1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 1: Of our union is strong. Check in on these people crazy. 2 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 2: You should be ashamed of yourself crazy. 3 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 3: Podcasting on AM eleven thirty three point five one hundred 4 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 3: point three HD two worldwide on iHeartRadio is the Twin 5 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:18,919 Speaker 3: Cities News Talk station KTLKAM. 6 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 4: Minneapolis Democrats in Minnesota want to take your guns away again. 7 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 4: It's another edition of how it started, how it went, 8 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,600 Speaker 4: and how It's going here on Twin Cities News Talk 9 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:36,200 Speaker 4: Hour three. 10 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: Glad you're with the show this morning. 11 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 4: So, the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus had invited a couple 12 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 4: of speakers, Hannah Hill being one of them. We heard 13 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:49,839 Speaker 4: some audio from her last hour, also from Advancing American 14 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 4: Freedom Amy Swearer testifying on a Minnesota House Public Safety 15 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 4: hearing that took place yesterday in opposition to the two 16 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:04,479 Speaker 4: gun banned bills. So, getting to the how it's going 17 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 4: part of it, and I'll dive into this further coming 18 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 4: up on the show. Two DFL measures to ban assault 19 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:12,319 Speaker 4: style weapons and large capacity magazines did fail to advance 20 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 4: out of committee. Now, prior to all of this, there 21 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:18,119 Speaker 4: were shenanigans, as Hannah Hill laid out and the Minnesota 22 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 4: Gun Owners Caucus regarding the DFL and their attempt to 23 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 4: not have these two individuals I mentioned to testify. Eventually, 24 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 4: they ended up relenting and allowing them to testify. Before 25 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:35,120 Speaker 4: all this happened, though, from the Minnesota gun Owners Caucus, 26 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 4: chair Brian Strauser had posted this online. 27 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 5: Hey everybody, it's Brian Strausser, chairman of the Minnesota Gunners Caucus, 28 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 5: and today is Tuesday. If that we're twenty fourth, the 29 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 5: House Public Safety Committee will be hearing HF thirty four 30 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 5: to thirty three, the ban on semi automatic rifles and 31 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 5: HF three four zero two, the ban on magazines holding 32 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 5: more than ten rounds. At a press conference a little 33 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 5: bit go, Governor Walls said that the only people testifying 34 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 5: against these bills are from the gun industry. 35 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: So that's bull. And let me tell you why. 36 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:15,080 Speaker 5: We had a number of testifiers submit requests to testify 37 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:20,359 Speaker 5: in front of this committee. Those testifiers included national partners 38 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 5: and experts of ours that are subject matter experts on 39 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 5: the laws and on the firearms and the data around 40 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 5: this these two bills, as well as common everyday Minnesotans 41 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 5: that are opposed to these bills. And we were told 42 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 5: there was not enough time for them to testify because 43 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:47,080 Speaker 5: they're only allowing eight minutes of pro testifying anti gun 44 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:51,360 Speaker 5: testimony followed by eight minutes of pro gun testimony, and 45 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 5: that's it for these very consequential pieces of legislation. And 46 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 5: I'll bet now that during this hearing will limit the 47 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 5: discussion and questioning of members between each other and the 48 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 5: bill authors, and they'll do this to the. 49 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: Control of the narrative. 50 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 5: So if you want to know why only people from 51 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 5: the gun industry like us are testifying, because that's all 52 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 5: that they allowed to testify at this hearing. 53 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 1: We'll have more to share about this later today. This 54 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: is the part that of what Democrats do that it's 55 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 1: just confounding to me. 56 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 4: Stand on your principles, if you really believe what it 57 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 4: is that you're pushing, then allow that debate to be open, 58 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 4: allow it to take place. 59 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: I understand why. 60 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 4: They don't do that because Democrats don't really stand for anything. 61 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 4: I get that, But this is an example that they 62 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 4: don't stand for anything because they're not willing to have 63 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 4: this debate because they're too fearful, fearful that somebody will 64 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 4: go and speak the truth like Amy Sweerer from Advancing 65 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 4: American Freedom did and some of her testimony yesterday when 66 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 4: they were finally allowed to go and speak. I want 67 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:19,360 Speaker 4: to sneak into a couple of talkbacks and then we'll 68 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:23,159 Speaker 4: hear from this gun advocacy expert. Let's go back to 69 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 4: the iHeartRadio app. 70 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:28,840 Speaker 6: So you're telling me that they're okay with people coming 71 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 6: into our houses to check on our guns, but they're. 72 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,279 Speaker 2: Not okay with the Feds entering homes. 73 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 7: To jaview regals. That doesn't make any damn sense. 74 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:40,120 Speaker 4: Of course, it doesn't, anymore than it doesn't make any 75 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 4: sense that you have to be you know, you have 76 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 4: to require an ID and have an ID for a 77 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:47,040 Speaker 4: host of all kinds of things in life on a 78 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 4: daily basis, but oh can't do that for elections when 79 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 4: you go to vote. 80 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:59,839 Speaker 8: It's truly sad that this state has become the example 81 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 8: of just the epitomizes the unhinged liberal mind and political approach. 82 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 8: It just I mean, we're just the laughing stock of 83 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 8: the country when it comes to the ludicrous means by 84 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 8: which politics in this state are conducted. 85 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 4: Here's some of that testimony from the advocate at Advancing 86 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 4: American Freedom yesterday, Amy A Swearer. 87 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 1: Hi, thank you so much. My name is Amy swear. 88 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 9: I'm a senior legal fellow at Advancing American Freedom. Let 89 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:40,720 Speaker 9: me start by saying the obvious thing in the room. 90 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 9: In my ten years of doing public policy on firearms, 91 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:46,359 Speaker 9: I have yet to meet a single person who is 92 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 9: not on the same page that what happened at Annunciation, 93 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 9: that what happened at many places around this country, that 94 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 9: these mass shootings are horrific. No child deserves to go 95 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 9: to school feeling as though they are unsafe, and parent 96 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 9: should ever have to go through what these parents who 97 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 9: have testified today have gone through. And this is such 98 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 9: a significant issue that we need to actually tell them 99 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 9: the truth and be honest with them about reality. 100 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 1: And it's a hard truth. 101 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 9: And the hard truth is that it would not have 102 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:21,479 Speaker 9: mattered one bit whether or not the individual who shot 103 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 9: at their children had a pistol grip or not a 104 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 9: pistol grip, whether they had a barrel shroud or not 105 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:29,159 Speaker 9: a barrel shroud, because we're under some illusion that by 106 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 9: banning pistol grips and peril shrouds, somehow when that same 107 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,919 Speaker 9: caliber of bullet is fired from the same length of 108 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 9: beryl with the same muzzle velocity that this somehow would 109 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 9: have caused less carnage or less trauma, or made these 110 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 9: children any less injured. 111 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: And it's a lie. 112 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 9: It's a lie we continue to repeat, and we not 113 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 9: only do that by the sort of delusion that it 114 00:06:56,880 --> 00:07:00,720 Speaker 9: would have mattered, right, but we do so by then 115 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 9: trying to pass laws that would in return scapegoat ordinary 116 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 9: law abiding Minnesotans and turn them into felons for possessing 117 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 9: these firearms. The reality is, the problem at annunciation was 118 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 9: not that this individual had a pistol grip or a 119 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 9: barrel shroud. It is that this person, bent on any 120 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 9: amount of carnage, had a firearm. 121 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 1: In the first place. 122 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 9: And frankly, when we step back from this and you 123 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 9: go through the data on multi victim shootings in this 124 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 9: state and frankly in every other state, but particularly in 125 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 9: this state, as I have done in the testimony that 126 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 9: was rejected for hyperlinks, that I would like to point 127 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 9: out there had been submissions on the other side that 128 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 9: were accepted with hyperlinks as well and were not rejected 129 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 9: for that same technicality. 130 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 1: Let me pause this just briefly. 131 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 4: I don't know if you were thinking the same thing 132 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 4: that I was thinking, but listening to the Second Amendment 133 00:07:55,520 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 4: advocate at Advancing American Freedom, Amy Swearer, you begin to 134 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 4: understand why democrats went out of their way to silence 135 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 4: the voices, coherent. 136 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: Fact based rational. 137 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 4: Relating to the commentary and the tragedy that took place 138 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 4: speaking the truth. You just I mean, you just listened 139 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 4: to two minutes of this individual laying out the facts, 140 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 4: being absolutely genuine and authentic, and it tells you everything 141 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 4: that you need to know about how democrats do exactly 142 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 4: what they claim the right is doing, but they're not doing. 143 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 4: It's the left trying to silence the voices. Let's just 144 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:44,560 Speaker 4: be straightforward. It's the left acting like the fascists. And 145 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 4: now you see why, because that phrase is true. The 146 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 4: truth will set you free, and they want to keep 147 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:53,439 Speaker 4: as many people from hearing it as possible. 148 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 9: When you go through that data, you see that annunciation 149 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 9: is like most multi victim shootings in this state, which 150 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:06,960 Speaker 9: are perpetrated by individuals who are not law abiding gun owners, 151 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 9: but who are part of a small subset of repeat 152 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 9: violent offenders who continue to get firearms despite being prohibited persons. 153 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 9: And as I point out in that testimony, most of 154 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 9: these individuals should have been in jail. The reason they 155 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 9: weren't in jail was because of policies that allowed them 156 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 9: to remain in the public, terrorizing ordinary law abiding Minnesotans 157 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 9: while they should have been in jail. These are things 158 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:38,200 Speaker 9: that we have to discuss if we are going to 159 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:41,560 Speaker 9: have honest conversations about It is because I agree with 160 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 9: prior testimony. This is something that deserves to be grounded 161 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 9: in reality. This is something that we have to have 162 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 9: these hard conversations about, and so I do appreciate being. 163 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: Able to have two minutes. I will leave it with 164 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 1: this final statement. 165 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 9: It is concerning to me that such a serious conversation 166 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 9: as this one has been limited to four testifiers on 167 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:11,600 Speaker 9: each side. It deserves more discussion than that. 168 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 1: Thank you. 169 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 4: So, the two measures to ban assault style weapons large 170 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 4: capacity magazines, they failed to advance out of committee, but 171 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 4: look at the way that it's framed to what Amy 172 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 4: said in her closing statement Channel five. Despite testimony from 173 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 4: Annunciation parents and other supporters, all ten Republicans on the 174 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 4: committee voted against moving both measures to the next committee. Now, 175 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 4: I know this is kind of a technicality because the 176 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 4: whole point of the article is the DFL measures moving 177 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 4: forward to ban assault style weapons and large capacity magazines. 178 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 4: But there's another angle that should be included in this, 179 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 4: and it can also be framed is despite testimony from 180 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 4: these Second Amendment advocates, Democrats voted along party lines, but 181 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 4: instead they go with the Republicans pounds, you know, despite 182 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:15,360 Speaker 4: the testimony from the parents and other supporters who really 183 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:19,320 Speaker 4: wanted this. All Republicans on the committee voted against moving 184 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 4: both measures to the next committee. The vote ended in 185 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 4: a ten ten tides. Always Republicans pounds every single time, 186 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 4: and then they do add Earlier before the vote, House 187 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 4: Republican leaders issued a statement suggesting the proposed gun bands 188 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 4: were unconstitutional. 189 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 1: M all right, I have more to share with you. 190 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 4: Some more audio as well, including Rob Dorf from the 191 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 4: Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus and Representative Brad tabs. 192 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:47,560 Speaker 10: Be Twin cities news talk stations KTLKAM Minneapolis coverage you 193 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:50,560 Speaker 10: can count on from the sixty five to one carpets 194 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 10: plus Home of the Next Day Installs studios FM one 195 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:58,359 Speaker 10: oh three point five at KTLKAM eleven thirty Minneapolis. 196 00:11:58,480 --> 00:11:59,439 Speaker 1: I'm Saint Paul. 197 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 4: We really do have a lot of opportunities for good 198 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 4: Minnesota State Fair t shirts this year. Typically, I don't 199 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 4: put any into the mix suggestions. 200 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 1: I may have to change that this year, you know. 201 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 4: Like Twin City's News Talk John Justice. 202 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 1: Where you're fascinating to talk to. 203 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 4: Two DFL measures to ban assault style weapons large capacity 204 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:38,440 Speaker 4: magazines failed to advance out of committee. 205 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:40,320 Speaker 1: Oh hell yeah, all right. 206 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 4: Before we get back to that, we have audio from 207 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:48,960 Speaker 4: Representative Brad Tabke lamenting Republicans not getting on board with 208 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 4: these bills to take away your gun rights. Also, friend 209 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 4: of the show, Minnesota gun Owner's Caucus robbed or. Before 210 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 4: we do that, though, let's go back to the iHeartRadio. 211 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 11: App Good Morning John. More than in the process of 212 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:04,200 Speaker 11: renewing my Carrie and Ramsey County is requiring you make 213 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 11: an appointment online just to drop off your paperwork and 214 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:13,480 Speaker 11: get a receipt. That's against Minnesota statute because to register 215 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 11: online to do that, they're asking for information that's not 216 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 11: required for your application to apply. And I know the 217 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:23,560 Speaker 11: gun Owner's Caucuses on top of this, but I want 218 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 11: people to know this because just go down and drop 219 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 11: off your. 220 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:30,400 Speaker 4: Paper Thank you for that valuable information. I'm sure people 221 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 4: are appreciative of the info. 222 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 12: Let's go here, John, I think I could give up 223 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 12: my Second Amendment rights for guns if the Democrats would 224 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 12: give up their constitutional right to be or vote Democrats, 225 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 12: because I think it's demonstrably true that Democrats who vote 226 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:52,719 Speaker 12: are far more dangerous than Republicans who own firearms. 227 00:13:54,679 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 4: The pair of bills represented and presented by Representative Green 228 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 4: Men and Representative Brad Tabke contain language making it illegal 229 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 4: to possess or sell military, military style assault weapons and 230 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 4: large capacity magazines. But what if you're a rebellion fighting 231 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 4: against a military and you don't have access to conventional 232 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 4: weapons that the other guys do, and you have to 233 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 4: resort to unconventional means to fight back. I mean, is 234 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 4: that a military style assault weapon? 235 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 7: Right? 236 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 1: You've heard these arguments before. 237 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 4: Here's just a little bit of Brad tab key, because 238 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 4: that's about all you can stomach from this guy. 239 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 6: Bowl is to make this bill as easy for people 240 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 6: to say yes as possible. The I've been trying to 241 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 6: work together with replicable Republican colleagues in getting. 242 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 4: To a yes on the I'm sorry this was this 243 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 4: was butthead from Beavis and butthead. 244 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 1: This is the greatest thing i've ever heard bill. 245 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 6: And we'll hope to get there today, and we'll continue 246 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 6: to work on this because it is critical that we 247 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 6: support our kids, that we support our families, and we 248 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 6: find ways to get to yes on these types of 249 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 6: bills where we may very much disagree but need to 250 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:23,160 Speaker 6: get things done for the best possible outcomes for our community. 251 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 6: So I look forward to conversation today and discussion about 252 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:32,320 Speaker 6: how we can move these things forward and moving on 253 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 6: from there. 254 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 1: So thank you very much, everybody. 255 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 4: All right, So let's juxtapose this with Rob dor from 256 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 4: the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, who brought about the needed 257 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:46,440 Speaker 4: common sense to the discussion. 258 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 13: These measures would face immediately immediate litigation of past There 259 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 13: are numerous proposals that have been introduced that address the 260 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:58,360 Speaker 13: upstream causes of violent attacks, and we'll keep school safe 261 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 13: strategies that prevent harm from any threat, not just those 262 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 13: from a subset. 263 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 1: Of a particular weapon. 264 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 13: The Annunciation attacker had multiple firearms, multiple magazines, and many 265 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 13: of those were not covered by this legislation. The uncomfortable 266 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:15,200 Speaker 13: truth is this bill, if it was law, would not 267 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 13: have prevented that attack. The best way to honor victims 268 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:22,920 Speaker 13: is through symbolic isn't through symbolic prohibition of a particular 269 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 13: category of arms, but by preventing the next attack, no 270 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 13: matter the weapon, no matter the method, their targeted intervention, 271 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:34,600 Speaker 13: early warning systems and strategies that focus on the individuals 272 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 13: who pose a risk. 273 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 12: Thank you. 274 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:41,240 Speaker 4: Coming up, we're going to talk with Luke Sprinkle from Alphinus. 275 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 4: Number of different items we will dive in with him, 276 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 4: including a group of Republican state lawmakers launching a Minnesota 277 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 4: Freedom Caucus, although not everybody on the right is thrilled 278 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 4: about this. 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How are you doing? 305 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 14: John? 306 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:39,160 Speaker 1: I'm doing all right. 307 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 4: No shortage of things to talk about on the show. 308 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:43,360 Speaker 1: Between the state of the. 309 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 4: Union and all of the shenanigans going on during the 310 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,119 Speaker 4: opening and it really is just still the opening of 311 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:54,359 Speaker 4: the legislative session. Let's start here the group of Republican 312 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 4: state lawmakers. There's a piece over at Alpha News that 313 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:01,960 Speaker 4: have launched this Minnesota Freedom Caucus. It's interesting because I 314 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 4: don't know if you've heard this, Luke, and I'm curious 315 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:07,439 Speaker 4: to get your thoughts. Not everybody on the right is 316 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:12,040 Speaker 4: thrilled about this Freedom Caucus. Anonymously, I've heard from a 317 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 4: few individuals who, while they certainly agree with the members 318 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 4: of the party and the individuals who are a part 319 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 4: of this Freedom Caucus, there's a feeling that if you're 320 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 4: not a part of the caucus, you may not be 321 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:27,679 Speaker 4: conservative enough. So it's kind of ruffled some feathers of 322 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 4: those on the right. But what can you tell us 323 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 4: about this. 324 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 1: Group that has formed this Minnesota Freedom Caucus. 325 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 4: That really is designed off of what we have at 326 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:36,880 Speaker 4: the congressional level in DC. 327 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 3: Well, and I think that's that's kind of the key 328 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:41,520 Speaker 3: is I mean, yeah, it's obviously based off of the 329 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:45,680 Speaker 3: Congressional House Freedom Caucus, and the one in DC obviously 330 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:49,640 Speaker 3: is kind of well known for being a little bit Republican. 331 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:51,959 Speaker 3: Leadership up in DC has always had has always had 332 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:54,200 Speaker 3: trouble kind of making sure that that kind of right 333 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 3: flank joins them on a lot of big legislative things. 334 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:59,200 Speaker 3: So here in Minnesota, I mean, I wouldn't be surprised 335 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:01,919 Speaker 3: if leaders and both houses is concerned that, well, you know, 336 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 3: we've got this sort of new, you know, more right 337 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:07,639 Speaker 3: wing caucus. Like you know, they might be drawing sharper 338 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:10,639 Speaker 3: political contrasts. You know, they're trying to distinguish themselves as 339 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 3: sort of more right wing than the rest of us. 340 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:15,080 Speaker 3: And so I mean, yeah, I think leadership in the 341 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:19,080 Speaker 3: Senate and the House GOP might be concerned that, Yeah, 342 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:20,560 Speaker 3: it might be a little bit harder to bring into 343 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:22,119 Speaker 3: the fold when they need to get the whole party 344 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 3: to rally behind a rally around any particular policy issue. 345 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:29,680 Speaker 4: Yeah, And I just I do wonder, like I understand 346 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:33,400 Speaker 4: the rationale for it. And this is just more commentary 347 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 4: than it is a question. Luke again talking with Luke 348 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 4: Sprinkle from Alpha News. But you know, feel free to comment. 349 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:41,119 Speaker 4: You know, I do wonder with so many of the 350 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:43,159 Speaker 4: contentious issues that we have and that you and I 351 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 4: are going to talk about. We have the Egual Rights 352 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:48,400 Speaker 4: Amendment advancing through the Senate, although with the divided House 353 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:50,399 Speaker 4: you know, is probably going to die. But we've been 354 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:53,199 Speaker 4: talking at length about the gun bills and what you 355 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:55,640 Speaker 4: know has stalled in committee and what hasn't. Of course, 356 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:59,119 Speaker 4: we still have the Office of Inspector General, you know, 357 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 4: I wonder if this particular session was the one to 358 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:07,400 Speaker 4: bring about this Minnesota Freedom Caucus. That being said, uh, 359 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:10,639 Speaker 4: you know, I guess now could be the time, you know, 360 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:12,960 Speaker 4: being better than ever because it's always going to be 361 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:16,159 Speaker 4: like this. But I just wonder the thinking as to 362 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 4: bringing this up with so many issues that we do 363 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 4: need to deal with, even though it's not a budget year. 364 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 3: Well, and I think for the members of the Minnesotause 365 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:27,359 Speaker 3: Freedom Caucus themselves, it might be, if more than anything, 366 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 3: sort of a signal to their constituents back in their 367 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:33,399 Speaker 3: districts about their priorities and less about sort of you know, 368 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:37,160 Speaker 3: changing the landscape in Saint Paul. I mean, the the DFL. 369 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 3: You know, they have sort of these subcaucuses as well. 370 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:42,320 Speaker 3: There's the Minnesota Queer Caucus, which is made up of 371 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 3: LGBT legislators. There's the what's called the Posse Caucus, the 372 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 3: People of Color Indigenous Caucus. So there's there's a lot 373 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:52,240 Speaker 3: of these subcaucuses, and I don't think that a lot 374 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:54,880 Speaker 3: of them have a lot of sway when it comes 375 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:57,439 Speaker 3: to kind of the big agreements that are made by 376 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:00,680 Speaker 3: the Republican Caucus the Democratic cast because I think they're 377 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:03,840 Speaker 3: more of just like value statements, you know, as it 378 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:05,800 Speaker 3: we're kind of just like signaling, you know, kind of 379 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 3: where we stand, what we believe as to any like 380 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:11,160 Speaker 3: real influence they'll have. I mean, I'll believe it when. 381 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:11,439 Speaker 7: I see it. 382 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 4: The Monday press conference, you had State Senator Eric Lucero 383 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 4: talking about launching the new Minnesota Freedom Caucus, alongside the 384 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 4: groups six other members, Senator Nathan Wessenberg. You had Senator 385 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:29,000 Speaker 4: Bill Laski, Senator Michael Holstrom, Representative Drew Roach, Representative Ben Davis, 386 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 4: and Representative Mike Wiener. Lucero will be the chair, Wessenberg 387 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 4: will serve as the group's leader, and Roach will serve 388 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:39,639 Speaker 4: as the group's house leader. And the way that you 389 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:42,719 Speaker 4: framed it makes a little bit more a little bit 390 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 4: more sense. It'll be interesting to see, you know, what 391 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 4: the response is moving forward. I was I was a 392 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:50,359 Speaker 4: little bit surprised at some of the pushback, but I 393 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,439 Speaker 4: also understand those that were concerned that, well, hey, you know, 394 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 4: if we're not a part of this doesn't mean we're 395 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 4: not conservative enough. But the way that you described it, it 396 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:00,159 Speaker 4: doesn't sound like that's the that's the intent with this 397 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 4: Minnesota Freedom Caucus, at least at least on its face. 398 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:05,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I think it is more about just kind 399 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 3: of a value statement from the members themselves. I mean 400 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:10,439 Speaker 3: we'll see, I mean, who knows. Maybe they will, you know, 401 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:13,159 Speaker 3: give GOP leadership in the House and send its some headaches. 402 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:16,200 Speaker 3: Maybe they will be a little more difficult to bring around, 403 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:19,320 Speaker 3: you know, rally around like different issues. But as of 404 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:21,359 Speaker 3: right now, I think it's just a value statement in 405 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,360 Speaker 3: the same way that the df all kind of roll 406 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 3: out their value statements with their various caucuses. 407 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 1: Let's go to the iHeartRadio app. 408 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 4: But just to briefly, I have a talkback that rolled 409 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 4: in regarding this, talking with Luke Sprinkle from Alpheus. 410 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:38,119 Speaker 2: It's not a right wing caucus. It's a freedom caucus. 411 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:44,720 Speaker 2: Rather than say right, we say freedom minded, it's freedom. 412 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:48,480 Speaker 2: Why would Republicans have a problem with that. 413 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:51,440 Speaker 4: I don't think that anybody had a problem with with 414 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:53,960 Speaker 4: with that the way that you described it. Again, it's 415 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,280 Speaker 4: just what I had heard was individuals who weren't a 416 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:59,119 Speaker 4: part of this were concerned that perhaps they would be 417 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:02,360 Speaker 4: looked at as not being as conservative as this as 418 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,200 Speaker 4: this group. Let's move over to this, though many people 419 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:07,440 Speaker 4: associate the era, and I'm working off of a piece 420 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 4: from Alphinus Luke. 421 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 1: I believe this is yours. 422 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:14,399 Speaker 4: Many people associate the era with the nineteen seventies effort 423 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 4: to amend the US Constitution to prohibit sex discrimination. The 424 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:23,280 Speaker 4: proposed equal Rights Amendment in Minnesota is entirely different. And 425 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 4: we've talked about this the last time it was introduced. 426 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:28,320 Speaker 4: We've certainly have been talking about this as it's been 427 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:31,119 Speaker 4: reintroduced and it is moving through the Senate at this 428 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:34,720 Speaker 4: point in time, do you think the DFL has any 429 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 4: expectation whatsoever that this is going to survive or is 430 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 4: this just a lot of style over substance. It's another 431 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:44,399 Speaker 4: legislative session, let's bring it forward, Let's get Republicans on 432 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 4: record to vote against this. What is your take on 433 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:52,240 Speaker 4: this equal rights amendment appearing once again during this legislative session? 434 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 3: Well, I think you know, once again, the equal rights 435 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:59,320 Speaker 3: mement was brought forward two years ago when the DFL 436 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:00,720 Speaker 3: had a full trip the fact that they had full 437 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:02,920 Speaker 3: control of government. They weren't able to get it past 438 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 3: then they brought it up for a vote, but I mean, yeah, 439 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 3: they weren't able to get it through both chambers. And 440 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 3: so now that there's you know, a split house with 441 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:15,200 Speaker 3: sixty seven Republicans and sixty seven Democrats, obviously I don't 442 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 3: really think it's going anywhere. If they THEFL couldn't get 443 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,200 Speaker 3: it when they controlled both chambers, you know, they almost 444 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:22,760 Speaker 3: certainly won't get it when they you know, only control one. 445 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:25,440 Speaker 3: But what's interesting is, once again, you know, talking about 446 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 3: these value statements, it is a major value statement for 447 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 3: the DFL. I mean, this is an issue that they 448 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:33,880 Speaker 3: brought up in multiple like legislative sessions over and over 449 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:36,639 Speaker 3: again because they want to communicate to their voters. 450 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 1: What they believe. 451 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 3: And obviously the sequel rights, like you said, very different 452 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,679 Speaker 3: from the nineteen seventies one. This one is super radical. 453 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 3: You know, introduces transgenderism and abortion and shrines it in 454 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:52,040 Speaker 3: the Constitution as rights. And yeah, I don't think there's 455 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:53,639 Speaker 3: a chance that it's going to get Pat well, I 456 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 3: shouldn't say I don't think it's likely that it will 457 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:59,119 Speaker 3: get past the session. But it's the fact that they 458 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:02,320 Speaker 3: keep bringing up again session after session shows that they 459 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:03,480 Speaker 3: really are committed. 460 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 4: To this probably one of the biggest issues, certainly the 461 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:13,439 Speaker 4: most contentious besides some of those moments within the some 462 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 4: other bills attempting to be passed, especially relating two minors. 463 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:21,639 Speaker 4: Though it has been this office of Inspector General and 464 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 4: what the Democrats attempted to do Representative Matt Norris going 465 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:30,120 Speaker 4: and changing the language of the bill, keeping Republicans from 466 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:33,440 Speaker 4: going in and voting on it because they had completely 467 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 4: upended and deleted everything that was initially in it. All 468 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:39,960 Speaker 4: it seems to bring about no votes from Republicans just 469 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:43,119 Speaker 4: so they could shotgun out, Hey, why are Republicans not 470 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:46,159 Speaker 4: in support of an office of Inspector General? Where is 471 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 4: the debate on this as it stands today? Because I imagine 472 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:52,640 Speaker 4: that at some point the Democrats are going to have 473 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:56,480 Speaker 4: to approve an office for inspector General before the session 474 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:57,120 Speaker 4: is out. 475 00:26:57,280 --> 00:26:59,440 Speaker 1: I'm just curious where does all this stand at the moment, Luke. 476 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 3: I mean, I think the whole thing is in limbo 477 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,640 Speaker 3: right now. I mean, certainly, the office of the Inspector 478 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,800 Speaker 3: General is the most watched I think, legislative topic right now, 479 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 3: just because I think it's the thing that has sort 480 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:14,960 Speaker 3: of the the most desire by various different groups to 481 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 3: get it passed. But obviously there's a ton of debt 482 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:19,439 Speaker 3: as to what should be in it. There's sort of 483 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:23,600 Speaker 3: a really strong bipartisan version that's been pushed by GOP 484 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 3: Senator Michael Kruhn and the FL cender Heather Gustafson. But yeah, 485 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 3: right now, House Democrats have been trying to amend it 486 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:33,159 Speaker 3: and trying to take out some marquee parts like the 487 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:37,200 Speaker 3: bills law Enforcement Division. Michael Kuhn has said that's kind 488 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:39,120 Speaker 3: of the teeth of the OIG. So if you take 489 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:41,440 Speaker 3: that out, I mean, you know, like, of what value 490 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 3: is the Office of the Inspector General? You know, how 491 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:47,440 Speaker 3: much teeth does it have to investigate fraud? And yeah, 492 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:49,119 Speaker 3: so right now, I mean, the only way it's going 493 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:50,920 Speaker 3: to get pass is if they get agreement pretty much 494 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:55,480 Speaker 3: from all four caucuses, the Senate and House GOP, the 495 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:57,880 Speaker 3: Senate and House DFL. And right now it seems like 496 00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:01,640 Speaker 3: the House DFL is the one that's that's not interested 497 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:05,200 Speaker 3: in passing to OIG as it was bipartisanly written by 498 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:08,440 Speaker 3: this OIG working group. So I mean, yeah, as as 499 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,720 Speaker 3: I mean, obviously there's you know, the legislative session is 500 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:13,480 Speaker 3: going to be you know, like going until May, so 501 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:15,359 Speaker 3: a lot of things can happen a lot of developments, 502 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:18,480 Speaker 3: certainly in the next couple of weeks. But yeah, this 503 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:20,440 Speaker 3: is an issue that's going to keep coming up again 504 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:23,280 Speaker 3: and again and again. Eventually, maybe I'm thinking they'll have 505 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:26,320 Speaker 3: some big announcement where all parties have agreed what should 506 00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 3: be in it all. You know, both chambers have come 507 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,639 Speaker 3: to a consensus on what it should be, and at 508 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:33,720 Speaker 3: that point they'll send it to the governor. But you know, 509 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:36,600 Speaker 3: it's also an election year, and I mean, yeah, you 510 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:38,320 Speaker 3: can you can bet that both parties are going to 511 00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 3: try and use this for every Frank squeeze, this for 512 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:44,360 Speaker 3: every like political drop of juice they can Luke Sprinkle 513 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:46,760 Speaker 3: from Ance News before I let you go this morning, 514 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:47,640 Speaker 3: Anything that you're. 515 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:49,160 Speaker 4: Keeping an eye on that we should be keeping an 516 00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:52,480 Speaker 4: eye on in this remaining weekend coming up in the 517 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 4: legislative session. Beyond what we've spoken about this morning. 518 00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:59,160 Speaker 3: Well, I think one of the interesting ones. I don't 519 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 3: think it's going anywhere, but it is sort of just 520 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:05,040 Speaker 3: an interesting note, is you know Walls's new gun control 521 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:08,520 Speaker 3: package that he's that he's enrolled earlier today. You know, 522 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:11,920 Speaker 3: it reminded me actually of if you remember when Joe 523 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:15,000 Speaker 3: Biden dropped out of the twenty twenty four presidential election. 524 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:18,000 Speaker 3: When he was sort of a lame duck president, he 525 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:21,040 Speaker 3: rolled out this really aggressive, kind of radical change to 526 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:23,760 Speaker 3: the Supreme Court. He was pushing like this, this genders 527 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,239 Speaker 3: totally change how the Supreme Court works, and it had 528 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:28,840 Speaker 3: a lot of really really you know, crazy things in it, 529 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:31,600 Speaker 3: and it didn't really go anywhere because you know, he 530 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 3: was a lame duck. He was just kind of doing 531 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:34,800 Speaker 3: it just, you know, to kind of say he was 532 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:38,960 Speaker 3: doing something, I think, and yeah, Walls's gun control push 533 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:41,360 Speaker 3: like when he rolled this out kind of kind of 534 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:43,720 Speaker 3: reminded me of that Joe Biden Supreme Court push. 535 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:45,800 Speaker 1: Look sprinkled alphan News. 536 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 4: I encourage everybody to head on over to alphanews dot 537 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:50,520 Speaker 4: organ and you guys are keeping the website updated with 538 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:51,080 Speaker 4: the latest of. 539 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:53,320 Speaker 1: What's been going on during the legislative session. 540 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:55,920 Speaker 4: And we hope to speak to you again next week 541 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 4: and get another update. And thank you so much for 542 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:00,200 Speaker 4: the time this morning. I really greatly appreciate it. 543 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:01,400 Speaker 3: Awesome, Thanks so much, Jean. 544 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:03,200 Speaker 1: I want to go here. 545 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:06,760 Speaker 4: I just found I just found this by the way, 546 00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:10,840 Speaker 4: so I uh, I was on ex during the commercial break, 547 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:14,880 Speaker 4: and I've been watching these clips of what Democrats were 548 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:19,280 Speaker 4: doing instead of attending the President Donald Trump's State of 549 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:22,600 Speaker 4: the Union speech. We played a couple well, we played 550 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:25,520 Speaker 4: to this clip. This was a representative out of Oregon 551 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:28,440 Speaker 4: surrounded by individuals in. 552 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:33,480 Speaker 1: Frog costumes. It was the Portland Frog Brigade. I have 553 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 1: a mother, I. 554 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:39,200 Speaker 15: Am a physician, and I have a flag, and I 555 00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:44,040 Speaker 15: am the proud representative for Oregon's third congressional district. Yes, 556 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:52,040 Speaker 15: thank you, thank you, and tonight I defy Trump and 557 00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:57,760 Speaker 15: he has authoritarian project by standing in joyful, radical, peaceful 558 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:00,080 Speaker 15: resistance with the Portland from. 559 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:03,560 Speaker 7: Now. 560 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:06,240 Speaker 1: This might have been at the same event. 561 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:12,520 Speaker 4: The background looks similar, but Democrats were hanging out and 562 00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:14,800 Speaker 4: you look at the crowd and there's all these people 563 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:19,680 Speaker 4: wearing these frog caps, many of them dressed up as 564 00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:26,960 Speaker 4: different characters. And then this individual emerges on stage and 565 00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:29,720 Speaker 4: I think it's the Woke Farmer. He doesn't say it, 566 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:32,480 Speaker 4: doesn't say in the clip from RNC research, but he 567 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:35,600 Speaker 4: talks about being arrested multiple times, and he sounds. 568 00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:39,239 Speaker 1: Just like him. He is dressed as a draffe. 569 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:44,880 Speaker 4: And he gets up on stage and says this during again, 570 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:48,600 Speaker 4: what Democrats were doing instead of attending or watching the 571 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 4: State of the Union speech. 572 00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:55,040 Speaker 7: I'm fresh out of an ICE prison in Minneapolis. I've 573 00:31:55,080 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 7: been arrested three times by ICE over absurdity, seeing ourselves 574 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:07,840 Speaker 7: over me, singing songs like hey, mister tangerine man, get 575 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:11,400 Speaker 7: rid of brown people for me. I'm marian. Why there 576 00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:13,680 Speaker 7: ain't no place I'm going to. 577 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:17,480 Speaker 1: Let me stop this real quick again. 578 00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:22,680 Speaker 4: He's wearing a giraffe costume, he's got sunglasses on, he 579 00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:28,040 Speaker 4: has a harmonica around his neck. An he's saying that 580 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:29,960 Speaker 4: Republicans are lunatics. 581 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:34,280 Speaker 7: Here's more, and all of a sudden, he's not ready 582 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:38,440 Speaker 7: for primetime player. Ice agents with two weeks of training 583 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:39,640 Speaker 7: come after me. 584 00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:42,560 Speaker 1: I got arrested in Portland. 585 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:49,040 Speaker 7: I got arrested in Minneapolis in the last three weeks twice. 586 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:54,840 Speaker 7: But they can't erase a movement, all right. What I 587 00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:58,200 Speaker 7: went through is one to one thousands of a lot 588 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:01,920 Speaker 7: of marginalized people they have to go through, and those 589 00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:05,880 Speaker 7: IC detention centers. And I want to tell you something 590 00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:09,920 Speaker 7: right now, there's an announcement Pumpkins vice Satan is making 591 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:13,440 Speaker 7: his way to the State of the Union. So you 592 00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:16,280 Speaker 7: know what we're gonna do. We're gonna rep up the 593 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:20,720 Speaker 7: show right now. We're giving out prizes, We're gonna have 594 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:24,840 Speaker 7: big go We're gonna storm the White House with love 595 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:26,280 Speaker 7: and compassion. 596 00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:30,360 Speaker 1: This cracker can make you act any differently? 597 00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:30,720 Speaker 12: Now? 598 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:34,240 Speaker 1: Is it shafer than alcohol? Probably? 599 00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:39,280 Speaker 4: One of the best comments that I saw yesterday was 600 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:41,400 Speaker 4: and I don't know where this was, because these events, 601 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:44,479 Speaker 4: these alternate State of the Union events took place across 602 00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:47,800 Speaker 4: the country, but it looked like it was at some hotel. 603 00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:52,080 Speaker 4: There was a sign in the entryway to the conference 604 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:57,680 Speaker 4: room that simply said the real State of the Union address. 605 00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:04,640 Speaker 4: Somebody had commented on this is something that Michael. 606 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:06,880 Speaker 1: Scott would have done out of the office, and it. 607 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:10,040 Speaker 4: Just it was one of it's one of the most 608 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:13,879 Speaker 4: poignant comments that I had seen, because it was spot on. 609 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:17,759 Speaker 4: I started the show off saying this, and I'll say 610 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:23,279 Speaker 4: it again. I am so glad that Trump did what 611 00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:25,480 Speaker 4: he did during the State of the Union calling out 612 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:27,799 Speaker 4: the Democrats, and the Democrats acted the way that they did. 613 00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:30,640 Speaker 4: Did they have any sense of decorum? 614 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:30,920 Speaker 15: Non? 615 00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:32,479 Speaker 1: Did they make any irrational sense? 616 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:32,799 Speaker 12: No? 617 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:38,760 Speaker 4: But like I've been saying all morning long, yesterday wasn't 618 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:39,239 Speaker 4: for you. 619 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:40,400 Speaker 1: And it wasn't for me. 620 00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:44,600 Speaker 4: We followed this stuff on a daily basis, Yesterday was 621 00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:47,640 Speaker 4: a condensed version for everybody who doesn't follow this stuff 622 00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:52,160 Speaker 4: on a daily basis, Yesterday was a condensed version of 623 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:55,680 Speaker 4: what we saw that ended up taking President Joe Biden 624 00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:58,640 Speaker 4: off of the top of the ticket and ushering in 625 00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:03,440 Speaker 4: President Donald Trump's second term, beating Harris and Walls. 626 00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:08,960 Speaker 1: When the casuals and the normies who don't typically follow politics. 627 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:12,200 Speaker 4: Pay attention like the church goer does, but with the 628 00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:14,799 Speaker 4: individuals that only go once or twice a year during 629 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:19,759 Speaker 4: Easter and you know, Christmas, not everybody pays attention on 630 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:21,400 Speaker 4: a daily basis, But when it comes to State of 631 00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:23,839 Speaker 4: the Union speeches and the responses to it, you get 632 00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:24,920 Speaker 4: a lot more viewers. 633 00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:28,040 Speaker 1: And what individuals the normies and. 634 00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:32,279 Speaker 4: The casuals got yesterday was the perfect snapshot condensed of 635 00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:33,359 Speaker 4: where we stand right now. 636 00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:37,000 Speaker 1: Trump the arrangement syndrome ruling. 637 00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:40,120 Speaker 4: The day, the lunatics on the left with their bizarre behavior, 638 00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:44,080 Speaker 4: acting like a bunch of morons like this guy in 639 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:48,200 Speaker 4: his giraffe costume, the Oregon Lady with the frog Brigade, 640 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:54,160 Speaker 4: Rashida Talib and Ilhan Omar calling Trump the KKK during 641 00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:57,439 Speaker 4: last night's State of the Union, all of the different disruptions. 642 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:00,600 Speaker 1: All right, let's end on a pot note. 643 00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:02,400 Speaker 4: Tomorrow, we're going to talk about how there's still the 644 00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:07,560 Speaker 4: push to give the people of Minneapolis the Nobel Peace Prize. 645 00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:12,200 Speaker 4: Maybe we should have gone and nominated the city of Champlain, 646 00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:14,719 Speaker 4: who voted three to two on Monday night and the 647 00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:18,560 Speaker 4: story from Alpha News to continue to fly the old 648 00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:21,960 Speaker 4: Minnesota state flag at their city owned property. 649 00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:22,920 Speaker 14: Oh hell yeah. 650 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:26,160 Speaker 4: The vote came after a discussion which sharply criticized the 651 00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:29,080 Speaker 4: process that was used to select the new state flag. 652 00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:32,160 Speaker 4: Here's a clip from an individual in Champlain talking about 653 00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:34,399 Speaker 4: this decision, as posted from Alpha News. 654 00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:39,120 Speaker 14: Almost fifty year resident moved here fifty years ago this fall. 655 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:44,200 Speaker 14: First thirty five years were wonderful. Last fifteen years or so, 656 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:49,560 Speaker 14: I've seen changes coming bought in Champlin here that oftentimes wanted. 657 00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:52,879 Speaker 14: I've wanted to move away. And I'm telling you right 658 00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:58,520 Speaker 14: now I'm thinking about it again. That flag was forced 659 00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:04,440 Speaker 14: upon people of this state by a communist trifecta in 660 00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:06,640 Speaker 14: our state House. Pardon me if you don't like that. 661 00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:11,600 Speaker 14: There was no buy nobody else wanted that, and I'm. 662 00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:13,920 Speaker 1: What it represents. 663 00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:18,000 Speaker 14: Well, first of all, it doesn't represent anything from Minnesota. 664 00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:24,359 Speaker 14: The old flag is our history, very meaningful. But if 665 00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:27,000 Speaker 14: if we start flying that new flag, it will give 666 00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:30,880 Speaker 14: me more impetus to find a new home. This is nonsense, 667 00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:34,200 Speaker 14: and I've been working with a number of state legislators 668 00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:36,640 Speaker 14: or close friends of mind, someone who might help get elected. 669 00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:39,120 Speaker 14: And if we can manage it, we're going to get 670 00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:39,439 Speaker 14: a change.