1 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:06,160 Speaker 1: Goodbye, John Sam, Happy New Year to you bull. Glad 2 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 1: to have you guys back in the saddle. As to 3 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: the alleged breaking of the Somali building, ridiculous in my opinion, 4 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: and we all need to remember what do those on 5 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: the left of center do when they want to make 6 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:23,079 Speaker 1: the right look like you're evil doers. They make up polexes. 7 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: Jesse Smolette, Bwana Brawley. These are all polxes and this 8 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: is probably along the same line. 9 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:34,200 Speaker 2: It's all ridiculous, and everybody knew that this was bogus. 10 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 2: Look does the possibility of this break in turns still 11 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 2: turns out to be true that we were talking about 12 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 2: last hour. Let me just cover my bases on that. 13 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 2: But that story completely died. If it had actually happened, 14 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 2: or anybody believed that it actually was legitimate, this would 15 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 2: still be a talking point being used by Democrats, and 16 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 2: that break in at that daycare is simply. 17 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 3: Fallen by the wayside. Happy New Year, and welcome into 18 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 3: our three here on Twin City News Talk. 19 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 2: My name is John Justice. Could not avoid the news 20 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,399 Speaker 2: while I was on vacation. It's impossible. Never seen so 21 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:09,839 Speaker 2: much news take place, but between Christmas and New year's 22 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:13,559 Speaker 2: ever in my entire radio career, we were number one, 23 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 2: and we're going to be again after eleven o'clock this morning. 24 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 2: But we were the number one story across the country 25 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 2: from the moment that I went on vacation back on 26 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 2: the eighteenth, right up until the raid in Venezuela. Thank 27 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:32,680 Speaker 2: you to our military into Pete Hegseth for the successful 28 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 2: capture of Maduro, who is in court this morning at 29 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 2: eleven am our time on drug and weapons charges. So 30 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 2: we're expecting eleven o'clock is when Governor Tim Walls will 31 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,320 Speaker 2: announce that he's dropping out of the twenty twenty six 32 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 2: governor's race, giving you a bit of a preview of 33 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 2: what to expect when a press conference takes place. Now, 34 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 2: he did wee with Minnesota Senator Amy cl Globashar on Sunday. 35 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:08,679 Speaker 2: This comment came into the iHeart to the iHeart radio 36 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 2: app this morning. 37 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 3: Good morning, John. 38 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,959 Speaker 4: Apparently Cloachar for governor was a registered domain name as 39 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 4: of five point fifty three this. 40 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 2: Morning, So listen, we'll have a lot of time to 41 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 2: talk about iman Klobashar or she ends up becoming the 42 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 2: de facto replacement for Walls. I think that could open 43 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 2: up the door for other candidates to step in. I 44 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 2: still want to throw out there I think there's a 45 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,079 Speaker 2: possibility of fifty to fifty that not only will this 46 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 2: be Walls dropping out of the governor's race, but also 47 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 2: him resigning. I just want to put it out there 48 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:39,360 Speaker 2: in case I end up being correct. 49 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 5: Yeah, and the comment about the domain being taken, there's 50 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 5: people who will predict out domains for years in advance. 51 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 5: I don't know that there's a whole lot to that 52 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 5: one other than somebody just trying to make a quick buck. 53 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:54,080 Speaker 3: Oh sure, sure, you never know. You never know. Still 54 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:55,239 Speaker 3: is top of the list on here. 55 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 2: Here's what's great news for us though, which I'm very 56 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 2: excited about, just apart from the commentary surrounding Amy Klobish 57 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 2: are potentially running for for governor and again her being 58 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 2: chosen for a lot of different reasons. I can understand 59 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 2: if that were to be the case, but it's really 60 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 2: good news for us here at Twin City's News Talk 61 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 2: because just to peel back the curtain on this a 62 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:19,239 Speaker 2: little bit, so we have all of the sound bites 63 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 2: that we play. Unfortunately, if when we pull those sound bites, 64 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 2: we don't put what we call is an end date, 65 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 2: because you can put in the necessary information so that 66 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 2: if you have a clip but it's going to be temporary, 67 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 2: then you can run it for like a week and 68 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 2: there's an end date and it'll just disappear from the system. 69 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 3: For Governor Tim Walls, we had a whole. 70 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 2: Bunch of clips, but unfortunately they weren't endated, so we 71 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 2: lost We lost all of them. The good news is 72 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 2: all the Amy klobish are ones we still have. 73 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 6: We have beaten the odds every step of the way. 74 00:03:53,760 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 6: We have done it on the merits, have done it 75 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 6: with my ideas, and we have done it with hard work. 76 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 2: Listen, if Amy does replace Walls, I'm not ready for it. 77 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 3: I'm just not. I'm not ready for more of this. 78 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 7: Hello America, I'm Amy Klobashar and I will beat Donald Trump. 79 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 2: If you are not advertising on Twin Cities news talk yet, 80 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 2: what are you doing? What are you doing? Email me, 81 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:30,479 Speaker 2: just as at iHeartRadio dot com. I will get you 82 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 2: in touch with the proper people. I'm telling you right 83 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,799 Speaker 2: now you are missing out on a golden opportunity because 84 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 2: not only with Walls potentially dropping out of the race, 85 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 2: but at amy Klovers are ends up becoming the replacement. 86 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:44,719 Speaker 8: Oh my gosh, you are waking up today and you're 87 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 8: gonna see me on your Twitter account because I made 88 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 8: it here at one fifteen am through the snow. Donald 89 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 8: Trump called me snow woman for a reason. Nothing will 90 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 8: stop me, So I hope nothing stopped me from coming 91 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 8: to our events and conquered Milford and Courtsmith. 92 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 3: See you there. 93 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, get in on it now, Justice at 94 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:13,039 Speaker 2: iHeartRadio dot com. 95 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 5: I just went to the walls page, by the way, 96 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 5: and it breaks my heart that it's empty. Now we 97 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 5: have two. We have two left. 98 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 9: I know, I know. 99 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 3: I'll try to put some of them back. 100 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 2: I know they all it's just we've had so much 101 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 2: going on. But you're right, we do have a Oh 102 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 2: my gosh, you're right. They are all gone. 103 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:29,159 Speaker 3: This is the only one we're left with. 104 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:30,679 Speaker 10: Frenchy Heart or something. 105 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 2: There's something, you know what it's It's almost as if 106 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 2: we knew. It's almost as as if we knew something. 107 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:45,479 Speaker 3: I had listen. 108 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 2: I had done some predicting, I said, and I increased 109 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 2: the odds. I said at least seventy percent. I increased 110 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:55,600 Speaker 2: them before I went on vacation that Walls would not 111 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 2: be the nominee by the time that we got to 112 00:05:58,279 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 2: know Vember this year. 113 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 3: I am not about a lot of things. Their Hope 114 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:10,679 Speaker 3: has not listening. Hope he knows, he knows. 115 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: Now. 116 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 2: A press conference has been called for eleven AM. Walls's 117 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:20,840 Speaker 2: office said that he would be discussing doing nothing with 118 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 2: my fingers the news of the day, following another busy 119 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 2: political weekend involving Minnesota and the Trump administration. I suppose 120 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:29,599 Speaker 2: I should probably throw out there this could all be 121 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 2: a big ruse. 122 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:32,839 Speaker 3: I don't think that it is right. It would be 123 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 3: a rather clever. 124 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:37,479 Speaker 2: Ruse if that were the case, if this were to, 125 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:41,040 Speaker 2: you know, end up being something entire something else entirely. 126 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 3: Let me take a moment here. I'm looking at the clock. 127 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:44,919 Speaker 2: I just want to I got a lot of ground 128 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 2: to cover still on the show this morning, but I 129 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 2: do want to bring this up that's happened while we 130 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 2: were on vacation. Just a side note regarding Walls, so jd. 131 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:58,159 Speaker 2: Vance and that I think this is going back to 132 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:00,159 Speaker 2: Christmas week, if I'm not missing a. 133 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:02,159 Speaker 3: Jd. 134 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 2: Vance was talking about equality under the law for all 135 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 2: Americans during a comment about documented anti white discrimination that's 136 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 2: been widely prevalent in American companies and schools over the 137 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 2: last decade. So Tim Walls ended up holding a press 138 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 2: conference regarding this, and this is what he had to say. 139 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 10: So, this is what happens when your own federal government 140 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 10: wages war against you. This is what happens when they 141 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 10: target communities for their own benefit. This is what happens 142 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 10: when they scapegoat. And this is what say happens when 143 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 10: they no longer hide the idea of white supremacy. When 144 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 10: you hear the Vice President of the United States talk 145 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 10: about now white people won't have to apologize for being white. 146 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 10: That's never happened once in my whole damn life. And 147 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 10: I think everybody in this room knows what they're doing. 148 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 10: So we're here today to say enough of this. 149 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 2: So this never once happened in Walls's whole life. Huh okay, 150 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 2: First off, to the idea that nobody has ever said 151 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 2: you have to apologize for being white. Let me play 152 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 2: this a quick clip and this would be going back 153 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 2: to circa twenty twenty and a whole bunch of celebrities 154 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 2: saying this, I. 155 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 11: Take responsibility I take responsibility. 156 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 3: I take responsibility. 157 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 8: I take responsibility for every unchecked moment, for every. 158 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 3: Time it was easier to ignore than to call it 159 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 3: out for what it was. Every not so funny joke, 160 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:35,679 Speaker 3: every unfair stereotype. 161 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 2: Okay, this goes on for like another another minute, twenty seconds. 162 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 3: I am not going to subject you to this. 163 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 2: But if that wasn't enough, here is actually Governor Tim 164 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:52,680 Speaker 2: Walls refuting himself on this whole white apology issue that 165 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 2: he was pushing back on JD. 166 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 3: Vans for. 167 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 10: And this is what say happens when they no longer 168 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 10: hide the idea of white There's the first clip you 169 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 10: hear the Vice President states talk about now white people 170 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 10: won't have to apologize for being white. That's never happened 171 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 10: once in my whole damn life. We pat ourselves on 172 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 10: the back sometimes that we acknowledge we have the worst 173 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 10: racial disparities. I understand that the privilege I've been given 174 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 10: as a white man, and the privilege setting in the 175 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 10: office of governor, that privilege had better be used to 176 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:24,680 Speaker 10: not just talk about the problem, but to solve the problem. 177 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 2: If his lips are moving, he's more than likely lying. 178 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 2: Except for today at eleven o'clock when he apparently is 179 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 2: going to announce that he's dropping out of the governor's race. 180 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 2: One of the names also being thrown about Secretary of 181 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 2: State Steve Simon. I think that's less likely. I think 182 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 2: of anybody it's going to be. Anybody is probably going 183 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 2: to be Amy Clobashar. The US Department of Justice on 184 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 2: Friday did demand records from the Secretary of State here 185 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:56,439 Speaker 2: in Minnesota related to the same day voter registration practices, 186 00:09:56,920 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 2: citing concerns in Minnesota's vouching system violate federal election law. 187 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 2: In a letter dated January second, the Assistant Attorney General 188 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 2: Harmeet Dylan requested documents connected to the same day voter registrations. 189 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 2: The basis and purpose of the demand is to ensure 190 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 2: that Minnesota's registration and voting practices are in compliance with 191 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 2: federal law, Dylan wrote in a letter. Minnesota's vouching system 192 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 2: allows a registered voter to vouch for up to eight 193 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:29,680 Speaker 2: to other voters, while employees of residential facilities may vouch 194 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 2: for an unlimited number of residents. Dylan's request seeks all 195 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:40,199 Speaker 2: the records supporting same day voter registrations authorized under Minnesota statutes, 196 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:45,079 Speaker 2: including those involving state vouching provisions, which also allows registering 197 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:50,320 Speaker 2: voters to attest to another voter's residence. Dylan said the 198 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:52,320 Speaker 2: request was made out of the Civil Rights Act of 199 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 2: nineteen sixty, raising concerns about Minnesota's compliance with the Help 200 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 2: America Vote Act of two thousand and two. In a 201 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 2: post on x, Dylan said Nisota's vouching system for same 202 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:07,679 Speaker 2: day voter registration appears to be inconsistent with that law. Now, 203 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 2: the Secretary of State, Steve Simon, has fifteen days to 204 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 2: provide the records to complete digital and unredacted through the 205 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:19,680 Speaker 2: Justice Department's Secure file transfer system. The DOJ's request follows 206 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:23,680 Speaker 2: the heightened scrutiny of Minnesota's election practices from conservative activists, 207 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 2: including Scott Presler, who recently highlighted the vouching system on 208 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 2: social media as a potential vulnerability. And again, this was 209 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 2: another one of those circumstances as well, wherein this was 210 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:36,080 Speaker 2: something that's been going on for a long time, had 211 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 2: been talked about here in Minnesota, but nothing had been 212 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 2: done about it, and it. 213 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:41,360 Speaker 3: Was presented by and it's neither here nor there. 214 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 2: But I just want to point this out much in 215 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 2: the same way that Nick Shirley's video went viral. This 216 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 2: comments from from Scott Presler did as well. But this 217 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 2: was nothing new. We knew about this, just nothing had 218 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 2: been done. Which is what's so maddening about so much 219 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 2: of the fraud that we've been talking about here on 220 00:11:57,320 --> 00:11:59,440 Speaker 2: Twin City's News Talk is the fact that so much 221 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:03,040 Speaker 2: of this has been known, but because of the cycle 222 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:06,200 Speaker 2: that had been that if we had we'd go through 223 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 2: when it comes to these controversies. Going back to my 224 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 2: commentary about the local media outlets, I want to add 225 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:16,920 Speaker 2: another element to this. In those times when local media 226 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 2: did go and report on issues of controversy that make 227 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 2: Democrats look bad, when it comes to fraud, typically there 228 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 2: was that delay in reporting that took place, and if 229 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 2: the issue was big enough, you'd have Governor Tim Walls 230 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 2: or other Democrats come out and say we're going to 231 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 2: come and tackle the problem, and we're going to do this, 232 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:38,079 Speaker 2: this and this and this, and that. 233 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 3: Would be enough to go on a peace the media. 234 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 2: That would be enough to go and a peace any 235 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 2: of the Democrat voters and the issue would just disappear 236 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 2: and nothing would end up being done. 237 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 3: About it. 238 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 2: Well, hopefully now something's going to get done about it, 239 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 2: including Governor Tim Walls not running for the Governor's office. 240 00:12:56,559 --> 00:12:57,960 Speaker 3: All right, new fraud. 241 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 2: The Small Business administratornnounced last week on Thursday, her agency 242 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 2: was suspending some seven thousand Minnesota borrowers over suspected fraud. 243 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:09,719 Speaker 2: And this is completely unrelated to the daycare centers, the 244 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 2: autism centers. This is brand new, exposed potential fraud to 245 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:17,200 Speaker 2: the tune of almost half a billion dollars. I'll give 246 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 2: you details next on Twin Cities News Talk getting from 247 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 2: the sixty five to one carpetsplus poem of the next 248 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 2: day install Studios. You are listening to iHeartRadio AM eleven 249 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 2: thirty at FM one oh three point five. 250 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:33,319 Speaker 3: This is the Twin Cities news talk station. 251 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 10: I'm ready to get beat. 252 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:43,840 Speaker 2: So Fox nine is officially now reporting that Governor Tim 253 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 2: Walls will not seek re election for a third term 254 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 2: as governor. Over what percentage can I take credit for? 255 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 2: This doesn't have to be a lot, a little bit 256 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 2: like do I get into like do I get to 257 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 2: be on the left hand side of the decimal points 258 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 2: at all? Or just the right hand side? Kind of 259 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 2: an open question. I'm looking at Sam right now. I 260 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 2: don't expect him to have an answer, so. 261 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:11,959 Speaker 5: I couldn't tell if that was a trick question or not. 262 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 2: Because no, no, no, I just I just I'd like to, 263 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 2: you know, think I had a little bit to do. 264 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:18,959 Speaker 3: As a matter of fact, right now, I'm looking at 265 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 3: the headline. 266 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 2: On Fox News Walls won't seek re election amid fraud 267 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 2: scandal I posted us. I posted a lot of social 268 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 2: media while I was on vacation. Like I said, I 269 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 2: did not do vacation very well. I compiled a bunch 270 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 2: of these, so you probably noticed. There's a new podcast 271 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 2: available that I put up yesterday. Yesterday the day before 272 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 2: I put it up on Our Feet. It's it's in there. 273 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 2: It's a compilation of my not all of it, but 274 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 2: some of my commentary from social media over over the weekend. 275 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 2: And I talked about a bit about how with all 276 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 2: of the news that was breaking over the course of 277 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 2: the past two weeks, that I expected that the dam 278 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:05,760 Speaker 2: was really going to break starting two days since the 279 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 2: holidays were over, and I was one hundred percent correct. 280 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 5: I'm reading this headline from Yahoo dot com. I'll let 281 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 5: you guess which which site it's from, or which outlet 282 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 5: it's from? Minnesota Governor Tim Walls reconsidering reelection bid, expected 283 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 5: to announce the decision on Monday. 284 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 3: Ap No. 285 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:24,280 Speaker 2: Oh oh, CNN, Oh CNN. 286 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 3: Okay, not close enough. They're both marks. Listen, this is 287 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 3: incredible in and of itself. I don't want to I 288 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 3: don't really want. 289 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 2: To diminish how big this actually is. We'll have a 290 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 2: lot of time to talk about it this week. But again, 291 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 2: Wall's not seeking re election amid this fraud scandal. I mean, 292 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:48,520 Speaker 2: this really puts into question his political future, especially when 293 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 2: he had aspirations of running for the White House. 294 00:15:57,320 --> 00:15:58,680 Speaker 3: As the thoughts. 295 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:01,560 Speaker 2: Sort of rush into, you know, as a sinneps fire, 296 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 2: And I've got all these thoughts running through my head 297 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 2: of this, and I've been thinking about it all morning 298 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:08,080 Speaker 2: long since I got the Texas Morning. But you don't 299 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 2: really for me personally, I don't really let them engage 300 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 2: in terms of the thoughts on this until it's official. 301 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 2: And now that it is all but official, Walls not 302 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 2: seeking reelection amid the fraud scandal. As I look at 303 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 2: the breaking news alert on on Fox News, first off, 304 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 2: first thing that comes to mind is, oh, we're about 305 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 2: to see an unhinged Governor Tim Walls when he makes 306 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 2: this announcement this morning at eleven o'clock and moving forward. 307 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:32,479 Speaker 2: If you thought what Walls was saying before was ridiculous, 308 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:35,120 Speaker 2: you just wait now. If he's not running for reelection, 309 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 2: it's no holes barred for this guy. You are going 310 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 2: to see further evidence of who Governor Tim Walls is 311 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 2: in the wake of him dropping out of the governor's race, 312 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 2: the likes of which you have not seen yet. 313 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 3: Just wait. 314 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 2: He will be absolutely unhinged. And to the other talkbacks 315 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 2: that we had on the show this morning, no, he's 316 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:01,440 Speaker 2: probably going to somehow go and blame excuse me, President 317 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:04,640 Speaker 2: Donald Trump for this. He's already been trying to put 318 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:07,480 Speaker 2: the fraud blame on Trump. I don't even know how 319 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 2: you make that possible. But if you thought that the 320 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:12,480 Speaker 2: Walls was unhinged before, oh you ain't seen nothing yet. 321 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:13,359 Speaker 9: You see those. 322 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:16,240 Speaker 10: Maps red and blue, and there's all that red across there. 323 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:19,359 Speaker 10: Democrats go into depression over it. It's mostly rocks and 324 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:21,360 Speaker 10: cows that are in that red area. 325 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:26,679 Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, Hope Walls is social media. Oh man alive. 326 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:30,640 Speaker 3: This is gonna be so entertaining. I'm gonna say it again, 327 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:32,200 Speaker 3: I have no shame. 328 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 2: If you're not advertising on Twin City's news talk right now, 329 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 2: you are doing yourself a disservice Justice At iHeartRadio dot com, 330 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 2: we'll get you in contact with people. 331 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 5: I won't wipe out on this. But as I'm going through, 332 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 5: those are the two I was able to put in 333 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 5: right away. But our two yours in mind, John, our 334 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 5: favorite bite is missing, our favorite drop is missing. I'm 335 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:51,679 Speaker 5: gonna try to find that. When I put it in. 336 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 5: I won't say what it is. I know you know, 337 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:55,320 Speaker 5: but I'll see if I can find it here. 338 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 3: And just for the record, it is not drenching heart 339 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:00,680 Speaker 3: or something, but it's not this one. How easy it 340 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,680 Speaker 3: would be to be a damn Republican. Oh what should 341 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 3: I wear today? This stupid freaking red hat. What should 342 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 3: I say today? I don't know. 343 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:10,400 Speaker 12: Just make sure it's cruel. Who do we listen to 344 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,440 Speaker 12: that guy? Oh, the felon in the White House? Yeah, 345 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 12: listen to him and that will be fine. Now he's 346 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 12: talking about burning flags. He's gonna have flag burning or 347 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 12: whatever because he. 348 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 10: Knows there's a hell of a lot of flags with 349 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 10: his picture on it that are going to get burned. 350 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 2: Oh, man, we are about to see an unhinged Walls. 351 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:28,880 Speaker 2: Oh this is going to be so incredibly entertaining to watch. 352 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 9: Just a few months ago, Governor Walls was the poster 353 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:36,720 Speaker 9: child for the up and coming Democratic Party. Now he's 354 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 9: resigning in disgrace. Truth be told, he is still the 355 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 9: poster child for what the Democratic Party really is. 356 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,359 Speaker 13: Thank goodness. This will be the end of Tim Walls's 357 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 13: political career and his legacy will be a little more 358 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:59,080 Speaker 13: than a crooked, lying buffoon, Thank goodness. 359 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:03,159 Speaker 2: You know, I blame all those horrible people that were 360 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:05,200 Speaker 2: shouting the R word outside the Governor's mansion. 361 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:07,480 Speaker 3: Maybe that was just too much for him to a handle. Hey, 362 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 3: John Eric from Tennessee ding Dong, the witch is dead. 363 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 3: But now Ellison and so many other people have to 364 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:18,200 Speaker 3: follow suit. Will it happen? Probably not. But Hope springs. 365 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 2: Eternal US Small Business Administrator. And let's get to a 366 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:23,399 Speaker 2: bit of some of the information that has yet to 367 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 2: really grab everybody's attention that isn't really plaguing Governor Tim 368 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 2: Walls yet in his expecting to make this announcement at 369 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:36,439 Speaker 2: eleven am. But the Small Business Administrator Kelly Loffler announced 370 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 2: Thursday last week suspending nine hundred Minnesota borrowers over suspected fraud. 371 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:46,640 Speaker 2: In total, these borrowers were approved for seven nine hundred 372 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:52,600 Speaker 2: Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster loans. This goes 373 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:55,920 Speaker 2: back to pandemic fraud to the tune of approximately four 374 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 2: hundred million dollars. 375 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:00,360 Speaker 9: Said. 376 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 2: The agency has reviewed thousands of potentially fraudulent Minnesota loans over. 377 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:06,200 Speaker 3: The past week. 378 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 2: And this is completely separate from what we've been talking 379 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:09,879 Speaker 2: about on the show. 380 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 3: News Nation. 381 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:19,119 Speaker 2: Ended up uncovering another shocking revelation relating to the fraud. 382 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:23,159 Speaker 2: I'll share this with you. This is rich McHugh exposing 383 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:26,720 Speaker 2: the fraud here in Minnesota, dovetailing off of the efforts 384 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 2: of Liz Colin Alpha News Bill Glohn centered the American 385 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 2: experiment Nick Shirley, who went viral with his video. Here's 386 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:33,920 Speaker 2: the reporting from News Nation. 387 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 4: This building right behind me has twenty two different home 388 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 4: and community based healthcare companies registered in the building. 389 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:43,600 Speaker 3: It's only four floors. 390 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 4: I walked in there yesterday trying to find a number 391 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 4: of them. Many of them are just appear to be 392 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 4: just window fronts. Doorfronts with nobody behind. So same story, 393 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 4: different location. We're here in Saint Paul at this building 394 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:00,639 Speaker 4: which looks like a warehouse or a dilapidated gold building. 395 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:05,240 Speaker 4: Inside this building there are sixty registered home and health 396 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:10,800 Speaker 4: community healthcare organizations inside this one building. We're here in 397 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 4: northeast Minneapolis and we're out a building that I believe 398 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:15,120 Speaker 4: is on the radar authorities. 399 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:16,199 Speaker 3: They have questions about it. 400 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 4: A lot of the businesses in here are home healthcare businesses. 401 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:25,480 Speaker 4: Of the total businesses, there's thirty seven. Seventeen of them 402 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:27,119 Speaker 4: are home healthcare businesses. 403 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, and there's additional reporting from News Nation that regular 404 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 2: single family homes homes have been rebranded into these assisted 405 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 2: living facilities to drain taxpayer money. 406 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 3: The numbers are absolutely insane. 407 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 2: We'll get into more of this coming up in the 408 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 2: final segment of Monday show. 409 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:46,440 Speaker 3: I knew this going into the show. 410 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 2: There's not enough hours for the amount of breaking news. 411 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:52,479 Speaker 2: And let me add one more element before we go 412 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:54,120 Speaker 2: to break. Here you talk back at the day brought 413 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:56,480 Speaker 2: to you by minileafanmnileaf dot com coming up in just 414 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 2: a moment here on Twin City's News Talk, but with 415 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 2: regard to Walls, as we've talked about on the show, 416 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:05,439 Speaker 2: as I've said, You've said via the talkbacks from the 417 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 2: iHeartRadio app, it was going to take a lot for 418 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 2: Walls not to run for reelection. It was going to 419 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:16,800 Speaker 2: take a lot. And I just want to throw out 420 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 2: there what we don't know could also be a factor 421 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 2: into this, what has not been reported yet that could 422 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 2: have possibly led to Walls resigning. 423 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:29,760 Speaker 3: The fraud should. 424 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 2: Be enough, but you and I both know that's not 425 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 2: as simple as that. You've got congressional testimony coming up 426 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 2: in February. You've got hearings taking place this Wednesday from 427 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:46,280 Speaker 2: prominent representation from Minnesota in Congress coming up. So how 428 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 2: much scrutiny was Walls actually facing and what hasn't been 429 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 2: exposed yet regarding what he knew and when when it 430 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:58,119 Speaker 2: comes to the systemic fraud that we are all faced 431 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 2: with wasting your taxpayer dollars, my taxpayer dollars here in Minnesota. 432 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 2: We'll continue with the commentary coming up. Don't go anywhere. 433 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 2: You're listening to Twin Cities News Talk Am eleven thirty 434 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:14,200 Speaker 2: and one on three five FM. 435 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:15,359 Speaker 10: I'm ready to get beat. 436 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:19,480 Speaker 2: Quinn Cities News Talk Am eleven thirty one O three 437 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:22,719 Speaker 2: five FM. We await the press conference at eleven o'clock 438 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:26,440 Speaker 2: Governor Tim Walls announcing that he will not be seeking 439 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:29,960 Speaker 2: an historic third term for governor for the state of Minnesota. Oh, 440 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 2: I'm still pulling out the slight possibility that he may 441 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 2: resign altogether. But that's just my own little dream now 442 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 2: that I want Peggy Flanagan to replace him. 443 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 3: She made some news early on in my vacation. 444 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:53,640 Speaker 2: By the way, this this, I'm gonna play this quick 445 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:56,280 Speaker 2: clip and then we're gonna get to the to your 446 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 2: talk back of the day. We'll get to more of 447 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:01,199 Speaker 2: your comments regarding Governor Tim will not running for a 448 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:05,439 Speaker 2: third term. But it was about two weeks ago you 449 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 2: had the Lieutenant Governor, Peggy flan again appearing on a 450 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 2: TV station, Samali TV of Minnesota. This was December twenty 451 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:18,120 Speaker 2: sixth wearing a hit job stating the Somalis are part 452 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 2: of the fabric of the state of Minnesota. I had 453 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 2: the I was cracking up over this. The pandering is 454 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:29,560 Speaker 2: just disgusting. But for a party whose number one costume 455 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:33,440 Speaker 2: of choice for women is to dress up as characters 456 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 2: from the Handmaid's Tale trying to make some ridiculous, nonsensical 457 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 2: point about the Trump administration. And yet here you have 458 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:48,199 Speaker 2: Peggy flanagain donning Somali head head jobs on when she 459 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:49,280 Speaker 2: makes these comments. 460 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:53,440 Speaker 14: Sally Willikoom, my name's Peggy Flanagan. I am the Lieutenant 461 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 14: Governor of Minnesota, and I'm really honored and humboldt to 462 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 14: be here with all of you today. I am incredibly 463 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:03,879 Speaker 14: clear that the Somali community is part of the fabric 464 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:08,879 Speaker 14: of the state of Minnesota. I think about my friendship 465 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 14: with Nimko. We've been friends for almost twenty five years. 466 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:14,480 Speaker 2: I'll just stop it here. If you saw the video, 467 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:17,240 Speaker 2: you know what I'm talking about. This ended up going viral. 468 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 2: Not only did that go viral, but also there was 469 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 2: a clip from Minneapolis man Baby Mayor Mom Jeans Jacob Frye. 470 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 3: He took it a step further. This was over. 471 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 2: I'll just play you a portion of it, a minute 472 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:36,399 Speaker 2: of Mayor Jacob Frye speaking Somali to his constituents before 473 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:41,680 Speaker 2: speaking English. I am increasingly concerned because of the Kaya. 474 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 15: Maga Aowad, Jacob Frye, Blkemagalada, Minneapolis, Daman jab Ka Somaliaid 475 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 15: Kayamed Mogadishu, Ghettoway, Hageisa Bosaso, Medabo Kismayo. 476 00:25:57,800 --> 00:25:58,440 Speaker 3: For those of you. 477 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:02,879 Speaker 2: That have seen the Park movie Team America World Police, 478 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:05,040 Speaker 2: there's a clip from that. Not gonna play it on 479 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:07,120 Speaker 2: the air. There's a clip from that that was very 480 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 2: reminiscent of what of that pandering that you just heard 481 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 2: from Minneapolis Man Babe may Or Mom Jean's Jacob Fry. 482 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:16,160 Speaker 3: It's just it's all a joke. We've been a laughing stock. 483 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:23,960 Speaker 2: Thankfully, the majority of that ridiculousness coming from the Minneapolis 484 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 2: mayor and the Lieutenant governor just added to the increased 485 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 2: attention the state was receiving over fraud, including Governor Tim Walls. 486 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 2: To that point, let's get to your talk back of 487 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:38,919 Speaker 2: the day. I have this comment rolling in. This is 488 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 2: probably one of the most repeated comments that I had 489 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:47,919 Speaker 2: coming in to my various social media and to my 490 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 2: email justice at iHeartRadio dot com regarding the fraud here 491 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:56,040 Speaker 2: in Minnesota of individuals expressing their frustration and wanting to 492 00:26:56,119 --> 00:27:03,199 Speaker 2: take action. Yeah, we gotta be getting close to a 493 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,800 Speaker 2: lot more people just deciding they're not going to pay 494 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:06,640 Speaker 2: taxes anymore. 495 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:07,840 Speaker 16: I'm I'm one of them. 496 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:11,040 Speaker 3: It's like, why are one? Why are we paying them? 497 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:11,240 Speaker 1: Why? 498 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 2: Why are we paying taxes when we just we see 499 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:14,680 Speaker 2: all this that's going on. 500 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:17,640 Speaker 3: I'm almost to the point. 501 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:19,639 Speaker 13: Where I wonder how long I could get away with 502 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 13: not doing any of it before they actually got around 503 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:23,359 Speaker 13: definding me. 504 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:26,439 Speaker 3: But I think I know the answer to that. That 505 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:28,159 Speaker 3: is your talk back of the day, brought to you 506 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:28,960 Speaker 3: by Mini Leaf. 507 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:31,040 Speaker 2: And minileaf dot com. M I n n e l 508 00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:34,800 Speaker 2: e a f dot com game changer, the night Gummies 509 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:37,399 Speaker 2: giving me a good night's sleep and sending me off 510 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 2: to sleep at the appropriate time last night, wherein I 511 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,400 Speaker 2: had not been going to sleep at that time during 512 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 2: my vacation. I've been staying up very late and was 513 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 2: worried last night as I went off to bed, But thankfully, 514 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:50,960 Speaker 2: because of the night Gummies from Mini Leaf, I was 515 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 2: actually able to conk out right around seven thirty. 516 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 3: So worked out well. Am I n n e l 517 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:58,120 Speaker 3: e a f dot com. 518 00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:00,440 Speaker 2: All right, let's get back to the big new story 519 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:03,960 Speaker 2: waiting the press conference of Governor Tim Walls at eleven 520 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 2: o'clock this morning announcing that he's not going to be 521 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:07,640 Speaker 2: running for a third term. 522 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:09,159 Speaker 3: Hey, good morning, guys. 523 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:12,879 Speaker 17: I hope everybody had a happy New Year. I just 524 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:15,800 Speaker 17: want everyone to know, do not jump the gun on 525 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:19,440 Speaker 17: Tim Walls stepping down here. We think that that's the 526 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:23,159 Speaker 17: end of him. You understand, he is just sacrificing himself. 527 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:25,639 Speaker 17: He has more than likely been promised some sort of 528 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:28,640 Speaker 17: job for being a good little boy, a good little soldier. 529 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:31,919 Speaker 17: He's going to be a provost at some college, teaching 530 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:34,159 Speaker 17: the youth of this country. All the nonsense that we 531 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:35,000 Speaker 17: know he believed. 532 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:36,879 Speaker 3: Yeah, no, I agree with that. 533 00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:39,800 Speaker 2: I don't think that this is the end of Governor 534 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:42,680 Speaker 2: Tim Walls, and I don't want to say the end 535 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:45,120 Speaker 2: of his political future. I don't think his time serving 536 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 2: in office maybe coming to an end. But make no mistake, 537 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:50,920 Speaker 2: he's not going to disappear. And as I mentioned before, 538 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,160 Speaker 2: you're going to see an unhinged Walls the likes of 539 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:59,360 Speaker 2: which you have not even seen yet. Look at what 540 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:03,520 Speaker 2: happened with Kennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty. Look at what 541 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:08,040 Speaker 2: she's done and not running for reelection. She's just doubled 542 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:12,760 Speaker 2: and tripled, quadrupled down on her radical social justice policies. 543 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:16,800 Speaker 3: Governor Tim Walls. He's going to become completely. 544 00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:19,920 Speaker 2: And totally unhinged, and it'll start today with that eleven 545 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:20,920 Speaker 2: o'clock press conference. 546 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:23,080 Speaker 5: All right, John, So, actually we do have some breaking 547 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:27,160 Speaker 5: news here this through CBS. Governor Tim Walls has confirmed 548 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:31,320 Speaker 5: he's dropping out the twenty twenty six governor's race. The quote, 549 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:34,000 Speaker 5: according to CBS, is I came to the conclusion that 550 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:37,040 Speaker 5: I can't give a political campaign. By all, every minute 551 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:39,200 Speaker 5: I spend defending my own political interests would be a 552 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:42,080 Speaker 5: minute I can't spend defending the people of Minnesota against 553 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:44,440 Speaker 5: the criminals who pray on our generosity and the synics 554 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:45,640 Speaker 5: who pray on our differences. 555 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:48,120 Speaker 3: He goes on to say, so I decided to. 556 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:49,960 Speaker 5: Step out of the race and let others worry about 557 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:51,600 Speaker 5: the election while I focus on the work. 558 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, thank you for finding that. And that's a 559 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:57,520 Speaker 2: bit of your preview of what we can expect coming 560 00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:00,360 Speaker 2: up at eleven o'clock. And make no mistake, not be 561 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 2: the last that you'll be hearing from Walls on the show, 562 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,240 Speaker 2: and more than likely you're gonna be hearing a lot 563 00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:09,320 Speaker 2: more from uh this woman you probably heard. 564 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:13,120 Speaker 3: We don't know the results, but. 565 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:16,320 Speaker 7: I did not want to let another minute go by 566 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:18,480 Speaker 7: without thanking all of you. 567 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:20,240 Speaker 1: We are. 568 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 7: We know there's delays, but we know one thing. We 569 00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:28,760 Speaker 7: are punching above our weight. 570 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:34,160 Speaker 2: You know what also is really good news though, if 571 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:37,000 Speaker 2: Amy Klobashar does end up being the replacement for Governor 572 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:38,680 Speaker 2: Tim Walls, this can get a work out again. 573 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:43,280 Speaker 16: Amy club chart, do do do Do do? Cluba chart? 574 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:46,000 Speaker 16: You do do do Do Do? Cluba chart? Do do do 575 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:50,240 Speaker 16: do Do Do cluba chart? Amy club chart, Do do do 576 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:53,720 Speaker 16: do Do do cluba charg do do do do Do do? Cluba chart? 577 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:54,640 Speaker 16: Do do do Do Do? 578 00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:58,840 Speaker 18: Good morning, John and Sam. Just have to tell you 579 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:03,640 Speaker 18: say is the most glorious news ever, you know, tapping 580 00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:08,000 Speaker 18: on two weeks of actual glorious news and reporting. And 581 00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:10,280 Speaker 18: you know what, I will give you guys credit. You 582 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:14,240 Speaker 18: really deserve it and a big thank you. So happy 583 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:16,480 Speaker 18: twenty twenty six. This is fabulous. 584 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:17,320 Speaker 3: Have a great day. 585 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:17,720 Speaker 9: Bye bye. 586 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 2: I was going to make this joke, but I'm going 587 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:22,440 Speaker 2: to let the talk back do it instead. 588 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:25,840 Speaker 1: So Jim's dropping out of the governor's race, but I 589 00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:28,280 Speaker 1: bet you he's going to be running for the presidency 590 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:29,880 Speaker 1: of Venezuela. 591 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:34,480 Speaker 2: I mean, that's what he's gonna do. Yeah, I had 592 00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:38,200 Speaker 2: that one chambered, but I'll I'll give the credit to 593 00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:40,760 Speaker 2: the to the guy with his window open. 594 00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:48,280 Speaker 19: You would think Minnesota would go after these people, sixty 595 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:52,880 Speaker 19: businesses and some building is up front, because think if 596 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:56,120 Speaker 19: they all had their own building, what kind of property 597 00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:59,880 Speaker 19: taxes they would be pain that they're not paying. 598 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:01,880 Speaker 3: Now, Ow's country. 599 00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:07,480 Speaker 20: I guess we can ultimately thank Kamala Harris for her 600 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:12,000 Speaker 20: selection of him and the shining of the national spotlight 601 00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:15,960 Speaker 20: on him, because our state media certainly would never have 602 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:18,800 Speaker 20: exposed any of this on their own. 603 00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:23,400 Speaker 21: Good morning, John and Sam. It's mayor from up north. 604 00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:24,440 Speaker 13: Wow. 605 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:27,320 Speaker 21: I didn't think the stay could get any better. John, 606 00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:29,640 Speaker 21: It's so great to have you back on the airwaves 607 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:33,080 Speaker 21: about Wow. To hear Tim John Waltz is not seeking 608 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:37,800 Speaker 21: a third term is amazing. This day really couldn't get 609 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:42,640 Speaker 21: any better. So yeah, not to hear Tim Walls speaking 610 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:47,160 Speaker 21: lies after lies after lies and using the word folks. Yes, 611 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:48,280 Speaker 21: I can't wait. 612 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:49,320 Speaker 3: So excited. 613 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:54,360 Speaker 2: Two key state officials overseeing the massive fraud scandals are 614 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:57,160 Speaker 2: serving while unconfirmed, working off of a piece here from 615 00:32:57,240 --> 00:33:00,240 Speaker 2: Bill Glahn and Center of the American Experiment, the most 616 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:04,320 Speaker 2: important responsibilities. Powers of the Minnesota State Senate involves the 617 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:08,080 Speaker 2: confirmation of state executive branch officials. Minnesota system is the 618 00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:10,920 Speaker 2: opposite of the federal one. Officials begins serving as soon 619 00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:14,240 Speaker 2: as they are nominated, and can continue to serve unconfirmed 620 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:17,280 Speaker 2: until fired by a full vote of the Senate. 621 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:21,520 Speaker 3: The top officials commissioners. 622 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:23,400 Speaker 2: Of the two agencies most involved in the fraud scandals, 623 00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:26,400 Speaker 2: are currently serving without Senate confirmation. 624 00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:28,440 Speaker 3: This is by design. I'm convinced of it. 625 00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:33,920 Speaker 2: In fact, Golon says, I can't see any evidence that 626 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,520 Speaker 2: any confirmation hearings have been held for either of the 627 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:40,240 Speaker 2: commissioners involved. Democrats have controlled the Senate by a thirty 628 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:42,400 Speaker 2: three to thirty excuse me, thirty four to thirty three 629 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:45,360 Speaker 2: marchin since the last election in twenty twenty two. Sharen 630 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:48,040 Speaker 2: Gandhi is serving as the temporary commissioner of the State 631 00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:51,360 Speaker 2: Department of Human Services. She was formerly nominated for the 632 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:53,480 Speaker 2: post in February fourth of twenty twenty five. The Senate 633 00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:56,480 Speaker 2: took no action on her nomination before adjourney for the 634 00:33:56,560 --> 00:34:00,240 Speaker 2: year in May. Likewise, Tiki Brown was appointed commiss of 635 00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:03,240 Speaker 2: the newly formed Department of Children in Youth and Families 636 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:05,480 Speaker 2: back in July of twenty twenty four, Yet the Senate 637 00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:08,239 Speaker 2: has taken no action in her appointment in the year 638 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:11,040 Speaker 2: and a half since since then, and the Senate won't 639 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:14,040 Speaker 2: convene again until February seventeenth and twenty twenty six. And 640 00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:16,200 Speaker 2: what do you want to guess that these individuals will 641 00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:19,359 Speaker 2: no longer be serving in these positions once the legislature 642 00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:23,000 Speaker 2: gets underway. Governor Tim Walls dropping out of the governor's race, 643 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:25,399 Speaker 2: and more than likely those individuals there, they are all 644 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:27,719 Speaker 2: going to fall by the wayside, and whoever emerges to 645 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:30,960 Speaker 2: replace those two individuals and Governor Tim Walls in the 646 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:34,040 Speaker 2: governor's race will have no direct attachment to any of 647 00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:37,200 Speaker 2: the fraud going on. Because Democrats are hoping that when 648 00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:40,040 Speaker 2: walk with Walls checking out of the governor's race, that 649 00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:42,399 Speaker 2: everybody will check out of the fraud as well. They 650 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:44,680 Speaker 2: want to provide as much cover as possible, because, as 651 00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:47,479 Speaker 2: I've mentioned, it's only going to be exposed as worse 652 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:51,600 Speaker 2: than what we're already seeing. It is the tip of 653 00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:53,560 Speaker 2: the iceberg of what we are dealing with right now 654 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:55,759 Speaker 2: in terms of fraud. I gave you the example a 655 00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:59,920 Speaker 2: moment ago pandemic eraor frauds still taking place, completely set 656 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:02,440 Speaker 2: from all the other fraud We haven't even gotten into 657 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:05,920 Speaker 2: the transportation services. We haven't gotten into the regular single 658 00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:08,200 Speaker 2: family homes that are being rebranded. 659 00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:09,239 Speaker 3: As assisted living facilities. 660 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:15,359 Speaker 2: Investigators have found that assisted living programs in Minnesota are 661 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:18,800 Speaker 2: growing two times faster than any other state programs. Payments 662 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,120 Speaker 2: are exploding at ten to fifteen times the rate of 663 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:24,440 Speaker 2: everything else. Shell companies are being used to set up 664 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:27,759 Speaker 2: many of these locations. New facilities doing that thing with 665 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:30,520 Speaker 2: my fingers are popping up all over Minnesota cities. A 666 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:34,879 Speaker 2: shocking number are tied to known Monday laundering scammers. One 667 00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:37,279 Speaker 2: of these places looks like an average house on a 668 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:40,360 Speaker 2: quiet street, but on paper, it bills itself as an 669 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:44,160 Speaker 2: assisted living facility and is pulling in huge tax payer dollars. 670 00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:47,280 Speaker 3: Look at some of these numbers. 671 00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:50,680 Speaker 2: Minneapolis one hundred and sixty nine facilities, Saint Paul eighty 672 00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:54,840 Speaker 2: three facilities, Brooklyn Center one hundred and six facilities, Brooklyn 673 00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:59,680 Speaker 2: Park one hundred and eighty one facilities. Yes, more than Minneapolis, 674 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:05,120 Speaker 2: twenty five times larger, and it gets worse. One of 675 00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:08,520 Speaker 2: these assistant living operations is owned by a man indicted 676 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:12,680 Speaker 2: for laundering a million dollars through Feeding our Future. These 677 00:36:12,719 --> 00:36:15,640 Speaker 2: facilities pulled in two point three million in state money 678 00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:19,560 Speaker 2: last year alone, and according to the Minnesota Reformer, the 679 00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:23,120 Speaker 2: same individual has received forty nine million since twenty sixteen. 680 00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:30,200 Speaker 2: Walls isn't stepping down because of the fraud that's been 681 00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:33,240 Speaker 2: exposed so far. He's stepping down because of the fraud 682 00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:37,719 Speaker 2: that hasn't been exposed yet, and the fraud that's more 683 00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:41,319 Speaker 2: than likely going to continue, especially when we get into 684 00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:44,839 Speaker 2: Minnesota's new paid leave program. A total of almost twelve 685 00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:49,640 Speaker 2: thousand applications have already been submitted for Minnesota's new paid 686 00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:57,120 Speaker 2: leave program. The Minnesota Department of Education Economic Development received 687 00:36:57,320 --> 00:37:00,960 Speaker 2: one nine hundred and thirty one applications on Thursday two 688 00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:04,920 Speaker 2: and forty nine on December thirty first. So far, some 689 00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:08,080 Speaker 2: six three hundred and ninety three applications have been processed, 690 00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:15,040 Speaker 2: with about two thirds approved and one third denied. And 691 00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:18,320 Speaker 2: by the way, what taxpayer welfare services are being eliminated 692 00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:22,280 Speaker 2: in the wake of this. We already have social service 693 00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:25,160 Speaker 2: programs for individuals dealing with all kinds of different issues, 694 00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:28,080 Speaker 2: and yet we have a new paid Family Medical Leaf 695 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:30,920 Speaker 2: program that if you make one hundred thousand dollars a year, 696 00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:32,840 Speaker 2: is going to cost you close to one thousand dollars. 697 00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:35,960 Speaker 2: And if you don't use that money that's coming out 698 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:43,280 Speaker 2: of your paycheck, you're gonna lose it. It's already designed 699 00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:48,520 Speaker 2: to be fraudulent. But what taxpayer services are being eliminated? 700 00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:52,080 Speaker 2: If I'm going to lose hundreds of dollars in paid 701 00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:55,680 Speaker 2: family medical Leaf because I will not be putting my 702 00:37:55,840 --> 00:38:01,440 Speaker 2: company in harm's way to take advantage of this when 703 00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:05,200 Speaker 2: I already have vacation in sick time built in, then 704 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:07,840 Speaker 2: I should be receiving this cost recouping it somewhere. 705 00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:12,160 Speaker 3: You and I both know that's not happening. 706 00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:16,640 Speaker 2: Though John Feelin, at Center of the American Experiment, points 707 00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:16,960 Speaker 2: this out. 708 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:22,400 Speaker 3: There's a peacity has this Morning again. 709 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:26,560 Speaker 2: Bill Glawn talking with Fox News critics on social media 710 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:29,239 Speaker 2: in recent days, expressing doubt about the new safeguards put 711 00:38:29,239 --> 00:38:33,359 Speaker 2: in place to prevent fraudsters from exploiting the new paid 712 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:36,080 Speaker 2: family and medical leave. In the middle of the massive 713 00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:39,080 Speaker 2: fraud scandal, Minnesota democrats are bragging about creating this new 714 00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:44,080 Speaker 2: entitlement program that's ripe for reviuse. This is according to 715 00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:47,840 Speaker 2: a post written by Red State writer Boncie on x. 716 00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:50,680 Speaker 2: The scheme involves the businesses forced to pay a premium 717 00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:53,319 Speaker 2: and the state paying workers for twenty weeks of paid leave. 718 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:57,960 Speaker 2: Bill Glawn at the forefront of this explained, this is 719 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:02,640 Speaker 2: going to be just like all the medicaid programs where 720 00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:05,000 Speaker 2: they start and they say, oh, we'll probably have two 721 00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:07,520 Speaker 2: or three million dollars worth of claims on this, and 722 00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:10,080 Speaker 2: then it quickly balloons up to one hundred and two 723 00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:13,920 Speaker 2: hundred million. Glone outline several ways the system could be 724 00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:18,200 Speaker 2: exploited in including fake companies, fake employees, minimal contributions followed 725 00:39:18,239 --> 00:39:21,799 Speaker 2: by large benefit claims, multiple people claiming paid leave to 726 00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:25,680 Speaker 2: care for some relative without any realistic oversight. Because claims 727 00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:29,640 Speaker 2: are tied to private homes rather than centralized locations, he 728 00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:35,160 Speaker 2: argues that the fraud detection is practically impossible, also warning 729 00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:39,200 Speaker 2: that individuals could work briefly, qualify, then repeatedly claim long 730 00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:42,319 Speaker 2: periods of paid leave, effectively getting paid for a full 731 00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:45,360 Speaker 2: year while working only part of it, and explain that 732 00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:48,600 Speaker 2: Minnesota has a pattern of creating new entitlement programs that 733 00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:53,800 Speaker 2: attract fraudsters. Who quickly identify loopholes and overwhelm oversight. Governor 734 00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:56,960 Speaker 2: Tim Walls could actually be doing the smartest thing any 735 00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,400 Speaker 2: Democrat could do here in the state of Minnesota and 736 00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:02,200 Speaker 2: getting out all he can before it's going to get 737 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:03,560 Speaker 2: exponentially worse. 738 00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:06,280 Speaker 3: It's part of the reason why AHHS. 739 00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:11,560 Speaker 2: Fro's childcare payments to Minnesota after these massive fraud allegations. 740 00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:16,000 Speaker 2: Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neil, along with another official's stating this 741 00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:17,359 Speaker 2: at a post on X last week. 742 00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:21,800 Speaker 11: Hello, IMHHS Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill. I'm here with Assistant 743 00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:25,680 Speaker 11: Secretary Alex Adams. Alex overseas, the Administration for Children and 744 00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:29,840 Speaker 11: Families and TRUMPID journalists have made shocky, incredible allegations of 745 00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:34,279 Speaker 11: extensive fraud in Minnesota's childcare programs. We believe the state 746 00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:37,440 Speaker 11: of Minnesota has allowed scammers and fake daycares to siphon 747 00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:40,040 Speaker 11: millions of taxpayer dollars over the past decade. 748 00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:43,560 Speaker 22: My office ACF provides Minnesota one hundred and eighty five 749 00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:46,839 Speaker 22: million dollars in childcare funds each year. That money should 750 00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:50,680 Speaker 22: be helping nineteen thousand American children, including toddlers and infants, 751 00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:55,120 Speaker 22: any dollar stolen by fraudsters is stolen from those children. 752 00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:58,360 Speaker 22: Yesterday I spoke directly with the director of the Minnesota 753 00:40:58,440 --> 00:41:01,800 Speaker 22: Childcare Services Office. She could not tell me with confidence 754 00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:04,799 Speaker 22: whether those allegations of fraud are isolated or whether there's 755 00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:06,359 Speaker 22: fraud stretching statewide. 756 00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:09,840 Speaker 11: Today we've taken three direct actions against the blatant fraud 757 00:41:10,239 --> 00:41:12,800 Speaker 11: that seems to be rampant in Minnesota. 758 00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:17,640 Speaker 2: Governor Tim Walls has gone and issued his statement. It's 759 00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:20,800 Speaker 2: available up on x all retweeted here in just a moment, 760 00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:25,920 Speaker 2: but right on cue, he is, of course blaming Donald Trump. 761 00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:27,759 Speaker 3: I won't miss mince words here. 762 00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:31,680 Speaker 2: Donald Trump and his allies in Washington, in Saint Paul 763 00:41:31,719 --> 00:41:35,120 Speaker 2: and online want to make our state a colder, meaner place. 764 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:40,480 Speaker 2: We'll certainly have a lot more to say about this 765 00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:44,680 Speaker 2: on tomorrow's show. Thank you so much for hanging with 766 00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:47,480 Speaker 2: us in this first show of twenty twenty six. If 767 00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:49,880 Speaker 2: you missed any portion of today's broadcast, be sure to 768 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:52,920 Speaker 2: check out the podcast available up on the iHeartRadio app. 769 00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:55,200 Speaker 2: Get your talkbacks in overnight, and you can email me 770 00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:59,200 Speaker 2: Justice at iHeartRadio dot com. Have yourself a fantastic Monday. 771 00:41:59,239 --> 00:42:01,800 Speaker 2: I'll talk to you guys tomorrow morning, starting right after 772 00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:02,680 Speaker 2: six am. 773 00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:04,200 Speaker 3: Have a great one, Glad to be back. 774 00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:04,760 Speaker 9: Bye.