1 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: Happy New Year. 2 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:13,120 Speaker 2: Hour two Twin Cities News Talk AM eleven thirty and 3 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 2: one oh three five FM. Just got off the line 4 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 2: with our DC correspondent Andrew Langer. My name is John Justice, 5 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:24,599 Speaker 2: Sam and me producer Booth Master Control next Door. I 6 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 2: hope you had a fantastic holiday. 7 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: We did. 8 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 2: Was tough to escape the news because there was too 9 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 2: much news to escape from, including doing some appearances on 10 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 2: other shows as well. 11 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: I did not do vacation very well this these past 12 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:39,480 Speaker 1: two weeks. 13 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 2: Like I had a lot of time off, watched a 14 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 2: lot of movies embarrassingly, so I'm not giving up a 15 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 2: number right now. We'll talk about it later. We Linda 16 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:48,199 Speaker 2: asked me how many movies I told her, and the 17 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 2: look on her face shamed me. I felt I felt 18 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 2: very shamed in the in the moment, you sound like me. 19 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: By the way, take not really getting a vacation while 20 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: you're on vacation. It's like, my moo. There was too 21 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: much stuff going on. I just couldn't. 22 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:05,839 Speaker 2: There was every single day from the moment I turned 23 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 2: the mic off on Thursday, December eighteenth, it was just 24 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 2: like absolutely NonStop, and I tried my best. 25 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:16,759 Speaker 1: I checked out when we were watching movies and all that. 26 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 2: But and then even this morning I woke up and 27 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 2: I'm like, why do I have a bunch of texts? 28 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,319 Speaker 2: And it was because a mid question surrounding his political future. 29 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 2: And I'm working off a version here from Channel five. 30 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 2: All the news outlets have the story this morning, although 31 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 2: some of them are framing it differently. Some of the 32 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:35,320 Speaker 2: news outlets are framing this as Channel five does Walls 33 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:38,679 Speaker 2: expected to address his political future today, other ones going 34 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 2: so far to point to political insiders saying that Walls 35 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:45,680 Speaker 2: will be dropping out of the governor's race. He does 36 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 2: have a press conference schedule for this morning at eleven am, 37 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 2: and this was announced early yesterday evening. The governor will 38 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 2: be available to take questions and discuss the news of 39 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 2: the day now. The governor took to social media on 40 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 2: Sunday to condemn a truth the social post from President 41 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 2: Donald Trump, in which the President repeated to discredit the 42 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 2: conspiracy theory that claims Walls was behind the assassination of 43 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 2: the former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband. Several 44 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 2: leading Democrats and hortman surviving children have also released statements 45 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 2: criticizing the president. The President had retweeted or the account 46 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 2: had retweeted the conspiracy around Vance Belter and the stuff 47 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 2: regarding Governor Tim Walls. Now, listen, I don't put any 48 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 2: stock in those claims by vance Belter. That being said, 49 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:33,959 Speaker 2: people should be thanking Trump since the media has collectively 50 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 2: and had collectively decided to no longer have any interest 51 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 2: in finding out what the motivation of vance Belter was 52 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 2: in the first place in the lawmaker shootings. Of course, 53 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 2: that's not where the focus is. The focus is solely 54 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 2: to go and try to discredit President Donald Trump in 55 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,239 Speaker 2: the same way that they've been doing so as Governor 56 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 2: Tim Walls has been doing so, trying to discredit Nick 57 00:02:56,520 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 2: Shirley as being some sort of conspiracy theorist. And even 58 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 2: if you believe that two things can be true, speaking 59 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 2: specifically about Nick Shirley, and we'll get up to speed 60 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:10,639 Speaker 2: this hour on everything that's transpired over the course of 61 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 2: the past couple of weeks regarding that forty two minute 62 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 2: video of this social media influencer and the quick version 63 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 2: on this for those that may not be aware, if 64 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:23,079 Speaker 2: you were able to check out over the course of 65 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 2: the past two weeks, is now this individual. 66 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: I had never heard of before. 67 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 2: I had never heard of Nick Shirley as a social 68 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 2: media influencer until his video forty two minutes along with 69 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 2: this individual David I believe his name is David Bach 70 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 2: if I'm not mistaken, but beat it as it may. 71 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 2: He was just referred to as David in the video 72 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 2: where Nick Shirley went into multiple daycare centers to attempt 73 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 2: to expose and expose the fraud that's taking place being 74 00:03:52,840 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 2: perpetuated by a majority from the Somali community. This really 75 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 2: amplified the story that others have been covering now for 76 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 2: a long time. Bill Glhan Center of the American Experiment, 77 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 2: Alpha News as well. They went and had gone to 78 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 2: various sites too. Now in the wake of all of that, 79 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,280 Speaker 2: because of the national attention that it brought about, including 80 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:18,840 Speaker 2: an appearance that I had last. 81 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,599 Speaker 1: Monday on Fox News. I think that's when I was on. 82 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 1: Laura wasn't in it. 83 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 2: It was Joey Jones, but they had me on because 84 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 2: of Nick Shirley's Nick Shirley's video. So in the wake 85 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 2: of that, there's been this attempt to sort of undermine 86 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 2: Nick Shirley and say use a conspiracy theorist because of 87 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 2: some other comments and things that he's posted. Back to 88 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 2: my initial point two things can be true. If you 89 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 2: think that some of the other stuff that Nick Suirley 90 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 2: has commented on is conspiratorial, that's fine, but it doesn't 91 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:50,919 Speaker 2: take away from the other truth, and that is he did. 92 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: Go and expose. 93 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 2: Further the rampant fraud that's been taking place specifically in 94 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 2: these daycare centers. And this is all still the tip 95 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 2: of the iceberg, which is why I expected today as 96 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 2: others do, that Walls is going to announce that he's 97 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 2: not going to run for historic third term, and I 98 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 2: think it may go so far as to him actually resigning. 99 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 2: There's a lot that's entailed with this. Walls is likely 100 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 2: again according to this Channel five article to discuss the 101 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 2: post they said today, however, he has been under pressure 102 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:24,919 Speaker 2: to step aside him at the controversy over fraud in Minnesota. 103 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 3: Now. 104 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 2: J Patrick Kulikin, who is a shelf a shill for 105 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 2: the DFL cat a really interesting piece the day that 106 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 2: I went on vacation that I want to break down 107 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 2: in just a moment here on Twin City's News Talk, 108 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 2: Walls's rough day ending in a rough year, so we'll 109 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 2: get to this in just a moment. On the congressional front, however, 110 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 2: the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer has 111 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 2: launched a sweeping investigation into the alleged systemic fraud and 112 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 2: the misuse of federal funds here in Minnesota and our 113 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 2: social service programs. And at this point in time, I'm 114 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,720 Speaker 2: convinced that any social service program that we have here 115 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 2: in Minnesota, like if I were if I were governor, 116 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 2: I don't know if I actually have the power to 117 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 2: go and do this as governor, but if I were governor, 118 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:19,280 Speaker 2: I would just haul payments to any program, any social 119 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 2: service program that's receiving Medicaid dollars taxpayer funding. Just put 120 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 2: a stop to it right now until we find out 121 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 2: whether or not it's fraudulent, because I'm at this point 122 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 2: convinced that it's all fraudulent. 123 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:31,919 Speaker 3: Now. 124 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 1: There will be an. 125 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 2: Inquiry scheduled to begin on Wednesday this week, January seventh. 126 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 2: The initial session will feature testimony from Minnesota state lawmakers, 127 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 2: including gubernatorial candidate Republican Representative Kristin Robbins, Walter Hudson, Front 128 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 2: of the Show, Mary and Rarick as well, who claimed 129 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:52,599 Speaker 2: that prior warnings about fiscal misconduct were ignored by state 130 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 2: leadership because they were Now the investigation targets a heist 131 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:02,360 Speaker 2: doing nothing with my fingers hey, first time for twenty 132 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 2: twenty six of taxpayer dollars that's occurred during the administrations 133 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 2: of Governor Tim Walls and Attorney General Keith Ellison. Chairman 134 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 2: Comer has formally invited both Walls and Ellison to testify 135 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 2: on February tenth, accusing them of being asleep at the 136 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 2: wheel or complicit in the disappearance of billions of dollars. 137 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 2: To support the probe, the committee has requested a suspicious 138 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 2: activity report from the US Department of Treasury and scheduled 139 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 2: transcribe to interviews with various estate officials. Let's go back 140 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 2: to the iHeart Radio app. 141 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 4: I think this Wednesday is going to be pretty interesting, John, 142 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 4: when the whistleblowers have their congressional hearing, and then we'll 143 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 4: see if Walls and Ellison actually show up for theirs 144 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 4: in a week and a half. You think this news 145 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 4: conference today has something to do with him trying to 146 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 4: get out of that. 147 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 2: Well, what I see, well again, and what I mentioned before, 148 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 2: is assuming that Walls drops out. 149 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 1: They said that Walls. 150 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 2: Insiders are saying that Walls was meeting with Amy Klobashar, 151 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 2: and I hope it is Amy Klobashar. We have plenty 152 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 2: of time to discuss all of this, but she's going 153 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 2: to have the same issue statewide, in my opinion, that 154 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 2: Walls had nationwide. I know she's incredibly popular in her district, 155 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 2: but she's just not a likable candidate. But the play 156 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 2: here is going to be for Democrats for Walls to 157 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 2: take the fall in order to take fraud off the 158 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:34,200 Speaker 2: table this year, saying well, listen, we took Listen, this 159 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 2: was happened under Walls. 160 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 1: Walls is not going to run for reelection. 161 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 2: We now have this other candidate who's not tied to this, 162 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 2: add all to and hopefully avoiding the scrutiny attached to 163 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:49,199 Speaker 2: the current fraud, the pending fraud, and what could potentially 164 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 2: be new fraud with the paid family medical leave program, 165 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 2: which we'll talk about later on in the show. 166 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 1: Good morning, John, welcome back. 167 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 5: You know, Tim Walls is not going to resign because 168 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 5: that would reques quire him to admit some sort of 169 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 5: fault in all. 170 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: Of this situation. 171 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 5: And Tim Walls is incapable completely of ever admitting he 172 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 5: has ever done anything wrong. 173 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:16,959 Speaker 2: I just agree he admits that he does things wrong, 174 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:20,200 Speaker 2: but then he usually has some sort of excuse attached 175 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 2: to it. 176 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:21,960 Speaker 1: And if he. 177 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 2: Doesn't run for a third term, that is basically an 178 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 2: admission by him of the buck actually stopping with him. 179 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 2: All right, we will get into more of your thoughts 180 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 2: coming up in just a moment. I do want to 181 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 2: dive a bit into this date. This j Patrick coolikin 182 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 2: Minnesota Reformer piece. That very interesting considering the fact that 183 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 2: this was written two weeks ago and it's relevancy relating 184 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 2: to this announcement by Walls. Later on today at eleven am. 185 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 2: Also in case you hadn't heard, Congressman Miller Meeks introduced 186 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 2: the Walls Act to crackdown on fraud, and in it 187 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 2: he came up with a brand new term for money, 188 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 2: which I think really applies to Minnesota. 189 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 1: I know I'm leaving it a bit vague. 190 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:11,280 Speaker 2: That's your teas, So we'll get into this coming up, 191 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 2: and again your thoughts on the iHeartRadio app next right 192 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 2: here on Twin City's News Talk Am eleven thirty and 193 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 2: one oh three five FM, they have what's called a. 194 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 1: Trump derangement problem. Have you heard about that problem? Hey, John? 195 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 6: On your point about everything receiving money is probably fraudulent, 196 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:30,599 Speaker 6: I agree with you. Recently, my father, who was a 197 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 6: Vietnam War veteran, had an injury and needed some meals 198 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 6: at home, so we ordered meals on wheels for him, 199 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 6: and on the website it says he's supposed to get 200 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:43,199 Speaker 6: high quality meals. I got chicken brass, some vegetables, you know, 201 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:47,600 Speaker 6: nothing fancy. But what he got was macaroni and cheese 202 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 6: and no vegetables and a kool aid. 203 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 1: So somebody's skimming. 204 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 3: You're fascinating to talk to, Hey, John, Tim from Andover 205 00:10:56,720 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 3: planned to have you back. I would bet money that 206 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:03,960 Speaker 3: today when Comrade Walls has his press conference, not that 207 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 3: he's going to resign, but that he will say he's 208 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 3: not going to seek a third term and he will 209 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:11,200 Speaker 3: blame President Trump. I think he said something over the 210 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 3: weekend about how he's afraid for his life or he's 211 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 3: afraid of violence coming towards him because of these comments 212 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:20,840 Speaker 3: that Trump's over the weekend. He will say that he 213 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:21,679 Speaker 3: is afraid. 214 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:28,880 Speaker 2: So again I'm hearing further confirmation that Walls will make 215 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 2: this announcement this morning at eleven o'clock that he's not 216 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 2: going to be seeking this third term as a governor. 217 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 2: The prediction of him resigning, that's resigning. That's just me. 218 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 2: I still think here's a fifty to fifty chance that's 219 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:44,680 Speaker 2: the case. I do agree with Tim's thoughts though, that 220 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:48,600 Speaker 2: he will go and somehow attempted to blame the Trump 221 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:52,560 Speaker 2: administration and not himself, saying he's doing this for the 222 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 2: betterment of the party. The DFL is going to want 223 00:11:56,880 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 2: to see the fraud issue taken off the table. Whoever 224 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 2: that they run instead of Walls for governor will be 225 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 2: distant from all of this. It's not going to be 226 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 2: anybody directly tied to it, which is why I don't 227 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 2: think one of the names that was thrown out there 228 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 2: was Steve Simon. This is why I don't think Secretary 229 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:17,560 Speaker 2: of State Steve Simon is in the mix on this 230 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 2: globashar maybe can I be fine with that. I don't 231 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:26,000 Speaker 2: think that she would make a good candidate. The only 232 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 2: way that she makes a good candidate is because of 233 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 2: what I mentioned, Because she would escape the scrutiny of 234 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 2: the fraud and then could act like she's going to 235 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:38,079 Speaker 2: be the individual who will be tough on all of 236 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 2: this fraud. And as I talked about the start of 237 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 2: the show, we'll get into this later on. But a 238 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 2: lot of the individuals in the Walls administration right now, 239 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 2: you know, the state officials, two key state officials, Bill 240 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 2: Glahn has a piece on this at American Experiment. 241 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 1: They're serving while unconfirmed. 242 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 2: So my guess is a lot of the individe jewels 243 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 2: directly tied to the fraud who have been speaking at 244 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 2: these various hearings or to the media are going to 245 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:10,960 Speaker 2: end up being replaced by individuals who did not have 246 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 2: any direct connection to all of this. So we'll see 247 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 2: how all of this shakes out a little. 248 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 1: Bit later on. This piece here from J. 249 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 2: Patrick Coulikan, I thought was really interesting. This came out 250 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:23,320 Speaker 2: on the eighteenth of the day that I went on vacation. 251 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:28,680 Speaker 2: Governor Tim Walls had the best fifteen months of any 252 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 2: politician in America, writes Patrick Couligan. Between May of twenty 253 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 2: twenty three, when the Democrat trifecta delivered a long wish 254 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 2: list of progressive legislation to his selection as the Democrat 255 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:48,600 Speaker 2: vice presidential nominee in the summer of twenty twenty four. 256 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 1: This is a really interesting opening statement. 257 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 2: Though, and there's a lot already to impact because you know, 258 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 2: what is your definition of success. I mean, you could 259 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:04,720 Speaker 2: say success in terms of the DFL achieving the trifecta, 260 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:09,319 Speaker 2: but they had all the powers, so passing this wish 261 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 2: list of progressive legislation, those were really easy victories. 262 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:17,200 Speaker 1: But look at where we are now. 263 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:22,720 Speaker 2: One could go and argue that it is in large part, 264 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 2: not entirely, but part of it is in large part 265 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 2: because of the trifecta that Walls may end up resigning 266 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 2: or not or excuse me, dropping out of the governor's 267 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 2: race today because those policies, none of them were sustainable, 268 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 2: and over a relatively short period of time we're seeing 269 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 2: the disastrous results, including pay Family Medical League, which we'll 270 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:48,880 Speaker 2: get into later on this hour. Now, j Patrick Cooligan 271 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 2: goes on to right, the next fifteen months were a disaster. 272 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 2: In twenty twenty four, as Walls was being praised by 273 00:14:56,080 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 2: national Democrats, the Minnesota Reformer detailed the likely of widespread 274 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 2: fraud and the autism program asked about it roughly six 275 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 2: months later, Walls was oblivious and so Walls is reaping 276 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 2: what he sewed, especially his apparent lack of focus on 277 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:17,600 Speaker 2: the details of governing and particularly what was happening in 278 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 2: the Department of Human Services. Now, apparently the House Stabilization 279 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 2: and Services program was so easy to gain that word 280 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 2: got back to a couple of guys in Philadelphia who 281 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 2: ended up setting up a business and started building full 282 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 2: only hours. According to the federal charges that were unveiled 283 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 2: last week, the lead prosecutor on all the fraud cases, 284 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 2: Joseph Thompson, referred to this as fraud tourism. Walls now 285 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 2: faces a few intractable problems beyond his control. And keep 286 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 2: in mind this is being written by an individual who 287 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 2: I refer to as a DFL Minnesota Democrat and chill 288 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 2: and these problems beyond his control. J Patrick coolickin Rights, 289 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 2: the story is endless. DHS has thirteen hundred open cases 290 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 2: in its Medicaid program Integrity Unit. Each crime produces the 291 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 2: stream of stories, search warrants, indictments, trials, conviction sentencing, each 292 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 2: with its own embarrassing revelations. And as we talk about 293 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 2: the current fraud that we know is exposed, the fraud 294 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 2: that's being exposed and the pending fraud. This is a 295 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 2: really good point to be made because you have the 296 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 2: Nick Shirley videos that amplify the work that's been done 297 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 2: by so many others. Alpha News, Liz Colin, Jenna Glow, 298 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 2: Bill glowand the list goes on. But then after that, 299 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 2: what are you left with, Well, you're left with people 300 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 2: actually being held accountable. The state is under intense scrutiny, 301 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 2: the like you know, the state has never received this 302 00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 2: level of scrutiny. Ever, we were the number one story 303 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:05,200 Speaker 2: for the past two weeks, right up until the military 304 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:09,679 Speaker 2: operation in Venezuela last week. There's no easy message fixed. 305 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:13,439 Speaker 2: J Patrick Coolikin goes on to say, even while his 306 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:17,959 Speaker 2: approval numbers hold relatively steady, the issue is clearly hurting him. 307 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 1: And again this goes back two weeks. 308 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 2: Lately, they've been making a big show of tackling it, 309 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:27,920 Speaker 2: shutting down how Stabilization Services, appointing a program integrity officer. 310 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 2: But that only draws attention to his worst issue and 311 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 2: makes him seem reactive. But he also can't pretend it's 312 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:41,199 Speaker 2: not there lest he appear indifferent to such a huge crisis. Maybe, 313 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:44,359 Speaker 2: just maybe he can use his remaining credibility to make 314 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 2: a sweeping proposal to reform our social safety net while 315 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 2: taking responsibilities for the missteps that got us here. But 316 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 2: he's proven incapable. Walls has of doing that. When asked 317 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:57,960 Speaker 2: if he would take responsibility for it, he said, sure, 318 00:17:58,000 --> 00:17:59,879 Speaker 2: I'll take responsibility for the fraud, but I'm also going 319 00:17:59,920 --> 00:18:02,440 Speaker 2: to take responsibility for the planes being on time. 320 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:08,440 Speaker 1: At MSP. J. 321 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 2: Patrick Coolikan offers a really interesting solution, at least part 322 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 2: of a solution. Why are we outsourcing social services to 323 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 2: private businesses which are turning around and stealing money. It's 324 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:19,879 Speaker 2: a really good point, although I have no trust in 325 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 2: our state government to go and tackle this problem. So 326 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 2: for those of us, writes Patrick Coolican at the end 327 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:30,639 Speaker 2: of this piece of the Minnesota Reformer, for those of 328 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:33,920 Speaker 2: us who want a robust discussion of the state future 329 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,240 Speaker 2: during the next year's election. Again, this was written two 330 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 2: weeks ago. A Walls campaign that's focused on Trump is 331 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 2: an altogether depressing state of affairs. What's funny about this 332 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,479 Speaker 2: to me is that individuals like J. Patrick Coolican. It's 333 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:51,040 Speaker 2: one of these A broken clock is right twice a 334 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:54,639 Speaker 2: day because the moment when it comes to really throwing 335 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 2: out our criticizing Democrats, he immediately defaults to Trump. 336 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:02,520 Speaker 1: He does it all the time. If Walls has a few. 337 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 2: Good options, the Democratic Farmer Labor Party doesn't have many either. 338 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:09,200 Speaker 1: Who would run in his place? 339 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 2: And who are the adults in the room who can 340 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 2: tell him he's better off not running. And it looks 341 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:16,440 Speaker 2: like we're there and we're about to find out a 342 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:21,879 Speaker 2: little bit later on this morning. In the meantime, amid 343 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:28,640 Speaker 2: this widespread fraud in Minnesota, Congresswoman Marianna Annette Miller Meeks 344 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 2: introduced the Welfare Abuse and Laundering Zillions Act, otherwise known 345 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:36,360 Speaker 2: as the Walls Act. 346 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:38,240 Speaker 1: Now, I had to look it up. 347 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:43,159 Speaker 2: Because I wasn't one hundred percent sure if zillions was 348 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 2: actually a number, Sam, what do you think like if 349 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 2: you had that on a uh, if you had it 350 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:54,000 Speaker 2: on a game show if you're playing who Wants to 351 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:56,560 Speaker 2: be a Millionaire? Is zillions in number? 352 00:19:57,760 --> 00:19:58,680 Speaker 1: Yes? Yes? Yes? 353 00:19:58,800 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 3: Or no? 354 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:02,679 Speaker 1: Sure? Yeah? Yeah, it's not it's not. No, Okay, I 355 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:03,679 Speaker 1: don't know it was. 356 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,639 Speaker 2: I do appreciate the effort to get the z into 357 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:11,919 Speaker 2: the Walls Act. However, zillions is not an actual number, 358 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 2: except for maybe making it a number relating to fraud 359 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:17,920 Speaker 2: being so bad here in Minnesota that we can't describe 360 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 2: it in billions, so we have to describe it in zillions, right, Like, 361 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 2: it gets the point across. Yeah, I think I may 362 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 2: just go with zillions. Now, I think I may just 363 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 2: commit to that citizenship of some olifrosters may be revoked. 364 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:35,960 Speaker 2: This is coming from the White House Press Secretary. We 365 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:37,879 Speaker 2: have the audio to share with you here in just 366 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 2: a moment. We do have a new law that's aiming 367 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 2: to prevent fraud in state supported daycares, creating a real 368 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:47,679 Speaker 2: time electronic attendance record. I have no faith this program 369 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 2: is going to work, but I will give you details 370 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:51,439 Speaker 2: and we will get to more of your thoughts from 371 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:54,440 Speaker 2: the iHeartRadio app. Next right here on Twin Cities News 372 00:20:54,480 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 2: Talk AM eleven thirty and one of three five FM. 373 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 2: All right, we're a handful of hours away. 374 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 1: Eleven o'clock. 375 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 2: Governor Tim Wallas is holding a press conference where it's expected. 376 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 1: That he will announce that he will not. 377 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:17,399 Speaker 2: Be running for governor for a historic third term, that 378 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:25,639 Speaker 2: he is dropping out. Political insiders said that he meeting 379 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:28,200 Speaker 2: with staff. He's meeting with staff, met with Amy Clobashar, 380 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 2: which is raising suspicions that she could end up being 381 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:33,200 Speaker 2: the nominee. 382 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:37,439 Speaker 1: Let's go here, welcome back, John Say. I agree with 383 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:39,119 Speaker 1: you on paper, Cloba Shar. 384 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 3: Is not a good candidate, but this is Minnesota, and 385 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 3: we have a bunch of dumb voters. 386 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:45,520 Speaker 1: We will vote for her. 387 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 2: Just because of her name. That's the only reason she's 388 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:50,200 Speaker 2: a senator at this point is because. 389 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,359 Speaker 1: Her daddy was a Star Tribune columnist. 390 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:54,479 Speaker 3: Period, end of story. 391 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:58,960 Speaker 2: She's terrible, but she could still win easily in this state. 392 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:03,240 Speaker 2: She can still well, she can still obviously win easily. 393 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:04,439 Speaker 1: I think is questionable. 394 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:06,800 Speaker 2: And let me expand upon something that I said earlier 395 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 2: here on Twin Cities News talking and again to me, 396 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 2: there's a different mindset relating to an individual running for 397 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:19,480 Speaker 2: senate even though it's voted statewide that there is for 398 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:23,399 Speaker 2: an individual running for governor. It may not be that 399 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:26,320 Speaker 2: big of a mindset shift, but it is still a 400 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 2: difference in mindset from voting for an individual to serve 401 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:32,919 Speaker 2: the state as a senator of a specific district, but 402 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 2: voted statewide as opposed to running for governor. And Amy 403 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:42,919 Speaker 2: klobash Ar is not liked generally outside of Minnesota, and 404 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:45,399 Speaker 2: I know she's like here with her relatively you know, 405 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 2: safe seat that she's held. I just don't think she's 406 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:54,360 Speaker 2: a strong candidate. The one thing that she doesn't have 407 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 2: is attachment directly to the fraud taking place, and when 408 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 2: you look at the senator, a small things in what 409 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:06,000 Speaker 2: she's accomplished. I would be remiss if I didn't mention 410 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:09,199 Speaker 2: the fact that when it comes to tackling something like fraud, 411 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 2: she could speak to that because of the little things 412 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:15,520 Speaker 2: that she's done while she's served her time as senator. 413 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:17,480 Speaker 2: So it remains to be seen. I do think she's 414 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:22,360 Speaker 2: a beatable candidate, though I think in some ways she's 415 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 2: even more beatable than Walls, even with all the damage 416 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,359 Speaker 2: that he is sustained, because I think there's a level 417 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:30,399 Speaker 2: in which Walls would get a lot of sympathy votes. 418 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 2: But what we're seeing with the potential of Walls dropping 419 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:38,399 Speaker 2: out underscores the severity of the fraud. As I'll keep 420 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:42,199 Speaker 2: hammering that's been exposed, that is going to be exposed, 421 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 2: and the new fraud that is going to occur. Now 422 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:49,159 Speaker 2: just briefly amid this widespread fraud, as I mentioned a 423 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:52,440 Speaker 2: moment ago here on Twin City's News Talk, Congresswoman Marionette 424 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:56,440 Speaker 2: Miller Meeks introduced the Welfare Abuse and Landering Zillions Act, 425 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 2: otherwise known. 426 00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 1: As the Walls Act. 427 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 2: I did have a comment relating to that, and again, 428 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:04,640 Speaker 2: zillion is a is not a number, except for maybe 429 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,119 Speaker 2: US adopting it to relate to the fraud here in Minnesota. 430 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:09,159 Speaker 4: Yeah, I just had a quick question. 431 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 3: Is a zillion more than a kajillion? 432 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 2: I'm not sure I would put a zillion over a kajillion. 433 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:23,160 Speaker 2: I have absolutely no basis of which to make that assessment. 434 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:26,040 Speaker 2: I just put a zillion over a kajillion to each 435 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:28,960 Speaker 2: their own mass. Do you put a kajillion over a zillion? 436 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 1: You know, I haven't given it that much thought, but 437 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:34,119 Speaker 1: I feel like zillion would be more, so me go 438 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:34,680 Speaker 1: this route. 439 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:37,680 Speaker 2: So I think zillion is more than a kuad jillion. 440 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:40,880 Speaker 2: But if you did a cuazillion, that's more than a zillion. 441 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:43,080 Speaker 1: There's also a bud jillion, don't forget about that. 442 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:49,639 Speaker 2: And I still would put I actually might put a 443 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:56,919 Speaker 2: bajillion over all those individuals that were wishing to come 444 00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:58,879 Speaker 2: back from vacation or it said, hey, glad to hear 445 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:00,240 Speaker 2: you back there all regretting. 446 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:02,040 Speaker 1: That right now, I'm just saying, what are you doing? 447 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 2: So, Miller Meeks said, this, what we're seeing in Minnesota 448 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:09,479 Speaker 2: is a jaw dropping failure of leadership. Nine billion loss 449 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:12,439 Speaker 2: to fraud under Governor Jim Wallas's watch. This is what 450 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 2: happens when soft on crime Democrat policies run unchecked, zero accountability, 451 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 2: zero oversight, the taxpayers left holding the bag. According to 452 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 2: the Iowa Republican and a press relief, the Walls Act 453 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:27,480 Speaker 2: is named for a reason to ensure this level of 454 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:31,359 Speaker 2: negligence can never be repeated elsewhere in America. Our bill 455 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:35,400 Speaker 2: puts hard safeguards in place to protect taxpayer dollars, shut down, 456 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:39,920 Speaker 2: shut the door on scam artists, and real accountability back 457 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:43,200 Speaker 2: in our government program, added Miller Meeks. Now, on top 458 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 2: of this, two federal agencies say they are absolutely taking 459 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:50,960 Speaker 2: steps towards revoking the citizenship of Somalis who have been 460 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 2: convicted of fraud. This is according to the White House 461 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:56,720 Speaker 2: Press Secretary of Caroline Levitt in an interview with Fox 462 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 2: News on December thirty first. 463 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:02,480 Speaker 3: And does President Trump want those Somalis to have their 464 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:03,680 Speaker 3: citizenship provoked? 465 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:04,800 Speaker 1: If convicted of fraud. 466 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 7: Absolutely, and it's something the Department of Homeland Security, the 467 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 7: Department of State is currently looking at right now. It's 468 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,800 Speaker 7: something this administration has already done. And we know that 469 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 7: there are liberal activist judges across the country who will 470 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:22,640 Speaker 7: try to block and tackle this administration from pursuing justice 471 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:24,760 Speaker 7: at every turn. But that's not going to stop the 472 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 7: President and his entire cabinet by acting on behalf of 473 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:32,439 Speaker 7: law abiding, tax paying citizens in the state of Minnesota 474 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 7: and in states across the country who have been ripped 475 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 7: off by people who abused our immigration system, came to 476 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:42,480 Speaker 7: our country, do not love our country or respect our values, 477 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 7: and now have been ripping off and stealing money from 478 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,879 Speaker 7: law abiding Americans. This administration is not going to tolerate it. 479 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 7: And again, this is a whole of government effort. We've 480 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 7: surged resources. As you pointed out, the Department of Justice 481 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 7: has already charged and prosecuted nearly one hundred people. In fact, 482 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:01,359 Speaker 7: some of the bills and some of the sites that 483 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:05,120 Speaker 7: Nick Shirley exposed in that video are under current investigation 484 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:07,879 Speaker 7: by the Department of Justice. One of those sites, the 485 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:12,479 Speaker 7: Midway Building building, resulted in thirteen defendants already being charged 486 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,720 Speaker 7: earlier this year under the leadership of our Attorney general 487 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:18,680 Speaker 7: and President Trump, so that is definitely going to continue. 488 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 2: A new Minnesota law is aiming to prevent the theft 489 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 2: of your tax dollars by tracking attendance at state supported daycares. 490 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,399 Speaker 2: The law will provide the state with real time access 491 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:35,080 Speaker 2: to attendance records. This is a feature currently unavailable. 492 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:39,960 Speaker 1: I why is it? Why is it unavailable? 493 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:42,920 Speaker 2: It's unavailable because these programs were meant to be a 494 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:49,960 Speaker 2: redistribution of wealth. Before I get into this new particular program, 495 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:52,160 Speaker 2: which should be made by a private company, by the way, 496 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:54,640 Speaker 2: and I'll explain why here in just a. 497 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:55,680 Speaker 1: Moment, let me back up further. 498 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 2: Look, I'm with the opinion that Walls is a commie, 499 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:03,920 Speaker 2: He's a Commonists. A lot of the Democrats are now, 500 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 2: but they're also again this dangerous combination of a lot 501 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 2: of different far leftist political ideologies that really don't stand 502 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 2: for anything beyond just being able to tear down Republicans 503 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:25,640 Speaker 2: and opposition. It's really this dangerous evil mashup wherein they 504 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 2: don't necessarily stand for anything except just being against again 505 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,120 Speaker 2: Republicans or or Trump. 506 00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:33,200 Speaker 1: Now that being. 507 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:37,800 Speaker 2: Said, the Democrats the radicals here in Minnesota during the 508 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:41,480 Speaker 2: time of the Trifecta and even since then, couldn't go 509 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:46,840 Speaker 2: about passing straight up socialist policies relating to the redistribution 510 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 2: of wealth. 511 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 1: So what did they do? 512 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 2: They tinke it around the edges, low barriers of entry 513 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:55,480 Speaker 2: into all these various programs that have proved to be fraudulent, 514 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 2: little to no oversight. At least, they were honest in 515 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,880 Speaker 2: one of their recent hearings saying that they take a trust, 516 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:04,000 Speaker 2: don't verify approach. 517 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:05,720 Speaker 1: We simply don't have enough manpower. 518 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 2: Well, again, if you don't have enough manpower to go 519 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:11,760 Speaker 2: and govern and watch over and inspect these various social 520 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:14,160 Speaker 2: service programs, then you probably shouldn't have them in the 521 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:18,960 Speaker 2: first place. These were designed to be redistributions of wealth. 522 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:20,880 Speaker 2: And then when you get into paid family medical leave, 523 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:21,800 Speaker 2: that's all that is. 524 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:25,640 Speaker 1: It's taking your money. 525 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 2: You're not going to get it back if you don't 526 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:31,320 Speaker 2: take the up to twenty paid weeks off and redistributing 527 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:34,760 Speaker 2: it to somebody else. Hoping that the individuals taking advantage 528 00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:37,400 Speaker 2: of this program, of which already some what twelve thousand 529 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:40,880 Speaker 2: have already signed up for pay family medical leave, continue 530 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:45,400 Speaker 2: to go and vote for Democrats, individuals perpetuating the fraud 531 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:48,640 Speaker 2: here in Minnesota. The goal was to continue to have 532 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:53,240 Speaker 2: those people continue to vote for Democrats and redistributing the 533 00:29:53,240 --> 00:30:00,920 Speaker 2: wealth through these programs, none of which were sustainable. The 534 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:04,240 Speaker 2: Department of Children, Youth, and Families has until July to 535 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:09,000 Speaker 2: implement this new system. That I was mentioning Republican Representative 536 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:11,920 Speaker 2: Nolan West of Blaine, who got into a car accident. 537 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:13,480 Speaker 1: He was in the hospital. 538 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:15,880 Speaker 2: Thankfully, he and his family are okay, but he was 539 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:19,080 Speaker 2: dealing with some minor injuries. Regarding that, so our prayers 540 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:22,440 Speaker 2: are with him, he said, what you hear repeatedly from 541 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:25,480 Speaker 2: auditors is that all these and all these things is 542 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:28,520 Speaker 2: how difficult it actually is to prove the fraud. West 543 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:31,120 Speaker 2: emphasized the importance of the bill, stating, it's very important. 544 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,480 Speaker 2: It was my anti fraud bill. The bill mandates the 545 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:38,920 Speaker 2: creation of a statewide electronic record keeping system to verify 546 00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:44,240 Speaker 2: the Childcare Assistance Program CEAP daycare providers. We put in 547 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:47,480 Speaker 2: language that said they need real time access to those 548 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:52,000 Speaker 2: attendance records. West said, allowing it will allow inspect adding 549 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:55,080 Speaker 2: it will allow inspectors to verify records. Immediately upon entering 550 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:59,120 Speaker 2: the building, Democrat represented Dave Pinto of Saint Paul said, 551 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:02,280 Speaker 2: this bipartisan effort has been in progress for several years. 552 00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:07,400 Speaker 2: I think that it'll be helpful moving forward. Mentioned that 553 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:09,600 Speaker 2: progress was made during the twenty three and twenty four 554 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:10,480 Speaker 2: legislative session. 555 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:11,760 Speaker 1: That's funny. 556 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:14,480 Speaker 2: This is something that's been talked about and worked on 557 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:16,280 Speaker 2: for a number of years, and then finally in twenty 558 00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:18,520 Speaker 2: twenty five, the governor said, hey, we should do this. 559 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:19,880 Speaker 1: First off, the. 560 00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:22,680 Speaker 2: Private sector should be contracted to handle this. I don't 561 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:25,320 Speaker 2: trust anybody within our state government to one create a 562 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:28,120 Speaker 2: program that's actually going to work in terms of functionality, 563 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:37,280 Speaker 2: and two, I don't trust it's execution to our government 564 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:41,160 Speaker 2: here in Minnesota. At this point in time. It feels 565 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:46,120 Speaker 2: a little, you know, too little, too late. By the way, 566 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:48,280 Speaker 2: In a side note to this, and I saw some 567 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:51,280 Speaker 2: posts overnight regarding this, some people that posted this online. 568 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:53,719 Speaker 2: But when it comes to all these daycare centers and 569 00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:55,920 Speaker 2: the inspections being done, and how so many of these, 570 00:31:55,960 --> 00:32:01,080 Speaker 2: including one of the ones that was highlighted, the Leering Center, 571 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:03,080 Speaker 2: I haven't even gotten to that story yet. For crying 572 00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:08,320 Speaker 2: out loud the leering center. They have requirements and stipulations 573 00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:12,600 Speaker 2: for these daycare centers, and they continued to fail inspection 574 00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:15,240 Speaker 2: that they stayed open. I mean, most of these places 575 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:17,440 Speaker 2: should have been shut down just because of the deplorable 576 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:20,560 Speaker 2: conditions in which they were supposed to be serving children, 577 00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:26,080 Speaker 2: of which no children actually went and existed. So getting 578 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:28,640 Speaker 2: caught up to speed on what did transpire, and we'll 579 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:30,160 Speaker 2: get to your talkbacks here in just a moment on 580 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:34,520 Speaker 2: Twin City's news Talk from Alpha News. A Minneapolis Somali 581 00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:38,040 Speaker 2: led child the daycare claims its facility was burglarized last 582 00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:42,000 Speaker 2: week on Tuesday morning. Enrollment records were stolen, just as 583 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,320 Speaker 2: the Trump administration was ramping up scrutiny in Minnesota in 584 00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:48,840 Speaker 2: the wake of the massive daycare and other fraud reports. 585 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:53,560 Speaker 2: The daycare, loaded located in the four thousand block of 586 00:32:53,560 --> 00:33:00,680 Speaker 2: Bloomington Avenue, apparently gathered media at its facility. It appeared 587 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 2: an investigator was still on site conducting interviews following the 588 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:06,840 Speaker 2: reported burglary. The story has all but faded from view 589 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:09,640 Speaker 2: and died. It's because the local law enforcement said, despite 590 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:14,520 Speaker 2: their claims that nothing was stolen, the video and other 591 00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:17,600 Speaker 2: photos posted online showed a hole in the drywall, which 592 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:21,360 Speaker 2: actually looked like it was made from the inside. The 593 00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:24,680 Speaker 2: manager claimed the burglar broke through the cinderblock wall to 594 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:27,280 Speaker 2: get inside the daycare. And what's so amazing about so 595 00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:31,280 Speaker 2: many of these videos being shared are the little tiny 596 00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:36,760 Speaker 2: details among the individuals participating in these press conferences. Like 597 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:41,480 Speaker 2: the person who was the manager of this daycare. Many 598 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:44,600 Speaker 2: people had appropriately gone and pointed out that he was 599 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:47,800 Speaker 2: wearing like twenty five hundred dollars sunglasses for crying out loud. 600 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:52,840 Speaker 2: You have individuals complaining, mothers complaining about the fraud and 601 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:55,840 Speaker 2: then saying the quiet things out loud with massive rocks 602 00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:58,800 Speaker 2: on their fingers in terms of what appeared to be 603 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:03,120 Speaker 2: huge diamonds, although this could be cube e zirconians I suppose. 604 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:11,160 Speaker 2: The video also showed a manager leading to Tusmo Times 605 00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:13,959 Speaker 2: reporter to the outside of the building where the break 606 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:17,120 Speaker 2: in reportedly occurred, behind the fencing of a dumpster bay. 607 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:20,279 Speaker 2: The video showed a pile of apparent cinderblocks piled up 608 00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:22,480 Speaker 2: in the dumpster bay and the wall covered with a 609 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,680 Speaker 2: piece of plywood. Now, the video clearly showed a surveillance 610 00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:28,640 Speaker 2: camera right above the break in area, as well as 611 00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:30,439 Speaker 2: two cameras at the front of the building and one 612 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:34,040 Speaker 2: inside above the front door. However, no suspect images were 613 00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:38,440 Speaker 2: released to the public. Early media reports stated police had 614 00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:42,200 Speaker 2: determined nothing was taken in the burglary. However, the daycare 615 00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:45,680 Speaker 2: called the press conference on Wednesday last week, during which 616 00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:49,480 Speaker 2: they claimed that enrollment records, employee information, financial documents, and 617 00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:50,440 Speaker 2: some checks were taken. 618 00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:51,960 Speaker 1: Boy, that's awfully convenient. 619 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:57,080 Speaker 2: Huh, all of the relevant information that would be necessary 620 00:34:57,120 --> 00:35:00,840 Speaker 2: in order to go and provide some level of clarity 621 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:03,360 Speaker 2: as to whether or not this business was being conducted 622 00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:06,000 Speaker 2: on the up and up. Suddenly all that relevant information 623 00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:10,080 Speaker 2: is just stolen. They attempted to go and blame the 624 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:15,560 Speaker 2: online influencer Nick Shirley over this. The daycare manager denied 625 00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:18,479 Speaker 2: the daycare was involved in any harmful things being said, 626 00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:20,840 Speaker 2: but declined to comment on how many children were actually 627 00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:24,160 Speaker 2: enrolled at the daycare. News of the break in garnered 628 00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:29,000 Speaker 2: widespread disbelief and doubt from social media commentators considering the timing, 629 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,000 Speaker 2: and it was highly entertaining while I was on a 630 00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:34,440 Speaker 2: vacation to turn on Fox News and to see that 631 00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:38,760 Speaker 2: press outlets like the star Tribune were actually also receiving 632 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:42,840 Speaker 2: national scrutiny, as was Governor Tim Walls. Here's a quick eclipse. 633 00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:46,520 Speaker 2: This is Tiffany Smiley on Fox News. I believe this 634 00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:49,200 Speaker 2: was during Outnumbered last week. 635 00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:52,360 Speaker 8: Yes, I to the Nick Shirley's of the world. The 636 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:55,880 Speaker 8: StarBridge Tribune is the largest publication in Minnesota, and they 637 00:35:55,880 --> 00:36:00,680 Speaker 8: didn't report on this fraud. I mean that should shock everyone, right. Instead, 638 00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:03,200 Speaker 8: they were saying President Trump is lying and they were 639 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:07,279 Speaker 8: trying criticizing Shirley's reporting. So let's get more Shirley's out 640 00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:10,880 Speaker 8: there in this country on sharing the truth. 641 00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:13,000 Speaker 1: I want to provide a little bit of clarity on 642 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:13,439 Speaker 1: this too. 643 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:18,480 Speaker 2: There was reporting that was done, but what doesn't get 644 00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:23,719 Speaker 2: talked about regarding the reporting locally from the media is 645 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:27,680 Speaker 2: how it's how it's reported, how it's framed, and when 646 00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:31,239 Speaker 2: it's reported. And these are very relevant when we criticize 647 00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:31,880 Speaker 2: local media. 648 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:35,720 Speaker 1: I've been critical of local media, but I've. 649 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:38,880 Speaker 2: Also attempted to at least be clear when these items 650 00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:44,000 Speaker 2: are reported on the dance that's typically done, however, is 651 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:47,680 Speaker 2: that a controversy emerges on any level that might be 652 00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:51,359 Speaker 2: specifically attached or make Democrats look bad. But it's too 653 00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:54,040 Speaker 2: big to be ignored if the media can't ignore it, 654 00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:59,240 Speaker 2: if the mainstream media can't ignore it, and the desire 655 00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:02,880 Speaker 2: to ignore it would be because it's beneficial to Republicans 656 00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:04,480 Speaker 2: and it's detrimental to Democrats. 657 00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:06,759 Speaker 1: There's usually a bit of this waiting. 658 00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:09,960 Speaker 2: Period, and then you have some good investigative reporting has 659 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:11,560 Speaker 2: been done, and I've seen some of that being done. 660 00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:13,640 Speaker 2: I think a large part of this is because the 661 00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:17,279 Speaker 2: fraud story has grown so big, and typically left and 662 00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:20,040 Speaker 2: right people get upset when your dollars are stolen, so 663 00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:23,279 Speaker 2: the media outlets have been more active in making sure 664 00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:24,000 Speaker 2: they're staying up. 665 00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:24,840 Speaker 1: Front on the reporting. 666 00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:28,319 Speaker 2: But in times past, usually the reporting takes place long 667 00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:33,759 Speaker 2: after the original controversy emerge emerges, which means by the 668 00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:36,680 Speaker 2: time it actually gets out and is reported on a 669 00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:41,480 Speaker 2: lot of the social media commentary, the outrage, the comments 670 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:45,280 Speaker 2: from politicians have already taken place and haven't been covered, 671 00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:48,520 Speaker 2: so they do their due diligence in covering it, but 672 00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:51,960 Speaker 2: by waiting, by the time it comes out, it's kind 673 00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:55,000 Speaker 2: of irrelevant to the larger story in terms of amplifying 674 00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:59,239 Speaker 2: the story. This is where that independent news reporting comes 675 00:37:59,239 --> 00:38:04,239 Speaker 2: in and is so cruse. Again, what Nick Sureley did 676 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:08,279 Speaker 2: in that video was simply an extension of what other 677 00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:10,440 Speaker 2: outlets have been doing for a long time. I've got 678 00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:17,960 Speaker 2: a lengthy piece here stunning revelations from Alpha News. Alpha 679 00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:24,040 Speaker 2: News reporters visit autism daycare centers as Medicaid fraud concerns 680 00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:26,879 Speaker 2: mount Liz Colin Jenna Globe visiting more than a dozen 681 00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:29,560 Speaker 2: autism centers and adult daycare businesses in the Twin Cities 682 00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:33,160 Speaker 2: during the posted business hours on Monday, December fifteenth, and 683 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:35,320 Speaker 2: what they found was a lot of the same things 684 00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:37,960 Speaker 2: that Nick Shirley had gone and found. And what Nick 685 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:40,080 Speaker 2: Sureley was able to do was he was able to 686 00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:43,239 Speaker 2: go and take what had already been reported on here 687 00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:46,799 Speaker 2: in Minnesota, but it died a painful death because there 688 00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:49,279 Speaker 2: wasn't follow up to some of the coverage that was 689 00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:52,840 Speaker 2: taking place in amplifying this nationwide with a story that 690 00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:56,080 Speaker 2: ended up going viral because people even outside of Minnesota 691 00:38:56,080 --> 00:39:01,440 Speaker 2: can go and relate to it. So the comments that 692 00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:03,879 Speaker 2: you heard there from Tiffany Smile, they're kind of off. 693 00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:07,359 Speaker 2: The Star Tribune has reported on this stuff, but they're 694 00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:11,120 Speaker 2: very very clever into how they frame these particular stories, 695 00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:15,120 Speaker 2: how long they wait until the coverage takes place. And 696 00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:17,920 Speaker 2: I'm convinced that a lot of times the delay in 697 00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:21,200 Speaker 2: the coverage is simply so that later on, as many 698 00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:24,000 Speaker 2: of these outlets have been doing, including the Star Tribune, 699 00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:29,879 Speaker 2: they can go back when they start receiving criticism over 700 00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:31,640 Speaker 2: a lack of coverage, to say, no, that's not true. 701 00:39:31,719 --> 00:39:34,240 Speaker 2: Look at all these times that we've gone and covered 702 00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:37,520 Speaker 2: all this stuff. Sure, but how long did you wait? 703 00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:41,600 Speaker 2: Did you give any voices to Republicans in that coverage 704 00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:44,440 Speaker 2: you were talking about this? Did you add any other 705 00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:47,879 Speaker 2: further details about how Republicans during the legislative session tried 706 00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:51,200 Speaker 2: to put safeguards in place and those were overwhelmingly voted 707 00:39:51,239 --> 00:39:56,440 Speaker 2: down by Democrats time and time again? Did you give 708 00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:59,200 Speaker 2: any coverage to this when that press conference that I 709 00:39:59,239 --> 00:40:08,200 Speaker 2: mentioned a moment go backfired tremendously attempting to make Americans 710 00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:13,400 Speaker 2: feel sorry for the billions that they stole. First off, 711 00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:17,440 Speaker 2: you have this clip, and again this is just getting 712 00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:20,320 Speaker 2: caught up from what transpired over the course of the 713 00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:23,840 Speaker 2: past week. When you had a Minnesota mom panicking after 714 00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:29,160 Speaker 2: seeing fraud is bad in her own script. 715 00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:31,919 Speaker 9: If child care is cut am I unable to work 716 00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:40,280 Speaker 9: or go to school? I understand fraud is bad. 717 00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:43,160 Speaker 2: And it was in that moment when she said I 718 00:40:43,239 --> 00:40:48,760 Speaker 2: understand fraud is bad, obviously reading whatever was supposed. 719 00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:51,600 Speaker 1: To come next, but clearly stating something that. 720 00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:55,560 Speaker 2: She was probably told wasn't supposed to be said, don't 721 00:40:55,560 --> 00:41:03,920 Speaker 2: talk about the fraud, don't bring it up. It felt 722 00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:05,719 Speaker 2: like there was a big butt coming on in that 723 00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:07,040 Speaker 2: fraud is bad. 724 00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:09,440 Speaker 1: But let me play the clip again. 725 00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:12,680 Speaker 9: If child care is coot, AM unable to work or 726 00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:20,800 Speaker 9: go to school? I understand fraud is bad. 727 00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:24,759 Speaker 1: She looks around the room and then the hook. 728 00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:31,359 Speaker 2: That comment from that mom was immediately followed up by 729 00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:35,120 Speaker 2: another individual who went and made a similar comment and 730 00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:37,040 Speaker 2: then also had to stop herself. 731 00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:40,960 Speaker 9: And I do see some signs over here that say 732 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:45,120 Speaker 9: stop fraud, and I agree, stop it. There are weightless 733 00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:47,680 Speaker 9: for these programs that are years long. 734 00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:49,400 Speaker 1: There is fraud. 735 00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:55,120 Speaker 2: There is And right there she goes, there is fraud, 736 00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:57,080 Speaker 2: and then she stops and she puts the paper up 737 00:41:57,120 --> 00:42:00,439 Speaker 2: to her mouth because she herself also realized she wasn't 738 00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:04,879 Speaker 2: supposed to say that. In my opinion, they're so close 739 00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:06,719 Speaker 2: to saying the truth of what they really believe they 740 00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:10,760 Speaker 2: don't care the fraud's going on. They think the fraud 741 00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:14,760 Speaker 2: is necessary. That's the butt part that they really really 742 00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:16,880 Speaker 2: want to say, but they know they just simply can't 743 00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:22,680 Speaker 2: and they should. We know there is fraud, but it 744 00:42:22,719 --> 00:42:25,680 Speaker 2: needs to happen for ABC and D. It should happen 745 00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:28,319 Speaker 2: because Trump is bad. It should happen because of the 746 00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:30,920 Speaker 2: big corporations taking money from us. You come up with 747 00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:34,359 Speaker 2: any Marxist argument you want. That's what I believe they're 748 00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:37,400 Speaker 2: so close to admitting. And the sad pathetic reality of 749 00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:41,560 Speaker 2: that is that if Democrats absolutely actually were honest, if 750 00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:45,400 Speaker 2: the fraudsters were honest saying that they felt justified in 751 00:42:46,040 --> 00:42:49,760 Speaker 2: perpetuating this fraud and supporting the fraud for the redistribution 752 00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:53,239 Speaker 2: of wealth because Trump is bad, because the Orange Man 753 00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:56,000 Speaker 2: is bad, because Republicans are bad and Republicans don't like it, 754 00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:58,000 Speaker 2: and we need to be redistributing the wealth, and they 755 00:42:58,000 --> 00:42:58,600 Speaker 2: won't let us. 756 00:42:58,560 --> 00:42:59,920 Speaker 1: Put in programs to go and do that. 757 00:43:00,840 --> 00:43:03,480 Speaker 2: You'd have a majority of Democrat voters that would be 758 00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:05,759 Speaker 2: simply fine with that because they believe the same thing. 759 00:43:09,719 --> 00:43:11,760 Speaker 1: They're so close to admitting the truth. 760 00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:18,439 Speaker 2: All right, coming up the Department of Health and Human 761 00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:23,080 Speaker 2: Services last week moved to freeze the federal childcare payments 762 00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:27,040 Speaker 2: to Minnesota, citing the widespread fraud in the states' subsidy 763 00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:27,560 Speaker 2: a system. 764 00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:28,200 Speaker 1: We'll get back to. 765 00:43:28,200 --> 00:43:31,200 Speaker 2: More of your comments as well from the iHeartRadio app. 766 00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:33,120 Speaker 2: And on top of all of this, this story has 767 00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:36,360 Speaker 2: not gone widely reported, but there is brand new potential fraud. 768 00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:39,840 Speaker 1: The Small Business Administration. 769 00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:44,480 Speaker 2: Has now suspended almost seven thousand Minnesota borrowers over suspected 770 00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:47,880 Speaker 2: fraud in another program, to the tune of four hundred 771 00:43:48,080 --> 00:43:49,080 Speaker 2: million dollars. 772 00:43:49,120 --> 00:43:51,240 Speaker 1: It's coming up next here on Twin Cities News Talk