1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:00,760 Speaker 1: Shut down here. 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 2: It's not a great week to be a Democrat. It's 3 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 2: a fine week to be a Republican. It's a great 4 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 2: week to be Donald Trump. Well, we'll see how long 5 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 2: did that lasts. Hugh Hewett. 6 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 3: From the sixty five to one Carpet, Next Day Install Studios, 7 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 3: Joina City's News Talk at AM eleven thirty one oh 8 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 3: three five FM and John Justice. That is my voice 9 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 3: and what you are listening to. Finally, some cold temperatures 10 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 3: this morning. Good morning, Sam's over in the Master Control booth. 11 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 2: Good morning, John. 12 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, I was kind of a well I saw when 13 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 3: I was doing my prep on a couple of the 14 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 3: local news websites they had freeze warnings and I. 15 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 2: Was like, oh, really freeze warnings. 16 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 3: Yeah, not for our neck of the woods, but you know, 17 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 3: in the in the in the land of rocks and cowls, 18 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 3: we get the we're getting the we're getting the freeze warnings. 19 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:05,039 Speaker 3: We have once again a lot to cover today. It 20 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:08,480 Speaker 3: feels like, for lack of a better way to describe it, 21 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 3: like all hell brooke loose yesterday regarding the news cycle. 22 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 3: The Democrats in their Trump derangement syndrome affliction, they really 23 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 3: are and I just I laugh because I don't want 24 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 3: to cry. I don't know how else to express what's happening. 25 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:28,960 Speaker 3: But they really are just tearing down the fabric of 26 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:33,679 Speaker 3: the country right now. I'm going to be speaking at 27 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 3: a series of events, two different two different events, one 28 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 3: coming up on Saturday late in the afternoon, and then 29 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 3: I'm doing a. 30 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 2: Speech at a. 31 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 3: A Reagan Lincoln dinner the following Saturday. And I'm glad 32 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 3: that I am. I'm actually really looking forward to getting 33 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 3: out and speaking in front of a group of people 34 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 3: just because of everything that's taking place right now. And 35 00:01:57,920 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 3: of course I'm thankful to be able to talk to 36 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 3: you every sing and good morning. Call it a soft 37 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 3: civil war like I have. Call it whatever you want, 38 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 3: but in real time, what we're seeing in the opposition 39 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 3: to Trump has really gone completely off the rails. And 40 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 3: at the same time, we continue to learn of just 41 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 3: how devious the efforts were to attempt to keep Trump 42 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:22,079 Speaker 3: from winning. 43 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 2: You know, it's like Hillary Clinton. 44 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 3: Losing back in twenty sixteen, but so so much worse. 45 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 3: So as a bit of a preview, you have the 46 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:38,079 Speaker 3: Virginia Democrat Attorney General candidate texting with a former colleague 47 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 3: joking about putting two bullets in the head of a 48 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 3: Republican and yet you still have Democrats dismissing the comments 49 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 3: and supporting him. These are all things that we will 50 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:51,080 Speaker 3: get to on the show this morning. You have the 51 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 3: Mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, yesterday issuing this executive order 52 00:02:55,680 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 3: for ice free zones, and yeah, I agree with the 53 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:04,079 Speaker 3: other commentators out there in the immediacy of him making 54 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:10,519 Speaker 3: that and issuing that executive order. It's treason, is conspiracy 55 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:14,359 Speaker 3: what he's doing. It's a part of me that believes 56 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 3: they're inviting arrest because they want to bring about more turmoil. 57 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 3: I'm meeting the Democrat Party. We found out yesterday the 58 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 3: Jack Smith tracked the phone calls of only GOP members 59 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 3: of Congress in his January sixth investigation. I mean, these 60 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 3: are North Korean style tactics, you know. Locally and ridiculously, 61 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 3: you had the DFL trying to put the socialist genie 62 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 3: back in the bottle with efforts to undermine Omar Fat's 63 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 3: run for mayor, and yet, like Frankenstein's monster, they. 64 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 2: Created him and helped his rise to power. 65 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, yesterday doing the show, was it felt 66 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 3: for a moment like, well, I think they're coming down 67 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 3: a little bit. No, it was just they were getting 68 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 3: past the weekend and Monday hadn't fully gone forward yet 69 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 3: with the ridiculousness Donald Trump talking with the press yesterday, 70 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 3: and this is where we're going to start this morning, 71 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 3: probably one of the most relevant statements from President Donald 72 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 3: Trump currently that he's made, at least over the course 73 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:22,040 Speaker 3: of the past couple of weeks. 74 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 4: And I've felt for a long time that you know, 75 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 4: if you don't if a country doesn't have religion, doesn't 76 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 4: have faith, doesn't have God, it's going to be very 77 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 4: hard to be a good country. You know, there's no 78 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:34,280 Speaker 4: reason to be good. I want to be good because 79 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 4: you want to prove to God that you're good, so 80 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 4: you go to that next step. Right, So that's very 81 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 4: important to me. I think it's really very important. 82 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 3: Let me add something to the President's statement there, because 83 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 3: I understand that, you know, I get it. Not everybody 84 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 3: believes in the Lord God Almighty. I understand that I 85 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 3: have a best friend who's an atheist. I don't believe 86 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 3: that he's generally speaking a happy person, and I would 87 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,160 Speaker 3: say this to him, but he's a you know, he's 88 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:01,719 Speaker 3: a good person as far as I know. He's not 89 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 3: doing any evil in the world, and he has nothing 90 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 3: but the best of intentions. But even if you don't 91 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:11,239 Speaker 3: believe in the Bible, and you don't believe in Jesus Christ, 92 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:15,920 Speaker 3: we lived in the country in a country in America 93 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 3: where even if you didn't, you still had an abundance 94 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 3: of respect for individuals who did. And you also tended 95 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 3: to focus policies and morality around that which is taught 96 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 3: in the Bible. So you may not believe in God 97 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 3: or Jesus, but you understood the Ten Commandments to be 98 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 3: a really solid baseline in how one should go and 99 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 3: conduct themselves. Well, the Democrats and the far leftists have 100 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 3: just completely nuked that, or at least continue to vomit. 101 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 3: Maybe it hasn't been nuked yet. Hearing the anecdotal stories 102 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:59,839 Speaker 3: of individuals that are going to church for the first 103 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 3: time I'm in a long time, or the first time 104 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 3: ever is very encouraging. So perhaps I shouldn't say that 105 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 3: all is all is lost. But make no mistake, the 106 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:13,480 Speaker 3: battles that we're facing in the country right now is 107 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 3: as much political, if not more so, spiritual and certainly 108 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 3: that was put on full demonstration in the wake of 109 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 3: the assassination of or the example given in the wake 110 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:27,839 Speaker 3: of the assassination and response to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. 111 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 3: And this is where I want to start this morning. 112 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 3: It's an article from last week, and I'll dive into it. 113 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 3: But in the editorial, writer Karen tolkienan Karen. 114 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 2: Her being Karen as apropos by the way. 115 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 3: Prayers at Center Ice actually run contrary to Christian teachings. 116 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 3: Minnesota Hockey is allowing on ice prayer again, but it 117 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 3: looks a lot like the kind of performance Jesus criticized. 118 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:58,760 Speaker 3: I'm going to just jump and make this comment that 119 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 3: Karen needs to get into the scriptures if she actually 120 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 3: truly believes that, and I have no reason to suspect otherwise, 121 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 3: because she said as much in this editorial that I'll 122 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 3: share with you here in just a moment, and then 123 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 3: afterwards we'll get back into the continued shutdown. 124 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 2: Although you wouldn't know that another vote. 125 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 3: Took place yesterday if you were reading any of the 126 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 3: local news reports, because they were reluctant. I only found 127 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 3: one news outlet locally that was even reporting on the 128 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 3: shutdown in any capacity whatsoever, at least when I was 129 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 3: doing my prep starting at two thirty this morning. And 130 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 3: of course I want to hear from you throughout the 131 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 3: show today. Email me Justice at iHeartRadio dot com and 132 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 3: I see comments are already rolling in your talkbacks, brought 133 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 3: to you by Lyndahl Realty from the iHeartRadio app. We 134 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 3: will get to those next as we get rolling on 135 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 3: a Tuesday. Here on Twinesday's News Talk AM eleven thirty 136 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 3: and one oh three five FM. Good morning, and I 137 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 3: love your show. 138 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 2: Good morning John Vitch here. 139 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 5: So the reason we're a Christian it's much easier to 140 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 5: govern the Christian people that live by rules and follow 141 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 5: the Christian faith than anarchus. 142 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 2: And we could see what anarchist. 143 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 5: Rates that brings the rioting, the unlawfulness and the disgusting part. 144 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 2: Of life and the lack of respect of life. 145 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, thank you for the comment, Rich, I appreciate it. 146 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 3: Twin City's News Talk A'm eleven thirty one oh three 147 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 3: five FM from the sixty five to one Carpet Next 148 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:33,439 Speaker 3: Day Install Studios, I wanted to start here. This is 149 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 3: an editorial from last week that I've been holding on too, 150 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 3: and there's a lot of news to get into, but 151 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 3: I really want to set the stage with this editorial 152 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 3: and using it as an example as just part of 153 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 3: that spiritual battle that we're in. And like I said, 154 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 3: even if you you know, aren't a religious person, we 155 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 3: are a country wherein we still respected individuals that have 156 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 3: faith and the standards of that faith. That was something 157 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:11,319 Speaker 3: that everybody could agree upon, you know, as simple as 158 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:12,559 Speaker 3: the Ten Commandments. 159 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:16,079 Speaker 2: But yet we've moved away from that because you. 160 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 3: Have a party and you have an ideology that's completely 161 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 3: self centered, convincing individuals that their feelings are the ultimate authority, 162 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 3: as is their identity, and. 163 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:27,439 Speaker 2: There is no God. 164 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 3: And then you have individuals within the Christian community who 165 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 3: are providing. 166 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 2: A skewed view of what the Bible teaches. 167 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 3: And as I dive into this, I want to get 168 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 3: to a talkback here just to kind of get ahead 169 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 3: of the curve, because they really hit the nail on 170 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 3: the head as we talk about this. Prayers at Center 171 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:53,719 Speaker 3: Ice actually run contrary to Christian teachings. Editorial from the 172 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 3: Star Tribune. 173 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 6: Don let me guess who this Karen is. Karen the 174 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:01,439 Speaker 6: calmness is probably the most dangerous person in the country. 175 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:07,080 Speaker 6: A white, suburban liberal from the Twin Cities. She's most 176 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 6: likely a Lutheran, and it probably does not follow the 177 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 6: historic teachings of the Bible anymore. The ones who impose 178 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 6: what she thinks is right on everybody else and how 179 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 6: they choose to worship at Center ice. 180 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 3: I'm certainly not going to disparage Lutherans on the show 181 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:25,440 Speaker 3: by any stretch, because I know that that is not 182 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:29,079 Speaker 3: an example that applies to everybody of the Lutheran faith. 183 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 2: It's an over generalization. 184 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 3: However, not understanding the historic teachings of the Bible aspect 185 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 3: of it is spot on. So Karen Tulkienan writes this 186 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 3: last week, exciting news spread among conservative Christian parents Minnesota 187 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 3: Hockey had overruled Minnesota District ten hockey on ice prayer, 188 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:53,680 Speaker 3: at least for now, will continue. The Christians had one 189 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 3: exclamation point, She writes, well, when I say Christians, one, 190 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:02,839 Speaker 3: I should clarify that I'm not talking about all Christians. 191 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:06,560 Speaker 3: There are Christians who do not see Minnesota Hockey's decision 192 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:10,319 Speaker 3: as a victory, who sees such prayer as a public 193 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 3: display contrary to the teachings of Christ himself. They might 194 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:22,240 Speaker 3: actually say the decision as a loss for Christianity in general. Listen, 195 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 3: they'd be wrong in my opinion. But you know, since 196 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 3: we're here, I'll play, you. 197 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:30,880 Speaker 2: Know, game on, game on, game on. 198 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 3: There are Christians, and Karen writes in parentheses, I am 199 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 3: one who wonder why anyone feels the necessity for formal, 200 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 3: organized prayer during sporting events at all. Why not at 201 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:48,000 Speaker 3: the grocery store, given the high price of food, why 202 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 3: not at the local bank. 203 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 2: Why not? Indeed, first off, I think it's appropriate. Her 204 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:56,319 Speaker 2: name is Karen. I'm just gonna go ahead and take 205 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 2: that pot shot. 206 00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 3: But to answer your question, you could pray at all 207 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 3: those locations. 208 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 2: Why not. We're supposed to be fishers of men. 209 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 3: I don't want to turn this into a Bible lesson, 210 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 3: but ask Christians. We're supposed to spread the word of God, 211 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:20,320 Speaker 3: and for example, and in my opinion, no prayer. That's 212 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 3: not my opinion, It's taught in the Bible. No prayer 213 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:26,000 Speaker 3: is too great or too small for God. So sure, 214 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:30,560 Speaker 3: pray at the grocery store, pray at the local bank. Listen, 215 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 3: I pray before my NASCAR races. I pray for my 216 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:37,080 Speaker 3: driver to do well, to make good decisions, and not 217 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 3: curse on his in car audio while he's driving. 218 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 2: Totally do. She goes on to right. 219 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 3: But after District ten hockey, which covers an area roughly 220 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 3: from the northern Twin City suburbs to Sandstone, banned its 221 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 3: young players from gathering on the ice after games to 222 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:57,560 Speaker 3: save valuable ice time, essentially banning on ice group prayer. 223 00:12:57,679 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 3: Another kind of Christian erupted. One man wrote on a 224 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 3: social media post from the conservative Alpha News, we are 225 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 3: not in this district, but I already told my son 226 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 3: he should be doing a prayer circle after every game. 227 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:15,959 Speaker 3: To protest this. Don't let anyone take your religious freedom away. 228 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 3: A woman wrote, I do find it funny and relevant 229 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:24,560 Speaker 3: that Karen here decided to use Alpha News as a 230 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:27,839 Speaker 3: source in just random comments rather than actually going in 231 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 3: talking with individuals. She does end up speaking with somebody 232 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,719 Speaker 3: in here, But to lead with those two examples, maybe 233 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 3: chuckle a little bit. 234 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 2: She goes under right. 235 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:40,360 Speaker 3: To be clear, nobody is banning prayer, which is impossible anyway. 236 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 3: Players can pray while lacing up their skates just as well, 237 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:47,320 Speaker 3: perhaps more effectively than in a quick huddle while the 238 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:51,320 Speaker 3: Zamboni driver is staring daggers at them. Okay, whatever, So 239 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 3: why the uproar, she says in questions, why the feeling 240 00:13:55,040 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 3: of persecution? Why are some Christians feeling driven to fight when, 241 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:05,960 Speaker 3: according to my understanding, Jesus himself urged gentleness and generosity. Oh, Karen, 242 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 3: all right, I'm going to take a quick break here 243 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 3: and we'll get back to more of this in your 244 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 3: talkbacks as well. 245 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 2: There's not a ton left. 246 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:14,840 Speaker 3: But again, I want to set up the spiritual battle 247 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 3: that we're facing because in the midst of all this 248 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 3: evil that we cover on the show, and that's what 249 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 3: it really is, it's evil. You have the spiritual battle 250 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 3: that gets even worse when you have individuals who are 251 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:31,040 Speaker 3: saying that they are Christians and yet they're pushing back 252 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 3: against individuals who are following Christianity and what the Bible teaches. 253 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 3: But to this point of Jesus urging gentleness and generosity, Karen, 254 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 3: I encourage you to pick up your Bible. Read Matthew 255 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 3: twenty one, verses twelve through thirteen. Please, oh, and why 256 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 3: you're at it, go ahead and give John two fifteen 257 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 3: a read as well. For those that aren't familiar those 258 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 3: are both examples of the two separate occasions in which 259 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 3: Jesus cleansed the temple. And for those that know your 260 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 3: Bible and your Jesus history, you know that he was 261 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 3: not necessarily calm in those particular moments. I'll get more 262 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 3: into this in just a moment here on Twin Cities 263 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 3: News Talk will turn our attention to the news of 264 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 3: the day. 265 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 2: Oh, we have Elon Omar and Gavin Newsom say that. 266 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 3: Comments that are being made by Republicans are bringing about 267 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 3: radical crazies within their party. Okay, that's your best example 268 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 3: and first example of gas lighting that we will dive 269 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 3: into among the other news this morning in your comments 270 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 3: from the iHeartRadio app coming up on Twin Cities News Talk. 271 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 2: Good morning, John, You're doing great as always. 272 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 7: I'm not going to get too theological on it, but 273 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 7: sporting events are simulated combat, so it is entirely appropriate 274 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 7: to pray before it appropriate. 275 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 2: Of course it is, was it? I just get tick 276 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:04,400 Speaker 2: I get sick and tired. 277 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 3: Of how virtually all religions that the left can exploit 278 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 3: for political gain are given all types of accommodations. I 279 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 3: have talkbacks that rolled in that are making points that 280 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 3: I planned on making from this piece that I'm working 281 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 3: through from last week out of the Minnesota Star Tribune. 282 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 3: Here on Twin Cities News Talk, continuing the show from 283 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 3: the six five to one carpet home of the Next 284 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 3: Day Install Studios, Karen tolkienan Minnesota Hockey is allowing on 285 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 3: ice prayer again, But it looks a lot like the 286 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 3: kind of performance. 287 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 2: Jesus criticized wearing the Bible. 288 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:46,520 Speaker 3: Did Jesus criticize individuals getting together in a group to pray? 289 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 2: I'm just out of curiosity. Well, version, are you reading? 290 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 2: Why the uproar? 291 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 3: Why are some Christians feeling driven to fight when, according 292 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 3: to my understanding, Jesus himself urged gentleness and generosity. How 293 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 3: is having a group prayer not gentle and not generous? 294 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 2: Okay? To learn more? 295 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:15,320 Speaker 3: Karen called Cameron Carson, a hockey dad from Princeton who 296 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 3: had spread a message on social media in all caps 297 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:23,120 Speaker 3: sandwiched between red emergency lights prayer under attack in Minnesota Hockey. 298 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 3: The message read calling District ten's actions initially dangerous Again, 299 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:34,159 Speaker 3: Minnesota Hockey had overruled Minnesota District ten Hockey on ice prayer, 300 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 3: at least for now, will continue. 301 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 2: He said. 302 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:40,840 Speaker 3: He received significant pushback online, including from one anonymous parent 303 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 3: who said they were a church going Christian taught their 304 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 3: children to pray, but still found it weird that some 305 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 3: teams practice group prayer. Sports aren't a time or place 306 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 3: for religious practices that are likely that likely are not 307 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 3: practiced by everyone involved. And again, and yet all other 308 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,679 Speaker 3: religions that the left can go and use for their 309 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:09,719 Speaker 3: political purposes receive all types of all types of accommodations. 310 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:11,960 Speaker 3: As a matter of fact, I made this note in 311 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 3: my story, but I'll let Chad go and make the point. 312 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:19,399 Speaker 2: Hey, John, it's Chad from Anoka. You know it's funny 313 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 2: how she this. 314 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:24,639 Speaker 8: Karen doesn't have a problem against the public call of 315 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:28,400 Speaker 8: prayers for Muslim in Minneapolis. I mean, if she had 316 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:31,159 Speaker 8: a problem with prayers, she'd be against this. But I 317 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,160 Speaker 8: don't see any opinion piece on that. 318 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:35,320 Speaker 3: You're right, And as a matter of fact, I thought 319 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 3: the same thing, and I looked, and I didn't see 320 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:39,119 Speaker 3: any opinion pieces either. If I missed it, that's on me. 321 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:43,159 Speaker 3: But I did do a quick AI searched for the 322 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 3: Google machine, and it did not see any commentary relating 323 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 3: to that. Carson says he sees no contradiction between Jesus 324 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:53,919 Speaker 3: calling out hypocrites praying in public to increase their social standing. 325 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 3: In Carson's advocacy of the on Ice prayer circles, what 326 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:00,280 Speaker 3: matters is what is in the person's heart. 327 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:00,960 Speaker 2: He says. 328 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 3: The intent of the prayer circles is to establish a 329 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:07,680 Speaker 3: bond between kids and to temper the at times ferociously 330 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:11,320 Speaker 3: competitive nature of the game. Now, I had received an 331 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:15,000 Speaker 3: email from a friend of the show, and apparently there's 332 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 3: a there's a sidebar issue going on with this. I 333 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 3: just want to mention it briefly. There might be a 334 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:24,480 Speaker 3: sidebar issue wherein these games are taking place consecutively, and 335 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 3: there may be a time constraint issue that may be 336 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:31,440 Speaker 3: at play here as to why some people might have 337 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:35,199 Speaker 3: been frustrated by this. So I'm not going down that 338 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 3: particular road, as I want to focus specifically for the 339 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 3: sake of talking about it on the show, with what 340 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 3: this editorial writer at the Star Tribune was specifically focused on, 341 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 3: because she doesn't approach that angle of the apparent controversy. Now, 342 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:57,119 Speaker 3: he said, group prayer is different. It establishes a rapport 343 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:59,880 Speaker 3: between rivals and instills the idea that there's something greater 344 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 3: than themselves that they kneel on center ice might seem performative, 345 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:06,360 Speaker 3: but Carson says, they do it there to include both 346 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:10,959 Speaker 3: teams before everyone skates off to separate locker rooms. Now, 347 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,760 Speaker 3: Karen goes on to say it sounds lovely. I'm a 348 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:16,879 Speaker 3: firm believer in the power of prayer, but forgive me, 349 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 3: she writes, I can't help but be suspicious at the 350 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 3: ultimate goal here extends far beyond some innocuous bonding between 351 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:29,240 Speaker 3: young hockey players and young hockey players. And then here's 352 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:32,360 Speaker 3: where she really gets to why she wrote this whole 353 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 3: thing in the first place. It feels like another step 354 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:41,679 Speaker 3: in the long march of Christian nationalist ambition to dominate 355 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:51,159 Speaker 3: every aspect of American society. And when this type of 356 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 3: Christianity dominates others, other groups lose rights the right to abortion, 357 00:20:57,359 --> 00:21:00,879 Speaker 3: the right to medical care for trans under youth, the 358 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 3: right of teachers to hang inclusive posters in their classroom. Karen, 359 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 3: in my opinion, you ought to spend more time with 360 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 3: the scriptures and less time worrying about youth hockey players 361 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 3: and the legitimacy of their prayers. And yeah, to the 362 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:26,840 Speaker 3: talkbacks point and the point I wanted to make. Why 363 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,280 Speaker 3: don't you start looking at all the other religions as well? 364 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:33,719 Speaker 3: Why don't you begin to dive into what other people 365 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 3: follow apart from Christianity, and you tell me if rights 366 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 3: are going to be lost via those religions as well. 367 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:43,359 Speaker 3: Let me take it a step further. You know who 368 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:50,120 Speaker 3: else loses rights? I do, Sam in the Master Control booth, 369 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 3: does you won't mind me dragging you into this when 370 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 3: I get to my point there? Sam, You know how 371 00:21:56,640 --> 00:22:00,639 Speaker 3: we lose our rights through laws, Laws that attempt to 372 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 3: govern our behavior, that take away my right to hop 373 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:11,639 Speaker 3: into my twenty twenty three Kia Stinger and do one 374 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 3: hundred and ten miles an hour on Highway one hundred. 375 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 2: What about my. 376 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:21,440 Speaker 3: Right to go fast in my twin turbo automobile? Can't 377 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:27,160 Speaker 3: break already? But no, she's going to zero in on Christianity. 378 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,960 Speaker 3: Why because it's a threat to individuals like this who 379 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 3: claim to be Christians. Because Christianity espouses, in my opinion, 380 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 3: everything contrary to what the Democrat Party is doing right 381 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:44,960 Speaker 3: now and the behavior that they are putting on full display. 382 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:48,320 Speaker 3: This is why I wanted to start off the show 383 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 3: with this this morning, because this is the battle that 384 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:55,080 Speaker 3: we're up against internally from individuals who say that they're 385 00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 3: following the same God that you're following, and yet have 386 00:22:57,920 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 3: a completely twisted. 387 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:03,240 Speaker 2: Version of it while ignore all of the other. 388 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 3: Religions that are out there because they don't dare go 389 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 3: and do that. If she goes and writes an editorial 390 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:12,920 Speaker 3: like this questioning rights being lost because of other dominant 391 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:18,400 Speaker 3: religions in Minneapolis and Minnesota, can you even fathom the backlash? 392 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:21,159 Speaker 3: The only thing that she's gonna get is this goofy 393 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:24,119 Speaker 3: talk show host spending a few minutes on a show 394 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:33,040 Speaker 3: on a Tuesday morning laying out why she's abundantly wrong. Ohway, 395 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:35,680 Speaker 3: she goes on to say, as it relates to this 396 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 3: type of Christianity, so convenient right doesn't want to offend 397 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:42,199 Speaker 3: other Christians as she might know. 398 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:44,120 Speaker 2: Oh, I'm not talking about you. 399 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 3: Losing rights to abortion, murder, medical care for transgender youth, 400 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:54,000 Speaker 3: child abuse, the right of teachers to hang inclusive posters 401 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,200 Speaker 3: on the classroom in their classrooms, grooming, or the right 402 00:23:57,280 --> 00:23:59,880 Speaker 3: to criticize Charlie Kirk, or the right to poke fun 403 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 3: Donald Trump. I'm curious of her thoughts on Dearborn Michigan 404 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:11,080 Speaker 3: right now. She goes on to say, we haven't even 405 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:15,679 Speaker 3: addressed how Christian prayer excludes kids of other faith or 406 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:19,359 Speaker 3: no faith. I just recall all the commentary I just 407 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:21,240 Speaker 3: did about all those other religions. 408 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:23,400 Speaker 2: If you don't want to pray, don't pray. I don't care. 409 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:25,120 Speaker 2: I mean. 410 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 3: To each their own, and Christianity kind of teaches that 411 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 3: as well. 412 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 2: I'm not saying. 413 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:35,240 Speaker 3: She says that the parents fighting to continue the hockey 414 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 3: prayer circles are Christian nationalists. 415 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:38,720 Speaker 2: You kind of are. 416 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:43,640 Speaker 3: Carson had never heard of the Seven Mountain mandate or 417 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 3: Lance Wall. 418 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 2: Now. 419 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:46,920 Speaker 3: I don't even know what either of those things are either, 420 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:52,240 Speaker 3: But when he looked up, his initial reaction was that 421 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:56,719 Speaker 3: he didn't agree with it. But there's a reason some 422 00:24:56,800 --> 00:25:00,640 Speaker 3: district ten hockey parents rebelled when learning there on ice 423 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:04,119 Speaker 3: prayer circles would be discontinued. And it didn't have anything 424 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:07,679 Speaker 3: to do with the teachings of the carpenter from Nazareth. 425 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:18,480 Speaker 3: Actually it had everything to do with Jesus's teachings. I 426 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:21,080 Speaker 3: will say this much thank you to Karen Tolkienan for 427 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:23,960 Speaker 3: at least providing me the incentive to and talk about 428 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:25,720 Speaker 3: the Lord Jesus Christ for a few minutes on my 429 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:29,560 Speaker 3: show on a Tuesday morning. I am appreciative of that. 430 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 3: All right, got a lot of talkbacks that are rolled in. 431 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 3: I don't have time to preview them. Now we'll get 432 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:37,920 Speaker 3: to those coming up. Let's punch a gears here just briefly, 433 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,240 Speaker 3: and as I mentioned, I will get to those talkbacks, 434 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:42,959 Speaker 3: and let's go here. And here from a day from 435 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:45,959 Speaker 3: Saint Louis Park, who had left this prior to diving 436 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:47,000 Speaker 3: into the discussion. 437 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:51,640 Speaker 2: Good morning, John, Dave, Saint Louis Park. 438 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 3: I heard this morning that Trump was going to open 439 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:59,400 Speaker 3: up talks with the dims on the Hill. 440 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:02,160 Speaker 2: Oh sorry, you got cut off there. 441 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:05,680 Speaker 3: Yes, So Trump says that he is open to healthcare, 442 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 3: a healthcare deal, but the government must reopen first, cracking 443 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 3: the door slightly to negotiations with Democrats on the healthcare 444 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:20,000 Speaker 3: subsidies they've made central to the shutdown fight, then abruptly 445 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 3: closed it on Monday, leaving the two sides once again 446 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:26,680 Speaker 3: at a seemingly intractable impasse. 447 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:28,160 Speaker 2: Now this is the version from the AP. 448 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 3: The only place where I found this anywhere locally, wasn't 449 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 3: the Pioneer Press. I didn't see any coverage in any 450 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:41,639 Speaker 3: of the major news outlets locally on the shutdown in 451 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:44,960 Speaker 3: any in any manner. This is the only one, Pioneer Press, 452 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:46,959 Speaker 3: and they just reprinted the AP story. Now they might 453 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 3: have updated their website since I got up this morning 454 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:53,640 Speaker 3: and was doing my prep. The President's comments, though, came 455 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:57,120 Speaker 3: as the Senate took another doomed pair of votes Monday 456 00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:00,280 Speaker 3: on funding the federal government. Neither the Republican as You're 457 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:03,359 Speaker 3: nor the Democrat proposal came close to gaining the sixty 458 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:06,200 Speaker 3: votes needed to advance. Both parties used much of the 459 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:08,960 Speaker 3: day to ramp up the pressure on the other to 460 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:11,840 Speaker 3: end the impasse. But no, the Democrats continue to hold 461 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,920 Speaker 3: the country hostage. And they're not just doing it via 462 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 3: this shutdown. They're doing it via the violence that we 463 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 3: see taking place on the streets in places like Chicago 464 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:23,639 Speaker 3: and in Portland. And we'll get to that in just 465 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 3: a moment here on Twin Cities News Talk. I do 466 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:30,000 Speaker 3: want to sneak in a few of your talkbacks relating 467 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 3: to the Hockey prayer story. 468 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:36,920 Speaker 1: Hey, good morning, John. What I want from these people 469 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 1: is tell me what a nationalist is it's obviously a 470 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:46,879 Speaker 1: pejorative to these people. So it makes it sound like 471 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:50,480 Speaker 1: if you're a Christian, that's bad, and then if you're 472 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:55,560 Speaker 1: a Christian nationalist, that sounds like it's just pure evil 473 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:58,959 Speaker 1: to these people. It'd be nice to get some definitions. 474 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:00,440 Speaker 3: Well, let me try to help you out here, because 475 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 3: I actually take a little bit of an issue with 476 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:06,360 Speaker 3: how you laid this out. They are using nationalists as 477 00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:10,760 Speaker 3: a pejorative, but specifically Christian nationalists. So what individuals like 478 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:13,399 Speaker 3: Karen are trying to say and what others that use 479 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:17,640 Speaker 3: the whole Christian nationalist angle is listen, if you're a Christian, 480 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:20,639 Speaker 3: that's good as long as you align with all the 481 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:31,280 Speaker 3: liberal stuff. Abortions, gender identity for those kids that are underage, LGBTQ, 482 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:35,480 Speaker 3: plus ia, imagery and classrooms, sexually explicit materials. 483 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:36,680 Speaker 2: I mean, the list goes on and on. 484 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:40,120 Speaker 3: So if you believe in God and you're about all 485 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:43,360 Speaker 3: those things, then you're a good Christian. Oh but if 486 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,960 Speaker 3: you believe in God and call yourself a Christian but 487 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:49,360 Speaker 3: you're also a Republican, then you're a Christian nationalist and 488 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 3: you're evil, horrible, rotten, and awful. 489 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:55,200 Speaker 2: I hope that helped out. 490 00:28:56,200 --> 00:29:00,640 Speaker 9: Hey, good morning, John Berry and andover and we all 491 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:05,480 Speaker 9: know there's a war on Christianity, and because it's a 492 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:10,520 Speaker 9: defense against communism. And that's why I've always known the 493 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:16,560 Speaker 9: left praise of Islam was because it's anti Western culture 494 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 9: and it's anti Christian anything that is that they embrace. 495 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:25,520 Speaker 2: Bye, thank you for the talkback, Berry, appreciate it. 496 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:26,719 Speaker 3: All. 497 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 2: Right, let's go, let's go here. 498 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:35,040 Speaker 3: So Republican Representative Andy Biggs of Arizona last week Key 499 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:40,720 Speaker 3: accused Democrat Minnesota Representative ill Haan Omar and Democrat California 500 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:45,880 Speaker 3: Governor Gavin Newsom of inspiring crazies, crazies that would go 501 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:48,880 Speaker 3: and carry out violent actions like the assassination of Turning 502 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:51,320 Speaker 3: Point USA founder Charlie. 503 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 2: Kirk or take to the streets as well. 504 00:29:55,280 --> 00:30:00,240 Speaker 3: Four Republicans joined the Democrats to defeat a resolution to 505 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:04,840 Speaker 3: censure Omar for comments that she had made about Kirk 506 00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:11,080 Speaker 3: during the September eleventh appearance on Zato News, where she 507 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:16,720 Speaker 3: told the host Meddi Hassan that those defending Kirk's campus 508 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:20,240 Speaker 3: appearances were full of blank. I can't say that word 509 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:23,320 Speaker 3: on the radio, later doubling down on a during a 510 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:26,920 Speaker 3: Sunday interview with former CNN host Don Lemon. After the story, 511 00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:31,240 Speaker 3: host Martha McCallum played an excerpt from the interview and 512 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:36,160 Speaker 3: noted post on x where the press office for Newsom 513 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:39,560 Speaker 3: called the White House Deputy Secretary Chief of Staff Policy 514 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:42,880 Speaker 3: Stephen Miller a fascist. That's when Biggs ended up responding 515 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:47,440 Speaker 3: and saying that it was Democrats that are responsible for 516 00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:49,880 Speaker 3: their commentary and rhetoric. Now to that point, I got 517 00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:52,320 Speaker 3: a couple of clips I want to share, both regarding 518 00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:56,680 Speaker 3: Gavin Newsom and ilhan Omar. First, this comes via the 519 00:30:56,720 --> 00:31:00,200 Speaker 3: host that follows this program on Twin City's News Talk, 520 00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:05,080 Speaker 3: Glenn Beck. He was talking with the USCIS director Joseph Edlow, 521 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:09,040 Speaker 3: asking if Illa han Omar was being looked into regarding 522 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:12,640 Speaker 3: marriage fraud. And this is dove tailing off of last 523 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 3: week's u SCIS investigation wherein they found that fifty percent 524 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:24,360 Speaker 3: of immigrants in Minneapolis had committed marriage fraud. Here's the 525 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:28,120 Speaker 3: exchange with Glenn Beck and the director, Joseph Edlow. 526 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:32,760 Speaker 10: We found marriage fraud where someone was saying that their 527 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:36,800 Speaker 10: spouse was dead. They apparently had paid money for a 528 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:40,560 Speaker 10: death certificate in Kenya. The mother is actually alive, and 529 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 10: as I said in the press conference, living in Minneapolis, 530 00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:46,560 Speaker 10: has five children, and the alien also has another wife 531 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:49,200 Speaker 10: in Sweden with another three children. So we're finding all 532 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:52,400 Speaker 10: sorts of things. Bottom line is this has to stop. 533 00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:53,360 Speaker 5: As I said in. 534 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:56,400 Speaker 10: The conference, we are declaring an all out war on 535 00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:59,640 Speaker 10: marriage fraud, on immigration fraud, and I'm going to restore 536 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:01,120 Speaker 10: in tech to the system. 537 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:08,360 Speaker 11: How common is it in the Somali community to you know, quote, 538 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,040 Speaker 11: marry a relative. 539 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:16,600 Speaker 10: You know, we've we've got examples of it through in 540 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:23,200 Speaker 10: in many different nationality groups of ethnic nationalities. But you know, 541 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:27,880 Speaker 10: we have seen in Minneapolis many examples of marriage fraud 542 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:31,520 Speaker 10: within that Somali community. You know, there are a lot 543 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:35,600 Speaker 10: of active investigations depending on that matter. Don't want to 544 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:38,360 Speaker 10: get into specifics on any one of them, but we 545 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:41,360 Speaker 10: we are looking into it and we're going to end it. 546 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:51,560 Speaker 11: Is there anyone in a high level congressional that is 547 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:53,080 Speaker 11: being looked into? 548 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:57,080 Speaker 2: Nobody's off the table. 549 00:32:57,240 --> 00:33:00,560 Speaker 10: I can't say that there's any one person that we 550 00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:05,480 Speaker 10: are specifically looking at, but there are fraud investigations that 551 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:09,800 Speaker 10: will continue and depending on what comes up, those findings 552 00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:13,280 Speaker 10: will become public as we develop what the next steps 553 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:13,960 Speaker 10: are going back. 554 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:20,160 Speaker 3: So I uh, I can't even venture a guess what 555 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:23,400 Speaker 3: the response would be for those that have followed the 556 00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:28,320 Speaker 3: whole ilhan Omar and her brother saga and know the 557 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:32,440 Speaker 3: mountains of evidence that's out there. If they I would 558 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:36,640 Speaker 3: be shocked if they weren't looking into it. We also 559 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:39,920 Speaker 3: live in a time when it's hard to get accountability 560 00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:41,480 Speaker 3: for people when we're going to be diving into that 561 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 3: here in just a moment on Twin Cities News Talk. 562 00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:48,960 Speaker 2: But if they really went down that road. 563 00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:54,280 Speaker 3: And substantiated all that evidence relating to ilhan Omar, again, 564 00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:59,800 Speaker 3: I can't even fathom yet what the response would end 565 00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:03,280 Speaker 3: up being. All right, let me move over to Gavin Newsom. 566 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:07,040 Speaker 3: He was also in Andy Biggs of Arizona's comments. He 567 00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:10,279 Speaker 3: sat down recently, I believe it was on his podcast 568 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:13,640 Speaker 3: with former talk show host Michael Savage. 569 00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:15,800 Speaker 2: Haven't heard that name in a long time. 570 00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:17,560 Speaker 3: Used to work on a radio station when he was 571 00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:21,080 Speaker 3: still syndicated, and he was on our station. But they 572 00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:23,720 Speaker 3: got into a conversation regarding and we'll talk more about 573 00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:28,480 Speaker 3: this healthcare being provided via tax dollars for those in 574 00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:32,680 Speaker 3: the country illegally. Here's Michael Savage and California Governor Gavin Newsom. 575 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:35,399 Speaker 12: I have to wait to get into an emergency room 576 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,719 Speaker 12: when I pay more taxes than any ten thousand. 577 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:39,560 Speaker 2: Of them, do you know what. That's why we do 578 00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:40,359 Speaker 2: preventive care. 579 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:42,640 Speaker 3: That's why with a different approach, because we have sick 580 00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:43,880 Speaker 3: care in the emergency room. 581 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,200 Speaker 2: That's universe all across this country. Well, I too, love 582 00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:49,200 Speaker 2: access all across the country. Tailor source that's as you 583 00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:49,880 Speaker 2: are at. 584 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,520 Speaker 8: Say, they actually higher prices on the back end for 585 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:53,239 Speaker 8: the emergency. 586 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:55,160 Speaker 2: See, this is where we disagree. 587 00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:59,279 Speaker 12: Because you can't give first world excellent medical care to 588 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:00,200 Speaker 12: everyone on the plant. 589 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:02,480 Speaker 2: Michael will be going bankrupt. No, and I appreciate it, 590 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:04,719 Speaker 2: but honestly, I mean that sincerely. What would you do 591 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:05,839 Speaker 2: to the person. 592 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:07,719 Speaker 10: That was just hit by a car, that was here 593 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:09,840 Speaker 10: for fifteen years taking care. 594 00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:13,200 Speaker 12: Of your elderly grandparents in an elder care facility and 595 00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:14,520 Speaker 12: they end up in the emergency room. 596 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:16,360 Speaker 2: You say, no, you're not going to get that. 597 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:18,479 Speaker 12: Of course, you're going to give them care first. Well, 598 00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:21,200 Speaker 12: it's not only in your main but it's available to them. 599 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:22,879 Speaker 12: But that's not what we're talking about. There are people 600 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:26,600 Speaker 12: coming over the border just for expensive surgeries, just for 601 00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:27,600 Speaker 12: expensive Uh. 602 00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:29,440 Speaker 3: By the way, a few years ago, I remember people 603 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,800 Speaker 3: going south of the border into Tijuana from San Diego 604 00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:37,640 Speaker 3: because it was cheaper to get some quality care in Mexico. Listen, 605 00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:42,680 Speaker 3: I want to answer Gavin Newsom's question here. First off, 606 00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:45,279 Speaker 3: Michael Savage got the first part right. You provide that 607 00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:48,960 Speaker 3: individual with a healthcare that is needed for whatever they're 608 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,640 Speaker 3: going and dealing with. I mean, hospitals are actually required 609 00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:54,560 Speaker 3: to go in and do this, but you don't do 610 00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:59,800 Speaker 3: it for free. You still have to charge those individuals 611 00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:06,760 Speaker 3: for the services that they receive, the healthcare services. Now 612 00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:11,120 Speaker 3: with that too, you know those healthcare providers can easily 613 00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:13,560 Speaker 3: make the decision on their own over what they charge. 614 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:17,200 Speaker 3: You and I both know they overcharge because of health insurance. 615 00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:23,080 Speaker 3: But if you remove the funding of taxpayer dollars, and 616 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:28,440 Speaker 3: there is genuinely a need, then why doesn't an organization 617 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:35,160 Speaker 3: form wherein people can donate money to go and provide 618 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:38,520 Speaker 3: the funding for those individuals here illegally that end up 619 00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:43,680 Speaker 3: going through the concocted story the Gavin Newsom laid out 620 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:49,680 Speaker 3: there and his question to Michael Savage, so that their 621 00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:54,640 Speaker 3: insurance can be or their healthcare that they were provided 622 00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:58,560 Speaker 3: can be covered. It seems pretty simple. I mean, you 623 00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:02,520 Speaker 3: have groups out there. We used to joke with a 624 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:07,239 Speaker 3: former producer on this very show who happens to work 625 00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:10,640 Speaker 3: on a subsequent show, talking about Jesus insurance, right, But 626 00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:13,239 Speaker 3: there are groups out there that have you don't want 627 00:37:13,239 --> 00:37:15,400 Speaker 3: to be part of your work's medical insurance and you 628 00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:17,480 Speaker 3: don't want to buy a new Obamacare, and so they 629 00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:21,360 Speaker 3: have their owns. A lot of these fall under religious banners, 630 00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:23,640 Speaker 3: where they provide their own insurance to each other. 631 00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:25,080 Speaker 2: And they all pay you in to it as a group. 632 00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:29,000 Speaker 3: But we don't have that happening because the left doesn't 633 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,120 Speaker 3: want that to happen, and the left doesn't want that 634 00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:34,120 Speaker 3: to happen because it helps to substantiate the arguments on 635 00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:39,200 Speaker 3: the right. And I think the less also fearful that 636 00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:42,800 Speaker 3: once again it would go and show that the individuals 637 00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:45,160 Speaker 3: on the left and Democrats don't really care about the 638 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:48,839 Speaker 3: issues that they say that they care about. Look based 639 00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:50,439 Speaker 3: off of how they talk. I would think it would 640 00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:56,480 Speaker 3: be easy. You form a monetary a company that provides 641 00:37:56,960 --> 00:38:00,680 Speaker 3: funds for individuals here illegally who need health care services. 642 00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:03,239 Speaker 3: That's simple and you just do five oh one C three. 643 00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:05,640 Speaker 3: People can donate to it, and then those that are 644 00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:07,239 Speaker 3: here illegally can sign up for it. And if you 645 00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:09,719 Speaker 3: get injured, you can get money through this program. That 646 00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:14,000 Speaker 3: is your solution. It wouldn't happen overnight. I'd also question 647 00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:17,080 Speaker 3: whether it would happen at all, But that is how 648 00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:20,720 Speaker 3: you would go and solve the problem. Yes, people should 649 00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:22,319 Speaker 3: get the help that they need when they arrive at 650 00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:24,239 Speaker 3: a hospital, but that doesn't mean they need to get 651 00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:26,360 Speaker 3: it for free. Doesn't mean that my tax dollars have 652 00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:28,359 Speaker 3: to go and pay for it, especially if they didn't 653 00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:30,560 Speaker 3: respect the laws relating to when they came into this 654 00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:36,080 Speaker 3: country in the first place. All right, coming up, Democrat 655 00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:40,160 Speaker 3: Attorney General candidate reportedly said he'd put two bullets in 656 00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:45,800 Speaker 3: a Republican's head and blank on his grave bodily functions 657 00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:50,040 Speaker 3: involved there, and yet the Democrats refuse to go and 658 00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:54,120 Speaker 3: condemn him for it. Yeah, it's the world that we 659 00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:55,920 Speaker 3: live in. Right now, I'll give you the details. We'll 660 00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:57,320 Speaker 3: get some more of your comments coming up from the 661 00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:00,200 Speaker 3: iHeartRadio app here on Twin City's News Talk Ammal eleven 662 00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:01,560 Speaker 3: thirty and one oh three five f M.