2-13-26 Morning Rush - Candace Owens Goes Off On Trump & Erika Kirk & Joe Rogan Also Criticizes Trump & An Olympic Proposal

The Rush Hour With Dave Neal

Dave Neal

Society & Culture, Relationships

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🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Rush Hour – Friday the 13th Morning Edition

It's Friday the 13th and the chaos is flowing early.

Today we break down Candace Owens and her latest accusations involving Erica Kirk — what she's claiming, why it's escalating, and how this story is spiraling across conservative media. Owens isn't stopping there — she's now publicly calling out Pam Bondi and taking direct aim at the Trump administration. What's strategy, what's substance, and what's just pure Friday the 13th energy?

We also dive back into the never-ending saga of the Jeffrey Epstein files — the mounting pressure, the political fallout, and why this issue refuses to go away.

Plus:

A surprising new Olympic proposal that could shake up future Games
Political infighting you won't believe
Media hypocrisy meter turned all the way up
And the stories everyone will be arguing about by lunchtime

Buckle up. It's messy, it's dramatic, and it's Rush Hour.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the rush hour, your daily dose of pop culture for your rush hour ride. Buckle up and
0:08.5	enjoy the drive with your host, stand-up comedian Dave Neal. Good morning, everybody. Happy Friday
0:16.0	the 13th to you. We've got a ton of content to get into for your rush hour ride to work. We'll be discussing
0:22.5	Candace Owens. And what she has to say about two big stories that are breaking. One, this story
0:28.3	about Erica Kirk possibly grooming a 15-year-old girl when she was 25. I know, it sounds crazy.
0:34.6	We'll break it all down. But the other story is Candace Owens' grilling Pam Bondi for Pam Bondi's insane cover-up of the Epstein files. Also, I want to show where Joe Rogan had to say, now, why do I do this? Because it's so interesting to me, you know, you hear someone like me who's kind of like had a very strong opinion about these things for a while. Now, the Epstein files and, of course,
0:55.7	you know, what's going on with Trump's presidency and violations of First Amendment and all of
0:59.4	that. But it's always interesting when you find people like Rogan and Candace Owens who were
1:04.6	pretty much endorsing Trump, part of MAGA, and now that they are kind of speaking out against
1:09.3	what they are seeing as clear and obvious
1:11.1	cover-ups. So the, the, the, sort of the, the, the cards are falling here one at a time,
1:16.5	but we live in such a wild world that it's just, it's crazy to be in the center of this
1:21.7	greatest cover-up in the history of our government, really, and it's happening right before
1:26.6	our eyes. For those that are wondering why we're not talking about other dumb pop culture stuff,
1:31.0	it's like this is the most insane. When I go to my hair person, I get my hair done,
1:35.7	and when I go to my dentist, when I go to the cocktail, everyone's talking about these insane
1:41.1	stories. So we're here to discuss it. All this and more starts right now on The Rush. So
1:45.5	Candace Owens is discussing these text messages that are going viral. This person on Twitter said
1:52.6	that Candice Owens is accusing Erica Kirk of grooming a 15-year-old girl. I don't know if that's
1:57.6	the accusation Candace is making, but the internet is, this story is already
2:02.0	going viral.
2:02.7	I'll share what Candace has to say, and then I'll give you my thoughts on it.
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