1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,719 Speaker 1: From the mighty nine ninety broadcast centers. 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:07,000 Speaker 2: You are waking up in Starns Country with Todd Starns. 3 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 3: Hey, good morning Memphis and Mid South. It is Luke 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 3: Cymbol filling it for Todd Starns this morning. I'm out 5 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 3: of the principal Toyota Memphis studio here at Kawham. Todd 6 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 3: is taking a much needed break. That guy was on 7 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 3: Primetime Newsmax for Christmas. Over the holidays. He's always filling 8 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:35,319 Speaker 3: in for somebody on top of his national show and 9 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 3: the Starns Country Show here at KWHAM in the mornings, 10 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 3: and so he is taking a break this morning, so 11 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:45,159 Speaker 3: you get me. Luke Cymbol been on the show a 12 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 3: few times. It's always good to be with my friends 13 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 3: across the Mid South listening to kwham. We have a 14 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 3: little bit of the holiday hayes going on. I don't 15 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 3: know about y'all, but when you have a holiday and 16 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 3: now it's Friday, you get a little bit of the 17 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:10,399 Speaker 3: brain fog. I've been enjoying the Thursday, you know, Christmas 18 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:13,399 Speaker 3: on Thursday, New Year's on Thursday, and then you take 19 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 3: Friday off and you get kind of a really long weekend. 20 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:21,400 Speaker 3: So for those of you going to work this morning, 21 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:23,959 Speaker 3: maybe you're driving. There's not a lot of traffic out 22 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 3: this morning. I think a lot of people are off work. 23 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 3: But thank you for spending your morning with me. A 24 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 3: lot of news happening over the holiday, and I don't 25 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:39,040 Speaker 3: know if you all saw. Saint Jude and President Trump 26 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 3: were in the news. President Trump at mar Alago at 27 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 3: the New Year's Eve festivities. Somebody was painting a painting 28 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 3: of They were painting Jesus at mar Alago, and Trump 29 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 3: auctioned off the painting and split the proceeds between Saint 30 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 3: Jude's and the Palm Beach Share Office, ultimately raising nearly 31 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 3: three million dollars. Let's play SOTT number one. 32 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 4: But this you don't want to know. I'm in some 33 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 4: of these guys. Two million, seven to fifty. 34 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:13,079 Speaker 3: Do I hear three million? 35 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 5: Yeah? 36 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 3: Do I hear three million? It's going to Saint June's. 37 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 3: It's going to the Sheriff's office. So we have two million, 38 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 3: we have two. 39 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 4: Million, seven to fifty. Do we have anything else? Any 40 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 4: other minute? I want to thank you coming. 41 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: Up with the Saints. 42 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 3: That is President Trump auctioning off a painting at Mar 43 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 3: a lago New Year's Eve one, nearly one point four 44 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 3: million dollars going to Saint Jude because of this charity auction. 45 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 3: Thank you, President Trump. You know, President Trump, we have 46 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 3: the Memphis Safe Task Force here. He has focused on 47 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,639 Speaker 3: cleaning up crime in Memphis and has said he wants 48 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 3: to make Memphis the safest city in America because of 49 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 3: the federal the federal agencies sent here in the state agencies. 50 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 3: This cooperation between the federal and state government to clean 51 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 3: up Memphis crime. And now he is supporting Saint Jude, 52 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 3: which is really just a jewel for the city of Memphis. 53 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 3: President Trump, you know, I was looking at Saint Jude's 54 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 3: social media. I have not seen a statement of thanks yet. 55 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:32,919 Speaker 3: I certainly hope that Saint Jude publicly acknowledges President Trump's 56 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 3: not only the money President Trump is raised. And you know, 57 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 3: Eric Trump and his wife have raised tens of millions 58 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 3: of dollars for Saint Jude over the over the years, 59 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 3: huge supporters of Saint Jude. But to have the President, 60 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 3: the sitting president of the United States, acknowledged Saint Jude 61 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 3: raise money for Saint Jude yet again, bringing more positive 62 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 3: attention to Memphis. I hope Saint Jude acknowledges it. That's 63 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 3: really really important, and it's he didn't have to do it. 64 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 3: Like I said, half the proceeds from that painting went 65 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 3: to the Palm Beach Sheriff's office. He could have chosen 66 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 3: any charity in the country and the world for that 67 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:19,279 Speaker 3: money to go to, and uh, he chose half of 68 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:23,159 Speaker 3: it to go to Saint Jude. Really really cool. You know. 69 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 3: As an aside, I have a lot of Uh, there 70 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 3: are a lot of Saint Jude doctors that live in 71 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 3: my neighborhood and you can kind of tell who they are. 72 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 3: They have the little Saint Jude yard sign out front 73 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 3: and my neighbors and I joke because you can tell 74 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 3: if they're liberal if they also have a Lausanne sign 75 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 3: from so if they have the Saint Jude's sign and 76 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:51,039 Speaker 3: the laws Anne side. A lot of a lot of 77 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 3: times they're liberal, and sometimes they don't take care of 78 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 3: their yard. But that's neither here nor there. We love 79 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 3: Saint Jude a huge, like I said, jewel for the city, 80 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 3: and we appreciate President Trump bringing attention and raising money 81 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 3: for Saint Jude to combat childhood cancer. They do great work, 82 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:16,280 Speaker 3: and we appreciate the President doing that. How how was 83 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:19,719 Speaker 3: how was your New Year's Did y'all go down to 84 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 3: Beal Street? There were supposed to be large crowds, lots 85 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 3: of security, National Guard folks out protecting us. It was 86 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 3: actually pretty good weather. Uh did you go out to 87 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 3: Beal Street? Did you partake in the festivities across town? 88 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 3: We want to hear from you. Nine oh one two 89 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 3: six zero five nine two six? What did y'all do? 90 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 3: Are you enjoying our newly safe city? You know? Senator 91 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:50,720 Speaker 3: Brent Taylor, who has worked so hard to bring attention 92 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 3: to Memphis through his Make Memphis Matter initiative, has been 93 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 3: doing a Make Memphis Matter challenge where he goes about 94 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:02,799 Speaker 3: the city to various restaurants, to stores, to parks, takes 95 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 3: a video and says, get out post. This is a 96 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 3: Make Memphis Matter challenge. Post tag me. Let me know 97 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 3: what you're doing in our now safe city. Thank President Trump, 98 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:16,600 Speaker 3: Thank Governor Lee for the resources that are being sent 99 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 3: here to clean up crime and to turn our city around. 100 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:24,360 Speaker 3: Did you have you been enjoying it? I've noticed it's 101 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:27,919 Speaker 3: been a tangible difference for me. I live in East Memphis, 102 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:32,839 Speaker 3: and I can tell you I do not hear nearly 103 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:37,599 Speaker 3: as much drag racing on the highways thanks to THCHP 104 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:42,479 Speaker 3: being out there pulling people over two forty. There is 105 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 3: a noticeable difference people are actually driving the speed limit. 106 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:49,920 Speaker 3: It is so refreshing, and I think it gives us 107 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 3: a lot of hope. It should give us a lot 108 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 3: of hope that in the second half of twenty twenty 109 00:06:55,800 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 3: five we saw crime dramatically reduced. Crime has literally been 110 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:05,280 Speaker 3: cut in half because of the Memphis Safe Task Force, 111 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 3: and that should give us a lot of hope for 112 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 3: twenty twenty six. It should give us new resolve to 113 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 3: hold our elected representatives, our elected officials, our government officials 114 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 3: here locally accountable, saying we don't have to live this way. 115 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 3: You know. I am resolving to never allow my local 116 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 3: leaders to let our community actions be dictated by criminals. 117 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 3: We will never allow criminals to dictate how we live again. 118 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 3: And we should never forget the terrible, terrible, particularly twenty 119 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 3: twenty three, beginning part of twenty twenty four, just that 120 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 3: crime spike that had really I mean, it was something 121 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 3: that everybody was talking about, and people just decided to 122 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 3: leave our county in droves. So we saw the largest 123 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 3: population decrease of any population in the country over the 124 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 3: past few years. And I think we are turning that 125 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 3: around thanks to thanks to President Trump, thanks to Governor Lee. Unfortunately, 126 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 3: New York is not going to have our same success 127 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 3: after electing a Democrat socialist, basically a communist, Zoran Mendani, 128 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 3: and he is making his position very clear yesterday at 129 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 3: his inauguration A place sought number two. 130 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 2: We will draw this city closer together. We will replace 131 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 2: the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism. 132 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 2: If our campaign demonstrated that the people of New York 133 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 2: yearn for solidarity, then let this government foster it. Because 134 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 2: no matter what you eat, how you pray, or where 135 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 2: you come from, the words that most define us are 136 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 2: the two we all share New Yorkers. 137 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 3: We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the 138 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 3: warmth of collectivism. Folks, that is a scary, scary comment 139 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 3: from the most from the mayor of the most famous 140 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 3: city in the world. And his speech was filled with 141 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 3: number one. It sounded like a I wrote part of it. 142 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 3: I mean, it was just a bunch of socialist, liberal 143 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:29,680 Speaker 3: gobblygook for examples, Listen to this SOT number three. 144 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:32,839 Speaker 2: Some will be voters from Hillside Avenue or Fordham Road 145 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 2: who supported President Trump a year before they voted for me, 146 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 2: tired of being failed by their party's establishment. The majority 147 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:44,600 Speaker 2: will not use the language that we often expect from 148 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 2: those who wield influence. I welcome the change. For too long, 149 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 2: those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed 150 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 2: decorum to mask agendas of cruelty. Many of these people 151 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 2: have been betrayed the established order. But in our administration 152 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 2: their needs will be met. Their hopes and dreams and 153 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 2: interests will be reflected transparently in government. They will shape 154 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:15,080 Speaker 2: our future. And if for too long these communities have 155 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 2: existed as distinct from one another. 156 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 3: Okay, So that was Zora and Mamdani yesterday in New 157 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:28,079 Speaker 3: York City at giving his inaugural address. Listen to this, 158 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 3: he said, quote for too long, those fluents in the 159 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 3: good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas 160 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 3: of cruelty end quote. Can somebody tell me what that means? 161 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 3: I mean that sounds like he sat down trying to 162 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 3: write a speech. Decided to go to chat GPT and 163 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 3: say insert as many liberal buzzwords as you can in 164 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 3: one sentence, and I don't care if if it doesn't 165 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:09,959 Speaker 3: mean anything, just craziness. And that is the radical Islamist, 166 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 3: socialist communist that is now in charge of the most 167 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:23,680 Speaker 3: famous city in the world, the Jewel of America, really 168 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:30,319 Speaker 3: New York City. Uh, it's it's un believable. And we'll 169 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 3: we'll continue to talk about this. But the to have 170 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 3: Bernie Sanders AOC, just the most radical leftists you can find, 171 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 3: propping this guy up saying he is the future, that 172 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:49,560 Speaker 3: is that is scary. And when you look at who 173 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:55,960 Speaker 3: elected Mamdani, when you look at the majority of people 174 00:11:56,040 --> 00:12:02,560 Speaker 3: who supported him were people that were not born in 175 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 3: this country. His support came from people whose allegiance are 176 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 3: largely to their home country, not to the United States 177 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:20,079 Speaker 3: of America. They come here, they moved to New York 178 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 3: because of our unfettered immigration policy. We are bringing in 179 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 3: cultures totally at odds with the values upon which America 180 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:36,320 Speaker 3: was founded. And you have these people voting in our 181 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 3: elections now electing a self proclaimed socialist. That is scary. 182 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 3: And unfortunately New York may New York City may be 183 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:52,559 Speaker 3: the price we have to pay to wake up the 184 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 3: rest of the country to say this has got to stop. 185 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 3: We have got to stop the unfettered immigration. We have 186 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 3: got to assimilate. We must transform our education system and 187 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 3: to transform the education system to assimilate those who have 188 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 3: moved here to prop up American values. And unfortunately, I 189 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 3: hate to say it, I love New York City, but 190 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:23,680 Speaker 3: it may be the price we have to pay. There's 191 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 3: more to come on this. We'll we'll talk about this 192 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:28,960 Speaker 3: in the next segment. Don't go anywhere, call in, let 193 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 3: me know what you think. Nine oh one two six 194 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 3: zero five nine two six. But now we are going 195 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:42,600 Speaker 3: to hear from Parker Mays with a sports update. All right, folks, 196 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 3: Luke symbol here filling in for Todd at the Principal 197 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 3: Toe to Memphis Studio on Starn's Country. So, uh, president, 198 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 3: excuse me. May Or Young says he has reached his 199 00:13:56,600 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 3: goal of a forty percent drop in crime to years 200 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 3: ahead of his campaign promise. Daily Memphion article written by 201 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:13,840 Speaker 3: Bill Drees published yesterday, he said his Mayor Young says 202 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 3: his administration as a head of schedule in meeting his 203 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 3: twenty twenty three campaign promise the lower of the city's 204 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 3: crime rate by forty percent by the end of his 205 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:26,040 Speaker 3: current four year term in office. Well, I don't know. 206 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 3: Does not say whether he gave credit to President Trump 207 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 3: and Governor Bill Lee and the Memphis Safe Task Force, 208 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 3: an operation viper that came before it. Quote, but not 209 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:40,400 Speaker 3: only did we achieve it, because our original goal was 210 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 3: ten percent year every year for an overall forty percent reduction, 211 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 3: Young said, but I'm happy to say today we've already 212 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 3: achieved a forty percent reduction. Oh wait, the article does 213 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 3: say Young did not mention the Memphis Safe Task Force. 214 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 3: Do you think that's Do you think a little bit 215 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 3: of context may have been necessary, maybe a little bit 216 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 3: of thanks Mayor Young for President Trump and Governor Bill Lee. 217 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 3: Young did not mention the Memphis Safe Task Force. I 218 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 3: think that. I think the unprecedented surge in resources, with 219 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 3: over a dozen agencies here on the ground arresting routine 220 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 3: and violent criminals leading to a over fifty percent reduction 221 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 3: in crime, I think that's relevant. Young did not mention 222 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 3: the Task Force. And then, in true daily Memphian fashion, 223 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 3: they add in the line that's not even accurate, it says, 224 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:43,000 Speaker 3: but state and federal Republican elected officials who pushed President 225 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 3: Donald Trump to bring the controversial high visibility effort to 226 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 3: the city have all attributed the drop in crime numbers 227 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 3: exclusively to the three month presidents of the task force. 228 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 3: That is completely false, And I can tell you it's 229 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 3: false because of the work that I do with the 230 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 3: Republican Party of Shelby County and the work that I 231 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 3: do helping some of our legislators, because I have helped 232 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 3: them write statements that not only attributes the drop in 233 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 3: crime to the Memphis Safe Task Force, but also to 234 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:17,160 Speaker 3: Operation Viper that started in March and April of twenty 235 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 3: twenty five, So that's not exclusive to the three month period. Billdreies. 236 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 3: There are also express statements from Representative John Gillespie Senator 237 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 3: Brent Taylor talking about the laws that went into effect 238 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:32,200 Speaker 3: that they passed in twenty twenty three and early twenty 239 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 3: twenty four, that went into effect in twenty twenty four 240 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 3: that prioritize the safety of the community when setting bail, 241 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 3: that brought accountability to our soros back das and das 242 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 3: across the state. You don't think that that had an 243 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 3: impact on crime, saying state and federal Republicans attributed to 244 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 3: drop in crime exclusively to the three month presence of 245 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 3: the task Worse, that is completely false. It's not true. 246 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:06,399 Speaker 3: Not only does it not even offer context to the 247 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:09,159 Speaker 3: specific article that Bill Drees is writing of the Daily Memphian, 248 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 3: but it's just a factual inaccuracy that could have been 249 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:19,359 Speaker 3: double checked with a quick Google search. Maybe get on 250 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 3: x and go to John Gillespie's or Senator Brent Taylor's 251 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:30,200 Speaker 3: social media and see the statements written for all to see. 252 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:35,120 Speaker 3: Very frustrating, and that's why it's so important that organizations 253 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 3: like KWIM exist to push back against just the abysmal 254 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:45,879 Speaker 3: local media commercial appeal Daily Memphian. There is not only 255 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:51,439 Speaker 3: is there an lack of curiosity, but there is just 256 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 3: outright factual inaccuracies. We're going to take a break here 257 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:02,920 Speaker 3: on the other side, let's talk about fraud in Minnesota. 258 00:18:03,119 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 3: More and more is coming out about what is happening 259 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:10,400 Speaker 3: in Minnesota, and do we think similar things are happening 260 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:13,640 Speaker 3: here in Memphis. I want to hear from you. We're 261 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:15,879 Speaker 3: gonna take a quick break, Stay tuned, talk to you 262 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:39,400 Speaker 3: on the other side. All right, folks, thanks for spending 263 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:43,399 Speaker 3: your Friday morning with me. It's Luke Symbol. I'm filling 264 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 3: in for Todd Starns on Starn's Country Broadcast, casting out 265 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:50,639 Speaker 3: of the Principle to you at a Memphis studio. How 266 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 3: is your twenty twenty six going so far? It's day 267 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:59,880 Speaker 3: two for some it's the first day back to work, 268 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:03,680 Speaker 3: although I think a lot of people are taking off 269 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 3: because it's Friday and New Year's was yesterday and why 270 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 3: not just have a have a long weekend. But how 271 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 3: is your New Year going so far? Any any good 272 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:16,960 Speaker 3: resolutions have you? Have you broken? Any of the resolutions? 273 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 3: Have you already failed at a resolution? We want to 274 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 3: hear from you. Nine oh one two six zero five 275 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 3: nine two six On the line, we have our friend 276 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:31,160 Speaker 3: Dean Franklin. Hey Dean, how are you? Happy New Year? 277 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 6: Happy New Year to you, lud. 278 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 7: I'm doing well. How about you? 279 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 3: Well, you know, got a little bit of the post 280 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:42,920 Speaker 3: holiday fog, a little bit of the haze, but we're 281 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:45,439 Speaker 3: all good. We're all good. So what's going on? It 282 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 3: says that you have a question. 283 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 7: For me, Well, yeah, a couple of things. You said 284 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:52,160 Speaker 7: something about the fraud in Minnesota and the fraud here 285 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:54,159 Speaker 7: in Memphis. I mean there was a there was a 286 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:59,720 Speaker 7: story of here in Memphis where one of our Shelby 287 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:03,119 Speaker 7: Cannons commissioners had allotted money and it was voted on 288 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 7: to do so through a dog groomer I think you 289 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:11,959 Speaker 7: might remember that who was abusing dogs, and they voted 290 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 7: and then they they let her keep the money that 291 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 7: the taxpayers are given to her to keep her dog 292 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:23,440 Speaker 7: place open. So, yeah, there's fraud going on here in Memphis. 293 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:25,199 Speaker 7: So if it's going on to a dog groomer, it's 294 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:28,119 Speaker 7: got to be going on there centers and this that 295 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 7: and the other. 296 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:33,199 Speaker 8: Wow thing, and I'll the other thing is that the 297 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 8: other thing is and I'll send it to you. Somebody 298 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 8: sent me from the city of Memphis, so I want 299 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:40,919 Speaker 8: to make sure that that I get the status right 300 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:43,840 Speaker 8: and everything else like that. But it's it's the crime 301 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:48,440 Speaker 8: stats that they just posted whatever with over five thousand 302 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:51,680 Speaker 8: arrests and it gives everything breakdown of what they were 303 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 8: and tickets given and this, that and the other. But 304 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:57,879 Speaker 8: I'll send that to you so you so you can confirm. 305 00:20:57,520 --> 00:20:59,719 Speaker 7: A couple of things. Make sure because it is from 306 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:00,879 Speaker 7: the Sea of Memphis. 307 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:04,840 Speaker 3: Well, thanks Dean, we appreciate that, and thanks for calling 308 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 3: us this morning. Always good, always good to hear from you. Yeah, 309 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 3: over five thousand arrests. We know the Memphis Safe Task 310 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 3: Force has been working hard, and that that's over a 311 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:24,280 Speaker 3: dozen agencies, federal, state, and then local working together. And 312 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:29,639 Speaker 3: I just the THHP presence has had such dramatic impact. 313 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:32,640 Speaker 3: That's the that's the Highway Patrol you see driving down 314 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 3: any state route, so that's Walnut Grove popular summer two 315 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:41,119 Speaker 3: forty three, eighty five, any state route. THCHP is really 316 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 3: patrolling and it has a dramatic impact just on even 317 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 3: restoring the feeling of order in a community, seeing them out, 318 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:51,080 Speaker 3: seeing people slow down. You don't have as many of 319 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:54,439 Speaker 3: the infinities with the drive out tags and no bumpers 320 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:59,920 Speaker 3: flying past you with the smell of marijuana. We all 321 00:21:59,920 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 3: know what was going on. And finally, you know, it 322 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,920 Speaker 3: feels like we're seeing a lot less of that and 323 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,920 Speaker 3: I want that to continue. We have over three hundred 324 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 3: Highway Patrol Tennessee Highway Patrol people stationed here in Shelby 325 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 3: County right now, dramatic increase from several years ago. I 326 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:24,640 Speaker 3: thinks several years ago, we had like twenty three, then fifty. 327 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:26,199 Speaker 3: Then I think they were trying to raise it to 328 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:34,959 Speaker 3: like seventy and those are estimates but pretty close. And 329 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:40,160 Speaker 3: so to get triple quadruple what we've had has had 330 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 3: a really, really fantastic impact. And Dean touched on when 331 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 3: he called in a minute ago. He touched on some 332 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 3: of this fraud that we're seeing. It's kind of like 333 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:56,399 Speaker 3: New Year, new fraud being discovered. And obviously what's happening 334 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 3: in Minnesota is all over the news, and we have 335 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:03,160 Speaker 3: to be very careful because here in Shelby County, for example, 336 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:06,119 Speaker 3: I mean, I call it the county commissioner slush funds, 337 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 3: but they get a certain allotment to give to so 338 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:15,200 Speaker 3: called nonprofits. I forgot if it's like two hundred thousand 339 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 3: per commissioner or something. And some of our commissioners use 340 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 3: that money for great things, veteran services, other you know, 341 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:28,680 Speaker 3: very strategic. But that's just a recipe for disaster. And 342 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 3: what we're seeing in Minnesota should make everybody upsets. More 343 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:39,840 Speaker 3: and more fraud is being discovered. It started when a 344 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:47,439 Speaker 3: civilian journalist using his ex account started reporting on some 345 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:52,480 Speaker 3: of the daycare fraud happening in Minnesota in the Somali community, 346 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:58,880 Speaker 3: and now you have news organizations all going to Minnesota 347 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:03,119 Speaker 3: to try to find more. Now the mainstream media is 348 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:08,919 Speaker 3: trying to explain it the way in fact here is 349 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 3: here is Scott Jennings arguing on CNN and then having 350 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 3: to prove that Governor Waltz said it was white supremacy 351 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 3: to investigate fraud. Here, let's play Sott number six. 352 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:29,119 Speaker 9: If Democrats who have put Somali diaspora in Minneapolis at 353 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:32,160 Speaker 9: the center of their party and their states politics, it's 354 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 9: a small portion of population, there is a bunch of 355 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 9: fraud that goes on. And even Tim Walls has claimed 356 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:45,879 Speaker 9: that any investigation of this fraud is akin to white supremacy, 357 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 9: said that this is what. 358 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 10: Happens when your own federal government wages war against you. 359 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:53,479 Speaker 10: This is what happens when they target communities for their 360 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,760 Speaker 10: own benefit. This is what happens when they scapegoat, and 361 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:59,160 Speaker 10: this is what say happens when they no longer hide. 362 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,920 Speaker 10: The idea of white supremacy was. The idea of white 363 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:05,399 Speaker 10: supremacy was The idea of white supremacy was the idea 364 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:06,359 Speaker 10: of white supremacy. 365 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:11,399 Speaker 3: There you go, folks, Scott Jennings having to battle with 366 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 3: host Abby Phillips, who is supposed to be She tries 367 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:21,159 Speaker 3: to bill herself as a non partisan moderator who just 368 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:25,040 Speaker 3: facilitates discussion. Well, let me tell you why CNN had 369 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 3: to give Abby Phillips a panel show where there is 370 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 3: so called discussion because Abby Phillips is not able to 371 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 3: anchor her own show. She is tremendously boring. I don't 372 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:43,399 Speaker 3: think she's all that bright, but she does not have 373 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 3: the it factor to host a primetime show on any network, 374 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:53,240 Speaker 3: even one as little watched as CNN. And she always 375 00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:59,360 Speaker 3: feels the need to jump in and critique the conservative 376 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:04,160 Speaker 3: who is attempting to put forth an argument. And she's 377 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:09,080 Speaker 3: completely wrong. There she was in that clip saying Governor 378 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:12,160 Speaker 3: Waltz did not say it was white supremacy to call 379 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 3: out the rampant fraud in the Somali immigrant community in Minnesota. 380 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:21,639 Speaker 3: She said he didn't say that, So then Scott Jennings 381 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:25,719 Speaker 3: is forced to after the show find the clip and 382 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:28,359 Speaker 3: put it on his ax. I wonder if Abby Phillips 383 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:33,720 Speaker 3: is going to play Governor Waltz saying that, and maybe 384 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 3: will she apologize to Scott m Abby, you can apologize 385 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:46,359 Speaker 3: for being completely wrong on your show. And you know. 386 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:52,439 Speaker 3: News Nation sent a reporter uh to find more fraud 387 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:54,919 Speaker 3: or to assess whether there was more fraud, and he found. 388 00:26:55,000 --> 00:27:00,479 Speaker 3: Here's Rich McHugh. He found a building with six see 389 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:08,640 Speaker 3: healthcare businesses registered to it collecting taxpayer funds in more 390 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:10,600 Speaker 3: alleged fraud Placest number five. 391 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 5: This building right behind me has twenty two different home 392 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 5: and community based healthcare companies registered in the building. 393 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:20,640 Speaker 3: It's only four floors. 394 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:23,639 Speaker 5: I walked in there yesterday trying to find a number 395 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 5: of them. Many of them are just appear to be 396 00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 5: just window fronts, doorfronts with nobody behind. So same story, 397 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:34,639 Speaker 5: different location. We're here in Saint Paul at this building 398 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:38,200 Speaker 5: which looks like a warehouse or dilapidated old building. Inside 399 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 5: this building, there are sixty registered home and health community 400 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 5: healthcare organizations inside this one building. We're here in northeast Minneapolis, 401 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:50,600 Speaker 5: and we're at a building that I believe is on 402 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:52,160 Speaker 5: the radar authorities. 403 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:53,239 Speaker 3: They have questions about it. 404 00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:57,639 Speaker 5: A lot of the businesses in here are home healthcare businesses. 405 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 5: Of the total businesses, thirty seven seventeen of them. 406 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:04,160 Speaker 3: Are home health care businesses. 407 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 5: There's just layer upon layer upon layer of fraud throughout 408 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:12,879 Speaker 5: the city. Jessica. As for whether Governor Wats is going 409 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 5: to testify before the oversight committee, that remains to be seen. 410 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:18,120 Speaker 5: We asked him at his office if he was going 411 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:20,119 Speaker 5: to testify, and we have yet to hear back. 412 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:28,200 Speaker 3: Good for News Nation. We've seen the mainstream media attempting 413 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:33,120 Speaker 3: to explain some of this away, and I appreciate News 414 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:39,000 Speaker 3: Nation saying it like it is. You know, folks, this 415 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:43,880 Speaker 3: is a real turning point. This should be a real 416 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:49,640 Speaker 3: turning point for this country. When you have an immigrant community, 417 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:54,320 Speaker 3: and sure it's not every Somalian, but it's a lot 418 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 3: of them. And some reports are showing that over eighty 419 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:02,760 Speaker 3: percent of Somalians Minnesota or Minnesota are on some type 420 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:08,320 Speaker 3: of welfare. And so you have immigrant communities coming to 421 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 3: this country not assimilating, using welfare and the resources meant 422 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:19,320 Speaker 3: for Americans poor. So our tax dollars are now going 423 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:23,840 Speaker 3: to pay for foreigners welfare. And not only that, but 424 00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 3: they start ripping off our country. They start taking our 425 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:34,080 Speaker 3: tax dollars through fraudulent daycare, through fraudulent home health services, 426 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,040 Speaker 3: and if we do not do something about it, it 427 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:41,640 Speaker 3: is the end of this country. And if we have 428 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:45,800 Speaker 3: a Republican in the White House, a Republican controlled Senate, 429 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:49,480 Speaker 3: and a Republican controlled House. If we do not do 430 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:53,520 Speaker 3: something about this now, if we do not see large 431 00:29:53,560 --> 00:30:00,840 Speaker 3: scale urests, denaturalizations, and deportations of the foreigners who are 432 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:05,200 Speaker 3: ripping off our country, it is the end of our country. 433 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:10,040 Speaker 3: We cannot survive. The all In podcasts, to their credit, 434 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:14,920 Speaker 3: talked about this and said that exact thing, that it 435 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:18,720 Speaker 3: will end our country if nothing is done. Place sought. 436 00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:23,520 Speaker 1: Number eight, It is a crucible moment for American society. 437 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:30,240 Speaker 1: If nothing happens and we deem this kind of theft acceptable, 438 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,600 Speaker 1: it is the beginning of the end of the American Empire. 439 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:40,760 Speaker 1: It's just a level of disrespect and lack of care 440 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:46,800 Speaker 1: for this country. I think I will be waiting and 441 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:51,520 Speaker 1: observing how important it is to root this out. That's 442 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:56,160 Speaker 1: number one. The second, which is more tactical political calculus. 443 00:30:56,480 --> 00:31:00,920 Speaker 1: This is an enormous opportunity for the report Republican Party 444 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:03,840 Speaker 1: if they take this and run with this. Is there 445 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:08,080 Speaker 1: waste fraudened abuse in every state? Absolutely? I don't think 446 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:11,720 Speaker 1: This is endemically a democratic problem, but the scale of 447 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:15,320 Speaker 1: it is so gargantuan in these democratic states that if 448 00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:19,040 Speaker 1: the Republicans don't take advantage of it, I think it 449 00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:23,040 Speaker 1: is a huge political miscalculation. So there is this tactical 450 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,320 Speaker 1: opportunity which I think if you want to have a 451 00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:27,680 Speaker 1: chance in the midterms, and if you generally want to 452 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:32,640 Speaker 1: have a chance to level set the country, you must 453 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:35,920 Speaker 1: take this and run with it. And then separately, if, 454 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:39,160 Speaker 1: as Freibrook says, it does die on the vine, it 455 00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:41,160 Speaker 1: is the beginning of the end of the American Empire. 456 00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:46,000 Speaker 3: Unfortunately, this cannot die on the vine. That was the 457 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:50,520 Speaker 3: all in podcast. We have to hold these people accountable, 458 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:54,080 Speaker 3: and Americans have got to wake up that when you 459 00:31:54,320 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 3: have mass migration from third world country with backwards cultures, 460 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:05,480 Speaker 3: they are going to rip you off. There is no assimilation. 461 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:10,400 Speaker 3: And why do they get to avail themselves of the 462 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:16,160 Speaker 3: American taxpayer programs. Why do we have foreigners partaking an 463 00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:19,800 Speaker 3: SBA loan so that they can open up gas stations 464 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:25,440 Speaker 3: with junk food, with EBT accepted here, giant signs outside. 465 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:30,080 Speaker 3: Why do we have that that is legal immigration, that 466 00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:32,760 Speaker 3: is laws on the books, are allowing that to happen, 467 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,800 Speaker 3: and we have got to wake up and hold our 468 00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:44,480 Speaker 3: elected representatives accountable and say no more, Say no more. 469 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:48,800 Speaker 3: And that's why programs like this one are so important, 470 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:54,560 Speaker 3: because we can hold our elected representatives accountable and ask 471 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:58,000 Speaker 3: them why they're allowing this to continue. We're going to 472 00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:00,680 Speaker 3: talk more on the other side. This is Luke Symbol 473 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:03,920 Speaker 3: filling in for Todd Starns on Starns Country. Talk to 474 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:12,640 Speaker 3: you very soon. It is Friday. We got a long 475 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:15,520 Speaker 3: weekend for those of you who took off today. You 476 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:21,560 Speaker 3: had a New Year's Day yesterday, got the weekend starting today. 477 00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:25,080 Speaker 3: It's a great It's nice, you know, a little bit 478 00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:29,080 Speaker 3: of rest, sleep in and then start the year off strong. 479 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:33,000 Speaker 3: I like it. Luke symbol filling in for Todd Starns 480 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:34,680 Speaker 3: on Starns Country. Out of the principal to it. At 481 00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:39,520 Speaker 3: Memphis Studio, we have some callers. This is exciting. Let's 482 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:46,600 Speaker 3: go to caller number one. Hey, you are on Starns Country. 483 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:50,600 Speaker 3: I'm all right, how are you? Can we we we 484 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:54,360 Speaker 3: have a short time before we uh we turn off here. 485 00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:56,959 Speaker 3: So what do you have a question? Quick comment? 486 00:33:58,280 --> 00:33:58,480 Speaker 8: Oh? 487 00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:01,040 Speaker 6: I want to bring something to your attention because you're 488 00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:04,800 Speaker 6: talking about EBT and all of that happened across the 489 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:07,880 Speaker 6: state of Tennessee. But you have an organization, the Myphics, 490 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:11,400 Speaker 6: has an authority here that's treating the people wrong, and 491 00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:16,120 Speaker 6: so the citizens of Mephis and Shelby County. You have 492 00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:19,440 Speaker 6: a consulting firm running this Section eight department that the 493 00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:22,920 Speaker 6: director is evil and she needs to be gone. So 494 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:26,960 Speaker 6: if you guys can look into that, we will appreciate that. 495 00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:30,880 Speaker 3: All right, well, thank you, We will certainly look into that. 496 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:34,240 Speaker 3: I don't know a lot about that, but the great 497 00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:40,440 Speaker 3: thing about KWHAM is, uh, they hold our local officials accountable, 498 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:43,160 Speaker 3: and so if there's something to be known, we'll look 499 00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:48,920 Speaker 3: into that. Thank you for your call. Well, you know, 500 00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:53,040 Speaker 3: going back to this situation of Minnesota and then connecting 501 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:58,640 Speaker 3: it to here, I really think this is an opportunity 502 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:05,320 Speaker 3: to wig up people across the country to look into 503 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:10,960 Speaker 3: what is our money being spent on from local to 504 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:17,840 Speaker 3: state to federal. Elon Musk was tweeting about this yesterday 505 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:23,240 Speaker 3: and he basically said, we could probably cut the federal 506 00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:27,680 Speaker 3: budget by half because of some of these fraudulent programs 507 00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:32,359 Speaker 3: that we are paying for. Fraud, and that is how 508 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:35,120 Speaker 3: a civilization dies. That is how an empire dies, that 509 00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:41,879 Speaker 3: is how a country dies. Folks, when you have the 510 00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:51,440 Speaker 3: government doling out dollars to organizations, fraudulent organizations, but even 511 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:56,960 Speaker 3: sometimes legitimate organizations that they're just trying to employ people, 512 00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:01,080 Speaker 3: I mean, I mean, isn't that basically what a lot 513 00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:03,880 Speaker 3: of the federal government is. It's employment. I mean, I 514 00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:10,480 Speaker 3: swear tsa it's basically just an employment operation. Are they 515 00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:14,640 Speaker 3: really necessary? That's a good question for a lot of 516 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:18,600 Speaker 3: these government agencies, But we need to look at where 517 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:22,720 Speaker 3: these dollars are going. We have a lot of nonprofits locally, 518 00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:26,680 Speaker 3: and look, a lot of nonprofits do really good work, 519 00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:34,000 Speaker 3: but the idea behind them is charity. And if something 520 00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:37,480 Speaker 3: if there's an issue close to my heart, I can 521 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:42,520 Speaker 3: allocate some of my money to go towards those causes. 522 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:45,640 Speaker 3: But why are my tax dollars? Why is the government 523 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:50,279 Speaker 3: that the dollars that are forced from me, that are 524 00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:54,160 Speaker 3: taken from me by the government, Why are they allocating 525 00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:59,640 Speaker 3: money towards charities that I may not agree with or 526 00:36:59,840 --> 00:37:05,239 Speaker 3: I could perhaps allocate that money better. It's something to 527 00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:10,600 Speaker 3: think about, and that is one layer of it. And 528 00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:14,720 Speaker 3: then the added layer, the added disrespect from the immigrants 529 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:17,520 Speaker 3: that are moving to this country and then taking advantage 530 00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:21,960 Speaker 3: of us, that is what is especially infuriating. I think 531 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:24,919 Speaker 3: the first case that I just outlined, the not knowing 532 00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:28,200 Speaker 3: where the money is going, the fraud or the nonprofits, 533 00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:31,960 Speaker 3: that allocation of money, the force tax dollars being taken 534 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:34,360 Speaker 3: from me given to causes that I may not agree 535 00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:36,359 Speaker 3: with or groups that I may not agree with. That's 536 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:40,720 Speaker 3: bad enough. But to add the layer of foreigners moving 537 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:45,040 Speaker 3: to this country and then fleecing the taxpayer, that's infuriating. 538 00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:49,880 Speaker 3: And so in twenty twenty six, I think we are 539 00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:53,840 Speaker 3: going to continue to look into these things and we 540 00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:56,600 Speaker 3: have got to hold our elected officials accountable. There's a 541 00:37:56,640 --> 00:38:00,160 Speaker 3: lot of good happening, but we have to get our 542 00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:04,280 Speaker 3: elected representatives to act. It was a good Friday. Thanks 543 00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:08,200 Speaker 3: for spending it with me on Starn's Country. Luke Cymbol 544 00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:10,440 Speaker 3: filling in for Todd. Todd will be back on Monday, 545 00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:13,040 Speaker 3: and I will talk to you all very very soon.