3.27.25 The Joe Mangiacotti Show - Thursday

The Joe Mangiacotti Show – Opening Segment – March 27, 2025

WCRN 830 AM – “Common Sense Conversation for the Common Sense Citizen”

Well, good afternoon, New England! Welcome to The Joe Mangiacotti Show—right here on WCRN 830 AM, the powerhouse that covers all of New England from the center of the dial, the center of information, and the center of common sense!

Folks, we have a jam-packed show today—there’s a lot happening in this country, and I’m gonna say it right now: If you believe in the Constitution, if you believe in law and order, and if you still believe in good ol’ common sense—this next hour is for you. Buckle up.

Let’s start with this ICE arrest at Tufts University.
Now, I don’t know about you, but I was always under the impression that when you come to this country on a visa, that visa comes with some conditions. One of them is you don’t engage in activities supporting terrorist organizations like Hamas. That’s not controversial, that’s just basic national security!

But now, we’ve got a Tufts grad student, Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national, who was picked up by ICE, and the left is screaming bloody murder because she was detained. Oh, how dare we enforce immigration laws! Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell—who, let’s be honest, never misses an opportunity to pander to the radical left—called it “disturbing.” What’s disturbing is having foreign nationals on U.S. soil supporting Hamas and expecting zero consequences.

Listen, a visa isn’t a right—it’s a privilege. If you break the rules, you don’t get to stay. Period. It’s not complicated, folks! If she were an American citizen, we’d be having a different conversation, but she’s not. ICE did their job.

And let’s be clear—if the Trump administration were still in charge, she’d already be on a plane back to Turkey, no questions asked. Instead, the Biden administration—whose entire immigration policy can be summed up as “Let’s do the opposite of what makes sense”—has this judge stepping in and slowing down the process.

Speaking of Trump, let’s talk about those new tariffs.
This is one of those times where you really see the difference between an America First policy and the globalist nonsense we’ve been fed for decades.

Trump just announced a 25% tariff on all foreign-made cars, and naturally, the usual suspects—the EU, the left-wing economists, the corporate media—they’re all losing their minds.

Now, let me ask you something: Why is it that every time a president does something to help American workers, the left panics? Tariffs are bad? Really? Because I seem to recall that before NAFTA and all these disastrous trade deals, America was making cars, making steel, making just about everything. Now, we’ve got foreign companies making our vehicles and parts, and we’re just supposed to accept it?

Trump’s got the right idea here: If you want to sell your cars in America, build them in America. It’s that simple. No tariff if you build here. And the government expects to pull in $100 billion from this move! That’s $100 billion going into our economy instead of padding the profits of foreign companies. How is that a bad thing?

Of course, the Biden administration and their media lapdogs will scream that this will raise prices, but they said the same thing when Trump put tariffs on steel and aluminum. Didn’t happen. What did happen? More American jobs. More American production. More money staying in this country.

Now, let’s shift gears—literally—to something every car owner needs to hear.
We’ve got an EV disaster brewing, folks. Ford just announced that they’re losing billions on electric vehicles, and now they’re slashing production on models like the F-150 Lightning because—guess what?—nobody wants them!

You know what happens when the government forces an industry to change before the market is ready? You get exactly what we’re seeing now: billions of dollars in losses, stalled production, and higher prices for consumers.

The left keeps pushing EVs like it’s some kind of moral obligation, but here’s a little reality check—not everyone wants one, not everyone can afford one, and the infrastructure to support them just isn’t there. We don’t have enough charging stations, the grid can’t handle the load, and these batteries are an environmental nightmare.

But what’s the government’s response? Instead of letting the market decide, they’re pumping more taxpayer money into failing EV projects while gas-powered cars—the ones that actually work—are being regulated into oblivion.

Now, let’s talk about something that affects every single person listening: crime.
We had another criminal out on bail kill an innocent citizen, this time in Boston. Another preventable tragedy. Another career criminal let loose because of “bail reform.”

How many times do we have to see this before we admit that soft-on-crime policies are getting people killed?

And yet, what’s the left’s response? “Oh, we need more rehabilitation programs.” No, folks. We need prosecutors who actually prosecute. We need judges who follow the law, not social justice ideology. We need law enforcement backed, not demonized.

Because here’s the thing—when you let criminals walk, innocent people die. Period. And if you’re more worried about a criminal’s “second chance” than a victim’s first chance at life, your priorities are backwards.

Alright, folks, we’ve got a lot more to cover today. I want to hear from YOU—do you support Trump’s tariffs? Do you think ICE was right to detain the Tufts student? Are EVs the future, or a forced disaster? And when will Massachusetts get serious about crime?

Give me a call at 508-871-7000. Let’s talk about it.

We’re taking a quick break, but when we come back—more on Trump’s economic strategy, your calls, and some breaking news that just came in. Stay tuned—you’re listening to The Joe Mangiacotti Show on WCRN 830 AM.