1 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: Look span Berger and Cheryl Ran. 2 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, what appears to be a moderate campaign, which is 3 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:22,600 Speaker 2: the you know, they used the old Democrat playbook they 4 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 2: used to work, which is run as a moderate. 5 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: You know, don't be extreme during during the campaign, and 6 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,519 Speaker 1: then once you get into office, then you know, you 7 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 1: can play cape to your left, you know, the wolf policies, 8 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 1: just like Obama did. But that's how they won. Yeah, no, 9 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 1: you are absolutely correct, And thank you Sean for pointing 10 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 1: that out, because it happens all the time. This was 11 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: one of the highlights from the Precarious State documentary and 12 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: why it was such a great companion as if it 13 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:04,399 Speaker 1: was the sequel to the Fall of Minneapolis, where in 14 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: the Fall of Minneapolis, Liz and her book They're Lying 15 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:13,479 Speaker 1: both set up what transpired and what you weren't told 16 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 1: about the death of George Floyd, and then a Precarious 17 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 1: State ends up covering the fallout because of that, and 18 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: in it they talked about how those DSA candidates would 19 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 1: say one thing when they're out on the campaign trail, 20 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:26,959 Speaker 1: and then they would act differently when they get back 21 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: an office, and then it doesn't matter because the media 22 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: goes it doesn't matter from the standpoint of what you 23 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:34,959 Speaker 1: should be able to go and hold that against him afterwards, Right, Nope, 24 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: because the media goes and covers up all the stuff 25 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: that they said before, the voters go and forget about it, 26 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 1: and then when they have to go and run for 27 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 1: reelection again, they just go and change their tune. I've 28 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 1: seen companion videos this morning of zohoron Mom Donnie, the 29 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: radical activist that he was screaming at the top of 30 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 1: his lungs at borders are Tom Hoeman. But as he 31 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 1: started a gay momentum during his campaign, he like a 32 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 1: chameleon like Governor Tim Walls and so many other Democrats, 33 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:13,639 Speaker 1: shifted his tone, pulled back on their rhetoric a bit, 34 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: made it a more palatable. This is all gonna be great, 35 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:23,079 Speaker 1: it's gonna be wonderful. We'll have these free grocery stores 36 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: run by the government and free bus rides, and none 37 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 1: of which he's going to be able to accomplish. He 38 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: can't raise taxes on his own. That's up to the governor. 39 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 1: And I don't think that Kathy Holkel is going to 40 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 1: have the stomach in the middle of her fighting for 41 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 1: re election as well, especially with Mom Donnie being the 42 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: mayor of New York City. She's gonna have much of 43 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 1: a willingness of raising the taxes of New Yorkers. The 44 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 1: policies that Mom Donnie will be able to move forward 45 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:55,959 Speaker 1: with are ones wherein they'll prove to be quickly disastrous 46 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: from the standpoint of you can bet that if he 47 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: makes moves relating to security and the safety of the 48 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 1: community and law enforcement, they'll see similar results to what 49 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: we saw here in Minneapolis. He's a snake oil salesman, 50 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 1: as a matter of fact. Listen to this video where 51 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 1: he's already going and asking for money from his voters. 52 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 1: Good morning, New York City. 53 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 3: Thank you. 54 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 4: Last night we made history, and today we begin the 55 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 4: work of making a new administration. 56 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:26,079 Speaker 1: Welcome to the transition. 57 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 4: This is the period over the next few months rebuild 58 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 4: a city Hall that delivers on the promises of our 59 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,079 Speaker 4: campaign to make New York City affordable and to make 60 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 4: government accountable to the people it serves. As we've prepare 61 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 4: a govern we'll start announcing the leaders will help implement 62 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 4: our attective people like deputy mayors who oversee entire areas 63 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 4: of government, and the commissioners who carry out the critical 64 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 4: work of city agencies. 65 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 1: Okay, let me stop it real quick here, because there's 66 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 1: an interesting juxtaposition between this and something that I'll share 67 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: with you coming up this hour from the new mayor 68 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: elect in Saint Paul Kahouli her because she said similar 69 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: comments in this interview that she does with a reporter 70 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: from the Pioneer Press, just about establishing the people that'll 71 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 1: be working in her office and what they're going to 72 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 1: be doing. Like there's no substance at all to what 73 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: mom Donnie is saying in this video. You're fascinating to 74 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 1: talk to none whatsoever until you get to the end 75 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 1: when he starts asking for money. 76 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 4: These appointments will be driven by excellence, integrity, and hunger 77 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 4: to solve old problems. 78 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 1: With new solutions. 79 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 4: Talking to organizers on the front lines of the fight 80 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 4: to improve our city government, veterans with proven track records, 81 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:32,280 Speaker 4: policy experts from around the country and the world, and 82 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 4: working people know better than anyone what our neighborhoods deserve. 83 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 4: And this will be a period like the campaign we 84 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 4: ran and the City Hall to come, defined by transparency 85 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 4: because New Yorkers deserve a government they can trust. On 86 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 4: January first, I will be your mayor, New Year's Day 87 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 4: and a new era for this city. 88 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: Oh and one more thing. 89 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:53,040 Speaker 4: Remember how I told you a few months ago to 90 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 4: stop sending us money, you can start again. This transition 91 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 4: requires staff, research, and an infrastructure that can meet this moment, 92 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 4: and it will be made possible by the people who 93 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:04,720 Speaker 4: built and believe in this listness. So I hope we'll 94 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 4: make a donation a transition twenty twenty five dot com. 95 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: Now let's get to work why you're in the position now. 96 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: You have taxpayer dollars that should be able to go 97 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:19,720 Speaker 1: and fund all of that. There's no need for you 98 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 1: to be requesting any more money except for the fact 99 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 1: that he wants to make sure that he continues to 100 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 1: keep people accustomed to this whole idea of socialism. And 101 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:32,920 Speaker 1: when he gave his acceptance speech, even the most prominent 102 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 1: leftists in your legacy media we're calling it out going. Yeah, 103 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 1: that really was the complete opposite of what he ran 104 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:43,919 Speaker 1: on once he began to gain momentum in the mayor's race. 105 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 1: He's a chameleon. As I mentioned last hour, mom Donnie 106 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:52,920 Speaker 1: is really like if rage against the Machine got elected 107 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 1: a bunch of young, wealthy, whiny godless radical socialists pretending 108 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 1: as if they are by of oppression and the dangers 109 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:08,040 Speaker 1: of socialism. Communism should never be taken lightly. Mom Donniana's 110 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 1: voters should be mocked relentlessly. The majority of them ignorantly 111 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: supported him because he's just simply anti Trump. He's the 112 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 1: anti Trump, so I'm gonna vote for him. He cannot deliver, 113 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 1: as I mentioned, on the vast majority of what he 114 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: ran on. Most of that would require raising taxes, which 115 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:32,160 Speaker 1: he cannot do. Think about how virtually powerless Minneapolis man 116 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 1: Baby mayor Mom Jeans Jacob Frye has been. The policies 117 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 1: he can enact will be one just like fry and 118 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 1: they'll see the fastest negative consequence is attached to that 119 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: policing policy, unrelated to taxes, but still burdensome on businesses. 120 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:52,160 Speaker 1: Tourism is going to plummet. The only people that are 121 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:55,159 Speaker 1: benefiting now in terms of business in New York City 122 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: are apparently U haul rental companies. I had a friend 123 00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 1: of the show share with me a screen grab of 124 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 1: all the U hauls that are sold out in New 125 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:04,599 Speaker 1: York City. Now, maybe that's a typical thing that takes place, 126 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 1: but one can't help but wonder there's a lot of 127 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 1: individuals who were simply waiting to see how this mayoral 128 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 1: race played out before they decided to play. You know what, 129 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 1: I think I'm gonna move out state. The good news 130 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 1: is much like people who were suggesting it would be 131 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 1: better for Fote to win in Minneapolis. You know. As 132 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: a part of yesterday's commentary as well, we now get 133 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: to watch the rant the radical anti American socialist policies 134 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: fail in New York City, as they always do. But 135 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: speaking to the point of mom Donnie and what he 136 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 1: plans to do. John Solomon, political commentator was on Real 137 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: America's Voice and he said they're one of his associates 138 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: quietly attended a Democrat Socialists of a Mayora strategy meeting. 139 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 1: Listen to this. 140 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 5: You see in very subtle ways the extremists that he 141 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 5: really is. That he tried to paint down a little 142 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 5: bit in the last few weeks of the election. 143 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: But I think the most important. 144 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 5: Story for everybody to read today is up on justinews 145 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 5: dot com. It was written by my extraordinary colleague Jerry Dunley, 146 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 5: be great investigative reporter. He got inside the dsa new 147 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 5: York Group, which is the group that mom Donnie belonged 148 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 5: to before he started to distance himself. And they had 149 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 5: a meeting this weekend that they allowed Jerry to attend, 150 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 5: and you can see what they talked about. They are 151 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 5: going to force the City of New York to divest 152 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 5: and from anything that is Jewish. They're going to stop 153 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 5: the New York Police Department from training and getting certain 154 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:47,840 Speaker 5: capabilities that they don't like. They're going to regulate land sales. 155 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 5: You may not be able to sell your piece of 156 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 5: land in the future to who you want if the 157 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 5: mayor doesn't like that. And then there is a lot 158 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 5: of other agendas that are all in there. The purpose 159 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 5: of this meeting was to make sure that the group 160 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:04,839 Speaker 5: that helped elect Mandami in the primary and last night 161 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:07,439 Speaker 5: will have a seat at the table and will pressure 162 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 5: Mamdani until he delivers what he told them privately he 163 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 5: would deliver. The wish list looks like something from a 164 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:17,440 Speaker 5: Soviet republic, not something from an American capitalist city like 165 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:20,679 Speaker 5: New York City. That is the Mamdani you're going to 166 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 5: see from this point forward, not the jovial, cool looking 167 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:27,959 Speaker 5: kid from New York that talked a good game. This 168 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 5: is a guy that is beholden to the socialists who 169 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:33,439 Speaker 5: got him in office, and their values are very different 170 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 5: from those that built the Big Apple. 171 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 1: I hope that they do move forward with everything they 172 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 1: possibly can do because they are going because they are 173 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 1: going to be limited. People need to see the real 174 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: world example of what these policies can actually do. And 175 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 1: what I don't want to see happen is sort of 176 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:58,560 Speaker 1: a tinkering around the edges of their core beliefs to 177 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 1: try to shore up any sort of level of positivity 178 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 1: that they can spew and try to convince the public 179 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:11,440 Speaker 1: of what they're doing. Because the policies that we already have, 180 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 1: and especially in New York City to what John Solomon 181 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:17,200 Speaker 1: was saying, they are very pro capitalism, and so there's 182 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 1: a lot of safeguards just built into the system that 183 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 1: prevent individuals like Mom Donnie from going one hundred percent 184 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 1: forward with their socialist ideals. And with that they get 185 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:33,679 Speaker 1: a bit of a bit of cover. They can continue 186 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:35,679 Speaker 1: to talk about their rhetoric and what they want to do, 187 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:37,960 Speaker 1: but then they can still complain, well, we can't do this, 188 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 1: and it's a system. We got to tear it down. 189 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 1: You got to keep voting for me so we can 190 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 1: get rid of it. No, I hope they go all 191 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 1: in on everything they possibly can, because that is the 192 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 1: surest way that we can see just what an abject 193 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:53,320 Speaker 1: failure their policies are going to be, because they always are. 194 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 1: Socialism never works. The only reason why it's grabbed hold 195 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 1: now is because we have a failed education system here 196 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 1: in the United States run by Democrats who have made 197 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 1: sure to ignore history relating to how damaging these far 198 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:19,080 Speaker 1: leftist policies are, how many millions of people have died 199 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:23,440 Speaker 1: throughout history because of these policies. And now you have 200 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 1: individuals running and winning elections because the ignorant masses just 201 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 1: fall for it. The interviews with the young people in 202 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 1: New York City, women out there. I did a video yesterday, 203 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:42,680 Speaker 1: this group of women cheering for the policies of Mamdani, 204 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 1: wanting to see a caliphate in New York City, saying 205 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:49,360 Speaker 1: they want to see sharia law in New York City. 206 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 1: Just you sit back and to go. Is anybody going 207 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:55,719 Speaker 1: to tell them what that would actually mean for them 208 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: if it was ever adopted? But they don't know. They're 209 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:01,559 Speaker 1: ignorant to it. They haven't done their own due diligence. 210 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:04,679 Speaker 1: They bought into the lies that they've been told by politicians, 211 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:11,560 Speaker 1: and the education system has absolutely failed them. Saint Paul 212 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 1: Mayor elect Cahuli her on how she won and what 213 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:16,200 Speaker 1: she plans to do. 214 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 6: Next. 215 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:20,800 Speaker 1: We'll share with you some points from this article, plus 216 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 1: we have some audio from the mayor elect, and we 217 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:25,840 Speaker 1: will return to a story I brought to you at 218 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:29,679 Speaker 1: the end of yesterday's show regarding a potential emerging fraud 219 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 1: scandal relating to Snap benefits here in Minnesota on Twin 220 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 1: Cities News Talk d All Studios. You are listening to 221 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio AM eleven thirty and FM one O three point five. 222 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:44,559 Speaker 1: This is the Twin Cities news talk station. 223 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:55,840 Speaker 7: Yeah, you just had a guide. Stay here and let's 224 00:12:55,960 --> 00:13:01,320 Speaker 7: off write ten policies that all sound extremely communist to me. 225 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 7: But you still keep calling this guy a socialist, just 226 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:09,439 Speaker 7: like he wants you to do. Why we just continue 227 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 7: to dumb down society and then wonder why it's so stupid. 228 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 1: This is what we call splitting hairs. I've had a 229 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: lot of people that have left this comment. I completely 230 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:23,959 Speaker 1: understand what it is that you're saying. For the sake 231 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:30,439 Speaker 1: of generalization and just commentary. Yes, you're right. I could 232 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 1: go down and label it communism. He claims in his 233 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:39,840 Speaker 1: own words, he's a Democrat socialist. That's who he belongs to. Ultimately, 234 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:44,640 Speaker 1: they're both bad. We're talking about the policies, and often 235 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 1: I just defer to the baseline, surface level of what 236 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 1: it is that these individuals are claiming to be. I'll 237 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 1: go down the road on occasion and call them what 238 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:57,440 Speaker 1: they are truly in all of this and play a 239 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:02,080 Speaker 1: comment like yours. But it also fights pushback in commentary 240 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 1: from individuals that want to go and argue the point 241 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:06,960 Speaker 1: and ends up just becoming unnecessary. It's a long way 242 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:10,680 Speaker 1: to say that, you know, we generalize in radio. I 243 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 1: get what it is. If you pay attention to the stuff, 244 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 1: you understand it. If you think you're going to end 245 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 1: up changing hearts and minds on the left by simply 246 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 1: switching up the terminology, I'm going to argue that it 247 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:25,120 Speaker 1: doesn't matter for a lot of individuals. To the individuals 248 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 1: that you want to reach, everybody else, they already know 249 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 1: what's going on. So thank you for the comment though 250 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 1: from the iHeartRadio app, I appreciate it. Kahuli hur wants 251 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 1: her term as Saint Paul mayor to be different, maybe 252 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 1: not ideologically apart from the outgoing may or, Melvin Carter, 253 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 1: according to the Minnesota Star Tribune article in my Hands, 254 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:51,080 Speaker 1: but more connected, more in the community, more curious about 255 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:54,880 Speaker 1: what's happening and what people are saying. In an interview 256 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 1: with the Star Tribune, she talked about how entering into 257 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 1: the mayoral race just three months before a election day, 258 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 1: how she followed a data informed plan that gave her confidence. 259 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 1: That plan was inspired by her friend, the late DFL 260 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 1: House speaker Melissa Hortman, who told her that often politicians 261 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 1: had to earn their seats the blueprint for the blueprint 262 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: for winning races, lots of conversations. You know, yeah, that's 263 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 1: good advice. Personal connections matter, She said. Her campaign knocked 264 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 1: on some forty thousand doors in Saint Paul, and by 265 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 1: late October, her yellow and purple lawn signs had popped 266 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 1: up all over the city. There is a conversation to 267 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 1: be had, not this morning, but there is a conversation 268 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 1: to be had at some point that if you had, 269 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:54,360 Speaker 1: for the sake of argument, somewhat unlimited resources, unlimited campaign resources, 270 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 1: more specifically, you could put a conservative into power in 271 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 1: either of the twin cities. It's not happening anytime in 272 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 1: the future, which is why there's no need to have 273 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 1: this conversation right now. It would be a difficult road 274 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: and task. That being said, if you had the right 275 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 1: financial backing and the ability to have somebody out there 276 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 1: who could do the legwork, you could end up winning 277 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 1: elections in Minneapolis and Saint Paul. It may take a 278 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 1: cycle or two, and it may take a lot of 279 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 1: money to go and do so, but it's not inevitable 280 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 1: that a Democrat is always going to win. And again, 281 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 1: a conversation for another day, But that point in here 282 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 1: about how she launched this campaign three months before election day. 283 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:48,960 Speaker 1: It also speaks to voter turnout and the lack thereof 284 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 1: and what I keep saying on the show about what 285 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 1: Republicans need to do heading into next year. Unless we're 286 00:16:55,920 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 1: you know, worry less about reaching republicans. Republicans need to 287 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 1: worry less about whether or not their candidate ends up 288 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:05,399 Speaker 1: getting the nomination at the top of the ticket and 289 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:08,400 Speaker 1: make sure that regardless, we don't beat each other up 290 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 1: during primary season and we support whoever that nominee is 291 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:18,199 Speaker 1: Her said that she wants to smooth out the city 292 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:21,359 Speaker 1: and the way that they deal with the process of 293 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 1: issues Department of Public Works, Department of Safety Inspections, planning. 294 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 1: If we want to build a city that has an 295 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 1: abundant and affordable housing, if we want to grow retail 296 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:35,359 Speaker 1: and commercial business, those three departments are key departments in 297 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 1: doing that. The article goes on to say it might 298 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:42,359 Speaker 1: sound dull compared to big cities Carter brought, uh, excuse me, 299 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:45,439 Speaker 1: big big ideas that Carter brought to the beginning of 300 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:48,720 Speaker 1: his tenure. Her said, but she thinks the city needs 301 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:53,720 Speaker 1: to nail down the basic processes. I know that people 302 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 1: are saying, well, she doesn't have a huge, big policy ideas, 303 00:17:57,119 --> 00:17:59,160 Speaker 1: so like, what is she putting in front of us? 304 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:01,960 Speaker 1: Her said she wants to run an administration that listens 305 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:05,920 Speaker 1: to Saint Paul residence. But she said building consensus does 306 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:09,440 Speaker 1: not mean compromising her values. During her campaign, Her drew 307 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 1: criticism from Saint Paul environmentalists and bike advocates, who saw 308 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:17,879 Speaker 1: her questions about the proposed reconstruction of say Summit Avenue 309 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 1: as evidence that she was more conservative than Carter, and she, 310 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:24,960 Speaker 1: of course pushed back on that idea. I am no 311 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 1: more conservative than Melvin Carter. Her said, if people just 312 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:32,159 Speaker 1: look at my negative history, or excuse me my legislative history, 313 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:35,320 Speaker 1: I was a slip. There wasn't it, my legislative history. 314 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 1: I have been a progressive. Now. I've received several talkbacks 315 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 1: along this issue. Let me go ahead and play this 316 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 1: one from a friend of the show. 317 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 8: Hey, good morning, John Bruce and Shockby. You know, I 318 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 8: have a question about that kohouly her. Now, she claimed 319 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 8: that she was a non citizen, and I haven't really 320 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 8: checked into it, but can she legally hold office in 321 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:02,399 Speaker 8: Minnesota if she's not a citizen. I don't think she 322 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:06,119 Speaker 8: can at the federal level, but I think she should 323 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 8: be investigated. Maybe I should be talking to her too. 324 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:11,680 Speaker 8: I can't believe it hasn't happened already. 325 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 1: Have a good day. My understanding on that, and I 326 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:17,879 Speaker 1: welcome anybody who has further information. But my understanding on 327 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:20,399 Speaker 1: that was when she made that comment and we talked 328 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,919 Speaker 1: about it here on the show, when it happened about 329 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:25,959 Speaker 1: how she was illegal and she said these statements in 330 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:30,399 Speaker 1: front of the House of Representatives. She was exaggerating on 331 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 1: her own personal situation because it was beneficial in the 332 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 1: moment for her argument to try to go and reach 333 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 1: and draw some sympathy from individuals over the issue of 334 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:47,160 Speaker 1: illegal immigration by stating that she was illegal. My understanding 335 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:51,120 Speaker 1: is that she is absolutely able to go and hold 336 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: the office, and her labeling of herself being an illegal 337 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 1: was not accurate in the way that would have prevented 338 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:02,439 Speaker 1: her or from holding office. But again, I go and 339 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:05,760 Speaker 1: invite anybody that has further clarification on that. That was 340 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 1: my understanding, going back to initially when we covered that issue, 341 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 1: when people were saying exactly the same things that Bruce 342 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:14,439 Speaker 1: and others have asked me on the talkbacks. This morning, 343 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:16,159 Speaker 1: we will get to your talkback of the day, and 344 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:18,040 Speaker 1: I do want to play you a portion of this 345 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:22,680 Speaker 1: interview that Couleiher did with the Pioneer Presses they were 346 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:26,919 Speaker 1: walking the streets of Saint Paul. There's some interesting commentary 347 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:32,240 Speaker 1: to get to on that. Plus USDA Secretary of Brook 348 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 1: Rawlins talking about snap benefits, the states that did hand 349 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:39,879 Speaker 1: over their information regarding SNAP benefits the data to the 350 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 1: federal government and those that didn't, and what they discovered 351 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:46,359 Speaker 1: and whether or not Minneapolis and specifically the state of 352 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 1: Minnesota is on the verge of another fraud controversy relating 353 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 1: to Snap benefits. We'll get to this coming up next 354 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 1: here on Twin City's News Talk AM eleven thirty and 355 00:20:56,520 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 1: one on three five FM tomorrow on a Freedom Friday. Hey, 356 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 1: first November Freedom Friday. Nothing it matters. Akkamar will be 357 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:19,400 Speaker 1: joining us in the studio and we'll have both Gracea 358 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:23,960 Speaker 1: Keating and Catherine Johnson from the American Experiment podcast. I 359 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:27,719 Speaker 1: was a special guest on their one hundredth episode, and 360 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: truth be told, they said I can only be the 361 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 1: one hundredth guest if they were both allowed to go 362 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,200 Speaker 1: ahead and come in on Friday. So I had to 363 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: boot Max Rymer. That's a total lie. That didn't happen 364 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 1: at all. Max can't make it in on Friday. So 365 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 1: both Catherine and Grace will be joining us in the studio. 366 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 1: All right, before we play you a quick interview here 367 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:53,359 Speaker 1: with Kohuli, her mayor electing Saint Paul talking with the 368 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 1: Pioneer Press, let's get to your talk back of the day. 369 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 1: It is brought to you by Minni Leaf Minieleaf dot com, 370 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:01,439 Speaker 1: m I NN E L EAF dot com. Head on 371 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:04,880 Speaker 1: over to the websites, Taste Happy at mini leaf dot 372 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 1: com and get their night gummies. Get your sleep back 373 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:08,919 Speaker 1: on track Born and. 374 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:12,400 Speaker 6: John Russ Here, we're reflecting past couple of days, especially 375 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,400 Speaker 6: with the Democrat wins and everything. You know, we've been 376 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:18,959 Speaker 6: winning a lot. Trump has been straight up taking it 377 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 6: to his agenda and just knocking things out, and yeah, 378 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:26,000 Speaker 6: eventually you're going to lose some and so at the 379 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 6: end of the day, it's gotta keep trucking along. Trump's 380 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:31,600 Speaker 6: not even been in the office for one year yet 381 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 6: He's still got a lot of time and things continue 382 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:37,320 Speaker 6: to happen. That's right, Stay rosty, my friends. 383 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:39,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, I like it, Russ, And that's why you're the 384 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 1: talk back of the day, brought to you by Mini Leaf, 385 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 1: m I n ny L EAF dot com. 386 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:48,120 Speaker 9: If the last night's results, the decision facing all Americans 387 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:52,000 Speaker 9: could not be more clear. We have a choice between 388 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:54,879 Speaker 9: communism and common sense. 389 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:56,960 Speaker 1: Does that make sense to you? Common sense? 390 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,359 Speaker 9: It's common sense or communism. 391 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 1: So I mentioned how you know, with unlimited campaign resources 392 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:10,920 Speaker 1: and maybe election cycle or two, you could get good 393 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:16,199 Speaker 1: people elected to city councils, to the mayor's office in 394 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:20,679 Speaker 1: both Minneapolis and Saint Paul. And I know that sounds 395 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,720 Speaker 1: really simple, but it's like Ahulia Her said in this 396 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,640 Speaker 1: interview with the Star Tribune, and you know, going off 397 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:31,200 Speaker 1: of advice from late House Speaker Melissa Hartman, the blueprint 398 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:35,480 Speaker 1: to winning races, lots of conversations, those personal connections matter. 399 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:39,440 Speaker 1: I say that. Listen to this, you know, in light 400 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 1: of this interview. So this was a reporter over at 401 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:49,679 Speaker 1: the Pioneer Press, Frederick Mellow, talking with her in the 402 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:52,080 Speaker 1: wake of her winning the election, and they were talking 403 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:54,159 Speaker 1: they were walking on the streets of Saint Paul's. So 404 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:56,199 Speaker 1: the audio is a little wonky here, So you got 405 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 1: to forgive me. And I did some editing because there 406 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,920 Speaker 1: was a lot of needing to stop and avoid people 407 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 1: and that kind of stuff. But I wanted to give 408 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:08,360 Speaker 1: you just a snapshot of newly elected mayor in Saint 409 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 1: Paul Kahully Her and her mentality after winning the office. 410 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 1: You're thinking of new department leaders. 411 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,520 Speaker 2: New cabinet, new staff, kind of be a pretty big changeover. 412 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:20,399 Speaker 10: Yeah, well, I would say that it's not necessarily that 413 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:23,280 Speaker 10: I'm looking at, you know, new it's that I need 414 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:24,119 Speaker 10: to do an evaluation. 415 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:25,280 Speaker 1: We really have to. 416 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:27,919 Speaker 10: If we want to move our city into focusing on 417 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:29,920 Speaker 10: the core city services, then we need to make sure 418 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:31,639 Speaker 10: that we have the right people in the right place, 419 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 10: and it just requires us to do an astuffs. 420 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:38,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, there's big things that Carter set in motion, like 421 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:43,679 Speaker 2: a four part gun restrictions, you know, for do you 422 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 2: think you continue that work or do I think you 423 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:48,879 Speaker 2: had called some of it performative in a debate? 424 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:51,440 Speaker 10: I think I have to figure out. And this is 425 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:53,360 Speaker 10: the part I don't know is like where is it? 426 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:56,199 Speaker 10: Is it already has it already been proposed to city council? 427 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:56,760 Speaker 1: Has it not? 428 00:24:57,080 --> 00:25:00,119 Speaker 10: Is it has it already been been put forward or 429 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:03,719 Speaker 10: passic I don't really Because my work is at the legislature, 430 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:07,960 Speaker 10: I have not really been digging into the detailed progress 431 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:09,879 Speaker 10: of that, and so I just I need to take 432 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:11,920 Speaker 10: a look at where that is. But like, if it's 433 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:16,399 Speaker 10: already done and the momentum has already you know, it 434 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:18,719 Speaker 10: has already moved forward with that, like, I don't see 435 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:21,119 Speaker 10: a reason to undo that work. 436 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 1: That is incredible to me, and it speaks to what 437 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 1: I was talking about. If you had somebody with resources 438 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 1: and a ground game that could just go out and 439 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:36,640 Speaker 1: reach to the community, you would have a possibility of 440 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:43,160 Speaker 1: putting in again better quality candidates. Co Holly her one 441 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:45,480 Speaker 1: in large part because she reached out to the mun 442 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:50,440 Speaker 1: community and they absolutely supported her in doing so. She's 443 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 1: right when she says, I'm going to be listening to people. 444 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:55,640 Speaker 1: She made contact. You had Carter and office with these 445 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:59,320 Speaker 1: big ideas, but probably was very disconnected from the community. 446 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,640 Speaker 1: But to the point, as long there's any substance going 447 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 1: on here, she's not even aware of the movement for 448 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:12,680 Speaker 1: the ordinance that would limit your ability to keep in 449 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 1: bare arms within Saint Paul, the movement, the movement towards 450 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 1: these policies that's complete and totally frivolous. Because we have 451 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 1: the preemption law that Mayor Carter's been pushing forward and 452 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,200 Speaker 1: the Council's been talking about the past few weeks. You 453 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:29,679 Speaker 1: would think that this would have been a part of 454 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:32,720 Speaker 1: her campaign. You would think that this would have been 455 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:34,400 Speaker 1: something that would be asked. And she's like, I don't 456 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:36,879 Speaker 1: even know what's going on with it, almost as if 457 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 1: to say she has no idea about the gun control 458 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:44,159 Speaker 1: ordinances that the city Council and the Mayor's office were proposing. 459 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:47,399 Speaker 1: I just I was stunned, stunned by that. 460 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:49,840 Speaker 2: You're not going to get rid of the fifteen dollars 461 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:53,120 Speaker 2: minimum wage or anything like that. You've worked closely on that, right, absolutely, 462 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:56,040 Speaker 2: But how about the college accounts for newborns? 463 00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:00,440 Speaker 10: You know, I don't have any plans to be getting 464 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,879 Speaker 10: rid of things. I am somebody who I like to 465 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:06,119 Speaker 10: be really thorough and detailed, which means that assessments really matter. 466 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:08,160 Speaker 10: So I do really need to come in and take 467 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 10: a look at where we are and how sustainable the 468 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:14,000 Speaker 10: program is in order before I can make any kind 469 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:16,199 Speaker 10: of decision about what's going to happen with some of 470 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:16,640 Speaker 10: these things. 471 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:21,359 Speaker 2: During debates, you said, re evaluate it, don't necessarily end 472 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:24,119 Speaker 2: it for the Summit Avenue bike trail or the Mississippi 473 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 2: River Corridor promenade. 474 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 11: Yeah. 475 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 10: Somebody actually said to me, now that the election is over, 476 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:30,960 Speaker 10: how do you really feel about it now? I feel 477 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 10: the same way that it is so important for us. 478 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:34,720 Speaker 10: I think that when people come in and they think 479 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,760 Speaker 10: they know everything, or they have all the ideas, or 480 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:39,000 Speaker 10: they have the right answers, is when you usually go wrong. 481 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:41,359 Speaker 10: And so it's important for us to make sure that 482 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,520 Speaker 10: I don't know anything. I don't know everything right, and 483 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:46,879 Speaker 10: so I have to come in and be diligent and 484 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:50,840 Speaker 10: then review and make good decisions based on what I'm finding. 485 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:53,400 Speaker 10: And so that really is always the foundation of when 486 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 10: I look at something, if I'm going to do it 487 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 10: or not audible. 488 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:01,200 Speaker 2: Okay, just last question, I mean what can people just uh, 489 00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:03,800 Speaker 2: do you have any any surprises you want to spring 490 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:04,240 Speaker 2: on people? 491 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:04,440 Speaker 1: Now? 492 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 2: So it's uh, it buffers the impact on Janior first. 493 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:09,560 Speaker 11: So I think that there's a. 494 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 10: Lot of work to be done. And if I you know, 495 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 10: I don't make promises, I can't keep it. My promise 496 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,280 Speaker 10: to the people was that I would work on the 497 00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:18,200 Speaker 10: nuts and bolts of the city. I would do core 498 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:20,240 Speaker 10: city services, and that's what I planned to do it. 499 00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:23,560 Speaker 10: So that's that's my plan. Nothing to spring on. 500 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:30,440 Speaker 2: People for first Asian American mayor, first female mayor and female. 501 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:32,880 Speaker 10: Mayor in the history of in the history of Saint Paul. 502 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:36,400 Speaker 2: Yes, and first Mung mayor. Are you the third Mung 503 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:39,080 Speaker 2: mayor in the nation. I think I found two others. 504 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 2: I don't know. 505 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 12: I only know. 506 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:42,840 Speaker 10: Shang Tao, but I don't know who is no longer 507 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:43,680 Speaker 10: a mayor in Poland. 508 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:45,200 Speaker 1: But I don't know the other one. Oh, there was 509 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:47,240 Speaker 1: another one I found and I don't know. It's somewhere 510 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:49,640 Speaker 1: in California, but small town. I think it could be. Yeah, 511 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:51,520 Speaker 1: it could be. Okay, I'll look it up. Thank you, 512 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 1: thank you, congrats. It's listen. It is so ridiculously typical. 513 00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:59,080 Speaker 1: Like the most substance of that entire piece was the 514 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:01,120 Speaker 1: end when they were just talking talking about her background 515 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:04,680 Speaker 1: and identity. There was nothing really going to change anything. 516 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,880 Speaker 1: I don't really know about the gun control ordinance. Yeah, 517 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:10,800 Speaker 1: you know about the funds for babies and all that. 518 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:12,360 Speaker 1: I don't know. I'll look at that later. Like what 519 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:18,440 Speaker 1: does she even run on. I mean, clearly Mayor Carter 520 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:21,280 Speaker 1: wasn't doing a good job. People wanted to change, but 521 00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:23,760 Speaker 1: really it just seems as if they just gender swapped 522 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:26,400 Speaker 1: the mayor's office. I don't know what she's going to 523 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:30,800 Speaker 1: be doing any differently beyond listening to people. Mort So, 524 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 1: opportunities are available, but it takes the resources to do so. 525 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,040 Speaker 1: And I understand the arguments of you know that we 526 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:44,280 Speaker 1: Republicans don't have a finite amount of money to go 527 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:46,400 Speaker 1: and work from and needs to be placed in areas 528 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:48,800 Speaker 1: where you can make the most benefit. And when it 529 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:52,360 Speaker 1: comes to mayor races in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, I 530 00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:55,280 Speaker 1: understand they would rather place that money elsewhere, but it 531 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:58,960 Speaker 1: does serve as an example of these elections could be 532 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:03,400 Speaker 1: one if there were unlimited resources and it was thought 533 00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:05,040 Speaker 1: that this would be beneficial. 534 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:10,600 Speaker 13: This new mayor of Saint Paul kind of gives me 535 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:14,080 Speaker 13: Amy klobash Ar vibes. You know, I think she's going 536 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:18,440 Speaker 13: to be the mayor of small things, which may not 537 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:19,360 Speaker 13: be a bad thing. 538 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,440 Speaker 14: You are waking up today and you're gonna see me 539 00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 14: on your Twitter account because I made it here at 540 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:28,760 Speaker 14: one fifteen am through the snow. Donald Trump wins called 541 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,800 Speaker 14: me snow woman for a reason. Nothing will stop me, 542 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:34,720 Speaker 14: So I hope nothing stopped you from coming to our 543 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:38,880 Speaker 14: events in Conquered and Milford and Courtsmith. 544 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:42,920 Speaker 1: See you there, Hello, America. 545 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:47,480 Speaker 14: I'm Amy Kobashar, and I will beat Donald Trump. 546 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:53,280 Speaker 1: So apparently I'm pronouncing her name wrong. It's na Kahuli, 547 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:59,240 Speaker 1: it's Kully. I don't I okay, not the first time 548 00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:02,920 Speaker 1: that I've gone mis pronounced individuals names on the show. 549 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:06,440 Speaker 12: Morning John Great Show. 550 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:09,680 Speaker 1: Connie here Kahuli Her has no plan. 551 00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:15,560 Speaker 12: Melviyn was asleep, figured he'd get elected again because well whatever, 552 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:18,200 Speaker 12: So that's her plan. There isn't a plan. 553 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:22,200 Speaker 1: Have a great day. You really like that, Connie. I 554 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:24,280 Speaker 1: just I almost want to get that. 555 00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:27,680 Speaker 12: Drop morning, John, great show. 556 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,920 Speaker 1: Connie. Here, Kahuli Her has no plan. 557 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:36,800 Speaker 12: Melviyn was asleep, figured he'd get elected again because well whatever. 558 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:40,520 Speaker 1: You're absolutely right. That is not a dig on you, 559 00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:43,160 Speaker 1: by the way, I just found that really really entertaining. 560 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:46,680 Speaker 3: I wish the new mayor of Saint Paul would talk 561 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:51,400 Speaker 3: about property taxes and taxes in general and what she 562 00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:54,760 Speaker 3: can do to lower those, because they are going nowhere 563 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:58,800 Speaker 3: but up, up, up, and with that school referendum up up, 564 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:00,560 Speaker 3: up even more and believe it. 565 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:04,080 Speaker 1: So let's spend some time. I closed the show out 566 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,240 Speaker 1: with a little bit of this yesterday, but We've got 567 00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:08,960 Speaker 1: some time to get into it further, and I'm waiting 568 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:13,840 Speaker 1: to see what else emerges from this potential scandal. We'll 569 00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:19,320 Speaker 1: start off with USDA Secretary brook Rawlins. On her first day, 570 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:23,120 Speaker 1: they told every state to send their snap data so 571 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:26,360 Speaker 1: that they can make sure illegal immigrants weren't getting benefits 572 00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:29,960 Speaker 1: meant for American families. Twenty nine states stepped up, twenty 573 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:34,480 Speaker 1: one Blue states refused, and two sued the federal government 574 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:39,040 Speaker 1: for even asking. Here's a bit of Secretary USDA Secretary 575 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:42,520 Speaker 1: Brook Rawlins on Fox News Day Day. 576 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:45,880 Speaker 11: One of USDA February thirteenth, As we sent letters to 577 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:49,720 Speaker 11: every governor in America being very clear that no illegal 578 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:53,960 Speaker 11: aliens can use SNAP zero zero zero, we asked every 579 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:55,920 Speaker 11: state for the first time in history, and this was 580 00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:58,760 Speaker 11: in February, to send us their data and let us 581 00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:02,320 Speaker 11: with Doge and war Room actually start going through this 582 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:06,880 Speaker 11: data to better understand how this explosion of SNAP benefits 583 00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:11,120 Speaker 11: happened under Joe Biden. We increased almost forty percent on 584 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:13,360 Speaker 11: this program in just a couple of years under the 585 00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:15,760 Speaker 11: Biden administration. Of course we know they were trying to 586 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:18,360 Speaker 11: buy the election, but that's a conversation for another time. 587 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:21,400 Speaker 11: And since we have asked for that data, twenty nine 588 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:25,080 Speaker 11: states have complied. Complied of course almost all the Red states, 589 00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:27,920 Speaker 11: a couple of the you know, the couple of Blue 590 00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:30,720 Speaker 11: states too. But in that data, and I haven't talked 591 00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:33,480 Speaker 11: about this yet publicly, in that data, we have found 592 00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:36,240 Speaker 11: we've studied about one hundred billion dollars in spend. We 593 00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:42,720 Speaker 11: have found thousands and thousands of illegal use of the 594 00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:45,480 Speaker 11: EBT card. We have been moving people off of SNAP. 595 00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:48,200 Speaker 11: We've got almost seven hundred thousand people. I think we've 596 00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:51,760 Speaker 11: moved off just since the President took office. We've arrested 597 00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:53,440 Speaker 11: about one hundred and eighteen people. 598 00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:54,960 Speaker 1: So this has been ongoing. 599 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:58,560 Speaker 11: But Rachel, to your point, what this conversation has allowed 600 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:03,680 Speaker 11: is a national spotlight on a broken and corrupt program. 601 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:07,160 Speaker 11: We found one guy in six different states getting a benefit. 602 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:09,759 Speaker 11: We found about five thousand people that are dead who 603 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:13,560 Speaker 11: are still getting benefits. Like it is time to drastically 604 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:16,239 Speaker 11: reform this program so that we can make sure that 605 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:19,640 Speaker 11: those who are truly needy, truly vulnerable, are getting what 606 00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:22,239 Speaker 11: they need and the rest of the corruption goes away 607 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:24,280 Speaker 11: and we can serve the American taxpayer. 608 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:24,520 Speaker 9: Now. 609 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:27,560 Speaker 1: It was ak Kamara putting up a post online that 610 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:32,080 Speaker 1: brought this to my attention and what he was responding 611 00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:37,080 Speaker 1: to in writing. Under the Walls administration, SNAP issuances increased 612 00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:41,320 Speaker 1: by one hundred and seventy four percent, while total recipients 613 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:47,560 Speaker 1: only increased by twenty one percent, but the state's population 614 00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:52,320 Speaker 1: increased by one point eight percent. So Ak asked the question, 615 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:55,160 Speaker 1: how much of it is fraudulent, given that we've become 616 00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:59,279 Speaker 1: the fraud capital of the US, nearing an estimated six 617 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:02,960 Speaker 1: billion in fraud, And what he was referring to was 618 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:08,680 Speaker 1: Representative Pam Altendorf had written, why is Minnesota refusing to 619 00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:12,080 Speaker 1: give the federal government our SNAP records? I think I 620 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:15,799 Speaker 1: found what the Minnesota DFL is hiding. And what she 621 00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:19,719 Speaker 1: showed on X was the chart showing that Minnesota has 622 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:25,120 Speaker 1: a one hundred and seventy four percent increase in SNAP issuances. 623 00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:29,759 Speaker 1: No other state even came close over the course of 624 00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:33,880 Speaker 1: a few years. And what have we seen throughout the 625 00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:37,200 Speaker 1: examples of the fraud that's been exposed to just this 626 00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:42,280 Speaker 1: year alone. It's its exact same thing, a sudden, massive 627 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:46,800 Speaker 1: increase in the amount of money going to these benefits, 628 00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:50,600 Speaker 1: and yet not seeing the example of the individuals that 629 00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:54,480 Speaker 1: are supposed to be receiving it, whether it's feeding our future, 630 00:35:56,000 --> 00:36:01,640 Speaker 1: whether it's the housing and stabilization services. There it is 631 00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:07,480 Speaker 1: the autism centers, and here you have SNAP benefits. It's 632 00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:11,480 Speaker 1: almost as if the Democrats may have gone and exposed 633 00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:17,680 Speaker 1: something that has been taking place unintentionally with their continued 634 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:22,160 Speaker 1: desire to keep the government shut down. One more quick 635 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:26,120 Speaker 1: talkback relating to the new mayor elected in Saint Paul. 636 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:27,680 Speaker 1: I wanted to share with you before we wrap things 637 00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:28,280 Speaker 1: up this morning. 638 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:30,000 Speaker 7: Good morning. 639 00:36:30,239 --> 00:36:32,480 Speaker 10: Now she has a plan to make a plan, to 640 00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:35,120 Speaker 10: make a plan, to make a plan, and that's how 641 00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:38,480 Speaker 10: for yours will pass by and then having the great. 642 00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:40,960 Speaker 1: Support of her community will help her. 643 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:41,320 Speaker 10: Again. 644 00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:47,200 Speaker 4: Those are hard working individuals the among community. Unfortunately they 645 00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:52,040 Speaker 4: chose an individual without any perspective from their lives. 646 00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:55,800 Speaker 1: Sorry for them, for Saint Paul, you have a great day. Bye, 647 00:36:56,239 --> 00:37:00,279 Speaker 1: Thank you for the talk back, and thank your time 648 00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:02,040 Speaker 1: this morning listening to the show. Of course, if you 649 00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:04,160 Speaker 1: missed any portion of it all you want to share 650 00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:07,160 Speaker 1: it with friends and family, check out the podcast that'll 651 00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:10,439 Speaker 1: be available on the iHeartRadio app and the Master Control Booth. 652 00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:12,960 Speaker 1: This morning is Devin, Good to see him. He'll have 653 00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:16,160 Speaker 1: those podcasts up shortly tomorrow. Another Freedom Friday. Get your 654 00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:20,439 Speaker 1: talkbacks in early on and off topic comments all morning long. 655 00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:23,360 Speaker 1: We'll have Catherine Johnson and Grace Keating from Center of 656 00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:27,319 Speaker 1: the American Experiment in ak Kamara live in studio. Have 657 00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:30,600 Speaker 1: a great Thursday, i'll talk to you guys tomorrow morning. Bye.