1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: Jennifer Ruth Green. Oh you remember her. She's the former 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 1: Indiana Secretary of Public Safety. She has ended her bid 3 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: to challenge Frank Mervan. 4 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 2: Goodbye and good riddance. I say, couldn't happen to a 5 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 2: better person, And we are certainly not losing anything significant 6 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 2: by with her departure. I don't know what this woman 7 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 2: was thinking when you are going to be dismissed with 8 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 2: disgrace from your government position, violating ethics, you got retaliation, 9 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 2: you got inappropriate usage of state funds, and think somehow 10 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 2: you are going to coalesce this into a successful campaign 11 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:39,520 Speaker 2: for elected office. Scrill you and goodbye. 12 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: Do you think she thought that, oh, they're just going 13 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:42,360 Speaker 1: to hand it to her. 14 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:45,159 Speaker 2: I absolutely think that she thought they were just going 15 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 2: to hand it. 16 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:47,160 Speaker 1: You are, we're gonna have to work for it, Yeah, 17 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: just tiptoe right into that position without Yeah. 18 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:52,240 Speaker 2: But as soon as she saw that they were giving 19 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 2: her the cold shoulder, she's like, you know, I don't 20 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 2: want any of this mess. I'm going to have to 21 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 2: work for it. 22 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 1: Dang it. 23 00:00:57,720 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 2: Well, I might as well just enter the private sector 24 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 2: at that point. And yes, you should. You should, absolutely 25 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 2: if you were not have to. 26 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 1: Work for your gig. Yes, yeah, So she resigned from 27 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: Governor Braun's cabinet in twenty five that after that ethics 28 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 1: inquiry which you had mentioned, and she was not doing 29 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: very well raising money. 30 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 2: She already got off pretty light. She only had to 31 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 2: pay what was it a ten thousand dollars fine in 32 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 2: which she only copped to I think two of the 33 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 2: charges that were against her with the ethics investigation, and 34 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 2: it could have also transitioned into a criminal investigation, but 35 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 2: because this is a deeply partisan state, they gave her 36 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 2: a pass. You know, it hasn't manifested yet, and I 37 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:45,039 Speaker 2: don't think at this point it will. She just needs 38 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 2: to go away, fade into the sunset, and go get 39 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 2: a real job, like the rest of us have to ask. 40 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 1: So she previously ran and lost, and she did narrow 41 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: the margin just a bit. Then she was put into 42 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 1: Braun's cabinet position problems there. Then she said, you know what, 43 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: I'm going to run again. But this time she has 44 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 1: backed out. And she said it's because Republicans did not 45 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 1: redraw the congressional map. She's blaming it on redistricting. 46 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, not not blaming it on her record of failure. Okay, lady, Yes, 47 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:17,799 Speaker 2: she said the. 48 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: District remains very difficult for a Republican to win. It 49 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:25,799 Speaker 1: has nothing to do with her abilities, it's because it's 50 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:27,799 Speaker 1: Republicans just can't win in that district. 51 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 2: Well, I mean, obviously, Republicans are going to have to 52 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,960 Speaker 2: tailor their messaging to make an effective campaign in that 53 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 2: district because the way these metropolitan areas function, and that's 54 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 2: a byproduct here in Indianapolis as well, they tend to 55 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:45,959 Speaker 2: be more blue. So if you are going to win 56 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 2: election races in those districts, then you have to tailor 57 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 2: your message to the voters in that area. But that 58 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 2: isn't a bug of the system, it's a feature. 59 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: She was not even the top Republican in regards to 60 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 1: money raised in that district. 61 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 2: Well, who in the right mind would support a campaign 62 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 2: of failure like that. You'd just be throwing your money 63 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 2: in the garbage. And you can't even use political contributions 64 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 2: as a tax write off. So yeah, no, that would 65 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 2: just be a total, total waste of time.