The Keith Edwards Show - Melania just f**ked up real bad..

Episode Date: September 4, 2026

Subscribe to get 40% off the Vantage plan using my link👍 SUPPORT THE SHOWSubscribe on Edwards WireBecome a MemberKeith Edwards reacts to Melania Trump ditching her husband right before his midterm convention, along with dozens of other GOP lawmakers.📡 JOIN THE COMMUNITYListen on SpotifyFollow me on FacebookFollow me on InstagramFollow me on TikTokFollow me on XFollow me on Threads🎙️ TALK TO MEVoicemail line: ‪[phone]‬Business: [e-mail]

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Come commiserate. Come laugh. Come have some fun. We have some fun live streaming. It's going to be on Wednesday and on Thursday of next week. We'll be there. Apparently, Melania Trump will not. Now, Donald Trump is doing it because he thinks that it's going to help him with the midterms.

I'm going to bring you to the interpersonal struggles between him and Melania Trump. But let's remember the reason why this is happening is because he is a historically unpopular president. And he is bringing the party down. And so what they're trying to do is remind people of the good things that Trump didn't do anything. They didn't do anything good. And counteracting all that are the people who are actually running for office on the Democratic side who are reminding folks of who Donald Trump is and what the people they're running against actually represent. Here's one ad from Troy Jackson out of Maine who's running against Senator Susan Collins. When Joe Brennan was in Congress, he voted a.

straight party line 93% of the time. The issues are too complex for that kind of approach. Senator Susan Collins has voted with President Donald Trump. Voted in line with Trump. Collins voted with Trump 96% of the time. Senator Susan Collins saying that she will vote yes on Judge Kavanaugh. I will vote to confirm Judge Kavanaugh. She saved the Kavanaugh nomination single-handedly. This represents likely now a massive political victory for President Trump's administration. Neil Gorsuch, for whom you voted, don't you think he's probably going to vote to overturn Rovers' way to given the chance?

I actually don't. In a sweeping ruling that overturned a half a century of presidents, five justices ended the right of American women to choose abortion under the Constitution. Tens of thousands of Mainers are now seeing double even triple what they were previously paying for premiums. Average monthly premium costs could go from $888 to as much as $1,000. $194. Cowlons is defending her vote against the latest effort to release the Epstein files.

89% of Mainers do want the Epstein files released. My dear friend Susan Collins. Susan Collins? I'm serious. All right. You're doing good. So good and deadly. The midterms are getting closer and we're already seeing fights over something as fundamental as

which votes get counted. The Supreme Court just ruled that states can continue counting mailback. ballots that arrive after Election Day as long as they're postmarked on time. But look at how differently that decision gets presented. On the right, the Western Journal frames it as Amy Coney Barrett and John Roberts, siding with liberal justices on a major election integrity case. Meanwhile, NPR describes what actually happened much more plainly, the Supreme Court upheld existing grace periods for mail-in ballots.

Same ruling, but completely different takeaway. Now, this is exactly why I use ground news. People ask me all the time where I research the stories I talk about, and ground news is one of the tools I rely on because it lets me see the framing before I buy into somebody else's narrative. It pulls coverage from across the political spectrum into one place where I can compare headlines, check each source's political bias and factuality rating, and even see who owns the outlet. Their blind spot feed also shows me stories one side of the political spectrum is barely covering at all. If you want that same context, go to ground.news slash Keith or scan the QR code to get 40% off the vantage plan. I use it because it makes me better informed and genuinely think it can do the same for you. Now, this man is Troy Jackson is very close to defeating her in November.

And we also have too, Sam Forstack here, who has his own ad that came out. just today. My mom used to say that in his infinite wisdom, God gave us two ears for listening, two hands for working, and one mouth for talking. So act accordingly. So while Aaron Flint's been talking on the radio, I've been working, fighting fires on our public lands, and fighting for working people in Montana. I'm Sam Forstag. I approve this message because we all know this country's got problems. Now we can keep talking about them or we can get to work fixing them. As a handsome man, All right. Both of those people are on my cheat sheet.

It's called keith's cheat sheet.com. If you feel so inclined, you can go on to keith's cheat sheet.com and you can donate to all these candidates. I got to point out, I don't make any money from your donations, okay? I'm not making anything from this. This is truly to help these candidates.

And the people I'm partnered with oath, they don't also, they don't get any of your data. So if you donate, you're never going to get an easy, email, text message, anything because of this. And again, I don't get any money from this. This is truly just to help these candidates. Now, Sam Forstag is here. And if you go here, you got the Senate people and there, look, there's Troy Jackson. You can donate to that. And if you feel so inclined,

you could donate and split across all three. And every little bit helps. Okay. Now, let's move on here because a former R&C chair literally has backed Sam Forstag for his seat. Now, when it comes to Donald Trump's event, Melania is standing him up. Says here, Melania hits Trump with a major new snub. Melania Trump has opted out of showing up for Donald Trump at the president's midterm convention. According to a report, a White House official told the Washington Examiner that the First Lady has no intention of intending the event in Dallas next week, which Trump will headline in an attempt to give the GOP a much-needed boost ahead of the November 3rd elections. Melania's absence is the latest humiliation for Trump surrounding his mid-term

convention with dozens of Republican lawmakers already confirming that they will not be attending and citing an array of excuses. Melania is not joining her husband for the two-day televised event is also another example of the first lady largely being absent from the public life and even attempting to carry out duties associated with her White House position, as you can see here. This is how much we've seen Melania. Not a lot. Let's just say that.

Only 40 days. that's since September 2nd. Now, this is also happening as Natalie Harp rumors are circulating, and she literally understands that this is such an issue that when she was at the White House for the first time in a while, she said this. Good afternoon. I heard you missed me.

Here I am. Very strange. This is very strange all around. Melania is not the only one. who's not going to this convention. We're also learning, too, that a lot of Republicans, major Republicans are not going. Many privately admit that they're stuck in a uncomfortable position. By running too far from Trump, Republicans risk alienating the MAGA faithful or the president himself, whose super PAC is sitting on more than $400 million. They desperately need to deploy

him to help key races. But if the candidates keep Trump close, they could be dragged down by the president as the unpopular war in Iran has increased costs for Americans across. across the country. When asked in an interview if he wants Trump to campaign in his swing district this fall or spend time elsewhere, Rep. Rob Whitman gave an indirect answer. Listen, you know, I'm very happy with our campaign and the things that we're doing. He said very confident with our conversations with voters. I think we've got a great campaign plan or laser focus on communicating with our constituents and talking about issues that are important to them. In other words, no, we don't want Trump to calm down campaign for us. Another senior Republican said,

We've told them he cannot come to a lot of their races. Candidantly, he would not be helpful here. I do not believe they would send him without R.K. And if they did, he would probably wouldn't campaign with him. Please do that. Please send Trump without asking the campaign. I would like to see that very much, please. One other person said,

Trump is still the most powerful turnout motivator for low propensity Republicans or Trump Republicans. And so I think campaigns will and should use him and his brand in targeted ways like mail, digital, or text. But I'm not going to try to bring him to town if he's underwater. and it's going to hurt us with the majority of voters. So this is an ongoing problem. And you can just tell it's a real issue because they've only given away 2,000 tickets

to Donald Trump's big event next week. 2000. The NRCC did confirm to Fox. More than 2,000 tickets have been distributed ahead of the conventions. As you can see here, American Airlines has up to 21,000 seats available. So it might actually be very empty. And maybe one of the reasons why they don't want to go is because it's reportedly $25,000 for members to attend. Apparently cost $25,000 for each member to attend.

Oh, well, okay. So yes and no. The part of our dues are to make sure that we're supporting other candidates who are in very tough, you know, competitive races around the country. So I think what that was is just kind of an incentive that we need to make sure that we're all, you know, support our party. Oh, okay. I like that because some members I heard were like, I don't know if I want to pay that, but I get that. I'm also the finance chair for the NRCC,

so I understand it that this is definitely a team. You want to make sure that we stay in the majority. Yeah, so I'm looking forward to that. I'm looking forward to watching this. It's going to be a disaster. It's going to be a disaster. And how embarrassing, I'm not going to get used to it that Donald Trump's wife

doesn't want to be near him. I don't blame her, but I'm not going to get used to it. and it should be a bigger deal that this is such an arranged marriage, that these folks, unless she gets a lot of money, a lot of money, she's not showing up. We're going to keep following this. And like I said, the cheat she is below. You can donate to those candidates. We can flip the house and send it.

Let's get it done. And I'll see you soon. Two and five Canadians will hear the words, you have cancer. That's why every step and dollar raised matters. On September 19th, joined thousands in Toronto for the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation. Walk. Challenge yourself, friends, and family to walk 21 kilometers in support of life-saving research. Together, we can carry the fire and help create a world free from the fear of cancer. Register today at pmcfwalk.ca.ca.cwalk.ca.