It is no surprise that Never Trumpers are speaking out against former president in the wake of the &#8220;Red Wave That Wasn&#8217;t,&#8221; but the criticism from Dr. Michael Savage — a longtime supporter of former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/trump-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Donald J. Trump</a>&#8216;s — deserves to be looked at given the pair&#8217;s on-going mutual respect for each other that has lasted for more than a decade.
&#8220;I gotta tell you this, and many people are mad at me now. We all know what&#8217;s coming. I believe that [Florida GOP Governor Ron] DeSantis is the future of the Republican Party if they are to have a future at all,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cbs-passport-propaganda-and-trump-beware-the-government-media-complex" target="_blank" rel="noopener">legendary radio host</a> said during his opening monologue on his Thursday podcast.
The man known for coining the phrase &#8220;liberalism is a mental disorder&#8221; also pre-empted knee-jerk reactions from his audience by providing a detailed explanation of why he now feels that way.
&#8220;And let me tell you why before you jump down my throat and say, &#8216;Oh, you stabbed Trump in the back,&#8221; Savage <a href="https://michaelsavage.com/a-black-eye-not-a-red-wave-the-morning-after-pill/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> defiantly. &#8220;I care more about the country than I do about a man. I&#8217;ve said before — this is about a nation, not about any man.&#8221;
The radio host has good reason to explain his shift in perspective on the current state of affairs: Savage supported a Trump run for the presidency in 2012, 2016, and his re-election effort in 2020. To its credit, the left-wing Salon Magazine even <a href="https://www.salon.com/2016/04/06/the_talk_radio_godfather_of_trumpamania_what_michael_savage_can_tell_us_about_americas_white_working_class/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published</a> a reasonably balanced article in April 2016 from a Savage Nation listener, detailing why he is the &#8220;Godfather of Trumpmania.&#8221;
The simple reason for his early support is that the nationalist and populist platform that Trump ran on was nearly identical to Savage&#8217;s long-held mantra of &#8220;Borders, Language, Culture,&#8221; and so many other policy positions described by the host throughout his almost 30 years on the radio.
The San Francisco-based host even held his neck out for Trump when it wasn&#8217;t popular to do so and has been equally critical of the Left and the Republican establishment throughout his career.
For context, in January 2016, Trump <a href="https://www.salon.com/2017/09/16/bigoted-radio-host-michael-savage-made-him-has-lost-faith-in-trump_partner/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> to Savage, &#8220;You have been an original backer from a long time ago and I appreciate it, Michael, and I’ll never forget it.&#8221;
At the time, the host added that his audience was &#8220;98 percent&#8221; in support of Trump, jokingly adding, &#8220;I’m sorry it’s that low, but I’ll work on the other two percent over the coming weeks.&#8221;
Savage&#8217;s reputation of speaking his mind regardless of how it might impact his bottom line made his comments on Thursday notable for those looking for a genuinely independent perspective and one made from wisdom and decades of reading the political tea leaves.
The author of &#8220;Trump&#8217;s War: His Battle For America&#8221; also explained that DeSantis&#8217; relative youth bolsters his candidacy.
&#8220;And DeSantis is a young man. If DeSantis runs [for the presidency], he could win,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;And here&#8217;s the other part, he could then run for another term. If Trump wins, we don&#8217;t know if he could win because he has been made toxic by the evil media — wrongly of course, but he could never run again. He could only run for one more term. And then where are we going to be?&#8221;
Savage also was critical of some of Trump&#8217;s Republican endorsements, such as Pennsylvania&#8217;s Dr. Mehmet Oz — whom he called a &#8220;weirdo&#8221; and &#8220;the worst possible candidate in American history.&#8221;
In response to a headline that read, &#8220;Trump Rips Losing GOP Candidates Including One He Endorsed,&#8221; the host went on to blast the former president.
&#8220;You know Donald, that&#8217;s enough already. It&#8217;s enough already. Stop blaming everybody but yourself — in plain English,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I know it&#8217;s anathema to say that, but it&#8217;s enough already.&#8221;
He also pushed back on Trump&#8217;s claim that New Hampshire GOP senate candidate Don Bolduc lost because he backed away from insisting that the 2020 election was stolen.
&#8220;No, that&#8217;s not the reason at all. Nothing to do with it. Not everybody has to go along with the election fraud story to have won,&#8221; he added Thursday. &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry.&#8221;
The Ph.D. holder in epidemiology and nutrition sciences from the University of California at Berkeley also blasted &#8220;Kentucky Mitch&#8221; — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)  &#8211; for &#8220;undermining&#8221; good Republican candidates.
He alleged that McConnell &#8220;threw dollars&#8221; to hurt strong GOP nominees during the election because &#8220;he wants to remain a minority in the Senate because he will remain minority leader.&#8221;
Savage also tweeted a photo from DeSantis&#8217;s wedding day, featuring the governor and his wife, Casey.
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The Future <a href="https://t.co/oLc7LreMMU">pic.twitter.com/oLc7LreMMU</a>
&mdash; Michael Savage (@ASavageNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/ASavageNation/status/1590730355602239493?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 10, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Of course, given the rich history of Savage and Trump&#8217;s relationship, it would perhaps be best to view the comments as a friend talking to a friend rather than as an adversarial pundit latching on to potentially shortsighted ideas about the future that seem popular at the given moment.
While Savage stopped short of full-on endorsing DeSantis or saying that Trump would definitely face defeat in 2024, his words will surely be taken to heart by his loyal audience.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Conservative talk radio host Michael Savage says that while he is used to getting death threats, the severity of a recent threat sent to a restaurant he frequents compelled him to change locations and contact local, state and federal agencies. A suspect connected to the alarming threat, he says, has been identified.
In an email sent to the unnamed restaurant, the suspect threatened to open fire on everyone in the restaurant if it continues to allow the &#8220;racist white supremacist piece of sh**&#8221; radio host to eat there.&#8221; The threat included specific references to owning &#8220;3 guns.&#8221; Excerpts of the email were published by the Washington Times&#8217; <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/2/michael-savage-target-death-threats-i-own-3-guns-a/">Cheryl Chumley</a>:
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I DEMAND THAT YOU REFUSE TO ALLOW MICHAEL SAVAGE &#8230; IN YOUR F-ING RESTAURANT AGAIN. HE IS A RACIST WHITE SUPREMACIST PIECE OF SH&#8212; &#8230; DONT WANT TO LISTEN TO ME? WELL I GUESS YOURE ALL GONNA F&#8212;ING DIE THEN CUZ I AM WAITING FOR THE MOTHAF&#8212; AND I WILL WAIT AND WATCH YOUR F&#8212;ING BUSINESS AND WHEN I SEE HIM GO IN THERE IM GOING TO START SHOOTING EVERY BODY I CAN FIND.
I OWN 3 GUNS AND I CAN DO SOME SERIOUS F&#8212;ING DAMAGE. I WILL KILL AS MANY OF YOU RACIST-SUPPORTING/ENABLING WHITE SUPREMACISTS AS I F&#8212;ING CAN.
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The threat also made reference to Savage being Jewish, calling him an &#8220;f***ing crypto Jew&#8221;:
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PEOPLE WILL F&#8212;ING DIE. IM GOING TO KILL THAT F&#8212;ING CRYPTO JEW BUT IF YOU DONT WANT YOUR WHOLE BUSINESS TO TURN INTO A F&#8212;IN SHOOTING GALLERY AND YOUR CUSTOMERS TO GET CAUGHT UP IN THIS YOU BETTER KEEP HIM OUTTA THERE OR ELSE &#8230; YOURE ALL GONNA F&#8212;IN DIE UNLESS YOU DO WHAT I F&#8212;IN SAY. ILL REALLY MAKE U F&#8212;IN FAMOUS.
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Savage spoke to Chumley about the threat in a phone interview, stating that he&#8217;d &#8220;changed location&#8221; due to the threat and has gotten some &#8220;serious agencies&#8221; involved in finding the suspect.
&#8220;Over the years, I have received many threats and have chosen to ignore them,&#8221; he said. &#8220;However, given the violent, vile times we are living in and the specific nature of this threat, both I and some serious agencies are taking this threat very seriously.&#8221;
Savage told Chumley that authorities have a suspect &#8220;they&#8217;re looking at, as we speak.&#8221;
The threats to Savage follow a series of other threats against high-profile figures, particularly on the Right. One similarly alarming threat targeted Fox News host Tucker Carlson. A left-wing Antifa group <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/38117/tucker-carlson-speaks-out-leftist-mob-showing-his-amanda-prestigiacomo">went to his home</a> when his wife was there and threatened his family in November.
&#8220;She had been in the kitchen alone getting ready to go to dinner and she heard pounding on the front door and screaming,&#8221; Carlson told The Washington Post. &#8220;Someone started throwing himself against the front door and actually cracked the front door.&#8221; Carlson&#8217;s wife locked herself in the pantry and called the police.
An Antifa group called Smash Racism DC posted videos of the ambush to Twitter and boasted of their threats against Carlson and his family. &#8220;&#8216;Racist scumbag, leave town!&#8217; Every night you spread fear into our homes&#8212;fear of the other, fear of us, and fear of them. Each night you tell us we are not safe. Tonight you&#8217;re reminded that we have a voice. Tonight, we remind you that you are not safe either,&#8221; read one of the posts by the radical group.
Less threatening, but still troubling incidents include, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and his wife being <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/36333/restaurant-owner-reveals-leftists-harassing-cruz-james-barrett">harassed by protesters</a> at a restaurant, while one restaurant asked White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders and her family to leave.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/32391/backlash-against-red-hen-booting-sarah-sanders-james-barrett">Backlash Against The Red Hen For Booting Sarah Sanders Gets Crazy</a>

Here’s The Alarming Message That Forced Michael Savage To Get Authorities Involved

One of the most bizarre aspects of President Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/15211/syria-flip-3-reasons-trumps-2017-syrian-strike-ben-shapiro">airstrikes</a> against Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was watching Trump&#8217;s most hardcore supporters suddenly turn on him.
After labeling anyone who dares to breathe a critical word of Trump as a neocon globalist cuck, it was truly amazing to observe their horror unfold at the realization that Trump was apparently the exact neocon globalist cuck they had been howling about.
Here are seven Trump supporters who had meltdowns over the president&#8217;s airstrikes.
1. Milo Yiannopolous. The flamboyant alt-right defending provocateur who has repeatedly referred to Trump as <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/steve-bannon-daddy-donald-trump-silent-milo-yiannopoulos-meltdown-pedophilia/">&#8220;Daddy&#8221;</a> was not pleased:
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Yiannopoulos also told <a href="http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/04/trump-alt-right-syria-war-214998">Politico</a> in a text message that the airstrikes were &#8220;FAKE and GAY.&#8221;
2. Mike Cernovich. Cernovich, who has promulgated <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/11343/heres-everything-you-need-know-about-pizzagate-aaron-bandler">the Pizzagate conspiracy theory</a> and believes that <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/alt-right-civil-war-twitter-cernovich-milo-alaska-2016-12">&#8220;date rape does not exist&#8221;</a>, received <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2017/04/07/how-mike-cernovichs-influence-moved-from-the-internet-fringes-to-the-white-house/?utm_term=.e2af3e32fc0d">compliments</a> from Donald Trump, Jr. and White House counselor Kellyanne Conway earlier in the week. Now Cernovich is venting about Trump&#8217;s actions in Syria:
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According to Politico, Cernovich lamented on his livestream that the media are &#8220;trying to con Trump into believing the people want war&#8221; and bizarrely stated that &#8220;ISIS did it to themselves&#8221; to frame Assad.
3. Michael Savage. Savage called Trump the <a href="http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/Michael-Savage-Donald-Trump-winston-churchill-supports/2015/07/29/id/659542/">&#8220;Winston Churchill of our time&#8221;</a> in July 2015. On his Thursday radio show, Savage <a href="http://www.michaelsavage.wnd.com/2017/04/i-am-a-conservative-peacenick-do-you-want-war-with-russia/">complained</a>, &#8220;The generals have gotten to him and turned him from peace with Russia. And the people standing in the way of war, like Steve Bannon, are being shown the door. This beating of the war drums with Russia has to stop.&#8221;
4. Ann Coulter. Coulter has been an ardent Trump supporter since early in the Republican primary to the point where <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/4751/fact-check-did-cruz-flip-amnesty-building-border-aaron-bandler">she spread blatant falsehoods about Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)</a> and wrote a book titled, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FEQHVLA/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1">In Trump We Trust: E Pluribus Awesome!</a> 
Apparently Coulter didn&#8217;t find Trump&#8217;s airstrikes to be under the category of &#8220;E Pluribus Awesome&#8221;:
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Those who wanted us meddling in the Middle East voted for other candidates.
&#8212; Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnnCoulter/status/850233049430097920">April 7, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Trump campaigned on not getting involved in Mideast. Said it always helps our enemies &amp; creates more refugees. Then he saw a picture on TV.
&#8212; Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnnCoulter/status/850233131328184320">April 7, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Christians who live in Syria are terrified of what will happen if Assad is gone.
&#8212; Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnnCoulter/status/850233340011487232">April 7, 2017</a></blockquote>
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She also re-tweeted this:
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5. Nigel Farage. Farage seemed to be befuddled by Trump&#8217;s actions: (<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/07/nigel-farage-right-wing-populists-turn-donald-trump-missile/">H/T:</a> UK Telegraph)
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Mr Farage said: &#8220;I am very surprised by this. I think a lot of Trump voters will be waking up this morning and scratching their heads and saying &#8216;where will it all end?&#8217;
&#8220;As a firm Trump supporter, I say, yes, the pictures were horrible, but I&#8217;m surprised. Whatever Assad&#8217;s sins, he is secular.&#8221;
He said Britain should not get involved in any further strikes, commenting: &#8220;Previous interventions in the Middle East have made things worse rather than better.&#8221;
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6. Paul Joseph Watson. The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/paul.j.watson.71/about?lst=1650529699%3A686031170%3A1491586942">Infowars editor</a> seemed to renounce Trump altogether: (<a href="http://www.vox.com/2017/4/6/15215376/alt-right-trump-syria">H/T:</a> Vox)<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" alt height="329" src="https://dw-wp-dev.imgix.net/2019/09/pjw_1.jpg" width="720" />
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These tweets warrant the following response:
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7. Alex Jones. The <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/12834/did-trump-give-infowars-press-credential-here-are-aaron-bandler">conspiracy theorist extraordinaire</a> said in February that he was <a href="https://www.infowars.com/alex-jones-im-ready-to-die-for-trump/">&#8220;ready to die for Trump.&#8221;</a> Now that Trump launched airstrikes against Syria, Jones <a href="http://gizmodo.com/with-attack-on-syria-trump-alienates-the-alt-right-1794099968?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_twitter&amp;utm_source=gizmodo_twitter&amp;utm_medium=socialflow">said</a> on a Friday livestream, &#8220;Trump is really disintegrating in my eyes on many levels.&#8221;
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&#8220;Breitbart News is now running America,&#8221; declared Michael Savage on his Friday radio show. 

Seemingly fueling a feud with Breitbart News, Savage described Stephen K. Bannon &#8211; the news outlet&#8217;s former chairman &#8211; as &#8220;jealous&#8221; and an &#8220;enemy:&#8221;

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&#8220;Breitbart&#8217;s never been a fan of Michael Savage. Breitbart&#8217;s run by Steve Bannon, who is inside the White House. Steve Bannon has always been jealous of Michael Savage. Steve Bannon tried a radio show that failed on Sirius XM. So let&#8217;s get things in order, that&#8217;s number one. Nobody on Breitbart likes me because I&#8217;m a competitor of theirs and I&#8217;m far more talented than any one of those people who tried radio, and that&#8217;s by the way with due respect to those who write great columns for them. Please don&#8217;t quote my enemy or my competitor and tell me that what they&#8217;re saying is the truth.&#8221;
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Savage praised Breitbart News&#8217;s chief editor Alex Marlow while depicting him as subservient to Bannon&#8217;s implied agenda of hostility towards him: 
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&#8220;I love Alex Marlow, I love him. Who pays Alex Marlow? Who pays Alex Marlow&#8217;s bills? 

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Did [Bannon] disconnect from Breitbart? Did [Bannon] break all ties with Breitbart?
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I don&#8217;t want any news organization running America. All journalism is biased. All websites are biased. All of them are tabloid websites. I don&#8217;t want any tabloid website running the country.&#8221;
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Listen to the audio below.
 
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