1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 1: Hey, do you remember our teas that we did Friday 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:04,840 Speaker 1: before we left for the weekend. 3 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 2: I do, because I felt like it was somewhat of 4 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:10,920 Speaker 2: a throwaway, But actually now it seems somewhat prophetic, doesn't it. 5 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:14,079 Speaker 1: So every you hear these liners that run throughout the 6 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:16,159 Speaker 1: day where we preview kind of what's coming up for 7 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: tomorrow's show, and the Friday ones are always tough because 8 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 1: we know it'll be two whole days before we all 9 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:24,599 Speaker 1: get together and visit again. So we always struggled to, like, 10 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:26,799 Speaker 1: what's going to be the top story? And so I 11 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: told Casey, I said, well, I'll just say something like 12 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: the politicians will probably do something stupid, we'll tell you 13 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 1: about it. And boy, howdy, Casey. 14 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, they delivered, didn't. 15 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 1: They, Because today we have not one, not two, but 16 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 1: three Yeah, people who either definitely or allegedly did something stupid. 17 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 3: Right and left. 18 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: So let's this is a It was a real tough 19 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: one to figure out who the dumbass of the day 20 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 1: was going to be, because I so wanted it to 21 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 1: be the Lieutenant governor. But while his stuff is ridiculous, 22 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: it's not particularly harmful. I don't think to the public 23 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 1: at large, because he gave away all his power and 24 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 1: he mostly just goes through the candy stores and the 25 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 1: pizza kings. Now, so we'll talk about him in a 26 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: little bit because there's some real life lessons from that 27 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: that saga. I think we have to start with the 28 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:28,759 Speaker 1: governor though, because this involves putting somebody in an enhanced 29 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 1: position of power, and I got big problems with this. 30 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:36,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, he's got a cabinet member who just abruptly announced 31 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:36,759 Speaker 2: their departure. 32 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 1: So Jennifer Ruth Green, so she look, government is the 33 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: is the ultimate fail up place where you see people 34 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: who are professional losers and then they just get placed 35 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 1: promoted when they're good little girls and boys into these 36 00:01:56,280 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: cushy government positions. And you think about like names that 37 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: come to mind. You've got this Jennifer Ruth Green, who 38 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 1: will talk about lost an election, rejected by the voters, 39 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 1: had an opportunity to, you know, be element rejected. What 40 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 1: she get? She gets a cushy government position. The Suzy 41 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 1: Javarosky lady rejected by the voters. What's the punishment? Cushy 42 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 1: government position? Fred Glenn, the guy running OKRA, rejected multiple 43 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 1: times by the voters. Once again I like, Freddy's a 44 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 1: nice of guy, but sorry, you've been rejected by the voters. 45 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 1: What do you get? Cushy government position? And Jennifer Ruth 46 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:37,799 Speaker 1: Green ran for Congress in the first Congressional District YEP, 47 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 1: which is the one that they're looking at rigging in 48 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 1: favor of the Republicans so that they can because they 49 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:45,679 Speaker 1: can't win it on the up and up, so they'll 50 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 1: rig the map further in their favor. This next time, 51 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: she lost that race. 52 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 2: She narrowly lost. This was back in twenty two. It 53 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 2: was forty seven to fifty three. 54 00:02:58,240 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 1: Okay, but it wasn't like she lost by three vot 55 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: I mean that's six points. And they the Republicans put 56 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 1: a gajillion dollars into that seat, and they could and 57 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:10,799 Speaker 1: they she couldn't get it done. Okay, fine, you had, 58 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:11,959 Speaker 1: you had your shot. 59 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:13,519 Speaker 3: She raised three point five million. 60 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 1: It wasn't like you know, yeah, I mean they put 61 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: a ton of money in there, all sorts of resources, 62 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 1: and she couldn't get it done. And for her, for 63 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: her failure, she was given a two hundred and seventy 64 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 1: five thousand dollars job by the Braun administration. What a 65 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: public safety. 66 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 3: Wasn't that her Secretary of Public Safety? 67 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 1: Yes, so sorry, you couldn't win. The voters said no, thanks, 68 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 1: but the broad administration said, come on in, here's two 69 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: hundred and seventy five K plus Benni's yeah. 70 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 2: But after serving roughly eight months. Yes, she has resigned, 71 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 2: and she did put out a statement she said, many 72 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 2: thanks to Governor Braun for the honor of serving as 73 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 2: Indiana's inaugural Secretary of Public Safety. Huh, I'm honored to 74 00:03:55,720 --> 00:04:00,080 Speaker 2: have worked alongside so many great leaders around the state. Secretary. 75 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 2: We'll do an amazing job in this position. I look 76 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 2: forward to watching his successes. She's off to military duty. 77 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 2: Always a privileged to wear that uniform, and I'm excited 78 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 2: for the future. 79 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 1: But at no point did she say I must quit 80 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: because of my military duty. She clearly when she took 81 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: the job knew she had military duty. There's no. 82 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:19,719 Speaker 2: Right. 83 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: I mean, she didn't say I'm quitting because I have 84 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:24,160 Speaker 1: this military obligation. 85 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:25,280 Speaker 2: Right. 86 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,720 Speaker 1: No, No, Braun didn't say that because like when Jim Banks, 87 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 1: as much as we disliked Banks, he did serve his 88 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:34,119 Speaker 1: country and deserves respect for that, as does this woman. 89 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 1: But the Banks when he was a senator. I think 90 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: he was a state senator. He got called up to 91 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:45,040 Speaker 1: military duty and he had to he resigned his office 92 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:49,719 Speaker 1: to go have his military obligation, and his wife was 93 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:53,160 Speaker 1: caucused into his seat, which was fine, right, But they 94 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: made a big deal out of that, like he has 95 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: to go, he's leaving because he has to go. There 96 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:01,599 Speaker 1: was nothing in this Braunze statement that said because of 97 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:04,720 Speaker 1: her patriotic service, this will you know, prohibit her from 98 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:07,280 Speaker 1: doing this job. And it breaks my heart into blah 99 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:10,280 Speaker 1: blah blah, like none of that was said, right, There 100 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 1: was no There's nothing in any of these statements from 101 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:17,159 Speaker 1: anyone her or anybody else that says I quit because 102 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 1: of a military obligation that will prohibit me from doing 103 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: this job anymore. 104 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 2: No, she does not say that directly. She does say 105 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:26,479 Speaker 2: that she is off to military duty, right. 106 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:28,480 Speaker 1: But there's a difference between I got a couple of 107 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 1: weeks of service coming up here, a mandatory service, versus hey, 108 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 1: I gotta go, you know, fight in a foreign land. 109 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 1: And if they didn't clarify that, if that's the reason 110 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:41,600 Speaker 1: she left, we'll shame on them. And everybody in the 111 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:44,600 Speaker 1: PR departments were both braun and her should be fired. 112 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:47,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, you think that that would be a bragging opportunity 113 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 2: you could flex on that. 114 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,479 Speaker 1: I'll be back. I'll be back in a year. I 115 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 1: look forward to serving the broad administration again as soon 116 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 1: as I can get back. Blah blah blah, blah blah blah. 117 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: They didn't do any of that, Okay, So let's then 118 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: operate if indeed again and everyone should be fired if 119 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:05,039 Speaker 1: that's the reason she left, and nobody said that, so 120 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 1: I don't think it probably was because I don't think 121 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 1: they could all be that incompetent. Surely somebody in the 122 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: government have been like, oh, this should be a good 123 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 1: talking point and make you both look really good. Who 124 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:17,359 Speaker 1: gives up a two hundred and seventy five thousand dollars 125 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:20,040 Speaker 1: cush government job voluntarily? 126 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:23,839 Speaker 2: Well, it is adding fuel to the rumors that she 127 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 2: may run for Congress again in the district that she 128 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 2: ran for last time. 129 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 1: Who would give up a cush two hundred and seventy 130 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 1: five thousand dollars job. And by the way, if she's 131 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:39,160 Speaker 1: got some years long military obligation, now she gonna run 132 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 1: for Congress if she's out serving her country. 133 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:41,599 Speaker 3: Good point. 134 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 1: So again we kind of are pushing path that like 135 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 1: if I for the next year, I'll be in Kuwait, 136 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,279 Speaker 1: how are you gonna be running for Congress? Thank you? 137 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: All right? See, this is why we work through things 138 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:55,160 Speaker 1: out loud on this program. Here, case, who gives up 139 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:58,159 Speaker 1: a cush two hundred seventy five thousand dollars job to 140 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 1: run in a swing district that you lost the last 141 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: time and unless it changes doesn't appear to be any 142 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:07,160 Speaker 1: more Republican and you're not even guaranteed you're going to 143 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 1: get through the primary. 144 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 2: Well, it does make you wonder if they're going to 145 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 2: call that special legislative session to redraw. 146 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 1: Sure does doesn't it? Casey Okay, But let's talk about 147 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 1: because the real story is not her. The real story 148 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 1: is who got put in her place, and that is 149 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: Anthony Scott, the state police superintendent. Now, for those of 150 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: you are longtime listeners of this program, Anthony Scott is 151 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 1: the police superintendent who took over at the beginning of 152 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 1: the year when Mike Brawn's close political ally, Tom Kleinhelter, 153 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 1: the sheriff of du Boys County, was facing an eighty 154 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 1: page probable cause affidavit which was put in front of 155 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: by the State Police former State Police Superintendent Doune Carter. 156 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 1: Jeff here In, this decorated longtime law and law enforcement 157 00:07:57,640 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: officer for the State Police, had put an eighty page 158 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 1: probably will cause affidavit in front of a special prosecutor. 159 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 1: I believe it's from Orange County related to Kleinhelter, close 160 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: political ally of Mike Brown's alleged misuse of commissary money, 161 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 1: in particular buying flights for his wife to go on 162 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 1: these trips with him. And all of a sudden, Anthony 163 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 1: Scott becomes State Police superintendent. And not only does the 164 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 1: klein Helter investigation poop just go away, but Jeff here In, 165 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 1: the decorated law enforcement officer, thirty plus years for state 166 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 1: Police Jamie nol investigation to Sean Read investigation, all these 167 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: high profile investigations, he gets ends up getting punished for 168 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: the way he allegedly handled the investigation. And Anthony Scott 169 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 1: is leading the State Police while this is going on, 170 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:51,080 Speaker 1: and what do you know, case there's this magical, mysterious 171 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 1: resignation by the Public Safety Director and who was the 172 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 1: most qualified person to put in that spot. 173 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:00,920 Speaker 3: The superintendent of the NA State Police. 174 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:03,439 Speaker 1: Boy, that's a hell of a coincidence, isn't it double duty? 175 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 3: So now he's got dual roles. 176 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 2: He's going to be remaining as the superintendent of ISP 177 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 2: and he will also be the new Secretary of Public Safety. 178 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 3: Before you know it, he's going to be in charge 179 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 3: of traffic cones. 180 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 1: So let's leave one more thing. Let me repeat this 181 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 1: outbum think. 182 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 3: Are very on Marco Rubio. Well, you know all these 183 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 3: job titles. 184 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: You know, sometimes I miss a stab, So I want 185 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: to just repeat this back to you, make sure I 186 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 1: didn't miss a stab. So Braun's close political ally, Tom 187 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:38,200 Speaker 1: Kleinhelter is facing an eighty page probable cause affidavit for 188 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 1: misuse of commissary money in Dubois County. The special prosecutor 189 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 1: takes the case. We've had Doug Carter, who's state police 190 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 1: superintendent on he said, no red flags from that special 191 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 1: prosecutor or nothing. All of a sudden, the new year, 192 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 1: new governor, which happens to be Governor Braun, close political 193 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 1: ally with Tom cliin Helter, becomes the governor, appoints Anthony 194 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 1: Scott as the state police superintendent. All of a sudden, 195 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 1: not only does the Kline Helter investigation just go away 196 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:13,559 Speaker 1: with no charges filed, despite an eighty page probable cause affidavit. 197 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 1: But then the guy who did the investigation, a decorated 198 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 1: thirty plus year veteran of law enforcement, gets not only reprimanded, 199 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:27,959 Speaker 1: gets punished by as with his job of state police. 200 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 1: And then Anthony Scott gets a two hundred and seventy 201 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 1: five thousand dollars job, assuming he'll make the same as 202 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 1: Jennifer Green did, gets aw hundred seventy five thousand dollars 203 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 1: job on top of and a promotion. Did I miss anything? 204 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 1: Is anything I stated there incorrect? Did I appear to 205 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 1: your ears have missed any of the facts of the case. 206 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 1: The ladies and gentlemen, this is why everyone hates the government.