Tuesday, Nov 10: Elizabeth Dionne Has a Challenger

WBSM presents The Barry Richards Show, streaming live on WBSM.com and the WBSM app. Call 508-996-0500. Text us using App Chat on the WBSM app. Now, The Barry Richards Show. And welcome back to the program. Hour number three. It is two oh eight on a Tuesday afternoon. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks for being here. Appreciate it. And so I guess the other Republicans are about to choose their leaders going forward. And that's going to happen as we go. Yeah, they are gathering. to do that and if anything happens within this final hour of our program we'll pass it on to you. I was speaking about the Republicans in Washington not in Massachusetts but they will be on the 17th. By the way Elizabeth Dion has a challenger. I mentioned yesterday Elizabeth Dion the former candidate Republican candidate for state treasurer that she was going to Whether she was a candidate now for the mass GOP chairman and said that she would do so, she would serve without taking a paycheck for it. And, yeah, here we go. She got a challenge today. We got a release from Jesse Michael Barnaby. Jesse Michael Barnaby. And put out a press release. Formally announcing his candidacy for chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party, pledging to bring stronger leadership, renewed Republican unity, and restructure our fundraising efforts. Massachusetts Republicans deserve a party that fights for its values, stands firmly behind its supporters, and works tirelessly to expand the Republican Party's presence across the Commonwealth in order to support President Trump's agenda and his America First policies of the Republican Party. So here's a guy with some balls who's not afraid of his MAGA credentials, and he's going to go right out there, and he's going to see what he can do here. Unlike his Republican opponent, Barnaby is a proud supporter of President Trump and the America First movement. While his opponent proudly describes herself as a never-Trump Republican, Barnaby believes that MassGOP should stand with its Republican voters and support the leadership and agenda of the Republican president. Barnaby believes MassGOP must embrace a forward-looking strategy that prioritizes Republican unity. Bringing together conservatives, grassroots activists, and Republican voters across Massachusetts. Strong conservative leadership, standing up for a limited government, lower taxes, individual liberty, and constitutional principles. Election victories, building a stronger grassroots organization capable of competing in every corner of the Commonwealth. Aggressive fundraising, expanding the MassGOP's fundraising network, attracting new donors, and well, building the The Financial Network. Who are the financial resources necessary to support Republican candidates, strengthen local campaigns, and compete effectively against Democrats across Massachusetts? This campaign is about giving Massachusetts Republicans a reason to be energized, involved, and proud of their party. Again, our best days are ahead of us, but only if we have the courage to fight for them. Not familiar with Mr. Barnaby. I may have heard the name before. He has a 413 area code, so that means he's out. West of Worcester, Springfield, out in that part of the state. Thank you. Elizabeth Dion, in announcing her candidacy for the MassGOP chairmanship, said she would not take a paycheck and challenged all others interested in getting in the race to do the same. Nothing from Barnaby in that regard in his press release. So just before the break, we had a call about the Trump. Immigration policies and immigration enforcement who suggested that the Hispanic vote broke with Trump or broke with the Republican Party because they felt either betrayed or they were just unhappy with the immigration crackdown, the rounding up of illegal immigrants and so on and so forth. Thank you very much. President Trump, according to Newsmax, is standing firm on his immigration crackdowns despite Republicans' decisive midterm election losses. With Stephen Miller, the new chief of staff, expected to push ahead with the administration's mass deportation efforts. Multiple U.S. officials told CBS News. That U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security have received no instructions to scale back arrests or deportations following last week's elections. Somebody posted some video earlier of ICE action in Fall River this morning. ICE officials were recently directed to pursue approximately 19,000 arrests weekly. ...or 2,700 daily, up from a previous target of 2,000 per day, according to agency sources. The higher target was reportedly established before Election Day. Officials cited Miller's promotion as a clear signal that Trump intends to stay the course on immigration enforcement. Asked whether the Republican defeats would prompt a retreat, one official told CBS, I would count on the opposite, with Miller running the White House staff. White House spokeswoman Lauren Biss rejected suggestions that Trump would abandon his administration's efforts to remove criminal illegal immigrants. This administration will not slow down its efforts to arrest and deport criminal illegal aliens who terrorize our communities. There has never been a president stronger on immigration enforcement than President Trump, she told CBS. To the last caller's point, immigration was also a leading issue among Latino voters in Texas. Where Democrats made significant gains. 58% of voters nationwide, according to CBS, said the administration's deportation crackdown had gone too far. These are the same people, by the way, that demanded this in a mandate two years ago. This just goes to show you the impact that the media has. And quite frankly, the impact that the much more organized Democrat Party has by turning people out for anti-ICE rallies and so on and so forth. It worked. It worked. The same people that gave Trump a mandate to do this, that elected Trump in a mandate, are now saying, well, gee, those policies went too far. But the administration is not going to be deterred. Donald Trump is never going to be deterred. Trump says there is no amnesty. No amnesty going to happen. Miller's policies have included tightening asylum restrictions, curbing refugee admissions, limiting access to green cards, and expanding ICE operations nationwide. Those enforcement efforts have drawn criticism, particularly following the fatal shooting of two American citizens by federal immigration personnel during a January operation in Minneapolis. Democrats, meanwhile, are preparing to use their incoming congressional majorities to challenge Trump's immigration policies. They can do that by launching investigations, issue subpoenas, and attempt to restrict ICE funding. Don't forget, Trump's got the veto pen now. It's like Barack Obama during the midterms when he got slaughtered. He lost more seats than Trump in the midterms. And he talked about my veto pen. Remember my veto pen? ICE, by the way, already has $75 billion secured through 2029 under last year's one big beautiful bill. So there was some forward thinking preparing for a rainy day or a tsunami. You never know when a tsunami might happen, right? I think America certainly is a safer place, but it's still very dangerous. I support rounding up illegal immigrants. I would rather see... Governor is District attorneys and sheriffs and police chiefs and mayors cooperate with ICE so you don't have to see these crackdowns on the streets. All this gets done the way it's supposed to get done, in jails and detention centers and so on and so forth, and not out in the streets. You know, a big part of it, we've talked about this before, is people who are maybe here illegally, they don't have documentation, but they don't have a criminal record. They oftentimes get swooped up. When ICE moves in to pick somebody up, all that can be avoided. By the way, we have another. Why is it that we always seem to get these Democrats with their fake valor, stolen valor? Governor Tim Walz. I actually saw a bumper sticker still on the car the other day. No, a T-shirt. I saw a T-shirt. Harris-Walz 2024. I said, wow. Anyway, Tim Walz and his National Guard record that he lied about. And who's the chucklehead out here in Senator Blumenthal out in Connecticut who lied about being in Vietnam when he really wasn't there? This kind of stuff just seems to happen all the time. You know, John Kerry manufacturing some of his war record. And now we've got Wes Moore. Wes Moore is the Democrat governor of Maryland, who is widely believed to be considering a presidential run in 2028. These scandals don't stick to these people, so he probably still will. Stolen valor. His former Army supervisor is questioning Moore's claim that he led soldiers in combat. Moore's own Army supervisor is questioning Moore's resume in this regard. In an investigative deep dive into Moore's military service, the Baltimore Sun spoke with a retired Army lieutenant colonel, James A. Jamie. Gotchling, who served with Moore in Afghanistan in 2005 and 2006, what Gotchling described was Moore's patriotic service and dutiful fulfillment of his role, but exaggerations and in some cases falsehoods about incidents that occurred overseas. Let me just say that congratulations to Governor Moore for his service and his patriotism. That should be enough, but it often isn't when you're trying to pad that resume, trying to win an election. Moore's team said that partisan politics got in the way and led to Gottschling's latest assessment where he told Fox News Digital, I wouldn't call him a soldier. He said in the interview that while Moore would occasionally leave the base, the governor never saw combat. Gottschling said that he would describe Moore and himself as combat veterans who are not veterans of combat. When you think of a veteran of combat, you think somebody that's in a foxhole. Getting shot at, IED blowing up in the convoy, or even more dramatically when you think about World War II movies, Easy Company, or any of those things where it's like those guys are getting shot, Gottschling said. That just wasn't the environment that he was in. He starts talking about, you know, in this TED Talk and really struggling with reintegration into the civilian world after the deployment. I'm like, what is he talking about? You know, he spent six months over there, basically in, you know, a forward base that pretty much is as safe as anywhere. You'd probably be at more risk going to an ER in any of the cities in the United States than you would be in Afghanistan and Salerno. Moore is widely considered to be a contender for the 2028 Democrat Party nominee for president. I just think it is disingenuous to really associate with the struggle. I mean, you can have... Some empathy for people that might struggle with the transition, but when you come home over there, pretty much dip into a combat zone situation, work on the staff for six months, and you come out, you know, you're saying that, you know, all this trauma that you had, and it's like, oh, give me a break. Gottschling told Fox News Digital. So I think it's just him emotionalizing and capitalizing on what soldiers do, and he's not a soldier. He was in the army as a reservist in a staff position in Iraq, but I wouldn't call him a soldier. Moore worked on information operations, coordination, while the pair were stationed together at forward operating base Salerno in the coast province near Afghanistan's border with Pakistan, according to the Baltimore Sun. Moore's job was analyzing reports from infantry battalions and provincial restrictions. Teams coordinating the civilian assistance and helping Afghan officials communicate with the public. Central to Moore's personal narrative is that he led troops into combat in Afghanistan. He said that on multiple occasions on X while he was campaigning for Maryland's governorship. I've seen real patriotism when I led paratroopers in combat in Afghanistan, and I've seen it in my own family, he said, November 6, 2022. Just two days before he was elected governor. And it goes on. But this kind of stuff doesn't stick to them now. It should, but it doesn't. It didn't impact John Kerry. It didn't impact Blumenthal. It didn't impact Tim Walz. Tim Walz had a number of other problems. But so I hope the Republicans don't go after Governor Moore on that issue. Because, you know, it's just, I don't think it's a winnable issue. Got to come up, as I said yesterday, you got to have a list. You've got to have a contract with America. You've got to have a platform. You've got to have ideas. And then you've got to deliver on them. You've got to be able to tell people this is what I'm going to do and so on and so forth. And then you've got to deliver. We'll see. Long time between now and two years from now. All right, quick break. We're coming back on the other side. Stay tuned. Back to Barry Richard on WBSM. Call 508-996-0500. All righty, welcome back to 30 on this Tuesday afternoon. So Jim Jordan has been elected the House Minority Leader. As you know, Mike Johnson decided not to seek a leadership position. So Jim Jordan is the new House Minority Leader, defeating Steve Scalise. In a vote of 106 to 73, and so a new House Minority Leader going forward. Jim Jordan is a tough guy, and we'll see where he goes. But certainly going to have his work cut out for him. There's no question about that going forward. It's going to be a rough two years ahead at least for the Republican Party up on Capitol Hill. 508-996-0500, you're next on WBSN. Good afternoon. And verify your Google listing. Hello? If your business is not showing correctly on Google and Google Voice Search. Oh, an ad. Press 1 to speak to an agent. Press 2 or dial 877-556-9255 to opt out. There must be something about the phone companies because I was getting all kinds of Verizon calls. Um, coming in through the phone system here today. So I don't know, maybe today's signed up and get a new phone day for the phone companies. But, uh, in any event, all right, 508-996-0500 to get anything to say, we haven't got much time left. So, uh, now's the time to, uh, uh, speak up or forever hold your peace. And, um, then we hand off to Howie Carr in another half hour. But, uh, in any event, it is Jim Jordan, the new, uh, well, he would have been speaker of the house. Come January, but the House is now lost, so he will be the minority leader after the first of the year. Where else did I want to go? Oh, I alluded to this earlier about the GOP wipeout going from bad to worse as the Democrats quietly score another major big win with ramifications. This was Andrew Mark Miller on Fox News Digital, says in addition to taking control of the House of Representatives, the Senate and the majority of governorships on Tuesday, Democrats have also assumed control of the majority of the state legislatures across the country for the first time in over a decade. Heading into the election, Republicans control 28 of the nation's 49 bicameral state legislatures. Well, legislatures compared with 18 controlled by Democrats, while three states had divided control. Democrats now control both chambers in 24 states compared with 22 for Republicans. North Carolina and Texas have split legislatures while the races in Alaska and Georgia remain pending at this point. So that hurts. And that's going to take a lot of time to to recoup from. No question. All right. You're next on WBSN. Good afternoon. Thanks for hanging on. That would be you. Yes, sir. Hello? Yes. Hello? Yes, yes, yes. Hey, Barry, I did not hear the ding. Ding? You didn't hear the ding? Just the dong, right? I mean, just... Hey, you were talking about the illegal captured and all the driving offenses. I want to point out to everybody that these illegals, they use taxpayer money to buy their auto insurance. They get put in the assigned risk pool, which is very expensive, but you and I, Barry, we both contribute to that particular insurance fund. And then normally they only pay for one month, and then they don't pay again. So whenever there's an accident or because your auto insurance costs are skyrocketing, It's because of what the Democrats are doing by giving away free driver's licenses, Barry. Yeah, the low-risk pool, and because that certainly is the place where they land. A lot of folks wind up in that low-risk pool, and our rates certainly are impacted greatly by accidents and everything else that occur from people in the low-risk pool. No question about that. Yeah, no, but I'm sure most of the Democrat voters do not understand what they're doing. They are committing suicide by this abject stupidity. Now, speaking of abject stupidity, Senator Warren is out there yakking again. Well, you didn't do that. You didn't make that business. You had to use the taxpayer roadways and electricity. Well, wait a second, Senator Warren. Uh, the taxpayers' money. ...funded all that, and you, Senator Warren, have no authority to do what you're doing with the illegal aliens, also the Democrat Party. There's no authority for you to redistribute taxpayer money to fund the illegals. You didn't do that. You can't do that. Can they, Barry? No, they can't. Not constitutionally. So, you know, it just galls me when she gets angry about people who are innovative and create jobs. Would she have, you know, told Thomas Edison to go back to Scotland or something because that's where his family came from? How many jobs has Elizabeth Warren created? Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. When you think about it, how many jobs has she created? How many jobs has Bernie Sanders created? Nothing. Bernie Sanders knows everything about business and jobs and the economy and free health care, and he's never once done anything like that. No. Bernie Sanders was, you know, he was in a commune. He got kicked out of the commune because he wouldn't do his work. And then he ran for government, and he's been in government ever since. Yeah, so he hasn't done anything, and now he owns three houses. Maybe we should talk to him, Barry, and find out his economic plan for individuals. Well, not only that. I mean, he's been on the public welfare dole his entire life, and he's now telling us, you know, what we should do. And, you know, here's a guy who hasn't contributed. He's paid taxes, obviously, but he's never held a job in his life that wasn't on the public dole. He's taken our money and he's spending our money, both personally and professionally. And he's, I don't know, these politicians, these career, lifelong politicians that really have never been out there in the real world and held a job. I mean, Bernie Sanders was mayor of Burlington from 1980 to 88, and then he ran for Congress, was out, he lost, he was out for two years, and then he got elected to Congress. So he's been in government since 1980. 1980, that's been his, you know, that's been his job. And look at what he's done for this country. At one time, Vermont had the most nuclear electric power until they shut down all the generators. And what Maura Healey and the Democrats want, Barry, solar and windmill power do not have a lot of backup. In other words, you know, it's a mile wide and a half an inch thick. If there's a power outage, it doesn't come back as quickly as a spinning generator does. So if you lose the power in the middle of winter with the solar stuff and windmills. It's going to take hours, if not days, for it to recoup. Well, I mentioned there was a story in New Bedford Light that I was talking about, I think, in the first hour, talking to an expert from Roger Williams University in Rhode Island about the reliability of those windmills because the two wind farms have just gone officially online now down off of Rhode Island and off of Massachusetts. He's talking about a 40% to 50% efficiency rating. And, you know, in the wintertime... If the weather is good, that's when it's windiest, and that's when they'll get the most wind. But in the summer, the wind stops blowing, and they don't get any energy out of them. No, it's a fool's dream. It's just a waste of time and waste of money. You want something dependable, something you can turn the switch on. Can you imagine if you had a solar cell or a windmill car or an ambulance? Hey, call a fire department. Well, they got to charge up with the solar cells and windmills first. And it hasn't been good over the past few days. And you go, what? This is insanity beyond anything I can ever comprehend, Barry. Yeah, but she stopped two pipelines from coming into Massachusetts. Well, I was just going to go there next, yeah. What's the high-low on the pipelines coming into Massachusetts? Well, you know what, that's it. I mean, do you think she's still going to pursue that? I mean, she wrote to Washington and said, hey, speed up the pipeline. Do you think she really wants that now? I really doubt it. And there's plenty of natural gas in Pennsylvania and New York for Massachusetts to use. We are an electric-dependent state. We have many, you know, corporations here that require the lights on and the computers working. And she's going to endanger all that for electric cars and illegal aliens. But, you know, Melissa Hoffer, last day in office yesterday, Melissa Hoffer was the the Healy administration's climate chief, the first ever in Massachusetts. And on the way out the door, she issued a warning and she said, you can't pit. Green energy against affordable energy because it doesn't work. And, you know, you're going to kill the rate payers if you do that. So this is from the energy czar. You know, you can't do that. You've got to find a balance somehow. It's, it's, it's. Yeah, in her view, at least, it's noble. And, I mean, this is her profession to go green. But she is noble to achieve these goals and to shoot for these goals. But you can't break everybody in the process of doing it. No, and look at the electric cars, Barry. They require special tires. They're heavier. They destroy the roads quicker. And if the electronics go bad, you don't have enough money to fix them. Yeah, absolutely. Thanks, Don. Appreciate it. 508-996-0500 is the number. Got to get the break, and we're going to come right back after this. Stick around. This portion of programming on WBSN brought to you by South Coast Health. Advanced medicine. More care. Savor the season with delicious deals and festive flavors at Raley's and Knob Hill. From an extra seat to an extra plate, there's plenty to share this holiday season. Make hosting easy by pre-ordering one of our heat and eat feasts, bringing fresh, flavorful meals to the table in half the time. Plus, find ready-to-eat party platters and trays in our deli. Our holiday catering makes entertaining even easier, from big parties to small gatherings, so you can spend less time prepping and more time celebrating. Oh, what fun. Holiday the Neighbor Way. Only at Rayleigh's in Nob Hill. We'll Back to Barry Richard on WBSM. Call 508-996-0500. be All righty, welcome back. 508-996-0500. 2:45 is the time. right Thanks for hanging on. You're next in WBSM. Hey, Barry. Did you happen to see the election results from Mike Minogue's hometown of Hamilton? back. I'm sorry, did I see what about Minogue's hometown of Hamilton? The election results. I did not, no. He lost by 30 points. By 30 points? Wow. In his hometown. Yeah. So when you talk about him, I thought he ran a strong campaign, but he could have spent $100 million. You thought he ran a strong campaign? How did he run a strong campaign? Because he flooded Facebook with ads. I thought he worked really hard. He was out working hard every day. I just think that he wasn't rhino enough. I mean, in this state. You know, Holly Robichaud said something after the election. She said, we run candidates in Massachusetts like they're running in Alabama. She said, it's a losing proposition. That's coming from Holly. Yeah, I know. Her point, I mean, I get the point. See, I've always disagreed with that, and I disagree with Holly on that. I think that if you are a Trump Republican, say, or a MAGA or a strong conservative or whatever, you got to. You got to wear it on your sleeve and you got to go out and do it. I get tired of hearing, you know, Republicans will say, well, I'm a never Trumper or, you know, if you got to, the Republicans in Massachusetts, there aren't many of them, but they voted for Trump. And if you want to go on, you want to attract Republicans, you've got to wear your credentials. And I think what Mike Minogue was trying to do was distance himself from Trump while at the same time being a conservative, which is OK. But you've got to, I mean, Maureen Healey painted him as a Trump lunatic and he never responded to that. He just refused to talk about it. And I don't know. I don't think he ran a very good campaign at all. He may have had some good ideas. Um, and maybe he should have beat Maura Healey, but I don't think he put enough into, um, telling the people why we got to throw the bums out. Well, you know, I think Deval Patrick was a stronger governor than Maura Healey and Charlie Baker only lost to him by five points. So that'll tell you, I mean, the state of politics, Massachusetts. Yeah, you know, Deval Patrick had a very questionable governorship in terms of ethics and everything else. He had a lot of issues, and he really didn't do much either. I don't know if you can hear me either. You know, so it's it's a very difficult situation in Massachusetts because generally the public doesn't really care too much. You know, in most of the people we saw in New Bedford, 32 percent bothered to vote in an important election like this. Only 32 percent voted, 68 percent stayed home. How do you bring about change? You know, I mean, I lectured to everybody, get out. You want change? You want change? You're going to call me every day and bitch about Maura Healey. You're going to complain about your high energy bills. You're going to complain about taxes. You're going to complain about jobs leaving. You're going to complain about, oh, vote for change. You know, and just vote for some change and see what, 68% stayed home. So what do you do in a case like that? I mean, this is the will of the people, right? Right. But isn't that a shocking number, losing by 30 points in your hometown? Well, yeah, any time you lose your hometown, whether it be 30 votes or one vote, I mean, that's not a good thing, obviously. Obviously. It's just, I mean, Massachusetts is Massachusetts. And it's very difficult to get people to try something new or go in a different direction. And these are the same people that complain. They complain the loudest, and then they turn around and just do the same things over again. I've long, long ago given up on trying to understand the Massachusetts voter. I mean, I just don't, I just don't understand why they do what they do. Okay. Thank you, my friend. Appreciate it. 508-996-0500. Yeah, I mean, I, for the life of me, I don't understand it. I mean, all we heard all across the Commonwealth was how, you know, terrible things were. Jobs will even, even Cape Cod chips aren't made on Cape Cod anymore. You know, it just, it just... You hear this and you think that people maybe want to maybe want some change, go in a different direction, give somebody else a chance, give some new ideas, an opportunity. And then they turn around and either vote the same way they did the last time or they just stay home and don't vote. But I'm going to remind you that this, not much I can say. It's not like the Huns invaded or whatever and they took control. Yeah. This is what we see here and what we're living with today. The reality of what we are living in today, a deeper blue Massachusetts than what we had a week ago. A much deeper blue America than what we had a week ago. This is what the voters wanted. The voters have spoken. You might argue there was cheating. There was, yeah, maybe there was. There probably was here and there. Not enough to reverse the blue tsunami. You know, we always say you got to get out those numbers real big. So make it too big to rig and so on and so forth. And the other side barely turned out anybody. Again, 38 percent of eligible voters in New Bedford in an important election when you've got, you know, a legislature that's not funding your fire stations. You got a governor who, you know, is killing you with energy and this, that and the other thing, all of these other different things. And only 32 percent of you can even be bothered to go out and vote. What am I going to say to you? There's nothing I can say. 68% of you stayed home. That's what you chose to do. So I told you, when you stay home, you elect the incumbents. That's what they did. That was their choice. I can say I disagree with you, but I mean, you know, that was the free will of the people, right? Free will of the people. They love what's going on here. And now I'm going to hear from them all for the next two years and the next four years. Well, gee, how come my energy bill's up? Well, hello. Up with this new tax. Yeah. Did you vote? Well, okay, if you did vote, did you vote for change? No, not my problem. I voted for change. Didn't get it. It's the will of the people. It's what the people wanted. This is what you wanted. I think it's repugnant that 68% of the electorate in New Bedford stayed home. I find that repugnant. I find that disgusting as an American citizen. 68% of the public would stay home. The registered voters in the city of New Bedford. I bet you many of them even served in the military to defend your right to vote. They stayed home. That's a choice. That is every bit as much of a choice as voting for the people that are giving you bad policy. Right? I stayed home. Can I say? Again, it's not, it's not, the government that we have is not an invading army. Somebody talked earlier about North Korea and Venezuela. Yeah, those countries were taken over by dictators or the military with guns and all that. That's not what happened here. The people willingly handed over control nationally and and locally. It's the will of the people. See what happens with it. See where it goes. Quick break. We're coming right back after this. Stay tuned. All righty, welcome back, Edie. It's time to head into the newsroom and wrap it up for the day. And we're going to come back and do it again tomorrow on the Wednesday edition, Veterans Day. And hope to see you then. And, yeah, that's coming up. Howie Carr is coming up right after the news. ABC News, WBSN News, and then the WPRI TV 12 forecast, and then Howie Carr from there.