's that sense of I know when I
signed up, that's doing your job, you know. And as
crazy and it's kind of nonchalant as that sounds, that's
really what it was. It was, Okay, this is what
we signed up to do. This is I'm finally getting
to do my job. The sense of man, I got
fifty other Americans to my left and right right now
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doing their jobs, and I got two Affians doing their jobs.
I don't want to let them down. So let's do
it together, you know. And it's incredible how how much
you can accomplish doing it together. I might have got
selected to wear that'll work, but that's not mihind I.
It's for all of those guys I serve with that day,
and all the men and women that are still serving
this country, and the men and women that'll unfortunately be
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asked to do it in the future. But that's why
we've got to, you know, look at these issues we're
having with veterans and address them and take care of them.
I also, we're not going to have another generation. He's
going to want to step up and do it when
we kind of ignore the issues or kick the can
down the road.
Speaker 1 (27:56):
No, that's a fact, Quinn. What do you want people
to know? Where do you want people to go?
Speaker 2 (28:00):
So?
Speaker 1 (28:00):
What can they do to support you?
Speaker 2 (28:02):
So I had the blessing to be with peer talk,
And in fact, I think the last time we talked
was back in November. Peer talk we did an initiative
back then where we ended up raising ten million dollars
for debt forgiveness for veterans and it was such a
great support for everybody that contributed by just doing a
round up at checkout. Now we're kicking off another program
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with peer talk where new members, new customers coming in
can choose to actually put in a set dollar amount.
They can do a round up to the nearest dollar,
or they can do one dollar a month, five dollars
a month, you know as a reoccurring basis or one
time thing. Current customers can opt into the program and
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talk to be on behalf of America's Warrior Partnership, so
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with local communities to do the outreach for veterans to
collaborate and organize and continue to help because I I
just truly believe that service the country comes in so
many different forms and simple things like this. Because you
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incredible experience to be a part of.
Speaker 1 (29:33):
My brother. I appreciate you, as I always do, simplify
thank you for what you're doing out there. Appreciate it
very much, Bob, And that is why I partnered with
Peer Talk like three years ago. Their CEO is a
Vietnam veteran. This is a passion project for them. I mean,
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what other cell phone company does that is doing that
right now? Oh don't, don't wrong, they'll be all over
Pride month. Who else is doing that but pure Talk?
Take ten minutes on the phone and switch please pound
two five zero and say, Jesse Kelly, switch to Pure Talk.
All right, you know what, We're gonna read his Medal
of Honor citation. Next. It's the Jesse Kelly Show. It
(30:20):
is the Jesse Kelly Show on a Monday. We'll get
to this in a just a second. The NYPD has
the smallest force since nineteen ninety. I need to do
a couple things first. First, I need to remind you
if you miss any part of the show, he can
download the whole thing on iHeart, Spotify, iTunes. Also, since
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we just had him on, figured probably worth reading Clint
roma Shaw's Medal of Honor citation. And for those wondering, no,
this does not count as our Medal of Honor Monday citation,
which we will still do ten minutes from now. See
you get a two for today. I'm just in that
kind of a great mood. So without further ado, that
dude you just heard on the radio, what'd he do
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over there in Afghanistan? Anyway? Hey, honoring those he went
above and beyond It's Medal of Honor Monday for conspicuous
gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his
life above and beyond the call of duty, while serving
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as Section leader with Bravo Troop, third Squadron, sixty first
Cavalry Regiment, fourth Brigade, Combat Team, fourth Infantry Division, during
combat operations against an armed enemy at combat Outpost Keating Camdesh, District, Neuristan, Province, Afghanistan,
on the third of October two thousand and nine. On
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that morning, Staff Sergeant Romashaw and his comrades awakened to
an attack by an estimated three hundred enemy fighters occupying
the high ground on all four sides of the complex.
Employing concentrated from RECOILSS rifles, rocket propel grenades, anti aircraft,
machine guns, mortars, and small arms fire, Staff Sergeant Romashaw
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moved uncovered under intense enemy fire to conduct a reconnaissance
of the battlefield and seek reinforcements from the barracks. Before
returning to action. With the support of an assistant gunner,
Staff Sergeant Romashaw took out an enemy machine gun team
and while engaging a second the generator he was using
for cover was struck, but it was struck by a
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rocket propelled grenade, inflicting him with shrapnel wounds. Undeterred by
his injuries, Staff Sergeant Romashaw continued to fight in upon
arrival of another soldier to aid him in the assistant gunner,
he again rushed through the exposed avenue to assemble additional soldiers.
Staff Sergeant Romashaw then mobilized a five man team and
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returned to the fight equipped with a stiper rifle. With
complete disregard for his own safety. Staff Sergeant romasha Yah
continually exposed himself to heavy enemy fire as he moved
confidently about the battlefield, engaging and destroying multiple enemy targets,
including three Taliban fighters who had breached the combat outposts perimeter.
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While orchestrating a successful plan to secure and reinforce key
points of the battlefield, Staff Sergeant Romashaw maintained radio communication
with the Tactical Operations Center as the enemy forces attacked
with even greater ferocity, unleashing a barrage of rocket propelled
grenades and recoilless rifle rounds. Staff Sergeant Romashaw identified the
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point of the attack and directed air support to destroy
over thirty enemy fighters. After receiving reports that seriously injured
soldiers were at a distant battle position, Staff Sergeant Romashaw
and his team provided covering fire to allow the injured
soldiers to safely reach the aid reach the aid station.
Upon reach, upon receipt of orders to proceed to the
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next objective, his team pushed forward one hundred meters under
overwhelming enemy fire to recover and prevent the enemy fighters
from taking the bodies of the fallen comrades. Staff Sergeant
Romashaw's heroic actions throughout the day long battle were critical
in suppressing an enemy that had far greater numbers. His
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extraordinary efforts gave Bravo Troop the opportunity to regroup, reorganize,
and prepare for the counterattack that allowed the troop to
account for its personal and secure combat post keeping personnel.
Staff Sergeant Romashaw's discipline and extraordinary heroism above and beyond
the call of duty reflect great credit upon himself. Bravo Troop,
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third Squadron, sixty first Cavalry Regiment, fourth Brigade Combat Team,
fourth Infantry Division in the United States Army. Not too shabby.
No I got this email. I just wanted to read
this before we talk about the NYPD. Real quick. Hey,
I went shopping tonight in My battery was dead when
I came out. As I was pawding what to do,
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I saw a due load groceries into a truck which
had a veteran license plate on it. As a fellow veteran,
I boldly went up to him and asked for a jump.
He of course agreed. While my battery was charging, we
had a nice talk about his service and mind. We
talked as if we were long lost brothers. I love
our veterans. Veterans, you were not alone. There's a community
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out there. You just may not have tapped into it yet.
So tap into it, all right, All right now, I
just want to I just want to play something for you,
real quick, Senator Tim Scott. He might be the next
vice president president. There are rumors that he's towards the
top of Trump's list. Remember remember when that drug dealer
(35:53):
died from a drug overdose in Minneapolis, and the communists
in the country realized that that was an opportunity unity
to fling open the jails, destroy the police departments of
the country, make sure murders and rapists get to do
whatever they want and cause all kinds of social unrest.
Do you remember what the GOP response to that was
(36:13):
when those flames were beginning to boil. I remember it
like it was yesterday. Here is Vice President Tim Scott.
Speaker 3 (36:22):
I have experienced your pain stopped eighteen times in the
last two decades, in one year, seven times as an
elected official in this body, trying to get into the chamber,
into the office buildings on the congressional side. I understand
(36:47):
some part of what too many have experienced. This police
reform legislation, the Justice Act provides.
Speaker 1 (37:00):
There stop just the top, Chris, I can't take it anymore.
The GOP response to the Saint George Floyd riots was
to roll out Tim Scott to promote the Justice Act.
Speaker 2 (37:15):
Man.
Speaker 1 (37:17):
And now you have headlines like this, New York City ravaged,
ravaged by crime. They have the smallest police force since
nineteen ninety. The cops are gone. Who would want to
be a cop today, at least in a big city
like this. Why so you can go to prison if
you do your job, and the GOP helped them along.
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All Right, We're gonna rip on Biden and do some emails.
But first we have to do Medal of Honor citations.
In fact, we have a great one. We're about to
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know all right. It's Medal of Honor Monday time next
This is a Jesse Kelly show. It is the Jesse
Kelly Show. Let's have some fun on a Monday. It
is a Medal of Honor Monday. Of course, it's a
Medal of Honor Monday. And we have so much to
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get to tonight. We're running out of cops in the country.
The illegals are fighting the sex offenders. Iran's president is dead.
America feels bad about it. Apparently misgendering people in the
workplace is considered harassment. And why we're not doing enough
about the old tranny thing, all that amnesty emails. So
(00:55):
much more coming up on the world famous Jesse Jesse
Kelly Show. We have a veteran joining us about thirty
minutes from now, just going to talk about service and sacrifice.
It feels like one of those kind of nights. Let's
begin here on the big news of the day. Not
that I think you woke up stressing out about it
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at all. It was actually yesterday when we were all
following along with this. Iran's president is dead. All right,
Let's go over a couple things. Don't celebrate Chris, that's
all right, celebrate a little that's fine. Now, he was
a terrible person. First, let's clarify just a couple basics.
And I'm not the worlds Iranian expert. Although I speak European,
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I'm not an expert on the region. I just know
a little bit about a little bit. Okay. First, Iran
has a president, well had anyway, I have a president,
and they have a supreme leader. As you may have imagined,
the supreme leader is the one with the most power. President, however,
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is significant. All right, So their president he was leaving from, well,
it doesn't matter where he was going. It doesn't matter.
He crashed in the mountains. Apparently it was cold. There
were all kinds of rumors that the wolves were already
eating him. By the way, in here you are a
detailed person. Azerbaijan is where he was leaving. He was
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leaving Azerbaijan, big Muslim country, good relationships with Iran, and
he was going back to Iran. Anyway, he's leaving. Helicopter crashes,
he's gone. Whatever What does it mean for you? Okay,
for first, I don't think it means anything for you.
We'll get to America's response. That's what actually matters. I
don't think it means much to you or me. He
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was a president. He was widely known as a butcher.
Everyone called him a butcher. You can find videos out
there now of a bunch of Iranian people cooking off
fireworks because their president died. This is the kind of
guy who would routinely he'd go round up dissidence, hang
them all from the flagpoles, let him hang there, that
kind of thing, your standard Middle East dictator type. That's
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this guy. So no one's gonna shed any tears for him.
The condition of the people in Iran didn't get any better, though,
because in a system like that. Member, We've had this
talk many times before about our own system. In fact,
we'll have this talk tonight. Systems are much more powerful
than men. Systems are much more important than men, much
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much much more important than an individual men individual man,
Men come, men go, men rise and fall, men die.
But if a good system will continue to produce good results,
the Iranian system is garbage. It destroys the people there.
Some of the most heartbreaking video to me you can
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find is before America got involved and screwed up their
entire government back in the seventies Iran. You go look
at old video. There's a who bunch of video of it,
old video, old pictures of it. It looks wonderful. Honestly.
You go big cities in Iran, you go look at
a spring day, a summer day, how people are talking, interacting,
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how people are dressed there. It could easily easily be
New York City in April, well before it turned to
heroin and marijuana. They could have turned. It could easily
have been that. And then America did what we do best.
We stick our noses in someone else's foreign policy, caused
the downfall of their government, cause civil unrest. Oh fast
(04:28):
forward about five minutes, and now it's some horrific Islamic
regime where they beat women to death of therapy jobs
fall off the top of their head. It's freaking off right.
What does it mean for us? Nothing? They're just going
to replace him with another guy. So let's set that
aside and talk about what it actually does mean for us, you, me, everyone.
I should note that, in case anyone's wondering, before I
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move off of the assassination story up, did I say
that Israel's not claiming any responsibility for this. Iran is
actually not blaming the Jews either, And that I will
tell you. This is not something I have inside knowledge on.
This is just me that basically confirmed to me. It
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was the Israelis who did it. Allow me to explain.
Allow me to explain. Let's go through just a little
bit of history here. How Israel conducts itself forign policy wise,
how it always has has been, you kill first. There's
none of this, well, you never hit first. There's none
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of that. In fact, if you want to read a
fascinating book, it's very long and it's honestly it got
too boring for me. But it's called rise and kill first.
Rise and kill first. It's on Israel on their foreign policy.
Israel will send a hit team to murder you and
your beach house without a second thought. Now Irang's foreign policy,
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as often happens countries like that, is Blame Israel. Blame Israel.
Blame Israel. When you have a regime that is unpopular
with the people, it's tyrannical. Regimes are almost always unpopular
with the people for obvious reasons. They always find a scapegoat.
You'll notice this throughout history. Pick your tyrannical regime. For Stalin,
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it was the Poles, Believe it or not, It's wild
when you go back and read it all the old writings.
He was always blaming the Poles. It's polls, Polish and filtration,
probably the polls. It was definitely the Polesy. You have
to find someone in Iran no matter what goes wrong,
there was a Jews. There's a Jews. It was Israeli's
it was a Jews. The Jews did it. The Jews
did it. It's an easy scapegoat for them, so they
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normally blame them, and they don't blame them for things
that they didn't have anything to do with. And we
know that retroactively now Iran will commonly blame the Jews
for things that Israel didn't even do. So why do
I think Israel killed the president one? Because Israel was
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always going to respond in a very severe way, and
they were always going to attack Iranian leadership for that
Hamas thing. You didn't think they were going to just
let that go right, Fire a couple missiles and let
that go. There was always going to be significant blood
on the ground. That's one part of Israel's foreign policy
that I love a lot. Israel lets it be known
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and they follow through with it. We remember and we
will kill you if you attack us, and not just
the guys on the ground. We will hunt down the
people who planned and coordinated it, no matter their rank,
and we will murder you. And so you know the
reason I love that is not because I love people
being murdered. I love the kind of foreign policy that
tells a general, a president, or anybody you want to
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sit down and have this meeting about attacking us, fine,
but understand you may wake up one night to a
gun being pointed in your face and that's it. That's
the last thing you see. You have to know that
it may end your life. Okay, Well, but the Jews,
the Israelis denied doing it, and Iran said Israel didn't
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do it. So why do I think they did it?
Do you remember what happened recently between Iran and Israel.
Iran was getting all this pressure from the Islamic world,
from the more radical Islamic world, has will Lah, all
these types. Because they've billed themselves as being the anti
Israel company country. They've been getting all this pressure. Hey
(08:33):
do something, do something. Hamas is under attack. You got
to do something, Hey, guys, do something. I remember we
were I think we were on the air that night.
If not, it happened right after we were off the air.
We woke up and Iran was launching all these missiles,
crazy amounts of missiles at Israel, and we're all looking
around thinking, oh my gosh, is it World War III?
But none of them really hurt anybody. None of them landed.
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And then Iran woke up the next day and said,
say take that, Jews, well let.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
This be it.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
Don't do anything back, and we won't do anything back.
We're good here, right. So was Iran basically acting like
they did something when they knew they weren't going to.
And then Israel shot a couple of missiles back, blew
up a couple of satellites. But it was Iran's reaction
after that response that told you everything you needed to know.
Iran launched the missiles, they didn't hurt anyone, I mean
hardly in israeli was killed. I think one worker or
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child got blown up, and it was hardly anything. And
Iran came out and said, okay, we're good now, right,
We're good. I'm good, you're good. Well, what was Iran doing?
They were showing that they were afraid, they didn't want anything.
They didn't want things to escalate further. If Iran came
out today and said, hey, Israel just killed our president,
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well that comes with obligations, doesn't it. If you're Iran,
it's not just your own people. If you're Iran, you
cannot look at the radical Muslim world, where you kind
of are the big cheese. You cannot go to them
today and say, those Jewish dogs killed our president and
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we're not gonna do anything about it. You can't do that.
So the only way you can avoid having to do
that is get up first thing the next morning and say,
Israel had nothing to do with this. You wouldn't even
know that yet they put out that statement without even
knowing it. That told me everything I need to know. Chris.
I'm one hundred percent blaming you people. I think it's
hilarious what I've done, lumping you in with every what
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because it's fine anyway. That's enough for that. Forget about that,
forget about Iran. Who cares about that stupid country anyway.
Let's talk about ours and what we're doing in our response,
pretty revealing response. We'll get to that in just a moment.
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Jesse Kelly's shoh on a Monday, of course, it's Medal
of Honor Monday and I don't know. It's just it's
maybe the most Medal of Honor Monday, of any medal
of honor Mondays we've ever done. How medal of Honor Monday?
Is it?
Speaker 2 (12:12):
All?
Speaker 1 (12:12):
About? Ten minutes from now? You're gonna hear from a
genuine American hero A Medal of Honor recipient is about
to join us on the show in about ten minutes.
I may even do his Medal of Honor citation after
we join us, joins us, And that's not even gonna
count for Medal of Honor Monday, which comes at the
top of the hour or bottom of the hour? Is it, Chris?
(12:32):
Is at the top? It's the top of the hour,
the top of the hour. I'm learning this radio lingo, Chris,
I'm pretty quick on the uptick. Let me just tell
you what buddy. Anyway, Oh, that's here. You can email
us Jesse at Jesse kellyshow dot com. And we have
to discuss this really quickly, and then we'll move on
to police forces being at the lowest levels since nineteen
(12:53):
ninety and everything else. So the President of Iron dies today,
whatever who cares, Apartment of the State express their official condolences.
We basically told Iran that we were sorry that the
president of Iran, who I mean, mister, death to America,
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death to America, every other word, Butcher's his own citizens.
We issued condolences to Iran. Now set Iran aside. Why
does this keep happening with the modern American left? Why
is it? Obama was famous for it? Biden takes over
the same thing. When I say this, I mean countries
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who hate us, they absolutely fall in love with them.
They fall in love with them. Remember that story. Remember Venezuela. Obviously,
you know what Venezuela is. You know how much they
dislike us. They're a socialist dictatorship. We have all these
supposed intentions right yet, right now we are taking the
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people Venezuela doesn't want in their country and we're flying
them into America. Why would we do that? Why would
we help out our enemy in that way? Iran's murderous
piece of trash president dies immediately reaching out, We are
so sorry, h are condolence sma Rave. Where'd you go?
Speaker 3 (14:21):
Why?
Speaker 1 (14:22):
Why? Okay, well pause on that for a moment. I
want you to listen to this. This is just a
dude on the beach. Courtesy Libs of Tiktoks where I
got the video, but he posted the video up of himself.
He's on the beach and while he's enjoying his day
at the beach, he sees some things there the great
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on him quite a bit. He can't stand it. Listen,
listen to what this guy had to endure at the beach.
Speaker 4 (14:50):
Here enjoying a nice stay at the beach with my kids,
and I turned around. I got these flags planing it
here on the beach by these maga.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
Listen, this is all America.
Speaker 4 (15:03):
We know he didn't storm the beaches to steak at you.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
I want to clarify this as a video. And the
flags he's talking about their American flags, just red, white
and blue stars and stripes. I'll start it again with
that in mind. This is now upset he is. I'm
just trying to be at the beach and there seats flags.
Speaker 4 (15:23):
I'm here enjoying a nice stay at the beach with
my kids, and I turned around.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
I get these flags.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
Planet here on the beach by these mother Listen.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
This is all America.
Speaker 4 (15:36):
We know you didn't storm the beaches to steak at
your territory on the beach.
Speaker 1 (15:41):
This isn't the Moon. I get it this. He goes
on and on and on. Now, why would why would
the American flag upset him? Have you figured out the connection?
Why does the modern American democrat as soon as they
get the office of the presidency, they immediately start bending
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over backwards for Iran, Venezuela, China, so on and so forth.
And this guy takes his kids to the beach, sees
a couple of American flags planted in the beach, and
he's just beside himself with rage. His day's basically ruined. Why, well,
you know why, you've already made the connection. You know why,
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Look America, America when it's run by democrats, cozy's up
to Iran because democrats in Iran, No, they don't always
get along. They have all kinds of differences there, but
they do have one thing they really really have in common,
(16:52):
don't they. They both kind of think America sucks. It's
they've found common enemy. Do you think it's an accident?
We talked about this before. I just talked about it
last week. Last week. The proof is in the pudding.
You know how we talked about the Three Musketeers candy
bar being the worst candy bar And it doesn't matter
what your argument is or what my argument is, because
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anytime there's an assorted pack that's in a bowl on
the secretary's desk, what's the last thing left in that
assortment pack? The Three Musketeers. So your opinion or my
opinion doesn't matter. The proof's in the pudding. Well why
don't Democrats fly American flags from their homes? Why do
Democrats believe American flags are political? When I used to
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watch football and they started putting all their filthy communist
crap into football, and I started complaining, I would regularly
have Democrats say to me, oh, well, you weren't complaining
when it was when they had the military there. Hold on,
why is the military political to you? If you figured
(17:59):
it out? American Democrats and Iran cheery common bond. That
common Bond is their common enemy, and that's why they
cozy up to them so much. All Right, we're gonna
talk to an American hero, Clint Romshaw, and then we're
gonna talk about the state of crime in this country,
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and I will get to all these Biden comments from today.
I'm gonna get to all that, I promise. Do you
know what do you know what the second most popular
thing to use currency wise on the globe is most popular?
Is still the dollar? You know what's now number two?
Talk to an economist today. Gold. It's not just nations
(18:42):
like China Russia hoovering up gold. Huge financial institutions. They're
gobbling up all the gold they can get their hands on.
The people who know know again, just like the three
musketeers in reverse, the proof is in the pudding. What
are all the people who know? They're all buying gold
right now? Why do you think that is? They know?
(19:05):
They understand? Start buying gold for yourself, just basics. You
don't have to go nuts. Don't go nuts, don't put
yourself in a bind. Start buying some gold or silver
coins for yourself and making preparations the same way. China
is the same way. Merrill Lynch is eight three three
(19:26):
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for you. Get a hold of them, all right, all right?
An American hero. Next, feeling a little stocky, follow like
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the Jesse Kelly Show on a Monday, and of course,
(19:48):
as every Monday is, it is a medal of Honor Monday,
and it is a special treat for us to welcome
in Clint Romasha, United States Army veteran, probably more importantly
Medal of Honor recipient, and obviously somebody who works with
Pure Talk, who we know and love in America's Warrior Partnership.
(20:12):
Clint first, America's Warrior Partnership. What do they do explain
it to people?
Speaker 2 (20:19):
Oh, hey, thanks for having me back on the show. AWP,
American Warrior Partnership. Been teamed up with them for a while.
We're partnering with communities to help prevent and end veteran
suicide is our main mission.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
Clint. I spoke actually pretty extensively on Friday about veterans
suicide and veteran depression and why so many of us
decide to take the ultimate step which we should not take,
and just end it all. And I tried to explain
to the guys and ladies that they think their combat
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service is the last great thing they'll ever do. And
they get back and now you're not celebrated anymore. You're
not corpor or lieutenant that you're you know, garbage man. This,
you're a construction worker. You're a guy in a cubicle
and you feel like you've finished the greatest part of
your life. And it's wild how often I hear that
story from my veteran buddies who are struggling.
Speaker 2 (21:15):
You know that that reminds me so One of the
original founders of American Warrior Partnership was another Great Medal
of Honor recipient, Leo Thortness, and I got to know
him before his passing, and he talked about his time
at the Hanoi Hilton and the guys that ended up,
you know, surviving that time there, and it was it
was always those guys that would just learn how to
get through the moment, just get through the next thirty
(21:36):
seconds of torture, but then to have a follow on
plan what they were going to do when they got
back home. And it was the guys that sit there
and it's like, I'll make it to Christmas. I'll make
it to Christmas. We'll be home by Christmas. And he said,
those guys never never made it out of there. And
I think we kind of got to look as veterans,
you know, we got to handle each moment as it comes,
but we ultimately have to have that follow on role.
(21:57):
And when you take that uniform. AHAF kind of lose
side of that follow on goal, what's next? And every
veteran is unique in their own complex story. It's not
just you know, a mental health thing. It's not one
magic you know, wave a one magic wand that's going
to solve this the suicide crisis. It's ensuring our veterans
are or are remembered or taken care of, have access
(22:19):
to you know, good quality healthcare, have access to meaningful employment,
not just giving them a job, just to give them
a job, because that sounds good, that's a great sound bite,
but actual meaningful employment, you know, access to their benefits,
helping advocate for their benefits because we know as veterans,
we are some of the worst people to advocate on
our behalf. Will bend over backwards for anybody else, but
(22:41):
when it comes to kind of saying I need help
or I'm struggling, you know, you always had that sense
of pride in the military where you didn't want to
be that guy. You didn't want to be the kind
of the weak links. So you just kind of suffered
on your own. But that's the other thing is you
look back to your military service and you never did
anything alone. We never do it alone. We always have
a battle, buddy. And that's what America, where your Partnership,
(23:01):
has been on the forefront on discovering that the veterans
in Florida that are taking their lives don't look the
same as the veterans maybe in New York, and every
community is different and every community can get involved. And
that's where we like to do is just network, collaborate,
communicate veterans in their local community getting the access to
(23:22):
that any of the help they need, whether it's transportation,
whether it's education, whether it's employment, whether it's relationship. And
if we can't find it in your community, we could
push it up to a more national level.
Speaker 1 (23:33):
Speaking with Clint Romashaw, American Hero Medal of Honor recipient,
one of the things I do love, Clint about what
Pure Talk in America's Warrior Partnership are doing is what
you just brought up is community. It is. It's wild
to me how how many veterans feel alone. I hear
this so much. I know you probably hear this. No
(23:53):
one understands I'm alone. We are such a community. There
are so many of us and so many guys who
do understand there's something about us, and I've been there too. Honestly,
when I just got back from my rack, I was
the same way. I didn't feel like anyone knew. I
didn't feel like anyone cared. Just sat in the dark,
drinking beer, just destroying myself. And why does it feel
so lonely?
Speaker 2 (24:14):
You know that's I mean, you're all a sudden unplugged
from your community. I know for me, when I got out,
you know, I came up to North Dakota to work
oil fields, and I was so far removed from really
any of the veteran buddies i'd served with, just just
in geographical distance. The one thing that helped for me
is I had a seventy six mile drive into work
every morning and a seventy six mile drive home, so
(24:34):
that gave me time to get on the horn and
call them. And I'd talked to an old battle buddy
almost every day just to have that communication to get
back and forth. And now that as we fast forward,
you know, we've got a platoon text that sometimes if
I don't check it, there'll be two hundred messages on there,
and we're mainly talking craft to each other because that's
what veterans like to do. But we notice on that
that when we're not hearing from one or two of
(24:56):
the guys, then we reach out individually, Hey, what's going on,
And a lot of times it's pretty simple stuff. But
the reoccurring team though, is I didn't want to bug you.
I didn't feel like I should have bugged you with this.
I was just going to try to figure it out
on my own. And it's like, no, we got to
continue to reach out. And that's what part of what
we're doing with America Warrior Partnership and our Operation Deep
Dive is really as we did in the military. We
(25:17):
used to have those targeting packets. Let's quit fishing for
these veterans that might be in high risk and just
throwing a bait out there and say, hey, come snag
this bait and let's try to reel you in. Let's
build targeting packets to go hunt them down and find
them and to look at, like I said, the veteran
that's taking their life in Florida doesn't look like the
veteran that's taking your life in North Dakota or California
(25:38):
or Nevada. And we can work together with the VA
to sit there and build these packets and say, hey,
guys and girls from this service to this service and
this location or a higher risk for these set indicators.
Speaker 1 (25:50):
I'd love I just I'd love that you're doing that.
And I love that it's getting much more specific, because
so much of caring for these guys, these mended women
when they come back, so much of it is understandably
kind of a catch all thing. Well, well we'll just
do this program or just do this or that. But
everyone has their own story and it's all different, and
that's part of the reason they feel alone, isn't.
Speaker 2 (26:11):
It, you know? And that's that's the issue that kind
of happens with the VA sometimes is they want to make,
you know, another program for for suicide prevention, and if
we base it on the outcomes and have that as
the number one priority and we're doing everything else right
and increasing that quality of life and that hope that
(26:31):
will by default help in the veteran suicide issue.
Speaker 1 (26:37):
Uh Clinton, can you tell everybody? Obviously everyone knows your
Medal of Honor story. In fact, I think we'll probably
read your citation again today. Is it is Medal of
Honor Monday? After all, I'm not going to do that
in front of you, to embarrass you, because I know
that that's exactly what that would do. But why'd you
do all that stuff? That was pretty dangerous? You could
have just you know, hit out. Why'd you do all that?
Speaker 2 (26:58):
You know? It's that sense of I know when I
signed up, that's doing your job, you know. And as
crazy and it's kind of nonchalant as that sounds, that's
really what it was. It was, Okay, this is what
we signed up to do. This is I'm finally getting
to do my job. The sense of man, I got
fifty other Americans to my left and right right now
(27:19):
doing their jobs, and I got two Affians doing their jobs.
I don't want to let them down. So let's do
it together, you know. And it's incredible how how much
you can accomplish doing it together. I might have got
selected to wear that'll work, but that's not mihind I.
It's for all of those guys I serve with that day,
and all the men and women that are still serving
this country, and the men and women that'll unfortunately be
(27:40):
asked to do it in the future. But that's why
we've got to, you know, look at these issues we're
having with veterans and address them and take care of them.
I also, we're not going to have another generation. He's
going to want to step up and do it when
we kind of ignore the issues or kick the can
down the road.
Speaker 1 (27:56):
No, that's a fact, Quinn. What do you want people
to know? Where do you want people to go?
Speaker 2 (28:00):
So?
Speaker 1 (28:00):
What can they do to support you?
Speaker 2 (28:02):
So I had the blessing to be with peer talk,
And in fact, I think the last time we talked
was back in November. Peer talk we did an initiative
back then where we ended up raising ten million dollars
for debt forgiveness for veterans and it was such a
great support for everybody that contributed by just doing a
round up at checkout. Now we're kicking off another program
(28:22):
with peer talk where new members, new customers coming in
can choose to actually put in a set dollar amount.
They can do a round up to the nearest dollar,
or they can do one dollar a month, five dollars
a month, you know as a reoccurring basis or one
time thing. Current customers can opt into the program and
all of that is going to be matched by puer
(28:44):
talk to be on behalf of America's Warrior Partnership, so
we can continue our Operation Deep Dive, continue to get
out in these communities and build these programs in partnerships
with local communities to do the outreach for veterans to
collaborate and organize and continue to help because I I
just truly believe that service the country comes in so
many different forms and simple things like this. Because you
(29:07):
might not have put the uniform on doesn't mean you
can't serve your country. And it's again a great a
great company with Peer Talk that wants to keep jobs
here in America. They're all a customer you know, all
of their IT and their customers customer support is all
here in the US. So we got you know, meaningful
employment for American citizens giving back and it's just an
(29:30):
incredible experience to be a part of.
Speaker 1 (29:33):
My brother. I appreciate you, as I always do, simplify
thank you for what you're doing out there. Appreciate it
very much, Bob, And that is why I partnered with
Peer Talk like three years ago. Their CEO is a
Vietnam veteran. This is a passion project for them. I mean,
(29:53):
what other cell phone company does that is doing that
right now? Oh don't, don't wrong, they'll be all over
Pride month. Who else is doing that but pure Talk?
Take ten minutes on the phone and switch please pound
two five zero and say, Jesse Kelly, switch to Pure Talk.
All right, you know what, We're gonna read his Medal
of Honor citation. Next. It's the Jesse Kelly Show. It
(30:20):
is the Jesse Kelly Show on a Monday. We'll get
to this in a just a second. The NYPD has
the smallest force since nineteen ninety. I need to do
a couple things first. First, I need to remind you
if you miss any part of the show, he can
download the whole thing on iHeart, Spotify, iTunes. Also, since
(30:41):
we just had him on, figured probably worth reading Clint
roma Shaw's Medal of Honor citation. And for those wondering, no,
this does not count as our Medal of Honor Monday citation,
which we will still do ten minutes from now. See
you get a two for today. I'm just in that
kind of a great mood. So without further ado, that
dude you just heard on the radio, what'd he do
(31:03):
over there in Afghanistan? Anyway? Hey, honoring those he went
above and beyond It's Medal of Honor Monday for conspicuous
gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his
life above and beyond the call of duty, while serving
(31:25):
as Section leader with Bravo Troop, third Squadron, sixty first
Cavalry Regiment, fourth Brigade, Combat Team, fourth Infantry Division, during
combat operations against an armed enemy at combat Outpost Keating Camdesh, District, Neuristan, Province, Afghanistan,
on the third of October two thousand and nine. On
(31:46):
that morning, Staff Sergeant Romashaw and his comrades awakened to
an attack by an estimated three hundred enemy fighters occupying
the high ground on all four sides of the complex.
Employing concentrated from RECOILSS rifles, rocket propel grenades, anti aircraft,
machine guns, mortars, and small arms fire, Staff Sergeant Romashaw
(32:10):
moved uncovered under intense enemy fire to conduct a reconnaissance
of the battlefield and seek reinforcements from the barracks. Before
returning to action. With the support of an assistant gunner,
Staff Sergeant Romashaw took out an enemy machine gun team
and while engaging a second the generator he was using
for cover was struck, but it was struck by a
(32:31):
rocket propelled grenade, inflicting him with shrapnel wounds. Undeterred by
his injuries, Staff Sergeant Romashaw continued to fight in upon
arrival of another soldier to aid him in the assistant gunner,
he again rushed through the exposed avenue to assemble additional soldiers.
Staff Sergeant Romashaw then mobilized a five man team and
(32:53):
returned to the fight equipped with a stiper rifle. With
complete disregard for his own safety. Staff Sergeant romasha Yah
continually exposed himself to heavy enemy fire as he moved
confidently about the battlefield, engaging and destroying multiple enemy targets,
including three Taliban fighters who had breached the combat outposts perimeter.
(33:15):
While orchestrating a successful plan to secure and reinforce key
points of the battlefield, Staff Sergeant Romashaw maintained radio communication
with the Tactical Operations Center as the enemy forces attacked
with even greater ferocity, unleashing a barrage of rocket propelled
grenades and recoilless rifle rounds. Staff Sergeant Romashaw identified the
(33:36):
point of the attack and directed air support to destroy
over thirty enemy fighters. After receiving reports that seriously injured
soldiers were at a distant battle position, Staff Sergeant Romashaw
and his team provided covering fire to allow the injured
soldiers to safely reach the aid reach the aid station.
Upon reach, upon receipt of orders to proceed to the
(33:59):
next objective, his team pushed forward one hundred meters under
overwhelming enemy fire to recover and prevent the enemy fighters
from taking the bodies of the fallen comrades. Staff Sergeant
Romashaw's heroic actions throughout the day long battle were critical
in suppressing an enemy that had far greater numbers. His
(34:20):
extraordinary efforts gave Bravo Troop the opportunity to regroup, reorganize,
and prepare for the counterattack that allowed the troop to
account for its personal and secure combat post keeping personnel.
Staff Sergeant Romashaw's discipline and extraordinary heroism above and beyond
the call of duty reflect great credit upon himself. Bravo Troop,
(34:42):
third Squadron, sixty first Cavalry Regiment, fourth Brigade Combat Team,
fourth Infantry Division in the United States Army. Not too shabby.
No I got this email. I just wanted to read
this before we talk about the NYPD. Real quick. Hey,
I went shopping tonight in My battery was dead when
I came out. As I was pawding what to do,
(35:03):
I saw a due load groceries into a truck which
had a veteran license plate on it. As a fellow veteran,
I boldly went up to him and asked for a jump.
He of course agreed. While my battery was charging, we
had a nice talk about his service and mind. We
talked as if we were long lost brothers. I love
our veterans. Veterans, you were not alone. There's a community
(35:27):
out there. You just may not have tapped into it yet.
So tap into it, all right, All right now, I
just want to I just want to play something for you,
real quick, Senator Tim Scott. He might be the next
vice president president. There are rumors that he's towards the
top of Trump's list. Remember remember when that drug dealer
(35:53):
died from a drug overdose in Minneapolis, and the communists
in the country realized that that was an opportunity unity
to fling open the jails, destroy the police departments of
the country, make sure murders and rapists get to do
whatever they want and cause all kinds of social unrest.
Do you remember what the GOP response to that was
(36:13):
when those flames were beginning to boil. I remember it
like it was yesterday. Here is Vice President Tim Scott.
Speaker 3 (36:22):
I have experienced your pain stopped eighteen times in the
last two decades, in one year, seven times as an
elected official in this body, trying to get into the chamber,
into the office buildings on the congressional side. I understand
(36:47):
some part of what too many have experienced. This police
reform legislation, the Justice Act provides.
Speaker 1 (37:00):
There stop just the top, Chris, I can't take it anymore.
The GOP response to the Saint George Floyd riots was
to roll out Tim Scott to promote the Justice Act.
Speaker 2 (37:15):
Man.
Speaker 1 (37:17):
And now you have headlines like this, New York City ravaged,
ravaged by crime. They have the smallest police force since
nineteen ninety. The cops are gone. Who would want to
be a cop today, at least in a big city
like this. Why so you can go to prison if
you do your job, and the GOP helped them along.
(37:41):
All Right, We're gonna rip on Biden and do some emails.
But first we have to do Medal of Honor citations.
In fact, we have a great one. We're about to
do one from Vietnam. Before we get to that one,
let's take care of our dogs. Your dog, my dog.
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