1 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: Power two, Twin Cities News Talk Am eleven thirty and 2 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:11,719 Speaker 1: one oh three five FM from the sixty five to 3 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: one carpet, Next Day Install Studios. John Justice with you 4 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:18,200 Speaker 1: on your Wednesday morning. Hank Long from Alpha News later 5 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: on in the show. Crash and Burn is taking place 6 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 1: at ACME Comedy Company. Always a fantastic almost week long 7 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:29,479 Speaker 1: event to Crash and Burn where multiple comedians go and 8 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: try out new material over the course of a few nights. 9 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:35,880 Speaker 1: I believe it starts this evening. Tim Slagel will be 10 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: joining us in studio tomorrow to talk about Crash and 11 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: Burn and ACME. He'll be in in the eight o'clock 12 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:43,160 Speaker 1: hour on tomorrow morning, but head on over to ACME 13 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 1: Comedy Company dot com to get your tickets to Crash 14 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 1: and Burn. Welcome, We welcome everybody into this movement. Conrad Zubowski, 15 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 1: who's a DFL activist's longtime DFL activist, writing about the 16 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: No Kings rally from over the weekend the protests on Saturday. 17 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:06,400 Speaker 1: The first paragraph, he talks about Minnesotans by the tens 18 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: of thousands and then lists off all the different places 19 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: from which people here in Minnesota gathered to protest authoritarianism, 20 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 1: talks about Minneapolis Representative Ellison Smith and whatnot. It's a 21 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 1: whole first paragraph. While the President was posting AI videos 22 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 1: of himself wearing a crown and attacking protesters, I was 23 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: reflecting on the precarious moment we are in and the 24 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 1: importance protesting in mass We welcome everybody into this movement, 25 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 1: right Conrad, even more moderate folks who may not be 26 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: up for every chant or every type of First Amendment actions. 27 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: So what type of people is he welcoming his moderates 28 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: the examples that he gives. He says, in Minneapolis, we 29 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 1: had anarchists, Yes, I saw at least one sign and 30 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: shardon Nay's sipping, liberals marching together. That's that's the moderate folks. 31 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: Those are still you guys. Then Conrad talks about Indivisible 32 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: organizing the rallies. You're familiar with Indivisible. Of course, he 33 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 1: says they're grounded in nonviolence and no civil disobedience. Okay, 34 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 1: those are the ones that go and protest in front 35 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 1: of politicians' homes, right Yeah. The organizer's argument is that 36 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: lowering barriers helps bring new people into the greater project. 37 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 1: If your grandmother in a mobility scooter is going to 38 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: her first to protest and skipped out on the protest 39 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:43,239 Speaker 1: movements of sixty years ago. That shows there are still 40 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: a larger majority of Americans who are ready to make 41 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 1: their voices heard. What voices aren't being heard? I just 42 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 1: I don't understand that that logic. Who is not being 43 00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: heard on the left? In all of them? This Trump 44 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:07,079 Speaker 1: won the election by a majority electoral college and the 45 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: national popular vote. That's how we put people in positions 46 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:14,920 Speaker 1: of power. It's not a monarchy. We don't have kings. 47 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 1: And yet the people protesting and I know this because 48 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 1: they were asked and many of them said so. If 49 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 1: they had their way, they would overthrow a duly elected president. 50 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 1: So you tell me who is more aligned with a 51 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 1: monarchy and an attitude of a monarch than individuals who 52 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: believe that a duly elected person be thrown out of 53 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 1: office just because the non majority of individuals don't want 54 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 1: them there. Conrad goes on to write in the same vein, 55 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: I was relieved and proud that Saturday's protests remained entirely peaceful, 56 00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 1: despite the administration's best efforts to paint now King's demonstrators 57 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 1: as anti American terrorists. That's not what happened. Two things 58 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 1: can be true at once. It's the same argument relating 59 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 1: to they weren't all paid. Well, of course they weren't 60 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 1: all paid, but some of them were, but the majority 61 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:16,280 Speaker 1: of them weren't. If you align with al Qaeda, I'm 62 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: a member of al Qaeda, but you have yet to 63 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 1: go and strap see forward to your body and blow 64 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 1: yourself up, you're still a terrorist by aligning with terrorists. 65 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 1: And the same thing rings true for Antifa. Let's go 66 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: back to the iHeartRadio app. I got a couple of 67 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 1: comments responding to foe of the show Eric. We'll get 68 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 1: to those in a second, but first, speaking of Antifa, the. 69 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,360 Speaker 2: Funny part is they think they distanced themselves from those 70 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:46,239 Speaker 2: Antifa activists. But the thing is, when you literally list 71 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 2: the Communist Party as a sponsor, you kind of shoot 72 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:54,160 Speaker 2: that down. I mean, you didn't have overt violence, but 73 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 2: you did expose your Communist backers. That's right there in 74 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 2: the literature they put out themselves. 75 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, this is Temple Cambridge. In response to Eric. 76 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 2: For BRAINERD, we had a. 77 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 4: Protest nation November. 78 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 1: And god, I can't even I can't even try to 79 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 1: do the voice. We had a protest that whatember and 80 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:21,280 Speaker 1: I guess what we did win, So maybe it is effective. 81 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 1: Bunckle up for what Eric's brainerd like, what. 82 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 5: Are the Democrats have to run on? 83 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 1: No case? 84 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:32,600 Speaker 6: Okay, we don't have any case, so what else. 85 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 1: They've got nothing to run on. It's gonna be a 86 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:39,480 Speaker 1: right wave more than likely. 87 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:42,359 Speaker 7: It's because the Democrats simply have nothing to run on 88 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 7: and people are turning to the Republican Party. 89 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 1: It's it and this speaks to what I believe Republicans 90 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: need to do and put aside the purity contests. Support 91 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 1: the candidates you want to support, but make sure you 92 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: support the nominee. Don't just parriage others within the GOP 93 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: for supporting somebody different than you. Don't get hung up 94 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 1: on voter fraud and discourage individuals from voting because you're 95 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:14,280 Speaker 1: convinced that Republicans can't win. If you do that, then 96 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 1: it's a self fulfilling prophecy. 97 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 4: Good morning John Rich here. So if you look at 98 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 4: the actual numbers of the No King's rally compared to 99 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,919 Speaker 4: number of Democrats that voted in the last election, it's. 100 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 1: Less than three percent. So Eric Buck club. 101 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 4: Because ninety eight to ninety seven percent of your party 102 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 4: didn't shild up. 103 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 1: Hey, good morning, John. 104 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 7: You just read that piece. The author said that this 105 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:48,040 Speaker 7: is given the Democrat base the go ahead to fight. Now, 106 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:50,840 Speaker 7: what do you think they've been doing? What do you 107 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 7: think the job description of the professionally offended are? 108 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:55,479 Speaker 1: They fight everything. 109 00:06:55,800 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 7: They fight tradition, they fight reality, they fight definitions, they 110 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:03,159 Speaker 7: fight everything. They don't know how to do anything else. 111 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 7: It's time for them to sit down and just shut 112 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 7: up for a little bit, John. 113 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 2: Those protesters were very, very successful. Just watch on October 114 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 2: thirty first, they're going to be out in force again. 115 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 1: It took me a minute when I say, yeah, I 116 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: got you. 117 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 8: Pardon John, friend of the show, Rod call it in. 118 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 1: Oh. 119 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 8: The Democrats are claiming success, the kings no more King's bowl. 120 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 1: Blah blah. 121 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 8: You gotta remember the Democrats consider when talking about something 122 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 8: that is a success, their definition of success does not 123 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 8: imprude Actually doigg to Superlay. 124 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: I love when these protests take place by Democrats because 125 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 1: we actually end up solving a lot of different problems. 126 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 1: So I mentioned last hour the capitalist angle of the 127 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 1: protests and just how much money was spent by leftists 128 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 1: at organizations and to cities as well, and to law 129 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: enforcement in order to make this happy, but also the 130 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 1: people that go and put their heinous beliefs on full display. 131 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 1: That Lucy Martinez from the Nathan Hale Elementary school teacher 132 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 1: who was shown on video mocking the death I'm sorry, 133 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 1: the assassination of Charlie Kirk. She's got her free speech, 134 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: she can do what she wants in public, but it 135 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 1: doesn't mean that she's immune from the consequences, and it 136 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 1: looks like she may have lost her job. But the 137 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 1: angle of that that I don't hear a lot of 138 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 1: people talking about is the fact that can you imagine, 139 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: just for a second, just how biased that woman is 140 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 1: in her classroom. If you're an individual that believes that 141 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 1: it's appropriate to go and mock an individual who was assassinated, 142 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 1: and especially given I mean that alone just anybody being assassinated, 143 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 1: but a figure like Charlie Kirk in what he was doing, 144 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 1: a father, family man, a godly man who was trying 145 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:02,959 Speaker 1: to reach out to the youth of America and was 146 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,439 Speaker 1: willing to do what so many other individuals weren't. If 147 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 1: you're willing to go and mock the assassination of an 148 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 1: individual like that, like so many democrats have. How are 149 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 1: you conducting yourself in the classroom and are you even 150 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 1: capable of being fair to the children around you when 151 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:21,720 Speaker 1: you're dealing with various issues that are involved with teaching 152 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:24,839 Speaker 1: elementary school students. So when these protests takes place, it's 153 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 1: great because a lot of people get you know, end 154 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:28,439 Speaker 1: up losing their gigs and probably shouldn't had him in 155 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:34,079 Speaker 1: the first place. Been getting back to a Conrad Zebowski 156 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 1: from the Minnesota Reformer. We welcome everybody into this movement, 157 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:42,600 Speaker 1: you know, like anarchists and Chardonnays sipping liberals marching together. Okay, 158 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 1: He goes on to say, in addition to the demonstration 159 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 1: of popular discontent, no Kings is a call to action. Now, 160 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 1: I was definitely interested in this because the whole topic 161 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 1: is were they successful? This is where bringing new people 162 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 1: into the fold helps grow people people power for what's 163 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:06,679 Speaker 1: needed next. Okay, already, the next mass action is scheduled 164 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 1: for March twenty ninth to twenty twenty six. And you 165 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 1: can help me and wish me a happy birthday on 166 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 1: my thirty third birthday by joining me on March twenty 167 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:18,439 Speaker 1: ninth at your local rally across Minnesota in country. Okay, 168 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 1: so it's a call to action for people to go 169 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 1: out and get dressed up again in March of next year. 170 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 1: Spirit Halloween, take note, be ready to go put up 171 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:34,679 Speaker 1: shop in those abandoned storefronts once again, for costumes will 172 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 1: need to be rented. And that actually makes an appearance 173 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:40,079 Speaker 1: in this piece. The other call to action is a 174 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 1: little harder. Okay. We all have seen the news that 175 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 1: the federal agencies have mobilized in liberal cities to terrorize residents. 176 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 1: If you participated in Saturday's rallies in marches, you may 177 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 1: have heard a call to action to be ready to 178 00:10:54,880 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 1: mobilize to protest the federal overreach this winter petition signature 179 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 1: or ten dollars donation to Act Blue. So listen, Conrad 180 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 1: doesn't even want donations being made. He's actually discouraging people 181 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:11,839 Speaker 1: to go and make donations. This is the type of 182 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: thing that I don't want Republicans doing. But showing up, 183 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: especially in our silly costumes and dance music, can illustrate 184 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:20,720 Speaker 1: how we are not afraid to stand with our neighbors 185 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 1: and fellow Americans. Now he talks about the costume aspect 186 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:30,320 Speaker 1: of it uses an example of an individual in Chile 187 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 1: who wore an inflatable costume of a Japanese character to 188 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:36,839 Speaker 1: protests who ended up winning an election in twenty twenty 189 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 1: one as justification for wearing costumes. He goes on to 190 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 1: write from Portland to Chicago to Minneapolis, demonstrators took the 191 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 1: same approach, even in the face of pepper balls and 192 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:53,560 Speaker 1: tear gas, right to the inflatable fan. But there was 193 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:57,079 Speaker 1: no violence, and that didn't happen. Okay, at Saturday's rally 194 00:11:57,080 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 1: in Minneapolis, I got a lot of love, writes Conrad. 195 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 1: My inflatable purple unicorn costume with a turquoise horn. It 196 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: almost got exhausting. 197 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 5: Huh. 198 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 1: Showing that we can unite with unbridled joy in the 199 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 1: face of fear and retribution is the best antidote to 200 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:21,199 Speaker 1: tyranny and oppression. Yeah, if you don't want anybody to 201 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:26,480 Speaker 1: take it seriously, it actually made me happy, says Conrad. 202 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 1: That Trump posted the AI video of himself dumping on protesters, 203 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 1: he was desperate to change the subject, even if it 204 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 1: meant humiliating himself with his undignified behavior. Yes, but taking 205 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 1: to the streets of America in a purple, inflatable unicorn 206 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 1: costume with a turquoise horn is completely dignified behavior, apparently, 207 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 1: if you're really that concern with federal agencies terrorizing residence, 208 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 1: tyranny and oppression, and you're donning an inflatable unicorn costume, Okay, 209 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 1: you're not doing that. You're not donning ridiculous costumes if 210 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 1: you're going out to protest, if you really think that 211 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:09,720 Speaker 1: you are under tyrannical rule, or that federal agencies are 212 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 1: terrorizing residents, if you have fear of authoritarian persecution and retribution, 213 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 1: yet you're not going out with this joyous look on 214 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 1: your face wearing colorful costumes. The good news is a 215 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 1: Portland costume shop is seeing a boost in business, and 216 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 1: they have been for a while. From the ice protesters 217 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:35,439 Speaker 1: dressing as inflatable animals. That's actually where this all started. 218 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 1: I'm going to get back to the impetus of the 219 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 1: costume here. We'll spend just a few more minutes on 220 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 1: this before we turn our attention to the ballroom freak 221 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:46,240 Speaker 1: out and Governor Tim Walls and his latest campaign ad. 222 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 1: We'll get to your talkbacks from the iHeartRadio app. Those 223 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:51,200 Speaker 1: are brought to you by Lindahl Realty. We'll play some 224 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 1: of those next here on Twin City's News Talk AM 225 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 1: eleven thirty and one h three five FM. 226 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:56,320 Speaker 9: Three point five. 227 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 1: There's an issue that doesn't get talked about enough, and 228 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:12,359 Speaker 1: it's I don't know if you would describe it as absolutism, 229 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 1: not listening, or just being narrow minded and too singularly 230 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 1: focused to look beyond one track of a particular issue 231 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 1: and just not listen to what people are saying. And 232 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: I think it really comes out to that last one. 233 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 1: People just aren't listening to what is actually being said. 234 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:42,160 Speaker 1: They're only hearing what they want to hear. If people 235 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 1: stop doing that, we would immediately be in a better place. 236 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 1: I'm not sure how quickly things would change, but we 237 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 1: would have a better opportunity for change. I'll give you 238 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 1: an example here in just a moment on Twin City's 239 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:54,440 Speaker 1: News Talk, John Justice is broadcasting from the six five 240 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 1: to one Carpet Next Day Install Studios. I'm not going 241 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 1: to play the comment itself, just because I'm trying to 242 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: keep to the one comment per friend of the show rule. 243 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:09,680 Speaker 1: And I know many of you have let multiple comments, 244 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 1: and sometimes they sneak in where I play two. But 245 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 1: I just want to read the transcript here from this 246 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 1: talkback that rolled in. It's from Eric again and again, 247 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna play it. I'm just gonna read it. 248 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 1: To say the No Kings protests weren't effective because they 249 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 1: weren't door knocking they're going to organize is completely insane. 250 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 1: Let me stop. Nobody said that. Nobody was saying they 251 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 1: should have been door knocking and not protesting. The point 252 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: that I've made all along is that a lot of 253 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 1: people when they go out and protest, they feel like 254 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 1: they've gone and accomplished something I've done my part. I 255 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 1: was a part of the No Kings protests. Because there 256 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 1: it goes on to say these people were in the 257 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 1: streets the highest record turnout for protests in American history. 258 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:58,479 Speaker 1: I don't believe that's true. The numbers have been downsized 259 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 1: from seven million to two to three minus. Let's take 260 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 1: it seriously, guys, I don't know what that means. Because 261 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 1: he goes on to say, maybe we shouldn't have ignored 262 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 1: the protests. When we lose the election, we're gonna have 263 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 1: to look in the mirror and say maybe we shouldn't 264 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 1: have ignored the protest or mocked them and said, oh, well, 265 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 1: Trump's not a king, so therefore it doesn't count and 266 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 1: it doesn't make sense. So we're not supposed to mock. 267 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 1: We're just supposed to go. That was a protest. It 268 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 1: was super serious. Guy, boy, let me go. Okay, okay, 269 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 1: let me go this route on it. I'm wiping out 270 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 1: here a bit, but I just want to entertain this idea. 271 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: So let's just entertain this idea. Because Eric's not the 272 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 1: only one that feels this way, this idea that we 273 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 1: should be taking them seriously. We shouldn't be mocking them, 274 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 1: that we should recognize how many people came out and 275 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 1: protested on Saturday. So, as a conservative and Republican that 276 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 1: wants to see Republicans get elected, if I take this 277 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 1: attitude and I come on the air and I say, Matt, guys, 278 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 1: we need to wake up. Look at all those people 279 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 1: that went out there and protested and how mad they 280 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: are at President Donald Trump. We better go and wake up. 281 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 1: What are we going to do? Is that encouraging? Is 282 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:16,480 Speaker 1: that gonna win elections? It's also not truthful. And I 283 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 1: try to be as genuine in as authentic as I 284 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 1: possibly can be, sometimes to my detriment on this show. 285 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:28,440 Speaker 1: So listen better people who take to the streets in 286 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 1: ridiculous costumes with arguments that don't make any sense. No, 287 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:37,920 Speaker 1: they should be mocked and it should be a continued 288 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 1: example of how you, unless you're a foe of the show, 289 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:44,480 Speaker 1: are on the right side of history right now because 290 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:46,639 Speaker 1: protesting and taking to the streets and masses all the 291 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 1: Democrats have right now, because as the talkback came in 292 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 1: and said earlier in the show, Democrats have nothing to 293 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:58,399 Speaker 1: run on. The only thing they have to run on 294 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:02,800 Speaker 1: is Donald Trump and everything that Trump does in Republicans, 295 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 1: regardless of how irrational hypocritical they are, which is why 296 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:09,200 Speaker 1: I don't care when they go out and protest in 297 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 1: mass because again they feel like they're going and accomplishing something. 298 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:18,560 Speaker 1: And many of those individuals, to again drive the point 299 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 1: home when it actually comes time to do the work 300 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:25,880 Speaker 1: necessary at the grassroots ground level, they're not going to 301 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:29,360 Speaker 1: you think they're going to put on their chicken outfit, 302 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:34,159 Speaker 1: their pinky unicorn outfit and go door knocking. They're going 303 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:36,719 Speaker 1: to go to their local district and make cold phone 304 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:41,560 Speaker 1: calls to potential voters think they're going to donate more 305 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 1: money after spending all the money that they did to 306 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 1: spend a day out in the streets in a costume, 307 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 1: traveling to particular locations. No, the majority of them aren't. 308 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 10: This is constant messaging about people's voices being heard, but 309 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:57,400 Speaker 10: when they have an opportunity to speak about what they 310 00:18:57,440 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 10: believe and they can't articulate what their point is. And 311 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:03,920 Speaker 10: activism is supposed to be about getting people to see 312 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 10: your side of the argument and get them to see 313 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,400 Speaker 10: where the change needs to be made. But instead these 314 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 10: people are just going out and stopping their feet about 315 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:16,160 Speaker 10: something that they were told on the media is happening, 316 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 10: without figuring out the reality behind it. 317 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 1: The whole idea behind the costumes. It came out of 318 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 1: the protests that were being done in front of the 319 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 1: ice detention centers. I'm looking at an article here from 320 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:33,159 Speaker 1: ww News a Portland costume shop seeing a boost in 321 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 1: business from ice protesters dressing as inflatable animals a blow 322 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 1: up frog, a chicken, a dinosaur became regulars at nightly 323 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 1: gatherings thanks to two diehard Trump haters. One dresses a 324 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 1: frog in the other as a chicken. One of the 325 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 1: individuals set a couple bout of Garfield and a banana 326 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:56,560 Speaker 1: the other day, and I saw them on the news. 327 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:00,120 Speaker 1: The rule of thumb seems to be the sillier the better. 328 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:03,160 Speaker 1: The suit's range in price from sixty to seventy dollars, 329 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 1: a little more than you'll pay on Amazon. We're in 330 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:14,440 Speaker 1: the silliest timeline, so I thought, why not be silly 331 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 1: about it, said a man in a banana costume to 332 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 1: Reuter's news service over the weekend. This was about a 333 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 1: weekend to go ahead of the No Kings protests. He 334 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 1: was dressed as SpongeBob SquarePants. Also there was a Pikachu, 335 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:31,240 Speaker 1: a shark, and a mushroom dancing around him. This is bananas, 336 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 1: A sign read. The costumes provide a pure Portland encounterpoint 337 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:40,119 Speaker 1: to federal officers dressed in riot gear, masks and guns, 338 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 1: they recalled the Flower Power, the title of the nineteen 339 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:47,359 Speaker 1: sixty seven black and white photo of a protester George 340 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:49,399 Speaker 1: Harris putting a carnation into the barrel of an M 341 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:52,600 Speaker 1: fourteen held by a military policeman during the March of 342 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:55,200 Speaker 1: the Pentagon, aimed at ending the Vietnam War. That's where 343 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:58,119 Speaker 1: all of this stemmed from. It was the individuals that 344 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 1: were out there protesting at the facilities, trying to draw 345 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 1: contrast as the article mentioned, So it wasn't even like 346 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 1: authentic in the No Kings protesters going and doing the outfits. 347 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:14,439 Speaker 1: They just saw that the individuals at the ice protests 348 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 1: were gaining a lot of attention, so they decided to 349 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:19,479 Speaker 1: go and do the same thing. It makes about as 350 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:23,959 Speaker 1: much sense as the title of No King's DUTs. 351 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:30,120 Speaker 11: Regarding the costumes of the No Kings protesters, the only 352 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 11: costume they should be wearing are clown costumes. 353 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 5: Morning John a guy in the unicorn costume with the horn, 354 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:43,199 Speaker 5: And then a question for the listeners. Am I the 355 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:46,200 Speaker 5: only one who's feeling like we should go out there 356 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:51,440 Speaker 5: with balls full of candy and give each one apiece 357 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,479 Speaker 5: and say that's a great trick or treat costume because 358 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:56,679 Speaker 5: it just feels like they're that nuts. 359 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 1: Actually, I kind of liked that idea of going out 360 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 1: next time and handing out candy to those that are 361 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:03,399 Speaker 1: out there protesting and costumes. I think that's funny. All right, 362 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 1: we'll get back to more of your comments from the 363 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app work begins on Trump's new big, beautiful white 364 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 1: house Ballroom. I'll give you the roundup of negative articles 365 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:16,880 Speaker 1: attached to that and why what Trump is doing is 366 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 1: not out of the norm. It's smart from you Brighton. 367 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 1: It's it's the ballroom blitz. It's it's the ballroom blitz. 368 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:29,160 Speaker 1: It's it's the ballroom blitz. Yes, it's the ballroom Blitz. 369 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 1: Which foe of the show, Phil talkback to? I want 370 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 1: to play There's so many options. Twin Cities News Talk 371 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 1: Am eleven thirty one oh three five FM, John Justice 372 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 1: from the six five one Carpet, Next Day Install Studios. 373 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 1: Let's play this one. 374 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:55,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's the stuff from Eating Peers. So you guys 375 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 3: actually counted seven million people who had on constumes. Huh 376 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:00,200 Speaker 3: you got this? 377 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 1: Stop again? People listened better. I'm kind of over it. 378 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 1: Nobody said that seven million people were wearing costumes. It 379 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 1: wasn't sad, nobody. I didn't say it. Nobody else. I'm sorry. 380 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:19,399 Speaker 1: I just for people that listen to the show, you 381 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 1: got to listen with better years. Jealous the other thing. 382 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:26,119 Speaker 1: So we're jealous, and that's the other argument. That's the 383 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:28,520 Speaker 1: other argument that I've seen a lot coming from individuals 384 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:30,960 Speaker 1: that took part in the protests. Is look at all 385 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:33,520 Speaker 1: the people that showed up, Are you jealous? Look at 386 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:36,159 Speaker 1: what we did? No? Not really. We won the election 387 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:39,240 Speaker 1: last year. That's when going out and doing something actually matters. 388 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,360 Speaker 3: It wasn't broken most people over the protest and one day, 389 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 3: So get with the program. And yeah, Trump is destroying 390 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:50,720 Speaker 3: the decor of the White House ninety thousand square foot 391 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:54,639 Speaker 3: ballroom digger than the actual White House building. But you 392 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 3: think that's okay? I do when a Democrat do it. 393 00:23:57,480 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 3: I don't want you to come plain head of good day. 394 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 1: Okay, So which way is it? So you just complained 395 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 1: that Trump was destroying the decor of the White House, 396 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,199 Speaker 1: but then when a Democrat does it, don't want us 397 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,639 Speaker 1: to complain. So you'll be fine with it when a 398 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 1: Democrat does it, but you're not fine with it with 399 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 1: Trump doing it. Okay. I don't care if the No 400 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:22,119 Speaker 1: Kings protests broke any records. It doesn't look like they did, though. 401 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:23,960 Speaker 1: I'm looking at an article here from the Guardian. Those 402 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 1: initial estimates of seven million might have been enough when 403 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:31,120 Speaker 1: you go and compare it to the three point three 404 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 1: to five point six million that showed up in twenty 405 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:36,800 Speaker 1: seventeen for the Woman's March rally against Trump and his 406 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 1: misogynistic rhetoric, according to this article from The Guardian. But 407 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:47,680 Speaker 1: even a majority of the No Kings organizers have downgraded 408 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:49,560 Speaker 1: those numbers to two to three million. But I don't care. 409 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,920 Speaker 1: Whatever broke records, it broke records. It doesn't matter. Break 410 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 1: some records when it's time to go and vote and 411 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 1: win the elections and then we can talk. But taking 412 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:01,600 Speaker 1: to the streets because a bunch of people got angry, Okay. 413 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: Trump is lending his lifetime of experience in real estate 414 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 1: business to construct the ballroom. Construction began earlier this week 415 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:12,960 Speaker 1: on the two hundred and fifty million White House Ballroom 416 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:16,359 Speaker 1: passion project for Trump, the future side of important state 417 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:20,640 Speaker 1: functions such as parties and receptions for visiting foreign dignitaries. 418 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,959 Speaker 1: The President announced the ground had been broken on a 419 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:27,680 Speaker 1: post with true social Construction on the ballroom is being 420 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:30,240 Speaker 1: funded by the president and through private donations, no money 421 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:37,400 Speaker 1: from taxpayers. And Trump is not the only person who's 422 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 1: occupied the White House, president who's made changes before, But 423 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 1: of course it's Trump, so everybody's flipping out. Here's a 424 00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:47,960 Speaker 1: few of the headlines. Fox News headline, Hillary Clinton fires 425 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:51,720 Speaker 1: up voters against Trump's White House ballroom construction not his house. 426 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 1: New York Times couple of pieces. First one, as Trump 427 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:02,360 Speaker 1: moves forward to White House ballroom project, architects raise concerns, 428 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:09,679 Speaker 1: we're not sure it's structurally found. Late night watches Trump 429 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 1: go hulk smash on White House. That is it. We're 430 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:18,760 Speaker 1: not giving him his security deposit. Back equipped Stephen Colbert 431 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:24,480 Speaker 1: about the president's building renovation. Fury grows over Trump's a 432 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 1: White House demolition for the two hundred and fifty million 433 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:30,720 Speaker 1: dollars ballroom. Chris Hayes out of NBC says Donald Trump 434 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 1: wants to be a king. That is the best explanation 435 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 1: for everything he's been doing in recent days. Just look 436 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:40,880 Speaker 1: at what he's doing to the White House. And again, 437 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 1: Historic Preservation Group fears ballroom annex will overwhelm the White House. 438 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:51,200 Speaker 1: National Historic Trust Preservation as a Trump administration to pause 439 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:54,600 Speaker 1: demolition of the White House East Wing until further review. 440 00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:58,960 Speaker 1: So the White House issued this press release regarding this 441 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 1: in the latest instance of a manufactured outrage unhinged leftists 442 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,400 Speaker 1: and their fake news allies are clutching their pearls over 443 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:17,199 Speaker 1: Trump's visionary addition of a grand, privately funded ballroom to 444 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:20,880 Speaker 1: the White House, A bold and necessary addition that echoes 445 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 1: the storied history of improvements and additions from commanders in 446 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:27,879 Speaker 1: chief to keep the executive residents as a beacon of 447 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:30,879 Speaker 1: American excellence. And I have the list here, we'll go 448 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:38,200 Speaker 1: through it in just a minute. For more than a century, 449 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:43,920 Speaker 1: US presidents have been renovating, expanding, and modernizing the White 450 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 1: House to meet to the demands of present day. Before 451 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 1: I dive into the historical precedent and Trump following the 452 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:55,919 Speaker 1: footsteps of other past presidents, get to a few of 453 00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:58,639 Speaker 1: your thoughts from the iHeartRadio this morning. 454 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:00,520 Speaker 5: See John. 455 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,680 Speaker 12: The reason Fill and all these other Democrats are set 456 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:06,400 Speaker 12: that Trump is remodeling the White House and the ballroom 457 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 12: is he's using his own money. When a Democrat would 458 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:12,879 Speaker 12: do something like that, they would sneak a bunch of 459 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:16,960 Speaker 12: their projects at their personal house in under the bills 460 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:20,560 Speaker 12: that they're paying at the White House or another government building. 461 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:22,440 Speaker 12: We're not the same pill. 462 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:28,359 Speaker 1: I've seen dflers who've been trying to go and take 463 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 1: Trump to task over this. And yet These are the 464 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:32,879 Speaker 1: same individuals that signed off on what the half a 465 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:37,240 Speaker 1: billion dollars that they're using to renovate the legislative offices 466 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:40,480 Speaker 1: in Saint Paul. That was signed over without any Republicans 467 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:43,320 Speaker 1: signing on, as far as I remember, during the DFL trifecta. Yeah, 468 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 1: you don't have any room for argument whatsoever. 469 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:50,720 Speaker 11: If you want to see the Democrats go out of 470 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:55,000 Speaker 11: their mind and really freak out, the President should name 471 00:28:55,600 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 11: the new ballroom after himself, the Trump Ballroom, shring to it. 472 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:06,000 Speaker 13: When George W. Bush occupied the White House, he had 473 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,080 Speaker 13: to make some changes to it because they had to 474 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:13,800 Speaker 13: restock the china and the silverware after the Clintons took it. 475 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:18,640 Speaker 13: They took all of that and vandalized some things on 476 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:20,960 Speaker 13: their way out of the White House. 477 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:24,480 Speaker 9: Hey John, good morning. 478 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:25,280 Speaker 3: Hey. 479 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:26,520 Speaker 1: How long do you think it's going to. 480 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:30,040 Speaker 14: Be before Judge Bowsburg jumps in and puts an end 481 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:32,480 Speaker 14: to construction with an injunction? 482 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,080 Speaker 1: Right about five more minutes? 483 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 5: I believe, have a good one. 484 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:41,160 Speaker 1: So in nineteen oh two, let's just take a history lesson. 485 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:44,480 Speaker 1: You got to go back that far. Yeah, Theodore Roosevelt 486 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:48,480 Speaker 1: built the West Wing, replaced expansive greenhouses constructed during the 487 00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:52,840 Speaker 1: Jefferson administration and established the modern day Executive Office wing 488 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:58,000 Speaker 1: with a classically leaning design, along with the Colonial Garden 489 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:00,880 Speaker 1: and the East Terrace, which eventually became in the East Wing. 490 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:03,760 Speaker 1: As I was doing my notes and reading this, I 491 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:08,440 Speaker 1: was just thinking to myself, did you even fathom like 492 00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:10,720 Speaker 1: social media back in the day of like nineteen oh 493 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:13,440 Speaker 1: two and all this stuff taking place, because it would 494 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:15,240 Speaker 1: be I mean, this is a large part would drive 495 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:18,280 Speaker 1: so much of the of the controversies and the criticism 496 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:20,600 Speaker 1: and the commentary. It's the ability that people have to 497 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:23,360 Speaker 1: get into the group think and to share their views 498 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:26,200 Speaker 1: with the world because everybody's online because of the black 499 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:30,240 Speaker 1: mirror that's in front of their faces. The outrage would 500 00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:35,760 Speaker 1: be diminished greatly if it wasn't for social media and 501 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:40,160 Speaker 1: our smartphones. Nineteen oh nine, President Taft remodel and expanded 502 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,760 Speaker 1: the West Wing, which included construction of the first le 503 00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:47,479 Speaker 1: All Office. Nineteen thirteen, President Wilson demolished the Colonial Garden, 504 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:49,960 Speaker 1: modernizing it with the Rose Garden. So again you go 505 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:52,120 Speaker 1: back to nineteen thirteen, and it was nineteen oh two 506 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:55,520 Speaker 1: that Roosevelt had put the Colonial Garden in so as 507 00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:58,200 Speaker 1: an example of the changes that end up getting made 508 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:03,280 Speaker 1: over a period of time. Nineteen twenty seven, President Coolidge 509 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:06,400 Speaker 1: renovated the upper floors in the attic of the White House. 510 00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:11,240 Speaker 1: Hoover and twenty nine remodeled the West Wing, including reconstruction 511 00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:13,680 Speaker 1: work in the basement level and remodeling the first floor 512 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:17,960 Speaker 1: after the fire on Christmas Eve, Franklin d Roosevelt to 513 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:20,800 Speaker 1: president in nineteen thirty four overhauled the West Wing after 514 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:23,560 Speaker 1: it was remodeled by Hoover, then adding a second floor 515 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:26,280 Speaker 1: in a larger basement in a swimming pool, and relocating 516 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:33,280 Speaker 1: the Oval Office to its current location. By example, what 517 00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:35,160 Speaker 1: Trump is doing, I mean, that's the big building. But 518 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:39,480 Speaker 1: comparatively speaking to the significance of the other changes that 519 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:46,560 Speaker 1: have been made throughout history of the White House. Nineteen 520 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:50,000 Speaker 1: forty two, Roosevelt constructed the East Wing. Nineteen forty eight, 521 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:54,640 Speaker 1: Truman undertook a total reconstruction of the White House's interior, 522 00:31:55,000 --> 00:32:00,640 Speaker 1: expanding its foundation and footprint, preserving only the exterior walls. 523 00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:04,520 Speaker 1: Can you imagine if Trump had done that today? Trump 524 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:07,640 Speaker 1: just goes, you know what, I'm gonna gut the whole thing. 525 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:15,000 Speaker 1: I'm gonna make it a hollow shell and completely redesign it. 526 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,440 Speaker 6: Morn of John say, you know, watching all the news 527 00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:23,840 Speaker 6: reports on how Trump has bulky ground on the White House, 528 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:27,120 Speaker 6: ticking a wrecking ball for it, sold of Flora boys, 529 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:30,120 Speaker 6: Kja Keen says, and honestly, it looked to me like 530 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:32,680 Speaker 6: there had been an Antifa for a bl I'm right 531 00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:33,400 Speaker 6: outside there. 532 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:38,680 Speaker 1: Nineteen sixty two, Kennedy constructed the modern Rose Garden. Nineteen 533 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:42,240 Speaker 1: seventy Nixon converted the swimming pool into a press briefing room, 534 00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:45,360 Speaker 1: and in seventy three he added a bowling alley to 535 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:51,280 Speaker 1: the basement. Gerald Ford in nineteen seventy five installed an 536 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:55,479 Speaker 1: outdoor swimming pool on the south grounds, financed entirely by 537 00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:59,720 Speaker 1: private donations. Nineteen ninety three, Bill Clinton, when president undertook 538 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:04,240 Speaker 1: a rest duration and refurbishment of the Executive Mansion. Two 539 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:08,120 Speaker 1: thousand and nine, Barack Obama resurfaced the south grounds a 540 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:11,640 Speaker 1: tennis court into a basketball court and added the White 541 00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:15,040 Speaker 1: House Kitchen garden on the south lawn. In twenty twenty, 542 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:17,640 Speaker 1: Trump and First late in the First Lady completed the 543 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:21,080 Speaker 1: new White House Tennis Pavilion, refurbishing the White House tennis 544 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:25,960 Speaker 1: court and grandchildren's garden, as well as constructing a new building. 545 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:28,960 Speaker 1: Now in nineteen twenty five, the President is carrying forward 546 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:32,480 Speaker 1: with that legacy and breaking ground on a grand ballroom, 547 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:35,960 Speaker 1: a transformative addition that will significantly increase the White House 548 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:39,479 Speaker 1: and its capacity to host major functions honoring world leaders, 549 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:42,200 Speaker 1: foreign nations, and other dignitaries. And once again, it just 550 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:45,080 Speaker 1: proves that the Left has no argument beyond Trump is 551 00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:50,960 Speaker 1: doing it, and therefore we absolutely hate it. That's it. 552 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,320 Speaker 14: Is it me or the people who seem the most 553 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:57,880 Speaker 14: upset over Trump changing the architectural history of the White House, 554 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:03,080 Speaker 14: the very same people who only recently we're tearing down statues, 555 00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:07,680 Speaker 14: who are still renaming high schools and institutions and self 556 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:12,120 Speaker 14: flagellating over four hundred year old national sins. I don't know. 557 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:14,160 Speaker 14: It seems to me you'd like to change a building 558 00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:17,239 Speaker 14: that's been inhabited by so many evil white males. But 559 00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:18,560 Speaker 14: maybe that's just me. 560 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:24,520 Speaker 1: No, it's not just you. You're absolutely right hypocrisy of the 561 00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:31,120 Speaker 1: highest order. But it does not matter. Doesn't matter. People 562 00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:33,960 Speaker 1: see an image of a building being destroyed, it's on 563 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:36,600 Speaker 1: the White House grounds. Trump is involved. Trump is destroying 564 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:39,600 Speaker 1: the White House. I mean, that's just the narrative and 565 00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:42,359 Speaker 1: there's no turning back from that. 566 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:45,439 Speaker 5: Good morning, John. 567 00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:49,440 Speaker 12: How many of the presidents that made all those changes 568 00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:54,320 Speaker 12: put their own dime into it instead of looking around 569 00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:55,680 Speaker 12: the taxpayers tax. 570 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:58,160 Speaker 1: I actually think a majority of these were paid for 571 00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:02,200 Speaker 1: by taxpayers, because the list that was put forward by 572 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:06,800 Speaker 1: the White House here was specific to say which ones 573 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:10,040 Speaker 1: were funded privately and which ones well, they were specific 574 00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:12,400 Speaker 1: to say which ones were funded privately, but they didn't 575 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:15,400 Speaker 1: say how the other ones would were funded, Dave, So 576 00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:17,640 Speaker 1: that would lead me to believe that the majority of 577 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:22,040 Speaker 1: them were funded by taxpayer dollars and not paid for privately. 578 00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:25,480 Speaker 11: Don't forget when Bill Clinton renamed the. 579 00:35:26,239 --> 00:35:31,080 Speaker 1: We'll stop that one right there, sorry, or one more 580 00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:31,640 Speaker 1: and then we're going to. 581 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:37,640 Speaker 4: Move on, John, Don't forget the Obamas also redecorated inside. 582 00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:39,319 Speaker 13: I can't remember which room, but it was. 583 00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:41,280 Speaker 1: Decorated red, white, and blue, and they. 584 00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:44,680 Speaker 4: Completely changed all the colorings and made it beige or 585 00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:47,279 Speaker 4: some very neutral color. There's a whole lot of other 586 00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:50,600 Speaker 4: things that every single first family has done. 587 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:53,880 Speaker 1: Any thanks, Trump had said he was going to do 588 00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:56,319 Speaker 1: this originally, and this is everything that Trump is doing 589 00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:58,320 Speaker 1: we voted for if you're not a foe of the 590 00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:01,359 Speaker 1: show and you voted for Trump. He also talked about 591 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:04,840 Speaker 1: doing this a long long time ago. If he suddenly 592 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:06,279 Speaker 1: came out and said, you know what, I'm not going 593 00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:08,600 Speaker 1: to go ahead and do this renovation with the ballroom, 594 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,960 Speaker 1: the left would be out there going, oh, taco is 595 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:18,399 Speaker 1: taco again? Trump always chickens out. This goes right back 596 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:20,759 Speaker 1: around to, yeah, you mock them when they deserve to 597 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:23,440 Speaker 1: be mocked, including Governor Tim Walls. I'm going to play 598 00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:27,760 Speaker 1: you the latest ad that popped up, Governor Tim Walls 599 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:32,359 Speaker 1: playing miniature golf while talking about the shutdown and his 600 00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:35,840 Speaker 1: concerns about Medicaid. First off, though, speaking of the shutdown, 601 00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:38,280 Speaker 1: let's hear from President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden 602 00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:40,880 Speaker 1: yesterday talking about Democrats and whether or not they're going 603 00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:43,520 Speaker 1: to end up caving over this issue. Here's what the 604 00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:44,359 Speaker 1: President had to say. 605 00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:47,359 Speaker 15: And because the whole country would be bankrupt and you're 606 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:49,440 Speaker 15: not going to have any kind of medical insurance. So 607 00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:52,799 Speaker 15: with us, it's the opposite, and it's a great bill. 608 00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:54,759 Speaker 15: We don't need anymore. And I want to just say, 609 00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:57,960 Speaker 15: from the beginning, our message has been very simple, we 610 00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:01,719 Speaker 15: will not be extorted on this crazy plot of this. 611 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:05,319 Speaker 15: They've never done this before, nobody has. You always vote 612 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:08,560 Speaker 15: for an extension. Chuck Schumer and the Senate Democrats need 613 00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:12,719 Speaker 15: to vote for the clean bipartisan cr and reopen our 614 00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:15,080 Speaker 15: Government's got to be reopened right now. 615 00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:17,879 Speaker 1: We're not doing that. 616 00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:22,399 Speaker 15: They are the obstructionists. And the reason they're doing it 617 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:25,160 Speaker 15: is because we're doing so well. We're doing well all 618 00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:27,759 Speaker 15: over the world. We're doing well with the close to 619 00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:30,600 Speaker 15: twenty trillion dollars that I just told you about. It 620 00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:32,759 Speaker 15: will be that number, but even if you take it 621 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:35,800 Speaker 15: down to over seventeen, that's a guarantee. 622 00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:37,600 Speaker 1: We're doing well with everything. 623 00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:41,480 Speaker 15: Car plants are pouring back into our country. AI plants 624 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:45,440 Speaker 15: we're leading. We're dominating China right now in Ai. And 625 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:48,279 Speaker 15: I did something that I think you'd like. Because we 626 00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:51,000 Speaker 15: have an old grid. It's a tired grid. It doesn't 627 00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:53,440 Speaker 15: have the juice that you need to fire up these plants. 628 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:58,400 Speaker 15: You know, these plants will need more than double the energy. 629 00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:00,520 Speaker 1: All right, let's talk a little bit more about this, 630 00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:05,240 Speaker 1: and we'll start with Governor Tim Walls posted this video 631 00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:10,080 Speaker 1: yesterday on the video as posted from Tim Walls in 632 00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:12,760 Speaker 1: his official account, so this is not his governor account, 633 00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:17,760 Speaker 1: it is his personal account. He wrote, or Hope wrote, 634 00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:21,840 Speaker 1: call your GOP representatives in Congress. They need to open 635 00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:26,279 Speaker 1: the federal government in lower healthcare costs. All right, So 636 00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:29,920 Speaker 1: here is the audio. There's some breaks in this, but 637 00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:33,200 Speaker 1: it's essentially Governor Tim Walls wearing a baseball cat, a 638 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:35,800 Speaker 1: T shirt, a baseball cap, a T shirt, and jeans, 639 00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:39,400 Speaker 1: playing miniature golf and talking about how concerned he is 640 00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:41,680 Speaker 1: about the Medicaid cuts. 641 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:45,280 Speaker 16: You might receive notice that your healthcare costs are increasing 642 00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:51,200 Speaker 16: for next year. Here in Minnesota, healthcare premiums will skyrocket 643 00:38:51,239 --> 00:38:55,440 Speaker 16: fifty four percent for eighty nine thousand Minnesota and overseas 644 00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:58,920 Speaker 16: two thousand Minnesotas, you're expected to drop coverage in addition 645 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:00,920 Speaker 16: to those losing cover you over Medicaid. 646 00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:04,080 Speaker 1: Of course, he provides zero context and don't expect it 647 00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:07,000 Speaker 1: as to why those cuts are taking place and how 648 00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:11,399 Speaker 1: if you can legitimately and are legitimately receiving this health 649 00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:15,000 Speaker 1: insurance the money through Medicaid, you're not losing it. This 650 00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:19,160 Speaker 1: is all about taking care of the waste, fraud, and abuse, 651 00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:26,000 Speaker 1: which he cares about when it comes to his chances 652 00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:28,480 Speaker 1: of reelection when you look at what's been happening with 653 00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:33,360 Speaker 1: DHS and specifically the state disenrolling some eight hundred Medicaid providers. 654 00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:35,520 Speaker 1: Will get to this coming up with the story we've 655 00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:37,160 Speaker 1: covered on the show, but I'm going to revisit it 656 00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:41,760 Speaker 1: because it's relevant based off of the propaganda that Walls 657 00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:47,400 Speaker 1: is spewing while he plays miniature golf in this campaign. 658 00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:50,200 Speaker 16: At at a time when the cost of everything's going 659 00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:54,319 Speaker 16: up like a can of soup, Republicans in Washington are 660 00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:56,160 Speaker 16: making it even harder for folks. 661 00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:01,839 Speaker 1: I'm wondering why the federal government shut down. Just bear 662 00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:08,319 Speaker 1: with me. To get the government funded and opened up. 663 00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:11,040 Speaker 16: Republicans need to come to the table, set down with 664 00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:13,400 Speaker 16: Democrats to protect America's healthcare. 665 00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:17,920 Speaker 1: Let's stop here. He did something very clever here. I'm 666 00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:19,120 Speaker 1: not going to give him credit for him, but he 667 00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:22,080 Speaker 1: did do something very clever here. You see, the GOP 668 00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:31,759 Speaker 1: must capitulate. He doesn't lean into necessarily this being the 669 00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:36,279 Speaker 1: Republicans are shutting the government down, they're the ones that 670 00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:39,200 Speaker 1: can open it up. Instead, he kind of goes around 671 00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:43,200 Speaker 1: that and says the GOP must get together with us 672 00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:48,440 Speaker 1: because the argument relating to this being the GOP shutdown 673 00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:51,160 Speaker 1: is gone. Here's a quick clip. We'll get back to 674 00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:55,239 Speaker 1: Walls here in a second, but here's Democrat Senator Chris 675 00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:59,440 Speaker 1: Murphy and Democrat Senator Chris Murphy in this clip admits 676 00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:02,480 Speaker 1: what we've all known from the beginning. What foes of 677 00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:04,799 Speaker 1: the show have a hard time hearing when I keep 678 00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:08,480 Speaker 1: expressing it on the air, and that is the Democrats 679 00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:11,560 Speaker 1: are the ones responsible for blocking the funding of the government. 680 00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:14,520 Speaker 9: You need democratic votes to pass a budget. Everybody's known 681 00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:17,160 Speaker 9: that that's been the rule of the Senate for years, and. 682 00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:21,719 Speaker 1: So for those in the back, in case you missed it, 683 00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:25,439 Speaker 1: Democrat Senator Chris Murphy, what do we need in order 684 00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:26,280 Speaker 1: to pass this stuff? 685 00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:28,960 Speaker 9: You need democratic votes to pass a budget. Yeah, everybody's 686 00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:31,520 Speaker 9: known that that's been the rule of the Senate for years, 687 00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:35,200 Speaker 9: and so it requires a negotiation. But Republicans aren't even 688 00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:38,560 Speaker 9: talking why because they are living in the shadow of 689 00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:40,840 Speaker 9: Donald Trump, who believes that he's a king, who believes 690 00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:42,960 Speaker 9: that he doesn't have to obey any law or work 691 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,920 Speaker 9: with anybody in order to run the country. 692 00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:54,080 Speaker 1: Murphy can stuff it. Walls can stuff it. When the 693 00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:58,200 Speaker 1: DFL had the trifecta for those years in the state. 694 00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:03,560 Speaker 1: They completely shut out all all Republicans from everything, didn't 695 00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:06,360 Speaker 1: you know, listen to their arguments, kept them out of committees. 696 00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:10,600 Speaker 1: They just passed whatever they wanted to pass. The walls 697 00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:14,400 Speaker 1: in the clip stating, you know, they're going to have 698 00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:16,280 Speaker 1: to come to the table, They're going to have to Basically, 699 00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:20,279 Speaker 1: the GOP has to capitulate. They're the ones that are 700 00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:22,440 Speaker 1: holding the country hostage right now through all of this. 701 00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:23,600 Speaker 1: Let's continue just. 702 00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:25,200 Speaker 16: Like we did in Minnesota. 703 00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:26,439 Speaker 1: We played a fair game. 704 00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:30,360 Speaker 16: We passed a responsible budget that for texts investments and 705 00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:33,440 Speaker 16: improving quality of life and put us in a position 706 00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:37,520 Speaker 16: of financial security for years to come. Republicans control the 707 00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:39,799 Speaker 16: House Representatives, the Senate, and the White House. 708 00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:42,319 Speaker 1: They're playing politics. 709 00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:45,920 Speaker 16: Why eighteen thousand of your Minnesota neighbors who are federal 710 00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:48,000 Speaker 16: employees face on employment. 711 00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:51,839 Speaker 9: You need Democratic votes to pass a budget. Everybody's known that. 712 00:42:51,840 --> 00:42:54,120 Speaker 9: That's been the rule of the Senate for years. 713 00:42:56,680 --> 00:42:58,800 Speaker 16: When I was in Congress, I voted for the Affordable 714 00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:01,279 Speaker 16: Care Act that puts Upsti's in there to lower the 715 00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:04,400 Speaker 16: cost of health care for Minnesotans. Republicans are now taking 716 00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:06,479 Speaker 16: those out so they can give tax cuts to the wealth. 717 00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:07,760 Speaker 11: Yet it's not right. 718 00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:10,080 Speaker 3: Minnesota. 719 00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:12,919 Speaker 16: Republicans in the House of Representatives need to get back 720 00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:16,000 Speaker 16: to Washington and lower health care costs for Minnesotans. 721 00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:29,000 Speaker 1: Now's the time for action. I wasn't sure if you 722 00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:32,520 Speaker 1: said anything else beyond the goofy music there. Let's go 723 00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:34,040 Speaker 1: back in time really quick, and then we're going to 724 00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:35,640 Speaker 1: take a break and we'll get back to more of 725 00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:38,919 Speaker 1: your talkbacks here on Twin Cities News Talk and we'll 726 00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:42,800 Speaker 1: get into when it's okay to go and cut medicaid 727 00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:46,880 Speaker 1: from individuals, especially here in Minnesota when it comes to 728 00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:49,719 Speaker 1: making sure that he can get re elected. But when 729 00:43:49,719 --> 00:43:51,960 Speaker 1: it's Republicans wanting to get rid of the rid of 730 00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:55,520 Speaker 1: the waste, fraud, and the abuse, it's a horrible awful thing, 731 00:43:55,560 --> 00:44:00,960 Speaker 1: even though it's Democrats keeping the government shut down. Quick clip. 732 00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:03,160 Speaker 1: I got to give credit where credit is due on 733 00:44:04,360 --> 00:44:07,880 Speaker 1: on this particular clip. But this goes back in time. 734 00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:14,640 Speaker 1: This is Governor Tim Walls talking about the about Obamacare, 735 00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:18,239 Speaker 1: which he was touting in that clip. So he was 736 00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:23,960 Speaker 1: all for it in that clip right now because it's 737 00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:26,600 Speaker 1: politically expedient to do so. But you go back in time, 738 00:44:26,719 --> 00:44:29,319 Speaker 1: and while he voted for Obamacare, he was quick to 739 00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:31,880 Speaker 1: go and throw it under the bus when it was appropriate. 740 00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:33,000 Speaker 13: Got that. 741 00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:34,640 Speaker 1: That's why the message and we. 742 00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:35,400 Speaker 5: Were talking about the DNC. 743 00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:38,279 Speaker 1: The DNC wanted the message to be the ACA. 744 00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:40,319 Speaker 16: Is working fine and don't talk about the ports. I said, 745 00:44:40,320 --> 00:44:42,560 Speaker 16: I can't do that because it's failing my constituents in 746 00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:43,240 Speaker 16: a lot of ways. 747 00:44:43,360 --> 00:44:44,479 Speaker 12: So I hear you allowed to clear. 748 00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:49,239 Speaker 1: Yeah, I got to thank leftists, leftists of MN on 749 00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:54,120 Speaker 1: X that was Wall stating publicly that Obamacare was failing 750 00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:56,919 Speaker 1: his constituents in a lot of ways, and healthcare costs 751 00:44:56,960 --> 00:45:02,520 Speaker 1: continuing to skyrocket even after he voted Obamacare walls is 752 00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:04,080 Speaker 1: the height of hypocrisy.