Based Franklin, Pete Hegseth & the Meme That Broke Washington in 2025

Franklin the Turtle has officially entered his BASED era, and the Left can’t handle it. In today’s episode of The Isabel Brown Show, we break down how one Franklin children’s story meme posted by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth set Congress, the media, and even the Canadian publisher of Franklin into a full-blown meltdown, all while they ignore 100,000 American drug deaths and the very real evil threat of transnational crime.

Join me in reacting to the funniest and most unhinged Franklin memes, from Franklin targeting narco terrorists to guarding women’s locker rooms, joining ICE, defending the library from drag queen story hour, and even going full trad Catholic. But underneath the meme hilarity is a serious question: why are our so-called “leaders” more outraged by a cartoon turtle with an RPG than by the actual problems facing Americans, including migrant crime, narco terrorism, and the horrific kidnaping and rape of young girls by repeat violent offenders in places like Minnesota?

We’re walking through what’s actually happening, why the establishment is suddenly outraged by “violent” memes, how the media is running interference, and what it really means to be “misaligned with American values” in 2025.

Drop your favorite Franklin meme in the comments and let’s talk about what D.C. should be angry about.

Ep.59

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