The Dana Show with Dana Loesch - Absurd Truth: Metcalf Murderer Gets Grifty

Episode Date: April 17, 2025

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Dana Lashes Absurd Truth podcast, sponsored by Keltec. It's his life mission to make bad decisions. It's time for Florida man. We're going to get to the breaking news coming up at the top of the next hour.

In the meantime, a Florida man set his own camper on fire and punched a dog during his arrest. Oh, boy. You guys know how I feel about punching dogs, right? Mm-hmm. Shane Brown of Bartow, Florida. Doesn't know when to quit.

Motor Biscuit says, you know, he could have gotten a simple warning and he would have just had some charges now. He's, oh boy, Polk County Sheriff's Office responded to a call Thursday 4 p.m. This was last week. It was a domestic violence call. They showed up. The camper in which he lives, they found him still trying to beat a woman with what was described as a metal pole while also yelling that he was going to beat her to death with a metal pole. When police officers approached, he disappeared into the train. trailer. Then he refused to come out. He escalated the situation. He threw things around in the

trailer, including a five gallon propane tank. Then he set the whole thing on fire. At that point, they had to get him out because he's going to burn himself. They got him out. And then after he got out, he began punching the canine officer. Oh, man. I'm going to tell you something. I may calm down for a minute. Punching the canine, the good boy. He's punching the good boy. So Oh my God. I can't even list all the charges. There's one, two, three, four, five, six. It's like nine, ten charges. And they, he's got a rap sheet, as you can imagine.

So he's going into custody. I mean, you know, if you got a bad day, you know, maybe like take a breather. Don't, don't try to burn your on your camper and then punch a dog. Nobody, nobody wants that. Nobody wants that at all. And then lastly, a Florida man going 100 miles per hour, or school zone, just about near hit a school bus. flying down red pickup truck

Stephen Hamlet 39 what a hundred a hundred as my grandfather would say a hundred H-A-U-N-A-R-D hundred and he almost hit a bus with kids in it and they had a chasing down but they did

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The family, so Austin Metcalf's father, and Austin McCalf was the young man who was murdered. He was killed by Carmelo, Anthony. And this, they had a press conference and the. attorney for the family was present. I think that's his mother at the press conference as well. The attorney, Dominique Alexander, they were having this press conference. Apparently, Austin Metcalf's father attended. And they forced him to leave. And the family and the speaker here's Dominique Alexander, they opened the press conference like this. Listen. The father being at this press conference, these are my words.

Don't quote anybody. It's a disrespect to the dignity of his son. Next Generation Action Network from the beginning has respected the loss of life. No matter our opinion of it, we have kept our opinion. close. We have not attacked. We have not shared the information

that was shared with us about Austin Mekleff. Because we can't even say his name right. Respect the dignity of life. Metcalf, really? The father being

that's just unbelievable. Unbelievable. Unbelievable. Oh, they're so they're such good people because they're keeping their opinions about their son stabbing another teenager to death private. No one gives a rat's ass about your opinions.

Your kid stabbed someone else to death, brought a knife to school after he was previously suspended for repeatedly bringing a knife to school. And posing with, apparently some of the photos running around, he's posing with guns and all this stuff. Oh, he's such an honor. He's just right after. just a little church mouse. And then the family gets up there and acts like, oh, well, we're doing something real nice here because we're keeping our opinions.

I'll tell you my opinions. I think that you're trash if your kid's taken a knife to school and you're doing nothing to stop it and he's been suspended after repeatedly taking a knife to school. Don't stand there like your mother of the year and act like you deserve all this, all of the backpats and the hugs and the prayers and the tears. You deserve prayer. You need prayer to be a better mother. You need better, you need prayer to be a better parent. because I guarantee him to you. If one of my kids had been taking a knife to school,

I would have beaten his ass so bad that he, they would have probably had CFS intervene. Unbelievable. Acting like you're the victims. Your kid stabbed somebody to death because he got mad that he was asked to leave a tent. He's a thug. Thugs bring knives to school repeatedly. And y'all are making this a race issue.

This wasn't a race issue until after it happened. And then everybody else, and order the only way that they could probably the only way they saw that they could defend Carmelo Anthony was trying to make it a race issue we don't need any more Al Sharpton activities here we don't need that Al Sharpton mess in Texas it's unbelievable

had to have a go-fund me Kyle Rittenhouse couldn't have a go-fund me but Carmelo Anthony can because it's different this is where a racial privilege comes into play racial privilege had nothing to do I don't think it was a race issue. I don't think it was a race issue, him stabbing this other young man to death. I don't

believe it was a racial issue. I think he was an undisciplined young man who chose to act like a thug and irrevocably wreck his life. But I think everybody after, oh hell yes, indisputably. Indisputably, they are making it a race issue. I mean, he gets to walk. I've never even seen anybody who gets to, you're up on a murder charge and you just get to walk. I don't know. It's weird to me. And then him, and I tell you, Austin Metcap's dad, he didn't make a scene or anything there, Kane, from what I was looking on social. He didn't make a scene. He just showed up. Why could he show up? He's allowed to show up at the press conference of the family whose kid killed his. He's allowed to pretty much do anything he wants, in my opinion. And he has been, you want to talk about somebody who had a right to share opinions and who didn't.

Austin Metcalf's dad had already said that he forgave Carmelo Anthony. Now, I told you this the other day. That is a faith that is mature. I am not as mature as that man is in my faith. I will freely admit it. That man's a walking lesson this holy week. A walking lesson. He is not combative. He has been nothing but grace personified. It's supernatural. I'm going to be honest with you. It is a grace that is supernatural. His words that he has said after this have been soothing, calming to the point where other people, on the right even, have gone after him and questioned whether or not he actually loved his son because unlike him, they would have been out there raising hell. Now, I get it. People are upset. They want justice for Austin Metcalf. The dad, I think, like I said, it is a faith that is

mature beyond what mine is, but I think that you should still draw example from it. So for these people to act like they're the ones restraining themselves, sit the hell down. You don't know restraint until you look into the eyes of Mr. Metcalf, a man whose son held his twin brother as he bled to death after he was stabbed by your thug kid. Now see, and Kay makes a great point. They can't have Austin Metcalf's dad there. Why? because they want to be the victims. They can't have Austin Metcalf's dad there because that is actually a victim. No, no, no, they can't be the victims.

If the real victim is sharing the press conference with them, they want a monopoly on the victimhood. They want to be able to say justice for Carmelo Anthony when justice, I don't know. I think the kid should be dragged personally. I think their book throw at him, whatever you've been using me. You want to lock him up, throw him behind bars. He's a danger to society.

a menace, bringing a knife to school repeatedly. And then you provoke, according to all the other witnesses, he provoked the other people in that tent, said, try me, gesture toward his back. He wanted to use that knife, in my opinion. He wanted to use that knife. He was looking for a fight. He was the antagonist. He's not the victim. The justice for him is death penalty, I think, but he's ineligible because he's 17. His age has saved him by a year. No, they couldn't have his dad there because His dad's the real victim. That twin, I want, I want that, who's this idiot? Can't even say, Mecklerf.

I mean, for crying not allowed to take the rocks out of your mouth and then talk again. Why don't you look into the eyes of Austin Mechast twin brother who had to watch the life force leave his twin. He shared a wound with him. Watched him bleed out, turn pale, grow cold. Stop breathing. Eyes glazed open. And you tell him that you're really the victim, our partners that help bring you this program. Ooh, a Florida company, Keltec, which is one of the best companies out there.

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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It's time for Dana's Quick 5. So here's the story, Wall Street Journal, how a Supreme Court ruling could weaken Fed Independence. Yay! We don't need a centralized independent bank. We don't need anything like that. Good heavens.

Why are they obsessed with putting... Oh, because it's easier to control you. That's why. Television could go the way of newspapers if the economy tips into a recession. I think this is kind of interesting. I don't hardly ever watch the television. Unless it's like news.

And even then, that's kind of rare. I just don't. I don't ever watch just basic cable. I don't watch anything that has commercials in it. I feel like, no, you know what? No. I'm not going to watch it. So people are saying that recession, that media and internet companies,

they could face a multi-billion dollar hit-to-add spending. Well, yeah, because that's the any time that you have economic instability, the first thing, it's not just TV, it's podcasting, it's radio, it's periodicals, magazines, anything like that. Even stuff on Facebook and X, you are going to see a plunge in ad revenue because that is the first thing that companies cut, when they're trying to control costs. So it's not just TV.

However, the weird situation that TV is in is going to more adversely affect television programming and TV broadcasting than really anything else. It'll also impact radio as well. So that's why it's very important to support our sponsors. But does anybody watch TV? Is it going to be the death knell for TV?

I feel like there's like people out there are going to watch it anyway. I don't know. More Americans believe in God but not religion, which is actually anti-New Testament. Just so you know, everyone's like, oh, yes, I believe in God and I like church, but I just don't like organized religion. Well, you're actually called to go and fellowship with other believers for a very specific reason. Paul highlights this repeatedly in the New Testament, but I digress.

So, yes, if you are coming to faith, yes, you should definitely find a church. And look, no church is perfect, but you're not there to be served. You are there to serve. So adjust your perspective. Apple tells iPhone users to update their devices now after a very extremely fisticated attack. Golly, it's just going to get more and more, isn't there? More opportunities for hacking. They said it was actually used against specific targeted individuals, but they didn't say anything else.

So they're saying download the security patch that fixes the flaw. By the way, here's another U-2 album. I kid. They're not going to do that. A Republican bill is aiming to disarm the IRS. Hallor Louyer. Yes. This is something from Clay Higgins out of Louisiana.

Barrymore. Alabama, Harriet Higman out of Wyoming, and Mary Miller out of Illinois. They want to strip the IRS of its guns and ammo, and it's called simply, why does the IRS need guns act? Brilliant. All this stuff makes me want to become ungovernable. Can I tell you about this mini Dotson? Can I just have a pallet cleanser? I love Dotsons. I've never owned one. And I don't really want to get like a designer dog. We ended up getting French Bulldogs a while ago by, it was weird how it happened. Long story short, we always had dogs. My youngest son had been, had a very bad experience with a dog, a family member's dog. And he was terrified of dogs. And he, excuse me, he threatened to pack up

and move to nannas if we ever got a dog. And so my father-in-law had suggested French bulldogs. If we're trying to, he's like, they're goofy. They're great family dogs. They're not going to, and he has experience with Staffordshire Terriers. They did like AKC stuff in that. So we had like the best, everything that you could have wrong with a French bulldog. We had and I will never have that breed again. And I know Dotsons have their own issue, but my guys, guys, their faces. They look so sweet and they're hysterical. Anyway, so I was thinking of this. When I read this story at the New York Post, it's hysterical. So a miniature, what's the difference between a Dotson and a miniature Dotson? They're all tiny. Doesn't make sense.

Well, a miniature, why you go put in your pocket? So this miniature Dotson that is named Valerie has spent a year and a half lost on a remote island in southern Australia. In Australia, where spiders are as big as your face and all the meanest animals live there. This little miniature Dotson has spent a year and a half lost on a remote island and has been evading capture. Rescuers are closing in, but they keep taking pictures of her in the wild. They said, we've seen her, we got cameras in place, she looks real healthy. We're just trying to get her, you know, she's, they, but her owners, this is what gets me. Her owners are like, but she's not a survivalist.

The, her owner, Georgia Gardner, 24, such a Gen X, Gen Zier. She says, it's just unbelievable. She's survived a year and a half out here in the wild. She's not a survivalist. She's a princess. She rides in a car seat and wears only the color pink. She totally does not like being away from me at all. I'm reading this.

She doesn't like being away from me at all. I'm reading this. for me at all. It's just crazy to think she's been out there this long, surviving off instincts, and probably eating roadkill and drinking water from dams. That's what she said. I am dead. I am dead. I'm seeing pictures of this little dog. And the owners are like, no, she can't survive. She loves us too much. She wears clothes. And she had her favorite colors pink. This dog is out there like, get me, suckers. I've got to get away from these people. This dog, as K-note is living her best life out in the wild.

She don't got to wear no pink. She don't have to be, she's not a princess. She's like, I'm a killer. She's out there in the wild, a year and a half. This miniature Dotson probably could outlast her owners in the wild. Just saying. It is hysterical that she was camping with her owners and that's when she went missing. And she's adorable.

But they said she's, you know, the owners were like, oh, she doesn't like being left alone. It kind of sounds like she does. Yeah. It kind of sounds like, can I just, I love dogs, but I don't know. Oh, really, look how adorable she is. Her owner said, we left her in the pen with her bed and her water and a snuffle mat. She's got a snuffle mat. And it's filled with treats. And she has dog toys. So we shoot a big day, because she was at the beach and she was swimming and so we thought she'd be real tired she's a dog all right dogs do dog stuff dogs don't need snuffle mats i love dogs yes my dog has his own sofa but like literally it's a miniature one but this is ridiculous i got to say i think that dog ran

away on purpose here's just hear me out i think that this dog ran away on purpose they said that when they were out camping, the dog went missing, that good Samaritans were camping in the same area, and they were concerned that she was going to get run over. I'm like, are you not protecting your dog? So they went to try to catch her, but they ended up chasing her into the bushlands. What they said. She's out there with snakes and dingoes and all this other stuff, and this dog is surviving. I can't. They, the owners tried to put out roast chicken for the dog and they didn't happen. That dog knows all your tricks. That dog's like, sounds, smells like a gory, me meal. That's them trying to get me. And as staying out in the wild, that dog would prefer to

eat rotten dead animals than have your roast chicken. This dog, this story is everything. And the photos of this dog in the wild are cracking me out because you can barely see it. It's a little bitty tiny. It's a little bitty tiny dog out there in the wild, just living her best life. I am just dying at this story. And the owners are like, she's going to die. She can't survive without us. This is everything. I do think some people take their dog ownership a little too seriously. Yeah. You know. You say a little bit seriously, but I say mentally.

They're not kids. I mean, they can, I understand if you like to have, and as a woman, I can say this, women like to have things to nurture and be busy over and with, right? You know, does that make sense? Like women need to have little, they need to have something to be busy with. They need a little thing to take care of. They need, I get that. And I think for some people,

this fills that need and there's nothing wrong with it. But it just cracks me up that these people had zero confidence in this dog. This dog that they claim to know so well. Let's sit. That's in the wild. A camera took that photo. I'm just, look at it. This is so funny. Dog is so tiny. And they treated her like she was like completely incapable of existing without them. And now this dog's out there running around in the wild. This is an epitaph of society at large. this is what this says there's nothing wrong with this dog there's some wrong with the people that own the dog they had they brought out gear for the dog like you would a baby like they did an interview with the another interview with the woman who owns it and she was saying oh yeah well she had her little

playpen and you know she had her a couple different toys or snuffel mat and then she had this and then she had her too oh my gosh it's a dog it's not a baby I love dogs but come on this dog hates you It sounds like the dog hates them. This dog hates that woman and ran away. That dog ran straight away. Like, save me. Save me. That dog probably would rather be eaten by a dingo than have these people come and put more tutus on it.

And I just can't. I can't. It's just cracking me up. Thanks for tuning in to today's edition of Dana Lash's Absurd Truth Podcast. If you haven't already, make sure to hit that subscribe button on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast.